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From the National Park Service in the Northeast

Marie Rust
Regional Director

  

 

Midwest Regional Winners
Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin

The Midwest Region of the National Park Service received 41 entries from our National Historic Landmark Stewards in 9 of the 13 states in the region.

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1st Place Winner

Chambers Protestant Chapel in its winter splendor

Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Chambers Protestant Chapel in its winter splendor

West Dodge Road, Boys Town
Douglas County, Nebraska

Established in 1921 by Father Flanagan for homeless boys, Boys Town became a prototype for juvenile care of the 20th century. This "City of Little Men" was created on a farm outside of Omaha and fosters a morally upstanding atmosphere. Boys Town is still operating today but is most likely known throughout the world from the 1938 movie staring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney.

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2nd Place Winner

Photo of Alden B. Dow Home, reflected in the still waters of the adjascent pond

Alden B. Dow Home
An architectural beauty prized for its integration with nature and its geometric design

Post Street, Midland
Midland County, Michigan
Photographed by Ann Schmidt

Alden B. Dow was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright and his first Taliesin Fellow to branch out on his own. This house, begun in 1933 and expanded after, is recognized as Dow's masterpiece among his other designs in Midland.

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3rd Place Winner

Harmonist Labyrinth, green hedge maze, symbolizes life's journey toward perfection

New Harmony Historic District
Harmonist Labyrinth symbolizing life's journey toward perfection

Main Street between Granary and Church Streets
New Harmony, Indiana
Photographed by Kate Linderman

New Harmony, Indiana was settled by two Utopian Communities. German religious refugees settled here in 1815 for ten years, followed by the purchase of the Town by Robert Dale Owen in 1824. He established a community based on "universal hapiness through universal education." Harmonist Labyrinth, located at the South end of the district, was reconstructed circa 1939.

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Honorable Mention

The Thomas Gaff House, a Steamboat Gothic style house, decorated with red, white and blue bunting

Thomas Gaff House
In celebration of America's Birthday

213 Fifth Street, Aurora
Dearborn County, Indiana
Photographed by David Denman

Designed by Isaiah Rogers, this mid-19th century house represents the popular "Steamboat Gothic" style with its Italianate details and multiple levels, not unlike what could be seen floating down the Ohio River in the valley below. Today, the Gaff House is open to the public as a museum.

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Last Updated:
September 29, 2003