Crown Point, Indiana: Pencil Collection, Odd Dummies
A grab-bag of a museum in a local courthouse. The town is proud of its many celebrity weddings, and its pencil collection.Old Lake County Courthouse
- Address:
- 1 Courthouse Square, Crown Point, IN
- Directions:
- In the Old Lake County Courthouse, which is smack in the middle of the downtown square, at Joliet St. and Court St.
- Hours:
- May-Oct. Th-Sa 1-4 pm. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 219-662-3975
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In the old Crown Point county courthouse museum you can see where Rudolph Valentino got married (they have his wedding certificate). Also lots of odd dummies, and a big pencil collection.
[Kathy Deutsch, 03/24/2002]Nearby Offbeat Places
- Dillinger Jail, Crown Point, IN - < 1 mi.
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Mark reports: "Also, Red Grange, football player, two of the Mills Brothers singers, Muhammed Ali, Tom Mix, and the parents of Michael Jackson were married at the Court House."