Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1912 — OLD LANDMARK IS BURNED [ARTICLE]

OLD LANDMARK IS BURNED

Centerville Inn, Near Gary, Ind., Which Sheltered Many Famous Men, Destroyed by Fire. Gary, Ind., Dec. 6.—The old Centerville inn, located at Merrillville, five miles south of this city, built in 1832, a famous stage stop on the old Chica-go-Detroit stage route, was burned to the ground. The hostelry, a large rambling frame structure, was erected by Myron Pierce in the early ’3os. The inn has sheltered many famous men. such as Daniel Webster, John A. Logan and Stephen A. Douglas. In Civil war times northern Indiana troops were mustered in at this station.