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Mar 9, 2026 ∙ 3 min
A BIG $100,000 Vision in 1914: How 229 West Berry Helped Expand Downtown Fort Wayne
Today, we are visiting 229 West Berry Street , home to a striking piece of early 20th-century Fort Wayne history. In 1911, a local manufacturer Forest G. Gauntt purchased the southeast corner lot at Berry and Webster for $26,000 with plans to construct a modern 'flat building factory' for Gauntt Manufacturing Company. But plans changed and the concept for the kind of building to erect here was being reconsidered. The site previously held one of Fort Wayne's oldest homes, dating back to the...
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Oct 13, 2025 ∙ 2 min
Historic Roots and Future Growth: Sturges Property Group’s Impact on Fort Wayne’s South Side
We are shining the spotlight on SouthTown Centre, a place with deep roots in Fort Wayne’s commercial and cultural landscape and in...
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Aug 24, 2025 ∙ 2 min
Fort Wayne's 202 Metro Building to Rise Again: Historic Reconstruction After 1967 Fire Downtown
The original building that covered the northwest block of West Berry and South Harrison was built in the 1880s. The three-story building...
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