Historical Images of Porter County

Valparaiso Creamery
Valparaiso, Indiana

Date: 1911
Source Type: Photograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Joseph Decker
Postmark: Not applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The Valparaiso Creamery was established by an organization of farmers and businessmen in the early 1900s. In 1914, the creamery business was sold to George Sheeks, who then sold it in 1916 to I. H. Riley of Granville, North Dakota. Riley removed the equipment to Rensselaer, Indiana, soon after purchasing it.

Louis Gast and Joseph Henderlong owned the property (building and land). Together, these two businessmen would work with P. J. Horn to tear down the creamery and erect a six-flat building on the site, which was completed and occupied in October 1919. Today [2022], this site is known as the Saran Apartments with an address of 3 North Napoleon Street.

Newspaper reports indicate that in 1912 the creamery produced 59,837 pounds of butter and 3,000 gallons of ice cream.

The building partially visible to the left of the creamery in this image was a grocery store, which was located at the northwest corner of Napoleon Street and Main Street.

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Image and related text prepared by Steven R. Shook