Nelson House

Nelson House is a house in Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana. Nelson House is situated nearby to Burstrom Cemetery, as well as near the museum Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Joseph Bailly Homestead and Bailly Cemetery.

Joseph Bailly Homestead

Historic site

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Joseph Bailly Homestead, also known as Joseph Bailly Homestead and Cemetery, in Porter, Indiana, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The Bailly Homestead is preserved by the National Park Service in Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana. Joseph Bailly Homestead is situated 1 mile southeast of Nelson House.

Bailly Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bailly Cemetery is a cemetery located at Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana, US. The cemetery is three-quarters of a mile north of the Joseph Bailly Homestead on the edge of a sand ridge. Bailly Cemetery is situated 1 mile east of Nelson House.

Cowles Bog is a 4,000-year-old wetland complex in Indiana Dunes National Park, near Chesterton, Indiana. It is named for Henry Chandler Cowles who did his pioneering work in ecology and ecological succession here.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burns Harbor and Dune Acres.

Burns Harbor

Village

Photo: Kgmnmr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Burns Harbor is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States on the shores of Lake Michigan in Northwest Indiana. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.

Dune Acres

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Dune Acres is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 234 as of the 2020 census. Dune Acres is located in the duneland of the south shore of Lake Michigan. Dune Acres is situated 2 miles northeast of Nelson House.

Porter

Porter is an old railroad town just south of the Indiana Dunes National Park in Northwestern Indiana.

Nelson House

Type: House
Categories: building, historic site, and residential building
Location: Westchester Township, Porter, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.62881° or 41° 37′ 44″ north

Longitude

-87.10901° or 87° 6′ 32″ west

Open location code

86HJJVHR+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 468653393

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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