Wieboldt-Rostone House

Infobox nrhp
name = Wiebolt-Rostone House
nrhp_type = cp

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caption = Wiebolt-Rostone House, front elevation taken from Lakeview Road.
nearest_city = Beverly Shores, Indiana
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 41
lat_seconds = 3
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = -87
long_minutes = 0
long_seconds = 10
long_direction = E
area =
built = 1933
architect = Walter Scholer
architecture =
added = 1986
refnum = 86001472cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/in/Porter/state.html|title=INDIANA - Porter County|accessdate=2008-05-25|work=National Register of Historic Places]
mpsub =
governing_body = Federal, leased to private owner for 30 years.

Framed in steel and clad with an artificial stone called Rostone (Limestone, shale and alkali). Billed as never needing repairs, it only lasted until the 1950’s. [Cultural Sites of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; Porter, Indiana]

Intended to showcase a new building material of limestone waste and shale, the Rostone House was the product of Rostone, Inc. of Lafayette, Indiana and the Indiana Bridge Company Construction was simplified by the completion of most design and fabrication work at a factory. The panels would be precast to the correct sizes needed for a specific project. .Each panel came with pre-set nuts, that would be used to bolt the panel onto the steel frame. Both the interior and exterior walls were designed this way. Images of America; Beverly Shores, A Suburban Dune Resort, Jim Morrow; Arcadia Press, Chicago, Illinois, 2001, pg 98 The house was designed by Indiana Architect Walter Scholer.

Move to Beverly Shores

Robert Bartlett's purchased the Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition houses in 1935 and hired Civil Engineers, Ltd of Chicago to more them to Beverly Shores. The Rostone House was placed on the lakefront with it expansive windows facing the lake.ibid Morrow, pg 98

Restoration efforts

Restoration efforts on the Wiebolt-Rostone House were started in 1997, with the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana searching for potential leasees to restore the building. ["Times"; Heather Augustyn; "World's Fair homes in Beverly Shores being restored to former glory"; August 6, 2007]

References

ee also

* Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
* List of Registered Historic Places in Indiana

External link

* [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/225.html] Encyclopedia of Chicago history

* [http://www.nps.gov/archive/indu/History/Century_of_Progress_homes.htm] Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Century of Progress Historic District