Look familiar? The Tower made the Times!

We all like to see ourselves in the paper! We were excited to see something familiar in Monday’s edition of the Times of Northwest Indiana!

We’re celebrating this 101-year-old Tower this summer!

Follow us for more Tower stories, photos, video, and a touching tribute by a renowned radio broadcaster, to come!

Plus a Sunday Celebrating the Tower in August! Date TBA

If you’re a subscriber, check out the Times article here: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/article_c2cfc388-2eaf-4f80-a165-95dca1ddde51.html

25th Anniversary of the Tower

๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—&๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

The building is now on the National Register of Historic Places and the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures.

We made this video in 2003 as an entry for a prize from the show “The View” but it’s a great summary of what we’re about and why we do what we do!

More about the Tower: https://ghsinc.org/the-tower/

Get to know us!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜!
Come down to the Griffith Historical Park and visit the ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ๐˜€!

Get to know us and learn a little bit about the history of the railroads and the town that came to the tracks.

โ€ข 1 – 3 pm
โ€ข 201 S Broad Street
โ€ข At the tracks, on the corner of Broad Street and Avenue A

Butterfly Day at the Depot!

๐Ÿฆ‹Join us to celebrate National Start Seeing Monarchs Day!
Visit Griffith’s very own butterfly garden, aptly named the Griffith Junction Butterfly Stop.
๐Ÿฆ‹ Itโ€™s the first anniversary of the garden, conceived and planted by Griffith Tri Kappa member Jeanette Bobos, and supported by the organization.
๐Ÿฆ‹May 4th is one day after National Start Seeing Monarchs Day, when America celebrates those beautiful, endangered orange and yellow creatures.

It will be a fun and interesting Sunday afternoon at the Griffith Historical Park, where:
๐Ÿš‚The Depot & Train Museums, and the Tower will be open to tour
๐Ÿš‚Our barrel train, the Hess Express, will be running
๐Ÿฆ‹Jeanette Bobos, the retired Master Gardner who planted our garden, will be on on hand to share her knowledge. Weโ€™ll have info on Monarchs and how theyโ€™ve become endangered.
๐Ÿฆ‹Kim Moor, from The Wild Ones, will be with us sharing information about adding native plants to your garden.
๐ŸŒปWant plants to help butterflies, especially Monarchs? Through the courtesy of Scheeringa Farms, weโ€™ll have a small selection of milkweed plants; black-eyed Susans, Griffith Centennialโ€™s flower in 2004; plus some Heirloom Plants, as well.
๐ŸชGirl Scout Troop 15620 will be selling cookies, lemonade, and butterfly clips.
๐ŸŒญThe Cub Scout Pack 622 and Boy Scout Troop 623 will be on hand with hotdogs, chips and pop.