704 Rockhill St, Carole Lombard House, Fort Wayne, Indiana

The Carole Lombard House A bed and breakfast
	704 Rockhill Street Fort Wayne, Indiana Ph: (260) 426-9896 or: (888) 426-9896	Home About Carole Lombard by Carole M. Sampeck. About Fort Wayne (click on For Visitors) About the Innkeepers
	A view of some of the old River Mansions on Rockhill Street.
Carole Lombard was born Jane Alice Peters, in this house at the foot of Rockhill Street October 6^th, 1908. This beautiful home overlooks the Saint Mary's River near the Carole Lombard Memorial Bridge which crosses the river at Main Street. In 1938, upon the release of her movie Nothing Sacred, Harry Baals, then Mayor of Fort Wayne had a plaque affixed to the house proclaiming the house a landmark. Click here to view some of the interior of the house. The West-Central Neighborhood has had it's up and downs. When the house was finished at the turn of the century (it was built by her grandfather) the neighborhood was a dwelling place for the city's upper class. But in the 1930's, the wealthy began to leave for more spacious lands in the surrounding countryside. These stately homes began to fall into disrepair. Most were divided into apartments and rented. In the 1980's, there was a strong movement in Fort Wayne to restore these beautiful homes, and today they are proud statements of Fort Wayne's rich heritage.

The Carole Lombard House
A bed and breakfast

704 Rockhill Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ph: (260) 426-9896
or: (888) 426-9896

Home

About Carole Lombard
by Carole M. Sampeck.

About Fort Wayne
(click on For Visitors)

About the Innkeepers

The Carole Lombard house (right) and the second house were built in approximately 1905 by John Peters, Carole's grandfather. He built several houses in Fort Wayne.

A view of some of the old River Mansions on Rockhill Street.

Carole Lombard was born Jane Alice Peters, in this house at the foot of Rockhill Street October 6^th, 1908. This beautiful home overlooks the Saint Mary's River near the Carole Lombard Memorial Bridge which crosses the river at Main Street.

In 1938, upon the release of her movie Nothing Sacred, Harry Baals, then Mayor of Fort Wayne had a plaque affixed to the house proclaiming the house a landmark. Click here to view some of the interior of the house.

The West-Central Neighborhood has had it's up and downs. When the house was finished at the turn of the century (it was built by her grandfather) the neighborhood was a dwelling place for the city's upper class. But in the 1930's, the wealthy began to leave for more spacious lands in the surrounding countryside. These stately homes began to fall into disrepair. Most were divided into apartments and rented.
In the 1980's, there was a strong movement in Fort Wayne to restore these beautiful homes, and today they are proud statements of Fort Wayne's rich heritage.