National Register of Historic Places

Jacobs, Terrell, Circus Winter Quarters

Peru, Miami County, Indiana
Listed
April 4, 2012
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
12000188

About this property

Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters, also known as Pipe Creek Wild Animal Farm and Circus Winter Headquarters, was a historic circus complex and national historic district located at Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana. The district encompassed five contributing buildings, three contributing sites, three contributing structures, and seven contributing objects related to the circus headquarters. Most notable are the Terrell Jacobs Cat Barn (1939, 1951), Terrell Jacobs Elephant Barn (1945, 1950), and the Circus Drive-In Restaurant (1967). Other notable contributing resources are the Elephant Rock (1901, 1940), Jacobs Bridge (c. 1940), six Cole Brothers Circus Wagons (c. 1950), creek landscape and Wallace Grotto (1944–1949), and the wild animal graveyard (c. 1945–1970). The property was the site of the birth of Tony, a white tiger. In 2020 the Indiana Department of Transportation slated the structurally unsound elephant barn for demolition. Road access will be removed to provide free flowing conditions along US 31 between Indianapolis and South Bend. In 2021 the site was demolished by the Indiana Department of Transportation. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

Location

6125 US 31 South
Peru, Miami County, Indiana
40.67810, -86.12648

Categories

ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATION
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690
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0.7 mi
Shirk-Edwards House
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5.8 mi
Pipe Creek Falls Resort
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5.8 mi
Cole, James Omar, House
Industrial
6.1 mi
Miami County Courthouse
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6.1 mi

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When was Jacobs, Terrell, Circus Winter Quarters listed on the National Register?

Jacobs, Terrell, Circus Winter Quarters was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 2012.

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Jacobs, Terrell, Circus Winter Quarters is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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