Nazarene Campground - Northwest Indiana (San Pierre, Lomax Station)

Northwest Indiana District Church of the Nazarene
former Campground
North of San Pierre, Indiana (May, 2002)

The Northwest Indiana District of the Church of the Nazarene purchased a former oil pumping stop called Lomax Station in the late 1940s for use as a campground. The property was sold in the late 1960s, and through an additional change of ownership, was renamed the "Lomax Retreat." The property is again for sale according to information from the owner I received during the visit I made with a friend to take these photographs.
(Note: I do not have any current information on the status of this property. I used to have a link to some sales information here, but the link is not active as of right now. 8/05)

I believe the information on this page is accurate. If you have different recollections (or if you can add to this information) on this property, feel free to contact me by e-mail. (The description of the buildings is from campground days.)

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	Dining Hall from the south
	Dining hall from the northwest
	Dining hall from the north
	Dining hall interior (this has been partitioned off on the left, this picture does not show the west wall of the building)
	Office building Between tabernacle on the left and dining hall on the right
	Office building interior
	Tabernacle from the southeast
	Tabernacle from the southwest
	Tabernacle interior
	This was a storage building (Since converted into a chapel, and then apparently back into storage)
	Restrooms north of tabernacle
	This concrete slab used to have a white wooden dormitory on it
	Abandoned railroad trestle across the Kankakee River (the river runs along the edge of the camp property; the trestle would carry noisy trains across the river all hours of the day and night, including during evening campmeeting services)
	Looking out over the river from the trestle
	Looking back toward the campground from the trestle
	Fire ring northwest of tabernacle, southwest of restrooms
	The base for the flagpole still remains
	A fencepost and a bit of fencing marks the old boundary between the campground and the railroad (The abandoned railbed is now the driveway into the camp/retreat. The former entrance road coming west off of Toto Road no longer exists.)
	Dormitories built by the church (from the southwest, toward the dining hall)
	The dormitories from the east. (The taller part with the wind sock is a later addition after the church sold the property.)
	Caretaker's Home built by the church (at the old entrance to the campground)

New project: American Life Histories, Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940
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