Historical Images of Porter County

Heinhold Elevator Company's Aylesworth Elevator
Aylesworth, Indiana

Date: 1940
Source Type: Photograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Kouts Centennial Book (1965)
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The community of Aylesworth was a flag station and shipping point established about 1865 along the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad located five and one-half miles east of Hebron. The station was named in honor of Giles Aylesworth, who taught at the wood frame schoolhouse in this location in the 1840s.

This elevator, which was operated by Heinhold Elevator Company and no longer exists, stood south of present day Indiana State Road 8 along County Road 250 West.

Sources:
Centennial Committee. 1965. Kouts Centennial, 1865-1965. Kouts, Indiana: Centennial Committee. 181 p.

The Vidette-Messenger (Memoirs, Special Anniversary Edition), Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 26, 1991; Volume 64, Number 247, Page 3, Columns 1-6. Column titled “Aylesworths Keep Name Present in Community,” by Peter J. Wiltjer.

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