Waco Drive Featured In Centennial Homes Program
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum will present “Along Wawasee’s Waco Drive,” a Centennial Homes program featuring 100-year-old houses on Waco Drive, formerly SR 13. The program will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 27, in the Community Center, North Long Drive, Syracuse.
The presentation includes the South Park neighborhood. The homes featured have “seen” the heyday of WACO (Wawasee Amusement COmpany), Mock’s Marina, the Lake View Hotel, Winters’ Sandwich Shop and Emerson’s Grocery to name a few.
Brief information on each of these former landmarks will set the stage for presentations featuring two Centennial Home families. Not only are the homes fascinating, but learn about one homeowner, the late Ralph Teetor, whose invention of the cruise control made long distance driving more comfortable.
Mark your calendar now for “Along Wawasee’s Waco Drive,” at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 27, in the Syracuse Community Center. Take time also to visit the Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum, open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday and view their new exhibit, “The Dawn of Indiana Archaeology – the J.P. Dolan, Eli Lilly Connection.”
The second Centennial Homes presentation will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, in the Community Center on Long Drive across from Lakeside Park. It will center around a family farm that became Leeland Addition. Be amazed to find out how many locations and families around the lake are tied to this family. The stories of the original farmhouse and barn (turned house) will also be shared. Join others to discover the stories these century old homes and their present owners have to share.