Milan Township, Allen County, Indiana
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Milan Township is one of 20 townships in Allen County, Indiana in the United States.
The township is highly rural, with only 1038 houses in the year 2000 census,[1] Many of the residents of Milan Township are Old Order Amish. An Amish school was built at 14083 Doty Road circa 1950.
The principal town in Milan Township is Milan Center at 41°8'39"N 84°56'46"W. Milan Center consisted two roads intersecting, with Brueggeman's (a combination lumberyard and grocery store), a small wood-frame church, Milan School, a feed mill, and a house.
The Milan and Woodburn school districts merged about 1970, and Woodlan High School was built just west of Five Points. Bruggeman's built a new store several miles removed to take advantage of traffic on highway 37.
Northern Milan township has traditionally been served by the Harlan telephone exchange, and southern Milan township by the New Haven telephone exchange. Bruggeman's store at Milan Center had telephones from both exchanges. The New Haven telephone exchange was eventually purchased by the Home Telephone company in Fort Wayne, which was purchased by General Telephone of Indiana. The Harlan telephone company was acquired by General Telephone of Indiana as well. General Telephone is now a part of Verizon.
[edit] Historically significant structures
| Lengacher-Sapp Farm | 17116 Notestine Road | Vernacular c |
| Christan Lengacher Farm | 10220 Thimlar Road | 910 Foursquare/ 2 Gambrel roof barns c |
| Lake-Lengacher Farm | 15329 State Road37 | c1870 Vernacular Gabel ell c |
| Swifts-Werts Farm | 15039 State Road37 | c1880 Italianate house Gabel barn s a c |
| Harp-Graber Farm | 14510 Notestine Road | Vernacular Gabel ell and timber pegged house |
| John Graber Farm | 10108 Graber Road | c1890 Vernacular Gabel ell brick line |
| John Bertsch Farm | 9842 Graber Road | c1870 Vernacular Gabel ell log |
| Peter Graber, Sr House | 9905 Graber Road | c1860 I-house log |
| Christian Richer Farm | 9921 Ricker Road | c1855 Vernacular log c |
| J. E. Motherwell Farm | 9633 Ricker Road | c1860 Vernacular log c |
| School No 12 (original) | 9127 Ricker Road | c1870 Vernacular |
| William Fitzgerald, Sr Farm | 9127 Ricker Road | c1870 Timber Frame w/ Greek Revival Details c |
| Township | School No. 12 30 Ricker Road | 1899 Romanesque Revival c |
| Yoder-Ringgenberger-Graber Farm | 8917 Graber Road | c1855 Vernacular |
| John Graber Farm | 8918 Graber Road | c1910 Vernacular: Gabled Ell Timber Pegged Barn c |
| Summers-Bottern-Graber Farm | 8604 Graber Road | Brick Lined House: Hand Hewn Log Barn c |
| Milan Township School No. 1 | 13903 Maysville Road | 1882- Vernacular c |
| Chamberlain Settlement | State Road37 at Bruick Road | c1850 |
| Henry Kurtz House | 14106 State Road 37 East | c1925 Craftsman Bungalow s |
| John Kurtz Farm | 14212 State Road 37 East | c1914 Foursquare s |
| Barnett Chapel Lutheran Cemetery | 14441 State Road 37 East | 1875 c |
| M. Sowers House | 14441 State Road 37 East | c1850 Greek Revival c |
| Joe Miller Farm & Harness Shop | 76212 Darling Road | c1910 Verna lar: Gabled Ell of Tile Block |
| Noah Miller Farm | 16315 Darling Road | c1855 Vernacular: Log House, German Forebay Barn c |
| Township School No. 6 | 17985 Darling Road | c1880 Other c |
| W. A. Ward House | 18928 Ward Road | c1910 Colonial Revival |
| A. Devauz Farm | 7913 Brush College Road | c1905 East Lake c |
| Wm. F. Ehle Farm | 15729 Ehle Road | Rebuilt 1926 House; 1880s barn Craftsman House; Early Gabled Barn c |
| John Thimlar Farm | 15001 Ehle Road | c1860 Vernacular: Log House c |
| George Washington T. Safford Farm | 7907 Bruick Road | c1878 Victorian Gothic c |
| Thoddeus B. Stene Farm | 13515 State Road 37 | c1870 Vernacular; Upright and Wing |
| Daniel D. Miller Farm | 12914 State Road 37 | c1865 Vernacular: Timber Pegged c |
| Knight-Miller Farm | 12810 State Road 37 | Vernacular: Timber Pegged I House |
| Absolom Stateufer Farm | 12610 Doty Road | c1880 Italiante |
| David Schwartz Farm | 14030 Doty Road | c1875 Vernacular: Gabled Ell c |
| Milan Township Amish School | 14083 Doty Road | c1950 Vernacular c |
| Wm. A. Spindler Farm | 14201 Doty Road | c1875 Victorian Gothic |
| George G. Nuttle Farm | 14802 Doty Road | c1875 Vernacular: I House c |
| J. M. Yerkes Farm | 15208 Doty Road | c1890 House EaStateke c |
| Milan Center School | Doty Road at Milan Center Road | c1900 Romanesque Revival c |
| Milan Center Methodist Church | NW Corner Kurtz & Doty Road | c1901 c |
| Brueggemann's General Store | 15303 Doty Road | c1924 2 story 1928 Craftsman c |
| Milan Center Feed Mill | 15402 Doty Road | c1946 her c |
| Theodore Thimlar House | 16026 Doty Road | c1892 aliante |
| Milan Township School No. 7 | Doty Road at Brush College (NE corner) | 1902 Classical Revival c |
| Canal Tavern House | 19524 U.S. 24 | c1850 Vernacular: Log |
| Irving Family Cemetery | 18907 E. U.S. 24 | c1847- c |
| Fairport Settlement | U.S. 24 A/C from Goodrich Uniroyal Plant N-side | 1837 c |
| Sanford A. Ransom Farm | 6034 Milan Center Road | c1870 Vernacular: Vert. Plank Lined c |
| Christian Schwartz Farm a | 14422 Irving Road | c1870 I House-Vernacular c |
| John Schwartz Farm | 14218 Irving Road | 870 Vernacular: I House |
| Schwartz Family Cemetery | 13935 Irving Road | 1800s-Early 1900s c |
| J. J. Schwartz Farm | 5229-35 Bruick Road | c1870 Vernacular: Log s |
| Platter Family Cemetery | S. of Webster Road E. of Maumee River | c1852 |
| Summerset (town) | S. Bank of Maumee River near Webster Road | 34 c |
| Shaney Brooks Gas Statetion | 16800 E. Woodburn Road | c1920 Craftsman c |
| Five Points/Canal Turnaround | US 24 at Webster & Woodburn Road. | 1920 Craftsman c |
| Henry Busche Farm | 4029 Sampson Road | c1870 Vernacular Log c |
| Peter Schaaf Farm | 3637 Webster Road | c1872 Victorian Gothic c |
| William P. Bruick Farm | 15019 Parent Road | c1870 Vernacular: Gabled Ell c |
| George Peter Schlink Farm | 14218 Parent Road | 1879 Italiante |
| Hemsoth-Metert Farm | 12830 Statellhorn Road | c1870 Queen Anne c |
| Hemrich Nietert Farm | 3534 Ricker Road | 885 Italiante c |
| Wm. Schafer Farm | 3814 Ricker Road | 875 Vernacular Wing; Gabled front c |
| Gottlieb Schafer Barn & Outbuildings | 12015 Statellhorn Road | 61+, 1893 1893 Bank Barn c |
| Henry Meyer Farm | 11604 Statellhorn Road | 875 Vernacular: I House |
| Village of Thurman | 10800 E Stellhorn Road at 4400 N Thurman, E to RR tracks | Early 20th c. village c |
| H. Kuehn Farm | 10930 Stellhorn Road | c18 Ver cular c |
| Vonderau Farm | 3714 Thurman Road | c1910 Dutch Colonial Revival s |
| Bowers Mill | 11500 Parent Road at Bride N-side | ?-1861 Vernacular: Water-powered mill c |
| Henry Nahrwold Farm | 11013 Parent Road | 1875 Vernacular: Gabled Front |
| Lapp-Vonderau Farm | 11102 Statellhorn Road | 900 Victorian Gothic c |
| Young-Hermann Farm | 11418 Parent Road | 890 East Lake s |
| Heinrich Bischoff Farm | 11618 Parent Road | c1880 Queen Anne s |
| Hiram Parent Farm | 12808 Parent Road | c1875 Italiante c |
| John Harper Farm | 13086 Bremer Road | 870 Vernacular: Gabled Ell c |
| Charles Hockemeyer Farm | 14216 Bremer Road | 1911-12 Classical Revival |
| State Paul's Luthern Church Cemetery | 1910 Berthaud Road ilan 4- | |
| Herman & Christne Meyer Farm | 15503 Gar Creek Road | c19 Foursquare with Colonial Revival detail c |
| Gar Creek Union Cemetery | 15715 Gar Creek Road | 1884 c |
| Mosler Village | 17703 Bremer Road N. of RR Tracks and Road | 1854 |
| Gar Creek Settlement | 16221 Gar Creek Road |
[edit] Cemeteries in Milan Township
- BARNETT CHAPEL CEMETERY Located on the northwest corner of State Road 37 (Maysville Road) and Barnett Road. Lutheran. Earliest date 1875.
- GAR CREEK UNION CEMETERY Located on the Gar Creek Road, .3 mil east of the Berthaud Road. Private. Earliest date December 23, 1884.
- IRVING FAMILY CEMETERY Located on the south bank of the Maumee River, north of the B.F. Goodrich Tire Plant, on U.S. 24, on Goodrich land. Earliest date 1847.
- PLATTER FAMILY CEMETERY Located .2 miles south of the Platter Bridge, on the northeast bank of the Maumee River. One stone: 1852.
- SAINT PAUL'S LUTHERAN CEMETERY AT GAR CREEK Located next to the church on Berthaud Road, about .2 mile south of Bremer Road. Earliest date 1884.
- SCHWARTZ FAMILY CEMETERY Located on the north side of Irving Road, .1 mile east of the Bruick Road. Amish. No markers.
