New Haven Indiana's 1913 Limestone Civic Building
New Haven, IN 46774
Age
All Ages
Cost
Free
Free exterior viewing. Interior access depends on current programming by the building's tenants.
Access
Limited Access
Historic municipal building with stairs at entry
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1913 · 1913 Civic Architecture · Indiana Limestone Construction · Former Combined Municipal Building
The Old New Haven City Hall is a 1913 Indiana limestone structure in downtown New Haven, the small city immediately east of Fort Wayne in Allen County, Indiana. The building combined city hall functions with a jail, fire station, and later a police station — all operating from the same structure through most of the twentieth century.
The building's police function ended in 1999 with the opening of a new combined city hall and police facility elsewhere in New Haven. The original structure was preserved and has appeared in various restoration efforts since.
The Shadowlands-era description names Ellusions, Inc. as a former tenant working on restoration. The current operating tenant and access programming should be verified through Visit Fort Wayne's listing for the property. The building is part of the Fort Wayne/Allen County historic sites guide and is treated as a heritage asset.
A recurring local-folklore element — that the basement once served as a temporary morgue — has not been corroborated through Allen County historical records or New Haven city documentation in publicly searchable sources. Buildings combining jail, fire, and police functions occasionally housed bodies awaiting transfer, but the specific morgue claim should be treated as oral tradition.
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Folklore tied to the Old New Haven City Hall describes the basement as a focal point — variously identified as a former temporary morgue and as a site of unexplained scents and visible orbs in photography. The Shadowlands-era submission references a remote-viewing consultation by psychic Sandi Athey and an investigation by Fort Wayne Ghost Trackers (FWIGT.org) that reportedly confirmed her impressions, and orb photographs and video taken by staff of the then-tenant Ellusions, Inc.
These investigations are community-level paranormal work rather than independently published research. The morgue claim is the kind of feature that buildings combining jail and fire functions sometimes had on a temporary basis, but specific documentation tying this building to morgue use has not been located in Allen County records.
Orb photography is now widely understood within paranormal investigation communities as more commonly attributable to dust, moisture, and lens flare than to anomalous activity. Visitor experience of the building should focus on its civic architecture and history rather than expectation of paranormal interaction. Interior access depends on current programming and should be verified through the operating tenant.
View the 1913 Indiana-limestone municipal building in downtown New Haven, Indiana. The structure served as city hall, fire station, jail, and police station until 1999, when the city built new facilities. The building remains a Fort Wayne/Allen County historic site; interior access depends on the current tenant's programming.
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