Roswell Johnson
This file appears in: If These Walls Could Talk: City Hall, Lake County Courthouse, and Gary’s Colorful Political History
Pictured here is Roswell Johnson, the only Mayor of Gary to serve three non-consecutive terms. Johnson, was an unparalleled orator and the next-to-last Republican to occupy the mayor’s office. Johnson went to jail in 1925 during his second term for violating the Volstead (Prohibition) Act. He was the second Mayor of Gary to occupy the current City Hall.
This file appears in: If These Walls Could Talk: City Hall, Lake County Courthouse, and Gary’s Colorful Political History
If These Walls Could Talk: City Hall, Lake County Courthouse, and Gary’s Colorful Political History
Both Gary’s City Hall and the nearby Lake County Courthouse building, whose Grecian-Doric designs can seem identical to those driving on the Indiana Toll Road, were part of Gary’s Gateway Development Project, which began in 1924. These two buildings…