The Salvation Army in Fort Wayne

Documented by 1913 — citadel and industrial home

The documented footing: The Salvation Army's Fort Wayne corps is in the city's record by the First World War era: the Griswold-Phelps Handbook of 1913–1914 lists a Salvation Army citadel, and the Polk directory of 1918 lists two addresses — the Salvation Army Citadel at 133 East Washington Boulevard and the Salvation Army Industrial Home at 231 West Main Street, the industrial home being the Army's characteristic institution for homeless men, work in exchange for board. No founding year for the Fort Wayne corps is asserted here: the Army's own divisional pages reached give the national story, and the local charter date was not established from a solid local source. The gap is stated plainly so a later directory pass can close it.

Today: The Army's Fort Wayne Corps Community Center stands at 2901 North Clinton Street; its Adult Rehabilitation Center and administrative offices are at 427 West Washington Boulevard, one of two ARCs in the Indiana Division, which counts 35 corps statewide.

Sources:

1. Griswold & Phelps, Handbook and Guide to Fort Wayne, 1913–1914 — the citadel in the institutional index.
2. R.L. Polk & Co., Fort Wayne directory, 1918 — Citadel, 133 E. Washington Blvd.; Industrial Home, 231 W. Main St.
3. Salvation Army Indiana Division and Central ARC pages — the Clinton Street corps center, the Washington Boulevard ARC and administration.