Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters

Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters, also known as Pipe Creek Wild Animal Farm and Circus Winter Headquarters, is a historic circus complex and national historic district located at Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana. The district encompasses five contributing buildings, three contributing sites, three contributing structures, and seven contributing objects related to the circus headquarters. Most notable are the Terrell Jacobs Cat Barn (1939, 1951), Terrell Jacobs Elephant Barn (1945, 1950), and the Circus Drive-In Restaurant (1967). Other notable contributing resources are the Elephant Rock (1901, 1940), Jacobs Bridge (c. 1940), six Cole Brothers Circus Wagons (c. 1950), creek landscape and Wallace Grotto (1944-1949), and the wild animal graveyard (c. 1945-1970). The property was the site of the birth of Tony, a captive white tiger.[2] In 2020 the Indiana Department of Transportation slated the structurally unsound elephant barn for demolition. The land will be used to widen U.S 31 in the future.[3]

Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters
Circus Drive-In, July 2012
Location6125 US 31 South near Peru, Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana
Coordinates40°40′36″N 86°07′38″W
Area11.5 acres (4.7 ha)
Builtc. 1939 (1939)-1967
ArchitectStuber, Jack; Burke, C.J.
NRHP reference No.12000188[1]
Added to NRHPApril 5, 2012

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/02/12 through 4/06/12. National Park Service. 2012-04-13.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Kurt West Garner (November 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. Tribune, Carson Gerber Kokomo. "Bringing down the barn: INDOT to demolish historic circus structure". Kokomo Tribune. Retrieved 2020-05-26.


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