Hugh McCulloch House

The Hugh McCulloch House is a two-story brick residence with a front portico held up by four Doric columns in the Greek Revival style. An Italianate wing extends from the back, creating a blend of two different architectural approaches on a single property.

The house was built in 1843 and belonged to Hugh McCulloch, who became Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Its later conversion to a medical school in the 1890s marked a shift from private residence to an institution serving the broader community.

The building served the Fort Wayne College of Medicine from 1892 to 1906 and later housed a gymnastics organization, showing how the spaces adapted to serve different community needs over time. Walking through today, you can sense how a private residence transformed into an institution that shaped the city's education and social life.

The house sits on a small lot near downtown Fort Wayne on West Superior Street, making it easily accessible on foot from the city center. You can walk around the exterior to appreciate the architectural details from multiple angles and see how it fits into its neighborhood context.

The building earned recognition on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its rare combination of Greek Revival and Italianate styles on a single structure. This architectural mix reflects how tastes evolved as the house was modified and expanded over its lifetime, rather than being built all at once in one style.