Community Education Coalition Building                        

1220 Illinois Avenue, Connersville    Fayette Co., IN

The old Connersville Furniture Factory is located next to the canal at 1013 Western Ave. Connersville: and was once powered by water from the Connersville Hydraulic Co.  The head race and turbine were located on the north side of the building and the tail race ran underneath the building and out the south side where it rejoined the canal.

 This building is presently being restored. For information on the Community Education Coalition Building project, contact: Cindy Bernzott  765-825-7633

Connersville Hydraulic Concrete Aqueduct and Waste Wier

Located on the Whitewater Canal along S.R. 1, these are excellent Hydraulic Canal ruins and they may be seen on the west side of the road and just south of Visteon Systems LLC at 4747 Western Ave., Connersville, IN

Canal House,   Connersville                                

 Note:  Classic Revival type of architecture.

Owned by Historic Connersville, Inc.

 Originally built as headquarters of the Whitewater Valley Canal Company, 19^th century records and account books still housed in vault. 

Whitewater Valley Railroad             

www.whitewatervalleyrr.org

Ph 765-825-2054

SCENIC RAILROAD   The Canal Route 

An operating railroad museum

Grand Central Station and Gift Shop is located between Grand Avenue and Eastern Avenue on S.R. 121 and U.S. 44 in Connersville, IN

 The train departs Grand Central Station, Connersville for Metamora, IN (weekends) at 12:01 pm from the first Saturday in May to the last Sunday in October.

 Enjoy an afternoon by taking a trip back in time on the Whitewater Valley Railroad.  As you travel the 16 miles along the route which was the towpath of the Whitewater Canal, you will see the Laurel Feeder Dam and remnants of the old canal locks. 

 When you step off the train you’ll be back in the 1850’s in a town called Metamora. There you can visit almost 100 shops, watch corn being ground into meal at a water powered grist mill, and take a canal boat ride through the Duck Creek Aqueduct. 

 There is a two hour layover in Metamora for shopping, eating and sightseeing. 

 Whitewater Valley Railroad has relocated the Dearborn interlocking signal tower to their property just above Memorial Drive.  At that location they plan to install a working turntable, roundhouse, and the Rushville Depot and develop the collection as a railroad museum and interpretive center.

Elmhurst Mansion,      Masonic Lodge      

 779S SR 121, Connersville, IN

(Private)

Located directly adjacent to the Whitewater Canal and the Whitewater Valley Railroad Yard.

The center section of the Elmhurst Mansion was built in 1831 as the residence of Oliver H. Smith.

By 1850  It was the residence of Samuel W. Parker,  who was at that time the President of the Whitewater Valley Canal Company.  Parker died in 1859 and is buried on the property.

 Elmhurst has been built onto several times.   and between 1909 and 1927 it served as the Elmhurst School for Girls.   Between 1927 and 1928 it was called the Pennton Military Institute.

Mahan Park                    

3 miles south of Connersville on S. R. 121

 Part of the proposed  Fayette County “Green Way”.

 This is one place where S.R.121, the canal, railroad, and the Whitewater River are within a few feet of each other.  A canal lock ruin is nearby.