The downtown Bluffton Tour, led by Jim Sturgeon, started at the Wells County Courthouse’s Parlor City Plaza.

Bluffton’s downtown area was the site for the two Thursday afternoon Walking Tours, sponsored by the Wells County Public Library and the Wells County Historical Society. The Historical Society’s President Jim Sturgeon, at left was the tour guide. (Photo by Barbara Barbieri)

Stops on the tour included: Centennial Block (118 W. Market)

Ashbaucher-Quick Block (128-130 W. Market)

Morrow Block: (202 W. Market)

L.S Kapp Block: 208-210 W. Market)

Stewart-Studabaker House: 420 W. Market), now the Wells County Historical Society

Former Star Theater: (217 W. Market St.)

Weicking Block: (209-213 W. Market)

J.L. Humphrey Block (201 W. Market)

Odd Fellows Block: 127-129 W. Market)

The Morris Store (123 W. Market)

Peter Studabaker Block: (121 W. Market), the oldest building downtown now.

Studebaker Bank: (113 W. Market)

McFarren Building: (101-105 N. Main)

Marion, Bluffton & Eastern Traction Line offices (111-113 N. Main)

Meyer’s & Klopfenstine Harness Shop and Auburn Automobile Dealership (118 N. Main)

John Studabaker Block: 112-114 N. Main

Thoma’s Furniture & Funeral Home and John Painter Grocery (116 S. Main)

Bliss Hotel: Corner of Main & Washington)

Former City Building: Corner of W. Washington & S. Johnson)

Old Public Library: (223 W. Washington)

The information was secured from the “Architectural Atlas of Wells County, Indiana” by Craig Leonard.