A panoramic photograph of the Elzey Building on Lower Huntington Road, just west of Old Trail Road, in the Waynedale area of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The oldest part of the building was built in 1925, just a couple of years after Waynedale was founded. A later addition, built to seamlessly match the original building, was added in 1950.

The west end of the building is the Hook and Ladder Tavern, which has been there as long as I can remember. Next to it is Landing Zone Coffee, occupying the former Waynedale Bakery space. The vacant storefront next to the coffee shop has had several short-lived businesses over the years; most recently it was Barb's Variety Shop. On the east end of the building is Summit City Dance Academy, which has been there since I was a child. My sister took dance lessons there when we were kids.

Waynedale was founded by Abner Elzey in the 1920s, and in 1957 the residents voted to join the city of Fort Wayne. Though Waynedale has been part of Indiana's second largest city for more than 50 years (longer than it was an independent town), it still looks and feels like a small town. Lower Huntington Road is Waynedale's "Main Street."

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