O’Gara and Wilson Antiquated Books in Chesterton, Indiana
Finding O’Gara and Wilson Antiquated Booksellers in Chesterton, Indiana was a great start to our latest little Indiana trip.
From the outside, I could see the sheen of wood flooring and walls of exposed brick! To say I couldn’t wait to get in is an understatement.
O’Gara and Wilson Antiquated Booksellers in Chesterton, Indiana
You already know that it isn’t every day you find a mom and pop bookstore in a small Indiana town. It definitely isn’t very often you find a shop that specializes in rare and unique books too!
What a beautiful, beautiful shop! From top to bottom it is gorgeous.
Founded in 1882 in Hyde Park, Chicago, the shop changed hands a few times before the purchase by Joseph O’Gara. Current owner Doug Wilson was a scout turned key part of the shop.
Now Doug Wilson and his wife have relocated the Chicago bookshop and opened up O’Gara and Wilson in the town of Chesterton, Indiana–that once held an O’Gara and Wilson bookshop back in the 1990′s!
Chesterton, Indiana Bookstore
O’Gara and Wilson Antiquated Books in Chesterton, Indiana
There’s a great range of books to be browsed at O’Gara and Wilson Antiquated Booksellers.
All of your favorite genres are in this Porter County bookstore: Children, History, Drama and the Theater, Religion, Regional, Parenting and Homeschool, Fiction and Literature, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Medieval, Renaissance, as well as Words and Education.
Those are just a sampling of what you will discover carefully labeled above each tall, tall section! The occasional comfy chair invites you to enjoy the ambiance of this great Indiana bookstore.
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O’Gara and Wilson Antiquated Booksellers in Chesterton, Indiana
You know those old books. The great attention to detail and those excellent vintage fonts. The muted colors of the hardcovers and the smell of vintage.
Browsing the shelves of O’Gara and Wilson Antiquated Booksellers is pure joy!
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O’Gara and Wilson Antiquated Books
223 Broadway
Chesterton, Indiana 46304
219.728.1326
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