Ernie Pyle’s Boyhood Home

The house where Ernie Pyle was born on Aug. 3, 1900 is next to the World War II Museum in Dana. A group that would become the Friends of Ernie Pyle saved the house from demolition in the mid-1970s. The structure was relocated from its original rural location and restored to authentically represent the time Pyle lived there. Some items, including a mantle clock, rocker and crib, belonged to the Pyle family. The house was dedicated as an Indiana state historic site in 1976.