How do you get into Fortville Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. Fortville Speakeasy is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
Drinks of the era
We have not seen this venue’s own list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Mary Pickford, El Presidente, and Hotel Nacional Special are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Fortville Speakeasy sits
Fortville Speakeasy is in Fortville, Indiana, in Hancock County, in the Midwest of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Fortville. If you know another, tell us.
Indiana holds 25 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Indiana speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Indiana
Indiana did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1918, two years before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, Indiana already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Indiana.
What the newspapers recorded in Indiana
Searching the Library of Congress run of Indiana newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Indiana:
- The Lake County times, July 15, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- South Bend news-times, January 11, 1924 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Lake County times, December 16, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The Lake County times, June 9, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Fortville Speakeasy through its own website and on Facebook.
The address is 10 S Main St, Fortville, IN 46040. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Fortville Speakeasy we hold street address, official website, and social accounts. We do not yet hold telephone number, opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a restaurant.