This from the Kokomo Tribune:
PERU, IN – A Peru couple has purchased the birthplace of famous Broadway composer Cole Porter and will continue to run it as an inn after the property went up for sale last year. Jill and Marlin Ash, who own a consignment shop in Peru and a hog farm in Miami County, bought the house located at 19 S. Huntington St. in November for $110,000 from Ole Olsen Memorial Theatre. Ash said they plan to make further investments in the house, which is one of the main attractions when the city hosts the annual Cole Porter Festival every June celebrating the hometown celebrity. She said they are also looking at ways to expand and diversify the community offerings at the inn, including possibly adding wine and beer tasting events in the parlor room, which has historic items on display that came with the purchase of the property.