Gish-Rogers Historic House Now 180 Years Old   Journal & Courier (Lafayette, Indiana) November 5, 1955, by Mrs. Otto C. Baker     This stately, old, red brick, two-story early Victorian house, built so many years ago in the little village of Linnwood before it was annexed by Lafayette in 1882, stands today as a gentle reminder of the gracious living of some of our forefathers. It is known to many as the Gish-Rogers-Leiter home at Twelfth & Roberts Street.     Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gish, born in Botecourt County, Va., came to Lafayette in 1829, making their home in a log cabin situated on the "old packet landing lot" at Second and Ferry Streets. In 1832, they purchased 40 acres of land in the Linnwood addition (a portion of which is now Greenbush Cemetery and the other the Gish addition. Before a suitable home could be built, Mr. Gish died in 1833, and it was not until 1844 that his widow built the house at Twelfth and Roberts Streets. Here, too, lived a da...