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S/12 A. HISTORIC NAME Warner Drug Store B. COUNTY St. Joseph C. NUMBER 141 -05914-450 D. ADDRESS 135 East Michiqan Street E. TWP/CITY 01 i ye/New Car i s 1 P F. QUAD NAME SR NR______ NHL___— HABS HAER_ .__ UTM REFERENCES 11 161 1514101913101 14161 1 1 71 1101 01 STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY REVISED 1977 1. COMMON NAME Watson 's Plate Shop 4. PROPERTY'S MAILING ADDRESS 5. LOCATION NOTES 2. OWNERSHIP Public X Private Watson' s Plate Shop c/o Florence Watson on the north west rornPr of Fast 197 3. VISIBLE X Yes No 135 East Michiqan Street Michigan Street and Arch Street New Carlisle, Indiana 46552 6. USE PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST T ENDANGERED 8. CATEGORY 9. LOCAL LEGAL PROTECTIONS' Residence ❑ ❑ Military ❑ ❑ Vacant District Historic District Govt./Pol. ❑ ❑ Entertainment ❑ ❑ Neglected Building(s) Landmark Commerce ® Scientific ❑ ❑ Encroachment X_ Structure Deed Restriction Industrial ❑ ❑ Religious ❑ ❑ Other Site Other Agriculture ❑ ❑ Park ❑ ❑ Object Transportation ❑ ❑ Museum ❑ ❑ Organization ❑ ❑ Educational ❑ ❑ Other ❑ ❑ I 10. CONDITION 11. BUILDING INTEGRITY 11a. Specify Alterations 17. d SITE PLAN X Excellent Unaltered Removals Good _X Altered — — — — Fair Moved Structural Deteriorated Date Replacement A Ruins Additions 12. DATE 1874 13. STYLE Ital ianatP 14. ARCHITECT/BUILDER 15. DESCRIPTION 2-story Italianate coamercial building with 7 rPressed Pnrranras and r, cast metal ornamentation. Second floor has 2/2 double hung windows w/ cut Store sills .and cast metal hood o rnamen s - orn i ce 1 i ne has a decrnrated fr i PAP of h rnrkefs_ and M Cu C,�dN 5r. ns cnpUons cessed panels Facade Material Rrirk anCastd 18. ENVIRONMENT ns 16. OUTBUILDINGS Metal 19. AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE Aboriginal Community Plannirfg Humanities Religion Arts Education Indian Science/Technology X Architecture Engineering Landscape Architecture Social/Ethnicity Commerce Environs/Neighborhoods Military Transportation Communications Exploration/Settlement Politics/Government Vernacular/Construction X Other h i story Specify the significance for each area checked This site was originally occupied by a small frame buildinq constructed by Jacob Warner on the northeast corner of Michiqan and Arch Sts. It was soon moved to the northwest corner, the present site, and enlarged to make room for a post office. Jacob's son, Francis D. Warner, bought it in 1874 and replaced it with the existing, two-story building. The west half of the new buildinq was occupied by T. J. Garoutre ' s Dry Goods StnrP_ The east half held Warner' s Drug Store and was sold to Lory & Daisy Stinchcomb Graffort who later sold it to the Kellogg Drug Co. from Knox, Indiana. The west half remained the Garoutte Dry Goods Store until 1920 when it was purchased by David Hostetler. In 1941 this half was also sold to the Kelloa_a Drua CQ. Ten years later the PntirP buildinq was sold to Glen & Winnie Watson who continued the drug stare and had nnP are_a_as a gift- shun afrar Mr Watson ' s death, Mrs. Watson found the qift shop to be runninq better than the drug store so she rnnrPntratPd her efforts on the gifts , especially the collectors ' plate section. Her interP5tin Dlatie collecting grew until her shop became solely involved in the buvina and se_llina of collectors ' plates Today the Watson ' s Plate Shop is known world- wide as the headquarters for plate collectors. This two-story. Italianate building has been very well maintained and retains its ar�inal character on the exterior as well as the interior. Its cast- iron hood moldinas are the only ones extant in the commercial district. IPttal DPsrrintinn - Inr 7n n. P. '�R� Fr _ F siriP Haig rarlicla 20. INFORMATION SOURCES Deed records Chapman ' s History of St. Joseph ATTACH County NEGATIVE ENVELOPE 21. SURVEYOR HERE 22. DATE Ill f31 IL