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• <br /> lifetime resident of South Bend. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941 and <br /> attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was decorated by seven nations for <br /> his service during World War II. Mr. Nimtz was a longtime civic leader and was <br /> elected to the U.S. Congress in 1956. He was president of the South Bend <br /> Redevelopment Commission from 1974 until his death in 1990.[10] The building <br /> was purchased by Dr. Len Trevino in 1994 and has been renamed the F. Jay Nimtz <br /> Building. <br /> NOTES <br /> 1. Historic Preservation Commission Resolution No.3: Historic Landmarks <br /> Procedure (July 14, 1975) . <br /> 2. City of South Bend Summary Report - Indiana Historic Sites and Structures <br /> Inventory (South Bend: 1992) . <br /> 3. Timothy Edward Howard, History of St. Joseph County, Indiana, (Chicago & <br /> New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907) : 401. <br /> 4. South Bend Tribune (obit. J.B. Birdsell) September 27, 1906. <br /> 5. Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Survey, survey card, 511 West Colfax. <br /> 6. City of South Bend Summary Report - Indiana Historic Sites and Structures <br /> Inventory (South Bend: 1982) . <br /> 7. Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Survey, survey card, 511 West Colfax. <br /> 8. Tribune (obit. J.B. Birdsell) September 27, 1906. <br /> 9. City of South Bend Assessors Records, 1931-1959. <br /> 10. South Bend Tribune, (obit. F.J. Nimtz) December 7, 1990. <br /> C. Anderson <br /> May 1995 <br />