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Rating . 2.County 3.Survey No. <br /> IOutstandin' ESignificant/Notable ❑Contributing S/12 St. Joseph 141-597-36037 <br /> Historic Name 5.Township Preliminary No. <br /> William C. Sibley Portage 141-597-56056 <br /> Address 7.City 8.Quad Name <br /> 231 S. Eddy South Bend, IN 46617 South Bend East <br /> INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources State Form 188221 Revised 1987 <br /> .3f .5 EDDY <br /> SGD5t 6!, _ <br /> 5-CC 8- <br /> 34 ,-•.,, 3y .•,, 36 -��e <br /> Common Name 10.Visible 11.Endangered Explain <br /> ]Yes 0 N ❑Yes [3 No <br /> ?.Ownership Owner's Address(if different) <br /> Public g Private <br /> I.Use Present Past 14.Category 15.Surveys!Legal Protections 16.Location Notes/Legal Description 17.Condition 18.Integrity <br /> esidence ❑ r1 IRI Bullding(s) Howard Park East 95'x 144.63', SE corner of ❑Excellent E Unaltered <br /> 3mmercial CI ai District p proposed Nat. Reg. Lot 20, Cottrell's C9 Good ❑Altered <br /> vacant ic] El Cl Site Hist. Dist. ❑Fair ❑Moved <br /> 18 6005 0123 <br /> El ❑Structure ❑ Deteriorated Date moved <br /> ❑Object ❑ Ruins <br /> 1.Time Period(s) 20.Style(s) 21.Architect/Builder <br /> 1921 Dutch Colonial Revival Austin & Shambleau <br /> 22.SPECIFY ALTERATIONS <br />.movals Replacement Additions Other <br /> 23.DESCRIPTION 24.SITE PLAN <br /> ones 2 <br /> III <br /> an Irregular Chim: 2 offset brick w/clay flues ,� N <br /> undation Brick, soldier course at base. bb N <br />'ales Stucco 2nd floor; wood cornice line at eave; garden wall listdflrick, _� kHI <br /> I . e -'ifs <br /> Doi Central gambrel w/two crossing gambrels, slate roofing, 2YaPshing. I (' ? °I~ 1 �: -t '/ <br /> Front entry canopy w/cut away pediment, paired tuscan column -• �. _ti <br /> aches - <br /> suppports; Clanking enclosed porches w/wood panels, square pilasters, I ( <br /> 8/8 dbl. hung sashes. - <br /> penings 6/6, 6/1 dbl. hung sashes, multi-paned dbl. leaf casements, brick ; :_ • <br /> sills, lintels. <br /> 4 n <br /> tenor j* <br /> tli <br /> rounds/Outbuildings NW corner of S. Eddy and E. Wayne, carriage house <br /> w/current E. Wayne address to rear. \N A Y N E <br /> i.No.of Contributing Resources 1 26.No.of Noncontributing Resources 0 27.Environment . Commercial/Residential <br /> 8❑Areas <br /> ear of S gnnificance: 29.Historic Context(s)/Statement of Significance/Additional Description: Irving A. Sibley acquired this property <br /> L Architecture 1892, but it was not until 1921 that his son, William C. Sibley, had ATTACH NEGATIVE <br /> ❑Art a house constructed on the property. William Sibley built this 8-room ENVELOPE HERE <br /> ❑Commerce P P Y• <br /> ❑Communications Dutch Colonial house designed by Austin and Shambleau. prominent local architects. <br /> ❑Community Planning <br /> ❑Conservation William C. Sibley was born on September 24, 1881 in Owatonna. Minnesota and arrandad <br /> ❑ Economics Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, IL and then studied at the University of Notre Dame <br /> ❑ Education for one year. He spent the next four years as a salesman for the Malleable Steel Range <br /> ❑ Engineering <br /> ❑Entertainment/recreation Manufacturing Co. (His father was president and director) and the Germer Stove Company <br /> El Ethnic heritage of Erie, PA/ In 1904, he went to work for his father in the Irving A. Sibley Hardware <br /> ❑ Exploration/settlement <br /> ❑ Health/medicine business. In June, 1908 he married Marie Greene. Sibley worked for his father's <br /> ❑Indian hardware business for 8 more years until 1916 when he became the president and treasurer <br /> a Industry <br /> ❑ Invention of the South Bend Foundry Co. which manufactured gray-iron castings. <br /> ❑ Landscape architecture <br /> ❑ Law William Sibley was a well known sportsman who was especially interested in horcemanuhip <br /> ❑ Literature and hunting. He was active in the Masonic Lodge and the Chamber of Commerce. Indiana <br /> ❑Military <br /> CI Performing arts Manufacturers Association, American Foundry Society. The South Bend County Club, and The <br /> CI Philosophy Indiana Club. The Sibleys moved into the house at 30.FOR STATE OFFICE USE ONLY <br /> ❑ Politics/government ,- <br /> ❑ Religion 213'S. Eddy in 1922. Four years later they had their NR <br /> ❑Science only child, a daughter. Sibley continued his work as SR <br /> ❑Social history Y Company.of the South Bend Foundr Com an Y The companN E <br /> ❑Transportation <br /> ❑Vernacular/Construction later changed its name to the Sibley Machine and NE <br /> ❑Other - ESEE CONTINUATION SHEET <br /> 31.UTM <br /> 118= I I I I I I I I I I I <br /> .information Sources City Directories: 1920-1979; Portage Twp, Assessor Cards: 1932 and 1979; Deed Records: Bk. 91. pg.211: <br /> So. Bend Tribune: Obituary 5/14/57; Citizen's Historical Association: William C. Sibley <br /> 3.Surveyor Affiliation Date <br /> HPC 6/79 <br /> 4.Revised by Affiliation Date <br />