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• • 5 • A. HISTORIC NAME Cornelius J and Alta J. Morris B.000NTY St. Joseph C. NUMBER 141-57185-597 D. ADDRESS 1216 East Wayne North E. TWP/CITY Portage/South Bend F. QUAD NAME RATING OOutetending OSlgrdfbent/Noteble OContributing/Relerenee ONon-Oonlrlbuting UTM REFERENCES 11 161 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 STATE OF`INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY REVISED Iasi 1. COMMON NAME 2. OWNERSHIP _ Public _ X Private 3. VISIBLE X_ Yes No 4. PROPERTY'S MAILING ADDRESS Simon Kurt G & Tessie 1216 Fact Wayne North South Bend IN 46615 6. USE PRESENT PAST ge. LOCAL LEGAL PROTECTIONS PRESENT PAST Residence I. EX Military ❑ ❑ Govt./Pol. ❑ ❑ Entertainment ❑ ❑ Commerce ❑ ❑ Scientific ❑ ❑ Industrial ❑ ❑ Religious ❑ ❑ Agriculture ❑ ❑ Park ❑ ❑ Transportation ❑ ❑ Museum ❑ ❑ Organization ❑ ❑ Educational ❑ ❑ Other - ❑ ❑ 10. CONDITION 11. BUILDING INTEGRITY -_i1- Excellent — Unaltered ._— Good X_ Altered Major Fair Moved Deteriorated Date Ruins 7. ENDANGERED Vacant Neglected Encroachment _ — Other y 5. LOCATION NOTES 7th building was+ of aouthwac+-cor-ner of South Sunnyside & East Wayne North. I 8. CATEGORY ge. LOCAL LEGAL PROTECTIONS District __ Historic district —X- Building(s) __ Landmark — Structure __ Deed Re�;triction Site _— Other _. — Object SURVEYS 1 NR NHL NABS - HAER Ila. Specify Alterations Removals 3ricked in window' west -side Structural -- -Alum storm win ows; some repla Replacement mend -wi-nd . Additions _B.'_X12-'- Shed -roof at r6ar (1955-)- H.R. 105 1 H.R. Stapp/ 12. DATE 105) 13. STYLE Cpl0nial ReYival 14. ARCHITECT/BUILDER t hit b o v^"� 15. DESCRIPTION 2 story frame irregular plan- gable ronf withhgr'1blle returns with cornice molding; asbestos shingles,• eyebrow dormer multipane half -round attic . _window• 8/1 and 6/1 double hung windows paneled wood shutters with tree motif: Inscriptions Facade Material Brick _.. 16. OUTBUILDINGS 21, car, --1- door- --gable roof garage.; plain entablature trim• asphalt shingles (c 1980) 18. ENVIRUI�- Residential — T 0 19. AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE: Specify the significance for each area checked_ ATTACH — Aboriginal Whitcomb & Keller built this H R Stapp designed Colonial Revival house in NEGATIVE — Arts 1925. Cornelius J and Alta J Morris were the first owners Cornelius_Mnrri' ENVELOPE — Architecture was a salesmanager at the O'Brien Varnish Company. HERE — Commerce — communications - The Morrises lived at the house until 1936 but it had been sold through a — Community Planning sheriff's sale to the Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1934 The property had two resident- - Education between 1937 and 1939. Engineering In 1940, George V and -Janet P Craighead purchased the property from the Equitable Life — Environs/Neighborhoods — Exploration/Settlement Assurance Society. George Cragihead was a salesman. — Humanities The Craigheads sold the property in 1948 to Kurt and Tessve Simon. Kurt Simon came to Indian South Bend from Germany in 1930 He was a graduate of Central H-';- and Nn+re name (los) — Landscape Architecture Kurt Simon was president of Simon Bros., having been with the company since 1935. Simon Bros. — Military- — Politics/Government is a wholesale supply company, founded in 1897 by relatives of Kurt Simon. - - Religion The Simons still own the property (See 141-57196.3-597) Science/Technology 1-'J '{ �• ` ' °°" ^ Social/Ethnicity T. — Vernacular/Construction — Other Desc Cont.: brick soldier course lintels and brick header course sills; central entry gable roof with round arch under, supported by brackets; round arched entry door with simple wood trim concrete slab with bent steel railings; 1 story side wind, flat rood with simple entablature trim, supported b Boric columns enclosed by screens; shed roof rear addition with brick a slightly different color; brick corbeled chimney. Legal Desc.: 1-100 Sunnymede Key # 18 6107 3801 20. INFORMATION SOURCES South Bend City Directories; Portage.. Township Assessors• South Bend Tribuet 7-7-61-, 5 -?F-70• Deed Record' Ronk 191 .?age 41A- Rn, k 263 Page 319• Book 363 Page 284• Book 441 Page 370 21. SURVEYOR. B. Poland 22. DATE August, 1986 0