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LOCAL LANDMARKS AND DISTRICTS The following sites and structures have been designated as Local Historic Landmarks during the past year. Fisher House 1606 West Ewing Avenue South Bend, IN This structure was designated by resolution as a Local Historic Landmark on the 16th of November in 1992. The house is an American Foursquare constructed circa 1901, on land that was part of the farm of Adam and Hannah Fisher. The resolution was enacted in order to honor the current owners who have engaged in a painstaking, long term effort to return the home to its original state. The Samuel W. Studebaker House 514 East Indiana Avenue South Bend, IN This structure was designated by ordinance as a Local Historic Landmark on January 25, 1993. This late Queen Anne style residence was designed by the notable South Bend architect, Walter W. Schneider (1868-1957). Schneider was also responsible for the design of the River Park Theatre and the Natatorium as well as many houses and 46 other structures in the area. The house is noteworthy for its Queen Anne detailing grafted onto the more austere American Foursquare form of the 20th century. This is illustrated by the polygonal bay window on the west facade, two additional smaller bays and a wide dentilled entabulature under the eaves and dormer roof lines. The owner of 514 East Indiana was Samuel W. Studebaker, nephew of Clem and J.M. Studebaker, founders of the Studebaker transportation interest and famed American industrialists. Samuel Studebaker's father, Henry, was forced to sell his interest in the businesses due to ill health. In 1919 the house was sold to Clifford M. Lontz. Lontz was a dealer of energy products, coal, coke, gasoline and oil and prominent in South Bend social circles. In 1930 the house became the property of another important South Bend business man, E. Glenmore Wells, secretary and future president of the Wells Manufacturing Co. The company began as a cabinetry shop that grew into a worldwide supplier of wooden bases for printing and engraving uses. The Keightly House & The Sibley House 1027 & 1029 East Wayne and 231 South Eddy South Bend, IN The properties at these addresses were designated by ordinance as Local Historic Landmarks on September 18, 1993. The house at 1027 East Wayne is a classic Prairie design. Among its characteristic features are a low-pitched roof with wide overhangs, bands of windows between corner piers, a low massive chimney and exterior white stucco walls. The home at 231 South Eddy and the garage (now an apartment 1029 East Wayne) are fine examples of Dutch Colonial Revival architecture. The house has a central gambrel roof with two crossing gambrels, each of which possess a short, flattened upper slope.