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been called the "Homestead House," see: "The Homestead House," Old House <br />Journal Sept./Oct. 1987: 29-34. <br />2. Susanne S. Ridlen, "Bank Barns in Cass County, Indiana," Pioneer America <br />4:2 (July 1972) 25-43; Allen G. Noble and Gayle A. Seymour, <br />• "Distribution of Barn Types in Northeastern United States," Geographical <br />Review (?): 155-170. <br />3. St. Joseph County Mortgage Record: 1.8:551. Wertz mortgaged the property <br />for $7000.00 on April 9, 1872; it is unknown when he purchased the <br />property; it is likely this transaction was to build the house as it <br />appears on the Illustrated Historic Atlas of St. Joseph County Indiana <br />(Chicago: Higgins and Belden, 1875): 54. <br />4. . History of St. Joseph County Indiana (Chicago: Chapman and Co., <br />1880): 694. <br />5. History of St. Joseph County 689; St. Joseph County Deed Record: 59:339. <br />The remaining thirty three acres on the east side of the Niles Road was <br />sold to David H. Wagner in 1875: Deed Index: 11:508. <br />6. Deed Record: 138:339. Charles Bestle is shown to be living on the <br />property in both the 1909 and 1929 County Atlases. <br />7. Historic Preservation Commission Resolution No. 3: Historic Landmarks <br />Procedure (July 14, 1975). <br />• <br />• <br />4 <br />