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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT
<br />APPLICATION - - _ 19'98 _ -331-2.
<br />PROPERTY -- 66401 Walnut
<br />Walkerton, IN
<br />OWNER -= Anthony & Patricia Harman
<br />', J ESIGNATION - LL
<br />RATING -- Outstanding'9/13
<br />STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE /HISTORIC CONTEXT
<br />Elisha and Anilla Taylor, early settlers of South Bend and prominent land
<br />owners, sold. acres -off of the north side-of -the south 1 /2,- northwest 1/4 of
<br />section 36, township 36, range 1,west, located in Liberty Township, to Mrs.
<br />Martha'M. Rosebaugh in 1'866 - for $200.00. Mrs. Rosebaugh was a widow.from
<br />Pennsylvania; who. is believed - to have constructed the house.' Howe-ver.,'do to-
<br />'the lack documentation it;is not for ,sure if she was responsible'for
<br />building the " -.or ,when =the-house., ' was built. Mrs. Rosebaugh was 'listed as"'
<br />a resident 0f %iberty'Township.in th1,870 -1880 Indiana Census. When the
<br />census was taken-she--was-a year old.widow with two daughters, a son and two
<br />:granddaughters living with -her. :In...1879 Mrs.. Rosebaugh in conjunction with
<br />Solomon J.- :.Knepp and_ Daniel' W.•' Houser.,,'purchase over 700-feet 'of lumber
<br />and other 'items1; .bondu6jve wiih- building ra ".house, thus,. -• giving a - possible
<br />construction date' -'of 1879: Mr's:.Ros 1i.... h. owned the property until her _death
<br />in, 1883, at ; which ,time.:.Mr -. .Solomon.. , Knepp ; was : appointed -the administrator- of
<br />her 'estate: Mr..... Knepp requested "private - estate -sale to settle =Mrs.
<br />Rgsebaugh's - debts, ..whi6h..exceeded,,the -.net worth:.of her personal= estate.- .,Mrs.
<br />Rosebaugh died ° at ~:th.e...age`of 73 with a_.personal estate-value - d at. $32.00
<br />dollars and real _.estate Valued at .:$630..00.. After all claims against her
<br />estate were filed'in 1884 the propeity:was•sold'at private auction-to .Isaac
<br />and .Elizabeth' Ullery _for •$630.00, .''The Ullery .family, -was a pioneer" family in
<br />South Bend and a- relation of the Taylor family. Mr. Ullery sold the property
<br />to ' Jo * hn J. Parish-;, 1886 who transferred. to Mrs. Elizabeth Ullery the 'same
<br />day. Mrs.. "Ullery owned "the* .:property :until her d_ eath at .which time William H
<br />Ul - lery - came : the sole .executor of -- her. - estate . - For the next twenty years the
<br />_ of :the house - .is : unknown, however, , = by.1940.the house is owned. by Otis
<br />and Niria - Tennant. : Mr..Tennant, . born in_1886, :married Nina Cleveland In ].912... 1. The young: couple South Bend.' -in 1914', 'where Mr. .Tennant - went .to work
<br />for..the'Studebaker Corporation. The'Tennant's could have bought the property
<br />at any -time .from- 1914 on ,'- however,. the actual date is unknown. 'Mr. Tennant
<br />owned'the'house - -until •1947 when he sold it to,Delmas Figg and Roy Prater, who
<br />only, owned the house fora year, they. sold•it -to Villiam and Agnes Klinkhamer
<br />,in - 1948. " .'The _. Klinkhamer_'s .owned the,., ,house -until 1956 -when they sold it to
<br />Minor I. Way. of- Ohio.' Mr. - Way rented the house' out, selling it in 1977 to
<br />.Bruce T..Fleming. - Mr. Fleming sold the property two years later to Melba R.
<br />Lawson, who was responsible for having the house landmarked in' 1981. Mrs.
<br />Lawson sold .the, house and surrounding land, except ;roughly lb acres, in 1985
<br />to James•Rosander. - -.Mr Rosander owned the house until 1996 when he sold it
<br />to Douglas,and Lauren-- Tallent. Mrs. - Lawson sold the-additional 16 acres to'
<br />Mr.. Harmon in - 1997:. .
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