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STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Application Number: <br />Property Location: <br />Property Owner: <br />1999-0721 <br />1501 East Wayne Street <br />John Axelberg <br />Landmark or District Designation: <br />Rating: C/10 <br />Survey Number: <br />MIA 11 <br />Key Number: 18-6106-3797 <br />141-57217-597 <br />STATEMENT OF SIGNWICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT <br />Developers, Whitcomb and Keller built this H.R Stapp designed house in 1926. It <br />remained vacant until 1931 when the house was sold to James B. and Pearl B. Hughes. Mr. <br />Hughes was originally from England, he migrated to the United States in 1921 to become the <br />chief body engineer for Studebaker. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes owned the house until 1941 when <br />they sold it to Ralph and Helen Van Horne. Mr. Van Horne was the president of Van Horne & <br />Company, Inc., a jewelry company located at 114 W. Washington. He resided here until 1972 <br />when he sold the house to Jane and Leonard Fleck, an assistant professor at Indiana University <br />South Bend. They resided here until 1987 when they sold the house to the current owner, John <br />Axelberg. <br />