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STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Application Number: <br />Property Location: <br />1999-00902 <br />1608 Devon Circle <br />Property Owner: Wellington & Andrea Jones <br />Landmark or District Designation: LL <br />Rating: S/11 <br />Survey Number: <br />141-59-37261 <br />Key Number: <br />STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT <br />Andrew C. Weisburg, owner and manager of the Oliver Hotel Corporation, purchased <br />lots 19, 20 and 21 of the Jefferson Heights Addition in December of 1924. The Jefferson <br />Hieghts Addition was eventually replatted, becoming the Tuxedo Park Addition, which <br />instituted a $20,000.00 building minimum. Mr. Weisburg hired popular architect, Ernest W. <br />Young, to design this house for them which the resided in until 1935, at which time it was sold <br />to Ivar Henning. Mr. Henning was the president of the South Bend Bait Company. Ivar <br />resided in this house until his death in 1950 at which time the property was inherited by his <br />wife, Helen. Mrs. Henning continued to live there until 1954 when she sold the house to the <br />South Bend Osteopathic Hospital, Inc. The hospital converted the house into offices for its <br />staff, and continued to utilize the house until 1975. The hospital began a large expansion <br />program in 1975 which placed the house in jeopardy, however, the hospital was able to find a <br />buyer for the building who was willing to move the house from its existing location. The house <br />was sold to Thomas G. Podell, a local bricklayer and subcontractor for $1,800.00. Mr. Podell <br />purchased lots eight and nine of of Devon Place and subsequently moved the house to those lots <br />in 1976. Mr. Podell sold the house to the current owners, Wellington and Andrea Jones, in <br />1978. <br />