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STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Application Number: 2000-0615 <br />Property Location: 610 N. St. Joseph <br />Property Owner: Quinton & Lara Smith <br />Landmark or District Designation: LHD-NSJ <br />Rating: C/10 <br />Key Number: <br />STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT <br />This house was built in 1909 by real estate speculator, Seth Hammond. He rented <br />the house to the United Brethren Church as a parsonage until 1911 when he sold it to <br />Jacob and Phillipine Ackerman. Mr. Ackerman was a dyer for M.W. Manufacturing <br />Company. The Ackerman's sold the property in 1917 to their son Rudolph Ackerman. <br />Jacob and Phillipinne resided at 201 E. Navarre while Rudolph resided at 610 N. St. <br />Joseph. Mr. & Mrs. Ackerman lived on Navarre Street until Jacobs death in 1928 at <br />which time Phillipinne moved in with her son Rudolph on N. St. Joseph Street and her <br />other son, Herman, moved into the house on Navarre Street. Mrs. Ackerman lived at 610 <br />N. St. Joseph until her death in 1934. <br />Rudolph Ackerman was a prominent member of the Democratic Party; he was <br />twice the district chair. He was also an examiner and receiver for various banks <br />throughout South Bend. Rudolph Ackerman owned the property until his death when he <br />left it to his sister, Emma. Emma Ackerman resided in the old family house at 201 E. <br />Navarre and rented 610 N. St. Joseph to John Owens. Miss Ackerman never married, so <br />when she died in 1953 she left the house to several, distant relatives, with Josephine <br />Werkmen as executor. They sold the house in 1955 to C. Horvath for $8,300.00. Mr. <br />Horvath lived there until his death when his son, Mark, inherited the house. Mark <br />Horvath sold the house to Patricia Horvath in 1990, who in turn sold it to Memorial <br />Hospital in 1993. Memorial donated the house to the Near Northwest Neighborhood <br />Association in 1997 after four years of using the property as a rental. The Near <br />Northwest Neighborhood Association restored the house and sold it to the current <br />owners, Quinton and Lara Smith in 2000. <br />