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WITWER HOUSE 1031 EAST JEFFERSON/123 NORTH EDDY This property was part of a large tract of land owned by John M. Studebaker. In 1899 Mr. Studebaker commissioned architects, Dirham and Schneider, to design this thirteen room, Queen Ann style house and carriage house. Upon its completion Mr. Studebaker sold the house to his nephew, George M. Witwer. Mr. Witwer was the private secretary to his uncle J.M. Studebaker until his death in 1917 and then served the family as an advisor until 1935 when he resigned from the Studebaker Corporation to devote more time to personal affairs. The following sites and structures are pending as potential Local Landmarks before City Com- mon Council. SHETTERLY/MILLER HOUSE 745 LELAND This Queen Anne Style house was built in 1895 by Annie P. Shetterly-Miller and her husband, Ryell T. Miller. Mr. & Mrs. Miller platted both Shetterly's first and second addition to the City of South Bend in 1889. Mr. Miller started out as a florist and showman, eventually becoming a dentist, a lawyer and a realtor. The Millers resided at this address until their deaths, Annie in 1924 and Ryell in 1923. CHESTER STREET - HISTORIC STREET LIGHTS These two lamp posts and street lights are believed to be designed by George Cutter, a lighting designer and manufacturer of great local and national significance, in the late 1920s. These older lights were designed for optimal pedestrian use, and remain essentially unaltered from the 1920's and 1930's era when most of the Sunnymeade residents were single -car families who walked or used public transport regularly. These street lights were designed to facilitate a pleasant walk. FIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO.9 2520 MISHAWAKA AVENUE In 1919, as part of a merger agreement between the independent town of River Park, and the City of South Bend, the City of South Bend, in exchange for gaining the additional tax base of River Park, agreed to build River Park a new additional hose house. The Board of Safety chose this location in 1926 and that same year Firehouse no. 9 was built in the Bungalow Style of ar- chitecture. GRACE'S CORSET SHOP 224 WEST COLFAX, This two-story Classical style commercial structure was built in 1921 by two sisters, Edythe and Gertrude Brown. Edythe Brown was a principal of the South Bend Community School Corporation and president of the Elementary Division of the National Education Association. She also wrote a local history text entitled "The Story of South Bend", which was widely used in South Bend Schools. Her sister, Gertrude, was very prominent in local women's organiza- tions and clubs; she founded the New Comer's Club in 1939 to help new residents of South Bend assimilate. For the first twenty-six years of its existence the shop housed Grace's Corset Shop and later in 1928 a Typewriter Company moved in which gave way to the Krueger Phar- macy in 1935. 4