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Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph <br />The Studebaker -Railroad Corridor Historic District is eligible for the National Register <br />under criteria A and C. It is eligible under criterion C with architecture as an area of <br />significance. The district has large buildings constructed as excellent examples of the <br />Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival, and Art Deco styles. The district also has <br />large, excellent examples of concrete frame industrial buildings. The district is also <br />eligible under criterion A with industry and transportation as areas of significance. The <br />district includes the extant buildings of the massive Studebaker manufacturing <br />corporation and two railroad depots that were at the center of transporting the company's <br />products to markets outside of South Bend. <br />