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I. Rating 2. County 3. Survey No. <br />0 Outstanding EO Significant / Notable OContributing S111 S1- Tnq­l, 3(".3ZO • 15A614 -C - 1 <br />4. Historic Name 5. Township Preliminary No. <br />J.C. Lauber Co. Portage 141-597-56136 6,41', <br />6. Address 7. City 8. Quad Name <br />504 E. LaSalle South Bend, IN. 46617 South Bend East 11 <br />INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources State Form 168221 Revised 1987 <br />33. Surveyor <br />34. Revised by <br />E.A. Straw <br />J. Pastor <br />35. Revised by <br />Affiliation Date <br />H.P.C. 1985 <br />Affiliation Date <br />H.P.C. 1988 <br />Affiliation Date <br />LANDMARK <br />RICT <br />01 <br />9. Common Name <br />10. Visible 11. Endangered Explain <br />Lauber Co. <br />1E Yes C1 No 0 Yes ®No <br />12. Ownership Owner's Address (it different) <br />C3 Public :0 Private <br />13. Use Present Past 14. Category <br />15. Surveys I Legal Protections 16. Location Notes/ Legal Description 17. Cohdition 18. Integrity <br />Residence 0 0 M Building(s) <br />Local Landmark O.P. Lowell Lot 79 El Excellent - 0 Unaltered <br />Commercial 1B 131 0 District <br />(WI So?. F_ w"5Ail,L-1i) P9 Good 0 Altered <br />0 0 0 Site18-5005-0106 <br />0 Fair 0 Moved <br />El El 13 Structure <br />0 Deteriorated Date moved <br />0 Object <br />0 Ruins <br />19. Time Period(s) <br />20. Style(s) 21. Architect I Builder <br />1882. 1900, 1924 <br />Italianate, Art Deco <br />22- SPECIFY ALTERATIONS <br />Removals <br />Replacement Additions Other <br />23. DESCRIPTION <br />24. SITE PLAN <br />Stories oneA�_ <br />Plan Rectangular <br />Foundation Concrete <br />00 <br />1 q I 7-q <br />Tin clad wiflarge plate glass <br />winnows. rlud"iiuub on ends ot dentilled <br />walls cornice above openings. <br />Roof Flat with tin cornice <br />Porches <br />(openings Double leaf wood and <br />Large plate glass w/transom <br />plass doors on N. facade <br />m us, winauw on east Waif of bUildiu6 <br />7- <br />divided into (3) horizontal <br />(divided <br />divisions. <br />Addition Features: Tin cladding on structure mfg. by Lauber Co. <br />(Grounds <br />/Outbuildings <br />1 25. No. of Contributing Resources <br />2 1 26. No. of Non-contributing Resources 0 27. Environment Commercial <br />28. Areas of Significance: <br />❑Agriculture <br />29. Historic Context(s) / Statement of Significance I Additional Description: <br />Joseph Charles Lauber was born in Hamiltor <br />Architecture <br />10hi. in February, 1868. He moved to Mishawaka with his family in the ATTACH NEGATIVE <br />0 Art <br />0 Commerce <br />(early 1870's. Luaber began his work as a tinsmith at the -age of 12 when ENVELOPE HERE <br />El Communications <br />he was PnDrenticed to Jared Morse of Mishawaka. After working with Morse for four years. <br />0 Community Planning <br />11 Conservation <br />T. -h'- t-nnk a nosition'with* the firm of Shriner and Weatherly of Grand Rapids, Mich., there <br />0 Economics <br />I ha learned drafting and architectural sheet metal work. Lauber also attended the South <br />11 Education <br />• Engineering <br />Bend Business College for a short time in the late 1880's: <br />• Entertainment/ recreation <br />I In 1890 Lauber began his own sheet metal and slate roofing business. The City <br />1:1 Ethnic heritage <br />0 Exploration/settlement <br />Directoires show that Lauber had several different partners in the early years of his <br />C3 Health/medicine <br />I business - probably reflecting a need of capital. The firm is first listed as Titzel and <br />11 Indian <br />13 Industry <br />I Lauber. then Lauber and Poeh1man and finally Lauber and Weiss in 1896. <br />C1 Invention <br />Lauber's tin shop still operates in its original location in the 500 block of East <br />0 Landscape architecture <br />0 Law <br />I LaSalle. although it was expanded greatly. It began as a small building behind several <br />11 Literature <br />I store fronts, with access from the alley. The company slowly expanded and acquired other <br />0 Military <br />El Performing arts <br />buildings until it eventually controlled the entire block. The first expansion took <br />El Philosophy <br />place in 1900 when Lauber built an enlarged shop, 30. FOR STATE OFFICE USE ONLY <br />C3 Politics I government <br />13 Religion <br />fronting on LaSalle street. The building featured NR <br />C1 Science <br />large plate glass shop windows and an elaborate tin <br />0 Social history <br />SR <br />cornice.made by Lauber's shop. The tin cornice on Lau - <br />13 Transportation <br />0 Vernacular/Construction <br />I bar's shop is an enlarged duplicate of one which tops <br />13 Other <br />Nr <br />[aSEE CONTINUATION SHEET 31. UTM <br />116 <br />32. Information Sources <br />City Directories <br />Portage Township Assessors Lauber Family History Written by Howard Schmitt <br />33. Surveyor <br />34. Revised by <br />E.A. Straw <br />J. Pastor <br />35. Revised by <br />Affiliation Date <br />H.P.C. 1985 <br />Affiliation Date <br />H.P.C. 1988 <br />Affiliation Date <br />