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1608 Devon Circle
<br />legal description
<br />Lot 9 Ex Tri Pc S.W corner
<br />W 1/2 Lot 8
<br />Devon Place
<br />/e .5'047- A. 78
<br />Source of information (continued)
<br />Directories: 1912 to present
<br />Who's Mho in Women's Realm South Bend and Mishawaka - 1928 page 30 Babette Jacks Weisberg
<br />South Bend World Fame 1922 Paged Oliver Hotel Andrew Weisberg (Mrs. Andrew C.)
<br />South Bend World Fame 1922 Pages 52-53 South rend Bait
<br />Pictorial History of South Bend 1919 Page 96 South Pend Bait
<br />South .Pend Tribune Obituary Ernest W. Young
<br />Scrapbook: Northern Indiana Historical Society Museum: Book D Page 26
<br />Obituary: Ivar Henning
<br />historical notes
<br />On July 6, 1976 to July 16, 1976 an existing two-story, English Tudor frame house,
<br />built in 1925, was moved from 2419 East Jefferson Boulevard to 1608 Devon Circle.
<br />The 1932 assessment card gave this house a G-1 rating which is the highest grade of
<br />construction known in the City of South Bend built strictly from architectural draw-
<br />ings and built by a distinguished contractor. The material used was the highest grade,
<br />weather resistant and exceptionally long lasting.
<br />Andrew C. Weisburg, owner and manager of the Oliver Hotel Corporation, purchased Lots
<br />19, 20, and 21 in the Jefferson Heights Addition on December 22, 1924. This addition
<br />was replatted and became known as Tuxedo Park Lots 4, 5 and 6. A $20,000 restriction
<br />was placed on cost of housing on Tuxedo Park property.
<br />Ernest W. Young, an architect who had designed many private homes and commercial
<br />buildings in South Bend since his arrival in 1904, designed this English Tudor styled
<br />home for Andrew C. Weisburg and his wife, Babette, in 1925. The English Tudor style
<br />was rather unique for Young, as most of his work was reminiscent of the architect-
<br />ural style of Frank Lloyd Wright. By the time the 1926 Directory was published, the
<br />Weisburgs were listed as living in this house. In 1935, Ivar Hennings, president of
<br />South Bend Bait Company, purchased the house and assumed a mortgage which originally had
<br />been $25,000, but had been reduced to $13,000. Ivar Henning died November 11, 1950.
<br />His widow, Helen, sold Lots 4, 5, and 6 Tuxedo Park on April 20, 1954 to the South Bend
<br />Osteopathic Hospital, Inc. The house was then used by staff workers of the newly con-
<br />structed Osteopathic Hospital located on this property.
<br />In 1975-76, the Osteopa�hic Hospital began an expansion program. The Tudor house was
<br />in the way of construction and the house was sold for $1,800. to Thomas George Podell,
<br />a young bricklayer and sub -contractor. Podell,"the owner of the house had purchased
<br />the lot on Devon Circle in the normal way. He obtained the proper city permit to move
<br />the structure, gave the house the required termite treatment... and posted a performance
<br />bond to bring the house up to standard state of repair after it was placed on its new
<br />site." - South Bend Tribune - July 16, 1976. The court upheld Podell's right to move
<br />this house against a law suit by Devon Circle neighbors.
<br />Comments: This house is a good example of how an older house can be relocated and re-
<br />habilitated to become compatible with new surroundings.
<br />source of information
<br />Deed Record: Book 187, page 594 Dec. 22, 1924 - Lots 19, 20, 21 Jefferson Heights
<br />Plat Record: Filed: Rook 12, page 18 August 6, 1925 - Tuxedo Park lst Sub. of
<br />lots in Jefferson Heights Lot id's 4, 5, 6
<br />Mortgage Record: Book 177, page 126
<br />Deed Record: Book 279, page 272 Dec. 21, 1935 - Weisburg to Henning
<br />Deed Record: Book 552 - 560 April 20, 1954 - Helen Henning to S.B.O.H. Inc.
<br />Mortgage Record: Book 603, page 460 - S.B.O.H. Inc. to Helen Benning $41,000.
<br />Deed Record: Book 552 - 560 February 15, 1956 S.B.O.H. Inc. to Osteopathic Hosp. Build. Cor*_
<br />Deed Record: Book 818, page 465 July 6, 1976 Voor to Podell
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