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1. Rating <br />2. County <br />3. Survey No. <br />El Outstanding IZ Significant/Notable <br />F1 Contributing S/11 <br />S <br />(e 20 <br />4. Historic Name <br />5. Township <br />Preliminary No. <br />J.C. Lauber Co. <br />Portage <br />141-597-56136 <br />6. Address <br />7. City <br />8. Quad Name <br />504 E. LaSalle <br />South Bend, IN. 46617 <br />South Bend East <br />INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources State Form 16822/Revised 1987 <br />U11I�liDMARK <br />. R. ®IS�RiCT <br />J. Common N-me <br />W. Visiole Endangered Explain <br />J.C. Lluber Co. <br />es <br />x YNo Yes ®No <br />112. Ownership (Owner's Address <br />_ <br />(it different) <br />JPublic Private <br />1 t3. Use Present Past <br />74. Category <br />15. Surveys I Legal Protections <br />16. Location Notes I Legal Description <br />17. Condition <br />18. Integrity <br />(Residence ❑ ❑ <br />Commercial CT <br />_ _ ❑ ❑ <br />C G <br />� Building(s) <br />C District <br />C Site <br />C Structure <br />� Object <br />Local Landmark <br />'. <br />O.P. Lowell Lot 79 <br />18-5005-0106 <br />C Excellent <br />6 Good <br />❑ Fair <br />C Deteriorated <br />❑Ruins <br />® Unaltered <br />C Altered <br />El Moved <br />Data moved <br />19. Time Period(s) <br />_ <br />20. Style(s) <br />21. Architect I Builder <br />1882 1900, 1924 <br />Italianate Art Deco <br />r <br />22. SPECIFY ALTERATIONS <br />Removals <br />Replacement <br />Additions Other <br />23. DESCRIPTION <br />24. SITE PLAN <br />Stories one <br />N <br />Plan Rectangular <br />Foundation Concrete <br />Tinclad w large plate glass windo o on en s ot dent1iied <br />Walls cornice above o enin s. <br />_ <br />ic <br />Roof Flat with tin cornice <br />Porches <br />IOpenin s Double leaf wood and <br />lass doors on N. facade <br />Large p ate g ass w transom ig s, win ow <br />'divided into (3) horizontal divisions. <br />IRteoer Addition Features: Tin <br />cladding on structure mfg. by Lauber Co. <br />4Grounds/Outbuildings <br />125. No. of Contributing Resources 2 <br />26. No. of Non-contributing Resources 0 <br />27. Environment Commercial <br />28. Areas of Significance: <br />29. Historic Context($) / Statement of Significance I Additional Description: Joseph Charles Lauber was born in Hamilto <br />71 Agriculture <br />1 Architecture <br />Ohio in February, 1868. He moved to Mishawaka with his family in the ATTACH NEGATIVE <br />yea 1870's. Luaber began his work as a tinsmith at the age of 12 when ENVELOPE HERE <br />vas_gpJlrenticed to Jared Morse of Mishawaka. After working with Morse for four years. <br />- Art <br />= Commerce <br />. :Communications <br />Community Planning <br />- Conservation <br />_ Economics <br />tQQk a position with the firm of Shriner and Weatherly of Grand Rapids, Mich., there <br />he Axned draftin¢ -and archit ectural sheet metal work. Lauber also attended the South <br />Bend Business College for a short time in the late 1880'$. <br />. Education <br />Engineering <br />�. Entertainment lrecreation <br />In 1890 Lauber began his own sheet metal and slate roofing business. The City <br />Directoires show that Lauber had several different partners in the early years of his <br />Ethnic heritage <br />Exploration I settlement <br />Health I medicine <br />bu-:iness - probably reflecting a need of capital. The firm is first listed as Titzel and <br />Lauber, then Lauber and Poehlman and finally Lauber d Weiss in 1896. <br />[' Indian <br />lL industry <br />Invention <br />Lauber's tin shop still operates in its' original location in the 500 block of East <br />C Landscape architecture <br />Law <br />LaSalle, although it was expanded greatly. It began as a small building behind severs <br />store fronts, with access from the alley. The company slowly expanded and acquired other <br />❑ Literature <br />buildings until it eventually controlled the entire block. The first expansion took <br />Military <br />`Performing arts <br />_ Philosophy <br />lace in 1900 when Lauber built an enlarged shop, <br />30. FOR STATE OFFICE USE ONLY <br />fronting on LaSalle street. The building featured <br />NR <br />C Politics/government <br />Religion <br />C Science <br />large plate glass shop windows and an elaborate tin <br />SR <br />cornice made by Lauber's shop. The tin cornice on Lau- <br />E <br />C Social history <br />C Transportation <br />'�. Vernacular I Construction <br />ber's shop is an enlarged duplicate of one which tops <br />NE <br />EjSEE CONTINUATION SHEET <br />31. UTM <br />1 8 <br />Other - <br />-- <br />32. Information Sources City Directories Portage Township Assessors Lauber Family History Written by Howard Schmitt <br />M <br />33. Surveyor <br />E.A. Straw <br />Affiliation <br />H.P.C. <br />Date <br />1985 <br />34. Revised by <br />J. Pastor <br />Affiliation <br />H.P.C. <br />Date <br />19 <br />35. Revised by <br />Affiliatio <br />Date <br />