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4. Portage Manor (3016 Portage Road), owned by ST JOSEPH COUNTY, was built in 1906 as the County Home and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NR-1453). Several of the rear buildings are deteriorating, and the future use of the vacant main building is unknown. 5. St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church (760 S Michigan Street), owned by CHURCH OF DELIVERANCE TEMPLES INC, was built in 1915 for the Grace Methodist Episcopal Congregation. It is rated Significant in the IHSSI and is exhibiting deferred maintenance, deteriorating cornice and masonry. 6. Platt/Wayne Place Building (235 S Michigan Steet), owned by 103-105 W WAYNE ST LLC, was built in phases – the east portion was constructed in 1894, and in 1925 the building was expanded and renovated. The building is rated as Notable in the IHSSI and is exhibiting crumbling masonry and vacancies on the upper floors. 7. Crumstown School (59340 Crumstown Highway), owned by DONELSON RONALD E & MELANIE G HW, was built circa 1937 as Crumstown School and is rated as Outstanding in the IHSSI. The Moorish Revival structure is deteriorated, empty, and unused. 8. Rear of Marycrest/Singer Building (2011 W Western Avenue), owned by ARGEMA INVESTMENTS INC (rear portion of building), was built in 1901 as a warehouse for Singer Sewing Machine Co. This portion of the building is vacant, with crumbling brick, failing concrete, and walls at risk of collapse. 9. West Side Recreation Club (1415 W Washington Street), owned by MACK ALFONSO, was built circa 1912 as a dry goods store but is notable for its use as a recreation center and hub of South Bend’s Black community from 1929 to the 1980s. The building is vacant, with deteriorating masonry and roof. 10. The Western Avenue Corridor (1100 and 1200 blocks of Western Avenue), owned by various owners, was developed primarily between 1900 and 1930. The Corridor contains many vacant or deteriorating historic commercial buildings which formed an economic hub. Buildings of note in the Western Avenue Corridor are 1110 Western Avenue, 1117 Western Avenue, 112 4 Western Avenue, 1137 Western Avenue, 1138 Western Avenue, 1139 Western Avenue, 1140 Western Avenue, 1143 Western Avenue, 1201 Western Avenue, 1222 Western Avenue, and 1237 Western Avenue. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Commission as follows: 1. The Commission expresses the strongest support for the preservation of these properties, 2. The Commission advocates for the deployment of available local financial resources to assist property owners in stabilization, restoration, and rehabilitation efforts; 3. The Commission encourages adaptive reuse of those structures listed above that may constitute vacant, abandoned, or otherwise neglected, structures;