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Neighborhood Landuse Timeline <br /> " T,R "" -. j= NEGRO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSES RAPIDLY, <br /> 1'- -r r- - 7 ef„, - y <br /> ,. _ / ` <br /> ,lam , , <br /> 1880 1900-1930 1943-1952 <br /> Beck's Lake Emerged Industrialization & Growth Housing Development <br /> As the former marsh waterways dried,some small By 1900,South Bend,Indiana,was a thriving industrial As South Bend's industries converted their production <br /> lakes appeared in the late lgth century amidst the hub thanks to its strategic location,waterpower from during wartime era,much of the labor inside these <br /> former marsh bottom.Formerly known as LaSalle the St.Joseph River.and the presence of prominent factories came from Eastern Europeans and US <br /> Lake,Kankakee Lake then Stanfield Lake.Beck's manufacturers Like Studebaker and the Oliver Chilled southerners fleeing violence and poverty. <br /> Lake first appeared on a 1863 land survey.It was soon Plow Works.Many key industries that started or <br /> identified as one of the clearest ice sources in the relocated to the broader LaSalle Park area included Driven in part by protests in other parts of the city and <br /> region and became a key source for ice harvesting Bendix Corporation,Singer Company,and the despite petitions against additional segregated housing <br /> into the early 20th century.This led to it being named Malleable Steel Range Manufacturing Company.To in the area,LaSalle Park was designated as the site for <br /> after George Beck of the George Beck and Sons Ice accommodate the surrounding industrial growth with a temporary federal housing for African Americans to <br /> Harvesting Company new sewer installation in 1g27.Beck's Lake was drained house the increased workforce.In 1944,construction <br /> to a depth of 18 inches. began on 310o and 3200 blocks of West Washington <br /> Street(present day LaSalle Park)resulting in twenty <br /> white cinder block duplexes that came to be known <br /> as"the barracks"..The neighborhood strengthened as <br /> a major settlement area for African Americans over the <br /> next decade. <br /> 10 ,LI....,L_uon <br />