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Neighborhood Landuse Timeline <br /> ' � *' NEGRO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSES RAPIDLY. <br /> ..L------"c ,,,i .i. _. <br /> 111Ciarximingi:i - \. smik <br /> I"le er a ,4' , :+t,. •t°a r°t eitaftv rt _ <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 igoo.South Bend.Indiana.was a thriving industrial As South Bend's industries converted their production <br /> lakes appeared in the late igth 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 factones 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 zoth 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 1927.Beck's Lake was drained house the increased workforce In 1944.construction <br /> to a depth of 18 inches began on 31oo 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 />