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The Kotz Family Farm was established in the year 1847 in Clay Township by John G. Kotz <br />and his wife Christina Blind Kotz and spanned 160 acres. The Kotz Family Farm, included <br />what is now known as the Bowercrest Manor Subdivision. The existing Kotz Farmhouse, <br />built in 1876, is conveniently located on prime real-estate on the cross streets of Cleveland <br />Road and Crestview Drive. The Kotz Family Farmhouse address is 17510 Cleveland Road, <br />South Bend, Indiana 46635 and serves as the entryway to the Bowercrest Manor <br />Subdivision. <br /> <br /> <br />John G. Kotz born 1822 ~ 1893 and Christina Blind Kotz born 1823 ~ 1909, were pioneers <br />of South Bend, Indiana. John G. Kotz was born in Wurttemburg, Germany. John arrived in <br />America on August 11, 1840. John G. Kotz initially settled in Ohio, where he met and <br />married Christina Blind Kotz not long after doing so. Christina Blind Kotz was born in <br />Wittenberg, Germany. In 1846 John and Christina moved to Mishawaka. In 1847 they <br />relocated to Clay Township, purchased their farmland, and lived out the remainder of their <br />lives in their Farmhouse which still proudly stands today. <br />