Establishing Historic Landmark - 701 N Cottage Grove Ave

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historical notes r ' DavIA X Omberling and his wife, Br ' s .: , c =,me to Svuth Bend a �Cbree Rivers,, Mich around the turn of the cer.'c� :r; . ''heir names first a_pear in the South Bend 14-rector y for l9c�l -G2, '!,h4 .t °, -,,n e 1Qt 81 �.n the Cush zi 9,ad Lindsey ifibdivision on April 25, 1905, for 40L,100.00 from John. T Miller. According to the'1932;assessment card, the house at 701 N. Cottage Grove was built in g 19t�5: The X905 Directory "lists '!a<.vi 0 Pad. :.ems! �a Geraberl.ing as the reAridents. . v ; Mr. Gemberl ing was a manager' for Sa. mn e� �;rothers General, Merchandise Sto E M.: This store was established in 1899 at S. Michigan. Street, and was "The Economy ". The store was ownegbv Rarry Salinger of South Bend and Louie Ptathan' Sal tiger of Goshen and was the "Largest store in South Bend. "The Economy" 'tent out of business 'between 1912 and 1914. In 1910, the Gemberlings 'sold the house and lot on Cottage Grove for $5,250.c� 4 to Adam Muessel, a retired restaurr.nteur and saloon. keeper. Adam Muessel wss born ire Artzberg, Bavaria, ;GerraFMcy on C_. c.`uol)er .1.6, 1860 and Carne to South Bend r; in 1882. 11,.Iis t Fed CIAIri Su atltla K)rjn J. ;. rata.l,`;" arid. she also came to South xBgnd :�,z�.1882. They were max : rie3 October 8, 18W, and had two children. Their son Richard A vtae:ssel, was vice- president and treasurer of the Weiss- Tassel Camp any, y, which s., a.s organized in 1920. Their daughter, Gretchen worked as a clerk and , , private secretary at the Oliver Chilled Plow Works. . Adapt acid Christianna Nhessal lived at ?cal. Cottage Grove until their deaths in 1945. Gretchen Muessel, who never married, lived with them, and after their deaths continued to Live in the house until she died in 1973. Accord - ing to the assessor's office, the house is still owned by the Muessel family. ""