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The building fulfills criteria #1 as an excellent example of a turn of the century <br />Neo- Classical Style office building. The building is rated a significant eleven in <br />the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. <br />The building fulfills criteria #2 by the integrity of its original construction with <br />virtually no alterations made to it over 90 years and the fact that it was South <br />Bends first commercial office building. Its a wonderful example of the Neo- <br />Classical style of architecture that was so popular in the early 1900s. <br />The building fulfills criteria #3 by its association with the Dr. Edwin Burke, a <br />prominent South Bend physician and his family of noted South Bend <br />Businessmen. <br />Staff finds that the building meets the criteria for designation as a Local Landmark and <br />recommends that the Commission send such a recommendation to the Common Council. <br />1 <br />