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Home My WebLink About504 East LaSalle Avenue_SURVEY CARDSfield survey and evaluation surveyors survey date revision date January, 1985 E. A. Straw hoto number crum I ish /spot leder and associates saint j o s e p h c o u n t y h i s t o r i c a l survey architecture urban design 511 W. Colfax south bend, indiana {� ?S €E =1 . overall opinion style X details integrity X condition site +outbuildings X d historical significance general description number of stories One :3PL o co rt plan n 3 0 n w 3 p roofo wall tin clad 3 3 0 CL m 0 foundation structural system � n site Located in a commercial section on East LaSalle n C m CO 3 0 ari ch c O: roof Flat with tin cornice , 0 COD F 3 wall Tin clad with large plate glass windows 1O i r �' doors o Double leaf wood and glass doors on N facade o� A) '0 0 �• 3 3 n � W a windows N Large plate glass with transom lights, windows on east j 3 Ln 3 half of building divided into (3) horizontal divisions In o 3 c c -0 stairs ` 4:- None, on street level v --h Ln ° rn w U n, n rt ° n v o c rr s - v to m • r N --j i N chimneys I c v m CO m c o, - Q O D 0 a a towers + steeples c porch + balcony pF W N additional features Tin cladding on structure mfg. by Lauber Company crum I ish /spot leder and associates saint j o s e p h c o u n t y h i s t o r i c a l survey architecture urban design 511 W. Colfax south bend, indiana 1. Rating 2. County 3. Survey No. El Outstanding IZ Significant/Notable F1 Contributing S/11 S (e 20 4. Historic Name 5. Township Preliminary No. J.C. Lauber Co. Portage 141-597-56136 6. Address 7. City 8. Quad Name 504 E. LaSalle South Bend, IN. 46617 South Bend East INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources State Form 16822/Revised 1987 U11I�liDMARK . R. ®IS�RiCT J. Common N-me W. Visiole Endangered Explain J.C. Lluber Co. es x YNo Yes ®No 112. Ownership (Owner's Address _ (it different) JPublic Private 1 t3. Use Present Past 74. Category 15. Surveys I Legal Protections 16. Location Notes I Legal Description 17. Condition 18. Integrity (Residence ❑ ❑ Commercial CT _ _ ❑ ❑ C G � Building(s) C District C Site C Structure � Object Local Landmark '. O.P. Lowell Lot 79 18-5005-0106 C Excellent 6 Good ❑ Fair C Deteriorated ❑Ruins ® Unaltered C Altered El Moved Data moved 19. Time Period(s) _ 20. Style(s) 21. Architect I Builder 1882 1900, 1924 Italianate Art Deco r 22. SPECIFY ALTERATIONS Removals Replacement Additions Other 23. DESCRIPTION 24. SITE PLAN Stories one N Plan Rectangular Foundation Concrete Tinclad w large plate glass windo o on en s ot dent1iied Walls cornice above o enin s. _ ic Roof Flat with tin cornice Porches IOpenin s Double leaf wood and lass doors on N. facade Large p ate g ass w transom ig s, win ow 'divided into (3) horizontal divisions. IRteoer Addition Features: Tin cladding on structure mfg. by Lauber Co. 4Grounds/Outbuildings 125. No. of Contributing Resources 2 26. No. of Non-contributing Resources 0 27. Environment Commercial 28. Areas of Significance: 29. Historic Context($) / Statement of Significance I Additional Description: Joseph Charles Lauber was born in Hamilto 71 Agriculture 1 Architecture Ohio in February, 1868. He moved to Mishawaka with his family in the ATTACH NEGATIVE yea 1870's. Luaber began his work as a tinsmith at the age of 12 when ENVELOPE HERE vas_gpJlrenticed to Jared Morse of Mishawaka. After working with Morse for four years. - Art = Commerce . :Communications Community Planning - Conservation _ Economics tQQk a position with the firm of Shriner and Weatherly of Grand Rapids, Mich., there he Axned draftin¢ -and archit ectural sheet metal work. Lauber also attended the South Bend Business College for a short time in the late 1880'$. . Education Engineering �. Entertainment lrecreation In 1890 Lauber began his own sheet metal and slate roofing business. The City Directoires show that Lauber had several different partners in the early years of his Ethnic heritage Exploration I settlement Health I medicine bu-:iness - probably reflecting a need of capital. The firm is first listed as Titzel and Lauber, then Lauber and Poehlman and finally Lauber d Weiss in 1896. [' Indian lL industry Invention Lauber's tin shop still operates in its' original location in the 500 block of East C Landscape architecture Law LaSalle, although it was expanded greatly. It began as a small building behind severs store fronts, with access from the alley. The company slowly expanded and acquired other ❑ Literature buildings until it eventually controlled the entire block. The first expansion took Military `Performing arts _ Philosophy lace in 1900 when Lauber built an enlarged shop, 30. FOR STATE OFFICE USE ONLY fronting on LaSalle street. The building featured NR C Politics/government Religion C Science large plate glass shop windows and an elaborate tin SR cornice made by Lauber's shop. The tin cornice on Lau- E C Social history C Transportation '�. Vernacular I Construction ber's shop is an enlarged duplicate of one which tops NE EjSEE CONTINUATION SHEET 31. UTM 1 8 Other - -- 32. Information Sources City Directories Portage Township Assessors Lauber Family History Written by Howard Schmitt M 33. Surveyor E.A. Straw Affiliation H.P.C. Date 1985 34. Revised by J. Pastor Affiliation H.P.C. Date 19 35. Revised by Affiliatio Date field survey and evaluation surveyors survey date revision date January, 1985 E. A. Straw hoto number crum I ish /spot leder and associates saint j o s e p h c o u n t y h i s t o r i c a l survey architecture urban design 511 W. Colfax south bend, indiana {� ?S €E =1 . overall opinion style X details integrity X condition site +outbuildings X d historical significance general description number of stories One :3PL o co rt plan n 3 0 n w 3 p roofo wall tin clad 3 3 0 CL m 0 foundation structural system � n site Located in a commercial section on East LaSalle n C m CO 3 0 ari ch c O: roof Flat with tin cornice , 0 COD F 3 wall Tin clad with large plate glass windows 1O i r �' doors o Double leaf wood and glass doors on N facade o� A) '0 0 �• 3 3 n � W a windows N Large plate glass with transom lights, windows on east j 3 Ln 3 half of building divided into (3) horizontal divisions In o 3 c c -0 stairs ` 4:- None, on street level v --h Ln ° rn w U n, n rt ° n v o c rr s - v to m • r N --j i N chimneys I c v m CO m c o, - Q O D 0 a a towers + steeples c porch + balcony pF W N additional features Tin cladding on structure mfg. by Lauber Company crum I ish /spot leder and associates saint j o s e p h c o u n t y h i s t o r i c a l survey architecture urban design 511 W. Colfax south bend, indiana legal description historical notes "SEE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING STUDY" source of information field survey and evaluation to I surveyors C.P. N survey date Summer 1979 (o 0 U) C w00 revision date -3 site + outbuildings -O � 1w o - a 0 o m � -I photo number field SB4-9 file overall opinion lin Nis style details integrity condition site + outbuildings -O � N * � 0 I. - a 0 rOr rt m � 0 � -I historical significance general description number of stories one -- two plan rectangular roof flatp wall brick, ten clod foundation 3 0 structural system site Commercial 0 a w rt 0 7 roof flat, both bldgs have built up metal cornice line, 1 story bldg has denticulated cornice, 2 story w N bldg has bracketed metal cornice, also a pediment over N. facade. wall 2 story bldg. - brick 1 story bldg. - tin clod with large plate glass windows doors 2 story bldg - N. door, altered 1 story - set of glass double door N. side W. - garden door, single door with brick label with vertical joints. p0 rt o a N �. windows 1 story bldg - large plate glass along N. facade e�n eo 3 m < j 0 -0 ° a 2 story bldg - 2 small horiz, window in altered lst N L :3m floor entry section - 3 with labels on N facade 2nd', 0 0 C 0 p' T O n stairs 2 wooden stairs to single door, west facade 0 n rt o o a o o chimneys one brick chimney on W. facade mN W T S T LUpm 6 � m o CD a (D N T a towers + steeples _ Q oZ 1 C 3 porch + balcony a N � N additional features story, contain glass block (later add'n), 2nd story W-2 windows with labels (bric�ed in) crumbs,/sporleder and assocates saint j o s e p h c o u n t y h i s t o r i c a l survey archltec ore urben deign 511 W. 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