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Home My WebLink About511 West Colfax Avenue_SURVEY CARDA. HISTORIC NAME ._1Fz `• LIQ - l' ` _ B. COUNTY 'Eii ,rJ'F .— C.NUMBE 1'313. ADDRESS E. TWP/CITY FCV_6/`5,F. QUAD NAME RATING)4Outstanding Significant/Notable Contributing/Reference Non -Contributing UTM REFERENCES LL6J I STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY REVISED 1981 1. COMMON NAME 2. OWNERSHIP Public < Private 3. VISIBLE _ X Yes _ _ No 4. PROPERTY'S MAILING ADDRESS DI I e,oL.IFAX,"461-4L. m. 6. USE PRESENT PAST 3 PRESENT PAST Residence Military Govt./Pol. Entertainment Commerce Scientific Industrial Religious Agriculture Park Transportation Museum C Organization Educational 10. CONDITION Excellent 24- Good Fair Deteriorated Ruins 11. BUILDING INTEGRITY Unaltered Altered r-" r Moved Date 11a. Specify Alterations Removals Structural 7. ENDANGERED Vacant Neglected Encroachment Other 9b. 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I I1 IVlcalY1 i Indian Landscape Architecture Military Politics/Government Religion Science/Technology Social/Ethnicity Transportation Vernacular/Construction Other 1wu J Nwh—JUT"12 MW f _ ,1 `,: ate, :iii 20. INFORMATION SOURCES 0 b }C , () IS S' ` Y r 3-29-IqI-4Z.' 21. SURVEYOR ASS92CA_r_ — 22. DATE c I)PC'A Rr-r o ( 3 19. AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE; Specify the significance for each area checked Aboriginal (l AT i' ACH i^h V1 G 1 V L' ALJ I I Gl 1 ' U Ir G ICI ` C' NE ATIVEArts ckr,K OQ Lo}- Ib L, 119-74-,,r $ d R)0,00, This hc,u5e Lb Architecture EN` ELOPE A_ Commerce illGlsPijS wP.I'e I HE Communications IVI F "y- Lir r -Ad JJdrPSS ( jaf f1YYl e, VG1r1Pj Community Planning Education Engineering G C Y e.i U hcr- Environs/Neighborhoods C'_ -r JA3 I Y !set Exploration/Settlement P I Y' Pi I Vl CI(<1 1 IES GI!J 4'JI t . I I i I I MV S 4 1 YL Humanities ' GY\ IY1tJ'c - YPICPt' I(1 "1C envyYlTlit IqZ. I I1 IVlcalY1 i Indian Landscape Architecture Military Politics/Government Religion Science/Technology Social/Ethnicity Transportation Vernacular/Construction Other 1wu J Nwh—JUT"12 MW f _ ,1 `,: ate, :iii 20. INFORMATION SOURCES 0 b }C , () IS S' ` Y r 3-29-IqI-4Z.' 21. SURVEYOR ASS92CA_r_ — 22. DATE c I)PC'A Rr-r o ( 511 West Colfax legal description B.O.L. 15 Mid loo.68 Ft. Key Number: 3-01-18/23-9% historical notes The first plat of Bank Out Lots list Lot 15 as being rectangular in shape and contain- ing one acre. This lot was purchased by Joseph Benjamin Birdsell and his wife, Olive Tarbell Birdsell, from Casius Caldwell and others on September 11, 1897, for $8,800.00. The Birdsell's lived in the West Colfax area, but it was not until 1908, that Mrs. Olive T. Birdsell, widow of J. Benjamin Birdsell, was listed as living at 511 West Colfax. Her desceased husband came to South Bend from Dbnroe County, New York, in 186+, with his father, John Comley Birdsell, inventor of a clover huller. The Birdsell Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1870. J.B. Birdsell became president and treasurer of the company in 189+. He retired in the spring of 1906, and died September 27, 1906, at his residence, 415 West Colfax. Pairs. Birdsell lived at 511 West Colfax until 1927, when the Income Guarantee Company took possession on January 1, 1928, and remodeled the home into offices. It was also during this year that Williams Street was extended from 500 West Washington to West LaSalle. The house became known as the Income Building. The property was purchased by the L.R. Corporation, January 6, 1959. Birdsell House - 511 West Colfax Avenue This residence, built in 1898, has some classical details, and could be classified as Queen Anne style. In 1866, J.B., V.O. and B.A. Birdsell, sons of John C. Birdsell, became co-partners of a firm that manufactured clover separators and threshers. In 1870, the co -partnership was merged into a joint- stock concern under the name of the Birdsell Manufacturing Co., with a capital.of $50,000. John C. Birdsell waa born in 1815 in Westchester County, New York. He died in South Bend in 1894. The clover huller which he invented and perfected was patented in 1885 and he owned the largest factory building in 1870 in South Bend. He was a Quaker and very prominent in early prohibition movements. In 1927, this residence was sold to A.N. Hepler, Sr., president of Income Guarantee Co. It was then remodeled into offices. source of information Deed Book: 105, Page 53 South Bend Directory 1906, 1908 South Bend Tribune, Obituary, September 27, 1906 South Bend Tribune, Obituary, 1,4arch 29, 19+2 History of St. Joseph County, Chapman's, 1880 page 879 401 491HistoryofSt. Joseph County, Howard's, Page - 405 - 408, 490 - field survey and evaluation r. a double hung on 2 lower floors with casements in 0 c W. ballroom (third) rock face stone sills. oval window P) m Q: a second floor. r) rtrt m o surveyors Brian Crumlish N porch + balcony continuous verandah south entry with ped - rt invented entryba, ele nt rake detailing, m c Ami survey date 11-27-77 rt 0 mrevisiondate A 0 o D D overall opinion style details integrity condition site + outbuildings historical significance general description 13 X 04 number of stories two plus attic plan square plus projections roof steep able wall masonry stucco foundation stone structural system bearing wall site generous set back from street but detracting used car and parking area to the east. roof 12/12 asphalt shingle, broad wood rake boards, bracket one foot projecting eave . gable ends bracketted out one foot, stucco and half timber attic walls wall magnificient field stone 1st floor with tooled mortar joint, 2nd floor of unusual thin brick. attic of stucco doors windows stai rs marvelous arched stone entry photo number field file SB12-13 a 0 0 N D rt, a rt n 0 0 3 o cu m a- 0 m 0 m O CD o 00 0 a m stone entry stairs with massive stone ballustrades m wrought iron rail 4 Cfl Al chimneys simple rectangular exterior gable end stone P a o double hung on 2 lower floors with casements in 0 c W. ballroom (third) rock face stone sills. oval window P) m Q: a second floor. r) rtrt m o m N stone entry stairs with massive stone ballustrades m wrought iron rail 4 Cfl Al chimneys simple rectangular exterior gable end stone rt 0 D chimney LO 3 W. 3 m 0 a m towers + steeples m W A porch + balcony continuous verandah south entry with ped - rt invented entryba, ele nt rake detailing, m continuously bracketted suppored y sho romanesque stone cn additional features hip roof port cocher on east supported by stone piers and romanesque columns saint j o s e p h county historical MIST. FRES. COMM. PkLU FRIGHTS RESERVED( a a C D m 0 rt o m o 3 m c Ami r mrt o 0 0 C -3 5 U3 Q Z 3 (D a to o. D71 CO oma rt J o i a N Cn I rnn• TT 0 C: • 0 0 a Q X L Nrt 3 0 r crumlish/spofleder and associates survey architecture urban design 511 w. colfax south bend, Indiana A