HomeMy WebLinkAbout1137 West Western Avenue_SURVEY CARDSA. HISTORIC NAME-_.Mc`Lrtln Kaniewski Harcbmre Store
D. ADDRESS _ 1137 - W. Western Avenue
10 RATING ❑ Outstanding 0 Signi icant/NMable X1 ContrlbUting/Reforence O Non -Contributing
STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL. RESOURCES
1. COMMON NAME
2. OWNERSHIP _____ — PuPalic ___.— Private
3. VISIBLE No
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6. USE PRE: = d_I PAST
Residence G ❑ Military
Govt./Pol. ❑ ❑ Entertainment
Commerce R Scientific
Industrial ❑ ❑ Religious
Agriculture ❑ ❑ Park
Trans:portatiorl 71❑ Museum
Organization ❑ ❑ Educational
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10. CONDITION 11. BUILDING INTEGRITY
-.-.--.,,Excellent Unaltered
X Good X — Altered.
Fair —_ Moved
-_—__ Deteriorated I Date
Ruins
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B. COUNTY St. Joseph _ C. NUMBER 141-5546'1.8--598
E. TWP/CITY Portage/South Bend F. QUAD NAME
UTM REFERENCES L(9J I I I I I I I I I I I I Li -%-7
INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY REVISED
1991
4. PROPERTY'S MAILING ADDRESS
Diniack Mechanical, Inc.
1137 W. Western Avenue _
South Bend, IN
PRESENT
PAST
7. ENDANGERED
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Vacant
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Neglected
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Encroachment
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_ Other
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0
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11a. Specify Alterations
Removals
Structural
5. LOCATION NOTES -
Adjacent to vacant property on east
8. CATEGORY
District
X Building(s)
Structure
-- Site
_ Object
NHL HABS
17.
Replacement aluminum replacement windows
store front portions
Additions _
Italianate : Commercial
12. DATE—_110213. STYLE MWMAA4 14. ARCHITECT/BUILDER
15. DESCRIPTION ____2 Storey ConxIle j21 -rect2npj_nj2__nlan; flat roof_ovf with migrate
fixed and double- hang in new Men i ng,4 wi tb limestone sills, on gj na.l _open] ng_ out -
Inscriptions —_— —_ —___ Facade Material
16. OUTBUILDINGS _, shed in rear
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ga. LOCiL LEGAL PROTECTIONS
Historic District
Landmark
Deed Restriction
Other
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18. ENVIRONMENT COP,) Gt -
19. AREAS OF S.GNIFICANCE: Specify the significance for each area checked Although the Pnr•-Lagg TAyRs -;p AssesJ��es this
Aboriginal building Hsiaps AT'I ACH
Arts It is not listed in the City Directory until 1908. At that time it was tin NEGATIVE
Architecture EN�-'ELOPE
Kaniewski Hardware Store. By 1914 it had become the J. P. Rozplochowski Furniture
_--- Commerce HE ',lE
Communications Store. The adjacent building which has since been demolished at 1135 Western was
Community Planning also part of this furniture store. For a brief time about 1917 this building and 1135 Western
Education were the site of H. G. Lee Overall Mfg. Co. H. G. Lee later moved to East MAdison Street on
Engineering
Environs/Neighborhoods the Bast Race. By 1920 the Indiana Toy Works occupied this building' and by 1925 it was Stanley
Exploration/Settlement Szczapinski Dry Good Store. By 1930 it was the Mutual Five and Ten Cent Store.
Humanities
— Indian
Landscape Architecture
Military
Politics/Government
Religion
Science/Technology —
_ Transportation
Vernacular/Construction
Other
Description cont`d: lined on brick facade; bracketed belt coursing over signage; glass store front, paneled wood/glass
entrance doors with transom above; marble/granite water table; cut stone entrance flooring
20. INFORMATION SOURCES South Bend City Directory; Portage Township Assessor; Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
? : SURVEYOR __ Joe Nucciarone. Hurtt-Kenrick & Associates. 22. DATE __ May 27, 1986