HomeMy WebLinkAbout1139 West Western Avenue_SURVEY CARDSa
V. C. NUMBER
A. HIiTORIC NAME ___Charles VKorpal B. COUNTY St. Joseph 141-55462.5-598
D. ADDRESS __113-c)/114-3—W-Wstern Avenue __ E. TWP/CITY Portage/South Bend F. QUAD NAME
RATING ❑Outstanding❑SlLinificanVNr`able7@Contrlbuting,;Roforence ❑Non -Contributing UTM REFERENCES L161
STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT Or NATURAL RESOURCES INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY REVISED
1991
1. COMMON NAME
2. OWNERSHIP ____ __
Pu:>lic _._X__—
Private
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6. USE PREP='fl
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Residence C
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Military
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Entertainment
Commerce
Scientific
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Religious
Agriculture ❑
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Park
Transportdt;on _
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Museum
Organization ❑
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Educational
Other ____—_
10. CONDITION 11. BUILDING INTEGRITY
Excellent — Unaltered
Good X— Altered Major
X Fair -- Moved
Deteriorated Date
Ruins
4. PROPERTY'S MAILING ADDRESS
1139/1143 W. Western Avenue
South Bend. IN
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11a. Specify Alterations -
Removals Cornice
Structural
7. ENDANGERED
Vacant
Neglected
Encroachment
Other
9b. SURVEYS
SR NR NHL
Replacement Store front fieldstone
aluminum siding
Additions
Nineteenth Century Functional
12. DATE 1891 13. STYLE x2bg!N t� 14. ARCHITECT/BUILDER
15. DESCRIPTION --
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-parapet co ing- alt red): 1 1 double"gx---_i_n brick surrounds
/ with segmental arched head and limestone sills; store front altered. fluted
Inscriptions "Placowka Generala Hallera" Transom InscriptloNcade Material fieldstone/aluminm
Hallers Post 123 Signage siding
16. OUTBUILDINGS __
5. LOCATION NOTES --Adjacent to Maple Street on the west
8. CATEGORY
District
X Building(s)
Structure
-- Site
Object
ga. LOCIiI`L LEGAL PROTECTIONS
Historic District
Landmark
Deed Restriction
Other
HABS HAER
17. SITE PLAN
1137-
18. ENVIRONMENT Gow►,Hr r2raiAl�
19. AREAS OF S!GNIIFICANCE:
Specify the significance for each area checked_ In 1891 Charles V. Korpalurelaased this property from.
Ahoriginal
Lester Baker
who had subdivided it originally. Korpal had took out mortgages in
AT'ACH
Arts
1892 for $4,500
and had this store buildingbuilt. He operated a grocery store
NE,ATIVE
_ X Architecture
EN''ELOPE
__A Commerce
in the division
on street r i n of the building and a saloon in the store front
HEE
_—_ Communications
which faced
adjacent Maple Street. By 1920 his son, Lot W. Kor-pal had taken over
_— Community Planning
the business
and had changed one -art of the store into a men's clothing store and
rented out
_____,Education
the other half
to Albert Sledzikowski who operated the grocery store business. By
1940
_ Engineering
Environs/Neighborhoods
it was known
ad the West Town Clothiers. The building was purchased by the Polish
Army Veterans
__— Exploration/Settlement
Organization
which is known as Hallers Post 125 which continues to own the building.
Humanities
Indian
Landscape Architecture
Military
_.__. Politics/Government
Religion
_ Science/Technology
Social/Ethnicity
Transportation
Vernacular/Construction
_ Other
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20. INFORMATION SOURCES .--Portage Toy shh� �c�ssoy_���_Bend City Director; Sanborn In angpe )!�Ps
Deed Record: Bk. 87?p. 527 and Mortgage Record Book 55, p 210
SURVEYOR ____�Ige �Tn�o��iarnnr� Hrrtt-Kr�nrick & ASS C- &`S 22. DATE _-_tea _�7, 1986