HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Landmark - 1636 Lincolnway kORDINANCE No.
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
December 14, 19 98
Attest:
Attest:
Ciry Clerk
President of Common Council
Presented byme to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
December
15, 19
98
Ciry Clerk
Approved and signed by me
December 16,
19 98'
Mayor
8965-98
ORDINANCE NO. g g ~~ - g 8
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND ESTABLISHING AN
HISTORIC LANDMARK FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1636 LINCOLNWAY
WEST, IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.
Whereas, the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend & St. Joseph County has
petitioned for the designation of the following described real estate as an Historic Landmark
Ordinance No. 5565-73, as amended to wit:
East Portion of Ruple's Outlot
Whereas the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend & St. Joseph County has
recommended the designation of the PROPERTY as an historic landmark.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA:
Section 1. That the above described PROPERTY be, and it is here designated and
established as an Historic Landmark under Ordinance No. 5565-73, as amended.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by
the Common Council, approval by the Mayor and its publication.
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LORETiA J. DUDA
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COMMITTEE REPORT
TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND:
Your Committee of the Whole, to whom was referred:
BILL NO.
106-98 A BILL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND
ESTABLISHING AN HISTORIC LANDMARK FOR THE PROPERTY
LOCATED AT 1636 LINCOLNWAY WEST, IN THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion, this bill comes to
the full Council with a favorable recommendation.
Charlotte Pfeifer
Chairman
PROPOSED LOCAL LANDMARK
1636 LINCOLNWAY WEST
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
Historic Preservation Commission
of
South Bend and St. Joseph County
November 1998
Filed in Clerk's ®ffice
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1636 Lincolnway West
Historical Context
This property is located on the south side of Lincolnway West between North College and the
old New York Central Rail Road Line, in South Bend, Indiana. It is described as being the East
portion of Ruple's Outlot.
The brick building at 1636 Lincolnway West was built in 1905 as brewery and offices for the
South Bend Brewing Association. Its design, with different tiers and decreasing heights
towards the rear, reflects the process of brewing beer. Height was needed for brewing because
the system was based on gravity flow assisted by pumping and hoisting. The horizontal
extensions in the rear contained power, heating, refrigeration equipment and loading facilities.
The South Bend Brewing Association was founded in 1903 by a group of South Bend saloon
keepers primarily of Polish, German and Hungarian descent. They organized in order to
manufacture and produce beer. The men began their firm with a capitalization of $100,000.00
made by selling 10,000 shares of stock. By the end of 1904 the association was leasing saloons
around the city and by the end of the next year they were in control often, many of which were
located on the west side of town where they and there fellow immigrants were primarily
located. The brewery's main products in the early years were Tiger and Hoosier Beer. The first
manager was Jerry Voelkers who was given the post in April of 1904. Voelkers was a German
who had previously been involved in the plumbing business. He died in 1911 and was replaced
by Thomas Hoban.
After the Volstead Act and the restrictions of Prohibition began in 1919, the association
changed its charter and began to manufacture ice cream, candy, cereal beverages, soft drinks
and malt extracts. They also began distilling denatured alcohol for industrial purposes. In 1922
the firm's name was changed to the South Bend Beverage and Ice Association and George
Voedisch, atwenty-five year employee of Muessel Brewery in South Bend, became President
and General Manager of the firm. The Voedisch family remained associated with the business
until the brewery closed. George Voedisch died in August of 1940. His sons, Hugo (Ike), and
John, took control of the company. John became president and his brother became vice-
president. Hugo died in 1945.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT CONTINUED
After Prohibition the company began to again brew beer and was soon producing 50,000 barrels
a year. The primary sales area for their products was in northern Indiana and southern
Michigan. The firm later built new offices directly across the street at College and Lincolnway
West and the old offices were converted to manufacturing space. By 1950 business was
stagnating, producing half of their past volume. Brewery officials blamed a federal excise tax
of $8.00 per barrel for the decline, for it was a severe burden for a small brewery. The brewery
closed November 11, 1950. The firm's ice department, Polar Ice and Fuel, continued to do
good business and is still in existence today.
The building was used in the 1950's by White Way Glass Company, operated by Russell E.
Frushour. By 1960 it was being used by the I.W. Lower company who specialized in paints.
From 1970 to 1985 it housed McDaniels' Harley-Davidson Company. In 1985 it was also
being used by Acme Design Service Incorporated. Kenneth Inwood purchased the building in
1990 and sold it to the current owner, Ethel Anderson, in 1995.
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
This is a four to five story Gothic Revival style industrial building with a single story rear
addition for loading and mechanics. It has a flat, multi-leveled roof with castellated parapets
and two five story square towers at either end of the front facade. The walls are made of brick
that has been painted over with advertisements. In addition, they are toped with corbelled
cornice banding which is located just beneath the battlements. The front windows are evenly
arranged with voussoired roman-arch heads and stone sills, all of wich are boarded up. The
windows and doors on the east facade also have stone sills and were arched in shape, all which
have been boarded or bricked up. The rest of the structure contains square and rectangular
shaped windows of various sizes which have also been either bricked up or boarded shut. The
rear single story portion of the structure has some loading doors in operation, which are of the
modern steel and aluminum variety.
The brewery added a one story small brick office front to the front left side of the building in
the 1940s. The White Way Glass Company and I.W. Lower Company extended this store front
all the way across the first story of the building in the 1960s, using a modern glass and metal
design. This addition was connected to the existing exterior wall of the building which is
currently being used as an interior wall for a used furniture store. The building boasts a smoke
stack, battlements, two turrets and many of the window openings and sills.
RECOMMENDATION
Based on the Historic Preservation Commission's Local Landmark Criteria's adopted by the
Common Council, the building at 1636 Lincolnway West has been recommended to the
Common Council for designation as a Local Historic Landmark by Historic Preservation
Commission.
RECOMMENDAT{ON
The building meets the criteria in at least three areas:
1.) Its character, interest, or value as part of the development, heritage, or culture of the City of
South Bend, St. Joseph County, the State of Indiana, or the United States of America.
2.) Its embodiment of elements of architectural design, detail, materials, or craftsmanship which
represents an architectural characteristics or innovation.
3.) Its suitability for preservation.
4.) Its identification with the life of a person of historical significance.
The building fulfills criteria #1 as an example of the lives and growth of the Eastern European
immigrants in South Bend and as an example of the plight of the small business during
Prohibition and their eventual decline do to big business expansion.
The building fulfills criteria #2 as an excellent example of a turn of the century, Gothic
Industrial complex. The building is rated a significant twelve in the Indiana Historic Sites and
Structures Inventory.
The building fulfills criteria #3 by the integrity of its original construction with minor changes
to the facade, that can be easily restored. It is an example example of Industrial architectures
movement in the turn of the century to the Gothic style of architecture complete with turrets and
battlements.
The building fulfills criteria #4 by its association with George Voedisch, the president and
general manager of the South Bend Beverage and Ice Association.
Staff finds that the building meets the criteria for designation as a Local Landmark and
recommends that the Commission send such a recommendation to the Common Council.
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