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A. HISTORIC NAME _ People's State Bank B. COUNTY St. Joseph C. NUMBER 141-55466-598 D. ADDRESS _ 1222 W. Western Avenue E. TWP/CITY Portage./South Bend F. QUAD NAME RATING ❑ Outstanding, UTM REFERENCES 1 I i ! ! I I12 Ig STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY REVISED 1981 1. COMMON NAME __ 4. PROPERTY'S MAILING ADDRESS 5. LOCATION NOTES 2. OWNERSHIP _.._. ._ Public X _ Private 3. VISIBLE -X_ Y a 5 _ No 1222 W . Western Avenue South Bend, IN 6. USE PRE6EOJT PAST PRESENT PAST 7. ENDANGERED 8. CATEGORY 9s. LOC L LEGAL PROTECTIONS Residence ❑ ❑ Military ❑ ❑ . Vacant District Historic District Govt./Pol. CJ ❑ ,Entertainment ❑ ❑ Neglected X Building(s) Landmark Commerce! j1 Scientific ❑ ❑ Encroachment. Structure Deed Restriction Industrial O ❑ Religious ""' ❑ ❑ Other Site ... Other Agriculture ❑ ❑ Park ❑ Cl Object ' Transportation ❑ Museum ❑ ❑ Qrganization ❑ ❑ Educational ❑ ❑ 9b. SURVEYS Other___—_-- — ❑ ❑ SR NR NHL _ HABS HAER 10. CONDITION 11. BUILDING INTEGRITY 11a. Specify Alterations Excellent Unaltered Removals _ X Good X __ Altered 1 ' Pc1Q Structural Fair — ___ Moved _.— Deteriorated Date Replacement a umin _windows____ Ruins 1 Additions _ 12. DATE 1912_13.: STYLEClassical Revival 14. ARCHITECT/BUILDER 15. DESCRIPTION _ 2 storey conmercial; rectangular plan; flat roof .hidden behind battlement that is lined at the top with finished stone and stone molding, false cornice across facade and part of the sides rests below the natural roof line Inscriptions--._--__ __—_____: Facade Material _brick & stone 16. OUTBUILDINGS 17. SITE PLAN 18. ENVIRONMENT 19. AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE; Specify the significance for each area checked This building was built by the People's State Bank. Aboriginal The People' a• State Bank opened for business in December of 1919 with ATTACH Arts Clement Smogor as President. The Board of Directory was entirely made up of NEGATIVE Architecture ENVELOPE Polish Americans, The Peoples State Bank failed in 1930 and a large portion of _ Commerce HERE --___ Communications of the West Side Polish Families and Polish -Base Organizations had funds on deposit Community Planning at the bank. This included many parishes and the Sobieski and Kosciusko Savings & Loan .Education Companies. The failure of the bank caused great problems for these organizations. Because -. _. Engineering Environs/Neighborhoods of improprieties, the banks secretary -treasurer and his assistants went to jail. The bank was Exploration/Settlement reorganized into the Western State Bank but several west side organizations banded together tq, Humanities 'demand repayments from the Peoples State Bank. They were finally repaid in 1966 at 670 on the Indian dollar. Landscape Architecture - Military _ Politics/Government Religion Science/Technology — Social/Ethnicity Transportation Vernacular/Construction Other _ Description cont'd: on top of stone pilasters; brown and yellow bricks are bonded in decorative ways all over the facade with stone interspersed four stone pilasters with simple capitals rise to false cornice on facade, 2 pilasters on each side of wall; recessed modern single paned blazed doors with aluminum trim and large transom window above classic pediment above door supported by decorative brackets and date of banks construction, stone pilasters flanking the door support pediment; 1/1 double hung sash in pairs.on 2nd level, 1/1 fixed sash windows on lst floor, flush brick- surrounds side trim around windows, all with stone lintels and stone blocks in the top corners; marble steps rise from the street sidewalk up to the front door, concrete foundation '20. INFORMATION SOURCES age TQmmshij) Asse_,ja= ith Bend CitV DireytorV; Solith Bend Trihime March 8., 1935 r SURVEYOR Joe Nucciarone, Hurtt-Kenrick & Associates 22. DATE __ May 27, 1986