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._...q.4s....': Architectural Features: • 2 stories, brick construction • Hipped roof with bracketed cornice • Several porches w/ posts and Victorian details • Rectangular and arched windows • Bay window with brackets Architectural Features: • Mainly brick construction • Frame wing with verandah • Gable roof lines • Cornice with paired brackets and dentils • Porch with similar details • Arched window openings 11518 Adams Road The Michael Smith, Esq. Farmstead — "The Pines" Italianate — c. 1851 (pre -18 75) This is an outstanding and early example of an Italianate country villa and German farmstead in Saint Joseph County. Though some field patterns and fences have changed, the vista to the south from the farmhouse is very much the same — cleared land buffered by a thick canopy of trees and evergreens. Several large evergreens remain in the front of the home recalling its name, the Pines, and the original tree row. Michael Smith, a prosperous farmer and landowner, built this home as early as 1851 and resided here until the 1890s. This house became the country house of two families connected to the Studebaker Corporation — E. Louis and Ida Studebaker Kuhns (1906 to 1910), and Col. Charles Arthur and Anne Studebaker Carlisle (1910-?). Ida and Anne Studebaker were cousins. Designated a Local Landmark in 1976. 13271 Adams Road The Joseph and Julie Ann Snyder House Italianate -1871 This house is an Italianate country villa constructed of red brick in 1871. It differs from several of the other Italianates in the county as it has a gabled rather than hipped roof and a rambling plan rather than a more rectangular form. It also lacks bow or bay windows, but its historic charms are still apparent in its even proportions and lines. This is one of the few historic landmarks in the county with an identified builder — Joseph Singer. Unfortunately, little is recorded of his life. The Snyder's owned this residence and the surrounding property from 1852 until 1911. Joseph Snyder was a 49er as well as a farmer. Designated a Local Landmark in 1982.