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The Samuel H & Elizabeth Zaehnle Farmhouse <br />16479 Brick Road <br />Italianate -1883 <br />Description: As a free expression of the Italianate <br />style, this home is distinctively American in its <br />character and is not a copy of a European prototype. <br />The house incorporates a picturesque style of <br />simple lines with complex detailing and <br />architectural ornamentation borrowed from the <br />Greek and Gothic styles. It also employs native <br />yellow brick construction on a stone foundation; a <br />copper roof with cornice, brackets, and a cornice <br />under eaves; brick arched windows and doors with <br />stone sills. The veranda has brackets and dentils in <br />the eaves. <br />Historic Personages: Samuel H Zaehnle was born in <br />St. Joseph County in 1841 of Arbogast and Rosa <br />Zaehnle. In 1862, he married Elizabeth Zimmer <br />and they built this home in 1883. After Samuel's <br />death, the property was owned by his son, Joseph. <br />The house was also reported to be haunted by South <br />Bend Tribune in August 14, 1992. <br />Designated a Local Landmark in 1986. <br />16021 Cleveland <br />Daniel Ward House <br />Italianate -1865 <br />Description: Significant in that the farmhouse is <br />situated in a farmyard surrounded by a series of <br />outbuildings: milk house, pump room, dairy barn <br />and chicken coop. The clapboard Italianate <br />Farmhouse sits on a brick and stone foundation and <br />is topped with a glass enclosed monitor or "widows - <br />walk", bracketed eaves and a veranda with ginger <br />breading. <br />Historical Personage: Daniel Ward of the Ward <br />Family of Pioneers left for California in <br />1849 with the Argonauts of '49 to seek his fortune <br />in the gold rush. Returned in 1851 with a small <br />fortune, purchased the farm with his father, then <br />