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Historic Home of

Mishawaka, Indiana

Bloomington, Indiana



Our thanks to Brian Finch, Creative Visionary Officer of Dark Horse Studios of Mishawaka, for submitting these photos of his historic, lovingly restored home. Below is information on their e home directly from his email:


I was just online visiting your website, PreserveIndiana.com.  As an old house fan, I appreciate the attention your website directs onto the historic and antique houses and structures in our state. 

I live in a 99 year old house in Mishawaka, Indiana – and so I thought I would share some of the history and pictures of my home with you. 

We were successful with tracing the history of our house, and feel lucky enough to have a complete history of the house.  We even met with a member of the original family that built our house 99 years ago.

The house is rated a Notable (N) Structure with the Mishawaka Historic Preservation Commission – this is one rating below the Outstanding rating.
 
Pictures of our home are attached, feel free to display these pictures on your website, or use information from this email on your website.
 

Here is a general history of our house and the original family that had the house built:

“Built for telephone company executive Wilfred Dudding in 1912 as a wedding gift for his bride Gladyce Doolittle; The Dudding House is a fully restored 1,408 square foot American Foursquare style house.

Designed and built by a locally prominent master craftsman, John Henry Wiekamp, the house was finished by July 1912.

Wilfred Dudding, an English immigrant, and his bride Gladyce, moved into the house soon after their June 1912 wedding. Gladyce Dudding was born into a locally prominent political family, also involved with several successful businesses around town.

The Dudding's raised three children in the house: Charles; Richard and John. The family remained in residence in the house until 1945.”


View from the front porch.

Three-quarters view. The house is rated a Notable (N) Structure with the Mishawaka Historic Preservation Commission – this is one rating below the Outstanding rating.


Wintertime view.

The home is featured on OldHouses.com at this link.

In addition to this link, our house was featured in the South Bend Tribune – the story can be read here.


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