strike on the brothers headquarters. The Battle of Indiana. In 1888, the Republican Party chose 8 of Tippecanoe took place at the confluence of the him as their Presidential candidate to run against Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers on November the incumbent Grover Cleveland. In a narrow 7, 1811, with the Americans victorious both victory, Benjamin Harrison was elected the 23rd tactically with the destruction of the village, and President of the . Benjamin Harrison strategically, since this battle sealed the fate of the and Clem Studebaker were very close friends, and Native Americans in Indiana. Benjamin Harrison appointed Mr. Studebaker to his inauguration committee and to the first Pan William Henry Harrison returned to the battlefield American conference between the US and Latin with his running mate John Tyler to give speeches American nations. In addition, right after the during his Presidential campaign of 1840. Because election, President Harrison ordered five new of his fame as a frontier hero, and the enthusiasm carriages from the Studebaker Manufacturing generated from the colorful campaign jingle Company, one of which is still on display at the “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”, Harrison, the Whig Studebaker National Museum. candidate, won the election overwhelmingly from the incumbent Martin Van Buren. It is rumored that due to this close relationship with President Benjamin Harrison, Clem Studebaker William Henry Harrison’s grandson was named his regal South Bend home in honor of Benjamin Harrison, who entered into a life of Harrison’s grandfather William Henry Harrison, politics as a Republican Senator from the State the hero of the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe.

Tippecanoe Place t h e i n s i d e s t o r y

Includes a Self-Guided Tour and a History of Tippecanoe Place © 2014 Tippecanoe Place Restaurant. All rights reserved. 2 7 A Self-Guided Tour of Tippecanoe Place The Name - Tippecanoe Place Lower Level: In the Sub Basement beneath the lower level was Two theories exist, one pertains to the Indian 1804 with Saux and Fox leaders to cede certain First Level Reception & Billiard Room: a one lane, manual, “bowling alley” and boiler History of the Region, and the second pertains lands north of the Ohio River. Later the Treaty Coming down the grand stairwell one enters into room. In this room, coal and wood was burned in to Clem Studebaker’s friendship with President of St. Mary’s ( often referred to as the Treaty a reception area which later included a billiard the boiler to supply hot water to heat the house Benjamin Harrison. Both theories are actually with the Miami) was signed in 1818, which ceded room. The room is comprised of oak throughout, indirectly through a multitude of pipes. It must very closely related. Miami reservation lands in present day Central a fireplace with Italian Marble and originally be noted that the house was originally lighted by Indiana to the Indiana Territory. When the Native a lion’s head in the fire box. The wrought iron gas, and on the remaining original light fixtures Indian History of the Region: Americans of northwestern Indiana relinquished chandelier in the Billiard Room (now a private those gas outlets can still be seen. It is believed Before any white explorers set foot in Northern their property under the Treaty of Tippecanoe in wine room with cellar) is original. The present the mansion was electrified right after the turn of Indiana, the St. Joseph Valley in the mid 1600’s 1832, the destiny of white settlement for all of men’s restroom was originally used for linen the century. was occupied by Miami Indians. The power of Indiana was complete. storage and the present women’s restroom was a the Miami was in their large size villages, which Although no references are available to discover wine cellar and storage room. were strategically located at key portages (trail the following facts, various historians believe Second or Main Level between two rivers) in order to enhance their the land purchase treaties were made in small State Dining Room: Grand Hall trade abilities. Just above the “south bend” of segments of Indian tribes rather than with Indian This room in the NE Corner was one of the most As you walk through the vestibule entry of the St. Joseph River a transfer point allowed for a nations as a whole. With this thought, “the Chief “breathtaking” rooms of the house, and was used Tippecanoe Place through double oak doors, short 18 mile portage from the River of the Miami Tippecanoe council grounds on the bluff” might for formal family gatherings and special dining one enters the 45’ 27” Grand Hall. The imprint ( original name of St. Joseph River ) to the nearby very well refer to the Indian treaties administered events with guests. The room measures 86’ x of the Studebaker “S” on the oval door knobs is Kankakee River. This juncture between these by Coquillard with the Miami’s. It is no small 20’, and could accommodate 100 seat placements still recognizable. The original flooring of oak, rivers allowed continuous canoe travel from the stretch to believe that one of the agreements when combined with the adjacent personal dining with a herringbone pattern, still exists today watershed to the headwaters of the which took place on the ground of the Studebaker room. The wood in the room is mahogany which underneath the carpet. The extensive use of River which flowed into the Mississippi Estate, was the execution of a document which is stained to resemble cherry wood. The walls wood in this room with oak walls and ceilings River. It was this “key” juncture where the Miami’s related to the Treaty of Tippecanoe. are decorated with Moroccan leather with brass set’s up the architectural mode of the house settled, since it secured a connection for traders, headed tacks. The ceiling was made of stenciled, interior. In the last quarter of the 19th century, explorers, settlers and other Native American who Friendship with President Benjamin Harrison: plaster square coffers between mahogany cross Richardson Romanesque designed properties were travelling from the east via Lake Michigan. In 1800, William Henry Harrison became governor beams. The chandelier in this room is original and emphasized woods of the highest quality with The size of the Miami villages were typically in of the newly formed Indiana Territory, and was is the most extravagant in the house. The fireplace contrasting colors, and a show of carving skill the thousands, which lent power to the office of commissioned by the US to secure title to Native is an Eastlake design with Italian Marble and a and craftsmanship. The wrought iron chandelier the chief whose duties included regulating the American lands to allow for American expansion Rising Sun in fire box.. in this room is original but not complete. The supply of trade and negotiating peace or aspects of settlers which in turn would provide statehood largest fireplace in the house is made of Pompeian of warfare. At the dawn of the 19th century, the for Indiana. Harrison negotiated numerous land Family Breakfast Room or marble with colonettes, matching those on the first white man settled in the area by the name cession treaties with the Indians, including the Personal Dining Room: house exterior, and a dragon in flames in the of Alex Coquillard. He established a permanent Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1809 which involved the This room off the east end of the reception area, fire box. On the west side of the room are four post on the St. Joseph River which became the sale of over 3 Million acres of land. measuring 18’ x 24’ is where the family gathered oversize windows with seats. Clem Studebaker’s center of trade among the Miami Indians. Since for a majority of their meals. The outside door casket rested in front of these sitting windows, Alex served in the American forces during the Two Native Americans, Tenskwatawa and was added in the 1940’s for handicap access when during the funeral reception at the mansion, after War of 1812, he also negotiated as an American his brother Tecumseh, were outraged by the the property was used as a school for crippled his death on November 27, 1901. The window agent for Indian affairs in this region. Due to this Treaty of Ft. Wayne, and met with Harrison children. shutters are hand made, and fold back into the interaction, Miami Chief Tippecanoe, became a to demand a nullification of the treaty which casement which is a unique feature on most of the friend and ally. Harrison rejected. Not to be deterred, Tecumseh Behind the Breakfast Room was the Butler’s shutters in the house. began to travel widely, urging and intimidating Pantry connecting to the Servants Dining At this same time, the US Government began warriors throughout the territory to abandon Quarters. Today both of these rooms are occupied Grand Staircase enacting a policy to move Native American the accommodating chiefs and join them in a by the restaurant kitchen area. The original This is the most impressive feature of the mansion. tribes east of the Mississippi River to west of the settlement north of the Tippecanoe River near kitchen and pantry was in the rear SW Corner The intricate carvings of the oak balusters on the river, away from the white settlers who began Lafayette, Indiana. In response to rising tensions and the rear SE Corner was the trunk storage main & second floor, the heavy handrail and the inhabiting the territories. In the Indiana Territory, and threat of war, an American force commanded room and laundry room. reclining, “winged lion” post at the base of the the US Government negotiated treaties as early as by William Henry Harrison, set out to launch a 6 3 stairs involved over a year of hand carved work by Library: craftsmen. This octagonal room measuring 22’ x 24’ displays Occupants of Tippecanoe Place mahogany wood throughout. The coffered ceiling Formal Reception Room between the mahogany beams is original, and the 1889-1933: Studebaker Family stands today on the grounds of the prestigious This was originally a 16’ x 13’ room directly behind built in wall book cases exhibit beveled plate glass Master and Mistress: Trinity School at Greenlawn. the existing reception desk. Mrs. Studebaker doors. The oxidized silver chandelier is original, Clem Studebaker: received the guests in this room which used to and the fireplace exhibits an equestrian battle Founder of the Studebaker Wagon Corporation 1933: George Studebaker and his wife Ada Lantz have an opening into the Solarium and a fireplace in the fire box. Originally the lower balcony was Anna Milburn Studebaker: declare Bankruptcy, and abandon Tippecanoe of White Mexican onyx. The fluted interior accessed from this room through the present Wife of Clem Studebaker Place. The furnishings and belongings of the estate columns behind the doorway are made of wood window opening, and the pocket doors are made are auctioned to pay off debt, and the mansion is with twenty coats of hand rubbed lacquer. of two different woods to match the rooms they 1901: Clem Studebaker passes away put on the market for sale. are facing when closed. Drawing Room / Parlor: 1916: Anna Milburn Studebaker passes away, and 1934-1941: During the Great Depression, no The drawing room was finished in a colonial Family Sitting Room: Tippecanoe Place is willed to son George. active sales market exists, so the property remains style, with mahogany floors under the carpet, This room on the east side of the house, is “empty” for seven years. and white painted woodwork and elegant carved bordered by the Library and Sun Porch, and Three Children: shutters. Originally the ceiling was decorated was the original SE Corner of the house with George Studebaker 1941: Mr. E.M. Morris, a South Bend businessman with white clouds and painted scrolls. The tall no direct access to the Sun Porch. The opening (Born 1865, Deceased 1939) who founded First Bank & Trust and Associates windows, which look out to the front of the into the Sun Porch today was originally a curved Aka Colonel George after he graduated from Investment Co., purchases the property for house, each have small Bavarian stained glass at window of similar match to others in the room. Chester Military Academy in 1884 $20,000 and bequeaths the asset to the South the top. The fireplace is of Mexican Onyx with The mirrored cherry fireplace exhibits glazed art He married Ada Lantz in 1885, and they resided Bend Board of Education to be used as a School two classical men fighting in the fire box. The tiles, and the original flooring of this room was permanently in Tippecanoe Place from 1889-1933. for the Handicapped. large oil painting hanging of Ada Studebaker is oak with mahogany trim. Expressing the fashion George worked as an Executive of the Studebaker original, but was initially housed in the lobby of of the times, the walls were covered in Italian Corporation. 1941-1946: World War II intervenes, and the the Epworth (Memorial) Hospital in downtown Tapestry which today is replaced with Paneled property is commissioned and used by the Red South Bend. The painting was commissioned as a Wallpaper. All the rooms on the east side of the Anne Studebaker Cross Society. tribute to the Studebaker’s, the main benefactors house consist of double sliding doors which recess (Born 1861, Deceased 1931) in the construction of the former hospital. In into the walls. All three of these rooms open into Married Charles Arthur Carlisle at Tippecanoe 1947- 1970: Occupied by the E.M Morris School 1979, the antiquated hospital was torn down to each other as well as the reception hall. Place in September 1891. Mr Carlisle was a for Crippled Children. make room for the newly constructed Memorial purchasing agent and Director at Studebaker Hospital. At that time, the painting was restored Sun Porch / Rear Veranda: Corporation. In 1894 the couple built a three story 1971-1974: Used as School Offices and through a grant from local Questors, and moved This roofed plaza which measures 40’on the Queen Ann Style residence on the SE Corner Administration back to Tippecanoe Place for the opening of the East x 80’on the South communicated with the of the original Studebaker Estate adjacent to restaurant in 1980. house via the Sitting Room, but was accessed Tippecanoe Place. Today the “Carlisle House”, has 1975-1979: Occupied by Southhold Restorations ( from the rear SW corner of the property which been renovated and turn into the law offices of Local Historical Preservation Group -Forerunner Solarium / Statuary Room: today is the restaurants handicap entrance. The Anderson, Augostino & Keller. to Northern Indian Historical Society). This alcove in the front bay of the house is made up veranda originally consisted of breeze openings of hand laid mosaic tile floor with a floral boarder between the columns, with the windows installed Clem Studebaker, Jr. 1980 – Present: design. The curved windows which looked out sometime in the 1940’s. (Born 1871, Deceased 1932) Tippecanoe Place Restaurant to the front porch enabled this room to be seen When Tippecanoe Place was under construction, Continental Restaurant Systems, a division as one entered up the east steps of the mansion. Den Clem was studying at Northwestern University. In of Ralston Purina which includes 71 other It was here where the Studebakers displayed a Clem Studebaker’s office is located in the SW 1893, he married Alicia Rhawn, one of his sister’s restaurants, purchases Tippecanoe Place in 1979. large marble statue of their three children, Anna, corner of the property and is covered in oak bridesmaids and best friends. Clem was involved Continental spends $2 Million restoring and George, and Clement Jr., sitting down with arms paneling. Originally above the fireplace mantel in his family’s other lines of business serving as converting the mansion into a restaurant. The interlocked. The statue was removed from the was a stained glass window with a scene of a both President of the South Bend Watch Company successor in interest, Paragon Steakhouse, sells the house when the family vacated the property during blacksmith shop surrounded by trees; a reminder and North American Light and Power Company. property in 2001 to the Matteoni Family on a sale the Depression of the 1930’s. It was then moved to to Clem of his business roots. The original walk He and his wife lived at “ Elm Court”, a mansion / leaseback transaction, and in 2008 the Matteoni DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana where in safe can still be seen next to the entrance door, on East Jefferson St. in South Bend which still Family acquires the restaurant operation. it still resides. and the remains of the mansions piped intercom system is still on the wall. : mirror and hall door are original art work from 4 5 Girl, Nurse and Butler. The Butler’s Room was the A walking picture history with captions of the Studebaker Behind the Grand Staircase is the original Otis the Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. room off the Ballroom to the left of the fireplace. Wagon and Automobile Company is found on the walls Elevator which was installed when the house was Above the Fourth Floor is the Attic which is of the Fourth Floor Foyer / Ballroom and Third Floor Bar built in1889. This elevator, the first ever installed The present second floor pastry kitchen was accessed via stairs through the door next to the and Lounge. in the State of Indiana, serves all four floors, and originally a guest bedroom where Ann Studebaker’s elevator off the Foyer. was hydraulically operated with an iron cage closet Aunt, Ms. Milburn, lived for many years after the closure. The original elevator cab is still used daily house was completed. This bedroom, along with in operation of the restaurant. the Master Bedroom, were the only two rooms in the mansion with their own bathroom. A History of Tippecanoe Place

Third Level (Family Sleeping Quarters) In 1884, Clem Studebaker, President of Studebaker of Industry. In addition, Clem felt this design Present Bar / Lounge: Fourth Floor Corporation ( Largest Wagon Manufacturer in the style exhibited the true mood he was looking to Originally this area was comprised of George’s (Servant / Guest Quarters & Ballroom) World) “begins to feel he ought to have a larger achieve in his “ masterpiece”; one of “stability, / Ada’s Bedroom & Closet and the bedroom Foyer & Ballroom house and one more nearly corresponding in its security, and permanence.” and bath of their son after he graduated from At the top of the curved stairway is the Ballroom character with the position he had obtained in the the Nursery. The walls to these rooms were Foyer which flows into the Ballroom under an affairs of the world.” The site of his mansion would The home was nearing completion towards the removed when the property was converted to the arched entrance, with a pair of intricate carved be at the corner of West Washington and Taylor St, later part of 1888, and the next few months were restaurant’s bar and lounge in 1980. The bar was flanked arches. The Ballroom which measures just west of Downtown South Bend on 3 plus acres dedicated to final landscape work and interior completely refurbished and an anaglyptic ceiling 32’ x 38’, was originally an Art Gallery with oak of land. The house would be built on a bluff, which furnishing installation. In February of 1889, the installed in 2009. paneled walls, floor and ceiling which displayed ran diagonally through 2.65 Acres of grounds, and Studebaker family finally took possession of their the Studebaker’s priceless collection of art the carriage house and conservatories would be new home. George & Ada Sitting Room including life like busts of the owners of the dedicated to the additional acre in the back. This room situated in the NE corner of the floor house. However, after the fire a majority of the art Tippecanoe Place has approximately forty rooms, is comprised of Birds Eye Maple, a fireplace, and was destroyed, and upon rebuilding the house, the Throughout 1885, Clem trekked to Chicago on with twenty uniquely different fireplaces, and close curved corner windows looking out over the Studebaker’s converted this area into a Ballroom multiple occasions to interview architects, study to 24,000 Sq. Ft. of living space on four floors. property. for their guests to gather and dance at the end plans, research materials, and visit some of the The interior of the home emphasizes high quality of their evening engagements. The high windows grand estates in the City. After much deliberation, wood work throughout with expert carving skills. Guest Bedroom: are carved in such a way so they appear to have Clem chose , one of the best The total cost of construction was estimated at Between the Nursery and Sitting Room is the shutters, and they fireplace is of terra cotta brick known architects in Chicago, to work with him $250,000, with an additional $100,000 dedicated smallest bedroom on this floor. The wood is with a glazed art tile hearth. on “mapping out” all the details of the home. to furnishings and art collection. To put this comprised of New England Maple, and the room Cobb had recently designed the splendid Potter actual cost into perspective, the typical monthly has a glazed tile fireplace. Tower Guest Room Palmer Mansion on Lakeshore Dr., and other rental for a good house in South Bend was $12 This is situated in the SE corner of the floor with noteworthy Chicago landmarks which still exist in 1880. In October of 1889, just eight months Nursery: curved corner windows. The wood in the room is today; including, the Historical Society Building after final construction, disaster struck as the This is the room where George & Ada’s son lived birch, and the fireplace is of glazed art tile. ( now Excalibur Night Club), Chicago Varnish house was severely damaged by fire. The entire during his infancy. Originally a window door Building ( now Harry Carey’s restaurant), and top of the house was burned off, leaving only the opened onto the outside balcony. After Georges’ Veranda Guest Suite many buildings located on the grounds at the stone facing walls unharmed. Since the structure son graduated to his own bedroom across the This was situated behind the far wall of the University of Chicago. Cobb’s work was influenced was thought to be basically fireproof, vary little way, this became another sitting room. Ballroom. This room had access to the Roof Top by “Richardson Romanesque” design which was insurance was carried by the Studebakers. Within Veranda on the NE Corner of the house. Although distinguishable with its fortress like stone walls, a year, the house was completely rebuilt at an Master Bedroom: the outside exterior view openings of the veranda complex roof line, low arches, rising towers, additional cost of close to $100,000. After its On the SE corner of the floor is the Master have since been enclosed with masonry, the and gabled dormers. This style was extensively completion, the South Bend Times and Tribune wrote Bedroom of Clement & Ann. A curved window veranda itself is still visible when standing on the popular from 1870’s -1880’s in large commercial “The house, in its proportions and appointments corner gives a turret effect from the outside. outside lawn. properties and grand public buildings and probably surpasses anything in Indiana. It is an The bedroom wood is made of cherry, and the churches. However, due to its high cost of material embodiment of all that wealth and taste can fireplace is of Eastlake design. The door on the The present women’s and men’s bathrooms were construction and labor, it was very rare to see suggest, and modern skill and invention devise.” left side of the entrance led to a hanging closet for originally servants room’s as well as the rooms this design in residences. The exception was the elegant dresses, and the door to the right of the today which are used by the restaurant as storage “Urban Castles” for the extremely wealthy Barons fireplace led to a bath and large dressing room. and offices. Five to six servants lived in the house The pictures on the wall between the full length permanently, including a Cook, Dining Room