W. N. Bergan–J. C. Lauber Company Building
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W. N. Bergan–J. C. Lauber Company Building is a historic manufacturing complex located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
The original Bergan Building was built in 1882, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick industrial building. It features an ornate cornice and frieze. Also on the property are two one-story contributing brick buildings. The buildings have housed the J. C. Lauber Sheet Metal Company, Inc. since 1900. The company produced much of the sheet metal and roofing for buildings in early-20th-century South Bend. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
History
Joseph Charles Lauber was born in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1868 and moved to South Bend in 1890 to work for Meyer & Poehlman, described as "the largest tinsmith and hardware business in the area." In 1890 Lauber left the company to begin his own.
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