Sitting Room

ID: 1963 ~ Source: The History Museum, South Bend, Indiana.

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Mrs. Studebaker’s second floor sitting room served as a family gathering space which opened onto the sun porch. The Italian tapestries covering the walls were fashionable at the time but were later replaced with wallpaper.

This file appears in: Tippecanoe Place

Tippecanoe Place

By Jacqueline Lopez

Clement Studebaker, co-founder and first President of the Studebaker company, chose to build a home that reflected his financial success. Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb was chosen to design the Romanesque style mansion in 1885. Lavish New Home,…