When our friends Dick and Jane talked about South Bend (that's where they are from), I pictured something quite different! We were surprised with it size and the scope of things to do. South Bend Indiana is the fourth-largest city in Indiana and it is the economic and cultural hub of Northern Indiana because of The University of Notre Dame, which is is located in South Bend, this university is a large, four-year, highly residential research university. In French, Notre Dame du Lac means "Our Lady of the Lake" and refers to the university's patron saint the Virgin Mary. The main campus covers 1,250 acres in a suburban like setting and it contains a number of recognizable landmarks, the the Golden Dome and the "Word of Life" mural (commonly known as (touch down Jesus)!
We visited the elegant 38-room Oliver Mansion, Copshaholm, the family home of Joseph D. Oliver, he owned the Oliver Chilled Plow Works, but he is still best known as the founder of the green Oliver Tractors. Copshaholm, has 2.5 acres of landscaped gardens, including a garden tea house, formal Italianate garden, rose garden, pergola, tennis lawn, and fountain.
After that we went to Tippecanoe Place (today, the house is the location of the Tippecanoe Place Restaurant) this is the name of the home of Clement Studebaker, he was a wagon and carriage builder. He and his brother Henry, founded the H&C Studerbaker Company. It wasn't till after Clements death that they started to build the Studerbaker automobiles.
I think it is funny that these people had names for their homes, I think I am going to do that with our house on Center, after all, our sailboat has a name, our car has a name and our RV has a name!
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