Goodman's Journey
  • Home
  • Blogroll

Can You Believe It's A Studebaker ???

8/2/2011

0 Comments

 
Picture
Well now I know a little bit more about the Studebaker AND the Studebaker family… Right here, just around the corner in South Bend, Indiana, sitting on the shores of the beautiful St. Joseph River, home to a long lineage of wonderful history, and the very famous University of Notre Dame.  Now you can’t say the name Notre Dame without thinking about the legendary football coach Knute Rockne. Well Knute Rockne not only made a name for himself on the football field, he made a name for himself with the Studebaker family and the Studebaker automobile.  He was a spokesman and salesperson for the Studebaker automobile factory AND he even had a car that was designed especially for him and the world around Knute Rockne. 

Picture
Today we spent a FULL day walking the halls and isles of the Studebaker National Museum and Center for History Museum, which are shared in one building.  I’ll tell you right now, this was one of THE BEST museums we’ve ever visited…it was “well done !!!”.  We spent the first 2/3rd of the day walking through the fantastic Studebakers

Picture
Picture
and other items that the Studebaker Corporation (the largest wagon manufacturer in the world starting in 1884) manufactured, such as the huge motors that powered the B-17 and the Jeep during WWII to name a few.  My number one Studebaker is the 1953 red convertable...amazing car.  They also manufactured the horse carriage and the horse LESS carriage.  One of the carriages that they had on display for us was the one that President Lincoln took to the Ford’s Theater to see the performance of “Our American Cousin”.

Picture
Unfortunately at approximately 10:00 pm, John Wilkes Booth fatally shot President Lincoln.   Leaving the museums for the day, we drove down the street about 50 yards for a very good lunch.  Tippecanoe Place Restaurant was once the “Tippecanoe Mansion”.



Picture
The mansion of the Studebakers is the embodiment of everything great wealth could bring in the late 1800’s AND today it’s a great place to have either lunch or dinner for a surprisingly reasonable price.  With a rather small square footage of only 26,000, a finished construction price in 1889 of $250,000, the Clem Studebaker family lived quite well and after we ate, we had a chance to see just how well with a self-guided tour of all 4 floors.

Picture
St. Paul’s Memorial United Methodist Church was completed in 1903 after nearly two years of construction.

Picture
The church structure was a gift to the congregation from Clement Studebaker and his wife, Ann.  After construction started the Studebakers went to Europe and while there they visited and re-visited churches of all ages and types to see if there was some idea that they had left undone back home.  In Munich, Germany they came upon a glass works that impressed them very much, so much that they contracted with him to design and build the 30X18’ key window for their church in South Bend.  This window shows Peter preaching at Mars Hill in Athens.  After returning home Clem became ill and died before the church was finished.  Designed into the window we could see where Clem was placed (right side of the picture with a beard and wearing a blue robe) so that he will be forever immortalized.

Picture
At the left corner of the sanctuary sits a baptismal font (12th -13th centuries)

Picture
that was presented to the church by J.M. Studebaker in loving memory of his brother Clem Studebaker.  It is believed to be the oldest baptismal font still used in the US. 

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.


    *Locations*

    All
    Amsterdam
    Austria
    Belgium
    Bosnya
    Canada
    Croatia
    Czech Republic
    Egypt
    England
    Estonia
    France
    Germany
    Germany Part 2
    Greece
    Hungary
    Ireland
    Italy
    Latvia
    Lithuania
    Luxembourg
    Madrid
    Mexico
    Mexico Bcs
    MX - Cabo San Lucas
    Netherlands
    Poland
    Portugal
    Scotland
    Serbia
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Spain
    Switzerland
    Turkey
    USA - Alabama
    USA - Alaska
    USA - Arizona
    USA - California
    USA - Colorado
    USA - Florida
    USA - Georgia
    USA - Idaho
    USA - Illinois
    USA - Indiana
    USA - Kentucky
    USA - Louisiana
    USA - Maine
    USA - Maryland
    USA - Massachusetts
    USA - Michigan
    USA - Minnesota
    USA - Mississippi
    USA - Montana
    USA - Nevada
    USA - New Jersey
    USA - New Mexico
    USA - New York
    USA - North Dakota
    USA - Ohio
    USA - Oregon
    USA - Pennsylvania
    USA - Seattle
    USA - South Dakota
    USA - Tennessee
    USA - Texas
    USA - Utah
    USA - Vermont
    USA - Washington
    USA - Wisconsin
    USA - Wyoming
    Utrecht Nl
    Wales


    *Archives*

    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    July 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    April 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010
    January 2010
    December 2009
    November 2009
    October 2009
    September 2009
    August 2009
    June 2009
    May 2009
    April 2009
    March 2009
    February 2009
    January 2009
    December 2008
    November 2008
    October 2008
    September 2008
    August 2008
    July 2008
    June 2008
    May 2008
    April 2008
    March 2008
    February 2008
    January 2008
    December 2007
    November 2007
    October 2007
    September 2007
    August 2007
    July 2007
    June 2007
    May 2007
    April 2007
    March 2007
    February 2007
    January 2007
    December 2006
    November 2006
    October 2006
    September 2006
    August 2006
    July 2006
    June 2006
    May 2006
    April 2006
    March 2006
    February 2006
    January 2006
    December 2005
    November 2005
    October 2005
    September 2005
    August 2005
    July 2005
    June 2005
    May 2005
    April 2005
    March 2005
    February 2005
    January 2005
    December 2004
    November 2004
    October 2004
    September 2004
    August 2004
    July 2004
    June 2004
    May 2004
    April 2004
    March 2004
    February 2004
    January 2004
    December 2003

© 2020 Lakeside Local, LLC