Howland Homestead

Description:	This residence, once located in the 700 block of East Jackson, was often referred to as the Howland Homestead. Built before the Civil War in the early 1850s, it was the home of Smith Howland and his wife. The property included the Howland Orchard, populated with New England variety apple trees which covered the property to the St. Joseph River along what became Marine Avenue. To the front of the home stretching south were vast lawns and farm land leading to the bottom land and meadows which extended to the curve of the Elkhart River. The Howlands were active social figures and their home on the hill was often the center of social life in Elkhart. A daughter of the Howlands was married to Jacob Lane, son of the pioneering dam builder, Clark Lane. The Lanes continued the social tradition established by the Howlands in previous years. As a step in the progress of Elkhart, Jacob Lane laid out the south river meadows to the front of the house as a residential subdivision which bore the name Lanes Addition. The home was demolished in October 1963 to make way for a new building for the Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home.
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/isl4/id/474
Collection:	Elkhart Public Library
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/;
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States;
Subjects:	Elkhart County (Ind.) Houses Historic buildings

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