Wertz-Bestle Farm

Wertz–Bestle Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Wertz–Bestle farmhouse, November 2013
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Location	51387 Portage Rd., north of South Bend, German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Coordinates	41°44′46″N 86°18′00″W / 41.74611°N 86.30000°W / 41.74611; -86.30000Coordinates: 41°44′46″N 86°18′00″W / 41.74611°N 86.30000°W / 41.74611; -86.30000
Area	12.7 acres (5.1 ha)
Built	1872 (1872)
Architectural style	Italianate, Schweitzer barn
NRHP Reference #	01000356
Added to NRHP	April 12, 2001

Wertz–Bestle Farm is a historic home and farm located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana. The house was built about 1872, and is a two-story, "T"-plan, Italianate style brick dwelling with a 1 1/2-story kitchen wing. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and has bracketed eaves and segmental arched windows. Also on the property is the contributing 3 1/2-story, two-level, Schweitzer barn.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.