Tippecanoe Place, a Richardsonian Romanesque-style mansion in South Bend, Indiana. Tippecanoe Place is a house in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Built in 1889, it was the residence of Clement Studebaker, a co-founder of the Studebaker automobile company. Studebaker lived in the house from 1889 until his 1901 death. His son George lived there until 1933, when he lost the structure due to bankruptcy. For several years, the building stood vacant, but in 1941 E. M. Morris purchased it and gave it to the city as a school for handicapped children. It is thought that "Clem" Studebaker's friendship with a fellow Indianan, U.S. President Benjamin Harrison, prompted him to name his regal home in honor of Harrison’s grandfather (also a U.S. president), William Henry Harrison, the hero of the 1811 "Battle of Tippecanoe" against indigenous Indians on the American frontier. As of today, in 2016, the building houses the Tippecanoe Restaurant. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2016.