• Date: 1874
• Style: Chicago School
• District: Downtown Historic Registry

In 1883, Joseph Worden and Robert Montgomery, two important local industrialists, purchased the buildings at 115 and 117 N. Main Street from Elam Eller. For the next 50 years, these two commercial buildings hosted various tenants ranging from a billiard hall to a barber shop. In 1932, five years after a renovation which expanded the buildings and added a new unified facade, the Makielski family opened their art shop at 117 N. Main, moving from just down the street at 113 N. Main. The Makielski Art Shop eventually took over the space at 115 N. Main as well. In 1992, Makielski closed the doors of the Main Street shop, temporarily moving to a location in the LaSalle Hotel. In 2011, on the 100th anniversary of the art store first opening in downtown South Bend, the Makielskis closed the shop for good. Other various businesses have opened and closed here in recent years. The second story of the building housed small offices and apartments.

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