• Date: 1919
• Style: Art Deco
• Architect: Austin and Shambleau
• District: Downtown Historic Registry

The South Bend Tribune Building is significant as the headquarters since 1921 of South Bend's only daily newspaper. The South Bend Tribune was founded as a weekly paper in 1872 by Alfred B. Miller and Elmer Crockett. On May 28, 1873, the Tribune started the first daily paper in South Bend. In 1887, the South Bend Tribune bought out the interests of the St. Joseph Valley Register (1845), the newspaper at which Miller and Crockett began their journalistic careers. The only major competition the Tribune faced was of the News-Times (1913) which was formed by a merger of the Times (1883) and the Morning-News (1908). The News-Times ended publication in 1938, leaving the South Bend Tribune as the only weekly and Sunday newspaper remaining in South Bend.  As the paper grew and increased their circulation, plans for a larger building were made and the property at Colfax and Lafayette was acquired. This was the Tribune's third location; the first was at 127 West Washington and the second was at 128 North Main. The Tribune Building was designed by the architectural firm of Austin and Shambleau and built by H. G. Christman and Company. Ground breaking occurred on December 1, 1919 and the building opened on April 25, 1921. The structure, which was built for utility rather than beauty, was reportedly one of the largest and most modern newspaper offices in the area.

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