• Date: 1905
• Style: Commercial
• District: Downtown Historic Registry

The Berteling Building, built in 1905, is one of the earliest Commercial style buildings constructed in South Bend. Built by Dr. John B. Berteling, the building first served as office space for several doctors, including Dr. Berteling. He began his practice in South Bend in 1888 when he returned to his alma mater, the University of Notre Dame, as both a professor of anatomy and physiology and as the attending physician to Notre Dame and St. Mary's College. At the same time he began private practice in downtown South Bend. Dr. Berteling, who held every office within the St. Joseph Medical Society, including president for two terms, was also president of the Indiana State Association. He is known as the "father of South Bend's model milk ordinance," an ordinance passed in 1928 and used as an example in many Midwestern towns and cities. By the 1920s, in addition to being used as doctors' offices, the occupancy began to diversity and housed music teachers, artists, and apartments. Included in this new group of occupants was Marjorie B. Galloway, daughter of Dr. Berteling, a concert pianist and music teacher. The Berteling Building is an excellent example of the transformation from the Commercial Italianate style to the Commercial style in South Bend. It has remained virtually unaltered, both on the exterior and interior. Alterations include modernization of the first floor display window and a small, two-story rear addition put on prior to 1917.

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