Adjacent is 509, 1842 home of Sion Bass city Civil War hero. Stand-alone on historical register, likely qualified for Nat'l Register on advice of Indiana Historical Preservation. Both 509 and 517 have same owners. With with internet tv in each unit. Phone and wifi networks connect both houses. 509 is luxury guest room house to the LaSalle Inn. 517 is main house, 6 full kitchens, 5 possible 1-bdr. units, 1 2 bdr. unit now rented for $900 monthly, two dining rooms, larger from common areas as venue of Fort Wayne Jazz Cabaret, bring tradition of jazz solo performance to city. Establishment was only BB among 4 to survive Recession. Owners, former Youth Director Ft Wayne Ballet and Purdue Professor Emeritus IPFW, manage a small inn from France remoting in with TeamViewer, limitless free telephone calls to the US, smart phone with Skype for direct property inspection from France. 517 W.Wash is large 1901 neoclassical house with Queen Ann dormers. Built for city home builder for himself. Move his house in 1930 around block from more commercial intersection. He died in1934, house was multiplexed, neighborhood declined and now has come back. House is next to downtown Starbucks. Improvements, capital and cosmetic, in the works.
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