Former White House Restaurant and Henry Baker Brown House to become 15 homes

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https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/porter-newsletter/upscale-housing-proposal-gets-nod-from-valparaiso-officials/article_d2582391-54e0-5e74-b784-6b04248d6cf9.html

Valparaiso officials have signed off on a proposal to demolish the former White House Restaurant in the downtown area and build 15 upscale new homes on the site.

The majestic four-story home was built by early Valparaiso civic leader William Calkins, whose family manufactured washing machines in the 1860s. It's often described as the Calkins-Brown House, or simply the Brown Home, because it was owned by early Valparaiso University President Henry Baker Brown.