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0/13 C p . NUMBER A. HISTORIC NAME Mary Davis Peters Residence B. COUNTY St, Joseph 141-05944-450 ._ D. ADDRESS 122 W. M i ch i aan Street E. TWP/CITY 01 i ve/New Ca rl i c 1 e F. QUAD NAME SR NR NHL HABS HAER UTM REFERENCES 11 6 151 4101 71 1 i 01 14161 1 1 71 01 21 0l STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES INVENTORY REVISED ts77 R► tl� 1. COMMON NAME John Hensel 1 House 4. PROPERTY'S MAILING ADDRESS 5. LOCATION NOTES 2. OWNERSHIP Public Private � X hn Ph)i111c e NncPlI On the south side of West Michigan _n F_ 3. VISIBLE X Yes No 122 West Michigan Street Street east of the alley near the west New Carlisle, Indiana 46552 end of the block. 6. USE PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST 7. ENDANGERED 8. CATEGORY 9. LOCAL LEGAL PROTECTIONS Residence n Military ❑ ❑ Vacant District Historic District Govt./Pol. ❑ ❑ Entertainment ❑ ❑ Neglected _ X Building(s) Landmark Commerce ❑ ❑ Scientific ❑ ❑ Encroachment Structure Deed Restriction Industrial ❑ ❑ Religious ❑ ❑ Other Site Other Agriculture ❑ ❑ Park ❑ ❑ Object Transportation ❑ ❑ Museum ❑ ❑ Organization ❑ ❑ Educational ❑ ❑ Other ❑ ❑ r- 10. CONDITION 11. BUILDING INTEGRITY 11a. Specify Alterations 17. SITE PLAN AW X Excellent Unaltered • Removals LA �^ Good X Altered Structural Fair Moved n Deteriorated Date Replacement i 1.1 Ruins Additions 1--story add i t ion on so ith side n i 12. DATE _l.891_13. STYLE Queen Anne with stick style influences 15. DESCRIPTION 2- -story Oueen Anne style honre with lamp fr I Q -,quare wooden columns under open frieze. & balustrade of herring;] bone gable above :ntry on porch supported by brackets, front windows are leaded and front gable has j w. r,,uxb.� Ito,. ,atterned wood shingles. Foundation is of brick „ ll . Facade Material 5 o the weather 18. ENVIRONMENT 16. OUTBUILDINGS 2-story carriage house, clapboard first floor, wooden fishscef. (See Mary Davis .Peters Carriage shingles on the second story gables, 19. AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE Aboriginal Community Planning Humanities Religion Arts Education Indian Science/Technology X Architecture Engineering Landscape Architecture Social/Ethnicity Commerce Environs/Neighborhoods Military Transportation Communications Exploration/Settlement Politics/Government Vernacular/Construction Other Specify the significance for each area checked This Queen Anne style house was built by Dr. Joseph Davis for his dauqhter Mary F. Davis Peters circa 1891 _ Dr. Davis livPH at that time at ing F_ Front Street in a Gothic Revival house. In 1905, Dr. Davis purchased and moved to 130 W. Michigan Street, the larger brick Italianate style house next door to his dauqhter' s house, Dr_ i Pph Davis was horn in JR35 in County. At the age of 22 he baclan a medical apprenticeship and in 1858 he began study-at the University of Mirhiq;;n, Ann Arbor. In 1860, he graduated from Western Reserve Colle4e of Medicine and Suraery in Cleveland, Ohio.---2__y-ear.s_..later_hP moved to New Carlisle where he began a medi,-,al Dractia which lasted nearly I century. Dr. Davis was also an avid investor in property and by 1897 owned in addition to his property in New Carlisle 7 farms in St. Joseph County and Marshall County as well as in Michigan. He was married in 1860 to Josie Ball and had 2 children, Mary and John. The Rodgers family owned the h me lint i 1 The Peters residence was sold in lgtt to Clark Rnrlgerc � Ly � - 1934. Glennie Clark and Aura F- Clark purchased the property in 1937. The Clark family sold the residence in 1967 to the present owners John & Phyllis Hensel ] . Legal Description: Lot 38 O. P. NPW CarlislP 20. INFORMATION SOURCES Howard's History of St, Joseph County ATTACH near{ Pornris NEGATIVE St . Joseph County Directory ENVELOPE HERE 21. SURVEYOR v•SiTMlrErt P- CzAV7 22. DATE a