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• The building fulfills criteria #1 as an example of a single family housing <br />unit located at the rear of a lot and oriented to the alley, a situation <br />especially common in the northwest neighborhood of South Bend and increasingly <br />becoming rare and endangered. <br />The building fulfills criteria #2 as an example of a single family house <br />constructed entirely of concrete block molded t replicate split faced stone. <br />Although this material was commonly employed in foundations for frame <br />buildings, -relatively few structures used this material so extensively. If the <br />supposition that the building was constructed one or both masons by the name <br />Palmiter, it may have been conceived as a demonstration for the employment of <br />these materials. The other precast'concrete decorative features are also very <br />unique. The building is. rated Significant 11 in the Indiana Historic Sites and <br />Structures Survey. <br />The building fulfills criteria #3 by the integrity of its original <br />construction with only minor alterations. <br />DBD <br />11/13/96 <br />• <br />0 <br />