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paving laid in the city in this year. The only other contractor receiving <br />• brick pavement contracts with the city in this year was the Plummer. <br />Construction Company who paved one block of alley.(21) <br />Clearly, the most prominent contractors who worked in this arena were C. <br />H. Defrees and Robert, Hoban, & Roach. The most common belief is that Robert, <br />Hoban and Roach installed the first brick pavements in the city. <br />The firm of Robert, Hoban, & Roach was a coalition of three builders who, <br />had distinguished themselves individually in the construction industry of <br />South Bend. All were born between 1852 and 1856. Martin Roach wathe only <br />native of South Bend among them. Martin Hoban had moved to South Bend from <br />Maine as young child. His father is credited with having been among the group <br />of Irishmen who were the first to manufacture cement in Indiana. He is <br />believed to have been the first Irishman to settle in South Bend.(22) Joseph <br />E. Robert, a native of Canada moved to South Bend as a young adult after <br />. having worked briefly as a carpenter in Chicago. They all received early <br />training,and became supervisors or foremen in the construction departments of <br />the University of Notre Dame. Each followed this experience with private <br />business partnerships in the construction business before forming their <br />partnership in 1895. Robert had also worked for a period in the construction <br />department at Studebaker. They were individually associated with the erection <br />of the Locke School, the. entire Mishawaka sewer system, St. Mary's Academy, <br />St. Hedwige's Church and schoolhouse, St. Patrick's Church, McDonald's Studio, <br />----------------- <br />(21) City of South Bend Annual Report. 1924 <br />(22) Esary, Logan. History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922. 3 <br />vols. Dayton Ohio; Dayton Historical Publishing Company, 1923. Vol. 3: An <br />Account of St. Joseph County from its Oreanization, ed. by John Stoll. p. 309 <br />• <br />page 9 -- - -- <br />
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