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(407 -409 West Jefferson) HISTORICAL CONTEXT This property is located on the north side of' West Jefferson Street between Franklin Place and South William, adjacent to a north /south alley, South Bend, Indiana. The property is described as the east half of lot 8 Vails Subdivision Block 1: John C. Stover purchased all of lot 8 Vails Sub Block 1, from the estate- of William W.. Brick, a prominent farmer, in 1888. Mr. Stover was a'whole sole lumber dealer and owner of a lumber yard. In 1896; Mr. Stover demolished the structure at 129 Franklin Place "and built the currently existing.Queen Anne structure as his permanent residence. In that same year he also built an American Four Square style two unit apartment house on the east half of the lot, facing W. Jefferson. Mr. Stover rented the units to various tenants, for residential use, as well as office space. He owned the house until his death in 1939 at which time-.the house' was inherited by his son, Burton H. Stover, a banker. Burton Stover formed a trusteeship with Francis Jackson, Ernest McErlain and the Indiana Savings &.Loan Association, that specialized in the buying, 'selling, and renting of various properties. This trusteeship rented the house at 407 -409 W..Jeffer.son Street to numerous short term tenants ' until 1945 when it' was sold to - Frank . Carpenter, an employee of the Oliver Corporation. Mr. Carpenter 'owned the property until 1971 when lie sold the house to Vera C. Yeager.' Mrs. Yeager retains this - property as well as 127 & 129 Franklin Place as' rentals. The ownership of the properties was placed in a trust in' 1991 which is controlled. by Mrs. Yeager's daughter, Marilyn Proctor. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION This is a three story American Four Square style house with a brick foundaticin and chimney. The walls have clapboard siding, a flared second story and wood shingled dormers. The house has a steeply pitched hipped roof with dormers on either side and a central wall dormer facing W. Jefferson. The front porch spans the full of the ,house with a hipped roof, central gable, wood columns on. brick piers, wood balustrades and lattice work at., the base. The house contains one over one double hung windows with molded heads and tow glazed front doors.'.