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Horace was connected with pioneer merchant, J. G. Bartlett, and eventually became a <br />traveling salesman for the Studebaker Wagon Company. In 1892 he became interested <br />in the Miller- Knoblock Company, which manufactured wagons, eventually becoming the <br />Companies vice - president. He remained with this company until 1898 when President <br />McKinley appointed Mr. Miller South Bend's Postmaster. Horace continued as <br />postmaster until his retirement in 1906 at which time he became very active in South <br />Bend's real estate circle. <br />The remaining parcel of land, Kent's Subdivision of BOL 113 and 114 was platted in <br />1872 by James D. Kent. Mr. Kent was born in 1843 and married Anna Hartsell in <br />1867, together they had five boys. Mr. Kent served during the Civil War as a private in <br />Indiana's 21 st Artillery. After he was mustered out Mr. Kent spent the rest of his life as a <br />professional house painter. <br />By the 1899 several houses were located along Cushing Street, south of Lindsey Street. <br />By the turn of the century residences were beginning to be built on Cushing and Portage <br />streets, north of Lindsey Street. [7] <br />City directories from 1895 to 1910 reveal that houses sprang up quickly along Cushing <br />Street soon after platting; houses were being built as fast as lots were sold. By 1900 <br />Cushing Street was under rapid development with 37 structures existing along Cushing <br />and Portage Streets. By 1916 the neighborhood was nearly complete with about sixty - <br />five houses having been constructed. In 1924 the neighborhood as it stands today was <br />essentially in place. [8] <br />From the beginning the neighborhood was predominantly middle - class. By the teens <br />almost 80% of the residents here that can be identified by occupation were either <br />professionals, business owners or held white - collar positions of various kinds. The <br />neighborhood was located within easy access to the street -car line on Portage Avenue, <br />providing transportation to work and shopping before automobiles came into common <br />use. [9] This area continued as a middle -class enclave through the Second World War, in <br />fact many of the original residence continued to live in this neighborhood for an average <br />of twenty-five years, making the neighborhood a worthy representative example of both a <br />time and a specific class of people. <br />Conclusion #. <br />Standard criteria for historic districts suggest designating those groups of structures "that <br />possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and <br />association." [ 10] This group of buildings readily fulfill these criteria. <br />The neighborhood consists of residential structures of the vernacular Queen Anne, <br />American Four - Square, Gabled Ell, Dutch Colonial Revival, Stick and Vernacular types or <br />variations of these forms constructed of a similar size and materials. <br />4 <br />
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