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RE -RATE REPORT FOR <br />716 SHERMAN <br />HISTORY <br />German immigrant, Otto J. Klaer, built this house in 1920. He rented the house <br />out until his deaths in 1910 at which time his brother, Adam, inherited the house. Adam <br />continued to use the house as a rental while he and his wife Mary lived in Mishawaka. <br />The property remained in the Klaer family until 1925 when Otto and Adam's children <br />sold the house to Fred R. and Kathryn Glaser. <br />Fred Glaser was born in Germany in 1891 and immigrated to South Bend in 1908. <br />He married New Jersey native, Kathryn Sachs in 1922 and together they resided in this <br />house for several decades. Mr. Glaser, a mason contractor by trade, died in 1957 at age <br />65. Kathryn Glaser continued to reside at this address until her death in 1979. <br />The house was since sold to Housing and Urban Development who sold it in 1991 <br />to Gene Wilkeson. Mr. Wilkeson used the property as a rental until 1999 when he sold it <br />to the current owner, New Horizon Outreach Ministry Inc. <br />ARCHITECTURE <br />This is a two -story Tudor Revival style house with an irregular plan, concrete foundation <br />and exterior brick chimney. The walls are made of brick with soldier stringcourse at <br />cornice. The roof is a cross gable with sloping extensions and hip dormer on the north <br />fagade. The house has a small entrance stoop with concrete stairs and floor leading to a <br />wood door. The windows are 4/1 double -hung with stone sills and soldier course lintel <br />on first story. The grounds are spacious with open lots on either side, shade trees all . <br />around and a clapboard out building to the rear. <br />CRITERIA AND EVALUATING <br />All properties are evaluated in terms of historical significance, architectural merit and <br />integrity. Each resource was evaluated by a professional using the National Register <br />Criteria for Evaluation. The three main criteria are: <br />1) Historic Significance: An association with exploration and settlement, <br />Commercial or Industrial development and or the attachment to the lives <br />of important people. <br />2) Architectural Merit: Representative of a particular architectural style. <br />