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STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Application Number: <br />Property Location: <br />2000-0104 <br />516 North St. Joseph <br />Property Owner: Howard Taylor <br />Landmark or District Designation: LHD-NSJ <br />Rating: C/9 Key Number: <br />Survey Number: 141-597-46359.2 <br />STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT <br />George J. Hoffinan purchased lot 66 of Hammond and Whitcomb Addition to South <br />Bend in 1904 for $800.00. Mr. Hoffinan, a carpenter/contractor, constructed this Queen Anne <br />style house in 1905 and resided there until 1922. He rented the house to John and Barbara <br />Suchy in 1923, selling it to them two years later. Mr. Suchy was born in Chicago in 1873 and <br />married Barbara Novotny in 1896. The couple moved to South Bend in 1902 where John <br />became an upholsterer. Mr. Suchy died in 1932 at age 59 leaving the house to his wife. <br />Barbara continued to reside at this address until 1942 when she rented it out to Albert <br />Thorstenson., a chef. Mrs. Suchy moved to Barron Lake in 1955 where she died three years <br />later at age 80. Her daughter, Mrs. Genevieve Baumbach, wife of grocer, Anthony Baumbach, <br />rented the house to various tenants until 1965 when she sold it to William C. Brooks. Mr. <br />Brooks rented the property out to numerous tenants, eventually leasing it to Howard Taylor, a <br />local construction worker. Mr. Brooks sold the house in 1979 to Mr. Taylor, who continues to <br />reside there to this day. <br />