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Edgewater Place Local Historic District Guidebook 730 Bronson Court (contributing) Vernacular Built in 1910, probably by Whitcomb & Keller Corporation as a rental. The house was eventually sold to Mary Souder Richards, who sold the house to Oran Souder in 1925. Mr. Souder had been a postal carrier in California. He rented the house out until 1948. 732 Bronson Court (non-contributing) Gabled Ell Built in 1892, probably by William H. Harper, a grocery store owner and real estate developer. He sold the house in 1894 to Samuel M. Robinson, owner of S.M. Robinson and Son. Mr. Robinson sold the house to the Indiana Real Estate Company in 1903. 733 Bronson Court (contributing) Gabled Ell Constructed 'in 1892, possibly by real estate developer and grocery store owner William Harper. The house eventually was sold in 1901 to William M. Garfield, a piano tuner. Mr..Garfield resided here until 1941 when he moved to Illinois: 735 Bronson Court (non-contributing) Gabled Ell Built in 1892 by William H. Harper, founder of Harpers Court Addition to the City. Mr. Harper sold the house to Levi Cottrell in '~ December of 1892., Mr. Cottrell was a Civil War veteran. He owned the house until his death in 1919, at which time it was passed down ` to his daughter, Lillie Armstrong. 736 Bronson Court (contributing) Gabled Ell Originally constructed in 1877, the house's earliest known owner was William H. Harper, a real estate developer. He sold -it to Samuel Robinson along with 6 other lots in 1894. Mr. Robinson was owner of S.M. Robinson & Son Real Estate firm. He used the house as a rental. 739 Bronson Court (demolished 1995) Gabled Ell Built in 1892 by real estate developer William H. Harper, who sold the house in 1894 to Benjamin Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong sold it in 1896 to Joseph B. Arnold Sr., a farmer. He resided in this house until his death in 1920, after which his children sold the house to painter James Hier and his wife, Sarah. Page 11