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ADDITIONAL LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS NORTH SAINT JOSEPH STREET sr. Development of North St Joseph as a residential street took place between 1899 and 1917 The street is the boundary between the Rockstroh Brothers' 2nd and the Hammond & Whitcomb Additions The eastern side of q If street is lined with exampi F - early 20th century middle TATLOR's FIELD residences. Designated in 1998 •I' ` RIVER BEND Once the site of the Kankakee • Mill Race (Alexis Coquillard's Col. Lathrop Taylor, pio - - ' - neer, merchant and City Father, once owned this Folly), a gristmill, and the Seen's n Brick and Drying Yard, this neighborhood developed between o 1903 and 1921 on a low lying "::,., �,'." •` track of land adjacent to the Saint Joseph River and Leeper Park. = N. St. Joseph = River Bend The real estate partnership of Leslie Whitcomb and Seth Hammond built many examples of early 20th century residential architec- ture: American Foursquare. Prairie and Period Revival style homes. Designated in 1992. uovror sr. TATLOR's FIELD Col. Lathrop Taylor, pio - - ' - neer, merchant and City Father, once owned this n Qie I area which lies within the - Monroe Park neighbor -'r° hood. In the 1880s, it was an open expanse used for E fairs and menagenes. It .�y became known simply as - Taylor's Field. After Taylor's X17 _ death in 1887, his heirs ` developed the field into an upper - middle class enclave. Examples of Queen Anne, Craftsman, and American Foursquare residences can be found here. Designated in 1998. CHAPIN PARK The boundaries of this local historic district differ slightly from the bound- aries of the Chapin Park National Register District. The central portion of this delightful neighborhood was the Horatio and Martha Chapin Estate. Due to its park -like features with its creek, ravine, and trees, the estate was known as Chapin's Park. The Chapins' 1857 Gothic Revival home still stands as the centerpiece of the neighborhood at 601 Park Avenue As South Bend's population grew and pushed out the limits of the city. the Chapin children. Edward and Mary, platted and developed the estate into a residential neighborhood in the 1890s Several talented architects and builders also constructed diverse 19th and 20th cen- tury homes for a variety of families. the Sibleys, Wares, and Hodsons On a stroll ..,.,, through the neighborhood. 1❑ one will also find histonc ,v N� streetlights designed by the ¢� 3f Cutter Co of South Bend Y BAI and back streets laid in 1897 to 1901 by South °tt( �- contractors Robert , 11 1 and Roach, C H. Det L:J Y and Defrees & Whitten Designated In 2005. Pmnatty'/nndal Aya U5. Depatn.mr ojrhelme rw Veriond O by l w ib..aSm i tlisror e - /'resenvnon A m h l r odnrnrsrcmd the S,h.., . f?rpirmrcnr INamol Ravoumo f a l d&PmJan h , aeolap C . anpledbyJ Srhnrte Nirrnna Pnsenmion Cammiveinn Isorrm Bend &Samr Jurryh mn� ?(bS