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Camp Rose The Camp Rose Potential Historic District contains approximately 450 proper- ties in a variety of styles from the late 19th cen- tury. In 1862, this area served as the site of the training ground for three regiments of Indiana Vol- unteers during the Civil War. CiIY LAEALLf ST �, �� LASALLE 4© II CEMEiAflY � /// ® / � ❑ ❑ l F11 F1 I c9Vn ❑1❑C1CI0❑ ❑❑ wrsTLN nV West Washington The West Washington National Register District, the first National Register district in South Bend, includes some of the oldest and most prominent buildings in the city. The historic structures range from an 1850 Fed- eral - style residence to a 1916 Prairie -style house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Influential entrepre- neurs, such as Studebaker, Oliver, Birdsell, and O'Brien, as well as their employees, called the West Washington neighborhood home. Monroe Park 0 • CkMETARY The Monroe Park Potential Historic District consists • of fine commercial structures along Michigan Street, with the remainder of structures to the east being residential in character. Thesc homes exhibit a predominance of the Queen Anne style or the elements of Queen Anne applied to vernacular structures of the Victorian Era. SOUTH BEND'S HISTORIC DISTRICTS o �aa0 Vp6T �� M ❑ ❑ D `� ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑� g ❑ �0n11E]Q ❑ SOOTH ST ❑ ❑. aril Lincolnway East b 6AMPlE ST u a The Lincolnway East Local Historic District devel- oped along the road that became part of one of the nation's earliest coast-to-coast highway systems. The tumof- the - century neighborhood began in 1888 when Jacob Leer subdivided his family's farm. Jacob's son, Delmar, continued the development of the area and built his own house at 1222 Lincolnway East. Riverside Drive The Riverside Drive Local Historic District contains many fine examples of early twentieth- century ar- chitectural styles found throughout South Bend. Developed between 1902 and 1918, many of the city's professionals and business people called Riv- erside Drive home, including the well-known local architect, Enos Aus- tin. ❑ ❑❑❑ s • 9 �� S W J i West North Shore The site of the West North In I Shore Local Historic Dis- trict, along the St. Joseph River, figured prominently in the city's history. In this area, Pierre Navarre estab- lished a trading past in 1820, to be followed by Samuel Leeper Jr.'s devel- opment of what became one of South Bend's first suburbs. Chapin Park The Chapin Park National Register District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, features the Gothic Re- vival Horatio Chapin residence (407 W. Navarre), built in 1857. Chapin Park, also known as the Park Avenue Dis- trict, consists of a variety of architectural styles sited along curving brick streets lined with early twentieth - century streetlights. y// \ - Y�uMMV ) � N � ✓M East Wayne Street The East Wayne Street local Historic Dis- trict encompasses the central portion of Whitcomb and Keller's original Sun - nymede development of 1925, with 70% of the homes in the district being built be- tween 1925 and 1930. Whitcomb and Keller modeled their development after the neighborhood design principals of the English Garden Cities movement, featur- ing the use of curvilinear and tree -lined streets and emphasis on open spaces and park areas. Edgewater Place The Edgewate Loca oric District began its development d 1871. 19, Whitcomb and Keller, prominent local real estate developers, subdi- vided the area as one of their first commercial enterprises. Both men also lived in the neighborhood, as did many other local merchants and businessmen.