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United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />Section number 9.9 Page 4 <br />10,11 <br />Walker Field Shelterhouse <br />St. Joseph County IN <br />necessarily indicate a reversal in fortunes; highly skilled and <br />professional people that were needed on a given project were hired <br />from normal ranks, if none were to be found on relief. Goffeney <br />partnered with South Bend architects William Fett and Clarence <br />Pearson in the firm of Fett, Pearson & Goffeney, located in the <br />Associates Building downtown, in the 1920s and 30s. The firm <br />designed a variety of buildings in the South Bend area, including <br />several filling stations (none are known to survive), and took on <br />numerous remodeling projects, such as adding a mezzanine to the <br />city's premier department store, Robertson's, in 1930. In about <br />that same year, Goffeney is believed to have designed the French <br />Eclectic home at 414 North Ironwood, a property that he owned <br />until 1933. His health began to deteriorate in the 1930s, however, <br />and he died of his heart ailment in May 1941. <br />MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES <br />(See Bibliography, New Deal Resources in St. Joseph County <br />Multiple Property Listing) <br />VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION <br />Starting from the north curb of Ewing Street at a point three feet <br />west of the edge of the building, proceed due north 148 feet, east <br />76 feet, south 148 feet, and west 76 feet to the point of origin. <br />BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION <br />The boundary surrounds the building at a distance of three feet on <br />the west, north, and east, and includes its frontage to the curb. <br />PHOTOGRAPHS <br />Unless otherwise noted, the following is the same for all <br />photographs: <br />