417 West Navarre Street_SURVEY CARD

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j rl KIA v'A T2 Q C- 1. Rating 2.County 3.Survey No. ❑Outstanding 7Significant/Notable Contributing St. Joseph r.15 598 &L I4. Historic Name 5.Township Preliminary No. F- ,1 I AtA/i7 Minyor Portage 6.Address V 7.City 8.Quad Name 417 Navarre South Bend, IN 46616 T I Y State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources State Form 16822/Revised 1986 \i 0 It U6 A 9.Common Name 10.Visible 11. Endangered Explain Yes El No 1❑Yes )C7 No - 12.Ownership Owner's Address(if different) ❑Public E)'rivate 13.Use Present Past 14.Category 15.Surveys/Legal Protections 16, Location Notes I Legal Description 17.Condition 18. Building Integrity Residence Cx [XI V Building(s) Chapin Park Nat. Reg.Dis. Lot 2, Fassnachts Addition ER Excellent ❑ Unaltered Commercial ❑ ❑ ADistrict +L p C>i its'►J Gub 1,0T-2 (81e. S' cw'P.grA*0 ElGood � Altered minor El El ElSite 18-1054-2300 ❑ Fair Moved ❑ ❑ ❑ Structure ❑ Deteriorated Date Building was moved ❑ Object -- - --- - - -El Ruins - ---- 19.Time Period(s) (Dates) 20.Style(s) 21.Architect I Builder 1890 (igg27 Queen Anne 22.SPECIFY ALTERATIONS Removals Replacement Additions Other ! Alum. storm windows 23. DESCRIPTION -_- _----- _--- 24.SITE PLAN Stories 3 t N Plan Irre°ul ar - Brick, flush, decpratio verticle brick Foundation Brick Chim: ctr n r•n y rnl�rrJn--il e �r�l �inc�i g. -- --appearance - walls wood shingle$ in pe elk & n s or- , res°t cla boar. ,_2nd__ wood dt;cvr It,�Qn, Wide woj Lracer�, -drounp .v�rtip e boar 51�ding. e` Roof hi ed w/ fables; barge.b si.on _ le molded corn cg ------ - �- • J -T - - r - gabiea protecting en�osed-�'ron pore rick-w-aTl -pillars; stone Porches sill dbl . hunq sash, upper racerv..blind transom. v �s� debgSR,sfxd � �ggtwsadgw�h�gts00das unOpening b g e jl Ut _ v sQ hwest, s fl . ; s 'pp d roof ntrance beside porch, front brick �,� -woa Grounds/Outbuildings Larqe 1� p•e shaped corner 1 of w/ _- _-shade tree$, ` 1 story large hip roof garage, w/wood clapboard; d.h. 1/1 window 25. No. of Contributing rtesourcer I26.No.of Non-contributing Resources 27. nvi;o t ,me f esMeA1al and Commercial 28.Areas of Significance: Statement of Significance I Additional Description: ❑ Agriculture - --- - ❑ Architecture This home is located on a section of the original Shap.in-Es_tate. ATTACH NEGATIVE ❑ Art tl ENVELOPE HERE El Commerce In 1891, Christopher Fassnacht sold-t.h-e_hame an.d_t iss 2at_YB fl_ut ❑ Communications Lot 116, to F.J. Lewis Meyer and wife for $2600. There were restrictive ❑ Community Planning covenants placed upon the property stating that__no home soul_ d be-constructed o-f_ ❑ Conservation - - ❑ Economics less than $3000 in value, and-it must be_-buiJt-with-in age-year...o.f_-thee-date-o_f thesale�_ ❑ Education ❑ Engineering The first Listing for 417 West _Niva-re StrPPt a4ip-ears.-in- 1891, as .the-co-rner. o-f-W-e-s-t--- ❑ Entertainment/recreation Navarre Street and Portage Avenue. ❑ Ethnic heritage ❑ Exploration!settlement F.J. Lewis Meyer was a native of Ontario, Canada borrL.4n._NQyremb.er-2"60 His ❑ Health I medicine ather was Rev. R.F. Meyer, a 1 eading_member of the Evan.g_el i cal--.As.soci_ati.prO_,. -..In 1874. ❑ Indian the Meyer family moved to Michigan, and at age sixteen he taught_publ is schools in ❑ Industry - - -- ❑ Invention �ichigan. Mr. Meyer came to South Bend in 1879. He taught._public-schools_ .in. S.ol.. Bend ❑ Landscape architecture and was principal of Lafayette_School from 1884--1887. He atteaded_..l.aw .schoo.l -at__N.or.-th- ❑ Law ❑ Literature western University and upon being admitted to-the_ bar,__returned__to South- R-end. __H�was - ❑ Military highly esteemed local attorney. He served as the attorney for the Indiana, Illinois. El Performing arts - _ - ----- ❑ Philosophy owa Railway, General Counsel for the Buff and -B1_Ue _29. FOR STATE OFFICE USE ONLY ❑ Politics/government ❑ Religion bol itic Stone Company, and--the Crafton_.Stone..LMdny_-._. NR _-__-_ - _ - ❑ Science He later served as the attorney for the-South Shore SR ❑ Social history hectric Railway. F[I Transportation - ---- - ❑ Vernacular/Construction NE ❑ Other ❑SEE CONTINUATION SHEET 11 IITM Reference 1 6 ! I I I I I W I I I I 30.Information Sources Deed Record Book 85, Page 72; Anderson and Colley, South Bend and the Men Who Marlp Tt, page 167-168 South Bend News Times 7/29/24; 31.Surveyor Afiiliation Date 1 AK 6/7/79 Affiliation Date 32. Revised by CN 4/87 - - - - - -