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Chapin Park Local Historic District Guidebook <br />Page 13 <br />817 Ashland Gabled-Ell <br />This house was built in 1891 for Ammon, a printer and compositor <br />for the South Bend Times, and Amelia Snyder. They raised five chil- <br />dren: Nelson, Wilson, Lucian, Carrol and Leroy. Ammon passed <br />away between 1917 and 1919 and Amelia passed away in 1930. <br />Their daughter, Carrol Snyder Pollock, inherited the home. <br />820 Ashland Free Classic Queen Anne <br />William and Mattie Dunkle built this duplex as an investment prop- <br />erty in 1903 or 1904. Rev. Samuel Beck, a retired minister, and his wife <br />lived in one part of the duplex, and Horace Zimmerman, an employ- <br />ee at the Timer Printing Co., and his wife Bertha, lived in the other. <br />821 Ashland American Foursquare <br />Built by 1901, Ralph and Ella Harris were the first residents. Ralph <br />was a cashier for Standard Oil. By 1904, Isaac and Cora D. Van <br />Gorder had purchased the house and lived here until 1941, the year <br />of Isaac’s death. Isaac owned a millinery store. They raised two <br />daughters: Irma and Gladys. The front porch was replaced with a <br />front stoop in 1949. <br />825 Ashland Queen Anne <br />Frank and Nettie Hull purchased this property from Ryell and Anne <br />Shetterley Miller in 1902 and built the house by 1908. Frank worked <br />for the South Bend News as a linotype operator. He and Nettie <br />raised two sons: Russel and John. In 1912, Samuel Perley and his <br />family had moved to this address. By 1920, Harry, a lawyer, and <br />Ruth Taylor had purchased the house and lived here into the 1950s. <br />826 Ashland Queen Anne (also known as 620 Rex) <br />This unusual house was built as an investment duplex between 1901 <br />and 1903. It is uniquely situated on a triangular lot at the corner of <br />Rex and Ashland. John S. Divers and Volley E. Wilson resided in <br />this duplex in 1903. Edwin, a dry goods salesman, and Elizabeth <br />Morse lived at 620 Rex from 1906 until 1916. This duplex has <br />remained a rental property. <br />833 Ashland American Foursquare <br />William P. and Iva Miller built this house around 1904 as an invest- <br />ment property. William drove for the South Bend Auto Patrol. From <br />1908 until 1915, William Bird Pond and his wife, Cordelia, resided in <br />this house with their daughter, Jean, and live-in servant, Josephine <br />Bugzynski. William managed a wagon works factory.