EXHIBIT C- STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

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Chapin Park Local Historic District Guidebook Page 17 812 Forest Queen Anne: Half-Timbered Recca (Rickey) Keller, the widow of George Keller and mother of Fred Keller, purchased lot 56 and half of lot 57 from Edward Chapin in 1890. In 1902, she had this house built as an investment proper- ty. In 1920, Isabel and Dr. Alexander P. Forbes Gammack purchased the house from the Keller family. 814 Forest Clipped Gable Cottage This cottage was moved to its present location in 1981. The first house located on the property was built for Recca E. (Rickey) Keller. Harriet Keller, Rickey’s daughter, acquired the home upon her mother’s death. 815 Forest Queen Anne By July 1890, Flora L. Horst had purchased lot 27 from Edward Chapin. The house was built by 1891 for Flora and her husband, Charles, a hackman for Miller & Newman. They raised three chil- dren: Rudolf, Sarah (Sadie) and Jay. Sarah, who became a nurse, inherited the house in the 1930s and lived here into the 1940s. 816 Forest Gabled-T William H. Slusser purchased lot 55, Chapin Place by 1890 and built the house soon afterward for his large family. He and his wife, Cora, raised five children: May, Walter, Grace, Ethel and Leah. The Slussers sold the house to Dr. J. D. Kaple by 1903. 817 Forest Gabled-Ell Elizabeth Lemen, widow of John Lemen, purchased this property from Edward Chapin by July 1890. The house was constructed by 1892 for Elizabeth’s son, Edward Lemen, a manufacturer of “blank books.” Mary and Lafayette LeVan, the second owners, purchased the home in 1894 and resided here until 1900. Lafayette LeVan was a superintendent for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works. 821 Forest Cross Gable Anna and John Bulla purchased this property in 1893 and built the house during the same year. John was a retired farmer and real estate investor. Anna lived here until 1899 and owned the proper- ty until 1905, the year of her death. Russell and Martha Thompson purchased the home by 1912.