EXHIBIT C- STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

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Guidebook Chapin Park Local Historic District Page 18 824 Forest Side-Gable Cottage/Queen Anne Fred Keller purchased this property from Edward Chapin in 1892. In August 1895, Keller began construction of the house, and in 1896, he rented it to Charlotte and J. Willard Schidler. Schidler operated a hardware and tin shop before opening the Willard Furniture Company. 826 Forest Queen Anne/Shingle Style This house was built between 1904 and 1906 for F. Henry Wurzer, an attorney, and his wife, Catherine Vanderhoof Wurzer. They lived here for less than a decade with three of their four children: Henry F., Mary and Catherine, and a servant, Gladys Matthews, before they returned to Detroit, F. Henry’s place of birth. 827 Forest Gabled-T The history of this house could not be compiled before the printing of this booklet. 830 Forest Gabled-T/Stick Style Adam Bescherer, a German immigrant, purchased lot 52 from Edward Chapin after July 1890 and built the house by 1891. Adam Bescherer worked as a machinist for Singer Brothers Manufacturing Company. His wife and two children were also born in Germany. The Bescherer family resided here until 1904. 831 Forest Gabled-T/Stick Style Charles and Edwin Mills, wholesale fruit dealers, purchased this lot in 1891 and built the house by 1892 as an investment. They sold it shortly afterwards to Julia and William Piepenbrink, a pharmacist and salesman for the South Bend Medical Company. In 1904, Philip and [Edna] Bon Durant, the fourth owners, were residing here. 833 Forest Gabled-T George H. Uhler, a stenographer for Oliver, purchased lot 32, Chapin Place by July 1890 and had the house built by 1891. He resided here from 1891 until 1894 when he is listed at 809 Forest. John G. Elliott, a millwright, mechanic and machinist, and his wife, Emma, purchased this house by 1894. John lived here into the late 1920s.