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Guidebook Chapin Park Local Historic District <br />Page 28 <br />419 Lamont Terrace Gabled-Ell <br />Charles L. Hodson, son of Charles G. Hodson, built this house <br />between 1884 and 1885. He is listed as the principal resident in the <br />1885 city directory. He resided here with his wife, Emma, and their <br />three children: Florence, Stanley and Palmer until 1902. <br />420 Lamont Terrace Side Gable <br />This building appears on the 1899 Sanborn Fire Insurance map <br />without an address. Records note that it had been remodeled <br />around 1907. City directories begin to list 420 Lamont Terrace in <br />1906. It appears to have been an investment property. <br />424 Lamont Terrace Gabled-T <br />The 1899 Sanborn Fire Insurance map depicts the footprint of this <br />building. At this time, Nelson L. Jones and his wife, Anne, were rent- <br />ing the house. They lived here until 1904. In 1910, Arthur Jones <br />began renting the house. He was a bookkeeper for a local factory. <br />425 Lamont Terrace Gabled-Ell <br />Abner and Emma Frank had this house built between 1886 and <br />1889. Abner, a carriage maker and woodworker, was listed as the <br />principal resident in the 1889 directory. The Franks lived here until <br />1908. The house became a rental property for a few years until Clark <br />D. Tiedmann purchased and resided in the house by 1919. <br />426 Lamont Terrace American Foursquare <br />This house was built for income purposes by 1908. Early residents <br />included: Adam Teuscher, Charles and Maud Stevens, and <br />Elizabeth and Maude Wagner. The front porch was removed in 1958 <br />and replaced with a concrete slab and metal railing. <br />427 Lamont Terrace Gabled-T/Shingle Style <br />William and Amelia Boyd purchased lot 7 and half of lot 8 from <br />Edward Chapin possibly as an investment. The house was proba- <br />bly constructed between 1893 and 1894. William worked in the <br />lumber business as president of the South Bend Lumber Co. and <br />the Adjustable Shade Hanger Co. He may have also built 431 <br />Lamont Terrace.