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Guidebook Chapin Park Local Historic District <br />Page 30 <br />707 Leland Avenue Dutch Colonial/Shingle Style <br />This house was built between 1904 and 1906. The 1906 city direc- <br />tory lists Mrs. Eliza Brown, a widow, as the principal resident. <br />Mrs. Brown sold the house to Charles Betz, president of the <br />Indiana Engraving Company, who sold the house to Paul R. and <br />Katherine V. Diller. <br />711 Leland Avenue Gabled-Ell <br />This house was also built between 1904 and 1906. The 1908 city <br />directory lists Mrs. Dora Miller Hamilton, a widow, as the principal <br />resident. She resided here until 1931. This house once had Victorian <br />detailing under its gables. <br />728 Leland Avenue Gabled-Ell <br />The 1899 Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows the footprint of this <br />house and lists it as 704 Leland. For some years, it was an investment <br />property. Daniel Pyle, a lawyer, and his wife, [Zoula], are listed as <br />residents in 1910 with their two children: Francis and Irene. By 1925, <br />Frank and Clara Reyniers were the owners of the property. <br />730 Leland Avenue Queen Anne <br />Formerly 706 Leland, this house was built by 1894 probably for John <br />Beyrer and his wife, Flora, and their children: J[ohn] Lloyd, J[anie] <br />and Mary. Beyrer was a contractor and gravel roofer for Ford <br />Roofing Co. and later established his own successful firm, John <br />Beyrer & Sons Roofing Co. The firm roofed many of the Studebaker <br />and Oliver plant buildings by 1922. The family lived here until <br />1914. In 1916, the house became an investment property. <br />734 Leland Avenue Hipped Cottage <br />This house was built in 1921 possibly for Thomas J. Owens. Owens <br />lived in this house into the 1930s. Herman and Florentine Warsko <br />lived at this address in the 1940s and 1950s. <br />738 Leland Avenue Gabled-Ell <br />Formerly 714 Leland, this house was built by 1894 for Jacob (Jay) <br />and Mary Turner. Jay worked as a dairyman for several years <br />before working for the Wittner Ice Cream Company. They raised <br />three daughters: Maud, Grace Nell and Hazel. Jay passed away in <br />1904, and Mary then supported her daughters in the ice cream <br />business.