EXHIBIT C- STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

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Guidebook Chapin Park Local Historic District Page 34 822 Leland Avenue Gabled-T This house was also built just before the turn of the century for A. J. and Elizabeth Purucker. They raised three children: Susie, Ira and Matilda. By 1906, Ernest I. Kizer had purchased the house and lived here with his wife, Elmira and son, John. Ernest taught at South Bend High School, managed the boys’ football and basket- ball teams and became the Assistant Principal by 1911. He resided here until 1930. 826 Leland Avenue Gabled-T Built prior to 1899, this house has been an investment property for many years. John Troyer rented this house from 1899 to 1900 with his wife, Margaret. John worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a mail clerk for rural routes. Artemus, an advertiser, and Elsie Young rent- ed the house from 1908 to 1910. 902 Leland Avenue Gabled-Ell Built in 1900, D. W. Dickerson is listed as the first resident of this house in 1901. By 1904, Henry C. and Emily French had purchased the home. They raised one son, H. Carol. Henry was a hardware merchant in South Bend. Emily resided here until the late 1920s. By 1919, the house had been converted into two apartments. 905 Leland Avenue Dutch Colonial Records date this house to 1900; however, the style of the house does not match this date. The house may have been designed and built in the early 1920s by Ernest W. Young, a local architect. Young remod- eled several houses in Chapin Park in the 1920s. His wife, Leigh D. Young, lived here into the late 1960s. 906 - 908 Leland Avenue Gabled-Ell Paulina and Edwin Hans built this home in 1895. Edwin was a woodworker who later worked for Oliver Plow. They raised five children: Lloyd, Lula, Edwin, Clarence and Elizabeth. The Hans family resided here into the 1930s. The small cottage behind the home may have been built as extra space for the large family. 910 Leland Avenue Dutch Colonial Built in 1924 as an investment property, Joseph C. Sommers is listed as the principal resident in the 1925 city directory. Several residents have subsequently lived at this address including: George Hinterleitner, Keturak Walker, Wilber Vollmar and Carrol Doxzin.