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Chapin Park Local Historic District Guidebook <br />Page 35 <br />911 Leland Avenue Side Gable/Queen Anne <br />This house was built for Lucian and Belle Hull Snyder and their son, <br />Robert, between 1898 and 1899. Lucian was a photographer for <br />Bonney’s in South Bend and the assistant secretary of the YMCA. He <br />later became a general delivery clerk for the U.S. Postal Service and <br />worked there for many years. Belle resided here into the 1950s. <br />913 Leland Avenue Cross-Gable Cottage <br />This house was built between 1898 and 1899 for Professor William <br />and Gertrude Boone and their son, Joseph. William taught at and <br />became president of the South Bend Commercial College. The <br />Boone family resided here until 1906. By 1919, Delmer E. Gour, who <br />worked for a lighting company, had purchased the house. <br />914 Leland Avenue Prairie Style <br />Real estate developers Happ & Taggert built this house between <br />1912 and 1914. Dr. Thomas and Marion Lawton Swantz were the <br />first owners of the property. Thomas practiced medicine in South <br />Bend from 1907 until 1934. The Swantz family resided here only <br />into the 1920s. By 1944, William and Mary Hinkle had purchased <br />the property and resided in the house into the 1950s. <br />917 Leland Avenue Free Classic Queen Anne <br />This house was built between 1899 and 1901. Elam F. Shirk is listed <br />as the principal resident in 1901. By 1903, Etta and Fred Warrell had <br />purchased this property. Fred managed the Goetz Cigar store, and <br />traveled as an entertainer. They raised two sons, Charles and <br />Lawrence. By 1912, Benjamin and Bertha Darr had purchased the <br />house. Bertha owned the property until 1938. <br />918 & 920 Leland Avenue Side-Gable Double House <br />The 1912 city directory notes that a new house had been built at this <br />address; however, it remained unoccupied until after 1916. The <br />1919 directory lists Arenton J. Douglass Jr. as the principal resident. <br />Other residents include: Joseph, an automobile dealer and <br />Charlotte Renshaw, Will and Florida Babbitt, George Platner and <br />others. The Bailey family purchased the duplex by 1949.