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Guidebook Chapin Park Local Historic District <br />Page 40 <br />305 W Navarre Street Free Classic Queen Anne <br />Built in 1892, Mrs. Mary V. Laughton, a widow, owned the house by <br />1899 and resided here until 1927. She received additional income <br />from boarders. In 1928, the house was remodeled and converted <br />into four apartments. <br />309 W Navarre Street Shingle Style <br />This house was built for Carl, a Swedish immigrant, and Caroline <br />(Carrie) Anderson between 1901 and 1903. Carl was a tailor, whose <br />shop was located at 119 West Washington. The Andersons sold the <br />house to John and Caroline Parker by 1919. Parker emigrated from <br />Hungary and was also a tailor. <br />310 W Navarre Street American Foursquare/Queen Anne <br />Judge William Miller had this house built in 1904 and then sold it <br />to Iden and Carrie Romig. William and Iden were law partners. In <br />1947, the Oliver Hotel Corporation purchased the house. They sold <br />it in 1950 to Estelle Harrington Webber, a teacher. <br />311 W Navarre Street Gable Front/Colonial Revival <br />Harry and William Elliot built this house around 1892 and sold it <br />soon afterward to George Beitner. George managed the J. G. Beitner <br />& Sons Shoe Store. John and Nora Fetter purchased the house by <br />1910 from Beitner. John was a salesman and Nora was a music and <br />art teacher. <br />312 W Navarre Street Shingle Style <br />In 1906, Judge William Miller also commissioned Ennis Austin to <br />design this house. Miller sold it to Samuel, an attorney, and <br />[Harriet] Parker by 1908. Samuel was also a former Dean of the <br />Indiana Bar Association. The house was most likely designed in the <br />Shingle style and was sided later. <br />315 W Navarre Street Queen Anne <br />William and Ella Carskaddon purchased this lot from Peter Stocker, <br />Ella’s father, and had a house built on the property by 1883. William <br />was the secretary of the South Bend Toy Co. and later worked for <br />the South Bend Pulley Co. By 1910, furniture maker J. Willard, and <br />Charlotte Shidler had purchased the property and resided here <br />until 1938. They had rented 824 Forest Avenue previously.