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Guidebook Chapin Park Local Historic District <br />Page 46 <br />710 Park Avenue Eclectic Italianate <br />Mary Chapin Anderson and Andrew Anderson had this house <br />built between 1875 and 1877 after Mary inherited her portion of <br />the family estate. By that time, Anderson had become a well- <br />known trial attorney, who had practiced with Thomas Stanfield, <br />Willis Bugbee and his son-in-law, James DuShane. He was also an <br />early enlistee in the Civil War, served as a State Senator in 1862 and <br />founded the Saint Joseph County Law Library. Four generations <br />of the Anderson-DuShane family have lived in this house. Mary <br />Anderson’s granddaughter, Mary DuShane, lived here until her <br />death in 1962. At some point the house was turned to face Park <br />and moved to its present location. <br />715 Park Avenue Side-Gambrel Cottage/Shingle Style <br />Originally part of the property Richard Lyon purchased from <br />Edward Chapin in 1883, this house was constructed prior to 1899. <br />Arthur Coonradt was the principal resident in 1899. Louise H. <br />Pfleger [Pfieger] purchased this house in 1899 and lived here with <br />her son, William, until 1904. Harry Schadt, a salesman, leased the <br />house from 1908 until 1914. <br />720 Park Avenue Gable Front/Folk Victorian <br />Several theories abound regarding the construction of this house. <br />It could have been constructed as early as 1875 for Marshall and <br />Emma G. Chapin, brother and sister-in-law of Horatio Chapin, or <br />it might have been built in 1878 for Emma and James DuShane. <br />DuShane was a principal of South Bend High School and served as <br />superintendent of the schools from 1879 to 1891. During this time, <br />he began to study law with his father-in-law, Andrew Anderson, <br />and joined Anderson’s practice in 1893. By 1906, the DuShanes had <br />moved to 710 Park and began to lease this house to other residents <br />including J. Augustine Smith, a concrete manufacturer. <br />721 Park Avenue Prairie Style <br />George and Minnie Harrop commissioned Ennis Austin to design <br />this house in 1911. They resided here by 1914. George worked as <br />the secretary-treasurer of the National Company. Several owners <br />have subsequently resided here such as: Charles Coen (1916-1919), <br />George Spencer, a perfume manufacturer, Hyman Maza and Harry <br />Greenblatt. This property was once owned by George Hodson.