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Chapin Park Local Historic District Guidebook <br />Page 47 <br />723 Park Avenue Stick Style <br />Fannie and George Hodson purchased property from Edward <br />Chapin between 1884 and 1887. This house was built by 1889. <br />George was involved in South Bend’s lumber and building busi- <br />nesses. He and his wife raised five children: George, Alvin, Hilda <br />[Bella], Amelia and Florence. The Hodsons sold the house to James, <br />a general contractor, and Roberta Cole by 1904. The Hodsons had <br />built a new house at 712 Forest Avenue. The Cole family resided <br />here for over twenty years into the late 1920s. <br />725 Park Avenue Classical Revival <br />Daisy and Archibald Murdock purchased this lot from George Hodson <br />in 1902 and commissioned W.W. Schneider to design the house. By <br />1904, the house had been built and the Murdocks were listed as resi- <br />dents. Arch Murdock was a well-known merchant and tailor in South <br />Bend. The Murdocks sold the house to Edward Crouse by 1925. <br />730 Park Avenue Colonial Revival <br />Ernest W. Young designed this house for F. Lewis and Sarah <br />Stedman between 1912 and 1914. F. L. Stedman was the treasurer of <br />the Indiana Building and Loan Association, a partner in the sporting <br />goods store, Camper & Stedman, and a gunsmith. In 1920, John and <br />Virginia O’Brien purchased the home and lived there until 1948. <br />John was the vice-president of the South Bend Lathe Works. <br />734 Park Avenue Gabled-Ell <br />John Brown, an employee for the County Auditor, and Anna Brown <br />had this house built between 1890 and 1891 after purchasing the <br />property from Mary Chapin Anderson. They raised three children: <br />Mabel, John and Edgar. In 1905, George, a contractor, and Minnie <br />Harrop purchased the property and lived here until 1911. <br />738 Park Avenue Gabled-Ell <br />Albert Kelley purchased land from Mary Anderson in 1889 and <br />had this house built shortly afterwards. Albert worked for <br />Studebaker before starting the South Bend Remedy Co. Ulysses <br />and Mary Manning purchased the home in 1894. Ulysses was also <br />in the medical profession and later became an advertising special- <br />ist. Margaret, their daughter, worked for the Red Cross.