EXHIBIT C- STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

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Guidebook Chapin Park Local Historic District Page 56 701 Portage Avenue Queen Anne Firehouse One of a few nineteenth-century firehouses designed by architect Charles Brehmer in South Bend, Hose House #6 opened for service in 1898. The firehouse stands on the edge of the former St. Joseph County Agriculture Fairgrounds, which was also the location of Camp Rose, a Civil War training ground. The building remained in service as a fire station until 1967 when the city moved the depart- ment to more modern quarters. The South Bend Civic Theatre began its residence in the firehouse in 1968. 720 Portage Avenue Queen Anne Formerly known as 620 and 712 Portage, the home of John Shetterley once stood on a part of this property. Anne and Ryell Miller, lived here from at least 1883 until 1901. Ryell dabbled in many professions including dentistry, floral sales, law and real estate development. Records are unclear regarding the construction date of the existing house. It may have been built between 1901 and 1903, or in 1907; however, city directories do not list 720 Portage until 1925. 724 Portage Avenue Shingle Style This property was once part of the John Shetterley’s homestead. Charles and Fannie McDonald purchased this property and had this house built between 1893 and 1894. Charles was the editor of the city section of the South Bend Times and was the co-operator of J.B. Stoll & Co., a printing firm. The house remained in the McDonald family until 1919. W. Leslie Chamberlain and his wife, Gertrude, purchased the house in 1920. 728 Portage Avenue 20th-Century Functional Built in 1937, the building housed the Marx Apartments into the 1960s. The building contained five or six apartments and was owned by Emil Marx. 736 Portage Avenue 20th-Century Functional Known as the Portage Apartments, this apartment building was constructed between 1925 and 1930 and contained four to five flats. It has remained an apartment complex. 740 Portage Avenue Gabled-Ell Built between 1906 and 1908, John Fitzgibbon is listed as the princi- pal resident in 1908. He resided here with his wife, [Stella], and their children: John, George, Ralph and Ruth. John Dunfer and George McClary boarded with the Fitzgibbon family in 1910.