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Chapin Park Local Historic District Guidebook <br />Page 57 <br />742 Portage Avenue Bungalow <br />Alza and Paul Brass built this house in 1923 as an investment prop- <br />erty. The first recorded resident was Townsend Taylor, an automo- <br />bile enthusiast, secretary for the South Bend Motor Coach Club and <br />treasurer for the Hoosier Auto Association. By 1938, John and <br />Florence Zook had purchased the property. <br />744 Portage Avenue Gable Front <br />Records date this house to circa 1920. For many years, it was an <br />investment property. Residents included: Ellis Cannon, Robert <br />Everett, Clarence Harris, Stanley Wyatt, Glenn Fenimore and Paul <br />Hamilton. <br />748 Portage Avenue Greek Revival/Gable Front <br />Known as 728 Portage Avenue before 1908, this house was built prior <br />to 1898. In 1898, Rezeau, a mason, and Nancy Brown were residents. <br />By 1903, the house was converted into two or more apartments. Mrs. <br />Evelyn Dilling Watkins, a widow, resided in the home from 1903 <br />until 1910. Subsequent residents include: Charles and Mary Dolk, <br />Guy Rohrer, George Sparks and Jay Harris. <br />750 Portage Avenue Minimal Traditional <br />Reuben and Bertha Miller built this house in 1951 as an investment <br />property. At that time, the building contained two apartments. The <br />first residents were W.D. Kennedy and William Evans. By 1968, it <br />had been converted into four apartments. <br />756 Portage Avenue American Foursquare/Queen Anne <br />Built between 1919 and 1925, Mrs. Ida North owned the property <br />into the late 1930s. Mrs. North was a corsetiere and managed a <br />shop called the Nu-Bone Corset Shoppe. By 1944, Harold and <br />Mattie Smith had purchased the house. It later became the Portage <br />Foot Clinic and Surgicenter owned by Richard J. Dieter, a podiatrist. <br />760 Portage Avenue American Foursquare <br />This house was constructed between 1906 and 1908 as an invest- <br />ment property. Noel Richardson is listed as the first resident in <br />1908. By 1914, Ezekiel and Helen Garwood had purchased the <br />house for their family. Between 1916 and 1919, Ezekiel passed <br />away, and Helen lived in the house for a few more years. They <br />raised two sons, Clarence and Stanley.