EXHIBIT C- STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

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Guidebook Chapin Park Local Historic District Page 4 After living on Madison Street from 1875 until 1877, Edward moved back to the estate with his first wife, Marie Lamont Cushing Chapin. The Edward Chapins would live on the property until 1883, but by 1891, Edward and Marie returned and built a house just north of Forest Avenue overlooking the river. This house, called the Oaks, would be moved circa 1912 to 1007 Riverside Drive. (Edward and Marie Chapin lived at 115 N Lafayette from 1884 until 1890.) ANEW NEIGHBORHOOD: 1880-1925 The estate remained a Chapin family enclave until 1880. During this year, Mary Anderson sold a portion of her property flanking Navarre Street to banker Myron Campbell and an area south of the brook, now Lower Lamont Terrace, to Albert and Eva Sibley. Edward fol- lowed suite by selling his father’s house and the portion of his property south of Lamont Terrace to Mrs. Nellie Taylor in 1883. By 1884, Edward had also sold lots to eight house- holds: the Lyon, Giddings, Ware, Davis, Elliott, and the George, Charles and Alvin Hodson families. These families built houses along Navarre Street, Park Avenue and Lamont Terrace between 1883 and 1889. The development of the neighborhood continued in the 1890s. Edward Chapin had sold many of his 73 lots by July 1890, and by 1895 many houses had been built along Forest Avenue and Manitou Place. Mary Anderson continued to sell lots on Park, and John Shetterley’s holdings had been platted with lots along Leland, Ashland (formerly known as Dore) and Rex. In 1897, Park Avenue was paved with brick. Construction continued from 1900 to 1920 with the platting of the Anderson, DuShane and Putman Addition along Lower Lamont and the Keller, Fassnacht and Smith subdivisions along Portage Avenue, and the creation of Sibley Court (1906-1916). By 1925, houses were built on the last avail- able lots in the District. The result is a rich complexity of building forms and architectural styles cozily placed next to one another. The major periods of construction span 65 years: from South Bend’s early development before the Civil War to its post-bellum era of manu- facturing and industrial growth and civic and residential expansion. RECENT HISTORY After many homes were divided into multi-flat units in the 1930s and 1940s, residents rec- ognized the uniqueness of this neighborhood and began to rejuvenate it in the 1960s. In 1972, residents organized PANA, the Park Avenue Neighborhood Association, which sought to retain the neighborhood’s viability. The organization is now known as the Chapin Park Neighborhood Association. The area sought listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 with designation granted in 1982. The northern portion of the Chapin estate has been included in the Riverside Drive Local Historic District since 1985. The Chapin Park Local Historic District was established in March 2005.