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United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form <br />NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 <br />Edgewater Place Historic District Saint Joseph County, IN <br />Name of Property County and State <br />Section 7 page 12 <br /> <br />porch steps at the south end of the façade. The square columns support the porch roof which is a <br />flared continuation of the home’s side-gabled roof. The entry door is in the south half of the <br />porch’s back wall and features a full window divided into multiple panes. A pair of 4/1 <br />Craftsman style wood windows is north of the door. The second story features two pairs of short <br />4/1 Craftsman style wood windows in the front wall of the dormer. <br /> <br />The house appears to have been vacant for a brief period after it was constructed in about 1920. <br />The first residents were Albert and Blanche Wallace in 1923. Albert Wallace was the vice- <br />president of a taxi service known as the Yellow Cab Company in South Bend. The Wallaces <br />were short-term residents of the home. They were transferred ownership in 1925 and in the same <br />year sold it to Ola Chambers who was part owner of the Chambers-Knapp Company, a livestock <br />feed company. The Chambers lived at the house only two years and sold it in 1927.9 <br /> <br />528 River Avenue. Miller House, Craftsman, 1920, Contributing <br />Whitcomb & Keller, builders <br />Second from right side of photo 10 <br />Garage, Contributing <br /> <br />532 River Avenue. Yost House, Gable-front, 1920, Contributing <br />Whitcomb & Keller, builders <br />Right side of photo 10 <br /> <br />536 River Avenue. Stoll House, Free Classic, 1920, Contributing <br />Attributed to Whitcomb & Keller, builders <br /> <br />540 River Avenue. Nicely House, Colonial Revival, 1922, Contributing <br />Whitcomb & Keller, builders <br />Garage, Contributing <br /> <br />*548 River Avenue. Barn House, Dutch Colonial Revival, 1924, Contributing <br />Whitcomb & Keller, builders <br />Third from right side of photo 11 <br /> <br />552 River Avenue. Folger House, Colonial Revival, 1922, Contributing <br />Whitcomb & Keller, builders <br />Second from right side of photo 11 <br />Garage, Contributing <br /> <br />556 River Avenue. Nickerson House, Dutch Colonial Revival, 1920, Contributing <br />Whitcomb & Keller, builders <br />Right side of photo 11 <br />Garage, Contributing <br /> <br />9 South Bend HPC Survey Card, 1985, rev. 1988