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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 16 <br /> <br />517 River Avenue. Schiffbauer House, Craftsman, 1921, Contributing <br />Whitcomb & Keller, builders <br />Third from left side of photo 14 <br /> <br />513 River Avenue. Robinson House, Craftsman, 1920, Contributing <br />Whitcomb & Keller, builders <br />Garage, Contributing. <br /> <br />507 River Avenue. Pommert House, Four Square/ Prairie, 1920, Contributing <br />Whitcomb & Keller, builders <br />Second from right side of photo 15 <br />Garage, Contributing <br />The two-story house has stucco walls and 8/1 and 12/1 wood windows with simple trim. The <br />home’s low-pitched hipped roof is covered with asphalt shingles. The façade features a wide <br />porch with stucco walls and corner piers that carry a low-pitched hipped roof. The top of the <br />porch openings feature wide segmental arches to carry the roof. The porch entry is centered on <br />the façade and features concrete steps flanked by stucco piers. The back wall of the porch <br />features a wood entry door with full window divided into multiple panes. It is centered on the <br />back wall and flanked by pairs of 12/1 wood windows in the first story. The second story has a <br />small wood window divided into six panes centered on the façade. It is flanked by two pairs of <br />8/1 wood windows. <br /> <br />The house was constructed by Whitcomb & Keller in 1920 and purchased by Charles and <br />Florence Pommert in 1921. Charles Pommert was a native of North Liberty, Indiana who moved <br />to South Bend in 1891 and married Florence in 1895. Charles Pommert was a partner in a <br />barbershop located in South Bend’s Jefferson Hotel as well as the manager for the Pythian <br />Building. Pommert himself was a member of the Knights of Pythias for thirty-five years. Charles <br />died in 1945 and two years later, his wife, Florence, gave the home to their two daughters.14 <br /> <br />*501 River Avenue. Virginia Young House, Craftsman, 1921, Contributing <br />Whitcomb & Keller, builders <br />Right side of photo 15 <br />Garage, Non-Contributing <br /> <br /> <br />Lincoln Way, east side going south <br /> <br />611 Lincoln Way. Office/commercial, 1989, Non-contributing <br /> <br />621 Lincoln Way. Fuerbringer House, Queen Anne, 1892, Contributing <br />Photo 16 <br />Garage, Non-contributing <br /> <br />14 South Bend HPC Survey Card, 1985, rev. 1997
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