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United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Edgewater Place Historic District Saint Joseph County, IN Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 16 517 River Avenue. Schiffbauer House, Craftsman, 1921, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Third from left side of photo 14 513 River Avenue. Robinson House, Craftsman, 1920, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Garage, Contributing. 507 River Avenue. Pommert House, Four Square/ Prairie, 1920, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Second from right side of photo 15 Garage, Contributing The two-story house has stucco walls and 8/1 and 12/1 wood windows with simple trim. The home’s low-pitched hipped roof is covered with asphalt shingles. The façade features a wide porch with stucco walls and corner piers that carry a low-pitched hipped roof. The top of the porch openings feature wide segmental arches to carry the roof. The porch entry is centered on the façade and features concrete steps flanked by stucco piers. The back wall of the porch features a wood entry door with full window divided into multiple panes. It is centered on the back wall and flanked by pairs of 12/1 wood windows in the first story. The second story has a small wood window divided into six panes centered on the façade. It is flanked by two pairs of 8/1 wood windows. The house was constructed by Whitcomb & Keller in 1920 and purchased by Charles and Florence Pommert in 1921. Charles Pommert was a native of North Liberty, Indiana who moved to South Bend in 1891 and married Florence in 1895. Charles Pommert was a partner in a barbershop located in South Bend’s Jefferson Hotel as well as the manager for the Pythian Building. Pommert himself was a member of the Knights of Pythias for thirty-five years. Charles died in 1945 and two years later, his wife, Florence, gave the home to their two daughters.14 *501 River Avenue. Virginia Young House, Craftsman, 1921, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Right side of photo 15 Garage, Non-Contributing Lincoln Way, east side going south 611 Lincoln Way. Office/commercial, 1989, Non-contributing 621 Lincoln Way. Fuerbringer House, Queen Anne, 1892, Contributing Photo 16 Garage, Non-contributing 14 South Bend HPC Survey Card, 1985, rev. 1997