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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 19 This apartment building was constructed by Adam F. Seider and designed by the South Bend architectural firm of Freyermuth & Maurer. One of the principals of the firm, George Freyermuth, lived nearby on the opposite side of Lincoln Way at 718 Lincoln Way in 1925. Seider owned this building and the adjacent building, also used for apartments, at 705 Lincoln Way. Adam and Grace Seider lived in the 500 block of Lincoln Way on the west side of the street before moving into the house at 705 Lincoln Way. Adam Seider is listed as the proprietor of an oil company in the 1920 census for South Bend and at that time lived on Portage Avenue. The couple moved to Atlanta, Georgia by 1930 and continued to live there into the 1940s where Seider became a real estate developer and bank financier.17 717 Lincoln Way. Shotts House, Four Square, 1927, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Right side of photo 18 721 Lincoln Way. Colonial Revival, c. 1920/1951. Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Left side of photo 19 The house, which faces Arch Street, had a two-story brick office building constructed on its west end facing Lincoln Way. The office building was largely removed to its first story wall and is now an enclosed patio for the original house. 725 Lincoln Way. Four Square, c. 1915, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Middle of photo 19 Garage, Contributing 729 Lincoln Way. Four Square, 1908, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Right side of photo 19 The large, two-story house has an American Four Square form with a brick foundation and porch, wood shingles on its walls, and a hipped roof covered with asphalt shingles. The first story has corner boards and trim boards top the foundation and first and second story walls. The house has Craftsman style wood windows with simple trim boards. The wide front porch features large brick corner columns and brick walls capped with stone. The porch has a wood floor and concrete entry steps on the south end of the façade. The tops of the porch walls are shaped with wide segmental arches that carry a second story balcony. Hipped eaves extend from the base of the balcony. The balcony features a modern wood balustrade. The porch’s back wall has a modern steel entry door in its south end. A group of three windows is centered in the back of the porch wall north of the door. The group is composed of a 5/1 Craftsman window flanked by 4/1 Craftsman windows. The second story of the façade features this same arrangement with a balcony door on its south end and grouping of three windows. The 17 U.S Census 1920, 1930, 1940