2. Edgewater Place Historic District - National Register Nomination

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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 23 has wide-overhanging eaves and is covered with asphalt shingles. A notable feature of the house is a three-sided projecting bay that juts out above the foundation and is supported by carved brackets. The bay features a sill board and short, narrow windows in its walls. It is capped by a low-pitched hipped roof and is located at the north end of the west façade’s first story. The front façade is symmetrically arranged and features a full-width front porch with brick foundation and walls and columns covered with wood shingles. The porch has rectangular corner columns and walls that project from the columns forming a three-sided front bay and wing walls to entries on the east and west sides of the porch. The walls are capped with a trim board. The columns carry a low-pitched hipped roof. A wood entry door with a window in the top is centered in the back wall of the porch. It is flanked by pairs of 10/1 windows. The second story of the façade features a three-sided bay that projects slightly onto the porch roof. The bay has four wood windows (the middle two are paired together) with leaded art glass in a Prairie Style design. The bay features a low-pitched hipped roof that extends from the main roof. The second story has 8/1 wood windows near the east and west corners of the façade. The house was built by Whitcomb & Keller for one of their employees, James Lafferty and his wife, Sarah. James Lafferty worked for Whitcomb & Keller as a salesman for the development company. They sold the home back to the development company in 1925 which used it as a rental property until it was sold in 1943.21 810 Arch Avenue. Powell House, Dutch Colonial Revival, 1923, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Garage, Contributing *814 Arch Avenue. Robinson House, Dutch Colonial Revival, 1920, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Garage, Contributing Arch Street, north side going west 815 Arch Avenue. Keller House, Tudor Revival, 1921, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders; Ernest Young, architect Left side of photo 03 The two-story house features brick first story walls and half-timbering and stucco second story walls. The house has a steeply-pitched hipped roof with low-slung east and west slopes to cover porches on the first story. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles. A side-gabled garage with stucco walls and a modern garage door is recessed from the west end of the façade. The façade is divided into four parts. The outer two parts are enclosed porches with brick columns that taper outward and feature stone caps. The porches are enclosed with multi-pane 21 South Bend HPC Survey Card, 1985, rev. 1988/1997