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 24 casement windows in the west porch and modern 1/1 windows in the east porch. The windows have stone sills and wood lintels. The east porch appears to have been enclosed from a modern remodeling campaign. The wall above the west porch features half-timbering while the wall above the east porch is just stucco. The entry is located in the west half of the section west of the east porch. The entry is composed of a concrete stoop, wood door with windows, and side-lites. A gabled porch roof supported by pairs of wood brackets shelters the stoop and entry. The porch roof features a simple wood cornice and full-round arched vault of stucco in the gable wall. A group of three windows divided into multiple panes is east of the entry in the first story. The second story of this section features two 6/1 wood windows in its east half and a pair of small 6/1 windows in its west half. The final section to be described on the façade is east of the west porch. It has a three-sided brick bay that projects on the first story. The bay features a stone sill with stucco panels on its east and west walls above the sill and three wood windows divided into nine panes on its front wall. The windows have transoms divided into six small panes. A wide wood lintel is across the top of the bay and carries a jettied, gabled second story covered with stucco. The second story features a pair of 6/1 wood windows centered in the wall. A wood window divided into four panes is centered in the top of the gable wall. The house was designed by Ernest W. Young and built by Whitcomb & Keller for one of the partners of the development company, Frederick Keller. The Keller family lived in the home from 1921 through 1927. Frederick Keller was born in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana in 1872. He attended the University of Michigan from 1892-1894 and studied surveying. He was elected county surveyor in 1898 and 1900 and laid out Riverview Cemetery in South Bend and the south addition to Oak Ridge Cemetery in Buchanan, Michigan. He was married to Edith Woolman. Keller sold the house to James Coleman, owner of Service Printing Company.22 805 Arch Avenue. Colonial Revival, 1920, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Garage, Contributing *713 Arch Avenue. Ruff House, Craftsman, 1924, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Photo 24 Garage, Contributing The two-story house has a brick foundation and clapboards. The first story has corner boards and trim boards at the bottom and top, which forms a sill board for the second story windows. The second story’s clapboards are much narrower than the first story’s clapboards. The top of the second story features a tall trim board that divides it from the gable walls of the cross-gabled roof. The gable walls are covered with beaded boards and enframed by narrow trim boards. Rows of vertical trim boards extend across the face of the gable walls. The house has Prairie Style wood windows in 9/1 sash patterns and crown moldings. The roof has exposed rafter tails, 22 South Bend HPC Survey Card, 1977, rev. 1985