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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 />Sections 9-end page 29 <br /> <br />Period of Significance (justification) <br /> <br />The period of significance begins in 1877 when the first house was constructed in the district at <br />736 Bronson Street. While a few houses date to the late 19th century, most of the houses were <br />constructed after the Edgewater Place plat was recorded in 1919. The last contributing house was <br />built in 1927 at 717 Lincoln Way. <br /> <br />Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (Provide a summary paragraph that includes <br />level of significance, applicable criteria, justification for the period of significance, and any <br />applicable criteria considerations.) <br /> <br />Edgewater Place Historic District is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under <br />criterion C/architecture for the number and variety of examples of Colonial Revival and <br />Craftsman styles, as well as a few examples of Queen Anne and Tudor Revival architecture. The <br />concentration of these examples for middle-class residents on South Bend’s near southeast side <br />was the result of the Edgewater Place plat in 1919. While small in scale, the plat took advantage <br />of its nearness to the Saint Joseph River for views, and connectivity to downtown along Lincoln <br />Way, between which the plat was created. Therefore, the district also qualifies under criterion <br />A/community planning and design due to these features. <br /> <br />The district also qualifies under the multiple properties documentation form: Historic Residential <br />Suburbs in the U.S., 1830-1960. The Edgewater Place Historic District has a plat recorded in <br />1919 with residential lots marketed for suburban living outside of South Bend’s more urban core <br />of the 19th century. The location was described as the closest suburban development in the <br />developer’s promotional materials. Therefore the district qualifies under the sub-type of the <br />MPDF: Early Automobile Suburbs: 1908 to 1945. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />