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 9 Garage, Contributing 537 Edgewater Drive. Garn House, Craftsman, 1921, Contributing. Right side of photo 05 Whitcomb & Keller, builders 531 Edgewater Drive. Milo Miller House, Dutch Colonial Revival, 1923, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Left side of photo 07 525 Edgewater Drive. Oppenheim House, Dutch Colonial Revival, 1922, Contributing Garage, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Middle of photo 07 The two-story, side-gabled house features a brick foundation and its walls are covered with large hand-split wood shingles. The house has a combination of 6/1 and 8/1 wood windows with wood shutters. The home’s gambrel roof is covered with asphalt shingles. A narrow pent roof carries across the top of the first story on the sides of the home. A wide brick chimney is centered in the south façade/south gable. The front façade features a wide porch with brick foundation and low-pitched shed roof supported by four wood posts on the front and two wood posts at the back. A balustrade composed of square pickets is between the posts. The porch has a concrete floor. The entry, composed of a modern door with window in the top, is in a three-sided vestibule that projects slightly into the porch. The vestibule is flanked by 8/1 windows in the back wall of the porch. The second story features a wide dormer with a shed roof on the front façade. It has a small 6/1 window flanked by 8/1 windows. Emma Oppenheim purchased the house from Whitcomb & Keller in 1923 for $8300. Ms. Oppenheim deeded the home to her daughter and son-in-law, David Glicksman, in 1931 for $2.00. The Glicksmans had been living in the home during the 1920s. David Glicksman was the owner of Rex and Broadway Pharmacies in South Bend. In 1956, the Glicksmans donated the property to the Hebrew Orthodox Congregation of South Bend.5 519 Edgewater Drive. Keim House, Four Square/Mediterranean Revival, 1919, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Right side of photo 07 Garage, Contributing 517 Edgewater Drive. Stamm-Mesecar House, Colonial Revival, 1923, Contributing Whitcomb & Keller, builders Left side of photo 06 5 South Bend HPC Survey Card, 1985, rev. 1987