2. Taylor's Field 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 Taylor’s Field Historic District Saint Joseph County, IN Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 12 620 St. Joseph Street. Queen Anne, 1892, Non-contributing. 624 St. Joseph Street. Louis & Dora Kaufman House, Four Square/Craftsman, 1922, Contributing. Photo 06 The two-story, brown-colored brick house features a stone sill course at the bottom of the second story windows, 1/1 wood windows, and crown molding at the top of the second story walls. The eave features an open rake and the hipped roof is covered with asphalt shingles. The front (west) façade features a full-width brick porch with stone caps on its walls. The porch’s square, brick columns have a multi-sided layered effect with a thin stone cornice at the top. The columns support a low-pitched hipped roof. The entry is located in the north end of the façade. The porch wall south of the entry juts out to form a wide bay. A wood entry door with full window is in the north end of the porch’s back wall. A group of three windows, a 1/1 wood window flanked by narrower 1/1 wood windows, is centered in the wall south of the entry. The second story features two groups of three 1/1 wood windows. A dormer with a hipped roof is centered on the façade. It features asphalt shingles on its walls and a small gable on its front wall. A pair of windows, combined to form a point at the top, are centered in its front wall and extend into the gable. The north window was removed and is covered with wood. Louis and Dora Kaufman purchased lot 26 of Taylor’s Field in 1921 and had this home constructed the following year. The Kaufmans lived at the property until they sold it in 1931.12 Carroll Street, west side going north. 629 Carroll Street. Carroll Apartments, Colonial Revival, 1923, Contributing. DeWitt Ingleright, builder Photo 07 The three-story brick building extends to the alley and has a terraced front lawn. This allows for a raised base with windows and a second and third story. The building has stone belt courses at the top of the first story (raised base) windows and bottom of the third story windows, functioning as a sill course. A stone cornice is at the top of the third story which forms the base of the building’s brick parapet which is also capped with stone. The building has 4/1 and 6/1 modern wood windows with stone sills and lintels composed of soldier brick. The front (east) façade is symmetrical and features the entryway centered on the façade between the first and second stories. The entry features a wood door with window in the top and side- lites. The entry has a full-round arched transom fan-lite and stone surround with key. The key and additional corbels support a stone cornice that appears like a balcony on the landing level between the second and third stories. It has a balustrade of ironwork and a large modern wood window with transom divided into four panes and a stone surround. A building stone carved with 12 South Bend HPC Survey Card, 1980, rev. 1988