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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 16 three-sided bay with cutaway corners centered in the north-facing gabled section of the T-plan. It has tall 1/1 wood windows in each wall set into a segmental-arched surround and features scroll brackets that support its low-pitched roof. This house was constructed on a lot that was part of Birdsell Manufacturing Company’s development of the Denniston and Fellows plat. The company purchased a large tract of land in the plat and developed a new plat in 1879. Lot 19 of the new plat was sold to Charlotte Flinn in 1881 for $450.00. Charlotte Flinn then sold the property to John and Hattie Ulich, natives of Germany, in 1897 for $2700. It is unclear if Flinn or Ulichs constructed the home on the lot. Ulich worked for Coquillard Wagon Works in the city. After his death in 1911, Mrs. Ulich sold the house to her brother-in-law, William Lontz, in 1912 for $3000.18 620 Carroll Street. Lantz House, T-plan, 1885, Contributing. Left side of photo 14 630 Carroll Street. Charles & Pearl Miller House, Four Square, 1916, Contributing. Freyermuth & Maurer, architects Right side of photo 14 Garage, Non-contributing. The two-story house features a brick foundation and porch, vinyl siding, 1/1 wood windows, and a hipped roof covered with asphalt shingles. The front façade features a wide porch with brick walls and square corner columns with stone caps. The porch roof is a low-pitched hipped roof. The porch entry is on the north half of the front wall and leads to a wood entry door in the north end of the first story. The door has a short window in its top divided into multiple panes. A row of three 1/1 wood windows is south of the door. The second story features two pairs of 1/1 wood windows with vinyl shutters. The house was designed by local architects Freyermuth and Maurer for Charles and Pearl Miller in 1916 and occupies the site of an older home from 1882. Charles and Pearl were married in 1906 at which time Charles Miller was working for a local grocer. In 1910, Charles Miller opened a grocery in partnership with Jacob Currey at 419 South Michigan Street. He operated the grocery until his death in 1929. Mrs. Miller continued to live in the home into the 1950s.19 Columbia Street, west side going north Brick street-contributing structure (seen in photos 15, 20) 617 Columbia Street. Jacob Witz House, Second Empire, c. 1882, Non-contributing. Garage, Non-contributing. 18 South Bend HPC Survey Card, 1988, rev. 1998 19 South Bend HPC Survey Card, 1979, rev. 1988