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 17 609 Columbia Street. Punches House, Queen Anne, c. 1900. Contributing. Left side of photo 15 The one-story house has a concrete foundation and vinyl siding. The wood windows are 1/1 and have simple trim boards. The gabled roof features cornice returns with shingled eaves and is covered with asphalt shingles. The front façade features a dominant gable and wide porch. The porch has rows of turned posts and balustrade of spindles. The porch has a hipped roof. A modern wood door is in the south end of the porch’s back wall and a large 1/1 window is in the north half of the first story. The second story features a three-sided projecting bay with cutaway corners and 1/1 wood windows in each wall. The top of the front gable is enclosed and is covered with large wood shingles. A notable feature is located on the south façade. A three-sided bay projects near the center of the second story and features a 1/1 wood window and enframed gable that juts from the attic. The house likely belonged to John and Mary (Annis) Punches who are shown at 613 Columbia Street in the 1910 census. John (57) and Mary (55) were living alone with no children at that time. John Punches was an inspector at a lumber company.20 The couple lived on East South Street during the 1890s prior to living on Columbia Street in a home they likely constructed for themselves. 543 Columbia Street. Gabled-ell, c. 1910, Contributing. 533 Columbia Street. T-plan, c.1900, Non-contributing. Columbia Street, east side going south 524 Columbia Street. Gable-front, c. 1885, Contributing. 526 Columbia Street. Gable-front, c. 1885, Non-contributing. 528 Columbia Street. Gable-front, c. 1885, Non-contributing Garage, Non-contributing. 532 Columbia Street. Henry Supy House, Upright-and-wing, c. 1880, Contributing. Photo 16 The house has a rubble stone foundation and clapboards with corner boards on its walls. The house has 1/1 wood windows with simple crown moldings. A frieze boards is at the top of the walls. The house has a gabled roof with a moderate pitch and is covered with asphalt shingles. The two-story, front-gabled section is on the north half of the front (west) façade. It features a pair of modern 1/1 wood windows centered in the first story and a 1/1 wood window centered in the second story. The one-story wing is on the south half of the façade. It features a modern porch with brick foundation and ironwork that supports the overhang from the side-gabled roof. 20 1910 census for South Bend-St. Joseph County, IN