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 18 A wood door is in the north end of the porch’s back wall. A group of three windows, two 1/1 windows that flank a wider, single-lite window, is south of the door. A modern garage addition with a shed roof is on the south end of the façade. The house belonged to the John Henry and Mary (Collmer) Supy family during the 1880s-1900s. The couple were married at the bride’s parents’ home on South Carroll Street in 1885 and resided on South Taylor Street for a brief period until they moved to this house by 1887.21 Henry Supy was an engineer at the Studebaker Company and lived in the house until they moved to 219 East South Street by about 1905. Fellows Street, west side 605 Fellows. Modern Cape Cod, c. 1980. Non-contributing Fellows Street, east side 604 Fellows. Modern Cape Cod, c. 1980. Non-contributing Monroe Street, south side going east 214 Monroe Street. Bowman House, Queen Anne, 1901/c. 1920, Contributing Garage, c.1920, Contributing. Photo 26 The two-story house has a brick foundation and walls covered with large wood shingles. The house features 1/1 wood windows with simple trim boards and a frieze board at the top of the second story. The steeply-pitched hipped roof features lower cross gables enclosed at the bottom by a continuation of the eaves. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles. The house has a molded concrete block garage addition on its west side which likely was the time during which some remodeling occurred to the house since the enclosed porch on the façade features a molded concrete block foundation. A narrow two-story addition, probably also dating to this time, projects slightly from the east side of the house and has a 1/1 wood window in the first and second stories facing Monroe Street. The front (north) façade features a full-width porch, open on its east half and enclosed on its west half. The porch has a Doric column on its northeast corner that supports a gabled pediment over the open porch entry. The west half is enclosed with rows of 1/1 wood windows and had a shed roof. A wood entry door with window in the top is in the back wall of the open porch. The 21 Matrimonial. South Bend Tribune, 22 Oct 1885. Pg. 1, col. 2