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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 19 second story features an oval wood window in its east half and a projecting front-gabled section in its west half with a 1/1 wood window centered in the second story and in the attic gable wall. The house was constructed for Samuel and Melvina Bowman in 1901 22 on a lot they purchased from Thaddeus Taylor in 1900. Samuel Bowman was a farmer in St. Joseph County and heavily engaged in various agricultural organizations until 1886 when the family moved into South Bend. He was county commissioner during the 1880s through 1902 and built a small commercial structure next to the home that was later connected to the house. He died in 1903. The widow sold the house to her daughters who rented the house to a few prominent families in the city.23 224-226-228 Monroe Street. Louis H. Rulo & Co. Grocery/National Mill Supply Co. Commercial, 1897/1937, Contributing. Garage, Contributing. The two-story brick building has sections constructed between 1897 (corner of Monroe and Carroll Street) and 1937 at its west end. The original building retains its cutaway corner entry wall (facing northeast) and first story cast iron pilasters that divided the storefront into display windows and bays. The windows are covered with wood. The east wall of the 1897 section also features several 1/1 wood windows with stone sills and rusticated stone lintels. The remaining front façade, dating to 1937, is more industrial in nature with steel industrial sash windows, divided into multiple panes, and stone sills located in the first and second stories. The building has two recessed entries with steel doors and two garage doors, one metal and one wood, in its west half. The westernmost end of the façade is devoid of fenestration. The east end of this building was constructed in 1897 as a grocery store and residence for Louis H. and Adelia Rulo. Rulo operated the grocery store into the early 20th century, after which time it became the offices and warehouse for National Mill Supply Company for the remainder of the first half of the 20th century. Rulo purchased the lots in October 1897 for construction of the building. The National Mill Supply Company, with headquarters in Fort Wayne, expanded the building and opened offices at this location in 1937. The grand opening included a power and mill supply exhibit visited by about four hundred people. Forty manufacturers were also present.24 South Street, north side going west 521 South Street. Auer House, Free Classic, 1911. Contributing Photo 24 Garage, c. 1970. Non-contributing The two-story house has clapboards with corner boards on its first story and wood shingles on its second story. A wood trim board separates the first and second stories. A tall frieze board is at 22 “City Happenings” South Bend Tribune 15 May 1901. Pg. 3, col. 4 23 South Bend HPC Survey Card, 1998 24 “Power Exhibit Viewed by 400” South Bend Tribune 5 June 1937. Pg. 3, col. 2