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-815 krch <br />legal description <br />Lots 15, 16, 46 Edgewater Place Add. <br />Lots 15 x 15 ft SE.LY Side Lot 46 & 9 <br />x5x11 Oft. S..E.LY_ Side Lot 45 &Sly <br />pt. Lot - -16 �,: -83 1 1,.4. ,ft:. on: E.dgewater <br />ADJ River Bank <br />Key Number: 5 -03 -18/39 -1540 <br />historical notes <br />The first resident of the present house. was Frederick W. Keller, one of <br />South Bend's most famous realtors who lived here for only a short while, <br />from 1923 to 1927. This house is very attractive and spacious and pre- <br />sumably would have been built by a man of Keller's status. However, this <br />is impossible to prove, as no deeds could be found on this property. No <br />deeds could be located on the next resident either - Js. B. Coleman, who, <br />like Keller, resided only a short while from 1927 to 1929• <br />Fred W. Keller was the present surveyor of St. Joseph County. He was born <br />in German Township, September 16, 1872, and his father, George Keller, was <br />a successful and prosperous farmer in that locality. During the years1892, <br />1893, and 1894, Fred Keller attended the University of Michigan at Ann <br />Arbor and studied surveying during his vacation periods. <br />In 1898, he was elected county surveyor and was renominated unanimously by <br />his party and re- elected in November, 1900. <br />He was also engaged by the Riverview Cemetery Company to lay out its <br />ground. Mr. Keller was married to Edith Woolman of South Bend with an <br />only son. <br />For additional information, see card for 609 Portage Avenue. <br />James B. Coleman, the next resident at 815 Arch, was president of the <br />Service Printing Company. He moved here to South Bend from Chicago, Ill- <br />inois in 1922. A year following his arrival in South Bend, he invested <br />$500.00 on his judgment of the circumstance and promise of local industry <br />and commerce. <br />James B. Coleman was a member of the Knife & Fork Club and Chamber of <br />Commerce. He had one daughter, Catherine Louise. They resided at 815 <br />Arch Avenue. <br />source of information <br />St. Joseph County Tax Assessor's office <br />South Bend Directories: 1902 -1928 <br />South.Bend Public Library Clipping File: Biography of Coleman:- 6 -23 -27 <br />South Bend & the Men Who Made It - 1901 - Biography of Keller <br />