Historical Landmark - 127 and 129 Franklin Place and 407 and 409 W. Jefferson

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(127 Franklin Place) HISTORICAL CONTEXT. This property is located on the west side of Franklin Place, North of West. Jefferson Street,-South Bend, Indiana. The property is described as lot 7 of Vails Subdivision Block 1. ' . John E. Fisher, one of South Berids earliest attorney's, sold lot 7 of Vails Subdivision, block 1, to George V. Glover in 1887. Constructing on the house that is presently on the site 'began in. 1888._ .George V. Glover was a. .pioneer of .South Bend,- he came to this area from Minnesota ,in 1856 where he had been a farmer.-Upon his arrival Mr. Glover engaged in farming, this. continued until 1860 when he became the- Deputy ..Sheriff of St. Joseph County,. under Sheriff Soloman W. Palmer. He served as Deputy until 1868 when he was elected .Sheriff. Mr. Glover held this office from 1868 to 1872, after which he became a cashier for the Birdsell Manufacturing Company. He retired from Birdsell in the 1$80s at which time he .moved his family. into their newly constructed house located at 127 Franklin Place. Mr. Glover resided. there until his death in 1913. -The house was inherited by his wife,-Ella, who continued to live in the house until 1919. when she sold it to Abraham I. Eder, and moved to yiichigan to live with her niece. Abraham I. Eder was the ,president of the City Window Cleaning. Company. He and his wife,. Sadie, resided. in the house until the mid 1940s, when his son, Samson Eder moved in..Abraham Eder officially sold the house to his sori in 1948. Samson Eder was the president of the South Bend Window Cleaning Company, ~ ' taking over when his father retired. He eventually left this position to become the chairman for Acme Services Corporation. Abraham Eder lived there with his wife, Beatrice Washun Eder, until 1952 when .he sold the house to the current owner Mrs. Vera Reaves Yeager. Mrs. Yeager, lived in bhio and used the property as a rental. In 1991 she transferred the ownership of the property into .the Yeager.. Family Trust, which is controlled by her daughter, i~iarilyn Proctor. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION The house is a two story irregular Ell shape., with a brick foundation and a cross gable clipped -roof that is covered in asphalt shingles. The walls are framed in wood and covered with asphalt shingle siding. The house has one over one double hung and 12 over 12 double hung .windows. Both the windows and the .front entrance door have molded entablatures. The front porch is a full length wrap around with wood balustrades and doric columns set on brick piers. In 1948 a one and a half story shed addition was added to the right front of the house.