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uluunua 1 — k—lumya - <br />I vehicular access on north eda_e of lot. W `1 <br />I25. No. of Contributing Resources I26. No. of Non - contributing Resources 27. rtviro ent <br />ixe & commercial , <br />28. Areas of Significance: <br />❑ Agriculture <br />❑ Architecture <br />❑ Art <br />❑ Commerce <br />❑ Communications <br />❑ Community Planning <br />❑ Conservation <br />29. Historic Context(s) / Statement of Significance/ Additional Description: <br />The present house was built by Frederick W. Keller, who was for ATTACH NEGATIVE <br />many years one of South Bend's most influential citizens. Keller ENVELOPE HERE 1 <br />was the subject of many articles in the _South Bend Tribune. He was <br />(born on Sept. 16, 1872, on his father's farm in German Township and later attended <br />❑ <br />Economics <br />lValparaiso University, as well as the civil enqineerinq program at the University of <br />y <br />❑ <br />Education <br />I Mi chi qan <br />❑ <br />Engineering <br />. <br />❑ <br />Entertainment /recreation <br />While in his teens, he came to South Bend and in 1894 became its assistant civil <br />❑ <br />Ethnic heritage <br />• <br />Exploration /settlement <br />engineer. He h elped in the development of numerous projects• 1 the ronstructinn nf .__ <br />• <br />Health l medicine <br />the present sewage system: 2. the c onstruction of the city Water pl an ; 3. tkL? <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />Indian <br />Industry <br />foundation of the Riverview Cemeterv; 4. the dev elopment of t he N -J _ _ T_& I. RR and <br />❑ <br />Invention <br />dams along the St. Joseph River. He became the President of the C hamber of rnmmprro <br />❑ <br />El <br />Landscape architecture <br />Law <br />in 1911 and served the city as a progressive mayor from 1913. He is oerhaDs b est known <br />❑ <br />Literature <br />as the fo under-- with _t help of l eslle Whitrnmh— of Whitcomb & Keller in 1893. <br />❑ <br />Military <br />His sister, Mrs. Clara Keller Baldwin (see South Bend Tribune 8- 24 -47) was an out- <br />0 <br />Performing arts <br />30. FOR STATE OFFICE USE ONLY <br />"adventurer" <br />E3 <br />Philosophy <br />spoken, sel f- proclaimed who her.ame a <br />❑ <br />Politics / government <br />pioneering homesteader in the untenanted areas of the NR <br />❑ <br />Religion <br />❑ <br />Science <br />Dakotas, because she claimed she was bor by th e SR <br />❑ <br />Social history <br />"ordinary things most people do..." E <br />El <br />Transportation <br />❑ <br />Vernacular /Construction <br />F. W. Keller lived at 609 Portage fnr only a few NE <br />❑ <br />Other <br />I 31. UTM <br />M SEE CONTINUATION SHEET t l eM <br />32. Information <br />Sources Howard, <br />History of St. Joseph Countv, p. 186; Chapman, History of St. Joseph Countv, P. 691. Keller <br />family <br />in German Twp.; <br />South Bend and the M Wh o Made It; 1901, p. 172; South Bend Public Library clinoina file: <br />News Times 5/21/27; South <br />Bend Tribune 3/19/59 (lengthy obit) St. Joseph County tax assessors records, City Directories; <br />33. Surveyor <br />Affiliation <br />I Date <br />DeFrees <br />- <br />34. Revised by <br />Affiliation <br />Date <br />CN 4/87 <br />R <br />J <br />A <br />