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Not Fom 104064 OUB AAWVOI Nu 1071 -MIS United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet E 19 East Bank Multiple Property Listing Section number Page St. Joseph .County, Indiana Minnesota where he died in 1958. R. Vernon Maurer died in 1963 at the age of 88. Freyermuth and Maurer were the designers of the St. Joseph School and homes at 914 and 918 East Jefferson Street'in the Howard Park Historic District. Probably one of the most active and best.known of the local architects working in South Bend during the Industrial era was the firm of Austin & Shambleau. N. Roy Shambleau was born in Canada in 1888 and moved with his family to South Bend as a young man. He was briefly in business with other local architects before forming a partnership with Ennis Austin in 1912. Shambleau was known for his Prairie style houses, modeled after those of Frank Lloyd Wright. Two of these can be identified in the East Bank, one of which was his own home for a time (although its integrity has now been seriously compromised) -- the other is presently located at 1027 East Wayne Street in the Howard Park Historic District. Ennis R. Austin was born in Owasco, New York in 1863 and attended •Cornell University where he graduated in 1886 with a degree in architecture. His early experience was gained in New York and later with the Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company. He was in partnership with W. B. Parker from 1892 to 1900 when he took a job as superintendent of construction for the U.S. Treasury Deparment, working on projects in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. After 1906 he returned to private practice, until 1909 when the firm of Austin & Shambleau was formed. He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Buildings in the East Bank designed -by Austin include houses at 1013 E. Jefferson in the Howard Park Historic District and 1003 E. Washington in the East Washington Street Historic District. A few of the residences in the E. Washington Street and Howard Park, Historic Districts which were designed by Austin & Shambleau include those at 107 N. Eddy, 103 and 231 S. Eddy Street'and a 812 and 904 East Jefferson. The firm was also responsible for many period revival buildings as well as commercial buildings and schools. Ennis Austin died in 1951 and N. Roy Shambleau in 1975. 41 Martin Hoban was a local contractor who gained fame through his construction of local streets as well as through his political activities and other projects. He was a prominent resident of the East Bank, with a stately home on East Colfax which is an outstanding 41 All of the historical and biographical information about local architects • is from City of South Bend Summary Report, 1982 and City of South Bend Summary Report, 1993.