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NPI Fore lc -0o ("q United States Department of the interior National Park Service pudAAmWMa IU4-MIS 10 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number H Page 33 E. Bank Multiple Property Listing St. Joseph County, Indiana H..Summary of Identification and Evaluation Methods The multiple property listing of historic and architectural resources in the East Bank area of South Bend is based on the South Bend Historic Sites and Structures Inventory, completed in 1981 with an update in 1988, although work was conducted on this effort over a period of more than a decade. After an initial pilot project conducted by the architectural firm of Hurtt-Kendrich & Associates, the South Bend/St. Joseph County Historic Preservation staff surveyed the town, in six phases, completing a publication of the results in 1993. The inventory was conducted under the auspices of the Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Every street in the City was reviewed and properties identified which as being eligible for inclusion, based on the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Resources were rated as Outstanding (0/13), Significant (S/12, S/11), Contributing (C/9, C/10) or Non -Contributing (NIC). As a result of the survey, 5,921 • sites and structures were entered into the final inventory. The South Bend/St. Joseph County Historic Preservation Commission recommended the general geographic boundaries of the multiple property listing, based on their research and the results of the survey. In addition, an initial suggestion for properties to be included was made, based on those which ranked in the two highest categories of the initial survey. Further, initial parameters for the East Washington Street Historic District and for, the Howard Park. Historic District were suggested, following recommendations in the original survey. After review of the survey forms and a brief survey of the properties and districts identified in the East Bank area, these consultants made recommendations to the Historic Preservation Commission staff for changes to the historic districts and to the individually listed resources. Some of the originally highly rated resources had been changed or demolished, for example. Following this, an on-site visit was madeby the staff of the Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology to review these recommendations and further refine the content of the multiple property listing area. The two historic districts were refined, reflecting suggestions made during this visit and a third district, the Singer Mfg./ So. Bend Lathe Co. Historic District was defined. The individually listed resources were selected, based upon their registration potential as individual properties. The properties finally selected to be included needed to meet a reasonably high standard of integrity, and to be able to •qualify under the Criteria, although their relationship to the historic context was also taken into account as well as their rarity.