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Name of Property: Leeper Park Historic District <br />8. Statement of Sianificance <br />Applicable National Register Criteria <br />• _A Property is associated with events that <br />have made a significant contribution to <br />the broad patterns of our history. <br />_B Property is associated with the lives of <br />persons significant in our past <br />X C Property embodies the distinctive <br />characteristics of a type, period, or method <br />of construction or represents the work of a <br />master, or possesses high artistic values, <br />or represents a significant and <br />distinguishable entity whose components <br />lack individual distinction. <br />_D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, <br />information <br />improtant in prehistory or history <br />Criteria Considerations <br />_A owned by a religuious institution or used for <br />religious purposes <br />B removed from its original location <br />C a birthplace or grave <br />_D a cemetery <br />_E a reconstructed building, object or <br />structure <br />• —F a commemorative property <br />G less than 50 years of age or achieved <br />significance <br />within the past 50 years <br />Narrative Statement of Significance <br />(explain the significance of the property on one or <br />more continuation sheets) <br />9. Major Bibliographical References <br />Bibliography <br />(Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in <br />preparing this form on one or more continuation <br />sheets) <br />Previous documentation on file (NPS) <br />_preliminary determination of individual listing (36 <br />CFR 67) has been requested <br />_previously listed in the National Register <br />_previously determined eligible by the National <br />Register <br />_designated a National Historic Landmark <br />_recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey <br />L� <br />County and State: St, Joseph/ Indiana <br />Areas of Significance <br />Landscape Architecture <br />Period of Significance <br />1895-1940 <br />Significant Dates <br />1895;1905;1912;1915,1936. <br />Significant Person <br />N/A <br />Cultural Affiliation <br />N/A <br />Architect/ Builder <br />George Kessler, Landscape Architect <br />Primary location of additional data: <br />_State Historic Preservation Office <br />_Other State Agency <br />_Federal Agency <br />X Local Government <br />_University <br />X Other <br />Name of Repository: <br />City of South Bend: Engineering Department <br />City of South Bend: Parks Department <br />St. Joseph County Public Library <br />History Center of Northern Indiana <br />Missouri Historical Society (Kessler Archives) <br />