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United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register
Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being
documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only
categories and subcategories from the instructions.
1. Name of Property
Historic name: Harter Heights Historic District
Other names/site number: ______________________________________
Name of related multiple property listing:
Historic Residential Suburbs in the U.S., 1830-1960
(Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing
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2. Location
Street & number: Bounded by Michigan Street and Angela Blvd. on the west and north, and
the St. Joseph River and Corby Blvd. on the south. The east boundary is the east boundary of
the Harter Heights Addition and the west side of Stanfield Street south of St. Vincent Steet.
City or town: South Bend State: IN County: Saint Joseph
Not For Publication: Vicinity:
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3. State/Federal Agency Certification
As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended,
I hereby certify that this X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the
documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places
and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.
In my opinion, the property _X meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I
recommend that this property be considered significant at the following
level(s) of significance:
___national ___statewide X local
Applicable National Register Criteria:
X A ___B x C ___D
Signature of certifying official/Title: Date
Indiana DNR-Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government
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Harter Heights Historic District Saint Joseph County, IN
Name of Property County and State
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In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria.
Signature of commenting official: Date
Title : State or Federal agency/bureau
or Tribal Government
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4. National Park Service Certification
I hereby certify that this property is:
entered in the National Register
determined eligible for the National Register
determined not eligible for the National Register
removed from the National Register
other (explain:) _____________________
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Signature of the Keeper Date of Action
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5. Classification
Ownership of Property
(Check as many boxes as apply.)
Private:
Public – Local
Public – State
Public – Federal
Category of Property
(Check only one box.)
Building(s)
District
Site
Structure
x
x
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Harter Heights Historic District Saint Joseph County, IN
Name of Property County and State
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Object
Number of Resources within Property
(Do not include previously listed resources in the count)
Contributing Noncontributing
392 31 buildings
1 0 sites
1 0 structures
8 0 objects
402 31 Total
Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 0
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6. Function or Use
Historic Functions
(Enter categories from instructions.)
DOMESTIC: single dwelling
DOMESTIC: secondary structure
LANDSCAPE: street furniture/object
RELIGION: religious facility
Current Functions
(Enter categories from instructions.)
DOMESTIC: single dwelling
DOMESTIC: secondary structure
LANDSCAPE: street furniture/object
DOMESTIC: multiple dwelling
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Harter Heights Historic District Saint Joseph County, IN
Name of Property County and State
Section 7 page 4
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7. Description
Architectural Classification
(Enter categories from instructions.)
LATE VICTORIAN: Shingle Style
LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS: Colonial Revival
LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS: Tudor Revival
LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS: Prairie Style
LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS:
Bungalow/Craftsman
OTHER: American Foursquare
OTHER: Ranch
Materials: (enter categories from instructions.)
foundation: BRICK
walls: BRICK
WOOD: weatherboard
roof: ASPHALT
other: SYNTHETICS: vinyl
STONE: limestone
Narrative Description
(Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe
contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that
briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style,
method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has
historic integrity.)
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Summary Paragraph
The Harter Heights Historic District is one of the preeminent early 20th century developments on
South Bend’s north side, situated between the St. Joseph River and the University of Notre
Dame. The district is largely composed of the Harter Heights Addition, platted in 1916, but
includes smaller adjacent plats of similar housing. The district contains some of the city’s best
examples of mid-scale Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Craftsman, and Prairie Style
architecture designed by South Bend’s leading architects of the early 20th century.
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Narrative Description
The Harter Heights Historic District is named after the Harter Heights Addition (first and second
plats) created in 1916. The plat grew from some of the early, smaller plats developed nearer the
St. Joseph River, expanding residential growth in the city on the east side of Michigan Street
between the river and the campus of the University of Notre Dame. The geography rises from the
St. Joseph River at the south end dramatically until it plateaus in its north half. One smaller
triangular-shaped plat is named for this higher elevation, namely Signal Hill Addition (left side
of photo 32). The streets generally run east/west and north/south except for Niles Avenue, which
runs southeast/northwest and predates the west boundary and main thoroughfare of Michigan
Street/Business Highway 31 (left side of photo 32). The streets are paved, and the district is
characterized by mature street trees, landscaping, and concrete sidewalks separated from the curb
by tree lawns.
The former Michigan Central Railroad grade also runs at a diagonal through the district. It is
now a recreational trail that crosses Leeper Avenue on a steel viaduct (c. 1930, right side of
photo 32), continuing as a viaduct overpass on Michigan Street. The Leeper Avenue viaduct is
counted as a contributing structure, but the west boundary excludes the Michigan Street viaduct.
There are eight historic concrete light posts with glass globes in the north half of the district
(photo 04). These are counted individually as contributing objects. Because of the uniformity of
the Harter Heights Addition and how it was developed and marketed, the Harter Heights plat is
considered a contributing site. The plat allows the district to qualify under the multiple properties
documentation form: Historic Residential Suburbs in the U.S., 1830-1960. The plat is bounded
by Angela Boulevard on the north and St. Vincent Street on the south. It extends just beyond
Stanfield Street on the east, and its west boundary is just east of Leeper Avenue. The other
smaller plats, some of which are only partially in the district because of a loss of historic
architecture, are not considered contributing sites, nor do they provide significance under the
MPDF.
Because of the nature of how the district evolved, there are a few early 20th century homes from
about 1904 through 1915 at the south end of the district, particularly along Michigan Street
(photo 31). The Michigan Street homes are an interesting collection of modestly scaled Shingle
Style houses and were part of the Navarre Place Addition, the large bulk of which is on the west
side of Michigan Street and has a separate identity as a historic neighborhood. With the creation
of Harter Heights in 1916, homes were constructed throughout the north half of the district in
styles popular during the 1910s-1920s, namely American Foursquare, Craftsman, Colonial
Revival, Tudor Revival, Prairie Style, and Renaissance Revival. As smaller plats filled in
undeveloped areas between early plats along the St. Joseph River and Harter Heights, more
modest homes were constructed in the same styles. As the need for more compact houses
emerged in the 1930s-1950s, and tastes in architecture changed, many of the remaining lots in
these areas were used to build American Small Houses and Ranch homes.
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Section 7 page 6
There are approximately two hundred houses in the district. Many of these have garages built at
the same time as the homes were built. Only one building in the district was not constructed for
residential purposes. The former First Unitarian Church at the corner of Michigan Street and East
North Shore Drive was built in 1962 but has been converted into apartments (non-contributing).
The district’s homes retain a high level of historic architectural integrity. Very few have been
altered to the extent to render them non-contributing. Most non-contributing buildings are
modern garages and homes. Only a few homes date from about 1963 to 1973, most have been
built or significantly remodeled in the last thirty years.
A complete list of resources follows:
Angela Boulevard, south side heading east
102 Angela Blvd. Side-gabled house, 1980. Non-contributing.
106 Angela Blvd. Nowinski House. Tudor Revival, 1932. Contributing. Garage: 1932.
Contributing.
110 Angela Blvd. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1918. Contributing. Garage: 1918. Contributing.
118 Angela Blvd. Colonial Revival, 1922. Contributing. Garage: c. 1922. Contributing.
122 Angela Blvd. Colonial Revival, 1924. Contributing.
130 Angela Blvd. Colonial Revival, 1948. Contributing. Garage: 1948. Contributing.
202 Angela Blvd. Colonial Revival, 1925. Contributing.
208 Angela Blvd. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923. Contributing.
Ernest W. Young, Architect
210 Angela Blvd. American Foursquare, 1922. Contributing. Garage: c. 1922. Contributing.
214 Angela Blvd. English Cottage, 1920. Contributing. Garage: c. 1920. Contributing.
218 Angela Blvd. Renaissance Revival, 1921. Contributing. Garage: 1921. Contributing.
302 Angela Blvd. Kruger House. Colonial Revival, 1926. Contributing. Garage: 1926.
Contributing. Right side of photo 01
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306 Angela Blvd. Leonard & Olga Menucci House. American Foursquare, 1932.
Contributing. Second from right side of photo 01
The two-story, brown-colored brick house is built in the foursquare form with a full-width front
porch and hipped roof covered with asphalt shingles. The porch has a hipped roof supported by
four Doric columns. The house has 6/6 wood windows with brick sills and lintels composed of
soldier brick. The second story features a projecting brick sill course with dentil-like brick. The
top of the second story features a projecting brick beltcourse. A prominent chimney is located on
the north half of the west façade. The front façade features a recessed wood entry door on its east
end and two 6/6 windows west of the entry door on the first story. The second story features
three 6/6 windows. The fenestration on the front façade is trimmed with brick.
Leonard Menucci was born in Italy about 1898, his wife, Olga, was born in Michigan about
1904. The couple had two daughters and two sons living in the household in 1950. Leonard
Menucci managed the historic LaSalle Hotel in downtown South Bend. The couple lived in the
home during the 1940s and 1950s.
310 Angela Blvd. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1927. Contributing.
314 Angela Blvd. O’Brien House. Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923.
Contributing.
318 Angela Blvd. Stitzer House. Gable-front/Colonial Revival, 1947. Contributing. Garage:
1947. Contributing.
402 Angela Blvd. Gable-front/Colonial Revival, 1926. Contributing. Garage: 1926.
Contributing. Right side of photo 02
410 Angela Blvd. Leo & Sophia Reha House. Renaissance Revival, 1929. Contributing.
Garage: 1929. Contributing. Second from right side of photo 02
The two-story, tan-colored brick house has a foursquare form with a hipped roof covered with
asphalt shingles. The house features wood double-hung windows with leaded art glass sashes
over single-lite sashes. The windows have stone sills and brick trim. The house has a prominent
tapered chimney in the north half of the east façade. It is trimmed with stone where it tapers. A
brick wall projects from the northwest corner of the façade and features a sweeping top wall over
a full-round arched opening with an iron gate.
The front façade features a wide brick terrace with stone floor and iron railings. A wood entry
door is located in the west end of the façade. The door features a segmental arched window in
the top of the door. It is divided into multiple lites by lead caning. A mansard roof supported by
metal scrollwork brackets is over the door. It is covered with copper. A group of three double-
hung windows is east of the door. They are topped by full-round arched carved stone panels
trimmed by brick. The group is enframed by a large segmental arched surround. The second
story features two pairs of double-hung windows trimmed on each side with brick which features
a stone cap. A wide brick panel is centered in the second story. It features a herringbone pattern
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enframed by rowlocks and trimmed at the corners with stone. An eyebrow dormer is centered in
the roof and features an arched wood window.
The home belonged to Leo and Sophia Reha during the 1940s and 1950s. Leo and Sophia were
natives of New York and Massachusetts, respectively. Leo Reha worked for a farm implement
factory in 1950.
418 Angela Blvd. Bartholomew House. Renaissance Revival, 1930. Contributing. Garage:
Modern. Non-Contributing.
422 Angela Blvd. Roemer House. Tudor Revival, 1929. Contributing. Garage: 1929.
Contributing.
428 Angela Blvd. Riley House. Tudor Revival, 1939. Contributing.
436 Angela Blvd. House, 2020. Non-Contributing.
440 Angela Blvd. Upright-and-wing, 1929. Non-contributing. Garage: c. 1929. Contributing.
512 Angela Blvd. Colonial Revival, 1929. Contributing. Right side of photo 03
514 Angela Blvd. Patrick & Louise McGuiness House. French Eclectic, c. 1935.
Contributing. Photo 03
The two-story, tan-colored brick house features non-historic, mostly single-sash windows with
brick sills and a hipped roof covered with asphalt shingles. A one-story brick garage is attached
to the home’s northeast corner. The garage has a hipped roof and was converted into living
space. The garage door opening has been filled with brick and a large sliding window. A brick
wall projects from the garage’s southeast corner and features a segmental arched opening filled
with a non-historic metal gate.
The front façade features a full-width concrete terrace with iron railings. A one-story, five-sided
brick vestibule projects in the center of the façade. The bay has clipped corners trimmed with
stone and a hipped roof. The entry features an eight-panel wood door trimmed with stone. Large,
single-lite windows flank the projecting bay. The second story features two window openings
filled with a single-lite sash flanked by narrow casement windows.
The home belonged to the Patrick and Louise McGuiness family during the 1930s and 1940s.
The 1940 South Bend City Directory lists Patrick McGuiness employment as a superintendent of
buildings, the 1940 census states that this was for a university, so presumably Notre Dame.
Patrick McGuiness was born in Ireland about 1900, while his wife was a native of Illinois.
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Pokagon Street, north side heading east
105 Pokagon St. Betz House. American Foursquare/Colonial Revival, 1921. Contributing.
Garage: 1921. Contributing. Left side of photo 07
111 Pokagon St. Colonial Revival/Prairie Style, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922. Contributing.
Ellwood & Associates, Architects. Right side of photo 07
The two-story brick house combines Colonial Revival features with the horizontality of the
Prairie Style. The two-story, brown-colored brick house features 4/1 and 6/1 wood windows with
stone sills, with stone corbels at each end, and a low-pitched hipped roof with wide-projecting
eaves, covered with clay tiles. A brick sill course in a basket-weave pattern wraps the second
story and a cornice board with rows of dentils tops the second story walls. A two-story section
projects to the east where the entry is located. A one-story porch enclosed with casement
windows is located on the west side of the house. It also has a hipped roof.
The front façade features a front-projecting section with a pair of 4/1 windows in its east end and
a group of three 4/1 windows in its west half. The second story of this section features two pairs
of 6/1 windows. The east projecting section features a wood entry door with multiple panels and
a transom window. The entry has a wood surround composed of fluted pilasters and a broken,
segmental arched pediment. A 6/1 window is in the east projecting section’s second story.
The house belonged to the Guy A. and Belva Fish family from the 1930s through the 1950s. Guy
Fish was the secretary-treasurer of the Stephenson Manufacturing Company in South Bend.
121 Pokagon St. Jefferies House. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1925. Contributing. Garage: 1925.
Contributing.
125 Pokagon St. Neo-Colonial, c. 1920. Non-Contributing. Garage: c. 1965. Non-Contributing.
201 Pokagon St. Hewitt House. Prairie Style, 1921. Contributing.
Middle of photo 06
209 Pokagon St. Stanley House. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1921. Contributing. Garage: 1921.
Contributing. Right side of photo 06
215 Pokagon St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922. Contributing.
217 Pokagon St. Thrash House. Colonial Revival, 1926. Contributing.
301 Pokagon St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923. Contributing.
307 Pokagon St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1925. Contributing. Garage: 1925. Contributing.
309 Pokagon St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1926. Contributing. Garage: c. 1926. Contributing.
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313 Pokagon St. Colonial Revival, 1925. Contributing. Garage: 1925. Contributing.
Left side of photo 04
317 Pokagon St. Gable-front/Colonial Revival, 1924. Contributing. Garage: 1924.
Contributing. Right side of photo 04
Light Post (contributing object, photo 04)
407 Pokagon St. House, 1951. Non-Contributing. Garage: c. 1951. Contributing.
Second from left side of photo 05
415 Pokagon St. American Foursquare/Colonial Revival, 1922. Contributing.
419 Pokagon St. American Foursquare, 1917. Contributing.
425 Pokagon St. Late Colonial Revival, 1953. Contributing. Garage: c. 1953. Contributing.
429 Pokagon St. Ranch, 1952. Contributing. Garage: c. 1952. Contributing.
435 Pokagon St. Courtyard Ranch, 1950. Contributing.
455 Pokagon St. Massed Ranch. 1952. Contributing.
Pokagon Street, south side heading east
110 Pokagon St. American Foursquare, 1920. Contributing. Garage: c. 1920. Contributing.
114 Pokagon St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1925. Contributing. Garage: c. 1925. Contributing.
118 Pokagon St. American Foursquare, 1920. Contributing. Garage: 1920. Contributing.
122 Pokagon St. Earl & Madge Reeder House. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1947. Contributing.
Garage: 1947. Contributing.
Right side of photo 08
The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled house features clapboards and a gambrel roof covered with
asphalt shingles. The house has 6/6 wood windows with simple cornice hoods. The front façade
features a brick stoop at its west end and a wood entry door with a window divided into four
panes in its top half. A small gabled roof supported by wood scroll brackets is above the door. It
has a segmental arched ceiling with a sunburst pattern in wood trim boards in its back wall. A
6/6 window is east of the entry door and a pair of 6/6 windows is in the east half of the façade.
The second story features a wide dormer with two 6/6 windows and a shed roof. An sunporch
enclosed with modern patio doors and transoms is on the west side of the house.
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The home belonged to Earl and Madge Reeder during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Earl
Reeder was the vice-president of a South Bend bank. Madge continued to live at the home after
her husband’s death in the early 1950s.
126 Pokagon St. Colonial Revival, 1924. Contributing. Garage: 1924. Contributing.
Left side of photo 08
206 Pokagon St. Boekling House. Colonial Revivial, 1924. Contributing.
210 Pokagon St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing.
214 Pokagon St. A. W. & Lucy Hosinski House. Bungalow, 1924. Contributing.
Garage: 1924. Contributing. Callix E. Miller, Architect.
Right side of photo 09
The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled, orange-colored brick house features a wide front gable.
The roof is covered with asphalt shingles and the front gable’s eaves are supported by wood
brackets. The front façade features an enclosed sunporch on its east half and a recessed porch in
its west half. The porches feature brick walls capped with stone and pilasters with stylized
capitals of stone and brick. The sunporch is enclosed with rows of wood casement windows,
divided into eight panes. The recessed porch features an entry flanked by walls of flagstone. The
wood entry door is in the east end of the porch’s back wall. A 6/6 wood window is west of the
door. The wide front gable extends out over the porches and is trimmed at the bottom by a course
of darker-colored soldier brick. A Palladian window with a stone sill and trimmed by darker-
colored brick is centered in the front gable. The Palladian window features a full-round 6/1
center window flanked by 3/1 smaller windows. A keystone is in the top of the arch.
The house was designed and built for the Aloysius W. and Lucy Hosinski family in 1924.
Hosinski was employed as a United States Marshall and occupied an office in South Bend’s
United States Post Office Building in 1940. Hosinski was elected South Bend City Judge and
Portage Township Justice of the Peace. The family lived at the home into the 1950s.
218 Pokagon St. Sledzikowski House. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1926. Contributing.
Left side of photo 09
302 Pokagon St. Colonial Revival, 1920. Contributing. Garage: c. 1920. Contributing.
W. W. Schneider, Architect
306 Pokagon St. Colonial Revival, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922. Contributing.
310 Pokagon St. Colonial Revival, 1919. Contributing. Garage: 1919. Contributing.
314 Pokagon St. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1920. Contributing. Garage: 1920. Contributing.
318 Pokagon St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1924. Contributing. Garage: 1924. Contributing.
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402 Pokagon St. Goebel House. Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923.
Contributing.
406 Pokagon St. Colonial Revival, 1927. Contributing. Garage: 1927. Contributing.
408 Pokagon St. Colonial Revival, 1927. Contributing. Garage: c. 1927. Contributing.
Right side of photo 10
414 Pokagon St. Tudor Revival, 1930. Contributing. Garage: c. 1930. Contributing.
Middle of photo 10
418 Pokagon St. Marchelewicz House. Tudor Revival, 1929. Contributing.
Garage: 1929. Contributing. Left of middle of photo 10
The two-story, dark brown colored brick house has an L-plan with a gabled roof covered in
asphalt shingles. The house has a pair of wood French doors centered in the first story of its
front-gabled projecting section (east half of the façade). A tall brick hood is above the French
doors. A pair of French doors is centered in the second story with iron railings to form a balcony.
The west-projecting section of the L-plan features a full-round arched wood entry door divided
into multiple panels with a small window centered in the top half. The brick arch over the door
features a keystone and a metal canopy, arched with the doorway, extends out over the entry
stoop. A small wood window divided into four panes is in the west half of the second story of the
west-projecting section. A chimney is located on the inside corner of the L-plan, east of the
entry.
The home belonged to the Peter and Hattie Marchelewicz family during the 1930s through the
1950s. Peter J. Marchelewicz founded the Marchelewicz Electric Company, an electrical
contractor in South Bend.
Light Post (contributing object)
Peashway Street, north side heading east
115 Peashway St. Colonial Revival, 1925. Contributing. Left side of photo 13
121 Peashway St. Bender House. Colonial Revival, 1921. Contributing. Middle of photo 13
129 Peashway St. Paxton House. Colonial Revival, 1921. Contributing. Garage: 1921.
Contributing. Freyermuth & Maurer, Architects.
Right side of photo 13
The two-story, side-gabled house has walls composed of tan-colored brick and 8/8 wood
windows with brick sills and lintels. The roof has cornice returns and is covered with asphalt
shingles. An enclosed sunporch is located on the east façade. A chimney is centered on the east
façade and is flanked by 8/8 windows in the second story and quarter-round windows in the attic.
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The front façade is symmetrical and is divided into five bays. The entry features a porch with a
flat roof supported by four Doric columns centered on the façade. The entry is composed of a
six-panel wood door flanked by side-lites with four lites and a panel in the bottom. The entry is
flanked by 8/8 windows (first and second story). A narrow 6/6 window is centered in the second
story.
The house was built for the James Herbert & Hedwig Paxton family in 1921. James Paxton was
the treasurer for the Paxton-Pavey Lumber Company on South Main Street in South Bend.
201 Peashway St. Georgian Colonial Revival, 1917. Contributing.
209 Peashway St. Colonial Revival, 1925. Contributing. Garage: 1925. Contributing.
217 Peashway St. Howard & Margaret Cranfill House. Tudor Revival, 1927. Contributing.
Ernest W. Young, Architect. Photo 12
The two-story, tan-colored brick house features coursing to give the impression of rustication.
The house has wood casement windows divided into eight panes with wood sills. The house has
a hipped roof covered with slate tiles in random coursing. The roof extends down to the east and
west to cover one-story sections that are buttressed at the corners with tapered pilasters of brick.
A wide chimney extends up from the northeast corner of the house. A three-sided dormer with
cutaway corners projects from the east slope of the roof.
The front façade features a porte-cochere with tapered corners on its west end and a projecting,
gabled vestibule off centered to the west. The vestibule, which has tapered walls, features a
steeply pitched roof and a wide, full-round arched entry with a wood door. The vestibule has
narrow casements divided into three panes in its east and west walls. The vestibule’s gable is
flanked on the second story by narrow casement windows divided into three panes. A pair of
French doors with transoms is at mid-level west of the vestibule. An iron balcony railing fronts
the French doors. A row of six tall French doors is in the east half of the first story. Two pairs of
casement windows, divided into eight panes, is in the east half of the second story.
The house belonged to the Howard and Margaret Cranfill family during the 1930s and 1940s.
Howard Cranfill was a self-employed salesman, dealing mostly in brewery supplies. In the 1940
census, the household included a maid, Agusta Wagner who had been born at sea, or “mid-
ocean” in the early 1890s.
Light Post (contributing object)
301 Peashway St. Gerber House. Bungalow, 1926. Contributing. Garage: 1926. Contributing.
Austin & Shambleau, Architects
305 Peashway St. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1924. Non-Contributing. Garage: 1924. Contributing.
Austin & Shambleau, Architects.
Left side of photo 11, third from right side of photo 17
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309 Peashway St. Louis & Shirley Rosenberg House. Tudor Revival/Colonial Revival, 1929.
Contributing. Garage: 1929. Contributing. Freyermuth & Maurer, Architects.
Middle of photo 11, second from right side of photo 17
The two-story, tan-colored brick house has a blend of Tudor and Colonial features. The house
has a side-gabled roof covered with asphalt shingles. The house has 6/6 wood windows and brick
sills. The side-gables and a front, lower cross-gable on the west half of the façade feature stone
trim at the outside, bottom corners of the gable wall and full-round arched attic windows
trimmed with brick.
The front façade features a projecting vestibule with a steeply-pitched gable centered on the
façade. The entry has a brick stoop. The full-round arched entry door is wood with a small
window in its upper east corner. It is flanked by narrow, full-round arched windows composed of
leaded art glass. The entry and flanking windows feature rusticated keystones. Full-round arched,
10/12 wood windows is flank the vestibule on the first story. These windows are enframed with
brick and have keystones. The second story features four 6/6 wood windows, two flanking each
side of the vestibule.
The home was constructed for the Louis J. and Shirley Rosenburg family in 1929. Louis
Rosenburg was an insurance agent with the Columbian National Life Insurance Company. The
1930 census has the Rosenburg household consisting of Louis and Shirley, and a son, Louis, Jr.
315 Peashway St. American Foursquare, 1922. Contributing. Austin & Shambleau, Architects.
Right side of photo 11
317 Peashway St. Henry & Marie Schwarz House. Craftsman, 1925. Contributing.
Garage: 1925. Contributing.
Right side of photo 17
The two-story, auburn-colored brick house has a front and west attic gable and a wide, steeply-
pitched second story east gable. The gable walls are enclosed at the bottom by eaves and the
walls are stucco. The house has Prairie Style wood windows with brick sills. The roof is covered
with asphalt shingles.
The front façade features a recessed porch in its southwest corner. The porch has a square corner
column of brick and a narrow section of hipped roof projecting from the façade that wraps
around the west side of the house. The roof is supported by wood brackets and is covered with
metal. A wood entry door is in the back wall of the recessed porch. The door features a Prairie
Style window in the top. Two groups of three Prairie Style windows are east of the porch. The
second story features a Prairie Style window in the west half of the façade and a pair of Prairie
Style windows in the east half. The east façade has a dominant position on Stanfield Street with
its own entry centered on the façade. The entry is composed of a wood door with window in the
top half and a segmental arched roof supported by wood brackets. It is flanked by rows of four
Prairie Style windows. The tall, stuccoed east gable wall features a pair of Prairie Style windows.
The house belonged to the Henry K. and Marie Schwarz family during the 1930s and 1940s.
Henry Schwarz served as a vice-president and later, secretary-treasurer, of the Reliance
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Pharmacy Company he owned in South Bend. The family were of German ancestry and the
household consisted of two sons and a daughter in the 1930 census.
405 Peashway St. Pavey House. Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing.
409 Peashway St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1926. Contributing. Garage: c. 1926. Contributing.
415 Peashway St. Linear Ranch, 1950. Contributing
Peashway Street, south side heading east
110 Peashway St. Dr. James A. & Alma Duggan House. Renaissance Revival, 1925.
Contributing. Photo 14
The two-story, brown-colored brick house features 4/1 leaded art glass windows with brick sills
and wood shutters. A belt course of soldier brick is at the top of the first story. The hipped roof is
covered with clay tiles and features raked eaves with exposed, jigsawn rafter tails. A wide,
prominent chimney is centered on the west façade and a wide, brick terrace is centered on the
front façade. The front façade is symmetrical with a deeply recessed entry that features a nicely-
detailed surround. The surround is composed of Doric pilasters and fluted columns flanking the
opening. The pilasters and columns carry an entablature with a segmental arched pediment
supported by brackets over the columns. A wide, wood entry door divided into multiple panels is
flanked by side-lites in the recessed wall. The door and side-lites feature transoms. A group of
windows flank the recessed entry. The group is composed of a middle window flanked by
narrower 1/1 windows. The windows have transoms divided into lites by lead caning. The group
is topped by a tall, full-round arched panel composed of stacked bond brick. The second story
features a pair of narrow casement windows in the center of the façade. They are divided into six
lites by lead caning. The pair of windows is flanked by groups of three 4/1 leaded art glass
windows.
The house was built for James A. and Alma Duggan in 1925. James Duggan was a physician
with offices in the Union Trust Building on Main Street in downtown South Bend. James
Duggan was a native of Georgia while his wife, Alma, was a native of New York. The 1940
census for the Duggan family’s household includes three sons and a maid, Dorothy Surridge,
who was born in California to parents who immigrated from England.
116 Peashway St. McNamara House. Tudor Revival, 1927. Contributing.
Whitcomb & Keller, Builders. Left side of photo 14
122 Peashway St. Benjamin & Ida Feferman House. Renaissance Revival, 1924. Contributing.
Garage: 1924. Contributing.
Right side of photo 15
The two-story house is composed of brown-colored brick in a Flemish bond. The house has 6/6
wood windows. The home’s low-pitched hipped roof features modillions that carry wide-
overhanging eaves. The roof is covered with green-colored Spanish tile. The front façade is
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symmetrical and features one-story enclosed porches on each side. The porches have solid wood,
paneled balustrade on their flat roofs. An entry is recessed in the back of a wide, segmental
arched surround in the center of the façade. The arch has tapered sides and is trimmed on the
outer, top corners by stone carved with recessed panels. A matching keystone tops the arch. The
entry is composed of a wide wood door and side-lites with a wide, segmental arched transom.
The entry is flanked by groups of three 6/6 wood windows. A stone cornice forms a sill course at
the top of the first story. Two pairs of 6/6 wood windows flank a brick panel centered in the
second story. The panel is enframed by soldier brick.
The house was built for the Benjamin and Ida Feferman family in 1924. Benjamin Feferman
owned the South Bend Nash Motor Company. He and his wife were Russian-born Jews who
immigrated to the United States in 1910 and 1911, respectively. In the 1930 census, the
household included a son and two daughters as well as a maid named Joan Biritz, who was a
native of Vienna, Austria.
126 Peashway St. Redden House. Tudor Revival, 1928. Contributing. Garage: 1928.
Contributing. Middle of photo 15
130 Peashway St. Colonial Revival, 1918. Contributing. Garage: c. 1920. Contributing.
Left side of photo 15
204 Peashway St. Georgian Colonial Revival, 1921. Contributing. Garage: 1921. Contributing.
214 Peashway St. Lehman House. Colonial Revival, 1936. Contributing. Garage: 1936.
Contributing.
216 Peashway St. Lederer House. Colonial Revival, 1930. Contributing.
Ellwood & Associates, Architects
302 Peashway St. August & Mary Jahnkee House. Prairie Style, 1919.
Contributing. Garage: 1919. Contributing. W. W. Schneider, Architect.
Right side of photo 16
The two-story, dark brown-colored brick house has an L-shaped plan and its front façade faces
west to Foster Street. A one-story sunroom is centered on the narrow Peashway façade. The
house has 1/1 wood windows with stone sills. A stone sill course is at the top of the first story.
The house has a low-pitched hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves. The roof is covered with
asphalt shingles.
The front façade features a projecting section in its south half. This section has a wood entry
door in its north end. The door has a small window centered in its top half and a buttress-like
pilaster of brick capped with stone around the corner on the section’s north wall. An arched roof
supported by wood brackets shelters the door and brick stoop. A 1/1 window is in the second
story above the door. A two-story, three-sided projecting bay with cutaway corners is south of
the entry. It features 1/1 windows in each wall on the first and second story. The roof’s wide
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eaves cover the projecting bay. The façade, north of the projecting section, features a group of
three 1/1 windows in the first story and a 1/1 window in the second story.
The house was designed and built for the August and Mary Jahnke family in 1919. The couple
immigrated from Germany in 1892. August Jahnke established the Jahnke Bakery Company in
South Bend. In 1920, the household consisted of the couple and two children.
Light Post (contributing object)
310 Peashway St. Sekus House. English Cottage, 1931. Contributing.
Left side of photo 16
The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled house has walls composed of tan-colored brick and 6/6
wood windows. The roof is covered with diamond-shaped French style asphalt shingles that
interlock. The shingles wrap the eaves to give a thatched appearance. A one-story, enclosed
porch is on the east half of the front façade. The porch has segmental arched openings in each
wall that are filled with wood casement windows and the entry door in the west-facing opening.
The wood entry door is divided into multiple panes; the area around the door is filled will wood
shingles. The porch has a shed roof. A dormer rises from the back of the porch and features a
shed roof and tapered walls, all covered with shingles. The dormer wall is brick and features a
pair of 4/4 wood windows. A full-round arched window divided into multiple panes is west of
the porch. A three-sided bay with cutaway corners is in the west half of the front façade. The bay
has 6/6 windows in each wall and a hipped roof covered with shingles.
The house belonged to the Alex A. and Ella Sekus family who lived in the home during the
1930s and 1940s. Alex Sekus was employed as a controller at the Empire Box Corporation. The
family moved from Illinois to South Bend in the mid-1930s. In 1940, the household included two
daughters and a maid named Marian Trowbridge.
314 Peashway St. American Foursquare/Prairie Style, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923.
Contributing.
402 Peashway St. Schaub House. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1921. Contributing. Garage: 1921.
Contributing.
406 Peashway St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1924. Contributing. Garage: 1924. Contributing.
Right side of photo 18
410 Peashway St. Murdock House. Craftsman, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922. Contributing.
Middle of photo 18
414 Peashway St. Hynes House. Craftsman, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922. Contributing.
Left side of photo 18
416 Peashway St. American Foursquare, 1927. Contributing. Garage: Modern. Non-
Contributing.
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Napoleon Boulevard, north side heading east
105 Napoleon Blvd. Tudor Revival, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922. Contributing.
Callix E. Miller, Architect. Left side of photo 20
The two-story house has dark brown-colored first story walls and projecting gabled sections and
stucco on its second story. The house has a wide variety of windows including casements with
multiple lites, leaded casements windows with small diamond-shaped panes, and 6/1 wood
windows. The roof has an unusual form, though predominantly hipped, it has small gables that
rise from the ridge as well as a long, sweeping roof that covers an enclosed porch extension on
the west end of the house. The roof is covered with slate tiles. A tall chimney extends up from
the northwest/back corner of the house and a wide dormer with a hipped roof rises from the
sweeping roof over the porch.
The front façade is dominated by two projecting gabled sections with steeply pitched roofs. The
taller section is in the west half of the façade and features a row of four leaded glass casement
windows in the first story. A tall, full-round arched panel of brick is above the row of windows.
The panel is composed of header brick and trimmed with an arch with rusticated voussoirs that
extend to the eaves. The keystone of this arch is interrupted in the second story by a pair of
leaded glass casement windows. A row of four tall casement windows with transoms encloses
the front wall of the porch that extends off the west side of the façade, west of the tall gabled
section. A shorter, front gabled section in the east half of the façade composes the vestibule for
the house. It features a full-round arched wood door with a round window in its top half. Similar
to the taller gabled section, rusticated voussoirs radiate from the arched entry to the eaves. A pair
of 6/1 wood windows is centered between the two projecting gables in the second story.
In 1930, the house was owned by the Aladar and Ruth Hamborski family. The household
included a son, daughter, and nephew in the 1930 census, as well as a boarder named Jeanette
Murphy who was a librarian at the University of Notre Dame. Aladar Hemborski was a native of
Romania who immigrated in 1899. He was an attorney with offices in the Sherland Building.
109 Napoleon Blvd. Frank & Anna Wolf House. Renaissance Revival, 1925. Contributing.
Garage: 1925. Contributing. Callix E. Miller, Architect.
Right side of photo 20
The two-story, orange-colored brick house features quoining on the corners and 6/1 wood
windows with stone sills. The house has a cornice board at the top of the second story and a low-
pitched hipped roof covered with French tiles.
The façade features a terrace with brick piers and carved stone balusters. The entry vestibule
projects slightly on the east end of the façade. It features brick pilasters with stone caps that
support a second story balcony. The entry door is wood with a full window divided into multiple
lites. The balcony has an iron railing and a 6/1 wood window in the back wall of the balcony. A
wide section, fronted by the terrace, is west of the entry vestibule and features a row of three 6/1
windows centered in the first story and a pair of 6/1 windows centered in the second story.
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The house was designed and built for Frank and Anna Wolf. In the 1930 census, the Wolf
household included a son, Oscar, and his wife, Georgiana. Frank Wolf was the owner of an
automobile repair shop. Oscar Wolf was a bookkeeper for the same business.
Light Post (contributing object)
117 Napoleon Blvd. Colonial Revival, 1932. Contributing. Garage: 1932. Contributing.
Left side of photo 19
123 Napoleon Blvd. Lawrence P. & Jennie Hardy House. Colonial Revival, 1922. Contributing.
Garage: 1922. Contributing. Austin & Shambleau, Architects.
Right side of photo 19
The two-story tan-colored brick house features 4/1 wood windows and a hipped roof covered
with slate tiles. Sunporches with fluted corner pilasters and flat roofs are on the east and west
sides of the house. The porches are enclosed with wood casement windows divided into multiple
lites. Chimneys are centered in each of these facades. The front façade has a brick stoop and
nicely detailed entry surround composed of fluted pilasters and large scroll brackets that support
an arched roof over the entry. The entry’s jambs are paneled and the wood door features six
panels and is topped by a segmental arched transom. The surround is topped by an iron railing.
The entry is flanked by groups of three 6/1 windows. A thin stone cornice extends across these
groups of windows, two brick courses above the tops of the windows. The second story features
a pair of narrow casement windows centered in the façade. It is flanked by two 6/1 windows.
The house was designed and built for Lawrence P. and Jennie Hardy. Lawrence Hardy was the
owner of the L P Hardy Company. The company were printers, designers, and lithographers with
offices on South St. Joseph Street in South Bend.
129 Napoleon Blvd. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1918. Contributing. Ernest W. Young, Architect
209 Napoleon Blvd. Darden House. Tudor Revival, 1933. Contributing.
303 Napoleon Blvd. American Foursquare, 1925. Contributing.
305 Napoleon Blvd. Ranch, 1951. Contributing.
309 Napoleon Blvd. American Foursquare, 1924. Non-Contributing. Garage: 1924.
Contributing.
315 Napoleon Blvd. Eckrich House. Colonial Revival, 1928. Contributing.
Garage: 1928. Contributing. H. R. Stapp, Architect/Whitcomb & Keller, Builders.
The two-and-a-half-story, side-gabled house has walls composed of brown-colored brick and 6/6
wood windows. A cornice board is at the top of the second story walls. The roof is covered with
asphalt shingles and features cornice returns. The front façade has a wide wood porch with
concrete floor. The porch has six Doric columns that carry an entablature with rows of dentils
and a flat roof. A modern wood entry door is located in the east end of the porch’s back wall. It
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has an oval window. Two modern French doors are west of the entry door. They have openings
with a full-round arched brick surround. The arch is filled with a basketweave pattern panel. The
second story features three 6/6 windows.
The house belonged to Herman J. and Pauline Eckrich during the 1920s and 1930s. Herman
Eckrich was the manager of Peter Eckrich & Sons, Inc., a wholesale meat packing company in
South Bend. By 1940, the couple had moved to Fort Wayne.
317 Napoleon Blvd. Regedius & Pelagia Kaczmarck House. American Foursquare, 1924.
Contributing. Garage: 1924. Contributing.
The two-story house is built in a foursquare form with walls composed of brown-colored brick.
The house has 6/6 wood windows with stone sills and a stone sill course at the top of the first
story walls. The low pitched hipped roof is covered with slate tiles. A chimney is located in the
south half of the east façade and tapers inward at the top of the first story. A carved stone cap is
on the taper and the chimney is flanked by small windows divided into four panes on the first
story. The front façade features a one-story porch with a hipped roof that projects on its west
half. The porch is enclosed with casement windows divided into multiple lites. The entry is
composed of a pair of storm doors and a transom and is located in the east wall of the porch. A
group of three windows composed of a middle 6/6 window flanked by 4/4 windows is east of the
porch. The front façade’s second story features two 6/6 windows. A dormer with a hipped roof is
centered on the façade. Its walls are covered with slate tiles and it features a pair of short wood
windows in its front wall.
The house belonged to the Kaczmarck family during the 1920s through 1940s. Regedius M.
Kaczmarck was a professor at the University of Notre Dame. The Kaczmarcks were of German
descent; Pelagia immigrated with her parents in 1890. In 1930, the household included two sons
and two daughters.
405 Napoleon Blvd. American Foursquare, 1922. Contributing.
409 Napoleon Blvd. Gable-front/Colonial Revival, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922.
Contributing.
413 Napoleon Blvd. American Small House, 1952. Contributing.
417 Napoleon Blvd. Gable-front, 1926. Contributing. Garage: 1926. Contributing.
Napoleon Boulevard, south side heading east
110 Napoleon Blvd. Harrah House. Renaissance Revival, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923.
Contributing. Austin & Shambleau, Architects
120 Napoleon Blvd. Jackson House. Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923.
Contributing. Right side of photo 21
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124 Napoleon Blvd. Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923. Contributing.
Middle of photo 21
126 Napoleon Blvd. Dr. Albert & Hazel Cleland House. Craftsman, 1921. Contributing. Garage:
1921. Contributing. E. H. Turnock, Architect.
Left side of photo 21
The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled house has brown-colored brick walls on the first story and
its gable walls are stucco. The house has 1/1 wood windows and the roof is covered with asphalt
shingles. The house features wide wood trim boards and fascia boards in its gables, as well as
wood purlins that carry the wide overhanging roof eaves. The front façade features a projecting
section in its west half. The section features a row of five 1/1 windows. An entry porch is east of
this section. It features a pair of square columns of brick capped with stone. The columns carry a
shed roof. A wood entry door flanked by narrow side-lites is in the back wall of the porch. A row
of three 1/1 windows is east of the porch. The east end of the façade is the north wall of a porch
enclosed by pairs of tall casement windows. The pair of casement windows on the front façade is
flanked by fluted columns. This detail continues on the east façade with four casements flanked
by columns. The front façade has a wide gable centered on the façade. It features a group of three
windows whose tops rise with the rake of the roof. A wood flower box is in front of the group.
This is repeated in all three gables.
The house was designed and built for the Dr. Albert and Hazel Cleland family in 1921. Albert
Cleland was an osteopathic doctor with his own office in the City National Bank Building in
downtown South Bend. A daughter named Lois lived in the household in 1940 and was
employed as a stenographer with a mercantile company.
208 Napoleon Blvd. Weissbrodt House. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1923. Contributing.
Garage: 1923. Contributing.
Right side of photo 22
The one-and-a-half story house has walls composed of dark brown-colored brick. Stone trim
caps the top of the first story and the gables are covered with clapboards. The house has Prairie
Style wood windows with stone sills. The low-pitched side-gabled roof is covered with asphalt
shingles. The eaves are supported by wood brackets. A chimney, tapered on its north side, is
located in the north end of the west façade. It is flanked by small square windows. The front
façade features a full-width porch with brick walls and square corner columns capped with stone.
A wood entry door is centered in the back wall of the porch. It is flanked by groups of three
Prairie Style windows. A dormer with flared walls covered with wood shingles is centered in the
façade. It has a pair of small Prairie Style windows and a gabled roof supported by brackets.
The house belonged to the Hugo A. and Olga Weissbrodt family during the 1920s. Hugo
Weissbrodt was employed as a general foreman with the Studebaker Corporation. The couple
were of German ancestry, having previously lived in Wisconsin prior to moving to South Bend.
The household included a son and daughter in the 1930 census.
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212 Napoleon Blvd. Gable-front, 1924. Contributing. Garage: 1924. Contributing.
Second from right side of photo 22
216 Napoleon Blvd. Tudor Revival, 1924. Contributing.
218 Napoleon Blvd. Walter House. Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923.
Contributing.
302 Napoleon Blvd. Massed Ranch, 1968. Non-contributing.
308 Napoleon Blvd. Colonial Revival, 1952. Contributing.
312 Napoleon Blvd. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1925. Contributing.
The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled house has walls covered in clapboards and 6/1 wood
windows. The gambrel roof is covered with asphalt shingles. An enclosed sunporch an chimney
are centered on the west façade. The front façade features a porch with a low-pitched gabled roof
supported by tapered wood posts centered on the façade. A wood door with side-lites is centered
in the back wall of the porch. The door has a window in the top half that is divided into multiple
lites. The porch is flanked by groups of three windows. The middle window is an 8/1 window
and is flanked by narrower 4/1 windows. A wide dormer with a shed roof is in the second story.
It has a pair of small 6/1 windows centered in its front wall. The pair of windows is flanked by
6/1 windows.
The house belonged to Harry and Madge Sullivan during the 1930s and 1940s. Harry Sullivan
was employed as an assistant body engineer for the Studebaker Corporation. The couple were
natives of Michigan and had one son, Hugh, living in the household in 1940.
318 Napoleon Blvd. Charles R. & Verna Huff House. Massed Ranch, 1953. Contributing.
Garage: 1953. Contributing. Photo 23
The one-story house faces east on Stanfield Street. It has walls covered with wide wood shingles.
The house has 1/1 wood windows with an awning top sash. The home’s hipped roof is covered
with asphalt shingles. The front (east) façade features a porch with a hipped roof supported by
ironwork on its west half. The back wall of the porch is covered with wood planks. A wood door
with three diamond panels is in the south half of the porch’s back wall. A 1/1 window is north of
the door. The northeast corner of the house is composed of vertical rows of windows (three
high); these wrap the corner to the north façade. Two 1/1 windows are south of the porch.
The house belonged to Charles R. and Verna Huff during the 1950s and 1960s. Charles Huff was
the vice-president of Marquette Lumber Company, Inc.
402 Napoleon Blvd. Ranch, 1950. Contributing.
406 Napoleon Blvd. Colonial Revival, 1920. Contributing. Garage: 1920. Contributing.
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410 Napoleon Blvd. Colonial Revival, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922. Contributing.
414 Napoleon Blvd. American Foursquare, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922. Contributing.
418 Napoleon Blvd. Gable-front Bungalow, 1926. Contributing. Garage: 1926. Contributing.
St. Vincent Street, north side heading east
413 St. Vincent St. Gable-front Bungalow, 1924. Contributing.
415 St. Vincent St. Bungalow, 1924. Non-Contributing. Garage: Modern. Non-Contributing.
St. Vincent Street, south side heading east
318 St. Vincent St. Compact Ranch, 1965. Non-contributing. Garage: c. 1965. Non-contributing.
East North Shore Drive, north side heading east
101 East North Shore Dr. First Unitarian Church. International, 1962/c. 2010. Non-Contributing.
121 East North Shore Dr. Mattes House. Colonial Revival, 1921. Contributing. Garage: 1921.
Contributing. Left side of photo 26
127 East North Shore Dr. Glaser-VanDien House. Colonial Revival, 1921. Contributing. Garage:
1921. Contributing. Austin & Shambleau, Architects.
Right side of photo 26
The two-story, tan-colored brick house features art glass casement windows divided into six lites
by lead caning. The windows have stone sills. A projecting brick beltcourse with rows of dentils
is at the top of the first story. A projecting brick sawtooth course is at the top of the second story.
This creates a notable trim detail feature as molding zigzags with the brick against the soffit, and
the soffit itself features patterned moldings. The hipped roof features a flat top and is covered
with green-colored Spanish tiles. Chimneys are centered in the east and west facades.
The front façade is symmetrical and features a wide concrete terrace with brick walls capped
with stone. The entry is centered on the façade and features a full-round arched wood door with a
large round window in the top half. Brick pilasters flank the entry and are capped with stone. The
brick arch features darker colored brick trim and stone voussoirs. Groups of three leaded
casement windows flank the entry on the first story. The second story features a pair of leaded
casement windows in the center of the façade. It is flanked by groups of three leaded casement
windows.
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The house was designed for and built in 1921, likely by Herman F. Glaser, a building contractor
who was the home’s first occupant. Herman F. and Pauline Glaser’s family lived in the home
into the 1930s. The household included Roscoe and Anna (Glaser) VanDien and their two
children in the 1930 census, as well as the Glasers, who were Anna’s parents. The house became
solely owned by the VanDiens, who remained there into the 1960s. Roscoe VanDien was a car
salesman with Moulder Motors of South Bend.
137 East North Shore Dr. Wayne L. & Helen Seaver House, Usonian Style, 1955. Contributing.
Photo 25
This unusual house is built at a sharp angle with North Shore Drive which gives it some
prominence from the street. The split-level house is composed of a two-level cube and one-level
garage extension off its southeast corner. The house has a random-coursed, rusticated sandstone
wainscot and entry stoop. The walls above the wainscot are covered with metal siding in a
vertical pattern, probably mimicking earlier wood plank siding. The house has wide, metal
sliding windows. The flat roofs have wide projecting eaves. The fascia is covered with metal.
The front façade features a raised entry near the center of the two-level cube. The entry, recessed
in the upper level of the cube, features a wood door and side-lite. The door has a sunburst pattern
composed of wood planks. East of the entry is a short sliding window centered in a projecting
section of the façade. West of the entry is the lower level of the cube which projects forward and
features a large sliding window in its west half. The garage, which projects from the east end of
the facade, features two short windows composed of glass block in its southwest facing wall. A
metal garage door is in its southeast facing wall.
The home was constructed for Wayne L. and Helen (Shade) Seaver in 1955. Wayne Seaver
owned Seaver Wood Products, a lumber company located on Fir Road in Mishawaka.1 It seems
that Seaver may have wanted to showcase wood products his company sold through the choice
of materials used to construct the home given that the walls were almost certainly covered with
wood prior to the installation of metal siding. The couple retired in Florida.
East North Shore Drive, south side heading east
116 East North Shore Dr. American Foursquare, 1917. Contributing. Garage, 1987. Non-
contributing. Right side of photo 27
122 East North Shore Dr. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1907. Contributing. Second from right side of
photo 27
124 East North Shore Dr. Colonial Revival, c. 1906. Contributing
128 East North Shore Dr. Taylor House, Dutch Colonial Revival, 1928. Contributing. Second
from left side of photo 27
1 Wayne L. Seaver Obituary. South Bend Tribune, 24 Oct 1966. Pg. 28
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134 East North Shore Dr. Tudor Revival Cottage, 1927. Contributing. Left side of photo 27
140 East North Shore Dr. Mason House, Craftsman, c. 1906. Contributing
Howard Street, north side heading east
303 Howard St. Gable-front Bungalow, c. 1910. Non-Contributing. Left side of photo 24
305 Howard St. Gable-front, c. 1910. Contributing. Right side of photo 24
Howard Street, south side heading east
302 Howard St. Huber House. Bungalow, 1912. Contributing.
306 Howard St. Gable-front Bungalow, 1916. Contributing. Right side of photo 28
310 Howard St. Eulitz House. American Foursquare, 1925. Contributing. Garage: 1925.
Contributing. Second from right side of photo 28
316 Howard St. House, 2025. Non-Contributing. Second from left side of photo 28
320 Howard St. Robert & Selma Eulitz House. American Foursquare, 1911. Contributing.
Left side of photo 28
The two-story house has vinyl siding and modern, 1/1 vinyl windows. The steeply pitched
hipped roof is covered with asphalt shingles. Dormers are centered in each façade. The dormers
have hipped roofs and small rectangular wood windows. The front façade features a wide wood
porch with a hipped roof supported by four large tapered square columns. A balustrade of square
balusters are between the columns. The entry is offset to the east and features a two-panel wood
door with a window divided into six lites in the top. A 1/1 window is east of the entry door and a
second 1/1 window is centered in the west half of the first story. The second story features two
1/1 windows.
Robert and Selma (Geissler) Eulitz lived in the home during the 1930s and 1940s. The couple
married in Saxony, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in about 1890. Robert Eulitz
was employed as a cabinet maker for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, where he worked
for fifty years before his retirement. The couple lived on Corby Street in 1920.
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Corby Boulevard, north side heading east
315 Corby Blvd. Dr. James & Naomi McMeel House. Renaissance Revival, 1926. Contributing.
Garage: 1926. Contributing.
Photo 29
The two-story, brown-colored brick house features 6/1 wood windows with stone sills and a low-
pitched hipped roof covered with red-colored clay tiles. Rows of modillions carry the home’s
expansive eaves. The front façade is symmetrical and features a projecting vestibule centered on
the façade. The vestibule is brick and features an arched roof, covered with metal, that projects to
form an arched portico/pediment in front of the entry door. The pediment features an entablature
carries by groups of three slender, Doric columns that flank the entry door. The wood entry door
features a segmental arched transom and a wood surround composed of pilasters carrying an
arch. Large single-lite windows flank the entry on the first story. The second story features three
6/1 wood windows. Sunporches with corner pilasters composed of brick with recessed panels are
on each side of the house. The porches are enclosed with mid-century 1/1 wood windows and
wood paneling. The porch roofs are flat and features iron railings.
The house belonged to the McMeel family during the 1930s and 1940s. James McMeel was a
native of Kansas and medical physician who had his own private practice. The couple had three
sons living with them in the household in 1940. The household also included an African
American maid named Timita Mills, a native of Wisconsin.
Michigan Street, east side heading north
1020 Michigan St. Kruger-Clouse House. Shingle Style, 1904. Contributing.
W. W. Schneider, Architect.
Right side of photo 30
The two-story, side-gabled house is built in an L-plan and features a rusticated, stained concrete
block foundation and porch. The first story walls are covered with clapboards and simple trim
boards. An entablature tops the first story walls. The house has a gambrel roof and its gables are
covered with wood shingles that flare out at the eaves, which enclose the bottom of the gables.
The upper part of the gable, where the gambrel roof pitch changes, is enclosed at the bottom with
trim boards. The shingled wall flares out above the trim boards. The roof is covered with asphalt
shingles. The house has 1/1 wood windows with simple, flat crowns.
The front façade features a wide porch on its south half and a projecting, three-sided bay with
cutaway corners in its north half. The bay has a hipped roof and windows on each wall; the
windows feature a diamond pattern in the upper, shorter sash. The porch wraps around the south
façade and features rows of square columns of stone that carry a wood entablature with rows of
dentils. The porch roof is flat except for an enclosed pediment marking the entry at the north end
of the porch. The pediment is supported by pairs of wood brackets at the top of the columns. The
entry is in the north end of the porch’s back wall and features a wood door and side-lites. It has
an entablature with rows of dentils that form a crown. The entry projects slightly on the porch’s
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back wall. The southwest corner of the porch’s back wall features a projecting, four-sided bay
with cutaway corners. The bay has windows on each wall; the windows feature a diamond
pattern in the upper, shorter sash. A large front-gabled section is in the north half of the second
story. It has a pair of 1/1 windows centered in its gable. A dormer with a hipped roof supported
by wood corbels is in the south half of the second story. It is covered with wood shingles and
features a pair of 1/1 windows in its front wall.
Jacob Ralph and Nellie (or Ellen) Clouse lived in the home during the 1910s through the 1930s.
J. Ralph Clouse was a native of New York and married Nellie in Ohio before moving to South
Bend. He was the proprietor of the Walk-Over Boot Shop in South Bend. The family consisted
of a daughter and two sons in the 1920 census.
1022 Michigan St. Bryan-Farabaugh House. Shingle Style, 1908. Contributing.
Garage: 1908. Contributing.
Left side of photo 30
The two-story, side-gabled house features a red-colored brick foundation and porch and
clapboards on its first story walls. The gables and a large dormer on the front of the house are
covered with wood shingles. The roof features cornice returns and the bottom of the gable walls
flare out above a trim board at the top of the first story. The house has double-hung wood
windows with upper sashes divided into multiple square lites; they have simple flat crowns. The
roof is covered with asphalt shingles. The house has projecting, two-story, three-sided bays with
cutaway corners on the north and south sides as well as remnants of Palladian attic windows in
the top of the side gables.
The front façade features a full-width porch with brick walls and three square columns capped
with rusticated stone. The columns carry a wood entablature with rows of dentils. The porch roof
is an extension of the side-gabled roof. A wood entry door is in the south end of the porch’s back
wall. It has two tall panels and a window in the top of the door. A projecting, three-sided bay
with cutaway corners is in the north half of the porch’s back wall. It features windows on each
wall; the windows have short upper sashes divided into multiple square lites. A large dormer is
centered on the front façade and features a group of three windows. The middle window is
flanked by narrower windows; all three feature top sashes divided into small square lites. The top
of the dormer features a gable enclosed at the bottom by an entablature with rows of dentils and
eave return. The gable features a pair of wood windows divided into nine square lites.
The house was first occupied by Fred and Estella Bryan, natives of Ohio. Fred Bryan was the
general manager of an electric company. A servant named Anna Rembowski of German-Polish
descent was part of the household in the 1910 census. The home belonged to the Gallitzen and
Nano Farabaugh family during the late 1910s and 1920s. Glenson Farabaugh was a native of
Pennsylvania and moved to South Bend where he was an attorney in the JMS (Studebaker)
Building in downtown South Bend. He was a boarder in the Joseph Neff home nearby at 209
North Shore Drive in 1910 where his occupation was listed as attorney and city court judge.
Farabaugh’s household included a son and daughter in the 1920 census.
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1026 Michigan St. Alonzo Hammond House. Shingle Style, 1908. Contributing. Garage: 1908.
Contributing. Third from left side of photo 31
1102 Michigan St. Grant Tank House. American Foursquare, 1906. Non-Contributing. Garage:
1906. Contributing. Second from left side of photo 31
1110 Michigan St. Schadt House. Shingle Style/Bungalow, 1916. Contributing. Garage: 1916.
Contributing. Left side of photo 31
1114 Michigan St. Colonial Revival, 1930. Contributing.
Leeper Street, west side heading north
Steel railroad overpass, c. 1930. Contributing (structure, right side of photo 32).
1121 Leeper St. McErlain House. Renaissance Revival, 1922. Contributing.
Garage: 1922. Contributing.
The large two-story house has walls composed of dark brown-colored brick and a hipped roof
covered with green-colored clay tiles. Exposed rafter tails carry the eaves. The house has a
variety of window types, possibly early wood replacements. The windows have stone sills. The
front façade is composed of a symmetrical two-story section in the center, a one-story sunporch
on the south side of the house, and a two-story ell recessed from the front façade on the north
side of the house. The two-story central section features an entry centered on the first story with
a slightly projecting vestibule with an arched roof that projects forward to shelter the stoop. The
roof forms an arched pediment-like feature that is carried by an entablature supported by Doric
pilasters and columns that flank the opening. The entry is composed of a French door and side-
lites. The back wall of the arch, above the door, features three diamond-shaped stones in the
brickwork.
The entry is flanked by bays composed of a large wood window on the first story, a group of
three wood windows in the second story, and a brick panel between the stories. The first story
window is divided into nine panes of glass. The second story windows are 2/2 with horizontal
mullions; the middle window is flanked by narrower windows. The brick panel is enframed by a
course of header brick and is divided into three sections with a wide center section composed of
diagonally laid brick, and two narrower sections that feature stone blocks in their corners. The
bays are flanked by a course of soldier brick. A group of three windows divided into three lites
by horizontal mullions is centered in the second story.
The sunporch features tapered outer corners and a stone sill course. A segmental arched opening
in the front wall features a brick hood with keystone and stone shoulder blocks. The opening is
enclosed with historic wood windows with transoms that form the segmental arch. The sunporch
has a segmental arched shaped front parapet capped with stone. The two-story ell at the north
end of the house features a stone sill course on the first story. A segmental arched window is
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centered in the first story. It features a hood composed of brick and a keystone and shoulder
blocks. A pair of wood windows with transoms form the window under the arch. A 2/2 wood
window (horizontal mullions) is centered in the second story of the ell.
The house was built for John J. and Eleanor McErlain in 1922. John McErlain was the president
of South Bend Engraving and Electrotyping Company. John was a native of Missouri and had
relocated to South Bend by 1910.
1201 Leeper St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1948. Contributing. Left side of photo 33
1207 Leeper St. Cape Cod, 1949. Contributing. Garage: c. 1950. Contributing.
1213 Leeper St. Colonial Revival, 1948. Contributing. Garage: c. 1950. Contributing.
1215 Leeper St. Colonial Revival, 1939. Contributing. Garage: c. 1940. Contributing.
1219 Leeper St. American Foursquare/Colonial Revival, 1939. Contributing. Garage: c. 1940.
Contributing.
1227 Leeper St. Cape Cod, 1941. Contributing. Garage: c. 1950. Contributing.
1301 Leeper St. Emil & Harriett Schinke House. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1913. Contributing.
Garage: 1913. Contributing.
Photo 50
The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled house features a base of tall, horizontal wood planks and
vinyl siding. The house has 4/1 wood windows with simple flat crowns. The roof features flared
eaves, supported by brackets in the gables, and is covered with asphalt shingles. The front façade
features a full-width porch, enclosed at the sides by a continuation of the horizontal planks that
form the base. These also form a wainscot on the porch’s back wall and three piers for wood
posts. The wood posts are wide, tapered, and have stylized capitals. These are located at the
corners to carry an extension of the side-gabled roof, and north of center to flank the entry to the
porch and house. A wood railing fronts the porch between the railings south of the entry. The
porch’s back wall features a wood entry door in its north end. The door has a window divided
into multiple lites in its top half. A group of three windows is south of the entry. It is composed
of a wide center window with a transom divided into multiple lites flanked by narrower 4/1
windows. A dormer with a gabled roof is centered on the façade. The dormer has vinyl siding
and three brackets that support the roof. The dormer has three 4/1 wood windows.
Emil and Harriett Schinke lived in this home during the 1920s into the 1950s. Emil Schinke was
employed as a candy salesman. Emil Schinke was born in Germany about 1872 and brought by
his parents to the United States the following year.
1309 Leeper St. Colonial Revival, 1925. Contributing. Garage: 1925. Contributing.
1315 Leeper St. Gable-front/Colonial Revival, 1918. Contributing.
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1317 Leeper St. Colonial Revival, 1935. Contributing. Garage: c. 1935. Contributing.
1321 Leeper St. Colonial Revival Cottage, 1942. Contributing. Garage: c. 1942. Contributing.
1329 Leeper St. Miller House. Colonial Revival, 1920. Contributing. Garage: 1920.
Contributing. Freyermuth & Maurer, Architects. Left side of photo 34
1335 Leeper St. John J. & Mary Marcus House. Cape Cod, 1927. Contributing.
Garage: 1927. Contributing.
Middle of photo 34
The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled house has walls composed of brown-colored brick. The
house has pairs of metal casement windows divided into eight lites. The roof is covered with
asphalt shingles. The front façade features a brick stoop with concrete floor and iron railings. It is
centered on the façade with the wood entry door. The door features a window with multiple lites
in its top half (a metal storm door is in front of the wood door). The entry has a wood surround
composed of fluted pilasters and a nicely detailed pediment. Pairs of casement windows flank the
entry on the first story. The second story features two dormers with gable roofs and clapboards
on their walls. The dormers have small pairs of casement windows divided into six lites. A brick
chimney rises from near the center of the roof’s ridge.
The home belonged to the John and Mary Marcus family during the 1930s into the 1940s. John
was an advertising manager with Standard Oil Company.
1339 Leeper St. Cape Cod, 1941. Contributing. Garage: c. 1941. Contributing.
Right side of photo 34
1347 Leeper St. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1915. Contributing.
Leeper Street, east side heading north
1016 Leeper St. Half-courtyard Ranch, 1951. Contributing.
1024 Leeper St. Burner House. Renaissance Revival, 1921. Contributing.
Light Post (contributing object)
1208 Leeper St. Prairie Style/Colonial Revival, 1920. Contributing.
1304 Leeper St. Sherman House. Colonial Revival, 1921. Contributing. Garage: 1921.
Contributing. Austin & Shambleau, Architects
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1314 Leeper St. Royal O’Keefe House. Craftsman, 1927. Contributing. Garage: 1927.
Contributing. Gerber & Haley, Builders.
Photo 49
The two-story house has dark brown-colored brick that composes its first story walls that extends
to a sill course composed of soldier brick under the second story windows. The second story is
composed of stucco and half-timbering. The house has wood casement windows in the first story
and 6/1 wood windows in the second story. The tall hipped roof features raked eaves supported
by jigsawn rafter tails. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles. Enclosed porches are on the
north and south sides of the house; the south porch has a flat roof with brick parapets while the
north porch has a gabled roof.
The front façade is symmetrical with a gabled porch centered on the first story. The porch has
brick walls and piers capped with stone. The piers carry square posts that are chamfered and
have simple capitals. The porch roof features stucco and half-timbering in its front gable and
jigsawn rafter tails. The entry is composed of a wood door with Craftsman style side-lites. The
porch is flanked by groups of four casement windows with stone sills and patterned brickwork
lintels. The second story features two groups of three 6/1 wood windows divided by a smaller
6/1 window centered in the façade. A wide dormer is centered in the roof. It has stucco walls and
three small 6/1 wood windows in its front wall. The dormer has a hipped roof with jigsawn
exposed rafter tails.
The house belonged to the Royal and Hazel O’Keefe family during the 1920s through the 1940s.
The household (listed at 102 Pokagon Street) included three daughters and a maid named Mary
Kraly in the 1940 census. Royal O’Keefe was a purchasing agent for the Studebaker
Corporation.
1326 Leeper St. Gallup House. Tudor Revival, 1926. Contributing. Garage: 1926. Contributing.
The two-story dark brown-colored brick house features side gables and a wide, front gabled
section. The house has a variety of wood double-hung and casement windows with stone sills.
The roof is covered with green colored Spanish tiles. The roof’s prominent wood fascia boards
have jigsawn shaping at the eaves. A one-story sunporch with a flat roof and brick parapets is on
the south end of the house. It features segmental arched openings filled with casement and
transom windows.
The front façade is divided into three sections with a wide center section with an entry door on
its south end. The center section projects forward and has a tall gable with a lower south eave
than its north eave. The entry features a wood door and surround composed of pilasters that carry
large brackets that support an arched roof. A wide, projecting three-sided bay with cutaway
corners is north of the entry. It has 1/1 wood windows in each wall. The bay’s walls are topped
by an entablature with rows of dentils and a flat roof. The center section’s second story features a
pair of 6/6 wood windows in its north half and a small 1/1 window in its south end. An attic vent
is centered in the top of the gable. The south section of the façade features a group of three
casement windows divided into eight panes in the first story. The second story features an 8/8
wood window above which rises a small gable. The north section is shorter, only one-and-a-half
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stories, and features a pair of 1/1 windows centered in the first story and an 8/8 window in the
second story that forms a dormer with a hipped roof.
The home belonged to the David L. Gallup family during the late 1920s and 1930s. The
household included David’s wife, Ida, a son, David, Jr., and a maid named Ora Wright in the
1930 census. David Gallup was a native of Rhode Island and Ida was a native of Massachusetts.
Ora Wright was an African American woman who was a native of Tennessee. David Gallup was
a civil engineer.
Niles Avenue, west side heading north
1009 Niles. Colonial Revival, 1924. Contributing. Garage: c. 1925. Contributing.
1015 Niles. American Small House, 1963. Non-Contributing. Garage: c. 1963. Non-
Contributing.
1017 Niles. Contemporary, 1953. Contributing.
1021 Niles. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1922. Contributing. Garage: c. 1925. Contributing.
Left side of photo 35
1025 Niles. Colonial Revival, 1924. Contributing. Garage: c. 1925. Contributing.
Second from left side of photo 35
1029 Niles. Renaissance Revival, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922. Contributing.
Second from right side of photo 35
1031 Niles. Tudor Revival, 1925. Contributing. Garage: c. 1925. Contributing.
Right side of photo 35
1037 Niles. Stephen H. Seall House. Massed Ranch, 1959. Contributing.
1105 Niles. Ranch, 1952. Donald J. & Pauline Easley House. Contributing.
Garage: c. 1952. Contributing.
Left side of photo 36
The one-story, side-gabled house has vinyl siding and 1/1 wood windows. The roof is covered
with asphalt shingles. The front façade features a projecting, lower front-gabled section on its
south end. This section has a wide window centered in its front wall. The remaining front façade,
north of the projecting section, is composed of random-coursed, rusticated Bedford limestone
ashlars. The entry is in its south end and features a wood door with a window in its top. Two 1/1
wood windows with stone sills are north of the entry. A wide chimney composed of ashlars is on
the south wall of the house.
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The house belonged to the Donald J. and Pauline Easley family during the 1950s and 1960s.
Donald was an accountant for the certified accounting firm of Charles W. Magner, located in the
IOOF Building on South Main Street in downtown South Bend. Charles Magner lived about
three blocks east of the Harter Heights district, at 721 East Peashway Street.
1111 Niles. Ranch House, 1952. Contributing. Second from left side of photo 36
1117 Niles. Massed Ranch, 1951. Contributing.
1123 Niles. American Small House, 1941. Contributing.
1131 Niles. Alex S. Vargyas House. Massed Ranch, 1957. Contributing. Left side of photo 32
Niles Avenue, east side heading north
914 Niles. Beitner House. Colonial Revival, 1920. Non-contributing
918 Niles. Lechner House. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1908. Contributing.
922 Niles. Gerpheide House. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922.
Contributing.
928 Niles. American Foursquare, c. 1905. Contributing.
930 Niles. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1928. Non-contributing. Garage: 1928. Contributing. H.R.
Stapp, Architect/Whitcomb & Keller, Builders
934 Niles. Bungalow, 1922. Contributing.
938 Niles. Colonial Revival, 1939. Contributing.
1002 Niles. Prairie Style, 1915. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915. Contributing.
1014 Niles. George R. Wyllie House. Compact Ranch, 1957. Non-Contributing.
1018 Niles. Upright-and-wing, 1941. Contributing.
1026 Niles. Cottage, 1907. Contributing. Garage: c. 1930. Contributing.
1036 Niles. William & Augusta Dallman House. Dutch Colonial Revival, c. 1905. Contributing.
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1038 Niles. Weiland House. Gable-front, 1909. Contributing.
Left side of photo 37
This simple, one-and-a-half story house features a molded concrete block foundation and vinyl
siding. The house has modern 1/1 vinyl windows and a steeply pitched front gabled roof covered
with asphalt shingles. The front façade features a wide wood porch with wood posts and
balustrade. The posts carry a hipped roof. The wood entry door is on the north end of the porch’s
back wall. A wide 1/1 window is centered in the south half of the first story. The second story
features two 1/1 windows with mid-century metal awnings.
The home belonged to the Ernest and Ida Weiland family in the late 1900s through the 1920s.
The Weilands immigrated from Germany in 1906. The household included two daughters and a
son in 1910. Ernest Weiland worked as a woodworker, then later as a shipping agent for the
Studebaker Corporation.
1122 Niles. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1925. Contributing. Garage: Modern, c. 1990. Non-
Contributing.
St. Joseph Street, west side heading north
1101 St. Joseph St. Colonial Revival, 1926. Contributing. Garage: c. 1926. Contributing.
1105 St. Joseph St. Tudor Revival, 1925. Contributing. Garage: c. 1925. Contributing.
1113 St. Joseph St. American Foursquare, 1925. Contributing.
1117 St. Joseph St. English Cottage, 1925. Contributing.
1121 St. Joseph St. Woodward House. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1922. Contributing.
1315 St. Joseph St. Raymond J. & Alice McSherry House. French Eclectic, 1931. Contributing.
Garage: 1931. Contributing.
Photo 48
The two-story, tan-colored brick house features brick quoining on its corners and double-hung
wood windows with stone sills. The house has a steeply pitched hipped roof covered with slate
tiles. An original garage is attached to its south side. The garage has two wood doors on its front
wall and two dormers, covered with slate, in its second story. The dormers feature 6/6 wood
windows and a segmental arch roof. A small 6/6 wood window is in the first story north of the
garage doors. A sunporch with wide segmental arched openings is on the northwest corner of the
house. It is enclosed with original casement windows divided into eight lites on its front wall and
French doors on its north-facing wall. A chimney rises from the inside corner of the sunporch
and house.
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The front façade of the two-story section is symmetrical with a small porch centered on the
façade. It has a brick stoop and a copper-clad mansard roof with flared eaves supported by
trellis-like ironwork posts flanking the porch. The wood entry door features a surround of tabbed
limestone. Flanking the porch are 12/12 wood windows with wood shutters on the first story.
The second story features three dormers with a 4/4 wood window in the middle dormer and 6/6
wood windows in the flanking dormers. The dormers have a segmental arched roof. A panel of
brick enframed by header brick is between the first and second story windows. The panel is
composed of brick in a basketweave pattern.
The house was built for the Raymond J. and Alice McSherry family in 1931. The couple lived in
the home into their retirement in the 1950a. Raymond McSherry was the foundry superintendent
at Studebaker Corporation in South Bend. The household included a daughter named Mary in
1940.
1329 St. Joseph St. Colonial Revival, 1920. Contributing. Garage: c. 1920. Contributing.
Left side of photo 06
St. Joseph Street, east side heading north
1102 St. Joseph St. Ashdown House. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1924. Contributing. Garage: 1924.
Contributing. Right side of photo 46
1106 St. Joseph St. Kenneth & Barbara Campbell House. Colonial Revival Cottage, 1941.
Contributing. Second from right side of photo 46
The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled house has wood shakes covering its walls and 8/8 wood
windows with simple trim boards. The house has a wide front, cross-gabled section and a gabled
vestibule the projects from the south half of the cross-gabled section. The wood entry door is
centered in the vestibule. The door has a small window in its top half, and the entry features a
wide wood surround. A cornice board and eave return encloses the gable wall of the vestibule. A
triangular wood panel is centered in the vestibule gable. An 8/8 window is north of the vestibule
and an 8/8 window is centered in the top of the front cross-gable. The south end of the front
façade is stepped back from the cross-gable and features a row of four casement windows with
transoms. The casements are divided into eight lites and the transoms are divided into two lites.
The Kenneth N. and Barbara Campbell family were likely the first residents of this home built in
1941. Kenneth and Barabara Campbell are both listed as chemistry professors. Kenneth taught at
the University of Notre Dame while Barabara taught at a state college extension branch. In 1950,
the household included Barbara’s father, George Knapp, and a housekeeper named Emma
Schmidt.
1110 St. Joseph St. Bungalow, 1920. Contributing.
Second from left side of photo 45
The one-story brick bungalow features a taller front gable and a lower, side-gabled section that
extends to the north. The house has 1/1 wood windows and a tall cornice board at the top of the
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first story walls. The home’s small gables are covered with wood shingles and feature tall
cornice boards. The roof has clipped gables and is covered with asphalt shingles. The front
façade features a porch with brick walls and square corner columns that support a clipped gabled
roof. The columns have projecting brick details. A large wood window is north of the porch and
a pair of 1/1 wood windows is south of the porch. A small wood attic window divided into three
lites is in the short front gable.
Terry H. and Evelyn Milby rented this home from the 1920s to 1930. Terry worked as an
accountant with the Studebaker Corporation. During the 1940s, it was rented by Martin Robert
Cahill and his wife, Mary (Cass), while he was employed at the University of Notre Dame.
1114 St. Joseph St. Colonial Revival Cottage, 1939. Contributing. Left side of photo 45
1118 St. Joseph St. Renaissance Revival, 1923. Contributing.
1122 St. Joseph St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1925. Contributing. Garage: c. 1925. Contributing.
1132 St. Joseph St. Whitmore House. Dutch Colonial Revival/Cape Cod, 1924. Contributing.
Photo 44
The two-and-a-half story, side-gabled house has first-story walls composed of brick and large
wood shakes cover its dormer and gable walls. The house has 8/1 and 6/1 wood windows with
simple trim boards. The steeply pitched roof features cornice returns and is covered with asphalt
shingles. The tall gables have quarter, full-round arched windows in a top, half story. These are
divided by a chimney on the north façade. A brick sunporch enclosed with wood casements
divided into eight lites is on the north side of the house.
The broad, front façade is symmetrical and features an enclosed entry porch/vestibule that
projects in the center of the façade. It features pilasters on its corners and is enclosed with a
wood door with full window and side lights. The porch has a gable roof. Small wood windows
divided into six panes flanks the porch. Pairs of 8/1 windows are in the north and south ends of
the façade. A full-width dormer is in the second story and features a group of three small 4/1
wood windows in the center of the dormer and pairs of 8/1 windows in its north and south ends.
A dormer with a gabled roof is centered in the wide dormer’s shed roof. It features a 6/6 wood
window and a gabled pediment.
The house belonged to the Charles H. and Etta Whitmore family during the 1920s. Charles was
employed as a clerk with Long Motor Company, and later was employed with a credit agency. In
1930, the household included a son and two daughters. By 1940, the retired couple had moved
into the home of Etta’s mother, Anna Eckman, who was 90 years old and lived on South Main
Street.
1204 St. Joseph St. Lehman House. Renaissance Revival, 1921. Contributing.
1324 St. Joseph St. Colonial Revival/Craftsman, 1922. Contributing. Garage: c. 1922.
Contributing.
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Foster Street, west side heading south
1011 Foster St. American Small House, 1945. Contributing. Left side of photo 42
1015 Foster St. American Small House, 1945. Contributing. Middle of photo 42
1017 Foster St. Charles E. & Hazel Jarvis House. American Small House, 1945. Contributing.
Garage: c. 1945. Contributing.
Right side of photo 42
The one-story, side-gabled house has clapboards and 6/6 wood windows. The gables are covered
with vertical planks. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles and a brick chimney is near the
center of the roof. The front façade features a 6/6 window in its north half. A modern metal door
with window in the top is near the center of the façade. The entry has a concrete stoop and iron
railings. A wide wood window is in the south half of the façade. A brick wainscot is under the
window.
The home belonged to Charles and Hazel Jarvis in the 1940s. Charles Jarvis was employed as a
core maker in a foundry for Sibley Machine and Foundry Company.
1021 Foster St. Gable-front, 1945. Contributing. Garage: 1945. Contributing.
1029 Foster St. Gable-front, 1912. Contributing.
1031 Foster St. American Foursquare, 1918. Contributing. Garage: 1918. Contributing.
1101 Foster St. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1921. Contributing.
1109 Foster St. Colonial Revival, 1920. Contributing. Garage: c. 1920. Contributing.
Left side of photo 41
1113 Foster St. Lawrence & Lillian Schubert House. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1926.
Contributing. Garage: 1926. Contributing.
Right side of photo 41
The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled house has metal siding and 1/1 wood windows with
shutters. The house features a gambrel roof with cornice returns and is covered with asphalt
shingles. A brick chimney is centered in the south wall. The front façade is symmetrical and
features a wood door with side-lites divided into four lites centered on the façade. The entry has
a concrete stoop and an arched pediment supported by large wood brackets. The pediment has a
curve ceiling and its back wall features a sunburst pattern composed of wood. The entry is
flanked by pairs of 1/1 windows. The second story features a wide dormer with a shed roof. The
dormer has a short 1/1 window centered in its front wall. It is flanked by 1/1 windows.
The home belonged to the Lawrence P. and Lillian Schubert family during the 1930s through
1940s. Lawrence worked as an engineer for the Studebaker Corporation, having moved to South
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Bend from Buffalo, New York between 1935 and 1940. The couple had two children, a son and
daughter, living in the household in 1940.
1117 Foster St. Coates House. Craftsman/Gable-front, 1927. Contributing.
1121 Foster St. Colonial Revival, 1926. Contributing. Garage: c. 1985. Non-contributing.
1205 Foster St. Joseph J. & Loretta McCaffery House. Art Moderne, 1939. Contributing.
Garage, c. 1940. Contributing. Photo 40
The two-story house has walls composed of tan-colored brick and projecting brick beltcourses at
the top of its first story and in the second story. The house has 2/2 wood windows (divided
horizontally by mullions) with stone sills. The house has an attached garage with a modern wood
door on its north side and an enclosed sunporch on its south side; both have flat roofs.
The front façade features a vestibule that projects slightly on its north end. It has a concrete stoop
and a flat, metal roof with rounded corners. The entry features a wood door with a round window
in the top. It is flanked by fluted, rounded stone pilasters. Windows composed of glass block
flank the entry. These feature stone sills and brick panels at the bottom. A projecting beltcourse
of header brick cuts through the panels, wrapping the northeast corner of the façade and
continuing south to form a sill course across the façade south of the vestibule. A pair of 2/3 wood
windows with a stone sill is south of the vestibule. A pair of 2/3 windows is in the southeast
corner of the first story. The top of the first story features a projecting beltcourse of soldier brick.
The second story features projecting courses composed of header brick above and below the
second story windows. Two projecting courses of running bond brick are between the header
courses. A 2/2 window with stone sill is in the north end of the second story. Panels of header
brick flank the window. An oculus window divided into six lites is near the center of the second
story. It features a brick surround of header brick and keystone. A pair of 2/2 windows with
stone sill is in the southeast corner of the second story.
The home was constructed for Joseph J. and Loretta McCaffery in 1939. Joseph McCaffery went
into partnership with his brother, Bernard J. McCaffery in 1922, in the McCaffery Electric
Equipment Company, Inc.
Foster Street, east side heading north
1014 Foster St. Gable-front, 1973. Non-Contributing.
1016 Foster St. Gable-front Bungalow, 1926. Contributing. Garage: c. 1926. Contributing.
1018 Foster St. Colonial Revival, 1942. Contributing.
1022 Foster St. Gable-front, 1920. Contributing.
1026 Foster St. American Small House, 1922. Contributing.
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1030 Foster St. Colonial Revival Cottage, 1922. Contributing.
1034 Foster St. American Foursquare, 1920. Contributing. Garage: c. 1920. Contributing.
1102 Foster St. Cape Cod, 1941/c. 2020. Non-Contributing.
1106 Foster St. Cape Cod, 1941. Contributing.
1110 Foster St. Gleason House. American Foursquare, 1923. Contributing.
Right side of photo 47
The two-story house follows the foursquare plan but has horizontality from its high dividing trim
board at the top of the first story and from its wide projecting eaves. This demonstrates Prairie
Style influence on the home. The house has a brick foundation and clapboards on its walls. A
thin wood sill course forms a band between the first and second stories. The house features 1/1
wood windows with flat crowns. The low-pitched hipped roof is covered with asphalt shingles.
The front façade has a projecting porch and vestibule with a low-pitched hipped roof. The wide
porch features square corner columns covered with clapboards. The front wall of the porch is
enclosed with four 1/1 windows. The vestibule is recessed from the porch on the south end of the
façade. It features a concrete stoop and a modern wood door with full-round arched window in
the top half. The stoop is sheltered by a continuation of the wide eaves of the porch roof over the
vestibule. The second story features two pairs of 1/1 windows.
During the 1920s, William Pluchel lived in the home. He worked as a clerk with Frumas Drug
Store in South Bend. By 1930, Mary Gleason owned the home. Her household included a
daughter and two sons. Two boarders also lived in the home. Mary Gleason worked as a
bookkeeper with an electric supplies company.
1114 Foster St. Cape Cod, 1941. Contributing. Garage: 1941. Contributing.
Right side of photo 43
1118 Foster St. Gingrich House. Tudor Revival Cottage, 1941. Contributing.
Middle of photo 43
The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled house features walls covered with wood shakes and 6/6
wood windows with wood shutters. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles. The front façade
has a lower cross-gabled section that projects. Its first story walls are composed of brick and the
gable is covered with beaded boards. A scalloped trim board encloses the bottom of the front
gable. A tall chimney is centered on the projecting front-gabled section. A wood entry door with
segmental arched window in the top is south of the chimney. A pair of wood casement windows
is north of the chimney. They are divided into diamond patterns by lead caning. A 6/6 wood
window is centered in the façade south of the cross-gabled section.
The home belonged to B. William and Agnes Gingrich during the 1940s and 1950s. William
Gingrich was employed as a draftsman.
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1122 Foster St. Colonial Revival, 1926. Contributing. Left side of photo 43
Stanfield Street, west side heading north
907 Stanfield St. House, c. 2010. Non-Contributing.
917 Stanfield St. Gable-front, 1920. Contributing. Garage: c. 1950. Contributing.
919 Stanfield St. Gable-front, 1920. Contributing.
1015 Stanfield St. House, c. 2020. Non-Contributing.
1017 Stanfield St. Gable-front Bungalow, 1928. Contributing. Garage: c. 1928. Contributing.
1021 Stanfield St. American Small House, 1928. Contributing. Garage: c. 1928. Contributing.
1027 Stanfield St. Hazel Gorrell House. American Small House, 1951. Contributing. Garage: c.
1951. Contributing.
1031 Stanfield St. William & Angela Hamill House. Colonial Revival Cottage, 1931.
Contributing. Left side of photo 38
The one-story, side-gabled house has metal siding and a clipped gable roof covered with asphalt
shingles. The house has 6/1 wood windows and a brick chimney centered in its south wall. The
front façade features a gabled porch roof with a full-round arched ceiling centered on the facade.
The roof is carried by trellis-like ironwork corner posts. The wood entry door has two small
windows in its top. The porch is flanked by pairs of 6/1 windows. The house is similar to Sears,
Roebuck and Company’s “The Crescent” model.
The home belonged to a married couple in their early 30s/late 20s, William and Angela Hamill
during the 1930s and 1940s. William Hamill was born in New York, while Angela was born in
New Jersey. William is listed as a chemistry teacher at a college, presumably Notre Dame
University, in the 1940 census.
1035 Stanfield St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1926. Contributing. Right side of photo 38
1101 Stanfield St. Gable-front Bungalow, 1926. Contributing. Garage: 1926. Contributing.
1105 Stanfield St. American Foursquare, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923. Contributing.
1109 Stanfield St. Colonial Revival, 1925. Contributing. Garage: 1925. Contributing.
1113 Stanfield St. Split-level Ranch, 1960. Contributing.
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1117 Stanfield St. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923. Contributing.
1121 Stanfield St. American Foursquare, 1925. Contributing. Left side of photo 23
Light Post (contributing object)
1211 Stanfield St. Cooper House. Prairie Style, 1925. Contributing.
Garage: 1925. Contributing. Photo 39
The two-story, dark brown-colored brick house has 6/1 wood windows with stone sills and a
low-pitched hipped roof covered with asphalt shingles. A sunporch is on the north side of the
house and is enclosed with 6/1 windows. The front façade is symmetrical with a raised brick
terrace centered on the façade. The terrace has a brick wall capped with stone and steps in its
north side. A broad segmental arch with tapered sides forms a projecting entry surround. It
features a keystone and stone shoulders. The wood door features a full, Prairie Style window.
The entry is flanked by pairs of 6/1 windows. A stone sill course is in the second story. A group
of three narrow 6/1 window is centered in the second story. It is flanked by pairs of 6/1 windows.
During the 1920s, the Cooper family lived in the home. William L. Cooper and his wife, Jessie,
lived in the home with William’s parents, William H. and Eva Cooper, along with his son and
daughter. William L. Cooper was an office manager with a stove company, likely South Bend
Stove. William H. and Eva were retired.
Stanfield Street, east side heading north
1102 Stanfield St. Gable-front/Craftsman, 1916. Contributing. Garage: 1916. Contributing.
1106 Stanfield St. Gable-front, 1923. Contributing.
1110 Stanfield St. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1919. Contributing. Garage: 1919. Contributing.
1114 Stanfield St. Barber-Everett House. American Foursquare, 1924. Contributing.
The two-story house has a foursquare form in a more contemporary style of the 1920s. The walls
are covered with wood shakes and it has wide 1/1 wood windows with shutters. The house has a
hipped roof covered with asphalt shingles. The first story features a concrete porch and trellis-
like iron work that supports a hipped roof on its south end. The wood entry door has two panels
in the bottom half and a window in the top half. A projecting, three-sided bay is cantilevered
north of the porch. It features cutaway corners and a low-pitched hipped roof. The bay has
casement windows divided into eight lites on its side walls and a wide window divided into
multiple lites in its front wall. The second story features two 1/1 windows on the front façade.
During the 1930s and early 1940s, the house belonged to Ernest B. and Blanche Barber. Ernest
Barber was a clerk for a local company. During the late 1940s and 1950s, the home belonged to
the Edward and Hazel Everett family and included four sons and a daughter as part of the
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household in 1950. Edward Everett was a partner in the Cressy-Everett Real Estate Company,
established in 1946.
1118 Stanfield St. Bungalow, 1924. Contributing.
1122 Stanfield St. Colonial Revival, 1924. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915. Contributing.
1204 Stanfield St. Barnes House. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1927. Contributing.
1302 Stanfield St. Bennett House. Dutch Colonial Revival, 1924. Contributing. Garage: 1924.
Contributing.
1336 Stanfield St. Louis & Dorothy Patitucci House. Massed Ranch, 1953. Contributing.
Left side of photo 05
The one-story ranch has walls composed of random-coursed, rusticated Bedford limestone and
wood casement windows. The house has a garage, recessed from the front façade, at its north end
that features a wide door with multiple raised panels. The low-pitched hipped roof is covered
with asphalt shingles and a chimney composed of stone is in its south half. The façade features
two groups of three windows in its north half. The groups’ wide middle window is flanked by
narrow casements. A concrete stoop and wood door is south of the windows near the center of
the façade. The door has a small window in the top. The south part of the façade projects and
features two pairs of casement windows.
The house belonged to Louis and Dorothy Patitucci during the 1950s and 1960s. Dorothy
Patitucci was the secretary-treasurer of Cities Frosted Foods, Inc.
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8. Statement of Significance
Applicable National Register Criteria
(Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register
listing.)
A. Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the
broad patterns of our history.
B. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past.
C. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of
construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values,
or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack
individual distinction.
D. Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or
history.
Criteria Considerations
(Mark “x” in all the boxes that apply.)
A. Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes
B. Removed from its original location
C. A birthplace or grave
D. A cemetery
E. A reconstructed building, object, or structure
F. A commemorative property
G. Less than 50 years old or achieving significance within the past 50 years
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ARCHITECTURE
COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
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Period of Significance
1904-1960
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Significant Dates
1916
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Significant Person (last name, first name)
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Cultural Affiliation
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Architect/Builder (last name, first name)
Young, Ernest W.
Ellwood & Associates
Miller, Callix E.
Schneider, W. W.
Freyermuth & Maurer
Austin & Shambleau
Stapp, H. R.
Whitcomb & Keller
Turnock, E. H.
Gerber & Haley
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Period of Significance (justification)
The period of significance begins in 1904 when the east side of Michigan Street was platted as
part of Navarre Place Addition and the first house was constructed at 1020 North Michigan
Street (right side of photo 30). The near northeast side underwent significant changes when
Harter Heights Addition was platted in 1916, giving the district its general character and name by
which the broader neighborhood is recognized. The period of significance ends in 1960 when the
last contributing house was built at 1113 Stanfield Street. This also ends the period during which
the Harter Heights development qualifies under the MPDF, and the district was largely built out.
Only a few houses were built after this time during the remaining 20th century.
Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary)
N/A
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level of significance, applicable criteria, justification for the period of significance, and any
applicable criteria considerations.)
The Harter Heights Historic District is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under
criterion C/architecture for the number and variety of examples of Colonial Revival,
Bungalow/Craftsman, and American Foursquare styles, as well as a few examples of Shingle and
Prairie Style architecture. The concentration of these examples for upper and middle-class
residents, several of which are architect-designed, on South Bend’s near northeast side was the
result of the Harter Height Addition plat in 1916. This followed a few earlier, smaller plats
beginning in 1904 expanding north from the St. Joseph River. The Harter Heights Addition took
advantage of its position between Notre Dame and downtown South Bend via Michigan Street,
which was also a route for an interurban line. This offered homebuyers suburban amenities, with
great connectivity to major parts of the city. Therefore, the district also qualifies under criterion
A/community planning and design.
The district also qualifies under the multiple properties documentation form: Historic Residential
Suburbs in the U.S., 1830-1960. The Harter Heights Historic District is largely composed by the
Harter Heights Addition recorded in 1916 with residential lots marketed for suburban living
between the center part of the city and the campus of Notre Dame University. Therefore, the
district qualifies under the sub-type of the MPDF: Early Automobile Suburbs: 1908 to 1945.
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significance.)
ARCHITECTURE
South Bend’s Harter Heights Historic District is composed of a concentration of about two
hundred homes representing popular American architectural styles in the first half of the 20th
century. These homes were constructed between 1904 and 1960 with more than half in some
version of the Colonial Revival style. Other styles that are prominent in the district include the
American Foursquare, on which elements of popular styles are sometimes present. Examples of
homes based in European precedents include Tudor and Renaissance Revival, as well as French
manor and English cottage design. Several homes, about a quarter of those present in the district,
were constructed using popular American movements in architecture such as Craftsman-
Bungalow and the Prairie Style. As the district aged into the mid-20th century, particularly in the
post-World War II era, modern forms and styles were used to construct homes in the district.
These include singular examples of Usonian and Art Moderne styles and several homes built in
the Ranch and American Small House forms. Combined, these make up only a little more than
ten percent of the homes in the district. The following discussion on styles is generally in order
of how they emerged in popularity in the district.
While the Harter Heights Addition provides the overwhelming character of the district, a few
smaller plats predate the Harter Heights plat of 1916. Of note is the row of houses lining
Michigan Street that were part of the Navarre Place plat of 1904 (photo 31). In fact, these lots are
numbered 1 through 11 of the roughly 130 lots, the balance of which are on the west side of
Michigan Street. The Navarre Place lots within the Harter Heights district have four modest
examples of the Shingle Style, influenced by bungalow design, built between 1904 and 1916.
The house at 1020 N. Michigan Street is the oldest house in the district, built in 1904, and was
designed by noted South Bend architect W. W. Schneider (right side of photo 30). The house
features a gambrel roof with multiple gables covered in wood shingles and a wraparound porch.
The two-and-a-half story house immediately to its north at 1022 N. Michigan Street features
broad side gables, two-story projecting bays on each side, and a wide front dormer (left side of
photo 30). The second story and gables are covered with wood shingles.
The Shingle Style had limited popularity in the United States, mostly along the upper East Coast
where it was used for coastal and large vacation homes. It was not without precedent in South
Bend where it is found in limited numbers in other residential developments of the same period.
One of the largest examples of the style in the city, it can be argued, is the J. D. Oliver mansion
“Copshaholm.” While more typically classified as Romaneque Revival, the architects employed
cascading roofs and a side-gabled, gambrel roof form with gables covered in clay tiles. It was
built between 1895-1896, less than ten years before the first house was constructed on Michigan
Street in the district.
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The American Foursquare type was also popular during the early development of the district and
lasted into the 1920s. Two stories tall, rectangular in plan, and typically crowned with a hipped
roof, most builders incorporated Craftsman, Prairie Style, or Colonial Revival-styled porches or
other features into their facades. The foursquare offered more living space than most bungalows
while having an Arts & Crafts feeling. It is thought to have grown out of the earlier Italianate
cube-style house but became more regulated in its floor plan with four rooms on the first floor
and second floor. Because of its prevalence in the Midwest, it was also called the “cornbelt
cube.” Several examples of the American Foursquare were constructed in the district, about ten
percent of all homes. Many have features identifiable with Colonial Revival, Prairie Style, or
Craftsman styles. The variations between the examples include overall size (footprint), exterior
materials (brick, stucco, and clapboards), front porch arrangement, roof pitch, and dormer style.
Nancy Hanson, in her graduate thesis at Notre Dame, noted the importance of the American
Foursquare to South Bend’s early suburban development patterns. Perhaps due to Harter
Height’s marketing to a wealthier clientele, fewer examples of foursquare homes than may be
expected are found in the district, about thirty. Higher numbers are in the southern half which
features more modestly scaled housing.
One of the earliest American Foursquare houses built in the district is located at 320 Howard
Street and was built in 1911 (left side of photo 28). This house is typical of the form without
added stylistic features such as Craftsman or Colonial Revival elements. The house has a simple
organization to its front façade with a wide front porch with hipped roof centered on the first
story. The standard hipped roof features dormers with hipped roofs on each façade. A larger,
more contemporary-styled example and one of the last foursquares built in the district is located
at 306 Angela Boulevard (second from right side of photo 01). The brick house, built in 1932,
has added interest through brick detailing. The house features a full-width porch with Doric
columns and a lower-pitched hipped roof. The example at 1110 Foster Street was built in 1923
and carries elements of the Prairie Style with its horizontal division of first and second stories,
wide-projecting eaves, and unusual projecting porch and vestibule (right side of photo 47). The
porch and vestibule are covered with clapboards but feature square corner columns (also covered
in clapboards) between which are rows of 1/1 windows. The nearly flat roof’s eaves project
outward enough to shelter the vestibule’s entry stoop.
After the Harter Heights Addition was platted in 1916, the homes that followed provided much
to shape the character of the neighborhood. The most popular style used for these homes were
versions of the Colonial Revival style. The district has over one hundred examples of homes
designed in the Colonial Revival style, Dutch Colonial Revival style, and Cape Cod form. Many
of the district’s largest homes were designed by local architects in this style. The Colonial
Revival style gained popularity after the Bicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 where
it was heralded as an expression of the American identity. Planners of the World’s Columbian
Exposition of 1893 in Chicago also called for pavilions that emulated American colonial
architecture. The style became increasingly popular in the early 1900’s and remained a desired
style through the first half of the twentieth century. This early 20th century revival of the style
borrowed directly from Colonial America’s buildings in form and ornamentation.
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The popularity of the Colonial Revival style in the district spans nearly the entire period of
significance. The oldest example is located at 124 North Shore Drive, built in 1905, while the
latest example was built in 1948 at 1213 Leeper Avenue. Two examples of the Colonial Revival
style were designed by the South Bend architectural firm of Austin & Shambleau. One is located
at 123 Napolean Street (1922, right side of photo 19), and the other is located at 127 North Shore
Drive (1921, right side of photo 26). Both homes are two-story with walls composed of tan-
colored brick and feature hipped roofs. They both feature formal, symmetrical facades and
chimneys centered in each of their side facades. The house on Napolean Street has sunporches on
each side of the house while the house on North Shore Drive has a sunporch on its west side
only. The house on Napolean Street features a nicely detailed wood entry surround and 6/1 wood
windows. The house on North Shore Drive features impressive, patterned brickwork belt courses
and entry arch. It also has windows with lead caning, and the roof is covered with Spanish tiles.
Other South Bend architects were responsible for using this style in the district. This includes the
firm of Freyermuth & Maurer, who designed the home at 129 Peashway Street in 1921 (right
side of photo 13). The house is a large example of the more typical form of side-gabled Colonial
Revival homes. The two-and-a-half story brick house has a symmetrical façade and features 8/8
wood windows and a porch with Doric columns. The side gables feature cornice returns, and a
chimney and quarter fan-lite windows in the attic. A smaller version of this is found at 315
Napolean Street (1928). The two-story, side-gabled brick house has cornice returns and 6/6 wood
windows. The façade’s entry is located to one side but retains balanced asymmetry. It was
constructed by one of South Bend’s leading house builders/designers, Whitcomb & Keller.
Two Georgian Colonial Revival homes are built across from each other at 201 and 204
Peashway Street. The house at 201 Peashway is a two-story, side-gabled brick house with a row
of three gabled dormers on the façade. It was one of the earliest homes built in the Harter
Heights Addition in 1917. The other example at 204 Peashway (1921) is of frame construction,
two-story, side-gabled with two gabled dormers in the front façade. The Colonial Revival style
was also used in the design of cottages in the district. The house at 1106 St. Joseph Street was
built in 1941 with minimal use of the style (second from right in photo 46). The one-and-a-half
story, side-gabled house features a projecting gabled vestibule with simple entry surround and
8/8 wood windows. Another example, perhaps the smallest, was built in 1931 at 1031 Stanfield
Street (left side of photo 38). This house has some resemblance to catalog home models of the
period and features clipped, side-gables, 6/1 wood windows, and a gabled entry porch with an
arched ceiling. The house likely had colonial inspired columns to support the roof and obvious
entablature (covered with metal), but the columns were replaced with ironwork trellis panels.
Dutch Colonial, as the name implies, was popular with Dutch immigrants who brought
traditional building techniques that included gambrel roofs to the colonies. Gambrel roofs, along
with wide dormers with shed roofs, are the most identifiable feature of that style. The district has
more than two dozen of these. The use of the style in the district also spans nearly the entire
period of significance. The earliest example was built in 1907 at 122 North Shore Drive (second
from right side of photo 27), and the latest example was built in 1947 at 122 Pokagon Street
(right side of photo 08). The later example is typical of a compact version of the style with a
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gambrel roof and wide, front dormer with shed roof. The home’s entry is on the west end of the
façade rather than centered on the façade like larger examples, such as the home at 312 Napolean
Street which was built in 1925 and the house built at 1113 Foster Street in 1926 (right side of
photo 41). Both homes have gambrel roofs, cornice returns, a wide front dormer with a shed roof
and a nicely detailed entry with side lites. A large home built at 1132 St. Joseph Street in 1924
(photo 44) combines features of Dutch Colonial and Cape Cod design, albeit a substantial
version of the latter. The two-and-a-half story, side-gabled house has a steeply pitched gable roof
with quarter fan lites in the tall gables. It also has a wide front dormer with shed roof on which a
small dormer with a gabled roof is perched. The façade’s symmetry is balanced off a projecting,
enclosed porch/vestibule with pilasters that support a gabled pediment.
The Cape Cod version of colonial design features side-gabled walls on a one-and-a-half story
box. Typically, there are one or two dormers with gabled roofs on the front façade. All but one of
the eight examples of Cape Cod homes were built during the 1940s on Leeper and Foster Streets.
The example at 1335 Leeper Street was built in 1927 and is brick with two front dormers with
gabled roofs (middle of photo 34). The house has an entry surround centered on the facade
composed of fluted pilasters supporting a pediment. The house has historic metal casement
windows divided into multiple panes.
Early European styles provided a precedence for early 20th century romanticism in American
architecture. These came in a few forms but largely was dominated by the Tudor Revival style in
the Harter Heights district. However, there are several Renaissance Revival examples, as well as
English cottage and French manor house forms. These mostly appear later during the
development of the district, from the 1920s through the 1930s. Combined these examples of
romantic revival styles equal about twenty percent of the houses in the district.
The Tudor Revival Style more closely follows Medieval English prototypes than architectural
characteristics of the early 16th century Tudor period in England. Typical features of the style
include steeply pitched roofs, multiple front gables, stucco and the use of half-timbering in the
stucco walls. There are about twenty examples of this style in the district. One of the largest and
best examples of the style is found at 105 Napolean Street (left side of photo 20). It was built in
1922 and was designed by South Bend architect Callix Miller. The house has steeply pitched
front gables of brick and stucco on its second story. The arches over windows and the entry in
the front gables feature rusticated voussoirs that radiate outward to the eaves. Another large
example is located at 217 Peashway Street (1927) and was designed by South Bend architect
Ernest Young (photo 12). The two-story brick house features a coursing pattern that conveys
rustication. The house has multi-lite casement windows, long-sloping sides to its hipped roof,
one of which covers a porte cochere. A small cottage example of the Tudor Revival style is
located at 1118 Foster Street (middle of photo 43). The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled house
has minimal features of the style. These include a front-gabled section composed of brick with a
tall chimney centered in the wall. A pair of casement windows are north of the chimney and are
divided into diamond-shaped lites by lead caning.
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A nice example of the English Cottage style is located at 310 Peashway Street (left side of photo
16). The one-and-a-half story brick house was built in 1931 with eaves that are wrapped in
asphalt shingles to resemble thatch work. The house has a dormer with tapered walls that juts out
over an enclosed porch on the east half of the façade. French manor homes also provided
influence on at least two homes in the district. The homes are similarly composed, two-story
brick houses with symmetrical facades, hipped roofs, and garages attached to one side. The
house at 514 Angela Boulevard (photo 03) was built in 1938 and features a six-sided vestibule
with cutaway corners and limestone trim centered on the façade. The house at 1315 St. Joseph
Street (1931, photo 48) elevates French influence with tabbed stonework around its segmental
arched entry which features a porch composed of ironwork lattice panels that support a mansard
roof. The home’s steeply pitched hipped roof has dormers with arched roofs in its second story.
The Italian Renaissance provided another version of romanticism evoked in early 20th century
American styles. The Renaissance Revival style conveys its earlier precedent through low-
pitched, hipped roofs often covered with clay tiles and eaves supported by exposed rafter tails.
The style typically has a symmetrical façade with full-round arched windows, or spandrels over
windows. The district has a relatively high number of homes designed in this style, over a dozen,
and most are of substantial scale. All the examples are two-story brick homes with hipped roofs.
Two smaller examples with asymmetrical facades are located at 410 Angela Boulevard (second
from right side of photo 02) and 109 Napolean Street (right side of photo 20) built in 1929 and
1925, respectively. The house on Angela features a row of windows with full-round arched
spandrels in lieu of transoms. The row of windows is grouped beneath a wide, segmental brick
arch. The house on Napolean Street was designed by architect Callix Miller and features a wide
terrace with a brick and carved stone balustrade. The house has a vestibule with corner pilasters
that support a second story balcony on the east end of the façade. Its roof is covered with red clay
tiles.
The homes at 315 Corby Boulevard (photo 29) and 1121 Leeper Avenue were built in 1926 and
1922, respectively. Both are two-story brick homes with porches on each side and a symmetrical
façade. The front entry on these homes is nearly identical with groups of Doric columns that
support an arched porch roof over the entry. Both also feature tile roofs. The house on Leeper
Avenue has brick panels, stone trim, and exposed rafter tails. It has that in common with a two-
story brick example on 110 Peashway Street built in 1925 (photo 14). The Peashway Street
house has a deeply recessed entry centered on the façade. The entry surround forms a front wall
and is composed of fluted columns and pilasters with recessed panels. The house has large full-
round arches in the first story with patterned brickwork in the spandrel arch above the windows.
The house also has a tile roof.
Another style with a significant presence in the district is representative of the trend in residential
design away from the previously mentioned historical precedents during the early 1900s.
Craftsman-Bungalow architecture, like the allied Prairie Style, broke from revival styles. The
Craftsman style was inspired in part by the work of brothers Charles and Henry Greene in
California. Their work spanned from 1893 to 1914; in 1903 they began applying Arts & Crafts
details to simple bungalows that quickly became popularized by several home magazines of the
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period, including Gustav Stickley’s The Craftsman. The term bungalow originates in India where
it refers to a low house surrounded by porches. The American form of the bungalow was
publicized in California. The Craftsman style spread quickly through the country as an
acceptable and desirable style for the growing middle class in quickly developing suburbs. These
homes were further popularized in pattern books and other home magazines, as well as in local
newspapers. The bungalow form and Craftsman style were popular from about 1905-1935.
Bungalow and Craftsman houses account for about a quarter of the homes in the district.
Craftsman style homes in the district take on several forms including bungalow and larger two-
story examples. The house at 126 Napolean Street (left side of photo 21) is an example of an
architect-designed house that blends bungalow form with Craftsman features. It was built in
1921 and designed by noted Elkhart architect, E. Hill Turnock. The one-and-a-half story, side-
gabled house has brick first story walls, and its gables are covered with stucco. The roof features
beam-like brackets that carry the eaves on its gable walls and exposed rafter tails under the eaves
under the front porch. The house has interesting grouping of windows in its gables, which
includes a front, cross-gable. The group of three windows form a triangular-shaped arch in the
top of the gable. This was a design Turnock was known for in other work. The gables also
feature wood window boxes carried by stylized brackets. A large Craftsman inspired house is
located at 1314 Leeper Avenue (photo 49). It was built in 1927 and designed by architect-
builders Gerber & Haley. The two-story house features a brick first story and stucco and half-
timbering on its second story. The house has a hipped roof with jigsawn rafter tails exposed
under the eave. A gabled porch with matching details is centered on the symmetrical façade. A
wide dormer with a hipped roof is centered in the roof. The house blends Craftsman and Tudor
design elements.
Bungalows in the district take on a few forms. The most common are one-and-a-half story
houses with side gables, full-width front porch, and a large dormer with either a gabled roof or
shed roof centered on the front façade. Others are simple one-story examples of the form. Most
of the bungalows date to the late 1910s-1920s. One predates the Harter Heights plat and is
located at 1301 Leeper Avenue (1913, photo 50). The side-gabled, one-and-a-half story house
features flared eaves supported by brackets and a large front dormer with a gabled roof. Another
side-gabled example, in brick, is located at 208 Napolean Street (right side of photo 22). The
house was built in 1923 and has a low-pitched roof supported by wood purlins. The house has a
full-width brick porch with square corner columns that support a shed roof extension from the
main roof. The house conveys oriental influence in its design. The house at 214 Pokagon Street
was built in 1924 and designed by architect Callix Miller (right side of photo 09). The one-and-a-
half story, side-gabled brick house features a wide front gable with an enclosed porch in one half
and an open entry porch on the other. The house has carved wood brackets under the eaves and a
Palladian window centered in the front gable. A small, simple example of a front-gabled
bungalow is located at 1110 St. Joseph Street and was built in 1920 (second from left side of
photo 45). The one-story brick house has a cross-gabled section that extends to the north and a
lower front gabled porch. The house has clipped gables with wood shingles and small attic
windows in most of its gable walls.
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The Prairie Style is represented by seven examples in the district, though the Prairie Style
influence can be found on foursquares and a few other homes. The Prairie Style, an outgrowth of
the Arts & Crafts movement, was born in Chicago with Frank Lloyd Wright being the architect
most associated with the style. Wright’s Winslow House in Chicago, 1893, is thought to be the
first example of Prairie style architecture. The style is one of only a few truly indigenous
American forms and its highest concentration occurs in the Midwestern United States,
particularly near the Chicago regional area. The popularity of the style was short lived; it lasted
from about 1900 through 1930. Its emphasis was on the horizontal with architectural features of
the house inspired by the vast expanse of the prairie. Particularly important stylistic features are
low-sloped roofs and floor levels acting as vertical planes. Frank Lloyd Wright designed two
homes in South Bend, the first was built in 1906 on Washington Street and is known as the
DeRhodes House and the second was built in 1948 on the city’s south side and is known as the
Mossberg House. The earlier house is more of a precedent in the examples found in the Harter
Heights district. South Bend’s local architects and builders quickly learned to emulate Prairie
Style concepts, as seen in the district.
Two examples of the Prairie Style should be noted. The house at 302 Peashway was built in 1919
and designed by South Bend architect W. W. Schneider (right side of photo 16). The two-story
brick house has a stone sill course at the top of the first story walls, as well as other stone trim.
The house has a low-pitched hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves to accentuate
horizontality. A projecting, three-sided bay south of the entry features cutaway corners. The
other example is located at 1211 Stanfield Street and was built in 1925 (photo 39). The dark
brown-colored, brick house is two stories with a hipped roof. The home’s unique feature is its
raised, brick and stone terrace leading to a massive arched entry surround. The house features
stone trim in the arch and a stone sill course at the top of the first story.
The final phase of development of the Harter Heights Historic District began after the Great
Depression and before World War II. While most of these later homes were smaller in scale, a
few are more robust and are examples of non-typical styles applied to residential design. Toward
the end of the period of significance, South Bend, like many other cities, sought to quickly house
its growing population. This resulted in construction of several compact homes known as
American Small Houses. Ranch homes built in the district during the 1950s were typically larger
and conveyed a modern trend in mid-20th century architecture. Combined, these house types
represent fewer than a quarter of the homes in the district.
Two homes of note that are unique in style in the Harter Heights district are the Art Moderne
style house at 1205 Foster Street (photo 40) and a house with Usonian influence at 137 North
Shore Drive (photo 25). The Art Moderne house was built in 1939 and features projecting brick
banding on its two-story box with a flat roof. The house has windows that meet in the corners
and an entry with stone walls that curve toward the door. The Usonian house on North Shore
Drive was built in 1955 and features multi-tiered boxes with a flat roof and a wainscot of
random-coursed rusticated sandstone.
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While the American Small House may take on several compact forms and have limited features
of styles popular during the time of construction, a few homes in the district that fall under this
classification appear to be an early form of prefabricated housing. The house located at 1017
Foster Street (1945) is one of three nearly identical homes, in a row, that are simple side-gabled
boxes with window placement on facades in common with each other (photo 42).
A small version of a traditional ranch house is located at 1105 Niles Avenue (1952, left side of
photo 36). This side-gabled house has a lower cross gabled section that projects on the south end
of its front façade. The house has vinyl siding but features an expanse of limestone ashlars on its
front façade. A large example of the ranch type is located at 1336 Stanfield Street (1953, left side
of photo 05). The massed ranch form has walls composed of limestone ashlars and a low-pitched
hipped roof that extends north over an attached garage and over a front-projecting section on the
front. A compact version of the ranch type with contemporary styling is located at 318 Napolean
Street (1953, photo 23). The home’s walls are covered with large wood shakes. It has windows
composed of large panes of glass that meet in its northeast corner. The home’s low-pitched
hipped roof extends over a front porch.
COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
The Harter Heights Historic District was a significant part of a northward push to develop
residential neighborhoods on the north side of the St. Joseph River. This allowed an expansion of
housing opportunities for the ever-growing middle-class population of South Bend. While the
river caused some boundaries to the city’s early growth, the river was also responsible for South
Bend’s establishment. Pierre Navarre, a French fur trader, made his home and trading post on the
north bank of the St. Joseph River in 1820. Alexis Coquillard followed, establishing his post just
south of the river in 1823. Coquillard was joined by Lathrop Taylor in 1827 and together, they
owned the land on which the city of South Bend was originally platted. Navarre’s land was on
the north side of the river, and his cabin was located just west of what would become Michigan
Street. His cabin was relocated to Leeper Park in 1904, on the south side of the river, where it
remained until 2023 when it was relocated to the South Bend Center for History grounds on the
west edge of downtown South Bend.
Navarre’s land was purchased by Samuel and Elizabeth Leeper. Samuel Leeper was the fourth
man of European descent to settle in South Bend. Leeper’s farm included Navarre’s cabin that
was Leeper used as a cow shed until it was moved to Leeper Park. Samuel Leeper constructed a
brick house on his farm for his son, Samuel Leeper, Jr., at 113 West North Shore Drive. Samuel
Leeper, Jr. and his brother, David Leeper, inherited their father’s property and began subdividing
it in the early 1900s. The bulk of the Leeper property was platted in 1903 and was known as
Navarre Place. The plat straddled Michigan Street (photo 31), extended west to Portage Avenue,
and north to Angela Boulevard. Michigan Street was crossed by the Michigan Central Railroad,
which became a boundary to Navarre Place’s eastward extension, though the land northeast of
the railroad was owned by the Leeper family to the south boundary of the University of Notre
Dame.
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A bridge had been established at the Michigan Street crossing of the St. Joseph River by the
1850s. A bridge was constructed in 1870 to take the place of this earlier structure. The 1870
bridge was repaired in 1893, and then a substantial new bridge was built in 1915 (seen in the far-
right background of photo 31). This is the current Michigan Street bridge, named Leeper Bridge,
over the St. Joseph River. The connection that this bridge served to downtown South Bend was
an important link for the city to Niles, Michigan and the University of Notre Dame. However,
due to the Michigan Central Railroad, Michigan Street did not continue straight north from the
river during the 1800s as it does currently. Instead, it crossed and angled northeast joining
Leeper Avenue, then angled northwest paralleling the Michigan Central Railroad before it
crossed the railroad and joined the northwest-leading Niles Avenue.
There were discussions about how to straighten Michigan Street north of the river in 1892,
however, it was determined that until the Leeper family decided how to plat their land, no work
should be undertaken by South Bend’s committee on streets and alleys.2 The following year, a
section of Michigan Street was improved north of the river, and a new Michigan Central
Railroad bridge was proposed. In 1894, the railroad began constructing a new grade to allow the
railroad to pass over Leeper Avenue (photo 32). The connection from Michigan Street to Leeper
Avenue to Niles Avenue remained the main route north from the Michigan Street bridge into the
mid-1930s, even after its designation as U.S. 31 by the Indiana Highway Commission. This
“bottleneck” was resolved in 1937 when U.S. 31/Michigan Street was straightened, and the
Michigan Central Railroad constructed a bridge over the highway. This is the current railroad
bridge over Michigan Street, which serves as a pedestrian/bikeway bridge today. Another
important development on Michigan Street in the early 1900s was the route of the Indiana
Railway Company, an interurban line that ran between South Bend and Niles, Michigan. In
1901, the route was completed from the center of the city north to the river. By June 1903, the
line had been completed from Niles to the Leeper farm at the river. A separate bridge was
constructed across the St. Joseph River next to the Michigan Street bridge to accommodate the
interurban. Trolly cars were expected to run by July 1903.3 The new Michigan Street “Leeper
Bridge” built in 1915 carried both the interurban line and automobile traffic.
The Home Improvement Company formed to establish Navarre Place on Samuel Leeper’s
farmland. Because Michigan Street was not the major north/south thoroughfare on the north side
of the river until 1937, the east side of Michigan Street was included in Navarre Place when it
was platted in 1903. Numbering lots for Navarre Place begins on the east side of Michigan Street
at East North Shore Drive, north to the 1937 Michigan Central Railroad Bridge where the
railroad had formed a natural barrier to a continuation of Navarre Place. With the grading work
required by the Indiana Railway and the existence of the Michigan Central tracks, the Home
Improvement Company donated portions of land to be used for city parks; one was located at the
junction of Michigan Street and the Michigan Central Railroad.4 In May 1904, the South Bend
Tribune reported a “surprising transformation” of the Leeper farm into Navarre Place. The article
encouraged its readers to cross the Michigan Street bridge and view the new development’s lots
2 South Bend Tribune, 29 March 1903. Pg. 5, col. 2
3 “Cars to Operate Soon” South Bend Tribune, 4 June 1903. Pg. 2, col. 4
4 “To Give Park Property” South Bend Tribune, 23 Nov 1903. Pg. 1, col. 7
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and streets.5 In June 1904, the development company placed a large advertisement in the South
Bend Tribune announcing “Navarre Place is Near” noting that the new neighborhood was a five-
minute walk from downtown.6 Alas, residential development for the city had reached the north
bank of the St. Joseph River.
The first house constructed in the district is in the Navarre Place plat on the east side of Michigan
Street at 1020 N. Michigan Street (right side of photo 30). The Kruger-Clouse House was built in
1904 and designed by an accomplished South Bend architect, W. W. Schneider. Four more
houses followed, going north between 1020 and 1110 N. Michigan Street, from 1904 through
1916 (photos 30-31), just as the Harter Heights Addition was proposed northeast of Michigan
Street. A sixth house was built in 1930 at the north end, at 1114 N. Michigan Street. Four of the
homes constructed between 1904 and 1916 are built in a late version of the Shingle Style,
employing some aspects of both bungalow and colonial design. While the homes on the east side
of Michigan Street are part of the Navarre Place plat, the remainder of which is on the west side
of Michigan Street, they generally are considered part of the broader Harter Heights
neighborhood. This is due to the separation created by widening and other improvements made
to Michigan Street when it became U.S. 31, and with the Michigan Central Railroad crossing
improvement in 1937.
Within two years of Navarre Place’s construction, two other small plats extended residential
development on the east side of Michigan Street, north of the river. The Studebaker family
created a small triangular-shaped plat called Studebaker’s Leeper Avenue Addition on the north
bank of the river between Leeper Avenue and the Michigan Central Railroad (photos 26-27).
This allowed for the construction of homes between East North Shore Drive and the St. Joseph
River (photo 27), a feature that was not part of the Navarre Place plat (that riverbank land was
kept undeveloped). The Studebaker plat included six houses on the river, 116 through 140 East
North Shore Drive, three houses fronting Leeper Avenue’s east side, and two that front North
Shore Drive’s north side. Three homes were built on the riverside first, between about 1906-
1907. Most of the other houses were built during the 1920s.
The other early development was Dallman’s Addition, also platted about 1906. While the small
plat extends east of the district boundary on Stanfield Street, it is generally the north half of the
block bounded by Niles Avenue on the west, St. Vincent Street on the north, and Howard Street
on the south. William Dallman built his own home at 1036 Niles Avenue about 1905 (adjacent to
the house shown in photo 37). Stanfield & Foster’s Addition fills out the remaining part of the
district, extending south to Corby Boulevard. Two of the district’s streets are named for Stanfield
and Foster.
Samuel Leeper, Jr. maintained ownership of most of the land east of Navarre Place north of St.
Vincent Street to the south edge of Notre Dame University’s property into the 1910s. He created
a small plat lining Leeper Avenue between 1911 and 1913 (photos 33-34) but left a large wedge-
shaped parcel unplatted for himself on the west side of Leeper, between the railroad and south of
5 “Surprising Transformation” South Bend Tribune, 07 May 1904. Pg. 12, col. 3
6 South Bend Tribune, 01 June 1904. Pg. 6
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Peashway. In 1916, he sold the remaining large tract of land he owned east of Leeper Avenue to
the Harter Heights Realty Company. The company purchased the 47-acre property from Leeper,
who was then president of the American Trust Company, for $40,000.7 The Harter company was
owned by Heber Harter of Huntington, Indiana, and had experience in handling high class
residential property in Huntington and Oklahoma City.
The new subdivision was planned to have all its streets paved and sidewalks installed prior to
construction of homes. The streets were planned as 82-foot-wide boulevards with 10-foot
parkways, and six-foot concrete walkways. Trees and shrubbery and ornamental boulevard light
posts (photo 04) at intersections were also included in the development. All utility lines,
including electrical, were buried underground. The plat included the continuation of Navarre
Place’s Pokagon and Peashway Streets, named by Leeper for Native Americans he knew who
lived in the area when his father arrived. An article about South Bend’s growing residential
developments in 1917, noted that the location of Harter Heights made it an exclusive
development given its confinement by the river and Notre Dame.
The development’s restrictions included no homes valued at less than $3000 on its smaller lots,
and not less than $6000 on its larger lots; these included a 50-foot setback requirement.8 By July
1917, work was well underway with grading streets and lots. Before and after photographs of the
same site were carried by the South Bend Tribune showing development of the addition.9 E. J.
Harter, a partner in the Harter Heights development, made a presentation on housing
subdivisions to the South Bend Realty Board at the beginning of 1917.10 By March of that year,
a large shipment of trees, filling nearly a train-load, were planted in the subdivision on lots and
in the tree lawn demarking lot lines. The Chicago company that supplied the trees stated it was
the largest shipment they had made for any subdivision in the Midwest, not excluding Chicago.11
It appears that most of the work was completed in the Harter Heights subdivision by the close of
summer 1917. The public was encouraged to drive through the new neighborhood in September
of that year. The realty company announced that their streets were paved and open for traffic.
They estimated 2,442 cars passed through the development on Leeper Avenue to view the
work.12 It appears that one home was constructed in 1916 at 1102 Stanfield Street, with two
more that followed in 1917 at 201 Peashway and 419 Pokagon Streets. These were the first
homes constructed in the Harter Heights plat and are examples of Gable-front/Craftsman,
Colonial Revival, and American Foursquare styles, respectively. The development saw its largest
growth during the 1920s, with approximately half of the district’s homes being constructed by
the end of the 1920s in the Harter Heights development alone.
7 “New Residence Plat is Planned” South Bend Tribune, 03 April 1916. Pg. 1,
col. 7
8 “Homesites are Offered in all Sections of the City” South Bend Tribune, 29
April 1917. Pg. 1, col. 1
9 “Men and Horses Begin Work at Midnight to Avoid Heat of Day” South Bend
Tribune, 28 July 1916. Pg. 12, cols. 1-4
10 “E.J. Harter Makes Address” South Bend Tribune, 03 Jan 1917. Pg. 5, col. 4
11 “Big Shipment of Trees” South Bend Tribune, 27 March 1917. Pg. 5, col. 3
12 “The Harter Realty Co.” South Bend Tribune, 29 Sept 1917. Pg. 2
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The last, small plat that completed the Harter Heights neighborhood is a narrow, wedge-shaped
parcel that lies between Howard and Napolean Streets, bounded by the former Michigan Central
Railroad and Leeper Avenue on the west, and Niles Avenue on the east. During the 1890s into
the 1910s, this narrow parcel was the location of the South Bend Portland Cement Company.
The company had a siding off the Michigan Central Railroad for transporting materials and its
facilities included a coal room, clay room, mixing room, crushing equipment, a kiln, and
furnaces. The 1917 Sanborn map shows the complex’s buildings were gone. The area was
purchased and platted as the Signal Hill Addition to the city in 1922. The name denotes the plat’s
topography at the high point in the neighborhood. The houses lining the west side of Niles
Avenue (1009 through 1131 Niles, photos 36 and left side of photo 32) are located on lots that
compose the Signal Hill plat. Five of these homes were built during the 1920s, one was built in
1941, six were built in the 1950s, and the last one was built in 1963. Advertisements for the
small plat of (then) twelve lots ran in 1922 and 1923. The ad stated the lots were of unequaled
location, overlooking Navarre Place, the St. Joseph River, and Leeper Park.13
Home construction in the Harter Heights Historic District tapered off with the beginning of the
Great Depression in 1929. A few homes were built in the early 1930s, then several more were
built as the country emerged from the Depression in the late 1930s and early 1940s. About thirty
homes were built between 1930 and 1941. America’s entry into World War II softened home
construction again. When building began again, smaller, more quickly built homes were
constructed on available lots, especially in the south half of the district (photo 42) and where
regrading Michigan Street and the Michigan Central Railroad altered the landscape on the west
side of Leeper Avenue. During the 1950s, more middle-class homes, mostly Ranch houses, were
constructed. This last building boom occurred on lots that were at the east fringe of the Harter
Heights Addition (photo 05) and on Niles Avenue. About a quarter of the houses constructed in
the Harter Heights Historic District were built between 1930 and 1960, which brings an end to
the period of significance.
Over time, the Harter Heights neighborhood developed its own sense of identity, not wholly
confined to the 1916 Harter Heights plat. Due to land north of Angela Boulevard being part of
the University of Notre Dame’s campus (the university’s golf course), the major
thoroughfare/boundary Michigan Street creates on the west side of the district (photo 31), and
the St. Joseph River on the south, the name Harter Heights became applied to the broader pocket
of housing in this neighborhood. The housing development east of Harter Heights was developed
during the 1950s-1960s, or has been influenced by the growth of Notre Dame University with
more recent redevelopment activity.
Developmental History/Additional historic context information
13 South Bend Tribune, 18 June 1922, pg. 9; 29 April 1923, pg. 21
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9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form.)
Atlas of the Cites of South Bend and Mishawaka. South Bend: G. L. Hughes, publisher, 1923.
“Big Shipment of Trees” South Bend Tribune, 27 March 1917. Pg. 5, col. 3
“Cars to Operate Soon” South Bend Tribune, 4 June 1903. Pg. 2, col. 4
City of South Bend Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. South Bend Historic Preservation
Commission, 2005.
City of South Bend Map, 1931. Bruggner, Louis V.
“E.J. Harter Makes Address” South Bend Tribune, 03 Jan 1917. Pg. 5, col. 4
Historical Atlas of South Bend & Mishawaka. Baskin & Foster, publishers. 1876
“Homesites are Offered in all Sections of the City” South Bend Tribune, 29 April 1917. Pg. 1,
col. 1
“Men and Horses Begin Work at Midnight to Avoid Heat of Day” South Bend Tribune, 28 July
1916. Pg. 12, cols. 1-4
“New Residence Plat is Planned” South Bend Tribune, 03 April 1916. Pg. 1, col. 7
South Bend City Directories: 1905. South Bend Directory Company, South Bend (IN)
South Bend City Directories: 1910. Hibberd Directory Company, South Bend (IN)
South Bend City Directories: 1919, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1940, 1953, 1960. R. L. Polk &
Company, Indianapolis (IN)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for South Bend: 1899, pg. 11
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for South Bend: 1917 Vol. 2, pg. 86
South Bend Historic Preservation Commission/City of South Bend website:
https://southbendin.gov/department/community-investment/planning-community-
resources/historic-preservation-commission/local-historic-districts/ accessed October 20, 2025
South Bend Interactive Map accessed October 21, 2025. University of Notre Dame:
https://buildingsouthbend.nd.edu/interactive-map/
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South Bend Tribune, 29 March 1903. Pg. 5, col. 2
South Bend Tribune, 01 June 1904. Pg. 6
South Bend Tribune, 18 June 1922, pg. 9; 29 April 1923, pg. 21
“Surprising Transformation” South Bend Tribune, 07 May 1904. Pg. 12, col. 3
Standard Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana. Chicago: George A. Ogle & Company, publishers
and engravers, 1911
“The Harter Realty Co.” South Bend Tribune, 29 Sept 1917. Pg. 2
“To Give Park Property” South Bend Tribune, 23 Nov 1903. Pg. 1, col. 7
United States Federal Census Records for St. Joseph County/South Bend (IN): 1910, 1920, 1930,
1940, 1950
Wayne L. Seaver Obituary. South Bend Tribune, 24 Oct 1966. Pg. 28
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Previous documentation on file (NPS):
____ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested
____ previously listed in the National Register
____ previously determined eligible by the National Register
____ designated a National Historic Landmark
____ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey #____________
____ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # __________
____ recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey # ___________
Primary location of additional data:
____ State Historic Preservation Office
____ Other State agency
____ Federal agency
____ Local government
____ University
____ Other
Name of repository: _____________________________________
Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): 201-597/598-35001-277; 201-597-
10019-022
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10. Geographical Data
Acreage of Property Approx. 78 acres
Use the UTM system
UTM References
Datum (indicated on USGS map):
NAD 1927 or NAD 1983
1. Zone: Easting: Northing:
2. Zone: Easting: Northing:
3. Zone: Easting: Northing:
4. Zone: Easting : Northing:
Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property.)
Beginning on the southeast corner of the intersection of Angela Boulevard and Michigan
Street, on the south curbline of Angela, face east and follow the south curbline, crossing
Leeper Avenue, St. Joseph Street, Foster Street, and Stanfield Street to Angela Boulevard’s
intersection with Pokagon Street. On the north curbline of Pokagon Street, face west and
follow a line to a line extended north from the east property line of 418 Pokagon Street. Turn
south and follow a line with the east property lines of 418 Pokagon, 415 and 416 Peashway,
and 417 Napolean Streets, crossing Pokagon, Peashway, and Napolean Streets to the south
curbline of Napolean Street.
On the south curbline of Napolean Street, the southward line aligns with the east side of the
north/south alley between Stanfield and Lawrence Streets. Follow the east side of the alley to
the north curbline of St. Vincent Street, then turn west and follow the north curbline to the
west curbline of Stanfield Street. Turn south and follow a line with the west curbline of
Stanfield Street, crossing St. Vincent and Howard Streets, to the north curbline of Corby
Boulevard. Turn west and follow the north curbline of Corby Boulevard to the east curbline
of Niles Avenue. Turn northwest and follow the east curbline of Niles Avenue to the north
curbline of Howard Street.
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At the north curbline of Howard Street, turn west and follow the north curbline of Howard
Street, which becomes East North Shore Drive, to a line extended northeast from the east
property line of 140 East North Shore Drive. Turn southwest and follow the east property
line of 140 East North Shore Drive to its south property line which is the north bank of the
St. Joseph River. Turn west and follow the north bank of the river to the east curbline of
Michigan Street, then turn north and follow the east curbline of Michigan Street, crossing
East North Shore Drive and Pokagon Street, to the south curbline of Angela Boulevard, or
the place of beginning.
Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected.)
The boundaries for the Harter Heights Historic District contain the near north side of South
Bend that has come to be known generally as the Harter Heights neighborhood, between the
St. Joseph River and Notre Dame on the east side of Michigan Street/Business U.S. 31.
While small portions of the district, mostly in the south part, fall outside the formal Harter
Heights Addition plat, the neighborhood broadly identifies as Harter Heights and was
documented and inventoried as such in previous historic resource surveys. Housing scale,
type, and development period also generally remain consistent in the neighborhood.
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11. Form Prepared By
name/title: Kurt West Garner, KW Garner Consulting
organization: South Bend-St. Joseph County Historic Preservation Commission
street & number:
city or town:
e-mail:
telephone:
date: October 28, 2025
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Additional Documentation
Submit the following items with the completed form:
• Maps: A USGS map or equivalent (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's
location.
• Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous
resources. Key all photographs to this map.
• Additional items: (Check with the SHPO, TPO, or FPO for any additional items.)
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Photographs
Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each image must be 3000x2000 at 300
ppi (pixels per inch) or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map. Each photograph must
be numbered and that number must correspond to the photograph number on the photo log.
For simplicity, the name of the photographer, photo date, etc. may be listed once on the
photograph log and doesn’t need to be labeled on every photograph.
Photo Log
Name of Property: Harter Heights Historic District
City or Vicinity: South Bend
County: Saint Joseph State: IN
Photographer: Kurt West Garner
Date Photographed: June 16, 2025
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast at the intersection of Angela Blvd. and Foster St.
1 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast at the intersection of Angela Blvd. and Stanfield St.
2 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest at 514 Angela Blvd.
3 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest at 317 Pokagon Street
4 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast at the intersection of Pokagon and Stanfield Streets
5 of 50.
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Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest toward the intersection of Pokagon and N. St. Joseph Streets
6 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast in the 100 block of Pokagon Street
7 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast in the 100 block of Pokagon Street
8 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast at 214 Pokagon Street
9 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast in the 400 block of Pokagon Street
10 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 300 block of Peashway Street
11 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest at 217 Peashway Street
12 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 100 block of Peashway Street
13 of 50.
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Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast in the 100 block of Peashway Street
14 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest in the 100 block of Peashway Street
15 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest in the 300 block of Peashway Street
16 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest at the intersection of Peashway and Stanfield Streets
17 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest in the 400 block of Peashway Street
18 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 100 block of Napolean Street
19 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast in the 100 block of Napolean Street
20 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast in the 100 block of Napolean Street
21 of 50.
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Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast in the 200 block of Napolean Street
22 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest at 318 Napolean Street
23 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 300 block of Howard Street
24 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast at 137 E. North Shore Drive
25 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast in the 100 block of E. North Shore Drive
26 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest in the 100 block of E. North Shore Drive
27 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest in the 300 block of Howard Street
28 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest at 315 Corby Boulevard
29 of 50.
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Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast in the 1000 block of N. Michigan Street
30 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast in the 1100 block of N. Michigan Street
31 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking south at the intersection of Niles Avenue and Leeper Avenue
32 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 1200 block of Leeper Avenue
33 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest in the 1300 block of Leeper Avenue
34 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 1000 block of Niles Avenue
35 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 1100 block of Niles Avenue
36 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast in the 1000 block of Niles Avenue
37 of 50.
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Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest at 1031 and 1035 Stanfield Street
38 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest at 1211 Stanfield Street
39 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest at 1205 Foster Street
40 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 1100 block of Foster Street
41 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest in the 1000 block of Foster Street
42 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast in the 1100 block of Foster Street
43 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast from the intersection of St. Joseph and Napolean Streets
44 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast in the 1100 block of St. Joseph Street
45 of 50.
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Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast in the 1100 block of St. Joseph Street
46 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast in the 1100 block of Foster Street
47 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking west at 1315 N. St. Joseph Street
48 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking east at 1314 Leeper Avenue
49 of 50.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest at 1301 Leeper Avenue
50 of 50.
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