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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: Woodward-Riverside 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 ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location
Street & number: Each side of Riverside Drive between Angela Boulevard and Leland
Avenue and each side of Woodward Avenue between Angela Boulevard and Vassar Avenue. City or town: South Bend State: IN County: Saint Joseph Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________
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
United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
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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
______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification
I hereby certify that this property is:
entered in the National Register
determined eligible for the National Register
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Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification
Ownership of Property
(Check as many boxes as apply.)
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Object
Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing
162 2 buildings 2 0 sites 2 0 structures
12 0 objects 178 2 Total
Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 0 ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions
(Enter categories from instructions.) DOMESTIC: single dwelling DOMESTIC: secondary structure LANDSCAPE: street furniture/object RECREATION AND CULTURE: outdoor recreation
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Current Functions
(Enter categories from instructions.) DOMESTIC: single dwelling DOMESTIC: secondary structure LANDSCAPE: street furniture/object RECREATION AND CULTURE: outdoor recreation
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_____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description
Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) LATE VICTORIAN: Queen Anne LATE VICTORIAN: Shingle Style
LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS: Colonial 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: Free Classic Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) foundation: BRICK
walls: BRICK
WOOD: Weatherboard roof: ASPHALT other: STUCCO WOOD: Shingle
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.) ______________________________________________________________________________
Summary Paragraph The Woodward-Riverside Historic District is a small, early 20th century suburban neighborhood that follows the south bank of the St. Joseph River between Angela Boulevard and Leland Avenue, north of Portage Avenue. The mix of housing includes modest homes in Queen Anne,
American Foursquare, and Bungalow styles/forms. A few larger homes line Riverside Drive overlooking the St. Joseph River in more elaborate examples of the styles, including Colonial Revival and Prairie Style. Several of these are architect-designed.
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_____________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description
The Woodward-Riverside Historic District is approximately two blocks wide and several blocks long between Angela Boulevard on the north and Leland Avenue on the south. The district’s two main thoroughfares run in a northwest/southeast direction with the direction of the St. Joseph River. These thoroughfares are Woodward Avenue and Riverside Drive, the latter of which has
homes overlooking the river on the west side of the drive (photo 06). One-block sections of
shorter streets connect Woodward with Riverside in the district. Homes on Riverside Drive are larger in scale while homes lining Woodward Avenue are more modest. There are approximately one hundred primary resources, all dwellings, located in the
district. Garages are also part of the resource count. A long greenway is maintained by the city
on the northeast side of Riverside Drive. This greenway with historic streetlights (c. 1918), two gateways, and street trees was known as Shetterly Park (left side of photo 06, 10). It is counted as a contributing site; the lights are counted as contributing objects. The two gateways, c. 1918 (photo 07), once led to steps down to the river are counted as contributing structures. Brownfield
Park in the northwest corner of the district was established between about 1911-1925 and is also
a contributing site. It features modern playground and sports recreation equipment. The parks and Riverside Drive were part of the city’s park and boulevard plan adopted in the 1910s. All but two of the district’s contributing homes were built between 1902 and 1926 in Queen
Anne, Colonial Revival, Prairie, American Foursquare, and Craftsman/Bungalow styles. A
number of the homes on Riverside Drive were architect-designed. The Chapin House, a Queen Anne home at 1007 Riverside Drive (right side of photo 17) was relocated to this site in 1912 and is estimated to have been built in 1890. It pre-dates the Shetterly Place plat (3rd plat addition, 1891) in which it is located. However, no homes appear to have been built in that addition, which
is between Golden and Leland Avenues, prior to the plat of Portage Park Subdivision to the north (extending to Angela Boulevard) in 1902. The oldest house on its original foundation is located at 1215 Riverside Drive (right side of photo 03). It was built by the Portage Land Company in 1902 after their plat of Portage Park in the same year. The house is built in the American Foursquare form with elements of the Queen Anne style.
While one house was built after the period of significance (1245 Woodward Avenue, 1966), the last contributing house built in the district was constructed in 1942 at 1001 Hudson Avenue (right side of photo 02). It was designed in a contemporary form of the American Foursquare plan. Only the house built in 1966, and its garage, are considered non-contributing resources in
the district. The house at 1037 Riverside Drive is the minimum threshold for contributing status. It has modern alterations, specifically to an enclosed porch, but retains its historic side-gabled gambrel-roofed form. Note that streets and lots are not laid out to cardinal points on a compass. Streets are laid out
northwest/southeast and northeast/southwest. Houses on Riverside Drive and Woodward Avenue face northeast and southwest while the short side streets face southeast and northwest. For descriptions in this nomination, northeast is called east, southwest is called west, etc.
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A complete list of resources follows:
Hudson Avenue, north side going east 1105 Hudson Ave. Potts House, Colonial Revival, c. 1920. Contributing. Garage, c. 1920.
Contributing.
1041 Hudson Ave. Moore House, Queen Anne, c. 1910. Contributing. 1037 Hudson Ave. Hogan House, Gable-front Bungalow, c. 1915. Contributing.
1033 Hudson Ave. Margurette House, Queen Anne, c. 1910. Contributing. Garage: c. 1920. Contributing. Left side of photo 01 1029 Hudson Ave. Poehlman House, Queen Anne, c. 1915. Contributing.
Right side of photo 01
1025 Hudson Ave. Carroll House, Dormer-front Bungalow/Craftsman, 1917. Contributing. 1021 Hudson Ave. Campbell House, Colonial Revival, 1921. Contributing.
1015 Hudson Ave. Baker House, Dormer-front Bungalow, 1914. Contributing. 1007 Hudson Ave. McInery House, Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing. N. Roy Schambleau, architect. Left side of photo 02
The two-and-a-half story, side-gabled brick house features 6/6 wood windows with stone sills
and flat, brick arches. The windows have two-panel shutters. A nicely detailed entablature is at the top of the second story with cyma and Greek key moldings and a cornice supported by rows of corbels. These form cornice returns on the side gabled walls. The roof is covered with slate tiles. The west wall features a tall chimney flanked by attic windows. The east wall features a
one-story sunporch with brick pilasters, a tall frieze band, and a solid balustrade for a second-
floor balcony. The front façade features four bays of 6/6 windows that flank the entry. The entry is composed of a very robust surround featuring fluted pilasters that carry a nicely detailed segmental arched
pediment. The pediment features cornice returns resting on the pilasters and rows of corbels. An
urn with branches in low relief is carved into the tympanum of the pediment. Rising from the arched top of the pediment is a small wood window divided into six lites with a shaped surround.
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The home was constructed in 1923 for Mary Calbeck but sold later that year to the Robert
McInery family. In 1930, the household included Robert McInery, his brother, John McInery,
and their sister, Mary McInery. The McInerys’ father, Matthew, was born in Ireland, and their mother, Mary, was born in England. The siblings were born in Indiana. The McInerys owned a wholesale and retail cigar manufactory and store known as the McInery & Hans Cigar Company.
1001 Hudson Ave. Caulty House, American Foursquare, 1942. Contributing.
Right side of photo 02
Hudson Avenue, south side going east
1016 Hudson Ave. Haslinger House, Western Bungalow, 1916. Contributing.
1010 Hudson Ave. Shock House, Gable-front Bungalow, 1914. Contributing.
Yukon Avenue, north side
1013 Yukon Ave. Collins House, American Foursquare, 1918. Contributing
Vassar Avenue, north side
909 Vassar Ave. Side-gabled Bungalow, 1917. Contributing. Garage: c. 1920. Contributing. Left side of photo 08
Golden Avenue, north side
811 Golden Ave. Keller House, Free Classic, 1911. Contributing.
Golden Avenue, south side heading east
812 Golden Ave. Hurkett House, American Foursquare, 1911. Contributing. 808 Golden Ave. Miller House, California Bungalow, 1915. Contributing.
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Riverside Drive, west side heading north
(note the first two houses face due east on what turns into Leland Avenue)
1003 Riverside Drive. Millhouse House, Queen Anne, 1906. Contributing. Garage: 1906. Contributing. Left side of photo 17
1007 Riverside Drive. Chapin-Twomey House, Queen Anne, 1890/1912. Contributing. Local
Landmark. Right side of photo 17 The two-and-a-half story house features clapboards on its first story and patterned, wood shingles on its second story and in its steeply pitched gables. The house has 12/1 wood windows with simple trim boards. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles. A prominent cream-colored
brick chimney rises from the center of the roof. A lower cross-gabled section is on the south side
of the house. It features a three-sided projecting bay with cutaway corners. The bay has 12/1 windows; the top of the bay has a gable with small 1/1 attic window. The front façade is mostly composed of a wide, front-gabled section with a wood porch that
wraps around the north façade of the house. The porch features chamfered square posts and a
balustrade of square pickets. The front wall of the porch features segmental arched panels with piercings between the posts. The entry to the porch is in the south end of the front façade and is marked by a small gable in the porch roof. The entry is recessed in the porch’s back wall and features tall, turned spindles that enclose its south wall. The wood entry door has multiple panels
with a short window in the top of the door. Two 12/1 windows are north of the recessed entry.
The second story features two 12/1 windows. The front gable features a small 1/1 window. This house was constructed about 1890 by Edward Chapin, son of Horatio Chapin, in the west part of Chapin Place on land he inherited from his father. The Chapins referred to their home as
“the Oaks”. It was moved to this location in 1912 by Edward and Deborah Twomey. Edward
Twomey managed the Equitable Life Insurance Company agency in South Bend. Edward died in 1917; his wife continued to live in the house after his death. Light Post. Contributing (object) (opposite side of street)
1017 Riverside Drive. Handley House, American Foursquare, 1904. Contributing. Garage: 1904. Contributing. Left side of photo 16 1019 Riverside Drive. Chalfant House, American Foursquare, 1907. Contributing.
Second from right side of photo 16
1021 Riverside Drive. Keller House, Free Classic, 1907. Contributing. 1025 Riverside Drive. Shanafelt House, American Foursquare, 1912. Contributing.
Light Post. Contributing (object) (opposite side of street)
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1029 Riverside Drive. Brickell House, American Foursquare, 1911. Contributing.
1033 Riverside Drive. Bartley House, Bungalow, 1920. Contributing. Left side of photo 14 1035 Riverside Drive. Campbell House, American Foursquare, 1909. Contributing.
Middle left in photo 14
1037 Riverside Drive. Francis House, Dutch Colonial Revival/Shingle Style, 1907. Contributing. Middle-right in photo 14 The two-story house features clapboards on the first story and patterned, wood shingle work in
the gables. The house has 6/6 wood windows. The side-gabled, gambrel roof is covered with
asphalt shingles and features a wide, gabled dormer with two 6/6 windows centered in the façade. The gambrel’s gables are steeply-pitched and feature attic windows centered in the top of the gables.
The front façade features an enclosed porch on the east half of the first story and open porch in
the west half. A wood post supports the shed porch roof’s northwest corner. A wood entry door is in the east half of the open porch’s back wall. A narrow window is west of the door. The enclosed porch features a pair of casement windows centered in its front wall and a stone chimney on its northeast corner. This is a late 20th century modification to the enclosed porch.
The house was constructed in 1907 for the Charles and Helen Francis family. Charles Francis was a salesman for the National Grocery Company. They had one child, a daughter named Catherine, who lived in the household into the 1930s. Charles died in 1949, after which Helen remained in the house for two years before she began renting it to other families.
1041 Riverside Drive. Keller House, Queen Anne, 1908. Contributing. Garage: 1908. Contributing. Left side of photo 15; right side of photo 14 1043 Riverside Drive. Jain-Culver-Switzer House, Queen Anne, 1908. Contributing. Fred Keller,
builder. Second from left side of photo 15
The two-story house has a foundation composed of molded, rusticated concrete block and walls that are covered with wood shingles. The house has a water table board at the bottom of the first story and trim board at the top of the first story. The walls at the bottom of the second story flare out slightly and a trim board is at the top of the second story. The house has 1/1 wood windows
with simple hoods. The steeply pitched hipped roof features flared eaves and lower cross gables
with eave returns. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles. The front façade features a full-width porch with a low-pitched hipped roof. The porch has square columns covered with wood shingles that support the roof and a solid balustrade covered
with shingles. A projecting section with lower cross gable is in the west half of the façade. It features a wood entry door and side-lites on the first story and a 1/1 window in the second story. A 1/1 attic window is in the cross-gable wall. A wide three-sided projecting bay with cutaway
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corners is centered in the first story east of the projecting section. The bay features large 1/1 windows. A 1/1 window is in the second story east of the projecting section.
The house was constructed by Fred Keller, partner in the firm of Whitcomb & Keller, South Bend real estate developers. Indicative of rental properties, those who lived in the home changed several times even after it was first constructed. Ferdinand Jain lived in the house for a few years between about 1910 and 1915. It was eventually sold to George and Pearl (Culver) Switzer. In
1920, E. E. Culver and his wife, Nellie Culver and their daughter, Maxine Culver, were part of
the household that included his son-in-law, George Switzer and daughter Pearl (Switzer) Culver. E. E. Culver was a truck driver for an oil company while both Switzers worked for the Oliver Plow Works Company.
Light Post. Contributing (object) (opposite side of street)
1045 Riverside Drive. Pool House, Queen Anne, 1909. Contributing. Garage: 1909. Contributing. Second from right side of photo 15
1049 Riverside Drive. Huffman House, Queen Anne, 1909. Contributing. Garage: 1909.
Contributing. Right side of photo 15 1055 Riverside Drive. Wellington House, Craftsman, 1926. Contributing. Garage: 1926. Contributing. Photo 13
The two-and-a-half story brick house is one of the largest homes in the district. The house blends
features of several styles including Colonial Revival, Prairie, and Craftsman, but generally is categorized as a Craftsman home. The house has 6/1 and 8/1 wood windows with stone sills. The hipped roof features wide, stuccoed dormers with hipped roofs on each façade. The dormers have rows of small 6/1 wood windows. The roof is covered with red-colored clay tiles.
The front façade is symmetrical with a wide, recessed entry centered on the façade. The entry is recessed below a wide, flattened stone arch with key. The entry has paneled jambs, a wood door with side-lites, and transom. To each side of the entry are a pair of French doors flanked by casement windows. A brick hood composed of a soldier course trimmed by rowlocks extends
across the assembly of French doors and casements. An iron balustrade fronts these assemblies.
The second story features an 8/1 window centered on the façade. It is flanked by brick panels composed of herringbone coursing enframed by rowlocks with square stones in each corner. An 8/1 window flanked by 6/1 windows is in the east and west ends of the second story façade. The front dormer features a row of four small 6/1 windows.
The 1930 census shows the household composed of Frederick and Katherine Wellington with their sons, Frederick and Robert Wellington, and Frederick’s widowed father, Frank Wellington. Frederick Wellington was the treasurer of the South Bend Watch Company. The company was a large manufacturer of pocket watches that opened in the city in 1903. It was a victim of the 1929
Stock Market Crash; it closed in hopes of reopening, but never did.
1059 Riverside Drive. Rohrer House, Dormer-front Bungalow, 1914. Contributing.
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Light Post. Contributing (object) (opposite side of street)
1061 Riverside Drive. Shetterly House, Queen Anne, 1908. Contributing. Garage: 1908. The house was built as a rental property by J. Shetterly and Fred Keller. Contributing. 1067 Riverside Drive. Jones House, American Foursquare, 1911. Contributing. Garage: 1911.
Contributing.
Light Post. Contributing (object) (same side of street) 1069 Riverside Drive. Hughes House, American Foursquare, 1910. Contributing. Garage: 1910.
Contributing. Second from right side of photo 12
1071 Riverside Drive. Lippman House, American Foursquare, 1911. Contributing. Garage: 1911. Contributing. Right side of photo 12
1075 Riverside Drive. Miller House, Free Classic/Colonial Revival, 1909. Contributing.
Right side of photo 10 Light Post. Contributing (object) (same side of street)
Light Post. Contributing (object) (opposite side of street)
1077 Riverside Drive. Keller House, Colonial Revival, 1925. Contributing. Whitcomb & Keller, architects. Left side of photo 11 The two-story, side-gabled house faces Golden Avenue to the east with its side-gable and a one-
story sunporch facing Riverside Drive to the north. The house has a brick foundation and its
walls are covered with wood shakes. The house has 8/1 wood windows with simple trim boards and two-panel wood shutters. The roof is covered with large diamond-patterned asphalt shingles. The front (Golden Avenue) façade is symmetrical with a brick porch and wood entry door
centered on the façade. The porch is sheltered by a small gabled roof supported by pairs of
brackets. The roof has an arched ceiling. Rows of three 6/1 windows flanked the entry on the first story. Three 8/1 windows are in the second story. The north (Riverside) façade features a one-story sunporch, enclosed with screens, with pairs of square columns on each corner. A brick chimney is centered on the façade and is flanked by 8/1 windows in the second story. The gable
features cornice returns and small quarter-arched wood windows that flank the chimney.
The home was constructed in 1925 for sisters, Harriett and Dora Keller, by their brother Fred Keller. Fred Keller was a partner in the South Bend real estate and homebuilding company, Whitcomb & Keller.
1081 Riverside Drive. Newland House, American Foursquare/Prairie Style, 1920. Contributing. Garage: 1920. Contributing. Second from left side of photo 11
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1083 Riverside Drive. Lindahl House, American Foursquare, 1912. Contributing. Garage: 1912.
Contributing.
Light Post. Contributing (object) (opposite side of street) 1091 Riverside Drive. Talcott-Jackson House, Prairie Style, 1909. Contributing. Garage: 1909.
Contributing. Left side of photo 09
The two story house features clapboards on the first story and the second story features clapboards to a wood sill course and stucco to the eaves. The house has 6/1 Prairie Style wood windows with simple trim boards. The low-pitched hipped roof is covered with asphalt shingles. A wide plaster chimney rises from near the center of the roof.
The front façade features a broad, forward projecting section and narrower section that projects to the east at the back of a concrete terrace on the east end of the façade. The entry, composed of a wide wood door with a small window in the top, is located at the back of the terrace. The terrace wall is composed of wood boards with horizontal banding. This design is used to create
the base of a projecting, one-story sunporch on the front-projecting section of the façade. The
sunporch is enclosed with rows of 1/1 wood windows fronted by storm windows divided into twelve lites. The sunporch has a flat roof that cantilevers out on each side and continues to the south forming a horizontal band at the top of the first story. It extends over the entry door, then steps down (where it is supported by a carved wood bracket) then continues onto the east façade.
The second story features pairs of 6/1 Prairie Style wood windows in each corner, wrapping
around to the east and west façades. A small bay projects out from the inside corner in the second story above the entry. It is enclosed with narrow windows. The house was constructed in 1909 for the Thaddeus M. Talcott, Jr. family. Thaddeus and his
wife, Maude, had a servant living in the house during the 1920 census named Clara Kronewitter.
Talcott was a prominent city attorney and United States Commissioner for the Northern District of Indiana. The house was sold in 1927 to Claude J. Jackson, head of South Bend’s Union Trust Company Bank and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad.
1093 Riverside Drive. Wirick House, American Foursquare/Prairie Style, 1909. Contributing.
Second from left side of photo 09 1095 Riverside Drive. Prairie Style, 1910. Contributing. Ernest W. Young, architect.
1097 Riverside Drive. Schweitzer House, Queen Anne, 1906. Contributing.
Light Post. Contributing (object) (opposite side of street) Stone Gateway. Contributing (structure) (opposite side of street)
1101 Riverside Drive. Cimmerman House, Colonial Revival, 1908/1925. Contributing. Garage: 1908. Contributing. Photo 08
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Stone Gateway. Contributing (structure) (opposite side of street)
1111 Riverside Drive. Bleuler House, Prairie Style, 1913. Contributing. Garage: 1913. Contributing. Right side of photo 06 and 08 1115 Riverside Drive. Landon House, Colonial Revival, 1921. Contributing. Garage: 1921.
Contributing. Left side of photo 05
Light Post. Contributing (object) (opposite side of street) 1121 Riverside Drive. Crumpacker House, Colonial Revival, 1926. Contributing. Garage: 1926.
Contributing. Ernest W. Young, architect. Right side of photo 05
The two-story, side-gabled house has walls composed of tan-colored brick. The house has 8/8 wood windows with brick sills and lintels and three-panel shutters. The steeply-pitched roof features cornice returns on its side gables and is covered with slate tiles. The sides feature wide in-wall chimneys centered on the gables. These are flanked by quarter-round fan-lite windows in
the attic.
The symmetrical façade features bays of 8/8 windows that flank a wide entry composed of a six-panel wood door and side-lites divided into four lites. The entry features a nicely-detailed surround composed of fluted pilasters that support a broken, swan-neck pediment. An urn base is
centered int the broken pediment. A pair of small windows divided into six panes is centered in
the second story. The house was designed by South Bend architect, Ernest Young, and built in 1926 for the Shepherd J. Crumpacker family. Crumpacker was a graduate of Northwestern University Law
School and became a congressman from South Bend. Crumpacker was an attorney with the law
firm of Parker, Crabill, Crumpacker, and May. His wife, Grace Dauchy, was a native of Iowa. They had three children: Harold, Kathryn, and Shepherd, Jr. 1129 Riverside Drive. Abbot House, Craftsman, 1910. Contributing. Garage: 1910. Contributing.
Far left side of photo 03
Light Post. Contributing (object) (opposite side of street) 1201 Riverside Drive. H. G. Miller House, Colonial Revival, 1904. Contributing. Garage: 1904.
Contributing. W. W. Schneider, architect. Left side of photo 04
The two-and-a-half story house features a brick foundation, and its walls are covered with wood shakes. The house has 1/1 wood windows with simple hoods. The hipped roof has flared eaves supported by pairs of modillions. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles. The house has unusual dormers on each facade, perhaps influenced by the Prairie Style. The dormers are
composed of two-sided projecting sections covered by a hipped roof. Each side of the projecting
section features a window divided into six lites. A wide window divided into twelve lites is
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between the dormers on the front facade. These dormers flank a tall chimney on the east (Yukon Avenue) façade.
The front façade has a wide wood entry door centered on the first story. The entry features a surround composed of Doric columns that support a pediment. A three-sided projecting bay with cutaway corners is west of the entry on the first story. It has 1/1 windows in each wall and a hipped roof. A wide 1/1 window is east of the entry; a storm window divided into four lites
fronts the window. The second story features pairs of 1/1 windows that flank a small, full-round
arched window centered on the façade. The small window features a bottom sash divided into four lites and a top sash divided into lancets. The window has a wood surround and key. One of the partners in the Portage Land Company who developed Portage Park subdivision was
Horace Greeley Miller. Miller commissioned South Bend architect W. W. Schneider to design a
home for him and his wife, Annabelle, in the development. Miller had served as South Bend’s postmaster from 1898 through 1906 and was a partner in a grocery business named Miller & Campbell. Miller worked for a period of time as a salesman for Studebaker Wagon Company before establishing the Miller-Knoblock Electrical Manufacturing Company in 1892.1
1207 Riverside Drive. Manning House, Craftsman, 1906. Contributing. Garage: 1906. Contributing. Right side of photo 04 1215 Riverside Drive. Augustine House, American Foursquare, 1902. Contributing.
Right side of photo 03
The two-story house has a block foundation and clapboards on its walls. The wood windows are 1/1 with simple hoods and shutters. The pyramidal roof has flared eaves and is covered with asphalt shingles. The bottom of the second story flares out slightly and a tall trim board is at the top of the second story walls. The façade features a full-width porch with wood posts and
balustrade. A group of three windows is in the north side of the porch’s back wall; the middle
window is wider than the flanking windows. A wood entry door is in the south end of the porch’s back wall. The second story features two windows and a dormer with wood shingles and a pair of 1/1 wood windows is centered in the attic.
The house was the first constructed in the district, and the first in the Portage Park development
by the Portage Land Company. The house was originally built and rented, then it was sold to Burr Augustine in 1908. Augustine was the owner of a wholesale lumber company. He died in 1945 and his wife, who continued to live at the home, died in 1945.
Light Post. Contributing (object) (opposite side of street)
1 “Horace Greeley Miller is Summoned by Death” South Bend Tribune. 08 March 1927. Pg. 2, col. 5
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Woodward Avenue, east side heading south
1274 Woodward Ave. Bolton House, American Foursquare, 1923. Contributing. Left side of photo 27 1270 Woodward Ave. American Foursquare, c. 1915. Contributing.
Second from left side of photo 27
1266 Woodward Ave. Rutherfold House, Dormer-front Bungalow, c. 1920. Contributing. Third from left side of photo 27
1262 Woodward Ave. Taube House, American Foursquare, 1922. Contributing. Garage: 1922.
Contributing. 1260 Woodward Ave. Frace House, Dutch Colonial Revival, c. 1925. Contributing. The two-story, side-gabled house has a brick foundation and clapboards. The wood windows are
6/1 and feature non-historic wood shutters. The house has a gambrel roof and is covered with
asphalt shingles. The front façade has a brick porch on its east half. The porch has square corner columns and a rows of 1/1 windows that enclose its front and east walls. A wood porch door and side-lites enclose the west wall. The porch has a low-pitched hipped roof. A pair of 6/6 windows is in the first story west of the porch. The second story features a wide dormer with shed roof.
The dormer has two 6/1 windows.
Don and Glendor Frace lived in the home during the 1920s through 1930s. Don’s mother, Julia Frace, lived with the couple in the household in 1930. The Fraces taught in the public schools. Don Frace is listed as a professor, while his wife, Glendor, is listed as a teacher in the 1930
census.
1256 Woodward Ave. Dunbar House, Dormer-front Bungalow, c. 1920. Contributing. Left side of photo 28
1252 Woodward Ave. Gibson House, Dormer-front Bungalow/Craftsman, c. 1920. Garage: c.
1920. Contributing. Whitcomb & Keller, builders. Right side of photo 28 The one-and-a-half story, side-gabled house has a brick foundation, and its walls are covered with aluminum siding. The house has 6/1 wood windows and brackets that support the eaves.
The roof is covered with asphalt shingles.
The front façade has a wide porch with a gabled roof. The lower half of the porch walls are covered with metal siding. Groups of three short posts rise from the corners to carry the roof. The porch wall openings are shaped with arched corners. These are carried on the back wall by
wood corbels. The porch gable also features brackets that carry the eaves. The west half of the
porch’s back wall features a wood door with a full window divided into multiple lites. It is flanked by short side-lites divided into eight lites. The east half of the porch’s back wall features
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a 6/1 wood window. The second story has a wide dormer with a shed roof. The dormer’s walls are covered with metal siding and the front wall features three 6/1 windows.
David and Lyda Gibson rented this house from the 1920s through the 1940s. Gibson was a real estate agent, having previously lived in Marshall County. He lived at the Cactus Club in South Bend in 1920. David and Lyda (Mack) were married in 1924 and moved into the home. After David’s death in 1947, Lyda moved from the home. His cousin, Carrie Boggs was part of his and
Lyda’s household in the 1930s
1246 Woodward Ave. Dimock House, Bungalow, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915. Contributing.
1242 Woodward Ave. Gable-front/Free Classic, c. 1915. Contributing.
1236 Woodward Ave. Pearson House, American Foursquare, 1913. Contributing. Left side of photo 25
1232 Woodward Ave. Voight House, American Foursquare, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage: c.
1915. Contributing. 1228 Woodward Ave. Prairie Style/American Foursquare, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915. Contributing.
1222 Woodward Ave. Griffith House, Craftsman/American Foursquare, c. 1910. Contributing. Garage: c. 1910. Contributing. Left side of photo 29 1218 Woodward Ave. Dolk House, Tudor Revival, c. 1920. Contributing.
Right side of photo 29
1214 Woodward Ave. Zimmer House, American Foursquare/Prairie Style, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915. Contributing. Photo 30 The two-story dark, brown-colored brick house has a low-pitched hipped roof covered with
asphalt shingles. The front façade has a porch on the east half of the first story. The porch
features large brick corner columns and a low-pitched hipped roof. A wood entry door is in the east end of the porch’s back wall. A group of three wood windows is west of the porch. A wide middle window, divided into twelve lites, is flanked by narrower 4/4 windows. The group of windows has a flower box and a lintel composed of soldier brick with a brick key. The second
story has a sill course composed of rowlocks and two 1/1 wood windows with non-historic
shutters. The home was owned by Jacob and Mayme (Hauck) Zimmer in 1930. They owned a local grocery store on Blaine Street named Zimmer Grocery. Their son, Frederick, and a stepson
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named William Hauck were also part of the household in 1930. Jacob Zimmer was a native of Marshall County. The couple married in 1927 and remained at the home until he died in 1960.2
1206 Woodward Ave. American Foursquare, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage, c. 1915. Contributing. 1204 Woodward Ave. Harder House, Free Classic, c. 1910. Contributing.
1202 Woodward Ave. Cunningham House, California Bungalow, c. 1915. Contributing. Second from left side of photo 31 1132 Woodward Ave. Prairie Style, c. 1915. Contributing.
Left side of photo 31
1128 Woodward Ave. Bungalow, 1910. Contributing. Garage: 1910. Contributing. 1122-24 Woodward Ave. Free Classic, c. 1910. Contributing. Garage: c. 1910. Contributing.
1118 Woodward Ave. Queen Anne, 1901. Contributing. Garage: 1901. Contributing. 1114 Woodward Ave. Dutch Colonial Revival, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915. Contributing.
1110 Woodward Ave. McMichail House, American Foursquare, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915. Contributing. Photo 32 The two-story house has an auburn-colored glazed brick foundation, porch walls, and chimney, and clapboards on the first story. The second story features clapboards to a trim board that
functions as a beltcourse, or sill course, above which is stuccoed. The house has 1/1 wood windows with simple hoods on the first story, and trim boards on the second story. The steeply pitched hipped roof has flared eaves and the soffits are stuccoed. Notable features on the west side of the house include a tall chimney near the front of the house and a wide, projecting bay supported by brackets. The bay is stuccoed and encloses the staircase landing with pairs of
windows at the mid-level and a pair of small windows divided into multiple panes at the top of the bay. The front façade features a full-width porch with brick walls and square corner columns that support the porch’s hipped roof. Two brick piers form an entry off-set to the west side of the
porch’s front wall. The walls, piers, and columns are capped with stone. A wood entry door is off centered to the west in the back wall of the porch. A wood window is west of the door. The east half of the porch’s back wall has a group of three narrow wood windows. The second story features two 1/1 wood windows. A large dormer with a hipped roof featuring flared eaves is centered on the façade. The dormer walls are stuccoed and a pair of small wood windows
divided into multiple lites is in the dormer’s front wall.
2 “Jacob F. E. Zimmer” Obituary. South Bend Tribune. 27 July 1960. Pg. 3, col. 3
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The house was owned by the Guy Henry and Edith McMichail family in 1920. The household
included a son, Guy Henry, Jr. and daughter, Helen McMichail, and Edith’s mother, Sarah
Warrell. Guy Henry McMichail was the secretary of South Bend Citizens Bank in 1920. He remained prominent in South Bend’s banking and insurance circles until his death in 1942. 1106 Woodward Ave. American Foursquare, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915.
Contributing.
1104 Woodward Ave. American Foursquare, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915. Contributing. Second from right side of photo 19
1102 Woodward Ave. American Foursquare, c. 1915. Contributing.
Right side of photo 19 Woodward Avenue, west side heading south
1273 Woodward Ave. Pyle House, Craftsman, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923. Contributing. Right side of photo 26 1269 Woodward Ave. Kuehne House, Dormer-front Bungalow, 1923. Contributing. Garage:
1923. Contributing. Middle of photo 26
1265 Woodward Ave. Humphrey House, Colonial Revival, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923. Contributing. Left side of photo 26
1261 Woodward Ave. Wentzell House, Craftsman, 1920. Contributing. Garage: 1920.
Contributing. 1257 Woodward Ave. Dormer-front Bungalow, 1920. Contributing.
1253 Woodward Ave. Gilbert House, Bungalow, 1923. Contributing. Garage: 1923.
Contributing. 1249 Woodward Ave. American Foursquare, 1926. Contributing. Garage: 1926. Contributing.
1245 Woodward Ave. Ranch, 1966. Non-contributing. Garage: 1966. Non-contributing.
1237 Woodward Ave. Staples House, American Foursquare, 1918. Contributing. Garage: 1918. Contributing.
1233 Woodward Ave. Goes House, Free Classic, c. 1910. Contributing. Garage: c. 1910.
Contributing.
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1229 Woodward Ave. Taggart House, Craftsman/Neo-Colonial (later porch), 1916/1960.
Contributing.
1225 Woodward Ave. Osbourne House, Tudor Revival, 1924. Contributing. Photo 24 The one-and-a-half story house has walls composed of brown-colored brick with tapered corners
on the first story. The house has wood casement windows divided into eight panes. The windows
have stone sills. The hipped roof has clipped side-gables and flared eaves on the front façade. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles and features an octagonal brick chimney near the center of the roof.
The first story has a two-story section in its east half. It has a pair of casements in its first story
and a row of three casements in its second story. The two-story section has a hipped roof. A projecting entry bay with a gabled roof is off-centered to the east on the façade. The bay has a wood entry door with a full-round arched panel filled with clay tiles. The entry is trimmed with brick rowlocks. A soldier course forms a belt course across the bay, extending over the entry
door. The west half of the façade features a row of four casement windows divided into ten lites
in the first story. A small dormer with a hipped roof and window divided into eight lites is in the west half of the façade. The house belonged to the Ralph and Bertha (Schumacher) Osbourne family in 1930. Osbourne
was a realtor in the city, and owned Ralph C. Osbourne Realty Company, as well as the district
appraiser for Home Owner’s Loan Corporation. 1223 Woodward Ave. Addison House, American Foursquare, 1912. Contributing. Garage: 1912. Contributing. Left side of photo 23
The two-story house has a brick foundation and porch. The walls are covered with vinyl siding.
The house has 6/1 wood windows. The hipped roof is covered with asphalt shingles. The front façade features a full-width porch composed of brick walls and square columns capped by stone. The brick columns feature stone trim at the top. The porch walls are enclosed with rows of 1/1 wood windows with storm windows divided into twelve lites. The porch roof is hipped. The
entry to the enclosed porch is on its east side. The second story features two pairs of 6/1 wood
windows with non-historic shutters. A dormer with a hipped roof is centered on the façade. It has a pair of short wood windows divided into several small square lites in its front wall. The house belonged to the Edwin and Louise Addison family in 1920. The household included
two daughters, Margarita and Aileen, and a son, Edwin, Jr. The father was a division manager
for the Studebaker Corporation. By 1930, the couple had moved to Wilson Boulevard. 1215 Woodward Ave. Arnold House, Queen Anne Cottage, 1900. Contributing. Garage: 1900. Contributing.
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1209 Woodward Ave. Fodor House, Bungalow, 1907. Contributing. Garage: 1907. Contributing.
Right side of photo 22
The one-story bungalow’s walls and round porch columns covered with stucco. The front façade has a full-width porch with three piers that carry wide, round columns carrying the front part of the home’s low-pitched hipped roof. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles. A short dormer with a hipped roof is centered in the front façade. Its walls are also stuccoed and it features a
short wood window in its front wall. The back wall of the porch has a wood door in its east end.
The west half of the back wall is dominated by a row of four wood windows. The middle two are 16/1 and the outer two are 12/1. In 1920, this house was owned by the Julius and Susan Fodor family that also consisted of two
sons, Byron and Oscar. The parents had immigrated from Hungary to the United States, but the
dates were unknown in the 1920 census. Julius Fodor was employed as a dentist. The family moved to Williams Street by 1930. 1205 Woodward Ave. Craftsman, 1915. Contributing.
Middle of photo 22
1201 Woodward Ave. Weikler House, Bungalow, 1915. Contributing. Left side of photo 22
1135 Woodward Ave. Queen Anne, c. 1910. Contributing. Garage: c. 1910. Contributing.
Right side of photo 21 1131 Woodward Ave. American Foursquare, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915. Contributing. Middle of photo 21
1127 Woodward Ave. Queen Anne/Foursquare, c. 1910. Contributing. Garage: c. 1910. Contributing. Left side of photo 21; far right side of photo 20 1121 Woodward Ave. Geyer House, Queen Anne/Foursquare, c. 1910. Contributing. Garage: c.
1910. Contributing. Right side of photo 20
The two-story house has a foundation and porch piers composed of rusticated molded concrete block. The walls are covered with clapboards. The house has a hipped roof covered with asphalt shingles. The roof features lower cross gables with eave returns. The front façade has a wide porch with three block piers that support wood posts. The porch has a low-pitched hipped roof. A
wood entry door with a window in the top half is in the west half of the porch’s back wall. A 1/1
wood window is west of the door. A wide 1/1 wood window is in the east half of the porch’s back wall. The second story features a gable in its east half. A 1/1 window is centered in this gable wall that extends from the second story. The west half features a dormer with a hipped roof. A 1/1 window is centered in the dormer’s front wall that extends up from the second story.
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The house belonged to the Benjamin and Anna Geyer family in 1920. They had a daughter
named Meredith, and two female roomers who were living with the family in 1920. Benjamin
Geyer was employed as a railroad clerk while Anna was employed as a seamstress. Geyer descends from the German immigrant family that settled in the area of St. Joseph County in what would become Potato Creek State Park, where his parents and grandparents are buried.
1117 Woodward Ave. Dutch Colonial Revival, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915.
Contributing. Left side of photo 20 1113 Woodward Ave. American Foursquare, c. 1915. Contributing. Garage: c. 1915. Contributing.
1109 Woodward Ave. Free Classic/Foursquare, c. 1910. Contributing. Garage: c. 1910. Contributing. 1101 Woodward Ave. Queen Anne, c. 1910. Contributing.
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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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Areas of Significance
(Enter categories from instructions.) ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ___________________
___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
Period of Significance 1902-1942 ___________________ ___________________
Significant Dates ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
Significant Person (last name, first name) (Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.) ___________________ ___________________
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Cultural Affiliation ___________________ ___________________
___________________ Architect/Builder (last name, first name) Whitcomb & Keller Young, Ernest W.
Schneider, W. W. Schambleau, N. Roy
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Period of Significance (justification)
The period of significance begins in 1902 when the Portage Park subdivision was platted by the Portage Land Company, which also constructed its first house at 1215 Riverside Drive in the same year (right side of photo 03). The period of significance ends in 1942 when the Caulty House, a mid-century interpretation of a Foursquare home, was built at 1001 Hudson Avenue
(right side of photo 02). Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary)
N/A Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (Provide a summary paragraph that includes level of significance, applicable criteria, justification for the period of significance, and any
applicable criteria considerations.)
The Woodward-Riverside 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 Queen
Anne 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 northwest side was the result of the Portage Park plat in 1902. This followed a much earlier, smaller section platted in 1891. While relatively small in scale, the Portage Park plat took advantage of its nearness to the Saint Joseph River for views, and connectivity to downtown along Portage Avenue, between
which the plat was created. Of note was the adoption and development of one of its primary
thoroughfares, Riverside Drive, and Shetterly Park which lies between Riverside and the St. Joseph River, into South Bend’s park and boulevard plan. These, and what would become Brownfield Park were part of the plan recommendations by landscape architect George Kessler in 1912. 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 Woodward-Riverside Historic District’s main plat, Portage Park Subdivision, was recorded in 1902 with residential lots marketed for suburban living outside of South Bend’s more urban core of the 19th century. Therefore, the district qualifies
under the sub-type of the MPDF: Early Automobile Suburbs: 1908 to 1945.
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______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Statement of Significance (Provide at least one paragraph for each area of
significance.) ARCHITECTURE The Woodward-Riverside Historic District is composed of a concentration of early 20th century
homes on South Bend’s near northwest side, lining the St. Joseph River. These homes were
mostly constructed between 1902 and 1926 with more than half in some version of the American Foursquare form. Some of these homes may exhibit features of Colonial Revival, Prairie Style, Craftsman, or have features of styles that were more popular at the end of the 19th century, such as Queen Anne and Free Classic design. The following narratives on styles are in order of how
they emerged in popularity in the district.
There are fairly pure forms of the Queen Anne style, which is represented by the oldest house in the district at 1007 Riverside Drive (right side of photo 17). The Chapin-Twomey House, built in 1890 and relocated to this site in 1912, conveys asymmetry and features patterned shingle work
on its second story and gables, a wrap-around porch, and lower cross gables. A few other homes
in the district are of the same scale and general composition such as the houses at 1101 Woodward (photo 18), 1029 Hudson (right side of photo 01), and 1061 Riverside. A more compact version of these asymmetrical Queen Anne homes is located at 1121 Woodward Avenue (right side of photo 20). The house seems to be built off the foursquare form but given a
prominent front gable and hipped roof dormer, giving it the same asymmetry of the larger
examples. A similar example is located at 1233 Woodward. A simple, gable-front house that conveys aspects of the Queen Anne style is located at 1041 Hudson Avenue. There are about a dozen examples of homes that could be categorized under the Queen Anne
style in the district, a few more that may be considered Free Classic, and combined equal about
twenty percent of the homes in the district. The Queen Anne style was popular between 1880 and 1910; it was named and popularized by a group of 19th century English architects led by Richard Norman Shaw. The historical precedents used had little to do with the Renaissance style popular during Queen Anne’s reign; rather they borrowed from late medieval examples of the preceding
Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Spindlework popularly used with the style and free classic subtypes are American interpretations and became the most dominant form of the style in the United States. Changes in taste and a rise in popularity of Colonial Revival led builders to simplify the Queen Anne style after the turn of the century.
The American Foursquare type was also popular during the early development of the district. Two stories tall, rectangular in plan, and typically crowned with a hipped roof, most builders incorporated Craftsman or Colonial Revival-styled porches 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”. Many examples of the American Foursquare were constructed in the district, almost half of all buildings, with some identifiable with Colonial
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Revival, Prairie Style, or Craftsman features. 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. This is certainly evident in the Woodward-Riverside district where about forty percent of the homes reflect the basic foursquare plan.
The most basic form of the American Foursquare is found at 1223 Woodward Avenue (1912, left
side of photo 23). The classic two-story box is fronted by a full-width brick porch and features a hipped roof with a small hipped-roof dormer centered in the front façade. The oldest example was built in 1902, just as Portage Park Subdivision was platted. It is located at 1215 Riverside Drive (right side of photo 03). It is of a larger scale than the house at 1223 Woodward and
exhibits some features that were popular with the Queen Anne style, such as flared eaves on the
roof and Doric columns on the porch. Several other examples of the foursquare form have features of the Prairie Style, such as the house at 1214 Woodward Avenue (photo 30). The dark brown colored brick house was built about 1915 with a low-pitched hipped roof with wide-overhanging eaves. The last contributing house in the district was constructed using the
foursquare form at 1001 Hudson Avenue in 1942 (right side of photo 02). The house has a
window design more contemporary to the 1940s and vertical plank siding on its second story. Another style with a significant presence in the district is representative of the trend in residential design away from historical style 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 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 side-gabled houses. Three large examples of Craftsman houses are found on Riverside Drive. The oldest was constructed in 1906 at 1207 Riverside (right side of photo 04). The two-story brick house has
exceptional detailing to its front porch and unusual attic dormers with pointed-arch windows. Another example is located at 1129 Riverside, built in 1910 (far left side of photo 03). The side-gabled, two-story house has a stucco and pebble finish on its walls and red clay tiles on its roof. The third example is located at 1055 Riverside Drive, built in 1926 (photo 13). The two-story brick house has a wide, recessed entry under a stone arch, enframed brick panels, and broad
dormers on each façade. The dormers are stuccoed, and the roof is covered with red clay tiles.
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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. The oldest example of the bungalow form is located at 1209 Woodward and was built in 1907 (right side of photo 22). The one-story house is unusual due to its stuccoed walls and large round columns on its porch. The columns support the extension of the hipped roof over the porch,
which features a short, hipped roof dormer. A good example of a bungalow that has Craftsman
features is located at 1252 Woodward, built about 1920 (right side of photo 28). The one-and-a-half-story, side-gabled house has a nicely detailed front porch with groups of three posts that support a gabled roof and shaped openings in the porch walls. The house has brackets under the eaves and a wide dormer with shed roof on the front façade.
The Prairie Style is represented by a relatively large number of examples in the district. 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 Woodward-Riverside district. South Bend’s local architects and builders quickly learned to emulate Prairie Style concepts, as seen in the district.
While several of the foursquare houses exhibit features of the Prairie Style, there are other larger examples of Prairie architecture in the district. A row of three good examples of the style, all built within a year of each other (1909-1910) are located at 1091, 1093, and 1095 Riverside Drive. The example at 1091 Riverside (photo 09) may be the largest example and features
multiple horizontal forms including its base composed of tall boards and battens, terrace, mid-
level pent roof, and wide-overhanging, low-pitched hipped roofs. The example at 1093 Riverside uses the foursquare form but adds horizontal banding to convey the style. The example at 1095 Riverside also uses the foursquare form, but its walls are stuccoed, and it features a one-story front porch with wide-overhanging hipped roof, matching the main roof, to convey its
horizontality. It was designed by South Bend architect Ernest W. Young.
The district has over a dozen examples of homes designed in the Colonial Revival style with most built during the early 1920s. Several of the district’s largest homes were built in this style and designed by local architects. 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
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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.
The oldest house in the district designed in this style was built in 1904 at 1201 Riverside Drive (left side of photo 04). It was designed by architect W. W. Schneider as a wide, two-story box with a hipped roof and unusual prowlike two-sided dormers. The house features walls covered
with wood shakes, a simple entry surround and a notable lancet window centered in the second
story. A similar-shaped brick house built in 1908 is located at 1101 Riverside and features a nicely detailed entry surround, but no dormers (photo 08). Two side-gabled brick houses featuring in-wall chimneys on each side gable and slate tiled roofs are located at 1007 Hudson Avenue (1923, left side of photo 02) and 1121 Riverside Drive (1926, right side of photo 05).
They were designed by architects N. Roy Schambleau and Ernest W. Young, respectively. The
house on Hudson Avenue has an impressive entry surround, evoking elements of the Beaux Arts style while the house on Riverside features a broken, swanneck pediment which is more typical of colonial architecture. More common among middle-class suburbs are simple two-story side-gabled homes like those found at 1105 Hudson Avenue and 1077 Riverside Drive (faces Golden
Avenue, left side of photo 11). These are more compact in form than the more robust examples
mentioned above. They feature a chimney and sunporch on one side and a simpler entry surround centered on the front façade. They were also built during the 1920s. 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 four of these. The house at 1037 Riverside is the oldest of the examples (middle-right in photo 14). It was built in 1907 and features a very wide, side-gabled gambrel roof with a wide gabled roof dormer centered on the front. The home’s gables are covered with wood shingles. A smaller
version of this design is located at 1117 Woodward (left side of photo 20). Across the street, at 1118 Woodward, is an example that reverses the gables. It has side-gabled walls and a gambrel-roofed dormer centered on its façade. Both of these were built about 1915. A compact example, and more typical of the Dutch Colonial style, is a house at 1260 Woodward that features a side-gabled gambrel roof and a wide dormer with a shed roof on the façade.
There are only two examples of the Tudor Revival style in the district at 1218 and 1225 Woodward Avenue. Both homes are notable and feature brick walls, multi-paned windows, and interesting entry treatments. The house at 1225 Woodward (1924, photo 24) has a projecting, gabled entry vestibule with an arched surround. The home’s roof has clipped gables. The house
at 1218 Woodward (right side of photo 29) was built c. 1920 and features a broad, projecting one-story vestibule with a gabled roof. The entry features a segmental arched opening, wood plank door, and a narrow brick panel slit centered in the gable wall. 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. The style was popular in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. Romantic ideals of European houses, though small in scale, are evident in these two homes.
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COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
The Woodward-Riverside Historic District is an example of early 20th century suburban planning that extended residential development outward from the older 19th century neighborhoods on South Bend’s near northwest and north sides. The development took advantage of the proximity it had to a main thoroughfare leading into the center of the downtown area, Portage Avenue to its
southwest, and to views of the St. Joseph River, to its northeast. This residential development
had the benefits of being near the river without the disadvantages of 19th century factories closer to the center of the city. The development also was the logical continuation of the 19th century Chapin Place neighborhood to its east, filled with middle and upper middleclass homes that also enjoyed the beauty of the river and a city park at its east end named Leeper Park. The
continuation of Riverside Drive and open space along the river, known as Shetterly Park (photos
06, 10), were part of South Bend’s park and boulevard development of the 1910s. The first development into the Woodward-Riverside Historic District was a portion of Shetterly’s Third Addition to the city. This was platted in 1891 but includes a larger tract of land (about 17
acres) that is now part of the Chapin Place Historic District. In the Woodward-Riverside Historic
District, the Shetterly plat occupies a long block from California Avenue/Leland Avenue, northwest on Riverside Drive to Golden Avenue. It is interesting to note that no homes were constructed in this plat until after 1902 when the Portage Park subdivision was platted, which composes the remaining part, and bulk of, the historic district.
Mrs. Christian Shetterly, Dr. Ryell T. & Annie P. Miller presented Shetterly’s Third Addition to the city of South Bend for approval in September 1891. The development included 134 lots and five streets, sixty feet wide, named Leland Avenue, California Avenue, Woodward Avenue, and De Maude Avenue. About four acres of the plat lined the river bluff and provisions were made
for it to be a park named Shetterly Park, the name given to the green space on the northeast side
of Riverside Drive.3 No homes were built in the district on these lots until 1904 when the house at 1017 Riverside Drive was built. Other homes soon followed. The Shetterly development designed Riverside Drive with houses facing the street on the high bluff overlooking the St. Joseph River, and no houses on the river side of the drive. This design allowed for street trees,
lighting, and a walkway that was continued when Portage Park subdivision was platted in 1902.
The Portage Land Company formed to develop property along Portage Avenue, an early route that led from the center of South Bend in a northwesterly direction. Their plat named Portage Park, was approved by the South Bend Common Council the first week of May 1902.4 By the
end of the month, an advertisement with the plat of the development was published in the South
Bend Tribune under the headline “Portage Park Lots for Sale.” Lots could be purchased on payments and inquiries were directed to developers J. A. Judie or Byron Miller who had offices on the grounds of the development.5 The developers constructed the first house in the district at
3 “Regular Council Meeting” South Bend Tribune. 29 Sept 1891. Pg. 5, col. 2
4 South Bend Tribune. 09 May 1902. Pg. 1 5 “Portage Park Lots for Sale” South Bend Tribune. 31 May 1902. Pg. 9
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1215 Riverside Drive, at the corner of Riverside and Hudson Avenue (right side of photo 03). The development continued the same scenic quality for Riverside Drive established in the
Shetterly plat, as well as Woodward Avenue, with additional crossing streets of Vassar, Yukon,
and Hudson Avenue. The Portage Park development stretched between Portage Avenue and Riverside Drive from Golden Avenue to Angela Boulevard, though that portion lining Portage Avenue southwest of Woodward Avenue is not part of this district.
A year after Portage Park was platted, a newspaper column written by the developer, Byron
Miller, cited the area’s proximity to the center of the city as an advantage of buying or building a house in the new development. It compared its proximity to other new residential developments being constructed in the city by suggesting that if a circle were drawn from the center of the city to the north extents of the Portage Park development, one would see that it was closer than some
of those being built west, south, and southeast of the center of the business district. The column
went on to state that the development was near a streetcar line, or if one wanted to walk, there were no bridges or railroad tracks to cross. The development was also elevated and away from the smoke of factories and with restrictions in place, no “shack” would be constructed near your own home.6
The following month, another column advertisement was placed noting that the Portage Park development was not south of the Grand Trunk Railroad (on the city’s south/east side), nor was it in the neighborhood of smoky factories or some distance from streetcar lines. The development was described as two blocks from Chapin Park, overlooking the beautiful St. Joseph River. The
development received graded streets, concrete sidewalks and curbs, and city sewers and water
during the construction period of 1903. The Portage Land Company stated that half of the available lots had already been purchased by this time.7 One of the earliest homes constructed in the district was built for H. G. Miller, then the
postmaster at South Bend, in 1904. It was announced in the South Bend Tribune that the home would be built in Portage Park and designed by South Bend architect W. W. Schneider. The house is described as a modern residence, two-stories, frame construction, with nine rooms and the interior finished in oak.8 The house is located at 1201 Riverside Drive (left side of photo 04) and is a nice example of Colonial Revival architecture with unusual prowlike dormers. While
this house seems to be the first that was architect-designed in the district, it was not the only one. Given the prominence of the district’s lots lining Riverside Drive, other South Bend architects were commissioned to design homes for leading families of the city. Ernest W. Young designed two homes, one in the Prairie Style in 1910 at 1095 Riverside Drive, and one in the Colonial
Revival style at 1121 Riverside Drive in 1926 (right side of photo 05). It seems the house at 1007 Hudson Avenue had a more prominent corner lot overlooking the river until the house was built in 1942 at 1001 Hudson Avenue (photo 02). The 1007 Hudson Avenue house is an impressive example of Colonial Revival architecture built in 1923 and designed by N. Roy Schambleau,
6 “Distance to be Considered” South Bend Tribune. 25 April 1903. Pg. 8, col. 4
7 “The Residence District” South Bend Tribune. 09 May 1903. Pg. 8, col. 4 8 “July Market Good” South Bend Tribune. 09 July 1904. Pg. 14, col. 2
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another prominent architect in the city (left side of photo 02). Prominent South Bend developers and designers, Whitcomb & Keller, were also engaged to design several homes in the district.
These include the house at 1077 Riverside Drive. The Colonial Revival house was built in 1925
(left side of photo 11). Part of the significance in the planning of Riverside Drive, Shetterly Park, and what would become Brownfield Park of the Woodward-Riverside Historic District relates to the effort the
city made in the early 1900s to establish a park and boulevard system. Provisions for Shetterly
Park were established when the Third Addition of Shetterly Place was platted in 1891. A continuance of the park and Riverside Drive were made in the Portage Park subdivision plat of 1902. Within a few years of that plat, a large parcel known as Lot A, owned by the Portage Land Company on the southwest corner of Angela Boulevard and Riverside Drive, was platted and a
half-acre site was given to the city. This parcel is seen on the 1911 plat of the city, but went
unnamed except that it was referenced as “ ‘A Park’ ” in newspaper articles, likely a reference to Lot A. That name was dropped during the 1920s when it was referred to as Angela Park. That name lasted only briefly because it was referred to as Brownfield Park by 1930, a name by which it is known by today.
The Shetterly Park portion between Leland Avenue and Golden Avenue, part of the Shetterly plat, was litigated for two years prior to 1911 between the city and Ryell Miller. Miller was paid back taxes collected from the city on the parcel.9 Noted landscape architect and city planner, George E. Kessler was contracted by South Bend in 1912 to develop a park and boulevard
system as he had done in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. Kessler put great emphasis on utilizing the St. Joseph River as an organizing feature for parks and boulevards (a map and Kessler’s detailed comments were published in the South Bend Tribune).10 Shetterly Park is named as part of the acquisitions in the previous year, and Riverside Drive, part of the proposed boulevard system flanking the St. Joseph River.
By 1915, improvements were being made to Shetterly Park that included tree planting, grading and by 1916, Riverside Drive was officially adopted into the city’s boulevard development plan from Marion Street to Angela Boulevard. Shetterly Park received a roquet field (an American version of croquet) in that year and the first mention of “A Park” was made, referencing its
connection to Shetterly Park on Riverside Drive and that the half-acre lot (later referred to as a quarter-acre in 1918) was planted.11 In 1918, it was reported that terracing would be made in Shetterly Park and that a national roque tournament was being planned for the site.12 This is likely about the time that light posts and stone gateways were built in Shetterly Park.
9 “Shetterly Park is Property of City” South Bend Tribune. 14 Nov 1911. Pg. 1, col. 7
10 “Plan for Greater Park System to Cost Thousands” South Bend Tribune. 30 Nov 1912. Pg. 15 11 “Leading Events in History of South Bend: Establishment of Park System” South Bend Tribune. 09 Sept 1916. Pg. 4, col. 5 12 “South Bend’s Park System” South Bend Tribune. 20 July 1918. Pg. 7, cols. 4-5
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By the time the north shore of the St. Joseph River was being platted opposite of Portage Park,
“A Park” had been named Angela Park. An advertisement with the plat map for North Shore
Terrace subdivision shows a landscaped Shetterly Park on the southwest side of the river, leading up to Angela Park flanking Angela Boulevard at its intersection with Riverside Drive. The full-page advertisement notes that the city was in the process of creating a chain of lovely parks and boulevards including Shetterly and Angela Parks with Leeper Park at the (southeast) end of the
chain.13 During the 1930s through today, Angela Park is called Brownfield Park. Additional trees were planted during the 1930s. A baseball field was built during the 1930s and softball teams were identified as the “Brownfield Park ‘Midgets’ team.” The park was also the site of playground
equipment and kite flying competitions. The park continues in use today with modern playground and sports recreation amenities, and Shetterly Park remains a walking path for residents of the district.
Developmental History/Additional historic context information
13 “North Shore Terrace” South Bend Tribune. 24 May 1925. Pg. 12.
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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.
City of South Bend Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. South Bend Historic Preservation
Commission, 2005. “Distance to be Considered” South Bend Tribune. 25 April 1903. Pg. 8, col. 4
Hanson, Nancy. “An American Classic: The Foursquare House in the South Bend Landscape.”
Master of Arts, Graduate School, University of Notre Dame. 1994
“Horace Greeley Miller is Summoned by Death” South Bend Tribune. 08 March 1927. Pg. 2, col. 5
“Jacob F. E. Zimmer” Obituary. South Bend Tribune. 27 July 1960. Pg. 3, col. 3
“July Market Good” South Bend Tribune. 09 July 1904. Pg. 14, col. “Leading Events in History of South Bend: Establishment of Park System” South Bend Tribune.
09 Sept 1916. Pg. 4, col. 5
“North Shore Terrace” South Bend Tribune. 24 May 1925. Pg. 12. “Plan for Greater Park System to Cost Thousands” South Bend Tribune. 30 Nov 1912. Pg. 15
“Portage Park Lots for Sale” South Bend Tribune. 31 May 1902. Pg. 9 “Regular Council Meeting” South Bend Tribune. 29 Sept 1891. Pg. 5, col. 2
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for South Bend: 1917 Vol. 2, pg. 86
“Shetterly Park is Property of City” South Bend Tribune. 14 Nov 1911. Pg. 1, col. 7 South Bend Historic Preservation Commission Survey Cards on the Edward Chapin House
accessed October 7, 20205.
https://docs.southbendin.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?dbid=0&startid=309085&row=1&cr=1. South Bend Interactive Map accessed October 3, 2025. University of Notre Dame: https://buildingsouthbend.nd.edu/interactive-map/
“South Bend’s Park System” South Bend Tribune. 20 July 1918. Pg. 7, cols. 4-5
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South Bend Tribune. 09 May 1902. Pg. 1
Standard Atlas of St. Joseph County, Indiana. Chicago: George A. Ogle & Company, publishers and engravers, 1911. “The Residence District” South Bend Tribune. 09 May 1903. Pg. 8, col. 4
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____ 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:
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Name of repository: _____________________________________ Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): 201-598-28001-047; 201-598-33001-053
______________________________________________________________________________ 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property Approx. 24 acres
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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 at the intersection of Angela Boulevard and east side of Woodward Avenue, at the south curbline of Angela Avenue, face northeast and follow the curbline of Angela
Boulevard, crossing Riverside Drive to the riverbank of the St. Joseph River. Follow the
riverbank in a south/southeasterly direction to a line extended north from the west curbline of Riverside Drive as it turns south and becomes Leland Avenue. Face south and follow the line, crossing Riverside Drive, to the northeast edge of the alley between Riverside Drive and Woodward Avenue. Turn northwest and follow the northeast edge of the alley to the north
curbline of Golden Avenue.
At the north curbline of Golden Avenue, face southwest and follow the curbline to the east side of the alley between Riverside Drive and Woodward Avenue. Turn northwest and follow the east edge of the alley to the north curbline of Vassar Avenue. Face southwest and follow
the north curbline of Vassar Avenue, crossing Woodward Avenue, to the east side of the
alley between Woodward Avenue and Portage Avenue. Turn northwest and follow the east side of the alley, crossing Yukon and Hudson Avenues, to the south curbline of Angela Boulevard. Turn northeast and follow the south curbline of Angela Boulevard to the east side of Woodward Avenue, or the place of beginning.
Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected.) The boundaries described are a combination of the Riverside Drive Local Historic District
and the Woodward Avenue Historic District that compose most of the Portage Park addition
to the city of South Bend. Angela Boulevard forms a strong north boundary while the Chapin Park Local Historic District forms a strong south boundary. Shetterly Park and the St. Joseph River provide the east boundary and provide the district context as part of the city’s park and boulevard system. While the Portage Park Subdivision extends to the east side of Portage
Avenue, the character of development and homes changes in areas outside of the two historic
districts.
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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: 12954 6th Road city or town: Plymouth state: IN zip code:46563
e-mail: kwgarner@kwgarner.com telephone: 574-780-1423 date: October 9, 2025____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
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.)
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: Woodward-Riverside Historic District
City or Vicinity: South Bend County: Saint Joseph State: IN
Photographer: Kurt West Garner
Date Photographed: June 13, 2025
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Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast on Hudson Avenue east of Woodward Avenue
1 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest on Hudson Avenue at Riverside Drive
2 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest on Riverside Drive at Hudson Avenue
3 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest at 1207 (right) and 1201 (left) Riverside Drive
4 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest at 1121 (right) and 1115 (left) Riverside Drive
5 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast on Riverside Drive in the 1100 block.
6 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast at one of the two gateways in Shetterly Park
7 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest at the corner of Riverside Drive and Vassar Avenue
8 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 1000 block of Riverside Drive
9 of 32.
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Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast on Riverside Drive toward its intersection with Golden Ave.
10 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Golden Ave.
11 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast in the 1000 block of Riverside Drive
12 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southwest at 1055 Riverside Drive
13 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast in the 1000 block of Riverside Drive
14 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 1000 block of Riverside Drive
15 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest on Riverside Drive near the south end of the district
16 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of camera: Looking northwest at 1003 (left) and 1007 (right) Riverside Drive 17 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of camera: Looking northwest at the intersection of Woodward and Vassar Avenues
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18 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast at the intersection of Woodward and Vassar Avenues 19 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 1100 block of Woodward Avenue 20 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast at the intersection of Woodward and Yukon Avenues 21 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest at the intersection of Woodward and Yukon Avenues 22 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northwest in the 1200 block of Woodward Avenue 23 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast at 1225 Woodward Avenue 24 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of camera: Looking southeast at the intersection of Woodward and Hudson Avenues
25 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of camera: Looking south at the intersection of Woodward Ave. and Angela Blvd.
26 of 32. Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of camera: Looking east at the intersection of Woodward Ave. and Angela Blvd.
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27 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking east at 1256 (left) and 1252 (right) Woodward Avenue 28 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking east at 1222 (left) and 1218 (right) Woodward Avenue 29 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking northeast at 1214 Woodward Avenue 30 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking east at the intersection of Woodward and Yukon Avenues 31 of 32.
Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of
camera: Looking southeast at 1110 Woodward Avenue 32 of 32.
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