730 Leland Avenue

  • Date: 1894
  • Style: Queen Anne
  • District: Chapin Park
  • Rating: Non-contributing

Formerly 706 Leland, this house was built by 1894, probably for John Beyrer and his wife, Flora, and their children: John Lloyd, Janie, and Mary. Beyrer was a contractor and gravel roofer for Ford Roofing Co. and later established his own successful firm, John Beyrer and Sons Roofing Co. The firm had roofed many of the Studebaker and Oliver plant buildings by 1922. The family lived here until 1914. In 1916, the Queen Anne house became an investment property.

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730 Leland Avenue

Image credit: University of Notre Dame, Architecture Library

Image credit: University of Notre Dame, Architecture Library
Image credit: University of Notre Dame, Architecture Library
Image credit: University of Notre Dame, Architecture Library