853 Forest

  • Date: 1893
  • Style: Gabled-T
  • District: Chapin Park
  • Rating: Outstanding; Local Landmark

Charles Chipfall, a bookkeeper, purchased this lot in 1892. The house was built by 1893. From 1899 to 1901, Dumont Lotz, a school principal, and his wife, Minnie, resided at this address. In 1904, William Happ, a real estate developer, bought the house from Albert Harlin. Happ's eldest son, Willard, and his wife, Blanche, acquired the home in the early 1940s.

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853 Forest

Image credit: Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County

Image credit: Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County
Image credit: Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County
Image credit: University of Notre Dame, Architecture Library
Image credit: University of Notre Dame, Architecture Library