407 West Jefferson Blvd

  • Date: 1896
  • Style: Free Classic
  • District: West Washington
  • Rating: Outstanding; Local Landmark

The Stover House was built by John C. Stover, a wholesale lumber dealer, as a two-unit rental property. The building was used for residential apartments as well as business offices. This structure has also been described as an American Four Square with Neoclassical features. It has three stories. The roof is a steeply pitched hip with hip dormers and a central wall dormer. The walls are clapboard with cornerboards, a flaired second story and wood shingle dormers. The full-width hipped porch with central gables has wood columns on brick piers.

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407 West Jefferson Blvd

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