808 Forest Avenue

  • Date: 1891
  • Style: Gabled-T
  • District: Chapin Park
  • Rating: Contributing

John R. Rupert, a book publisher, book manufacturer and amateur poet, and his wife, Edith, had purchased a portion of lot 58 from Edward Chapin by 1890. The house was built by 1891. John resided in this Gabled-T house until 1935 when he moved to Indianapolis to live with his daughter, Agnes; he passed away in 1939.

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808 Forest Avenue

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