831 Forest Avenue

  • Date: 1892
  • Style: Gabled-T
  • District: Chapin Park
  • Rating: Contributing

Charles and Edwin Mills, wholesale fruit dealers, purchased this lot in 1891 and built the house by 1892 as an investment. They sold it shortly afterwards to Julia and William Piepenbrink, a pharmacist and salesman for the South Bend Medical Company. In 1904, Philip and Edna Bon Durant were the fourth owners to reside there.

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831 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
Image credit: University of Notre Dame, Architecture Library
Image credit: University of Notre Dame, Architecture Library