815 Forest Avenue

  • Date: 1891
  • Style: Queen Anne
  • District: Chapin Park
  • Rating: Non-contributing

By July 1890, Flora L. Horst had purchased lot 27 from Edward Chapin. The house was built by 1891 for Flora and her husband, Charles, a hackman for Miller and Newman. They raised three children, Rudolf, Sarah (Sadie) and Jay. Sarah, who became a nurse, inherited the home in the 1930s and lived here into the 1940s.

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815 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