706 Rex Street

  • Date: 1900
  • Style: Gabled-Ell
  • District: Chapin Park
  • Rating: Notable

William Boyd, the president of the South Bend Lumber Company, built this house as an income property in 1900. William also built 427 and 431 Lamont Terrace, and possibly 858 Forest Avenue. The first resident in this house, Arthur Freeman, was a bookkeeper at Oliver Chilled Plow Works. Subsequent residents included Homer Moore (1906) and Willard and Alice Orvis (1908-1916).

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706 Rex Street

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