821 Ashland Avenue

  • Date: 1901
  • Style: American Foursquare
  • District: Chapin Park
  • Rating: Contributing

Built by 1901, this house's first residents were Ralph and Ella Harris. Ralph was a cashier for Standard Oil. By 1904, Isaac and Cora D. Van Gorder had purchased the American Foursquare house. They lived there until 1941, the year of Isaac's death. Isaac owned a millinery store. They raised two daughters, Irma and Gladys. The front porch was replaced with a front stoop in 1949.

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821 Ashland 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