Misplaced Pages

Leeper Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Sunken rose garden in Leeper Park, July 2012
Show map of IndianaShow map of the United States
Location	Roughly bounded by St. Joseph R, Park Ln., and Bartlett St., South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates	41°41′11″N 86°15′07″W / 41.68639°N 86.25194°W / 41.68639; -86.25194
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
Built	1895 (1895), 1905, 1912
Architect	Kessler, George Edward
Architectural style	Victorian landscape
NRHP reference No.	00000679
Added to NRHP	June 15, 2000

Leeper Park is a historic public park and national historic district located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. The district encompasses four contributing buildings, nine contributing structures, and one contributing object in a public park. It was designed by landscape architect George Kessler, who issued the master plan for the park in 1915. Later improvements to the park were made by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s.

Leeper Park is named for David R. Leeper who was elected Mayor of South Bend in 1892.

The Navarre Cabin, home of Pierre Navarre, an early settler of South Bend, was relocated to the park in 1904, and relocated out of the park in 2024.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2016. Note: This includes Malcolm Cairns (January 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Leeper Park" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs
3. Clubb, Michael (May 15, 2024). "PHOTOS: Navarre Cabin towed through downtown South Bend as it relocates to The History Museum". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
4. Casal, Natacha (May 15, 2024). "Historic Navarre Cabin makes major move to The History Museum". WNDU-TV. Retrieved May 18, 2024.

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types
Lists by county	Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Blackford Boone Brown Carroll Cass Clark Clay Clinton Crawford Daviess Dearborn Decatur DeKalb Delaware Dubois Elkhart Fayette Floyd Fountain Franklin Fulton Gibson Grant Greene Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks Henry Howard Huntington Jackson Jasper Jay Jefferson Jennings Johnson Knox Kosciusko LaGrange Lake LaPorte Lawrence Madison Marion: Center Township Marion: Other Marshall Martin Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Noble Ohio Orange Owen Parke Perry Pike Porter Posey Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley Rush St. Joseph Scott Shelby Spencer Starke Steuben Sullivan Switzerland Tippecanoe Tipton Union Vanderburgh Vermillion Vigo Wabash Warren Warrick Washington Wayne Wells White Whitley
Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks
Keeper of the Register History of the National Register of Historic Places Property types Historic district Contributing property

• v
• t
• e

• Works Progress Administration in Indiana
• Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
• Historic districts in South Bend, Indiana
• National Register of Historic Places in St. Joseph County, Indiana
• Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
• St Joseph County, Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs