8628-95 Establishing Historic Landmark Object in-Situ Public Right of Way at The corner Pokagon St & Standfield

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• At the August 21, 1995 regular monthly meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County (HPC) , the HPC voted unanimously to send a favorable recommendation for the Local Historic Landmark designation of the lamp-post located in the tree lawn at the northwest corner of Pokagon Street and Stanfield Street to the South Bend Common Council. RECOMMENDATION Based on the HPC Local Landmark Criteria [1], it is the Historic Preservation Commission's recommendation that the South Bend Common Council designated the lamp-post located in the tree lawn at the northwest corner of Pokagon Street and Stanfield Street by ordinance as a Local Historic Landmark. The object in-situ meets the criteria in at least four areas. 1) Its character, interest, or value as part of the development, heritage, or culture of the City of South Bend or St. Joseph County, the State of Indiana, or the United States; 2) Its embodiment of elements of architectural design, detail, materials, or craftsmanship which represents an architectural characteristic or innovation; 3) Its educational value; 4) Its suitability for preservation; The object in-situ fulfills criteria #1 as a significant example of the City's geographical, technological, and cultural development, being among the earliest generation of electrically powered illumination devices for public streets. The object in-situ fulfills criteria #2 as an example of the design, detail, and materials of the early twentieth century and the innovative technology of that period. The object in-situ fulfills criteria #3 as a surviving remnant of obsolescent technology located in a prominent public location. The object in-situ fulfills criteria #4 by its unaltered condition, integrity, and continued use. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION The lamp-post is composed of a cemented mixture with aggregate of ground quartz and feldspar with a metal escutcheon at the cap as a base for the luminaire. The post is cross shaped in section inset diagonally on a seventeen inch square integral base pier. The two inch wide flanges of the cross section post taper from an approximate twelve inch width at the outside corners of the base pier to a ten inch width at approximately twenty-four inches from grade and to a six inch width at approximately seven feet from grade and flaring back out to join to a nine inch square box shaped capital in alignment with the base and measuring five inches high with a recessed panel on each vertical side. The lamp post measures overall height of nine feet - eight inches not including the luminaire. The light is a twelve inch white glass globe. The unvented globe indicates that it was designed for tungsten filament lamps. This design is notably modernistic for its era exhibiting no evidence of allusion to classical or Gothic column orders.