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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT PROPERTY -- 557 River Avenue South Bend, IN 46618 OWNER -- Aaron Williams DESIGNATION -- Edgewater Place LHD STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT The house at 557 River Ave. is located in the Edgewater Place LHD and has been given the rating of C/10 on the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. This Bungalow style house was built in 1922 for Charles and Edith Crum..Mr. Crum was a building contractor and in the past was credited with building the first concrete building in South Bend. He later formed a real estate and insurance company, C. W. Crum and Son. The current owner of the house is Mr. Aaron Williams. PROPOSED CHANGE The project includes stabilizing the garage structurally; replacing existing wood clapboards with matching wood clapboards and reusing what original clapboarding can be salvaged; infilling the rear window; replacing all other wood double -hung windows with metal double -hung windows; replacing all eaves, fascia, and trim with white synthetic siding; and replacing asphalt shingles on roof with similar asphalt shingles. STANDARDS In regard to these types of changes to a building, district standards state the following: (2,A,1) -- "Existing exterior building materials shall be retained. Deterioration of wood materials shall be prevented through repair, cleaning, and painting. The existing or original architectural detail around windows, porches, doors, and eaves should be retained or replaced by replicas of the same design and materials when deteriorated beyond repair." (2,A,2) -- "Aluminum or vinyl siding may be used when it is the only feasible alternative to maintaining the original surface materials." (2,B,1) -- "The existing slope and materials of the roof shall be retained". (2,B,2) -- "Roof covering which is deteriorated beyond repair should be replaced with new materials that match as closely as possible the original in composition, size, shape, color, and texture." (2,B,1) -- "If aluminum or vinyl siding is added to a building overhanging eaves and gables should not be covered or enclosed." (2,C,1) -- "Existing or original windows and doors including sash, lintels, sills, shutters, decorative glass, pediments, hoods, and hardware shall be retained or when deteriorated beyond repair replaced with duplicates of the existing or original." 1