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Staff Report: Mk Proposed Designation of 1027 & 1029 East Wayne and 231 South Eddy Mr The properties at 1027 & 1029 East Wayne and the adjoining structure at 231 South Eddy in South Bend were nominated for Local Historic Landmark designation by their owner, Mr. Phillip Schatz. Mr. Schatz has signed a consent form and has approved classification of the properties under "B" standards. 1027 East Wayne is one of the city's best intact examples of Prairie architecture designed by the notable South Bend architect Norman Roy Shambleau. 231 East Eddy is a Dutch Colonial Revival, also intact, attributable to the firm of Austin and Shambleau. Both residences are rated as Significant (S\12) on the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. 1029 East Wayne was built as a garage adjoining 231 South Eddy; it was converted into a residence in 1985. It is rated a Contributing (C\10) on the inventory. The Architect Among the approximately five—hundred structures designed and constructed by Norman Roy Shambleau and various associates in Mich -lana during the first half of the twentieth century are the collection of buildings at 1.027 and 1029 East Wayne and 231 South Eddy.[1] Shambleau was born on November 28, 1884 in Wallaceburg, Ontario and lived in South Bend from 1905 till his death in 1975.[2] He was working as a draftsman for Studebaker designing subdivisions when A. R. Erskine, the president of the corporation commissioned him to design his private residence. The home--Twyckenham Manor --later became St. Marys Academy and is now the South Bend Hebrew chool.[3] This early experience led Shambleau into a long and successful areer as an architect. He was a partner with other prominent South Bend architects Ernest. Young and later Ennis Austin. Austin and Shambleau collaborated on commercial and public buildings but worked individually as designers and builders of private homes. Examples of their commercial and public buildings include the Healthwin Hospital on Darden Road, the YWCA at 802 North Lafayette and the downtown Tower Building. They also designed many schools in South Bend, among them Madison Elementary at 832 North Lafayette, Riley High School at 405 East Ewing Avenue and Perley Elementary at 740 North Eddy. Shambleau's home designs reflected the increased stylistic vocabulary available to architects of his time. He worked in a variety of revival styles as can be seen in the Tudor Revival "Stephenson House" at 1329 East Washington Avenue, the Colonial Revival "Lippincott House" at 1.03 South Eddy Street and the "Mailfort House" at 1718 East Jefferson Boulevard, a Mediterranean Revival residence. While comfortable in these styles, Shambleau also worked in the midwestern, American—born Prairie style of Frank Lloyd Wright. The collection of buildings at the corner of East: Wayne and Eddy streets illustrates Shambleau's versatility. 9T- ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION he house at 1027 East Wayne is a classic Prairie design. Among its characteristic features are a low—pitched hipped roof with wide overhangs, bands of windows between corner piers, a low massive chimney and exterior 1