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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT APPLICATION -- 1995-1201 PROPERTY -- 1414 East Wayne Street South Bend, IN OWNER -- Jennifer Lackman DESIGNATION -- LHD-EW STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT This house was constructed by Whitcomb S Keller in 1927. The house was designed by H.R. Stapp in a Colonial Revival style reminiscent of French dwellings in the Mississippi Valley. It was purchased by Stapp and his wife Eva but the never resided there, selling it back to Whitcomb and Keller. It was subsequently sold to Charles Pask, a sales manager with the Industrial Acceptance Corporation located in the Studebaker Administration Building, and his wife, Ruth. In 1935, The Prudential Insurance Company foreclosed on the Pask's mortgage and the property was subsequently sold to Prudential in a Sheriff's tax sale. Prudential sold the property to Richard G. Hudson, export manager for the Studebaker Export Company and his wife, Marian. It is rated Contributing (9) in the South Bend Summary Report of the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. PROPOSED CHANGE The applicants seeks to perform comprehensive landscaping at this location including: 1) Removal of hedge at the west property line. 2) Installation of white PVC fencing of Colonial Revival style enclosing the rear yard and extending along west property line to the front sidewalk. 3) Rehabilitation of existing and development of new planting beds in the rear yard. STANDARDS The standards for Building Site and Landscaping state: I.B.1 Required - Major landscaping items, trees, fencing, walkways, .... which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained.... Structures such as: gazebos, patio decks, fixed barbeque pits, swimming pools, tennis courts, greenhouses, new walls, fountains, fixed garden furniture, trellises and other similar structures shall be compatible to the historic character of the site and the neighborhood and inconspicuous when viewed from the public way. I.B.2 Recommended - New site work shall be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings and newspapers. New site work should also be appropriate to existing.surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. Plant materials and trees in close proximity to the building that are causing deterioration to the building's historic fabric should be removed. However, trees and plant materials which must be removed should be immediately replaced by suitable flora. ..... I.B.3 Prohibited - No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing major landscaping items, trees, fencing, walkways, outbuildings or other elements before evaluating their importance to the property's history and development. Front yard areas shall not be transformed into parking lots nor paved nor blacktopped. Front yard areas shall not be fenced and fences shall not extend forward beyond the setback line of the house. ........ page 1