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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT APPLICATION -- 1995-0912-2 PROPERTY -- 1202 Lincolnway East - LHD-LE South Bend, IN OWNER -- Anne & Carrold Kempf DESIGNATION -- Lincolnway East Local Historic District STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT The house at this lot was constructed in 1902 in the Queen Anne or Free Classic style for John Rohrer, a businessman involved in South Bend real estate. It is rated Contributing (10) in the South Bend Summary Report of the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. The house retains its original massing and general character although it has been altered with the application of oversiding. The survey data card also notes a two story carriage house with jerkinglQead roof gables as an accessory structure on this site. The Sanborn insurance maps for the city of South Bend do not include this locale until their 1917 edition. At the time of that publication, the carriage house is shown at the proper location on this site. This establishes the carriage house as a contributing structure in the district, by inference, probably original to the site development of the present house. PROPOSED CHANGE The applicant seeks to demolish the carriage house. STANDARDS The Preservation Guidelines for Lincolnway East Historic District state: IV.A.1 Required - Code requirements shall be complied with in such a manner that the existing character of the building is preserved. V.A - Buildings in the district should not be demolished. However, where a building poses a threat to the public safety and demolition is the only alternative, documentation by way of photographs,l measured drawings, or other descriptive methods should be made of both the exterior and interior of the building. In addition to the Guidelines adopted by the district residents, the HPC has on 3/16/92 further defined the Demolition Standards for establishing reasonable cause for demolition as the only alternative to preservation and requiring the applicant to submit evidence that: a) the property in its current condition is uneconomical or in substantial state of disrepair, deterioration, or structural instability not created by the owner; b) Historically appropriate renovation or rehabilitation is either technically or economically impractical; and c) The owner has investigated and considered all reasonable alternatives to demolition, not simply the least expensive alternatives, and that all such alternatives such as sale, rental, or lease of the property have failed or with reasonable likelihood will fail or will not earn fair economic return on value. page I