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. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT If • APPLICATION -- 1997-0723 PROPERTY -- 1615 East Wayne Street South Bend, IN OWNER -- William Hojnacki DESIGNATION -- EW-LHD RATING -- Contributing C/10 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT Whitcomb & Keller built this H.R. Stapp designed Tudor Revival house in 1929. George & Betty Keller were the first owners in 1930 , residing there until 1932. George was manager of the insurance department of Whitcomb & Keller. Between 1933 and 1937,, Melvin H. Baer, a sales manager at Ries Furniture Company and his wife Lucille owned the house. George and Geraldine Green lived there during part of 1938. In 1938 the property was .purchased by F.W. and Mary Van Antwerp. Mr. Van Antwerp was president of First Bank & Trust Company and of the Associates Investment Company. PROPOSED CHANGE Applicant proposes to replace 15 of the existing industrial sash casement windows with new Eagle brand casement windows. The replacement windows are to retain the same muntin patterns 'as the original which vary by the size of the • window. The existing leaded glass windows at the first floor front are to'be unaffected. STANDARDS The Preservation Guidelines for East Wayne Street state: b) .... The Guidelines for the East Wayne Street District follow the Rehabilitation Model.... II.C.1 Required Original windows and doors ......shall be retained or when deteriorated beyond repair, replaced with units and trim resembling the original. II.C.2 Recommended ... If steel casement windows have to be replaced or removed, windows of similar size and style shall be used. RECOMMENDATION The existing windows.which are here proposed for replacement are of the steel industrial sash type which are common in the East Wayne Street District. These windows are known to be problematic for both maintenance and thermal efficiency. The guidelines for East Wayne Street took special note of these features as indicated above. At the location presently under consideration, the owner is not proposing replacement of the leaded glass casements located at the Living room which are important to reinforcing the character of the Tudor Revival Style in which this house is designed. However the owner has determined to replace the other more conventional windows in a manner consistent with the guidelines by • replacing the steel casement windows with clad wood casements, with muntin inserts corresponding to the existing muntin arrangements.