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CERTTFTCATI? OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT APPLICATION -- 97-0106 PROPERTY -- 1202 Linc_olnway East South Bend, In OWNER -- Anne & Carrold Kempf DESIGNATION,-- Linco.lnway East Local Historic District RATING -- C/10 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFTCANCF/HTSTORTC 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 'overriding. The survey data. card also notes a two story carriage house with jerkin head 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 pub:licat:ion, 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. - Building 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,. 1 (one) measured drawing, 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 IIPC has Oil 3/16/92 further defined the Demolition Standards for establishipg reasonable cause for demolition as t:h(, only alternative to preservation and requiring the applicant to submit evidence that: A) The property in its current condition is uneconomical, or in subsatantial 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 al.l. reasonable alternatives to demolition, not simply the least expensive alternatives, and that al.l such • alternatives such as sal -e, rental, or lease of the property have failed or with reasonable likelihood will fail or will not earn fair economic return on val ue .