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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT • APPLICATION -- 1997-1002 PROPERTY -- 1326 E. Wayne N. South Bend, IN OWNER -- Norman and Linda Riley DESIGNATION -- LHD-EP RATING -- Contributing C/9 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT Whitcomb and Keller built this H.R. Stapp designed house in 1925, they sold it a year later to Frank and Elizabeth Anderson. Frank Anderson was born in St. Joseph County in 1876. He attended Keller Business College and was employed at F.W. Woolworth & Company in LaPorte Indiana for 3 years, later becoming the assistant manager of. the South Bend Store. In 1916 he became involved in real estate and got an office in the Associates Building. Mr. Anderson specialized in suburban real estate, handling residential as well as business property. By 1929 Frank and Adam Powers were the owners of 1326 East Wayne North. Frank Powers was born in New Jersey in 1873, he received a B.S. in 1894 and a Masters in 1899. Mr. Powers started as an instructor at Notre Dame teaching botany, zoology and physiology. In 1904 he entered the school. of medicine at Northwestern University in Evanston and when he returned to Notre Dame in 1910 it was as attending physician. In 1935 Powers and his wife sold the house to • Clarence Wagner. Mr. Wagner was the secretary -treasurer for Koontz -Wagner located at'319 Hydraulic Avenue. The current owners, Norman and Linda Riley, purchased the house in 1985. 0 PROPOSED CHANGE Applicant proposes to replace all gutters acid downspouts on house and garage with continuous length aluminum material. STANDARDS The Preservation Guidelines for East Wayne Local Historic District: b) .... The Guidelines for the East Wayne Street District follow the Rehabilitation Model.... TT.B.2. Recommended Gutters and downspouts are often a necessary adjunct in order to prevent deterioration of the structure; they should be maintained whenever possible or replaced with a style comparable and suitable to the architectural period. RECOMMENDATION The owner proposes to replace all the gutters and downspouts on the house and garage with new continuous length aluminum gutters and downspouts. The owners proposal is a comparable and suitable replacement for the existing sheet metal gutters and downspouts and the already present sections of continuous aluminum gutters thus, the Staff recommends approval of the replacement gutters and downspouts. DBD 10/3/97