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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT • APPLICATION -- 1997-0825 PROPERTY -- 952 Riverside Drive South Bend, IN OWNER -- David Howard DESIGNATION -- RD-LHD RATING -- Significant S/12 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT This Prairie style house is believed to have been built by Donald P. Drummond who had purchased the lot for $3,500.00 from Mentor Wetzstein on May 31, 1909 and resided there from 1912 to 1920. Mr. Drummond shared a law partnership in the Jefferson Building with his brother, Charles P. Drummond. who resided at 944 Riverside Drive. Donald Drummond sold the house to Laurence J. and Emma Lou Harwood, who worked at the Fulton -Harwood Brass Works. The property was purchased by its present owner, Donald Howard, after 1994. The house is an excellent example of the Prairie School style, with its contrast of stucco and wood and its hipped roof with generous overhangs. PROPOSED CHANGE Applicant proposes to replace two attic windows with Pella Designer series • clad white windows with mountings between the glass in the same pattern as the existing windows. STANDARDS The Preservation Guidelines for Riverside Drive state: b) .... The Guidelines for the Riverside Drive District follow the Rehabilitation Model.... II.C.1 Required Original windows and doors, including sash, lintels, sills, shutters, decorative glass..... shall be retained or when deteriorated beyond repair, replaced with units and trim resembling the original. II.C.3 Prohibited Original windows, doors and hardware shall not be discarded when they can be restored and reused in place. Inappropriate new window or door features such as aluminum insulating glass combinations that require removal of original windows and doors may not be installed. RECOMMENDATION The attic windows herein proposed for replacement are deteriorated in their framing so as to make them impossible to properly weatherize against the intrusion of precipitation and air infiltration. Though they are operable with some difficulty the Owners have found no way to adequately repair them. Interior ceiling plaster damage has resulted from this deficiency. The attic is used only as storage with no alteration of this use. The proposed replacement windows are of the Pella designer series line with two layers of glass having the mullion insert between them. The replacement windows are to operate as awnings rather than the side hinge of the present window design. is The proposed replacement will address the deficiency of the current windows while having minimal impact on the overall character of the house. Staff recommends approval. DBD 9/9/97