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• CERTIFICATE OF- APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT. _ APPLTCATTON ---1995 -0725 PROPERTY -- 1319-East Wayne. North South Bend, IN OWNER - - Gabriel.& Michelle Shakour DESTGNATION -- LHD -EW RATING - -- Significant. S111 STATEMENT OF •SIGiViFICANCE /HISTORIC CONT&r - Whitcomb and Keller built this H.R. Stapp designed Tudor `Revival style house in 1927 as'a rental. They rented it in 1921 to Homer A. & Bessie Robinson until 1927 when'the house was sold to them. Mr. Robinson was the vice president of the Whitcomb and Keller Corporation. He was born in 1578, in New' York and moved to.South Bend at age,of 5. He married Bessie Keller, sister of Fred Keller, the developer of Sunnymede and one of the founders of the Whitcomb and Keller Corporation. Mrs. Robinson passed away in 1930, Mr. Robinson continued to reside in the house until 1931 when he sold it to J. Bruce and Clara Gafill. Mr. Gafill was the president of Gafill Oil Company,. with offices in. the Dean Building and the Lafayette Building. Mrs. Gafill continued to live- in the house after her husbands death, until her own demise in 1960. Their son J. Bruce Gafill Jr., inherited the house and sold it shortly after his mothers death to _Martin and Shirley Weishaar. Thoy resided in the house For only two years, - selling it to Richard B. "'_organ in 1902. 'iir. Morgan was a department manager for a Packaging Corporation, he 'Lived there until 1964 when it was sold to the Trustees Diocese of Northarn Indiana. They used the house as a rectory until 1972 when it was Sold to Charles E. Cassidy, director of marketing for LaSalle Dietch. He lived in the house until 1954 when it was bought by Charles A. Geoffion. Mr. Geoffion was an employee of the City Pathology Department, he resided there until 1936 when the house was sold to Ralph Komasinski. Mr. Komasinski was, 'direcLor of employee relations at S B C S C. He inhabited the house until 1994 when he sold it r_o the current owners, Gabriel and 'MicheTla Shakour. PROPOSED CHANGE ,1ppl:icant proposes to convert an enclosed porch back into a screen porch./sun room. ST. =ARDS The Preservation Guidelines for b): ... The Guidelines for East W Rehabilitation Model..:. II. Existing Structures II.A.2. Whenever possible, the original East Wayne Street_ Local Historic District: -ayne Street Historic District follow the building materials should be restored. 'II.D.1. Required Exis>ing or original porches, stoops...shall be retained or replaced by replicas of the same..design and materials when deteriorated beyond ' Porches reflecting later architectural styles, and which are important to the buildings historical integrity shall be retained.