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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT APPLICATION -- 1998-0608 _ PROPERTY -- 735 Bronson South Bend, IN OWNER -- Ronald Farr DESIGNATION -- LHD-EP RATING -- Noncontributing NC STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE HISTORIC CONTEXT, This house was built in 1892 -by William Harper, founder of Harpers Court Addition. Mr. Harper sold the house to Levi Cottrell in December of 1892 for $500.00. Mr. Cottrell was born in 1831 in Greene Township. He served in the Civil War and was a member of the Auten Post: No.8. Mr. Cottrell owned the_ house until his death in March of 1919 at which time it was inherited by his daughter, Lillie Armstrong. Mrs. Armstrong sold the house to Kalman Pell in 1920, Mr. Pell was a cabinet maker and an employee of Studebaker Corp. Mr. Pell and his wife, Vera, were born in Hungary and came to South Bend in 1905. They resided at the house until 1941 when Mr. Pell sold it to John C. Moxin. Mr. Moxin was born in Pennsylvania in 1892 and married Mary Jarinko in 1914. Mr. Moxin was employed by the Studebaker Corporation for 30 years as an assembler. Mr. Moxin sold the house to after his wife's death in 1974 to Frank Fotia. Mi. Fotia used the house as a rental until 1987 when he sold it to Ron Farr. Mr. Farr owns several rentals in the Edgewater Place Historic District. PROPOSED CHANGE Applicant is proposing to construct 6' tall wood privacy fence in place of a pre-existing chain link fence which has already been removed and the privacy fence is already under construction. STANDARDS The Preservation Guidelines for -Edgewater Place Historic District state: b) ....The Guidelines for the Edgewater Place District follow the Rehabilitation Model.... I. Environment- I.A.1. Required New plant materials, fencing, walkways, streetlights... shall be compatible with the character of the neighborhood in size, scale, material and color. I.A.3. Prohibited Signs, streetlights,...fencing..materials which are out of scale or inappropriate to the neighborhood may not be used. I.B.1. Required Existing plants, trees, fencing—which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained. I.B.3. Prohibited New site work should also be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance.