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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT APPLICATION -- 1998-0225 PROPERTY -- 515 Riverside Drive South Bend, IN OWNER -- Linda Kay Magnuson DESIGNATION -= LHD=RB RATING -- Contributing C/9 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT This house was built in 1906 by Seth Hammond and Leslie Whit, comb as part of their real estate ventures in their newly platted addition to the City. Mr. Hammond and Mr. Whitcomb were real estate moguls, they built this house and many others in the area as rental properties. They rented this particular house out until 1909 when Mr. Hammond sold the house to Fred Kellet for $3,250:00. Mr. -Keller sold the house three days later to Miss Emma Allen for the same amount. Miss Allen rented the house to Arthur. Sturgis from 1909 to 1914 and from 1914 to 1937 the house was rented to Otto Larson. Over- ten verten years the house was rented to.a variety -of tenants. In 1947 Miss Allen, now known as Mrs: John Larson, moved into the front half of the house and rented the.back half to Bernard &.Virginia Jawaorski. This arrangement lasted until 1955 when Mrs. Larson rented the entire house to Robert Yates. Two years later Mrs. Larson rented the house to Wilbur.M. Thomas, whom she "eventually sold the house to. Mr. Thomas was a supervisor.at Dallas & Mavis, he lived in the house until 1965 when he sold it to Samuel Joseph Nati. .Mr. Nati sold the house four months later.to Bernard E. Kowalski. Mr. Kowalski. used the house as a.rental, he rented it to Thomas O'Dell for..two years. In 1969 Mr. Kowalski sold the house to Fredonia DeMan, the widow of John F.C. DeMan, who died in 1957. Mrs. DeMan resided in the house until she was no, longer capable of living alone and was placed into a nursing home. After it was established that Mrs. DeMan would never be able to leave the nursing home and return home her guardians, The St. Joseph Bank & Trust Company, sold the house.to William E. Caparo for $14,500.00. Mr. Caparo was a teacher with the South Bend Community Schools. He and his wife, Christina resided there until 1986 when they sold it to Robert Yonto. Mr. Yonto owned the house until 1997 when he sold it to Wesley & Linda Magnuson. PROPOSED CHANGE Applicants are proposing several different alterations, first is to replace the existing aluminum siding with vinyl siding (see photo 3 for example), however, if this project is too costly then the applicant proposes to paint the aluminum siding. Secondly, the applicants want to replace the metal awning located on the second level window (see photos 1 & 2). The third proposal was to landscape the front yard by tiering it, however, since the submittal of the application the owners have decided against this course of action and have opted to allow existing ground covering to grow over the area that was to be tiered. In conjunction with the landscaping of the front yard the owners propose to remove some bricks from the back yard that are causing water to move in the direction of the foundation. They would replace these bricks with plants, bricks and a bi.rdbath,. The fifth request is to replace the faltering gates located next to the garage and the house and install a four to five foot tall chain link or privacy fence to complete the enclosure of the backyard.- Finally the owner is proposing to -paint the metal window