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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT <br />APPLICATION -- 1998-0407 <br />PROPERTY -- 1610 East Wayne <br />South Bend, IN <br />OWNER -- Karen McGrew <br />DESIGNATION -- LHD-EW <br />RATING -- Contributing C/10 <br />STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT <br />Whitcomb and Keller built this H.R. Stapp designed English Country house in <br />1929. It remained vacant until 1931 when the designer, H.R. Stapp and his <br />wife, Eva, purchased the property. Mr. Stapp was an architect employed by the <br />Whitcomb and Keller Corporation, for whom he designed many of the houses <br />located in the Sunnymede area. By the mid 1940s Mr. Stapp opened his own <br />architectural firm in the City National Bank Building. The Stapp's lived in <br />the house until 1943 when it was sold to Jack & Mildred Pace. Mr. Pace was <br />the president'of Pace's Service located at 601 S. Michigan Street. The Pace's <br />lived in the house until their deaths at which time the house passed on to <br />Walter and Bernice Pace. Walter Pace sold the house to the current owners, <br />Daniel and Karen McGrew in 1974. The garage was originally constructed along <br />with the house. The shed addition to the garage which is the subject of this <br />application does not appear in the Sanborn Insurance Map but appears from <br />assessor data to have been constructed in or before 1949. <br />PROPOSED CHANGE <br />Applicant proposes to replace the existing flat metal roof with a pitched <br />shingle roof to match the existing house and garage. <br />STANDARDS <br />The Preservation Guidelines for East Wayne Street Historic District: <br />b) .... The Guidelines for the East Wayne Street District follow the <br />Rehabilitation Model.... <br />II.B.1. Required <br />The existing shape and materials of the roof shall be retained. <br />II.B.2. Recommended <br />Whenever possible, the original shape and materials of the roof should be <br />restored. <br />II.B.3. Prohibited <br />Nothing shall be done to change the essential character of the roof as viewed <br />from'the thoroughfare by,add-ing architectural features, large, unsightly <br />fixtures, or by using roofing materials inappropriate to the style... <br />