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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT ,APPLICATION —1998-1105-2 PROPERTY — 552 River Avenue South Bend, IN. OWNER — Greg & Lisa Cronkright DESIGNATION — LHD-EP RATING — Contributing C/10 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT This house was built in 1922 for Clarence E. & Edyth Folger. Mr. Folger was the president and manager of the Folger Barlick Company, a whole sale and retail window shades and awnings store. His wife, Edyth, was the companies secretary. Mr. & Mrs. Folger resided there until 1926 when they sold the house to Mary Misher, a stenographer at Studebaker Brothers. She only owned the house for two years, selling it to John & Mary Newman in 1928. Mr. Newman resided there until his death in 1954, his wife, Mary, continued to live there until 1969. The Newman family continued to own the house until 1977 when it was sold to Leon and Lahna Richardson. They resided at this address until 1979 when it was sold to Kenneth Deboer. Mr. Deboer owned the house until 1998 when he sold it to the current owners, Greg and Lisa Cronkright. J'ROPOSED CHANGE Applicant is proposing to replace the existing wood storm door on the side entrance of the house with a weather resistant and energy efficient aluminum cladded wood storm door. The old door has eight window divisions in a two tier pattern. The new proposed door has an aluminum exterior with twelve window divisions in a three tier pattern. STANDARDS The Preservation Guidelines for Edgewater Place Historic District state: b) ....The Guidelines for the Edgewater Place District follow the Rehabilitation Model.... historical integrity shall be retained. II. Existing Structures II.C.1. Required Existing or original windows and doors, including sash, lintels, sills, shutters, decorative glass ... shall be retained, or when deteriorated beyond repair, replaced with duplicates of the existing or original.