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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT APPLICATION —1998-1027 PROPERTY — 533 River Avenue South Bend, IN. OWNER, — Eugene J. Cieplinski DESIGNATION — LHD-EP RATING — Non -Contributing STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT This house was built in 1904 by Seth Hammond & Leslie Whitcomb, two real estate moguls responsible for the platting of the Hammond & Whitcomb Addition to the City as well as numerous other subdivisions. The house was rented out until 1912 when it was sold to William Boyer. Mr. Boyer continued to use the house as a rental, leasing it to Fred & Carrie Cauffinan in 1914 and selling it to them in 1917. Mr. Cauffinan was the manager of the Hankow Tea Company. The Cauffmans resided in this house until 1920 when it was sold to Amos & Mary Briner. Mr. Briner was an autoworker at Studebaker, they lived there until their deaths in the late 1930s. The house stood vacant until 1940 when it was sold to Earl H. & Bessie Arnold to settle a dispute between Amos Briners heirs, John Briner and Mabel Enos. Earl Arnold was an electrical contractor who married Bessie Brown in 1907. The Arnolds did not live at this address, the resided in a house on Navarre Street and rented this house out. Mr. Arnold died in 1957, leaving the house to Mrs. Arnold who continued to rent the house until 1959 when she sold it to the current tenants, Charles and Garnett Markley. Mr. Markley was the proprietor of Club Cigar Store, he married Garnett Clark in 1929. The couple continued to reside here until 1969 when they sold the house to Ralph J. Dierbeck. Mr. Dierbeck owned the house until 1985 when he transferred the property over to his daughter, Beverly Lawson and her husband, Bill. Mr. & Mrs. Lawson sold the house to the current owner, Eugene Cieplinski, in 1988. PROPOSED CHANGE Applicant is proposing to install five shingle type vents located at the peak of the roof line. The vents will be covered with asphalt shingles to match the rest of the roof. 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.