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ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION This is a two and a half story American Four Square style house. It has a square plan and a quarry face block foundation. The house boasts wood clapboard siding, a flare belt course along the second floor, a rounded corner under the porch, shingled hipped dormers, truncated pyramid roof, boxed eaves, simple frieze board and central chimney. It also has a corner front porch with inset flat roof, wood balustrade, simple architrave, elevated wood deck, block base, tapered box columns, clapboard wall and concrete steps. The house has one over one double hung windows through out the first and second stories and sixteen over one double hung windows in the dormers, all with wood surrounds and caps. It also contains a hexagonal oriel window with molded entablature on the west facade and a full glazed wood entry door and an eight mullioned wood storm door on the front facade. RECOMMENDATION Based on the Historic Preservation Commission's Local Landmark Criteria's adopted by the Common Council, the building at 1818 Lincolnway West has been recommended to the Common Council for designation as a Local Landmark by Historic Preservation Commission. The building meets the criteria in at least three areas: 1.) Its embodiment of elements of architectural design, detail, materials, or craftsmanship which represents an architectural characteristic or innovation. 2.) Its suitability for preservation. 3.) Its identification with the life of a person of historical significance. The building fulfills criteria #1 as an excellent example of a turn of the century American Four Square style residential structure. The building is rated a significant eleven in the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory. The building fulfills criteria #2 by the integrity of its original construction with virtually no changes to the facade in over 90 years. Its a wonderful and unique example of the many variations individuals used when designing an American Four Square house. The building fulfills criteria #3 by its association with Francis Alward, a prominent figure in local politics. Staff finds that the building meets the criteria for designation as a Local Landmark and recommends that the Commission send such a recommendation to the Common Council.