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Edward A. Murphy D. Lucetta Pope 1218 East Wayne Street South South Bend, Indiana 46615 May 7, 1999 Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County 227 West Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, Indiana 46601 Re: Painting of 1218 East Wayne Street South Dear Commission Members: My wife and I are going to paint our house this Summer, and we seek the approval of your Commission to paint an unpainted brick base on our home. As you can see in the enclosed photographs, ours is a stucco house with a brick base. We originally intended to paint the house with essentially the same colors and in essentially the same manner it is currently painted. However, a prior owner (or owners) splattered a substantial amount of stucco on the brick base during earlier applications of stucco. As you can see in the photographs, this splattering significantly detracts from the appearance of the home. I have been unable to find a contractor who can remove the stucco from the brick. To cover the splatters, we would like to paint the brick base the same color as the stucco. We believe that covering the splatters with paint would give the home a much neater and more attractive appearance. We understand that, as residents of a Historic Preservation District, we must seek the approval of your Commission to paint the unpainted brick base of our home. Therefore, we ask that you find that the presence of unsightly and unremovable stucco splatters justifies the painting of the brick base of our home. We would be happy to provide any additional information the Commission may need. Thank you for your attention to this matter: Sincerely, Edward A. Murphy