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RE -RATE REPORT FOR 229 SOUTH WILLIAM HISTORY Prominent carpenter, civil servant, John Caldwell, as a rental unit, constructed this house in 1870. Clarence E. Lee, owner of C.E. LEE PAINT COMPANY and Eugene Herr, local newsman and owner of Herr & Herr Bookstore, later owned it. The structure was used as a single-family rental until 1925 when owner, Lydia Sawyer, moved in. She eventually divided the house into four rental units in 1945. The house has since been used as apartments with a variety of different absentee owners. (For a more complete history refer to the staff report) ARCHITECTURE This is a two-story Italianate style house with rectangular plan, flat roof and convoluted, bracketed cornice. The structure has 1/1 double hung windows through out with two, 3/3 fixed windows in the first floor front fagade. The house has a wood frame front porch with elaborate frame supported by wood box columns, wood balustrades, brick foundation, wood floor and concrete steps. The building also has two additions off the back. The building has been recently covered in vinyl siding in a manor that covered the wide frieze board, two windows that were located on the north fagade and the glass transom that used to be above the front door. The owners have also removed all window hood ornamentations. CRITERIA AND EVALUATING All properties are evaluated in terms of historical significance, architectural merit and integrity. Each resource was evaluated by a professional using the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. The three main criteria are: 1) Historic Significance: An association with exploration and settlement, Commercial or Industrial development and or the attachment to the lives of important people. 2) Architectural Merit: Representative of a particular architectural style. 3) Integrity: Determine how much of the original historic fabric remains by looking at any extensive alterations, such as the installation of synthetic siding, removal of architectural features, additions or structural modifications, all of which could lowering the property's rating.