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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Application Number: 2000-1011 Property Location: 531 Edgewater Property Owner: Joseph & Judith Pietrzak Landmark or District Designation: LHD-EP Rating: C/9 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT Real Estate developers, Whitcomb & Keller, built this house in 1923. They rented the house out to various tenants over the next 23 years. The first renters were Dr. Milo Miller and his wife; Frieda resided here for nine years. Dr. Miller was a pediatrician; he served as chief of staff of the Northern Indiana Children's Hospital and was the president of the medical staff of the Children's Dispensary. The house was eventually sold in 1946 to George Grummell, owner of Grummell & Sons and the Community Coal Company. George married Jane O'Sullivan in 1937; together they began renting this house from Whitcomb and Keller in 1941, purchasing it five years later. The couple resided here until 1950 when it was sold to John C. Johnson and his wife Opal. They sold the property a year later to Miles King, a sales representative for Dor-Wix Distributors Inc. Mr. King only owned the house for three years, selling it in 1955 to William Shuba, the executive director for the Hearing Society of St. Joseph County. William sold the house in 1958 to John D. Roys, who in turn sold it to Dr. Franklin Booth in 1961. The current owners, Joseph and Judith Pietrzak, eventually purchased the house in 1989. RECOMMENDATION The Preservation Guidelines for Edgewater Place Local Historic District follow the Rehabilitation Model. The applicant is requesting to replace two louvered windows located on the first floor, east fagade with Wenco double -hung, white, solid vinyl windows with 8 over one mutin division, identical to those located on the west fagade. The new windows will be the same size, requiring no alterations of the opening.