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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Application Number: 2001-0122 Property Location: 231 South Eddy Property Owner: Philip Schatz Landmark or District Designation: LL Rating: S/12 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT William C. Sibley constructed this, Austin and Shambleau designed, Dutch Colonial Revival Style house in 1921. Mr. Sibley was born in 1881 to Mr. & Mrs. Irving Sibley. After college William worked as a salesman for the malleable Steel Range Manufacturing Company and the Germer Stove Company of Erie, Pennsylvania. In 1904 He went to work for his father in the Irving Sibley Hardware business. Four years later he married Marie Greene. By 1916 William left the hardware business to become the president and treasurer of the South Bend Foundry, later known as the Sibley Machine and Foundry Company, which manufactured gray -iron castings. Mr. Sibley died in 1957 leaving the house to his wife, Marie, who continued to reside there until 1961 when she sold the house to lawyers, Hahn, Zimmerman, Nafe and Fisher. In 1979, the house was sold to Associates Bancorp Inc. who sold the house in 1982 to Joseph and Phyllis Baldoni. The house was eventually sold to the current owner, Philip Schatz, in 1992. RECOMMENDATION The Local Landmarks guidelines follow the rehabilitation model. The owner is requesting to install two 8 foot tall wood pillars at entranceway to garden, they will match 12 foot tall pillars constructed on edge of property about six years ago; remove a 8 foot circular area of asphalt in rear parking area to allow the planting of an ornamental tree and installation of sitting area. The staff finds the proposal to be a continuance of the a landscape project that seems to commenced over six years ago. The proposal is in scale with the rest of the property and with in the guidelines, thus, the staff recommends approval.