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:,i <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />According to the City Survey a structures rating may be altered later for the reasons <br />mentioned above. This house meets two of those reasons, Le, additional research and <br />sensitive restoration. The staff has discovered that the original owner of this house was <br />Dr. Ryell Miller and his wife, Annie Shetterly Miller. Mrs. Miller was the daughter of <br />well-known South Bend resident, Christian Shetterly, for whom the plat is named. Dr. <br />Miller had his hands in various aspects of South Bend, he was an early dentist, later a <br />prominent lawyer and proprietor of the Miller Sash and Screen Factory. Dr. Miller was. <br />also active in the community as a prominent member of the I.O.O. F. lodge and as the <br />director of the Northern Indiana Historical Society. These well-known and respected <br />members of the community resided at this address until 1924. <br />The house has seen extensive restoration over the past few years, which has restored the <br />house to a more original state. The asbestos siding has been removed and the underlying' <br />clapboard siding has been restored as have the gable fish scale shingles and porches. The <br />owner has also removed the concrete stoop and replaced it with concrete steps and <br />appropriate railings. With the addition of a wonderful paint job, which punches out all of <br />the fine details of the house, the metamorphosis is complete. <br />With the new research knowledge and fine restoration work, this structure should be re - <br />rated to a significant 12. <br />