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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE_ OF_ APPROPRIATENESS- Application Number: Property Location: Property Owner: 2001-0122 AMENDMENT 231 South Eddy 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 submitted a letter dated February 3, 2002 requesting that Certificate of Appropriateness 2001-0122 be amended as follows: Construct two 16" pillars (still 8' in height) rather than the 8" pillars that now stand. The pillars would be placed on concrete bases to avoid rotting. Previously the Commission approved two 8' tall, 8" wide wood pillars at entranceway to garden. The new pillars would be of the same style, height and placement, they would simply be twice the width. The staff finds the alteration to be with in the guidelines and recommends approval.