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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFIATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Application Number: 2002-0822 Property Location: 1120 East Wayne Street. Property Owner: Mr. & Mrs. Robert L: Miller, Jr. Designation: Local Historic District — East Wayne Street Rating: Contributing - 9 HISTORY This is a garrison -style colonial revival built in 1935 for Lydia & James Naus. James Naus, a 1916 graduate of Indiana Dental College, opened an office in the Farmers' Security Building in 1918. He married Lydia F. Miels, and they had a daughter and a son. Naus was a member of the American & Indiana Dental Associations, the 13`h District Dental Society, Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity, Knights of Pythias, Kiwanis Club, and a Mason. In 1955 the Nauses moved their home and Dr. Naus' office to 604 S. Eddy Street, and sold this house to Leila & Tracy H. Madole, V.P. of sales for the South Bend Range Corporation. In 1961, the Madoles sold the house to Barbara & Stephen Lobdell. Mr. Lobdell was president of material Handling Equipment Co. At his death, he left the house to Barbara. She sold the house to Mr. & Mrs. Miller in 1987. RECOMMENDATION The owners seek to remove their original wood window sashes and replace them with aluminum -clad window sashes. On the outside, the windows look so good that at first we were puzzled as to the motive for replacing them. However, there is significant deterioration on the inside of the window sashes. The character defining elements on this home are the excellent and graceful proportions of its front face, its high-quality building materials, and its excellent authentic and stylistically correct details, such as the spherical pendants under the second floor overhang, its flat arch lintels, entablature and fluted pilasters around the front door, corbelled chimney, and — relevant to this Application -- the carved or shaped blocks on each upper window sash, to prevent the upper sashes from crashing down on the sills. The proposed replacement windows are insulated glass, but have "true divided lights" meaning that there are muntons on the outside, on the inside, and between the double panes, so that dimension and shadow line are maintained. Staff recommends approving this Application for window sash replacement as described in the Application, with the following additional conditions: a) That the replacement sashes or windows retain the same appearance as the original windows, so that the excellent proportions of the house are preserved. In other words, we don't want a double window jamb that results in a noticeably smaller window glass. b) That if possible, the decorative little blocks on the upper sashes be removed from the old sashes and re -used on the new ones.