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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 06/03/2003 Application Number: 2003-0602 Property Location: 1324 East Wayne Street South, South Bend, IN Property Owner: Donald and Renee Homing Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Local Historic District Rating: Contributing/10 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT Erected in 1930, this Tudor Revival style home was designed by H.R. Stapp and built by the prolific South Bend firm Whitcomb & Keller. Only three families have lived at this address: Henry D Hukill, a Bendix Products Corporation employee, and his wife Mary (1930-1935); Will Welber, a Hungarian immigrant and well-known merchandizing expert who also was very involved in local associations and his wife Ina Klineman Welber; and the current owners, Donald and Ina Homing. Constructed solidly in red -brown brick, creamy cast stone, stucco and timber rake trim, this house has asymmetrical massing, a steep gabled roof that flares near the gutters, a gabled dormer and entranceway, stone and brick quoins and a double flue chimney elaborated with decorative brickwork and twin ceramic chimney pots. These elements and other details besides give this house its Tudor character. In addition, a two -car detached brick garage sits upon the property behind the house, an arrangement typical of the East Wayne Local Historic District. Only a potion of the garage is visible from the street. Currently, the garage has a flat roof with a soldier course and stone coping, two brown metal (?) doors and three lighting lanterns. Whitcomb & Keller constructed another house in the neighborhood at 301 Sunnyside with the same plan and exterior details and materials with the exception of the slate roof. Notably, this residence also has a two -car brick garage, but this structure is capped with a gabled roof. APPLICATION ITEMS: 3 Sheets of Project Description with diagrarhs of proposed front elevation, overhang, and roof plan I Sheet of estimated project costs and materials 5 Sheets of photographs of house, garage, and property (in color) RECOMMENDATION The present owners, Donald and Renee Homing, propose to add a gabled roof and second -story storage area to their garage. They have studied the exterior details and scale of their Tudor home and have chosen to include many of these into the fagade and roof of the garage including the steep gabled and flared roof, stucco and wood trim, brackets underneath the overhang, and a steel window to match the windows of the house. With the Homing's attention to the historic features of their residence and the fact that a matching house in the same neighborhood has a garage with a gabled roof, staff believes this well -studied addition will only add to the attractiveness and value of the property while following the character of the original structure. Staffgladly recommends approval for this project. In the East Wayne district, many of the properties have gabled roofed garages. For the sake of a record of this idiosyncrasy, the owners and the Commission may want to note the more unusual character of this flat -roof garage in some form of documentation (ie. archived photos or drawings).