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mate: Application Number: Property Location: STAFF REPORT 0 CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 10/07/2003 2003-0929-02 1512 East Wayne Street, South Bend, IN Property Owner: Sally Bostick Landmark or District Designation: I East Wayne Local Historic District Rating: Contributing/ 9 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT. 'd%e-A-4 Though built in 1926, the first owner, Guy DeRhodes, bought the home in 1927. DeRhodes was the secretary -treasurer of the DeRhodes-Yerrick Motor Company, a dealer for Dodge Bros. Motor Vehicles and Graham Trucks. He rented the home to a few families in the 1930s including: the Bondys and the Gablers. Mathias Gabler was a master brewer at the South Bend Brewing Company. After DeRhodes sold the home in 1938 or 1940, several others have owned the property. John and Theodosia Gonas lived in the home for just over forty years. John served as a judge for the Saint Joseph County Juvenile Probate Court and the Indiana Appellate Court before he retired in 1963. This house is a more modest example of the Second Renaissance Revival Style (1890-1930). Square in plan with a symmetrical fagade and a hipped roof with broad overhangs, the home retains simplified though elegant details of this often opulent style including: the three decorative engaged arches over the two pairs of French doors (10 lights per door) and the single leaf 15 light front door and the decorative downspouts. The home also has several other window openings of various sizes and shapes including: two arched openings with three and four, 6 light casements with wood (?) infill in the arches. APPLICATION ITEMS; —'he homeowner, Sally Bostick, proposes to: 1.) Remove 2 double hung windows from the rear of the home (as shown in photos), 2.) Install Pella Designer Series French doors with wood grill, and 3.) Construct concrete steps with brick trim to match the front entryway steps and landing. RECOMMENDATION The East Wayne Street guidelines provide the following guidance regarding the above proposal: "new windows and door openings which would alter the scale and proportion of the building shall not be introduced" (44). As the Commission has approved several rear additions that required the altering of the window and door openings in the East Wayne Street District, staff feels that this project follows the Commission's. Staff considered the following for its recommendation to the Commission: 1. the changes will not be seen from East Wayne Street and will therefore not affect the facade and the public's view of the home. 2. the proposed French doors are compatible with the style of this home as it was originally designed with French doors leading out of the first story facade, 3. the removal of the double hung windows and the installation of the doors will not greatly alter the existing opening (i.e. the brick header course will remain, the brick below the existing window will be removed and salvaged for the trim of the steps), and 4. since the new landing and steps will refer to the original concrete front steps and landing with brick trim, staff feels the proposed steps are appropriate. The front landing also has an interesting grid pattern pressed into the concrete. This pattern could be replicated on the rear landing, if the owner so chooses. Staff recommends approval of this application, which includes the removal of the twin double hung windows on ---ie rear of the home, the installation of the Pella French doors, and the construction of the landing and steps to 4atch those on the front of the home with concrete and salvaged brick. If the double hung windows do happen to be original, staff suggests they be wrapped and stored in the basement or garage of the home.