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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 01/20/04 Application Number: 2004-0102 - 2 Property Location: 231 Eddy Street Property Owner: Philip Schatz Landmark or District Designation: Local Landmark Rating: Significant/12 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT This Dutch Colonial Revival residence was designed by Norman Roy Shambleau in 1921 for William C. Sibley, who held the positions of President and Treasurer of the South Bend Foundry Company. Sibley was a prominent businessman in South Bend, a member of the Masonic Lodge, and an active outdoorsman. His wife and daughter lived in the home until 1961. Since that year, many businesses have occupied the building. It is currently used as a rental property. This building exhibits some of the primary characteristic features of the Dutch Colonial Revival style, including: 1.) a gambrel roofline with two cross gambrels, 2.) an English -influenced front entry with thin columns, an arched entablature, and a six -paneled door with side lights centered beneath a gable, and 3.) six over six double hung windows. APPLICATION ITEMS: 1 plaque ('l4" by 4" by 20") RECOMMENDATION Mr. Schatz is seeking approval for one 1/4" by 4" by 20" plaque to be placed over the mail slot on the front door of the building. Due to the busyness of Eddy Street, the residents prefer to have packages and mail delivered to a side or rear entrance. The plaque would direct mail and package delivery services to use the other mail box and entrance. It would protect the door from mail pushed down the unused mail slot. The plaque would be slightly longer than those provided to landmark owners by the HPC. It would not hide or remove singular and defining architectural features nor have an impact upon sight lines of the building. The screw holes used to hold the metal of the mail slot to the door could potentially be used for the plaque. Staff recommends approval for the plaque as described.