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-Julie -L. Schutte Assistant Director Historic Preservation Commission 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, IN 46601-1830 Monday, August 30, 2004 Dear Julie, I'm attaching this letter of explanation to our application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for a variety of construction projects for our house at 1049 Riverside Drive because, based on your letter of Aug. 17, I'm afraid you have completely misunderstood my explanation by telephone. I am hopeful this can all be approved no later than the September Historic Preservation Commission meeting, because we are scheduled to begin preparation work for exterior painting of our home that month and we would like the work (described below) to be completed in conjunction with the painting. First, to summarize our overall plans for exterior in-kind and replacement work requiring Certificates of Appropriateness: I) In-kind replacement of deteriorating exterior rear storm and rear entry door. (This includes rebuilding a rotted threshold.) The new doors were purchased at Home Depot and a local contractor will perform the installation. 2) Replacement of historically inappropriate aluminum -track exterior storms/screens with '`historic storm/screen combo" wooden storm windows (highlighted in the July 3 HPC - promoted seminar featuring Bob Yapp of Historic Landmarks Foundation's Northern .Indiana office in South Bend). There are 12 such aluminum -track windows on the second and third stories of our home, where we are considering this kind of replacement. (The first story has the oris-inal wooden storms.) Depending on costs, we plan to replace at least the four front -facing windows now, possibly more. These replacement windows are manufactured by Adams Architectural Wood Products in Eldridge. Iowa, and are clear pine. preservative -treated. with full mortise/tenon joinery, double -strength glass, full screens and factory priming. Before the HPC -sponsored seminar, we had originally planned to have the aluminum tracks painted to better blend in with the house's color scheme, but now that we are aware of a practical, energy-efficient and historically appropriate solution, we're trying to implement this change somewhat late in our home - improvement schedule. 3) Replacement of historically inappropriate aluminum -track exterior storm/screen outside the second -floor bathroom on the east side (driveway side) with the house's original exterior storm using Frosted -glass pane to prevent gazing into the bathroom from the house across the driveway. (According to Bob Yapp, homes in this era typically used frosted glass in their bathroom Nvindows.) This window would be weatherproofed and be able to be removed from the exterior only (in the event of broken glass). In relation to project 3, we al'so wanted to inform the Historic Preservation Commission of some interior work we are doing .N.-ith a renovation of our second -floor bathroom. Because this is interior work. we do not believe a Certificate of Appropriateness is required. Nevertheless.