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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: April 4, 2005 Application Number: 2005 -0404 Property Location: 543 Edgewater Drive, South Bend, IN Property Owner: Doug Turnock Landmark or District Designation: Edgewater Place Local Historic District Rating: S /11 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT Whitcomb & Keller built this American Four Square home with Prairie style influences around 1922 and 1923. Arthur Williamson and his wide, Stella, brought the property in 1923. In the early 1920's Williamson taught at River park School but by 1926 he became a school administrator as the principal of Nuner School. Stella Williamson may have owned or at least lived at this address until 1966. Doug Tumock is the current owner. This brick veneer residence has a hip roof, a large enclosed front porch, broad eaves and divided light wood windows under the aluminum storms. The house may have had a stucco exterior before a remodeling project in the 1930's added the brick veneer. A one stall wood clapboard garage stands behind the house. This garage also has a hipped roof and a wood panel garage door with six fixed lights. APPLICATION ITEMS: Mr. Tunock wishes to expand his single stall garage into a two car garage by tying into the existing back wall and re- pouring the concrete slab He proposes to exactly double the size using the same roof -type as the current garage. The door will be replaced with a larger raised panel door with lights measuring 16'x7'. Sketches and materials listing are attached. RECOMMENDATION: Mr. Tumock's and most of the other garages in the district have one -stall with a hipped roof, wood siding, and... The Edgewater Place district standards note that new construction design should employ the proper proportions of existing buildings. In the case of this garage, the proportions of the existing garage and of other garages in the districts have been reviewed and should be reflected in this proposal. The project as proposed changes the proportions and scale of the garage as visible from the street. Instead of a garage that has essentially one to one width to height proportions, the proposed garage has two to one width to height proportions. The project needs to retain the proper scale and proportions of the existing garage (as visible to the street) and that of other appropriate garages. The physical relationship between the house and garage should also be considered. An appropriate proposal could incorporate two single -car garage doors instead of one large one. This would help keep the existing one -to -one proportions of the garage as visible from the street. If two single -car garage doors are used, the existing garage door could be reused. Staff recommends that this be placed into the Standards and Maintenance Committee because there are several issues going on with this project, such as invasive overgrown trees and the need for a variance from the City, that will require the Committee's guidance and input.