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Application Number: COA# 2007-0905A Property Location: 710 Park Avenue Property Owner: Georges Enderle Landmark or District Designation: Local Landmark, Chapin Park LHD/NR Rating: Outstanding STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT: This Eclectic Italianate was built for Mary Chapin Anderson and Andrew Anderson between 1875 and 1877. Four generations of the Anderson-DuShane family lived in this house until 1962. APPLICATION ITEMS: For Comparative purpose: Restoration on one window (one glass) in bay area of dining room. Replacement of one window (two glasses), next to restored window with Marvin Window (wood ultimate insert double hung window). This proposal will allow to compare the aesthetical and thermal impact of the restoration solution and the replacement solution and provide valuable information for the how the window problem in my house can be solved satisfactorily. Standards and Guidelines for Chapin Park: II Existing Structures, C Windows and Doors: Please see attached pages 74 and 75 of the Chapin Park Standards and Guidelines for the verbatim Standards concerning windows. GROUP B LANDMARK STANDARDS B. Treatment: Treatment shall be defined as any change of surface materials that will not alter the style or original form. Such improvements include reproofing, glazing, or landscaping lawns and may involve a change that can potentially enhance or detract from the character of the landmark. A treatment change of any surface whether on the landmark or in its environment may require a Certificate of Appropriateness if it significantly alters the appearance of the landmark. Although these kinds of changes may not require a Building Permit, a Certificate of Appropriateness may be necessary. The commission should review the proposed treatment for character and style consistency with the original surfaces. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of this experiment. The two window applications will be side by side under nearly identical conditions on the west side of the bay and will not be visible from the street. Sporleder: Excuse me, I've just finally read this, and I don't believe that this is a correct statement, I don't believe that this is on the West side. I think it's on the North side. Sorry Amy, I didn't see that before. Herdman: You don't need to apologize tome. Sporleder: I know that you said that if there was information that needed corrected... Herdman: No ma'am, just on the minutes. DeFrees: Alan Defrees, 18333 Gardenia Drive. I'm here for Dr. Enderle because I teach at Notre Dame and I teach in the school of Architecture, and there are two main interests that I have. I teach students that are involved with the energy concerns of buildings, and the other is that I'm starting to work with the Historic Preservation concentration also. Historic Preservation has been an interest of mine for decades, since I got into architecture. In fact I got into architecture remembering visiting my grandmother and walking down the street and seeing historic homes in the neighborhood. One of the greatest concerns that I have is that in our future we're going to have to have energy efficient buildings. Fortypercent of our primary energy used is in our buildings. And so we're using a tremendous amount of energy, while making great progress in areas of transportation and agriculture and industry. With buildings we have this huge problem regarding making them energy efficient. There's a lot about old buildings is good. Lots of windows meant opening windows and not relying on air conditioning to remain comfortable_ Today -many people are still going to AC to do that, but our future is going to have to determine how to keep windows operable so that we can use them throughout many seasons and how we can work towards having an energy efficient building. I'm here pro-bono and not charging anyone for this because part of the interest of this is that the scientific facts are pretty easy to sort out, but this area of decision of when we're altering a building to it's detriment is of real concern tome. What Professor Enderle is proposing, initially he wanted to change the four 10