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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS , Date: April 10, 2008 Application Number: 2008 -0410 Property Location: 1246 E. Jefferson Blvd. Property Owner: Suzanne and Patrick Ruszkowski Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street LHD Rating: Notable STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT: This 1907 home designed by Austin and Shambleau has been reclassified as Neo Classical in the 2005 Interim Survey published in 2007. It was constructed by the Studebaker family to house Studebaker Corporation executives. It was sold in 1919 to Howard A. Woolverton who eventually became Chairman of the Board for St. Joseph Bank and Trust. He lived there until his death in 1960. Mrs. Woolverton passed away in 1944. The current owners are Suzanne and Patrick Ruszkowski. APPLICATION ITEMS: Replace %x of the tennis court with in- ground pool. Extensive amounts of bushes and pines will be planted to compliment current yard and make the pool private and out of eye sight from Jefferson, Sunnyside and Wayne. Per site plan (Exhibit A), support documents(Exhibit B) and drawings submitted (Exhibits 1 -5). STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR EAST WAYNE STREET: B. BUILDING SITE LANDSCAPING AND ACCESSORIES Individual properties in the district are characterized by a house located in the center of a flat lawn, often divided by a walk leading to the front entrance. Several of the residences are sited on two or more building lots; however, the preponderance of the homes have been erected on a single lot. Most of the properties include a double garage, usually located at the rear of the property. The majority of garages are accessed from straight driveways leading from the main thoroughfare, while a few are accessed from the alley. There are also a few homes with a covered carport located at the rear of the property, as well as a few with circular driveways. Driveway and sidewalk materials include concrete, asphalt and brick. All of the properties have trees and most have trimmed shrubbery and/or hedges. Most of the houses conform to a uniform setback line within each block. Required Major landscaping items, fencing, walkways, private yard lights, signs (house numbers) and benches which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained. Dominant land contours shall be retained. Structures such as gazebos, patio decks, fixed barbecue pits, swimming pools, tennis courts, greenhouses, new walls, fountains, fixed garden furniture, trellises and other similar structures shall be compatible to the historic character of the site and the neighborhood and inconspicuous when viewed from a public walkway. Recommended u New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings and newspapers. New site _ work should be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. Plant