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Owner: Joan Downs 849 Forest Avenue, South Bend, IN 46616 Request for Certificate of Appropriateness For 847 Forest Avenue, South Bend, IN 46616 Description of Work: 847 Forest Avenue is a wood frame single family home in Chapin Park. The two layers of non -original siding that obscured its original exterior were removed on June 27, 2009. I would like to restore the original exterior. This restoration will include the reinstallation of the small hip bell -curve that decorated or marked the juncture between the first and second floor. The face of the flared bell -curve hip will be built to match the dimensions of the existing crown molding seen at the back of the house where the original was never removed. The sills will be replaced on the gable vents and all rotten boards will be replaced. In addition, anywhere shingles need to be replaced including where the gable meets the roof on the south side of the house, shingles of the correct proportions and materials will be used in the replacement. The restoration will also include the shortening of two old window frames on the north side of the house and the reconstruction of these frames to fit the existing windows. At one point in the past the original window frames were altered to fit new windows in the room that has become the kitchen. Because of the elevation of the counter top the exterior windows were then made shorter at that time. Thus, today the replacement windows are about a third shorter than the original frame which still exists on the exterior. My proposed amendment is designed to mask the insertion of the shorter windows which must continue to exist at their present size because the kitchen counter top is still in place behind them in the interior. All the exterior work is to be done with wood clapboard and wood shingles. +.0 rtN a 4"% *-V, L b r s C'j 1-R is 1.