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John Mellor Design Traditional Architecture & Urbanism Memorandum To: Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend & St. Joseph County 125 S Lafayette Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana 46601 From: John Mellor, AIA, LEED AP John Mellor Design Date: September 29, 2011 Re: Written Description: Application for Certificate of Appropriateness The following is a written description of the proposed work to be conducted at the home of Tom and Bridget Keller, 1321 E Wayne Street S, South Bend, Indiana 46615: The Kellers will be remodeling their existing attic in the fall of 2011 to create two new living spaces - a Family Room for their daughters and a new Guest Bedroom and Bath. These rooms will have sloped ceilings dictated by the existing roof framing, but are very close to the minimum amount of space requiring headroom of 7-0" or greater. Also, each room is currently lit with a pair of quarter round windows, too small to admit much natural light and fresh air, and too small for emergency egress. The Kellers are proposing to install three new dormer windows into the attic space. The dormer to the east will serve the Guest Bedroom, while the other two will serve the Family Room. The new dormers will allow daylight and fresh air into the attic spaces, and will create areas of flat ceiling 7-0" high to relieve the otherwise sloped surfaces. The design of the dormer is in keeping with nearby historic homes on East Wayne Street South, Sunnyside Avenue, and East Jefferson Boulevard. Each dormer is sized to accommodate a casement window that meets emergency egress requirements while remaining stylistically sympathetic to a home designed in the 1920s. The window size is similar but proportionally smaller than the existing windows below them. Similarly, the muntin pattern creates panes of glass that are proportionally similar to existing windows in the house. New windows will have insulated glass, and will employ a simulated divided light muntins with spacer bars between the panes of glass. The window exterior will be painted wood to match existing windows. Dormers will be rough framed with standard 2x4 construction, and will be clad with painted cedar siding and trim. Casement windows will be by Marvin Windows and Doors from their line of Ultimate Push -Out Casement Windows. Dormer roof shingles as well as new shingles for the south side of the house will match the existing asphalt shingle roof. 1319 E. South Street, South Bend, Indiana 46615 p. 574-234-6578 ♦ email: johncmellor@gmail.com