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Landmark or District Designation: Taylor's Field Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This 2 storey plus attic frame house was constructed on a square brick foundation. The walls are covered with wood shingles. The roof is a pyramid with gable ended dormers having soffit returns and is covered with asphalt shingles. The porch roof is supported by paired and triple Doric columns set on plinths supported by brick piers with stone caps. There is a wood balustrade around the porch. The windows are 9/1 double hung with aluminum stonn windows. ALTERATIONS: The roof has been re -placed and some of the windows do not appear to be original to the house. APPLICATION ITEMS: Demolition of house and fence and removal of basement.. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT. Demolition of the building then landscaping the vacant lot. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: V.GENERAL A. Buildings in the district should not be demolished except where a building poses a threat to the public safety, and demolition is the only alternative. Documentation of interior and exterior features of the original buildings, especially homes rated as historically significant, is encouraged. Measured drawings and photographs may be submitted to the Historic Preservation Commission for safekeeping and future reference. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval. The house has had numerous break-ins and several fires. Staff attempted many times over a 2 year period to secure the building and alert the police to vagrants in the building after owners walked away from the property. This was once rated Notable in the South Bend survey and would be an appropriate candidate for interior salvage and the front entrance sidelights. Prepared by C.D. Hostetler, Director On a motion by Mike Voll with a second by Lynn Patrick to approve application as submitted with an amendment to encourage salvage of building materials. Vote: 5 — 0 Unanimous. COA#2013-0925 Approved. 3. 1105 East Wayne Street COA#2013-1004 East Wayne Street Representation by Corey Frasier, representative of Bach Investments; Craig Taelman, Capstone Building and Remodeling; Robert Hunter, Royal Sash and Door STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 8 October 2013 Application Number: 2013-1004 Property Location: 1105 E. Wayne Street Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Tudor Revival/1925/HR Stapp/Whitcomb&Keller Property Owner: Bach Investments LLC Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This two storey brick Tudor Revival home has the original asbestos tile on the steep gable roof and paired metal casement windows: 3 x 3 lights and 4 x 4 lights. There are glass block in the south wall of the one storey gabled section and again at the rear of the house next to a French door. There is a picture window in the rear wall in the first storey. There is an attached garage with a gabled roof and dormer. The entire exterior is stucco with a half brick wall. There is an additional entrance on the north side of the house toward the front with a flat roof supported by a wrought iron railing system. The front door is solid wood. ALTERATIONS: The picture window in the rear and the glass blocked in arrears are not original to the house. The additional side entrance with flat porch roof and wrought iron were later additions as well. APPLICATION ITEMS: Some exterior painting, new roof, new windows, complete interior rehab and possible new. like gutters. Side porch roof replacement. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Bach Investments LLC has engaged Capstone Building and Remodeling to oversee these projects. They propose to cover the asbestos shingles with GAF Slateline asphalt shingles. The metal windows can not be repaired; the kitchen windows are original but the rest are 1970s aluminum casement -look or fixed single pane. They will replace them with wood custom double hung and wood casements to fit in the original openings. They will have dimensional performance divided lites without brick mould but with exterior trim detailed in Capstone's Report. They will be designed with a 3 degree slope to shed water. They also propose to replace the non -original side front door overhang with a fixed awning style porch roof per Diagram #1. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: East Wayne Street Local Historic District B. ROOFS AND ROOFING Roof shapes in the district encompass most of the various designs found in residential structures. Roofs are covered with a variety of materials such as asphalt, asbestos, wood, and slate shingles, as well as clay tiles.. Residences in most cases have wood fascias with gutters and downspouts. The facias of some vinyl or metal sided houses are covered with the same material. 3