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STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Date: 12 February 2014 <br />Application Number: 2014-0207 <br />Property Location: 701 Lincoln Way East <br />Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Whitcomb & Keller/American Four Square/1919 <br />Property Owner: Abandoned Property -Thomas Capers <br />Landmark or District Designation: Edgewater LHD <br />Rating: Non -Contributing <br />DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This 2 storey plus attic frame house was constructed on a <br />square concrete foundation. The walls are covered with brick patterned Insulbrick. The hipped roof has <br />hipped dormers and is covered with asphalt shingles. The porch roof is supported by square brick <br />columns with brick piers with stone caps and brick walls. The windows are 1/1 double hung with <br />aluminum storm windows. <br />ALTERATIONS: The roof and Insulbrick are not original to the house which has been burned out from <br />a fire. <br />APPLICATION ITEMS: Demolition of fire damaged residential structure and shed. <br />DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT. Demolition of the buildings. <br />STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: <br />V. GENERAL <br />A. Buildings in the district should not be demolished except where a building poses a threat to the public safety, <br />and demolition is the only alternative. Documentation of interior and exterior features of the original buildings, <br />especially homes rated as historically significant, is encouraged. Measured drawings and photographs may be <br />submitted to the Historic Preservation Commission for safekeeping and future reference. <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval and recommends the landscaping of the <br />vacant lot. The house is considered structurally unsound and unsafe to enter by the fire marshal and <br />police. <br />Prepared by C.D. Hostetler, Director <br />