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Steve Szaday <br />Preservation Specialist —HPCSBSJC <br />December 22, 2014 <br />At the request of Elicia Feasel Assistant Director of HPC I visited the local St Joseph County landmark <br />located at 50106 Bittersweet Trail on Tuesday December the 16th of 2014. Elicia had heard from a family member <br />of the former owner that the current owner had taken down the original barn located at the property. I visited the <br />property around 11 am to find that in fact the large barn located at the rear of the barn seen from the road was in <br />fact down and the material was sorted in piles around the property. After taking several photographs I approached <br />the house and rang the doorbell. Tim Sikos the owner came out and introduced himself. We walked around the <br />property and he showed me that the barn in fact lacked a foundation which is why it collapsed. He also showed me <br />around the piles of materials and indicated to me that it is his intent to rebuild the barn after a proper graded and <br />secured foundation is built. To further stress his position that he wants to re -use the timbers, the crew that <br />disassembled the barn by hand was a Mennonite crew that even sorted and stacked it. <br />informed him that the out buildings including the barns were in fact part of the landmark designation <br />and that any changes in those buildings required HPC review and approval. He informed me that he had been in <br />contact with David Duval from the Indiana DHPA who informed him that the house and the summer kitchen were <br />the only parts of the designation. Mr Sikos had purchased the property over a decade ago and had been in contact <br />with the state DHPA to discuss tax credits. Mr Duval has been to the property and has talked to the owner and at <br />that time informed him that only the house and the summer kitchen were part of the landmark designation as the <br />barn that is visible from the street was built in the 1960s and was built onto the original barn making it not suitable <br />for tax credit. The cement corn silo that is in the rear of the property and was adjacent to the barn was a later <br />addition. The silo has a slight lean and the owner feels it unsafe and plans on falling that structure as well. To my <br />knowledge Mr. Duval has never contacted HPCSBSJC in regards to his conversations with Mr. Sikos. <br />After researching the file, the owners had the property re -designated to allow the acreage surrounding <br />the farmhouse to be subdivided out and built upon. In the staff report dated February 9, 1987 the staff <br />recommended the approval of the owners proposal due to the fact that, "The historic house and all outbuildings <br />will be on Lot 20 and will still be included in Lot 20 as will the fence." The recommendation also states: "Because all <br />of the buildings and major trees will continue to be protected by the landmark designation and because the new <br />boundaries do not detract from the historic character of the property, I recommend approval." Signed Karen <br />Kiemnec, Director HPC <br />The file does not contain the result of the HPC meeting but does contain the agenda for the St Joseph <br />County Council dated Tuesday, April 14, 1987. This agenda sheet states item # 19-87: An ordinance to amend <br />Ordinace NO. 117-76, the same being an ordinance designating and establishing an historic landmark (50106 <br />Bittersweet Trail) Approved 8-0. 1 am unable to identify the details of that re -designation as the file is lacking the <br />approved COA as well as the language presented to and approved by the County Council. Further research will <br />have to be completed in order to determine what was actually designated and protected. The surveys in the file <br />mention the main house, the smokehouse/summer kitchen and a "good" barn. <br />The owner showed me a photograph of what the original front porch looked like as informed me that it is <br />his intention to rebuild it accordingly. He also showed me some hardware salvaged from the barn as well as some <br />of the original shutters from the main house. He informed me that he is planning on reusing original materials <br />where he is able to. He was also kind enough to show me the interior of the main house and all the restoration <br />work he has done including the original, windows, floors, and trim work throughout the house. <br />Steve Szaday <br />Preservation Specialist <br />HPCSBSJC <br />
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