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STAFF RECOMMENDATION: As the new fence will be installed 8' back from the front fagade of the house behind a tree and large bushes, and is only 4' high in the front, it will not detract from the appearance of the property; therefore, Staff recommends approval. Written by Deb Parcell Deputy Director Approved by Elicia Feasel Executive Director Commissioner Anderson moved to approve application as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Molnar. Five in favor, none opposed. Vote: 5 — 0 Unanimous COA 2017-0804 Approved 3.2017-0807 Demolition 1905 College Street #9807-07 Local Landmark Representation by Mike Szymanski 215 Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Drive Dr. Katherine Turk, 215 Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Drive STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR DEMOLITION Date: August 12, 2017 Application Number: 2017-0807 Property Location: 1905 College Street Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Collegiate Gothic Revival/1936/Austin & Shambleau, architects/Thomas Hickey, builder Property Owner: South Bend Community School Corporation Landmark or District Designation: Local Landmark, ordinance #9807-07; National Register Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: Marquette School was begun in 1936 to house 13 classrooms, a gymnasium, library and a 683 -seat auditorium with a separate entrance on Brookfield as a two-story brown English bond brick rectangular building with stone stretchers, a stone string course at the water table and stone first level sill course and stone string courses at the roof line. The building is constructed with a blend of poured concrete and a steel frame. The roof is flat and covered with tar and gravel. There are art deco bas-relief stone sculptures above the front and side entrances and triangular pediments above the East and West Hamilton Street entrances. The College Street entrance has a 40 -pane fixed wood window that illuminates the stairwell. There is an opaque leaded glass window on the west side of the east Hamilton Street Entry. There is a round window with nine panes of clear glass with limestone surrounds in the balcony area of the auditorium on the south side wall. Throughout the rest of the building there are large double hung wood windows with 4/6 and 6/9 sashes set in flat stone lintels. There are stone casing and mullions on all doors and granite entry steps. The original 1936 building is intact and maintains an outstanding level of integrity with most of its original materials and windows. Famed local architects, Austin and Shambleau designed the building with construction by highly regarded local builder, Thomas Hickey. Forty five percent of the $262,760 cost of Marquette School was funded by the United States Government through New Deal projects of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A small addition was constructed in 1948 and a larger one in 1953 off the northeast comer of the original structure on College Avenue. The 1953 addition to the building is symmetrically arranged; the south end (at the north end of the 1948 addition) and the north end have a wall that forms a corner bay, though the top of the wall is equal to the adjacent walls. The corner bay has wide brick pilasters that step inward toward a center bay. The center bay has a 6/6 window centered in its first level and a 6/9 window centered in its second level. The windows have stone sills, but are not framed with stone trim. At the center of the 1953 addition is a narrow wall that forms a projecting bay, though the top of the bay wall is equal to the adjacent walls. A small, narrow 1/1 window is located in the first level of the bay; it has a wide stone sill. The stone sill course on the ___- 1953 addition is located on the corner bay walls only. Between the corner bay and the projecting bay are two groupings of four 6/12 windows; these groups are also framed with stone trim. _- — . ---- --- --- ALTERATIONS: All windows are boarded. All original paneled doors have been replaced with modern clear glass and metal doors. The only significant alterations are the reduction of the Hamilton Streets entrances twin towers from six brick courses and seven limestone string courses to two and three respectively and the removal of decorative brick and limestone pediments that crowned the top of each tower. APPLICATION ITEMS: After obtaining the Certificate of Appropriateness, the SBCSC will move forward with finalizing the 5