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-► STAFF REPORT • CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 6 April 2018 Application Number: 2018-0404B Property Location: 65014 SR 931 Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: T-Plan/Romanesque Revival/I903/Pleasant View School Property Owner: American Electric Power; Indiana Michigan Power and Mary Louise Rumpf Landmark or District Designation: Local Landmark, Ordinance #80-1977 Rating: Outstanding DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/SITE: Built between 1902-1903, the Pleasant View School operated until summer of 1931 when the old high school became used as the elementary. The building was used as a residence for many years following and later as the Old Country Bake Shop. Structure is a 1 '/z story T-Plan/Romanesque Revival set upon a stone foundation. First story is brick, second story is wood shingle with a combination of fish scale and diamond pattern. Roof is asphalt shingle with returns at gabled ends. Windows are 1/1 double hung set in arched top with brick lintels and stone sills. Front door is rounded arch opening that has been filled with plywood and a metal pre -hung door. The entire site has suffered deferred maintenance with severe degradation to the school house roof, see July 31, 2017 letter to owner. There is a small, vinyl -sided, non -historic structure on the site. ALTERATIONS: 1978 COA for wooden frame windows to be replaced with aluminum frames, rebuild front stoop, demolish dilapidated rear addition, install signs. Front door and surround is not original. There is a rear concrete stoop with flat roof. • APPLICATION ITEMS: 1. Demolition of non-contributing ancillary building; 2. Discussion of options for schoolhouse property including relocation, demolition with mitigation, or design modifications to allow it to remain in place. All of the options will be explored by the engineering and project management teams and coordinated with Indiana Landmarks and the Lakeville community. The results will be presented at the April 16 commission meeting along with a request for approval of the selected option. C. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Historic Preservation Staff was first contacted on February 27, 2018 regarding "anticipated impacts to a local landmark by the proposed Jackson Road to Marshall transmission line project." Because the Local Landmark is located within the proposed right-of-way of the new line, applicant is proposing to either relocate the school house, demolish, or modify the design to allow it to remain in place. The small, vinyl -sided structure is not historic. Indiana Landmarks (in partnership with the Town of Lakeville) has submitted a proposal to American Electric Power to relocate the Pleasant View School to the nearby Town of Lakeville. Under the proposal, Indiana Landmarks would manage and own the project including contracting for the relocation and associated new construction. The building mover identified for the project is Lykowski Construction — a firm with significant building relocation experience in our area. Lykowski is insured, has visited the site, and concurs that the building can be safely relocated. Upon relocation, Indiana Landmarks will undertake exterior rehabilitation of the building estimated at $65,000 to $70,000. The Town would provide a lot onto which the building will be relocated. AEP would donate the building to Indiana Landmarks along with the cost to move the building to a new site and construct a crawl space foundation for the building. AEP would be responsible for removing the existing foundation and backfilling after the building is removed.