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STAFF REPORT <br />• CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Date: 5 April 2018 <br />Application Number: 2018-0402 <br />Property Location: 701 N Portage Avenue <br />Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Romanesque Revival / 1898 / Charles A. Brehmer (Architect) <br />Property Owner: Andrew Caspers and Amanda Shutts <br />Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Local Historic District, Ordinance #9574-05; National <br />Register District; Local Landmark, Ordinance #6242-1977. <br />Rating: Outstanding <br />DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/SITE: Fire House #6 is one of the oldest extant fire houses in South Bend. <br />The triangular plot, of which the building is situated, has a long connection to South Bend's history. During the <br />Civil War, the land was used as part of Camp Rose, a training ground for local troops headed to war. The Saint <br />Joseph County Agricultural Society later owned the land and used it as part of their fair grounds. In 1896, the City <br />of South Bend purchased the land to build a "Hose House" on the property, serving the City until it was <br />decommissioned in 1967. The Civic Theatre used the structure as a theatre and workshop for nearly fifty years <br />following. <br />Fire House #6 is a two and a half story, brick structure, with rectangular plan and hip and gabled roof with dormer. <br />There is a hose tower protruding from the roof at the rear. The front first story features the main equipment door, a <br />thin, curved corrugated metal canopy supported by cast iron brackets designed with a sun and scroll motif. Brick <br />pilasters with stone capitals support a false brick arch at second story. Windows are wood, 1/1 with some fixed in <br />• attic and hose tower. Centered between two second story windows is a large stone placard with No. 6 in relief. <br />ALTERATIONS: COA # 1985-0819 permitted the cleaning of bricks, replace roof ventilator, windows, and rear <br />entrydoor. COA #1987-1019 permitted the replacement of the entrance door. COA #1988-1207 permitted the <br />installation of curbing at the Portage -Lindsey intersection as per Project no. MG -000-C Fed Rd. Region 5. COA <br /># 1989-0208 permitted the installation of security lights with wiring concealed by the eave material and covered in <br />metal conduit painted to match the structure. COA 41989-0602 permitted the removal of old roofing and re -roofing <br />with Owens Corning 3 -tab 20 -year shingles. COA #1993-1118 permitted the repair of holes and the straightening <br />of the edges of the canopy. COA#1994-1215 permitted the grading of the drive and in-kind replacement of <br />limestone base. COA 41995-1025 permitted the removal and replacement of a dead tree. COA #1999-0713 <br />permitted the installation of a pole, siren, and related electrical/radio parts all contained /attached to the pole on <br />Lindsey between Portage Avenue and Leland Avenue. COA #2003-1031A permitted the installation of landscape <br />lighting around the building, a new sign in the lawn, replacement of the front garage door sign, and re -glazing of <br />the scheduling boards on the windows flanking the garage door. COA #2003-1031B permitted the removal of <br />loose paint and dirt from the metal awning with water and/or Conklin's Rust -Off, caulking all seams on top of <br />awning, priming of the awning and the structural braces, and a final coat of paint on the awning. COA #2017- <br />1002G permitted masonry repair (in-kind) using Glen Gery Molded Series '53 -DD Spec Sand' or `250-M'. <br />Replace roof (in-kind), with Certainteed Highland Slate `black granite'; replacement of the house tower wall <br />material with Petersen Aluminum `matte black', replacement of the hose tower windows (in-kind) with wood <br />windows of the same size and configuration; install new gutters, downspouts, and flashing of copper. <br />APPLICATION ITEMS: See attached application items, plans, and product samples. <br />DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: <br />1. Replace existing 1/1 wood double hung windows with new custom Lincoln 1/1 aluminum -clad wood, <br />dual glazed windows to fit all existing openings. Fire egress windows will be designed to appear as <br />double hung but function as a casement. Windows in hose tower will be fixed as existing. <br />Existing Condition: Applicant states that it is their professional opinion (as an Architectural <br />Consultant) that various windows were replaced during middle of last century and do not resemble <br />
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