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STAFF REPORT • CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: December 12, 2018 Application Number: 2018-1204 Property Location: 50106 Bittersweet Trail Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: L-Plan/Italianate/1877/William C. Kownover Farm Property Owner: David A. Visser Landmark or District Designation: Local Landmark, Ordinance No. 117-76, amended 11-1987, Indiana State Register of Historic Places Rating: Outstanding DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The Kownover farmhouse is a 2 '/2 story brick house with asphalt shingle roof and stone foundation. 2/2 wood windows with segmental arches, with keystones, brick heads, and stone sills, and two bay windows on the front. A portico with flat roof supported by square wood columns covers the front entrance. The property has a summer kitchen of brick to match the house, a silo, as well as a one and a half story barn structure. ALTERATIONS: Original bay windows roofs have been replaced with higher pitch and wood shakes. Aluminum storm windows have been added. There is a small addition to the rear of the house. Between May 2012 and December 2014, the front portico was removed without a COA. The barn was taken down in 2014 without a COA. Green space at site of former barn has been developed with a stone wall built of original barn foundation stones. COA 2017-0403A approved installation of egress window on north side of house and landscaping to screen window and adjacent A/C unit, creation of dumpster pad along south side of drive adjacent to road, to be enclosed with fence, gates, and evergreens, and extension of gravel driveway. COA 2017-0501 approved installation of 6'H • dog-ear wood stockade panels along north property line. Appropriate shade tolerant plants and/or junipers to be installed as necessary. COA 2017-1204A was tabled indefinitely by the Historic Preservation Commission — the absence of a decision on the application resulted in the issuance of an approved COA on January 18, 2018. COA 2018-0306A allowed for the installation of a 40' windmill. COA 2018-1001C allowed for the deconstruction of the corn crib. APPLICATION ITEMS: "Deconstruction has been completed as approved. This CoA is for the reconstruction. See attached supporting documentation and proposal. " - DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Applicant seeks approval for the following: 1. Construction of detached corn crib building, a. Roughly a 20' by 36' structure, i. Situated close to the existing barn building, 1. 2' separation from the original building, 2. Applicant has expressed interest in concealing the separation behind lattice work, ii. Replicating the previous structure in appearance and construction, 1. Replacement windows on the north and west faces, a. Salvaged windows from the HPC inventory were being considered, although none are available, b. Staff has suggested that the applicant pursue salvage windows from Restore or other reclamation stores, c. Alternatively, new manufacture Northview wood barn sash windows have been approved in similar projects. 2. Replacement man -door on the west face, 3. Replacement garage door on the east face, • a. Applicant has expressed desire to utilize a `barn door' garage door as opposed to the metal generic garage door as was previously found on the corn crib, 4. Half of the structure will replicate the corn crib with slats.