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,r <br />• STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Date: 5 June 2018 <br />Application Number: 2018-0604 <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 />entry door. 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 #1989-0602 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. COA41994-1215 permitted the grading of the drive and in-kind replacement of <br />limestone base. COA #1995-1025 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. COA#2018- <br />0402 approved window replacement with new aluminum clad 1/1 double hung, fire egress casement, hose tower <br />fixed, restoring exterior wood moldings, replace garage doors with new steel bi-fold, replace passage doors with <br />new custom wood. COA#2018-0507E approved installation of 4' Elite decorative fencing with 4" space between <br />pickets, construct basement access, install 42" H black metal guardrail, construct 8' brick enclosure with steel <br />frame wood clad gate and door, install new steel door between enclosure and basement access, landscaping <br />including pavers, new concrete curbs and paver driveway. <br />
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