HPC of South Bend and St. Joseph County - Standards Update Draft

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City of South Bend and St. Joseph County Historic Preservation Guidelines 140 District Addendums: East Wayne Street Local Historic District Established 1987 (Ordinance 7796-87) History of East Wayne Street Unique District Character Preservation Public Infrastructure Unique features of the neighborhood include the island of homes between East Wayne Street North and East Wayne Street South, the parks at each end of the island, and the brick pillars at the entrance way (Eddy Street) to the subdivision with signage reading “Whitcomb and Keller’s Sunnymede.” These distinctive features shall be retained. High-intensity overhead streetlights should not be used. Private Site Work & Buildings The East Wayne Street Historic District is characterized by expansive suburban lots reflecting the prosperity of the 1920s complete with tree-lined streets with a park-like feeling. Lot sizes and minimum construction costs insured well-designed homes, many by local architects, in what was named the Sunnymede addition . Most of the homes are designed in the Tudor Revival or Colonial Revival styles, or variants of the styles . The majority of the structures in the district are two stories in height and have square or rectangular plans . Individual properties in the district are characterized by a house located in the center of a flat lawn, often divided by a walk leading to the front entrance. Several of the residences are sited on two or more building lots; however, the preponderance of the homes have been East Wayne Street Local Historic District DRAFT