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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY Phone: 574/235.9371 Fax: 574/235.9021 Email: hpcsbsjc@southbendin.gov STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: October 14, 2024 Application Number: 2024-0909 Property Location: 13546 Brick Road Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Italianate / c. 1870 Property Owner: Alexander Horvath Landmark or District Designation: Local Historic Landmark, Ordinance #42-1976 Rating: Outstanding DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/SITE: This is a two story, red brick Italianate farm house with original architectural details such as the wood cornice with brackets and frieze, a bracketed rectangular cupola, and stone windowsill and lintels. The foundation is of dressed coursed stone, and the red brick walls are in English bond. The roof is hipped, and the front porch is open with square posts. The main door has full side lights and transom, and the windows are 6 over 6 sashes. There is an added wing on the back of the house, and at the back of the site there are a historic brick milkhouse and brick outhouse. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The applicant has requested approval to: 1) A. Add a gravel roundabout to the driveway, remove pine tree within the proposed curve, and add a garden bed and decorative urn. B. Enlarge two garden beds directly in front of porch and create two new garden beds surrounding the trees along the front approach. Beds bordered with boxwood hedges and filled with hydrangeas. (Administratively Approved, AA 2024-0909-1) 2) Add a concrete patio, approximately 15’ by 47’, to the east side of the house, and construct a brick and concrete walled entrance to the patio. The proposed entryway would be 8’ tall at its maximum and be joined to the east facade of the house, so that the walled entrance faces north. 3) Demolish the brick outhouse at the rear of site. Bricks from the outhouse to be reused to in the brick compo- nents of the patio and entryway. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Site Projects: Pages 22-24. Demolition and Deconstruction: 38. SITE VISIT REPORT: Historic Preservation Administrator Ross Van Overberghe and Historic Preservation Specialist Kate Himick were able to inspect the brick outhouse and the site in its entirety on September 18, 2024. The bricks comprising the brick outhouse are heavily deteriorated, and over 50% of the original bricks are missing or compromised. The brick milkhouse is in much better condition and staff recommends that special care be taken to actively maintain this structure so that it may be saved.