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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY <br />Phone: 574/235.9371 Fax: 574/235.9021 Email: hpcsbsjc@southbendin.gov <br />STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Date: May 12, 2025 <br />Application Number: 2025-0502 <br />Property Location: 809 Forest Avenue <br />Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: <br />American Foursquare / 1890 <br />Property Owner: Andrew and Sherri Polaniecki <br />Landmark or District Designation: Chapin Park Local Historic <br />District, Ordinance Number 9575-05; Chapin Park Natl. District <br />Rating: Contributing <br />DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/SITE: This is a 2 story house with an irregular floor plan set upon a brick <br />foundation. The roof is hipped with side gables and cornice returns and covered with asphalt shingles. The chim- <br />ney is slightly offset with corbelled brick. The exterior walls are 4 1/2” wood clapboard with frieze and moulded <br />cornice and corner boards. There is a full width front porch with four slender turned spindle columns, a concrete <br />floor, and moulded cornice. The windows are 1/1 double hung. <br />DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The applicant has requested approval to: <br />1) Strip paint from house, make any needed repairs to siding and trim, and repaint with linseed oil paint. <br />2) Remove the existing bay window on the south side of the house and replace it with a custom built bay window <br />to match one seen on 812 Forest Avenue. Trim to be cypress, siding to be cedar, shingles to be asphalt to match the <br />existing roof shingles, and the wood windows and wood storms will be salvaged and/or custom built to match the <br />other windows in the house. <br />STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: <br />Windows: Pages 29-32. Additions: Pages 36-37. <br />SITE VISIT REPORT: N/A <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The existing bay window does not appear to be original to the house, and the <br />proposed style of bay window as seen on 812 Forest Avenue (built circa 1902) is in keeping with the architecture <br />and character of 809 Forest Avenue (built 1890). Based on the information provided prior to this public hearing, <br />Staff makes an FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION. <br />Prepared by, <br />Kate Himick, Historic Preservation Specialist