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Home My WebLink AboutDecember 2002e Special Meeting Historic Preservation Commission Offices 125 South Lafayette Boulevard Friday, December 20, 2002 8:00 AM I. CALL TO ORDER, & ROLL CALL II. PUBLIC HEARING A. CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS 1. 2002-1212; Eliakim Ashton Farm, also known as the Ullery—Farneman Farm, Approximate construction date 1866, 61191 U.S. 31 South, South Bend, Centre Township. Application to remove old garage/out building, add entrance foyer, add window canopies, build addition & parking in rear, add landscaping. B. HEARING OF VISITORS 1. South Bend Community School Corporation regarding Jefferson School plans 2. All others wishing to be heard III. REGULAR BUSINESS A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES B. TREASURER'S REPORT V. NEW BUSINESS A. Appointment of Special Committee on Public School renovations VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS & MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS VII. ADJOURNMENT SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION DECEMBER 20, 2002 MEETING GUESTS: PLEASE SIGN THIS LIST SO YOUR PRESENCE CAN BE NOTED FOR OUR MINUTES 71aD - -1b � -32tl iL, P--- 5-w,sc-- ►51n� � C, G�nr�rYafICS �v��, oN d�� Application -for- Certi acate of -Appropriateness Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend & St. Joseph County 125 South Lafayette Boulevard Mailing address: 227 West Jefferson Blvd - South Bend IN 46601-1830 Phone: 219-235-9798 Fax: 219-235-9578 e-mail: Wstoric@micWana.org A Certified Local Government OFFICE USEONLYY»»>DO NOT COMPLETE ANY ENTRIES CONTAINED IN TMS OOX«««OFFICE USE ONLY Date Received,/2 --1-Z 2002 Application Number: 2002- .1 -21 -2 - Past Reviews: YES(rurgOytwsrxavrcm �y�l� �� 9� ❑ NO ZaA� Staff Approval authorized by: Ti!!,?: Historic Commission Review Date: 01 -cal Laudmark ❑ National Landmark ❑ National Register District N—,); ❑ Local Historic District INmr1: Certilicate of Appropriateness: ❑ Denied ❑ Tabled ❑ Sent To Committee ❑ Approved and issued 2002 Address of Property for proposed work: 61 191 v _ S _ 3 Sn„t-h; Smit -h RG? ,,a Snrn ASiabrr rnd Swrr Nave) City: South Bend Owner's Phone No: Vacant - Owners moved Contract Purchaser #289-8481 Name of Property Owner(s):(rwNr)_Ca Gt w7l. J_ Frank Macri Address of Property Owner: 1209 East Ewincr Avenue: South Aan11. TN 46911 Contractors) Name: Architecture Desian GroUn Contract Company Name: Contractor Address: 922 East Wavne Street: City:South Bents TM 4660_1 Contractor's Phone No: 2 8 8- 6s; 7 F Current Use of Building: Resid,+ptia]- jS{ngiA Fermis- ' (Sim&Fonily-UWN-Fantdy-Commadal-Cov ifient- Industria! - Vacant - eta Type of Building Construction: Other - (W"d Frame -Brick -Stora - Steel - Concrete - Otha) Proposed Work: ® Inkind ® Landscape Q New ❑ Replacement(noti..kind) (mon than one bar may be checked) ❑ Demolition Description of Proposed Work: Remove old garage / out building: add foyer to entrance; add canopies to various windows for use as Italian Restraunt; add addition to facility in rear; add parking to rear of parcel; add landscaping as necessary Owner/Contractor: Fax: _288-6624 (t,nntrart•�gtail: (This ol}lcr Wil aomespond HA(o�nly on, designee) &/or Rrµ//�� /(( Signature of Contractor °t �'T °AYPLICAI�()N REQUDtEMENTS ARE LISTED ON REVERSE SIDE. MACRI'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT 61191 U.S. 31 SOUTH SOUTH BEND, INDIANA NOTE: STORM WATER CONTROL TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ST. JOSEPH COUNTY STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS 728_12— - — — • EX WELL EASTNO NCUSE F -Ex sEPIIC� L --J 883.50 i PARCEL B 6.06 ACRES TOTAL LOT 6.89 ACRES rt KERN ROAD - PARCEL A 0.83 ACRES PROPOSED S NION NDW —255.0 /—' SCREEN PENCE — — — _� — —.— -- — / I 12 SPACES - III11 1111'9 Rp PROPOSED DRI I / / _ EASTHG 2is SUIDNG / E%ISTWOOARA 70 SE REMOVED 24sIMREoACCESS y PRDPOSEDCOWAERCK y DRNEYwY PER *OOT STANDARD$ / I / EMST*1O DRNEVAY TO CLOSE DEVELOPER: FRANK MACRI 1209 E. EWING SOUTH BEND, IN 46613 CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN NORTN SiteScapes— vrz nr.«c . +rz•ro+ wroacr.R: .sus 11 W-) . rP...,� .w.. •es.s 02038SP.DWG SEPTEMBER 12.2002 EEV. SEPT. 19.2002 EV. OCT. 29, 2002 EV. DEC. 9. 2002 LAND USE CALCULATIONS GROSS SITE• 16.89 ACRES PARCEL'A - 10.83 ACRES (PROPOSED RESTAURANT) PARCEL 9' -16.06 ACRES (FUTURE DEVELOPMENT) PARCEL'R - PROPOSED RESTAURANT LOT SIZE: 0.83 ACRES BUILDINGS: 4.196 SF -11.6% EA$TMO cA+ACE PARKINGsIDRIVES: 18.917 SF . 52.3 % OPEN SPACES: 13.042 SF ss 36.1 % NEW MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER HOOK-UPS BUILDINGS EXISTING HOUSE (CONVERT TO RESTAURANT) " 1sl FLOOR 1,191 SF 2nd FLOOR 1.133 SF TOTAL 2.324 SF • 55 % EXISTING GARAGE (CONVERT TO KITCHEWSTORAGE) FLOOR AREA - 1,072 SF . 25 % ^ I NEW ADDITION (KITCHEN AND RESTROOMS) FLOOR AREA• 800 SF . 20 % PARKING CALCULATIONS 75 SEATS TOTAL (50 INSIDE/25 OUTSIDE) - 1 SPACE/3 SEATS • 25 SPACES I EMPLOYEES �6SPACES TOTAL PARKING REQUIRED • 31 SPACES TOTAL PARKING PROVIDED 31 SPACES PARKING SPACE 9x20', TYPICAL ALL NEW PARKING AND DRIVES TO BE HARD SURFACE PAVEMENT PARCEL'B' - FUTURE DEVELOPMENT LOT SIZE: 6.06 ACRES MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE • 70 % " (BUILDING AND PAVEMENT) I NEW MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEINER HOOK-UPS BE SUBMITTED FOR ZONING AND SITE PLAN LTO APPROVAL PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT �1 NOTE: STORM WATER CONTROL TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ST. JOSEPH COUNTY STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS 728_12— - — — • EX WELL EASTNO NCUSE F -Ex sEPIIC� L --J 883.50 i PARCEL B 6.06 ACRES TOTAL LOT 6.89 ACRES rt KERN ROAD - PARCEL A 0.83 ACRES PROPOSED S NION NDW —255.0 /—' SCREEN PENCE — — — _� — —.— -- — / I 12 SPACES - III11 1111'9 Rp PROPOSED DRI I / / _ EASTHG 2is SUIDNG / E%ISTWOOARA 70 SE REMOVED 24sIMREoACCESS y PRDPOSEDCOWAERCK y DRNEYwY PER *OOT STANDARD$ / I / EMST*1O DRNEVAY TO CLOSE DEVELOPER: FRANK MACRI 1209 E. EWING SOUTH BEND, IN 46613 CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN NORTN SiteScapes— vrz nr.«c . +rz•ro+ wroacr.R: .sus 11 W-) . rP...,� .w.. •es.s 02038SP.DWG SEPTEMBER 12.2002 EEV. SEPT. 19.2002 EV. OCT. 29, 2002 EV. DEC. 9. 2002 New Fabric Canopies New Entry Vestibule PRARCHITECTURE DESIGN GROUP O , 12.11.2002 Existing East Elevation No Scale Conceptual East Elevation No Scale Limits of Addition (Beyond) MACRI'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT 61191 U.S. 31 SOUTH SOUTH BEND, INDIANA New Entry Vesitbule E Existing North Elevation No Scale New Masonry Addition ARCHITECTURE Conceptual North Elevation MAORI'S ITALIAN P'i� DESIGN GROUP No Scale RESTAURANT pa'j,12.11.2002 .61191 U.S. 31 SOUTH SOUTH BEND, INDIANA STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFIATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: December 19, 2002 Application Number: 2002-1212 Property Location: 61191 U.S. SOUTH, South Bend, IN (Centre Township) Property Owner: Mr. Frank Macri (Contingent Owner/Contract Purchaser) Mr. & Mrs. Charles Nyers (Contract sellers, default owners) Landmark or District Designation: Local Historic Landmark, Saint Joseph County Rating: Outstanding (13 on rating scale of 0 to 13) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT The Eliakim Ashton family was among the very earliest to establish a farm along this historic highway in 1826. The important structures on this parcel, including the stone foundation of the bank barn, were mostly built between 1826 and 1866. Joseph Ullery, Sr. owned this farm from 1838 to 1866, when he transferred it to his daughter, Barbara Ullery Farneman, and her husband, Joseph Farneman. It is possible, though not certain, that the present main house was built for the new couple in 1866. However, this house has many character defining features in common with the Stumpf House in Indianapolis, pictured in Indiana Houses of the 19`h Century, (plate 133), which was built in 1855. If this house was built before that, it may be the oldest pure Italianate American Style house in Indiana. The most significant resources at this site include: The magnificent main house, the former milk house or summer kitchen, the remains of a bank barn and another animal shelter. Lesser significant resources include a secondary house and a garage, both of which are newer that the period of primary historic significance, but which are contributing structures of historic significance. Both are believed to be over fifty years old. There is another garage on the property, as well, in the far back. Joseph Farneman died in 1884, and Barbara Farneman went to live with her son, Isaac Farneman, in South Bend, after 1890. She died in 1904. The 1895 Atlas shows the farm jointly owned by Isaac Farneman and Esther Farneman Stover, the children of Barbara and Joseph. The farm remained in the Farneman family until 1927. Subsequent owners were the Stanley A. Skrwranek family, and the Debra and Charles J. Nyers family. In about 1986, the wonderful pre -Civil War era bank barn was struck by lightening and burned to the foundation. While this was a significant loss to the County's heritage, the site of the barn is still of interest to the DNR Department of Archeology. It is our understanding that the proposed parking is not on the site of the lost bank barn. APPLICATION ITEMS: 1. Add vestibule or foyer to front entrance; 2. Add canopies to various windows; 3. Add addition in rear, attaching existing kitchen to milk house/summer kitchen; 4. Add parking to side and rear of parcel; 5. Add new side entry porch, stair, and ramp on North side of kitchen wing of the house; 6. Build eight foot tall wood fence to North of property; 7. Remove certain large trees; 8. Remove the one of two existing garages that is closer to the house. RECOMMENDATION 1. Regarding the proposed front vestibule, staff can imagine no circumstance in which such a significant alteration to the character defining shape and rhythm of the primary fagade of such a significant and lovely building could be approved by a historic commission. 2. Regarding the proposed canopies, Staff recommends denial of this proposal because the existing shutters are a character defining element of the house, and the existence of both awnings and shutters is conflicting and illogical. Additionally, there is no evidence of such awnings ever having been on this house. Staff notes that canopies similar to the proposed were common on Italianate houses built at the very end of the Victorian Era, but our research finds no evidence of such awnings on any home built during the period of this structure. However, architecture books of the period do recommend louvered shutters (which were also called "Venetian Blinds" in the 19`h Century). This house has had louvered shutters during all the years that we have records of it, though at some point those on the side and back were removed, and those on the front were fixed in place and the hinges apparently removed — though it is also possible that they were always decorative, and never had hinges. The paint on the front of the house and around the other windows obscures the witness marks. 3. Regarding the proposed rear addition: More detailed architectural drawings are necessary for final HPC approval to be granted. However, Staff believes that the building of an addition at this place offers the opportunity to remove some weird and inappropriate alterations to the original milk house or summer kitchen, possibly restoring some of the remaining original out building, while simultaneously giving the new restaurant a great deal of new space. Staff would recommend allowing the rear addition to be either frame or masonry, at the owner's option. The existing kitchen wing on the main house has been extensively remodeled, and part of the exterior has been stuccoed, probably to blend old and newer construction. The existing building immediately behind the kitchen wing, which would have originally been a milk house and/or summer kitchen, has also been extensively altered, in ways which make one wonder what in the name of heaven the builders could have been thinking, but which, fortunately, leave traces of the lovely and interesting original structure. 4. Proposed parking. Staff recommends approval of the proposed parking plan, conditional upon the preservation of the large maple tree and landscape bushes at the North of the house. From the plans submitted, staff believes these landscape elements are intended to be, preserved; however, the plans should be revised to show them. The drawings submitted also show significant alteration of the existing driveways, and removal of a large front yard tree (or two?), though this is not listed in the text of the application. Staff would not recommend approval of such changes, if they are intended to be included in the Application. 5. Proposed new side entry and porch. There are witness marks on the North wall of the kitchen wing and the back wall of the front wing of the house which indicate that there used to be a classic Italianate porch at this location, somewhat smaller that the proposed, but at least twice the size of the presently existing porch. (The existing side porch and the shed - roofed thing on top of the kitchen wing may have been built at the same time.) Staff would enthusiastically support a proposal to re -construct a porch the same size and scale as the original. Staff is less enthused about the proposed porch, which is about 50% bigger than the original, and seems out of scale, and disproportioned. Staff notes, however, that the presently existing porch is at least 50% smaller than the original, and thus equally out of scale. For these reasons, staff declines to make a recommendation for or against the side porch, as presently proposed. Staff notes that if the addition to the original milk house/summer kitchen were removed, there would be room to make the proposed masonry addition larger than is presently contemplated, and this might make it possible for the owner to accomplish what he wishes to accomplish with a side porch no larger than the original, leaving the second storey windows and the West facing parlor window uncovered. The proposed handicapped -access ramp leading to the side porch is.well designed, and well located, pending reconsideration of other elements of the porch design. 5. Proposed eight foot tall wood fence. Staff concludes that this fence is proposed to mitigate light from the parking area into the neighbor's home and yard. This is a proper and reasonable consideration. However, Staff notes that the neighbors already have a very nice hedge along their lot line, and suspects that they might not like so very tall a fence immediately South of such a fine hedge, cutting off its light and air. Also, while some eight - foot fences may be graceful and lovely, others can be reminiscent of a cattle slaughter yard. Staff notes that a leading feature of Italianate and Victorian homes was great attention to lovely views along sight lines from windows, doorways, and paths. These are sometimes, but not always, enhanced by fences. Staff recommends that the H.P.C. be given a more specific description of the specific fencing proposed, and that any fence approved be no larger than is minimally necessary to protect neighbors from car headlights in the parking lot, unless some asthetic or historic reason can be given for a larger fence. 6. Staff recommends that the request to remove large trees be denied, for the reason that the trees reflect the property's history and development, and therefore are required to be retained pursuant to the standards applicable to this and every local landmark property. The only exception in the Standards allows for removal of "plant materials and trees in close proximity to the building that are causing deterioration to the building's historic fabric", and that exception is not applicable here. 7. Staff has no opinion regarding the proposed removal of the ship -lap wood frame garage immediately behind the milk house/summer kitchen.. ADDRESS,#: 61191 STREET NAME: US 31 South =LETYPE: COA --------------------------------------------------------- CASE#: 1994-0620 FILED BY Charles J. Nyers ----------------------------- -------------------- Case Closed: Closed: y REVIEW: Appropriate w/modificat Violation?: n Status: Was work begun/completed prior to application?: n -------------------- Des: LL DECISION: Denied D -DATE: Jul 18, 1994 Decision By: Commission -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CASE HISTORY: SEE CASE #Is: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Installation of an earth berm across the frontage of the property to act as a sound buffer from the highway. The berm if desribed as 7 feet high. The berm is to be landscaped with grass and shrubs. The existing driveway is to remain including existing masonry posts. The berm would be broken at these passage points. The existing spruce tree shall remain, and the existing magnolia is to be removed. ---------------------------------------------------------7---------------------- CATEGORIES: ADDRESS,#: 61191 STREET NAME: U.S. 31 South FILETYPE: C of A --------------------------------------------------------- CASE#: 1991-0801 FILED BY Charles and Debra Nyers -------------------------------------------------______ Case Closed: y REVIEW: Appropriate Violation?: n Status: Was work begun/completed prior to application?: n -----------------------------------------____ Des: LL -County DECISION: Approved D -DATE: Aug19, 1991 Decision By: committee;commission -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CASE HISTORY: SEE CASE #'s: ---------------- ----------------------------------------------- PROJECT DESCRIPTION: remove existing landscaping around building. 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'.*.s �"a. z•«�r..rr. ..V..__:•' �1"r�`r `tt. !� .. i �.,\. \�T� w j �f' t \ . ., r�+Y -�'.il,r �r,"l�� ' • � �/`',+�,, '� fir, Ate 8' } "'4e .p".( "�.. - `, ,. � �� rY +p''� . r '•tel f -- v fx,..r ^T. tl 1 l � ' • rY rt N w o .t,-+�•."",�..d° �"' � d l e. erten ence on ,\e go - -.-n In door - east side V-TOVN THE ARCHITECTURE OF COUNTRY HOUSES A. J. DOWNING Throughout OWNING - Throughout the early Victorian period American domestic architec- ture was dominated by the ideas and designs of Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852). Downing, who was America's first important landscape architect, was instrurruental in establishing a tceil-styled, efficient, yet low-priced house that offered ninny features which previously only mansions could provide. His designs were widely spread both by his books and by periodical mptihlicatiou. Downings most important work was his Architecture of Country Houses (1850), which passed through nine editions b)' 1866, and served as the style -book for tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of homes throughout the Eastern United States. It contains thirty-four designs for model homes (country house in'this context simply rueaning a separate house, as opposed to it town hoose), with elevations, floor plans, and discussion of design, construction, and function. The English country house of the period is the ground style, upon which other styles are overlaid; designs showing Gothic, Drench, Italian and Elizabethan styles allow the user considerable choice. In many ways these designs form one of the first steps toward the modern house, with avowed emphasis on function and convenience, expres- sion of personality, catholicism of taste, and concord with environ- ment. Decoration, of course, was not frowned upon. Most valuable today is the author's full, thorough discussion of many other aspects of the early Victorian house: aesthetic concerns of architecture, adjustment to locality, materials, construction, costs, floor plan, roofing, shingling, painting; chimneys and fireplaces, in- terior woodwork, wallpapering, decoration, furnishing, ventilation, sanitation, central heating, and landscaping. Since most of the houses concerned have been destroyed or altered, and practically no living situations have been preserved, this book is indispensable to everyone interested in early American culture, interior decoration, restoration, or Victorian architecture. It is far and away the richest source for the period. 321 figures. 33 architectural designs. Introduction by J. Stewart John- son, President, The Victorian Society in America. xxiv + 484pp. 5% x 8V2. Paperbound- $12. 95 IN USA 9 7Q )43o ee) )31 I I DESIGNS FOR 'VILLAS OR COUNTRY HOUSES. 285 DESIGN xxii.—A Villa in the Italian Style. TIIERE is a strong and growing partiality among us for the Italian style. Originally adapted to the manifestation of social life, in a climate almost the counterpart of that of the Middle and Southern portions of our country—at least so far as relates to eight months of the year, it is made to conform exactly to our tastes and habits, with, perhaps, less alteration than 'any other style.Its broad roofs, ample verandas and arcades, are , especially agreeable in our summers of dazzling sunshine, and though not so truly Northern as other modes that permit a high roof, still it has much to render it a favorite in the Middle and Western sections of our Union. As a rural style, -expressing country IM, the Italian is inferior to pointed and high -roofed modes. If it is not so essentially country -like in character, it is however remarkable for ex -Dressing 1F 286 COUNTRY HOUSES. the elegant culture and variety of accomplishment of the retired citizen or man of the world, and as it is capable of the most varied and irregular as well as very simple outlines, it is also very significant of the multiform tastes, habits, and wants of modern civilization. On the whole, then, we should say that the Italian style is one that expresses not wholly the spirit of country life nor of town life, but something between both, and which is a mingling of both. The leading features of this style are familiar to most of our readers. Roofs rather flat, and projecting upon brackets or cantilevers; windows of various forms, but with massive.,_ dressings, fre uq ently running into the round archzwhen the opening is an important one (and always permitting the use of the outside Venetian blinds); arcades supported on arches or verandas with simple columns, and chimney- of. charac- teristic and tasteful forms. Above all, when the composition is irregular, rises the campanile or Italian tower, bringing all into unity, and giving picturesqueness, or an expression of power and elevation, to the whole composition. In designing this small villa in the Italian style, our object was to show as much of the force and spirit of this style as possible, within a very moderate space, and for a very moderate cost. It would have been far easier to have increased the effect by adding more apartments—for it is one of the merits of this style that it permits additions, wings, etc., with the greatest facility, and always with increasing effect. We must call the attention of the reader to the semicircular arcade or veranda thrown out on the drawing -room or lawn side of the house, which combines elegance with comfort, and is an agreeable variation of the common veranda. The win. ;d )st so of at of id (ir or ve ile of es in )n III er -ct as te -ct lis -st DESIGN XXII VILLA IN THE ITALIAN STYLE Fig. 119 LIBRARY DINING HALL voltCH 1,'.ITCIIEN 113 :C 16 16 , 16 -b 16 x 21 < rn X > COAL 'T z SCULLERY 0 6 x1l PANTRY > r v L rr > Z SCULLERY 0 6 X7 11 PA 1, )% DRAWING Rl? Illl uPORC� MM t-- --------- t— PRINCIPAL FLOOR Fig. 120 dlt IDESIGNS FOR VILLAS OR COUNTRY HOUSES. 287 dows of Ithe drawing -room and library reach the floor, so as to afford an easy access to this arcade. Avco moDATION. The arrangement of this villa exhibits a little contrivance to get the utmost from a limited space. It Will, therefere, need some explanation. Entering the large door in the tower or campanile which— forms hichforms the porch (9 feet square), see Fig. 119, we come to the vestibule, 9 by 9 feet. The stair, which is placed here, com- mences at a, and, as it rises, enters the tower (as shown in the second ,floor plan). On the right side of the vestibule is a door opening into a handsome parlor or drawing -room, 18 by 24 feet, witha bay -window in characteristic style. Directly beyond the vestibule is a pretty dining -hall, 16 by 21 feet. This back hall will be a very airy and agreeable dining apartment in summer,* and it may be rendered essen- tially iprivate, by closing the door in the vestibule, at a, when persons chancing to arrive during dinner can be shown into the dining -room, or library, or to the second story, without passing through the hall. A china -closet and a pantry are connected with this dining -room. We have purposely cut off the direct communication with the kitchen, in order that the passage, e, should stop sounds and smells. But a large closet, resembling a sideboard, might be built at L, with a door at the back, opening into the kitchen, through which the dislies might, to save trouble, be passed into the dining -hall. Tlie library. is 18 feet square, and communicates with both dining -hall and drawing -room. I *;It is supposed to be heated by a furnace in winter, or a flue can be introduced in the wall between it and the kitchen, at b. 0 I 288 COUNTRY HOUSES. The kitchen is 14 by 16 feet, with a scullery for rough work adjoining oining it, and back porch and closet, and pit for coals in the , 3 - rear. CL. I UMMMk- 28 x 18 16 x .117 15 x 16 CL. 8X11 HALL =!Oj..BA,'rH a 26 X 18 DRESS. OF R 0 9 J X [Fig. 121. Second Floor.] In the second -story plan, Fig. 121, we find four bed -rooms of good size, with two small ones, one of them used as a dressing - room. There is also a bath -room, with space for a water -closet at the end of the entry. At a, a narrow flight of stairs ascends to the apartment, 9 by 9 feet, in the top of the tower which may be a museum or a prospect gallery. It would be sufficient for most families, if there were a cellar constructed under all but the main part of the building. The latter would then only require foundation walls. Co,xsTitucrrioN. We have designed this villa for wood, to enable those who wish to build a tasteful and picturesque dwelling at an economical price to do so, in parts of the country where other materials are dear. But it may be built with still better effect of stone, or brick colored, or of brick cemented. In the latter case, however, it will require a )ESIONS FOR VILLAS OR COUNTRY HOUSES. 289 variation of !the size of the dining -room, so that there shall be no interruption of the wall of the main body of the house, Nvllere it juts into the library. The first story will be 12 feet high, throughout the whole of the first floor-, including the kitchen, since the projection of the dining -hall partly into the wings requires it. But while the chamber story in the main building is 11 feet high, in the secondary building it is only 8 feet. The bed -room over the dining -room; only runs to the main platform. The bed -rooms over the kitcllen wings therefore are 8 feet high. The window-dressings of a villa like this may be quite plain, especially if, outside shutter blinds are used. But the simple and massive dressin(rs often em- played in this style, of which Fig. ' + 122 will convey a more accurate idea, are in much better keepinL, with the character of the archi- tecture. An enriched Italian win- dow-dressing is shown in Fig. 123.* If built of wood the exte- rior should be of clear stuff', hori- zontal -boarded, and finished in the best manner, d d The roofs of Italian buildings, (Fig.IV2. Ibilian window—dressing plain.) having but little pitch, are Usually The proportions observed in designing ♦vindows by Palladio, and the best of the earlier Italian architects, are as follows:—The lbeinhtof the opening double that I of the width, and the breadth of the architrave or dressing one sixth of the width. Windows on the second floor have the same breadth, but less height. 200 COUNTRY HOUSES. covered with tiles or metal. If heavy ribs of wood are introduced before laying on the galvanized iron or zinc, the picturesqueness will be increased, and the effect produced which is shown in the elevation. , MMM IIfM1111nO11w�11n11�nnnoummnnn11111m1I11111111111111IY' W [Fig. 123. Italian Window—enriched.] Estimate. Supposing three rooms on the first, and two on the second floor to have the walls 11 hard finished," land the rest to be finished for whitc-,vashing or papering, this house may be built, lrere, of brick and stucco—the arcade, bay -windows, etc., of wood painted and sanded—for $4600. In the cheap limber districts, it may be substantially built of wood for about $3800. As fur -Dishing materials for study of simple and effective Italian composition, we give a view (from Loudon's Magazine), Big. 124, of the villa of Mr. Nesfield, a landscape -painter. It ol- orand- FOR of 'bTW Beta 011,8 '1 insUUuL:bs 0 ,aaxies, nclol>> is the ils, 111 tile is stllate a tuoav litheI-, there "r elf ect general11 '� ,kt may. r1p;;r'"^?i#,»i3ir:r�:w::;,.:vv..•i•.:sa.�.:.rsn.-..�.., ..�. .,.....«-,_..•,. ....-.._�...., - - - - --... r;fg^.,.�?_,�:,. � {,,�•':X�_t.,�.dyV;�w. +�+•.".,nG:�..-....�:f'�i.¢,r.:.�.s'::.:s:s� +ar:Z:"r:a.:.'.+...•u:.`:.r..es,...e,;�i;s.,.,.� �: .� .� ..,n... _,®�n.�-,+�.a,:.-e.:�...+.:............+..,,w..c..;....,..�.w«.rn,wo DESIGN XXVIII VILLA IN THE ITALIAN STYLE Fig. 143 r 4 DESIGNS FOR VILLAS OR COUNTRY HOUSES. 317 i x {. _ DESIGN xxViii.—A Tlilla in the Baliait Style. This beautiful villa, the residence of Edward King, Esq., of Newport, Rhode Island, was constructed in 1845, from the designs of Mr. Upjohn, of New York. It is one of the most successful specimens of the Italian style in thetnited States, and' unites beauty of form and expression with spacious accommodation, in a manner not often seen, and which' is very creditable to Mr. Upjohn. is The, first impression which this villa makes on the mind is, that o I f its being a gentleman's residence. There is dignity, refinement, and elegance, about all its leading features. It next indicates varied enjoyments, and a life of refined leisure— especially abounding, as it does, with evidences of love of social pleasures. In a more strictly architectural sense, the exterior of this villa 'is worthy of note, for the karmony which pervades it. Notwithstanding0 the great variety of forms in the windows introduced --a variety which denotes different uses in various apartments—the predominance of the round arch in the majority of the leading apertures, whether in windows, doors, 318 COMM TRY liousr"s. or verandas, restores harmony throughout the whole—while it The produces an effect, as regards the details, quite different Froin laxity that which results from the simplicity of most fa fades. Both whole are pleasing, but, to a highly cultivated taste, the satisfaction how t plan LAUNDRY U1 VERANDA TANTTE-R.LIE ANTE -R. KITCHEN LIBRARY 16X,23 16xig HOUSEKEEPERS R7 DRAWING R. 26X28 19 X 27 HALL 40 < DINING R. t PARLOR X 19x 24 s .19 X24 z > [Fig. 144. Principal Floor.] i derived from harmony growing out of variety, is as much greater all of than that arising from uniformity and simplicity, in architecture, have 1 as in music, where the first may be illustrated by one of Beetho- inereaf ven's symphonies, and the last by the simple melody of a ballad Acc, 4999 LEGALS NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice Is hereby given that the South Bend Community School Corporation, South Bend, IN will receive seated bids In the Office of the Director of Buildings and Grounds, 635 South Main Street, South Bend, IN until the hour of 1:30 p.m., EST, on the 27th day of. December, 2001 at. which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud for the following: PERLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL HVAC RENOVATIONS PERLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL 740 NORTH EDDY STREET SOUTH BEND, IN 46617 The contract documents are on file and may be obtained from the office of WE Design Serv- ices, 120 S. Hill Street, Misha- waka, IN on or after December 9, 2002. A $50.00 deposit Is required for each set*of plans, specifications and or contract documents. Only 2 set(s) will be ollowed per bid- der, and only complete sets will be Issued. OR Plans & specifications are avoli- able at the following places for review: South Bend Comm. School Corp. Bldgs. & Grounds Dept. Education Center 635 South Main Street South Bend, IN 46601 South Bend Comm. School Corp. Service Building 420 South Eddy Street South Bend, IN 46617 MACiAF 3215 Sugar Maple Court South Bend, IN 46628 Builders Exchange of St. Joseph Valley 2015 Western Avenue South Bend, IN 46621 There will be a Pre -Bid Meeting held at Periev Primary School at 2:30 P.m. on December 20, 2002. Bids must be on Form 96 (Re- vised 1987) as prescribed by the State Board of Accounts, accom- Ponied by a non-colluslon affida- vit and a certified check or bid bond in the amount of not less than S% of the Bid. All proposals must be accompa- nied by a signed copy of the "Statement of Bidders 4uailfica- tiontAfflr(native Action" In the form set forth In the specifica- tions. Unless this signed state- ment accompanies bidders pro- Posal, the proposal will not be considered and will be an invalid Incomplete proposal. All prime contractors submitting bids on the Prolects shall encourage qualified minority subcontrac- tors to Perform any Portions of the work In the Prolect not Per- formed by the contractor's own forces. Bidders must submit written evidence that quotations have been solicited from quoit - fled minority subcontractors at the time bidder submits Its bid to the South Bend Community School Corporation for all Por- tions of the work in the Prolects which the bidder Is not proposing to Perform with Its own forces. The Board of School Trustees of the South Bend Community School Corporation reserves the right to refect any or all bids, and to award the contract to the low- est responsible and responsive bidder. SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION William P. Holnckl, Secretary South Bend Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees 2t: 11: 29; 12: 6 PR OSED ADDITION \\ 64 r—mr PROPOSED ADDITION EXISTING JEFFERSON SCHOOL BUILDING \ \ NEW PLANTINGS 4 SPEC. ED. \\ NEW BASEBALL FIELD SUS SPAC 6 BUS SPACES f , c � t •� BUS DRIVE SOUTH STREET i I i D N r M Jefferson Intermediate Center — Site Plan n WitSouth Bend Community School Corporation "Al December 16, 2002 MDLZ � p 10 0 20 b aam d ALKR «kn stag ® ade6a0 Proposed file ® edao❑a a d a a o O O a 13 0 11 [2,50] BODo �aB886a ^ a 6 d s a d d d a 9 d a Rcceswtry Ramp .�., .> ._. . -� �[�. ../n ..-.......�. ...- .., . .t, .. .. ..� Ii } �conox[7ro].. Ream✓ Lamm�ED[� 18311 Extaft Man Center 15223 ii F7 ['r•1 lzosrl prk�kmi [322] Man Eno - Ipei on. Werk Room or - [U201 9 ALoa, [5101 I L� — } m1 — — — — — Proposed Media Expansion Egress [x1261 Cafeteria Proposed [254300 seats] Egress, Stair Stat [3,8041 ---------------� 9 9 U H a 5 A H gtdran; Redeveaq� 1'2 Q D 3 7 [24531 18881 � Elevator L Storage Storage aoe j 11001 1 [200] "u.: ,..:: :;gal•-,.::..,..��. ry � --.� Kmw It�i rad. Ito of I PR Ord,asta M— WWI 113501 , I Storage J L �1W] 1160] Accessi -WRY Ramp New Addition N Jefferson Intermediate Center - 1st Floor nTSouth Bend Community School Corporation December 16, 2002 tel/ Scale: 1/16" = T-0" Awgtorltn ab.) 5 ftow —6 [9251 6 1925] Parent Ctr. C.M [751a Cava Art L7 WA 6 GYM Ed ScL- 6 - 1'12WI 11501 19001 (6901 P—" ScI.— Fd 7 8 [9251 ': 1 I�II"IjiI��II_ CIj i;stl FACS 15561 IMI 6 IVW [8401 E E;1 E;1 >< F -I S 7 7 [92n 15141 IMI 7 7 8 8 11,1601 111601 IJ [9251 [9 51 9 C) 0 0 9 9 0 --j IILI — — — _----- L-8 8 [9251 [9251 %I§ht Jefferson intermediate Center - 2nd Floor South Bend Community School Corporation December 16, 2002 Scale: 1/16" = T -O" I F27777.7 11 1 Partial Third Floor Plan Scale: 1/16" = T -O' Proposed New Addition Jefferson Intermediate Center ht South Bend Community School Corporation December 16, 2002 Scale: 1/8" = T-0" 1- WEST ELEVATION NEW ACCESSIBILITY RAMP , REPLACE EXISTING WINDOWS PROPOSED ADDITION I� EXISTING CONSTRUCTION,, - BEYOND THIS POINT 7 BEYOND THIS POINT - El FTF ---- NEW EGRESS DOOR TO MATCH EXISTING 2- PROPOSED EAST ELEVATION I 000 3- PROPOSED SOUTH ELEVATION NEW CONsTRucnoN BEYOND 77� 4- PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION PROPOSED ADDITION BEYOND THIS POINT Jefferson Intermediate Center htSouth Bend Community School I Corporation December 16, 2002 Vk Scale- 1/8" =T -G' M name Jefferson Intermediate Center VO h III South Bend Community School Corporation December 16, 2002 Scale: 1/8" = T -G* PROPOSED ADDITION L EXISTING CONSTRUCTION BEYOND THIS POINT RFyc-*jn Twq POINT 0 NEW EGRESS DOOR TO MATCH EXISTING --I 5- PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION -COURTYARD VIEW Application - for - Certificate of Appropriateness Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend & St. Joseph County 125 South Lafayette Boulevard Mailing address: 227 West Jefferson Blvd - South Bend IN 46601-1830 Phone: 219-235-9798 . Fax: 219-235-9578 e-mail: historic@michiana.org A Certified Local Government OFFICE USE ONLY>»»>DO NOT COMPLETE ANY ENTRIES CONTAINED IN THIS BOX«««OFF/CE USE ONLY Date Received./2 _ /2 2002 Application Number: 2002- /-2/-Z- Post Reviews: YES (DATEOFL4$TREVrEW) 9/ F-1 NO Staff Approval authorized by: Title: Historic Commission Review Date: Local Laudmark National Landmark ❑ National Register District (Name): 0 Local Historic District Certificate of Appropriateness: Denied n Tabled El Sent To Committee ❑ Approved and issued 2002 ■ Address of Property ior proposed work: 61191 IT—,q- 11 Sn, j+ -h; Rniith Rona__ Snrn Numbn and Srae+ Name) City: South Bend Owner's Phone No: Vacant - Owners moved Contract Purchaser #289-8481 Name of Property Owner(s):mjuyn f,--4- ,-4 n �..�, Frank Macri Address of Property Owner: 1209 East Ewinq Avenue: South Bend, TN 46613 Contractor(s) Name: Architecture Desian Grouo Contract Company Name: Contractor Address: 922 East Wavne Street: . City:,qMlth RanA - TM 46601 Contractor's Phone No: 288-6626 Current Use of Building: Residential- Si nql o F?e.: — (SingleFamily-Multi-Family-Cb nercial-Gone 4-t-lnduttrial-Vacant-eta Type of Building Construction: Other (YardPkWW-grid: -store-Sad- Ca■rn■e- 0"I Proposed Work: ® Inkind 12 Landscape New, C1 Replacewefflow (+aoe. rkan a■. bas may be duo4edJ - . ODemolition Description of Proposed Work: -- Remove .old garage J out building. add foyer to`entrance; add canopies to various windows for use as Italian Restraunt; add addition to facility in rear; add parking to rear of parcel; add landscaping as necessary Owner/Contractor: Fax: 288-6624 (Cnnf-rae-td!rl'tail: - oft o,(Ila wpavrYrep-rf wltll only�av�dut�gn*) &/or Signature of Contractor �onrtRACT °AYPLICATiON REQIIIREM TS ARE LISTED ON REVERSE SIDE. MACRI'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT 61191 U.S. 31 SOUTH SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,] LAND USE CALCULATIONS GROSS SITE a t6.89 ACRES PARCEL'A' : tO.83 ACRES (PROPOSED RESTAURANT) PARCEL'S' a t6.06 ACRES (FUTURE DEVELOPMENT) PARCEL W- PROPOSED RESTAURANT LOT SIZE:0.83 ACRES BUILDINGS: 4,198 SF -11.6% PARKINGIDRNES: 18.917 SF a 52.3 % OPEN SPACES: 13,042 SF 38.1 % NEW MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER HOOKUPS BUILDINGS EXISTING HOUSE (CONVERT TO RESTAURANT) tet FLOOR 1,191 SF 2nd FLOOR 1.133 SF TOTAL 2,324 SF a 55 % EXISTING GARAGE (CONVERT TO KITCHEWSTORAGE) FLOOR AREA a 1,072 SF a 25 % �o I NEW ADDITION OUTCHEN AND RESTROOMS) FLOOR AREA - 800 SF a 20 % PARKING CALCULATIONS 75 SEATS TOTAL (50 INSIDE/25 OUTSIDE) 1 SPACEU3 SEATS a 25 SPACES 6EMPLOYEES e6SPACES _ TOTAL PARKING REQUIRED : 31 SPACES TOTAL PARKING PROVIDED. 3, SPACES PARKING SPACE 7x2a, TYPICAL ALL NEW PARKING AND DRNES TO BE HARD SURFACE PAVEMENT PARCEL'B' - FUTURE DEVELOPMENT LOT SIZE: 6.06 ACRES MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE a 70 % (BUILDING AND PAVEMENT) NEW MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER HOOK-UPS LTO BE SUBMITTED FOR ZONING AND SITE PLAN APPROVAL PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT NOTE: STORM WATER CONTROL TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ST. JOSEPH COUNTY STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS 0 Ct KERN ROAD PARCELA PROPOSED a HIGH VOW ' 7z6.1r0.83 ACRES 2550 SCREEN FENCE _ _ _ _ _ _� _ _--- _ -7 -- - 135PACE5 � f�/ EwWPA/ ADD'D M'' GARAGE EX VELL EwSTNG E%ISTNG iEwSTNO 2 STORY NOOSE f BUXDNO HOUSE / •/JI\ n EwSTNG WAGE LEX BEPTIC� TO BE REMOVED \ \E:nCk EwSTNO DRNEW Y 10. / TO CLOSE 24SHAREDACCESS "'p DRPAi �\ � PARCELB y 6.06 ACRES PROPOSEDCOWERCUL �► DEVELOPER: DRERMDOT FRANK MACRI STANDARDSNDARDS TOTAL LOT 1209 E. EWING 6.89 ACRES SOUTH BEND, IN 46613 /m CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN NORTH / 883.5(Y - SLteScapesme ' S+R�mG�Nil.ro �w1MC.n,1C (111 xonM 11 lW-) • wv 1 mow.. .evs Ilr.l 253-.631. (!>.) 2jl�bl! I.[ �1 02038SP.DWG SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 ` REV. SEPT. 19, 2002 BEV. OCT. 29, 2002 �EV. DEC. 9, 2002 ff 7fltyifi��l r IM )t Existing East Elevation No Scale Oil New Fabric Canopies II Limits of Addition (Beyond) New Entry Vestibule ARCHITECTURE DESIGN GROUP 12.11.2002 Conceptual East Elevation No Scale MACRI'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT 61191 U.S. 31 SOUTH SOUTH BEND, INDIANA New Entry Vesitbule 0.4 ARCHITECTURE DESIGN GROUP _<<•j 12.11.2002 Existing North Elevation No Scale New Side Entry New Masonry Porch, Stair, & Addition Ramp L=1-1 Conceptual North Elevation No Scale MACRI'S ITALIAN_ RESTAURANT 61191 U.S. 31 SOUTH SOUTH BEND, INDIANA STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFIATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: December 19, 2002 Application Number: 2002-1212 Property Location: 61191 U.S. SOUTH, South Bend, IN (Centre Township) Property Owner: Mr. Frank Macri (Contingent Owner/Contract Purchaser) Mr. & Mrs. Charles Nyers (Contract sellers, default owners) Landmark or District Designation: Local Historic Landmark, Saint Joseph County Rating: Outstanding (13 on rating scale of 0 to 13) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT, The Eliakim Ashton family was among the very earliest to establish a farm along this historic highway in 1826. The important structures on this parcel, including the stone foundation of the bank barn, were mostly built between 1826 and 1866. Joseph Ullery, Sr. owned this farm from 1838 to 1866, when he transferred it to his daughter, Barbara Ullery Farneman, and her husband, Joseph Farneman. It is possible, though not certain, that the present main house was built for the new couple in 1866. However, this house has many character defining features in common with the Stumpf House in Indianapolis, pictured in Indiana Houses of the 19`h Century, (plate 133), which was built in 1855. If this house was built before that, it maybe the oldest pure Italianate American Style house in Indiana. The most significant resources at this site include: The magnificent main house, the former milk house or summer kitchen, the remains of a bank barn and another animal shelter. Lesser significant resources include a secondary house and a garage, both of which are newer that the period of primary historic significance; but which are contributing structures of historic significance. Both are believed to be over fifty years old. There is another garage on the property, as well, in the far back. Joseph Farneman died in 1884, and Barbara Fameman went to live with her son, Isaac Farneman, in South Bend, after 1890. She died in 1904. The 1895 Atlas shows the farm jointly owned by Isaac Farneman and Esther Farneman Stover, the children of Barbara and Joseph. The farm remained in the Farneman family until 1927. Subsequent owners were the Stanley A. Skrwranek family, and the Debra and Charles J. Nyers family. In about 1986, the wonderful pre -Civil War era bank barn was struck by lightening and burned to the foundation. While this was a significant loss to the County's heritage, the site of the barn is still of interest to the DNR Department of Archeology. It is our understanding that the proposed parking is not on the site of the lost bank barn. APPLICATION ITEMS: 1. Add vestibule or foyer to front entrance; 2. Add canopies to various windows; 3. Add addition in rear, attaching existing kitchen to milk house/summer kitchen; 4. Add parking to side and rear of parcel; 5. Add new side entry porch, stair, and ramp on North side of kitchen wing of the house; 6. Build eight foot tall wood fence to North of property; 7. Remove certain large trees; 8. Remove the one of two existing garages that is closer to the house. RECOMMENDATION Regarding the proposed front vestibule, staff can imagine no circumstance in which such a significant alteration to the character defining shape and rhythm of the primary fagade of such a significant and lovely building could be approved by a historic commission. 2. Regarding the proposed canopies, Staff recommends denial of this proposal because the existing shutters are a character defining element of the house, and the existence of both awnings and shutters is conflicting and illogical. Additionally, there is no evidence of such awnings ever having been on this house. Staff notes that canopies similar to the proposed were common on Italianate houses built at the very end of the Victorian Era, but our research finds no evidence of such awnings on any home built during the period of this structure. However, architecture books of the period do recommend louvered shutters (which were also called "Venetian Blinds" in the 19`h Century). This house has had louvered shutters during all the years that we have records of it, though at some point those on the side and back were removed, and those on the front were fixed in place and the hinges apparently removed — though it is also possible that they were always decorative, and never had hinges. The paint on the front of the house and around the other windows obscures the witness marks. ` 3. Regarding the proposed rear addition: More detailed architectural drawings are necessary for final HPC approval to be granted. However, Staff believes that the building of an addition at this place offers the opportunity to remove some weird and inappropriate alterations to the original milk house or summer kitchen, possibly restoring some of the remaining original out building, while simultaneously giving the new restaurant a great deal of new space. Staff would recommend allowing the rear addition to be either frame or masonry, at the owner's option. The existing kitchen wing on the main house has been extensively remodeled, and part of the exterior has been stuccoed, probably to blend old and newer construction. The existing building immediately behind the kitchen wing, which would have originally been a milk house and/or summer kitchen, has also been extensively altered, in ways which make one wonder what in the name of heaven the builders could have been thinking, but which, fortunately, leave traces of the lovely and interesting original structure. 4. Proposed parking. Staff recommends approval of the proposed parking plan, conditional upon the preservation of the large maple tree and landscape bushes at the North of the house. From the plans submitted, staff believes these landscape elements are intended to be preserved; however, the plans should be revised to show them. The drawings submitted also show significant alteration of the existing driveways, and removal of a large front yard tree (or two?), though this is not listed in the text of the application. Staff would not recommend approval of such changes, if they are intended to be included in the Application. 5. Proposed new side entry and porch. There are witness marks on the North wall of the kitchen wing and the back wall of the front wing of the house which indicate that there used to be a classic Italianate porch at this location, somewhat smaller that the proposed, but at least twice the size of the presently existing porch. (The existing side parch and the shed - roofed thing on top of the kitchen wing may have been built at the same time.) Staff would enthusiastically support a proposal to re -construct a porch the same size and scale as the original. Staff is less enthused about the proposed porch, which is about 50% bigger than the original, and seems out of scale, and disproportioned. Staff notes, however, that the presently existing porch is at least 50% smaller than the original, and thus equally out of scale. For these reasons, staff declines to make a recommendation for or against the side porch, as presently proposed. Staff notes that if the addition to the original milk house/summer kitchen were removed, there would be room to make the proposed masonry addition larger than is presently contemplated, and this might make it possible for the owner to accomplish what he wishes to accomplish with a side porch no larger than the original, leaving the second storey windows and the West facing parlor window uncovered. The proposed handicapped -access ramp leading to the side porch is well designed, and well located, pending reconsideration of other elements of the porch design. 5. Proposed eight foot tall wood fence. Staff concludes that this fence is proposed to mitigate light from the parking area into the neighbor's home and yard. This is a proper and reasonable consideration. However, Staff notes that the neighbors already have a very nice hedge along their lot line, and suspects that they might not like so very tall a fence immediately South of such a fine hedge, cutting off its light and air. Also, while some eight - foot fences may be graceful and lovely, others can be reminiscent of a cattle slaughter yard. Staff notes that a leading feature of Italianate and Victorian homes was great attention to lovely views along sight lines from windows, doorways, and paths. These are sometimes, but not always, enhanced by fences. Staff recommends that the H.P.C. be given a more specific description of the specific fencing proposed, and that any fence approved be no larger than is minimally necessary to protect neighbors from car headlights in the parking lot, unless some asthetic or historic reason can be given for a larger fence. 6. Staff recommends that the request to remove large trees be denied, for the reason that the trees reflect the property's history and development, and therefore are required to be retained pursuant to the standards applicable to this and every local landmark property. The only exception in the Standards allows for removal of "plant materials and trees in close proximity to the building that are causing deterioration to the building's historic fabric", and that exception is not applicable here. ' 7. Staff has no opinion regarding the proposed removal of the ship -lap wood frame garage immediately behind the milk house/summer kitchen.. ____________________ ADDRESS,#: 61191 STREET NAME: US 31 South ETYPE: COA -------------------------------------------------- SE#: 1994-0620 FILED BY Charles J. Nyers ------------------ ,Case Closed: y REVIEW: Appropriate w/modificat Violation?: n Status: Was work begun/completed prior to application?: n -------------------- Des: LL DECISION: Denied D -DATE: Jul 18, 1994 Decision By: Commission -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CASE HISTORY: SEE CASE #'s: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Installation of an earth berm across the frontage of the property to act as a sound buffer from the highway. The berm if desribed as 7 feet'high. The berm is to be landscaped with grass and shrubs. The existing driveway is to remain including existing masonry posts. The berm would be broken at these passage points. The existing spruce tree shall remain, and the existing magnolia is to be removed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CATEGORIES: v ADDRESS,#: 61191 STREET NAME: U.S. 31 South FILETYPE: C of A ---------=----------------------------------------------- CASE#: 1991-0801 FILED BY Charles and Debra Nyers -------------------- Case Closed: y REVIEW: Appropriate Violation?: n Status: Was work begun/completed prior to application?: n -------------------- Des: LL -County DECISION: Approved D -DATE: Aug 19, 1991 Decision By: committee;commission ------------------------------_-------------------------------------------------- CASE HISTORY: SEE CASE #'s: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROJECT DESCRIPTION: remove existing landscaping around building. 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Front door, east side. 4999 LEGALS NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the South Bend Community School Corporation, South Bend, IN will receive seated bids In the Office of the Director of Buildings and Grounds, 635 South Main Street, South Bend, IN until the hour of 1:30 P.m., EST, on the 27th day of December, 2001 at. which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud for the following: PERLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL HVAC RENOVATIONS PERLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL 740 NORTH EDDY STREET SOUTH BEND, IN 46617 The contract documents are on file and may be obtained from the office of WE Design Serv- Ices, 120 S. Hill Street, Misha- waka, iN on or after December 9, 2002. A $50.00 deposit Is required for each set'of plans, specifications and or contract documents. Only 2 sells) will be allowed per bid- der, and only complete sets will be Issued. OR Plans & specifications are avail- able at the following places for review: South Bend Comm. School Corp. Bldgs. & Grounds Dept. Education Center 635 South Main Street South Bend, IN 46601 South Bend Comm. School Corp. Service Building A20 South Eddy Street South Bend, IN 46617 MACIAF 3215 Sugar Maple Court South Bend, iN 46628 Builders Exchange of St. Joseph Valley 2015 Western Avenue South Bend, IN 46621 There will be a Pre -Bid Meeting held at Perley Primary School at 2:30 p.m. on December 20, 2002. Bids must be on Form 96 (Re- vised 1987) as prescribed by the State Board of Accounts, accom- panied by a non-coltuslori affida- vit and a certified check or bid bond In the amount of not less than 5% of the B id. All proposals must be accompa- nied by a signed copy of the "Statement of Bidders Qualifica- tion/Affirmative Action" in the form set forth to the specifica- tions. Unless this slgned state- ment accompanies bidders pro- posal, the proposal will not be considered and will be an invalid Incomplete proposal. All prime contractors submitting bids on the protects shall encourage qualified minority subcontrac- tors to perform any portions of the work In the protect not per- formed by the contractor's own forces. Bidders must submit written evidence that quotations have been solicited from quali- fied minority subcontractors at the time bidder submits Its bid to the South Bend Community School Corporation for all Por- tions of the work In the protects which the bidder Is not proposing to perform with Its own forces. The Board of School Trustees of the South Bend Community School Corporation reserves the right to refect any or all bids, and to award the contract to the low- est responsible and responsive bidder. SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION William P. Hoinckl, Secretary South Bend Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees 2t: 11: 29; 12: 6 SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION 235-9798 MEMORANDUM Monday, December 16, 2002 TO: Commission Pres. John Oxian Commission Treasurer Mary Jane Chase Commission Members FROM: Karen R. Hammond -Nash, Director , J RE: BUDGET & SPENDING FOR 2002 At the beginning of the year, the "Location Budget Report" produced monthly by the Auditor's Office tells plainly what amounts of money are budgeted for us by the County, and what is available for use, and it is fairly clear. As the year goes on, however, the Location Budget Report becomes less sufficient as a source of information. Therefore, I am appending this clarification. The Auditor divides our budget into four categories: Personnel, Supplies, Services and Operations, and Office Machines. "Personnel" includes the director and assistant director, only. "Supplies" includes office supplies, and, for some reason, automobile gas and maintenance. "Services and Operations" includes almost everything else we spend, including inspector services. "Office Machines" is self explanatory, except that this year those costs ran high enough that I paid some of them out of our Supplies account, not having time to transfer funds into the Machines account. Transfer of funds to different accounts within categories maybe done with the approval of the County Commissioners. Transfer of funds between categories requires passage of a public Ordinance by the County Commissioners and County Council. PERSONNEL BUDGET: SPENT: RE ALLOCATED: SURPLUS: SUPPLIES BUDGET: SPENT: SURPLUS $58,7.10.00 39,628.56 10,000.00 (To Contractual Services) 9,081.44 $7,441.46 6.824.54 616.92 SERVICES & OPERATIONS BUDGET: 88,648.69 FUNDS TRANSFERRED IN: 10.000.00 SPENT: 51,956.77 ENCUMBERED: 41,076.11 OWED. NOT ENCUMBERED: 1.620.00 SURPLUS: 5,615.81 OFFICE MACHINES BUDGET: $2,066.00 SPENT: $2,054.95 SURPLUS: $11.05 f Grand total, 98.648.691 PERSONNEL DETAIL: Assistant Director: Salary $23,710 per year. $7,295.36 was paid to me from January 1 through April 18. At that time, there was a balance of $16,414.64. The County Commissioners and Council have allowed us to transfer $10,000 of unused salary to Contractual Services, leaving us an unused balance of $6,414.64, which, like all other unused balances, will be returned to the County General Fund December 31. Director: Salary $35,000 per year. $8,716.50 was paid to Rhonda Saunders from Januaryl to April 4, and $23,616.70 to me from May 2 to the present. (There was a 10% salary reduction during my first two months in the position.) We will be returning $2,666.80 of unused director's salary. SUPPLIES DETAIL: Office Supplies: Budgeted amount $5,741. We used $3,023.72 for office supplies, mostly toner, paper, and paper products, $2,400 for new and upgraded copier parts, and $312 for four new bookshelves, for a total of $5,735.72. We are presently stocked with most of the paper and toner we will need for 2003, and are returning only $5.28. Gas and Oil: Budgeted amount: $1,000. Used $937.63, and have $62.37 left over. Garage and Motor Supplies: Budgeted $700, and used $150.73, returning $549.27. SERVICES & OPERATIONS DETAIL: Contractual Services: Budget: $26,670, plus $20,000 encumbered from 2001 budget, plus $2,500 contribution from Historic Landmarks Foundation to fund Oliver Factory Complex Study, plus $10,000 moved from Assistant Director Salary, for a total of $59,170. Spent: $ 25,414.55: 17,269.89 + ? for Inspector Wayne Doolittle 5,500.00 for Camlar Enterprises 2,500.00 for Arsee Engineers, Oliver Factory Complex Study 30.00 Library of Congress data search 114.66 Executive Suites transcription service Owed: $1,620.00 Transcription services, pending County approval of Contract terms Encumbered: $32,000: 20,000 for Inspector Services 12,500 for Arsee Engineers salvage of Oliver School facade Remaining: a line item deficit of $364.55, if the County Commissioners approve our contract with Kathy Sue in time for us to pay or encumber funds for her this year. However, we must probably pay her out of next year's budget, which means we will return a surplus of $1,255.45. Travel: Original Budget: $ 2,000. We transferred $1,250 to Instruction & Training, and spent $282.09, leaving a surplus of $467.91. Instruction & Training: Budget: $1,000, plus $1,250 transferred from Travel. We have spent $1,425.00, and, with the transfer from Travel, have $825 left, which I hope to partly encumber for upcoming staff training opportunities. Telephone: Paid out of County General Fund, and the $2,160 originally allocated has been transferred, $1,000 to Office Equipment and $1,160 to Printing. Postage: Budget $2,000; spent $317.71 (not all shown on latest print out), and have $1,682.29 (approximately) left over. This surplus is in part because of increased use of e-mail, and in part because our reduced staff prevented us from sending newsletters. Publication of Legal Notices: Budget: $500.00; spent $205.67; $294.33 surplus. You will notice we began the year with some credits from the newspaper, which in part explain the surplus. Printing Budget: $3,000 allocated for 2002, plus $19,463.89 encumbered from the previous year, totaling $22,463.89. In November, I transferred $1,160 from our Telephone account and $3,050 from our Automobile Lease account into Printing, giving us a new total of $26,673.89. Spent out of this budget line: $18,068.17; encumbered $8,576.11; the surplus balance is $29.61. Astute observers may note that the actual amount of print work we are having done this year is greater than these figures show, as $5,500 of text and graphic preparation being done by Camlar Enterprises is being paid out of Contractual Services, and most of the expenditures below under Data Processing are print -preparation expenses. In addition to the Studebaker Pamphlet which Rhonda completed before her departure, and some brochures which she worked on, we are reprinting all nine Historic District Guideline Books, several brochures which we had completely run out of, our St. Joseph County Landmark Preservation Standards, and we hope finally to have printed an adequate number of the much - requested Leeper Park Preservation Standards, which we have so often run out of. Auto Lease: Budget $3,854. Used $810, not actually for leasing a car, but for the insurance on the car we have. I transferred $3,050 to Printing, which leaves us a deficit on this line for $5.20. Dues and Subscriptions: Budget: $1,500. We have spent $430, and are awaiting a couple bills, so the amount we will have spent is still not clear, but we will have a healthy surplus possibly of as much as $1,070. Data Processing: Budget: $5,000. Spent about $5,003.58, mostly on digital imaging and scanning of documents, maps, and graphics, so that they may be printed into the guideline books and brochures we are having printed, and afterwards entered into our website, to be available to the public there as well. This line has a deficit of $3.58, pending certain discounts we hope to receive. OFFICE MACHINES DETAIL: There is only one account in this category: Budget: $1,066, to which we transferred $1,000 from our unused Telephone account, for a total of $2,066. Our new recording and transcription equipment and a file cabinet, along with $663 worth of maintenance on our copier and typewriter, used up $2,054.95 or all but $11.05 of this fund. SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION 235-9798 MEMORANDUM Tuesday, December 17, 2002 TO: Commission Pres. John Oxian Commission Members FROM: Karen R. Hammond -Nash Director J RE: 2003 PROGRAM AND BUDGET PLANNING Here are a list and a pie chart of our funds budgeted and financial obligations undertaken for 2003. Commission members have spoken at HPC meetings and to me of several things that you hope we shall accomplish in 2003. As I understand you, those things include: 1) Quarterly or bi-annual newsletters to all owners and residents of historically designated properties. Presently, there are about 700 such persons, and sending a newsletter costs about $1,200. When the 325 or so Chapin Park district residents are added, the number of newsletters will rise to well over 1,000, and the cost of a newsletter to about $1,800. 2) Informational Brochures: Update and re -printing of three brochures is underway (Historic Districts Defined; C of A Application Procedure, Historic Landmark Designation Procedure). Update and reprinting of three others is proposed: Auto Tour Guide of Sites and Structures; South Bends Historic Districts; and, Downtown South Bends Sculpture & Historic Buildings. The brochures presently underway are costing about $200 to $400, to update and print 500 to 1,000 copies of each (depending upon where the price break falls for the specific job). The remaining brochures are expected to run $800 to 1,000. 3) Update and expand the Historic Trees Pilot Survey done in 1993. That Survey does not include Taylor's Field or North Saint Joseph Street. Also, historic material relating to George Kessler's landscape and boulevard design is available to us now that was not available in 1993. The 1993 Survey recommended elimination and prohibition of planting American Elms because at that time there was no treatment available for a tree stricken with Dutch Elm Disease, and no disease resistant trees were available. That situation, of course, has changed. Also, forestry programs are now available for restoration of other endangered species of trees native to this area. I estimate that an updated forestry survey might cost about $8,000. Grants from the U.S. DNR Forestry Dept. may be available. 4) Bookshelves and Office Library Development. I have been able to order four new bookshelves out of our 2002 budget, which should enable us to retrieve some of our research material from the County Archives. I have been told that HPC members would like to have more reference and research materials available to HPC members., staff, and the general public, relating to: (a) architecture, (b) historic preservation generally, (c) parks and landscape architecture, and (d) forestry, especially urban forestry. 5) Historic Lamppost and light fixture survey and repair. We could possibly commission a survey for $5,000 to $10,000. Repair needs to be a permanent Department of Public Works obligation; however, we might undertake some of the costs of developing a core of trained workmen who can perform necessary repairs. 6) Stonework and building material salvage, especially at Oliver School. I have encumbered $12,500 for this purpose. Oliver will probably require about (at least) $10,000. 7) Survey and/or restoration efforts regarding WPA stonework, especially along the St. Joseph River banks, at Leeper Park, and along Northshore Drive across the river from Edgewater Historic District. The time may be crucial. 8) Southold Awards seminar, award ceremony, and celebratory fete. As described to me, I would expect this to run $2,000 or more. 9) Research, printing and publication relating to proposed German Township Historic District. This should include archeological investigation and research into the suspected burial grounds, as that material could vanish forever if not preserved while possible. 10) Republish Preservation Plan. Perhaps $150 to $500, depending upon how many copies we make, and how many people or organizations we send it to. Sending one to each historically designated address would cost as much as a newsletter. 11) National Register Nomination for West LaSalle Street. 12) Publish corrections to the Interim St. Joseph County Survey Report. Probably in the broad neighborhood of $15,000. The present report has errors which are embarrassing and which complicate work done in reliance upon it. On the other hand, we have several hundred copies printed, and sitting in our office. I would recommend composing and printing a small volume of amendments, and using that along with the present report, while the existing copies last, and LATER redoing the whole thing. In addition to all of the above, the HPC continues to have ongoing concerns with a number of matters, including: 1) Muessel Brewery Complex 2) Leeper Park Beautification Committee and related project(s) 3) Memorial Hospital's proposed and existing parking garages facing and impacting historic districts 4) Engleman Natatorium 5) Leeper Park parking lot lawsuit 6) Fox Schoolhouse 7) Jefferson School renovation and addition 8) Studebaker complex buildings. I am expecting that you will probably wish, in regard to some or all of these matters, to commission studies, host open houses, send mailings, or do other things that cost money. We do, of course, have enough money either appropriated or encumbered and carried forward for 2003 to be able to accomplish quite a lot, and we may, by winning grants, be able to leverage additional funds. Choices, however, will have to be made, and I will be grateful for any guidance all of you can give me regarding which projects you feel should be pursued first, and what amount of staff or financial resources you believe should be devoted to each. Additionally, those of you who wish to be particularly involved with certain projects, and/or who are willing to serve on either standing committees or special committees on certain projects, should SOON inform John Oxian of your willingness to serve, so that John can (a) appoint you to the appropriate committee, and (b) tell me whom I should call for which projects. 2003budgetplan 2003 BudLret Resource Allocation $ 97,537.11 County Appropriation $115, 461.00 City Appropriation —0— Encumbered Funds from 2002 $ 41.076.11 Sum of Appropriation + Encumbered funds $156,537.11 Less Director & Asst. Director salaries $ 59.000.00 Non -Salary Budget: $ 97,537.11 Grant Administration $30,000.00 Staff & Inspector Training $3,000.00 Inspector's Wages $16,000.00 Inspector's car $1,500.00 Oliver School Salvage $1000.00 Computer upgrades $19600.00 Meetings (Notice, mail, minutes) $25800.00 Telephone & Internet $15250.00 Spend at HPC discretion $319387.00 Encumbrance Detail: Total Encumbered: $ 41,076.11 Inspector & related expenses $20,000.00 Wages 169000.00 Vehicle expenses 11500.00 Training 19000.00 Contingency 19500.00. Oliver School Fagade Salvage $12,500.00 Salvage terra-cotta 103000.00 Contingency 25500.00 Printing $ 85576.11 The printing now in process seems to be going under budget, so I expect most or all of this amount back for other uses. 2003budgetgraph 31,38 Available fox uses to be determined $1,250 Projected.phone-F INtexnet use. '$2,80( Regular meeting mailin s & minL___ 1 600- 1 500 CompuRr u�grades, copier $ maintenance & "excess" use Inspector vehicle $101000- dontribution to Oliver School 0 )5000 ommitted for our matching hare of DNR Preservation rant �33000 ning & related travel for r, Deputy Director, & :..-,... or Z "I U 1000 INspector s wages