HomeMy WebLinkAboutSeptember 2003p AGENDA OY THE SEPTEMBER ,15; 2001 ,11,
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H.P.C. COMMISSION ..MEETING .
Regular Meeting — 7th Floor — County -City Building
Monday, September 15, 2003 7:30 PM
I. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
II. PUBLIC HEARING
A. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
1. 2003-0829; 1059 Riverside Drive; install window on north side and install
skylights on rear slope of roof.
2. 2003-0908; Jefferson School, 528 South Eddy Street; window sash
replacement in original building & new windows in new addition.
B. HEARING OF VISITORS
III. REGULAR BUSINESS
A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (July & August)
B. LEGAL REPORT
C. TREASURER'S REPORT: 2004 BUDGET
D. STAFF REPORTS: C. of A. Approvals; Correspondence; Guideline
Booklets; action regarding removal of trees from Clay Township
cemeteries; variance petition of Burke Bld. at 1019 Michigan St.
E. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
1. Historic Districts Committee: Invited to a reception at the East Wayne
. Street island park September 18, 2003, at 5:30 p.m.
2. Landmark Committee meeting to be set:
(a) Woolman House, 409 Lincoln Way West, South Bend,
(b) Center Township potential local and national landmarks.
IV. OLD BUSINESS
1. Accept Edgewater Local District Liaison resignation;
2. Resolution of gratitude for voluntary public service by liaison member.
3. U.S. 31 route planning: (a) SHPO rulings regarding National Historic
Register eligibility of certain houses; (b) reconsideration possibility for George
Schafer Farm, The Union Twp Pleasant View Schoolhouse/Country Bakeshop
building, Jacob Schafer/Zeiger Farm, Lester Schafer farm, or others; (c) passage
between or around the Southlawn Cemetery & the Ullery/Farnaman farmhouse.
V. NEW BUSINESS:
1. Newsletter and Local District Liaison volunteers & nominations
VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS & MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
VII. ADJOURNMENT
SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 MEETING
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STAFF REPORT
CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
Date: 08-29-03
Application Number: 2003-08-29
Property Location: 1059 Riverside Drive, South Bend, IN
Property Owner: Albert- Laslo Barabasi
Landmark or District Designation: Local Landmark/ Riverside Local Historic District
Rating: S/12
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT
Edgar Rohrer, a grocer, and his wife, Violet, had this home built between 1912 and 1914 during the heyday of
the bungalow style. The actual builder of the home is unknown. The house remained in the Rohrer family for
almost eighty years. Violet Rohrer, their daughter and a teacher for the New Carlisle schools, lived in the
home until 1988. It stood vacant until 1995 when it was sold to Matthew Kane who sold the house in turn to
Patricia Decio in 1996.
1059 Riverside is an excellent example of the early bungalow style. This one and one half story home has a
bellcast gabled roof with bracketed eaves and exposed purlins, a front porch with substantial shingle covered
pedestals, and shingle siding. The wood shingle roof was first covered with asphalt shingles sometime
between 1932 and 1949. A bank of four large casement windows face the street as well as an interesting
wood door with two vertical bands of divided lights. The front windows are possibly not original to the
home but were probably installed prior to the date of the establishment of the Riverside District and the
landmarking of the home. A gabled dormer with three awning windows faces the street and a matching
dormer faces the alley. Both provide interior space under the sloping roofline. Many of the windows
(casements and double hung) have removable wood storms and all have wood jambs (wide) , headers, and sills
(see image "Trim Close -Up). The window placement on the sides of the home was designed as follows: a
pair of double hung windows sits centered beneath the eaves of the gabled roof and a variety of window
groupings with windows of different types and sizes open the first floor of the interior to the outside.
The large number and larger size of the windows emphasizes the first floor.
The house remains in excellent condition and style with a good degree of architectural integrity.
APPLICATION ITEMS:
The current owner, Mr. Barabasi, proposes to install one 29" by 42" Pella casement window on the rear of
the east side of the house. This entirely new window will have an exterior cedar casing and trim to match the
trim of the existing windows. The new window will match some of existing windows in style (ie, casement,
non-muntin type). See images provided by the contractor and homeowner and the letter of specifications.
Because Mr. Barabasi would like to transform the second floor attic into livable space, he argues the window
is a necessary addition to meet Building Code standards for egress from the rear bedroom.
The homeowner also proposes to add two skylights (Valux, 22" by 45") to the rear slope of the roof as
shown in the Figure 3. This will provide the entrance of light and a view of the sky for the library on the
second floor of the home. As Mr. Barabasi has demonstrated graphically, the skylights will have no
visual impact on the most public views of the home from Riverside Drive. Depending on whether or not
the skylights are flush with the roofline and do not bubble or rise above the current roof slope there will
be at most an impact upon the views from the second floors of the surrounding residences and possibly
from the rear alley. The rear gabled dormer and mature trees will obscure the skylights from most ground
vantage points. The skylights will brighten the rooms with natural light and thus allow for more livable
space in the bungalow's second floor attic.
The renovations will allow for enhanced contemporary use without great impact to the most important
historic features -- the bell cast roof with purlins, the open front porch, the gabled dormers, the interesting
front door -- of the home as seen from Riverside Drive.
The owner has provided a letter detailing the proposed work as well as five pages of images and
schematics. The contractor submitted images and a letter of the specifications for the side window
installation.
RECOMMENDATION
The proposed project falls under the Group B Preservation Standards for Landmarks, and the following
clauses aided staff's writing of a recommendation:
I.) Additions to landmarks should not detract from the original form and unity of the
landmark,
2.) Should not cover singular examples of architectural detail,
3.) Should be added in a manner that does not disrupt the visible unity or over all
appearance of the site, and
4.) Any new material in the landmark should be of the same material as the original. It
should be the same size and texture. An alternative material may be allowed if it
duplicates the original.
a. Wood — all wood trim should conform with the existing trim in shape and size.'
Staff finds that the proposed installation of a new side window and two skylights to the rear slope of the roof
will not detract from the "original form and unity of the landmark", "will not cover singular examples of
architectural detail", and will be added in a manner that does not visually disrupt the appearance of the site.
The materials and trim work for the installation of the side window will correspond to the wood and style of
the existing windows. The new window will not have a great impact on the home's proportions and form due
to its location to the rear of the residence. Mature landscaping and shadows from the neighboring home will
also hide the window from most public views.
The addition of the skylights, though not historically in keeping with a strict interpretation of the bungalow
style, will not have great impact upon the home, its site and the views of the home from Riverside Drive.
Some of neighboring houses may be able to see the skylights from their second floor windows, but from
vantage points on the ground, the house will retain its historic form and gabled roofline with gabled dormers.
The original and important roof shape will be retained. The skylights could be considered an additional
treatment of the roof, which has already been long modified from the original wood shingle material.
Staff recommends approval of:
1.) The installation of one 29" by 42" Pella window without muntins over the kitchen bump -out
with wood exterior trim that replicates the existing trim, and
2.) The installation of two skylights (22" by 45") placed above the rear dormer gable as
presented in the schematic provided by the homeowner.
' Preservation Standards for Historic Landmarks in South Bend and St. Josenh Countv.
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The main goal of the proposed work is to make inhabitable the second floor of the house.
During the design phase it was our primary goal to leave the exterior and the lower level
of the house completely unaltered. At the end only two small alterations are necessary,
one required by code, and the second by the need to bring in more light to the main room
upstairs. Both have been designed in such a way to not be visible to those walking on
Riverside Drive, as both alterations will be obstructed by the main architectural elements
of the house.
1. We plan to create a bedroom on the rear right left of the house. Code requires the
installation of an escape window, which will be installed on the West side of the
house. It will be a casement window, made of wood (Pella), matching in color and
style the kitchen windows right below it, and the other second floor window on
the same side (see Figure 1 for location, drawn in with white pencil on the side
photo of the house). The new window is visible only to those that choose to visit
the alley between our property and the next property, and will be not noticeable
from the main street, Riverside Drive (see Figure 2 showing the Riverside drive
view of the house).
2. Due to the proximity of the two houses, the light getting to the second floor
through the existing second floor side windows is not sufficient for the library we
plan to install in the main room there. We do not want to change the size of the
front and back roof windows, as that would alter the character of the roof.
Therefore, we would like to install two skylights on the back roof (Valux, 22x45).
The skylight will be positioned in such a way that thanks to the shape of the roof,
they will be completely invisible from the front, and will not be visible from the
back either (see drawing in Figure 3). Thus not only they are not going to be
visible from Riverside Drive, but even those walking on the small garage alley
behind the house will have difficulty noticing it (see attached Figures 4 and 5).
We plan to position it this way in order to maintain the character of the roof.
I hope that these alterations, that were designed with our desire to maintain the character
of the house, and yet offer a livable space upstairs, will be acceptable for the Historic
Commission.
Yours truly,
Albert -Laszlo Barabasi
1059 Riverside Drive
PEACOCK
AND COMPANY
DESIGN AND BUILD
1147 Mishawaka Ave. South Bend, IN 46615
Main Office
289-4992
Sent. 4.2003
Mr. Albert Barabasi
1059 Riverside Dr.
South Bend, IN
David Parker
532-6342
hm; 234-6441
Per your request for a picture and / or description of the window we have specified to be installed
on the north rear side of your house.
We will use a Pella Classic Series; casement window, sized 29 x 42 inches.
This allows for egress code requirements.
This Pella window has a wood exterior jam, providing a more authentic match for a home in a
historic district.
We will trim the window on the exterior using a cedar casing, with an outside edge return to
match that trim on the outside of your home as close as possible. (see photo of adjacent window)
The adjacent windows do not have grill work, so we have not specified grills.
(Pella could not provide an exterior view, picture of this window. So I have supplied a
description, and photo of the exterior of the house where the window is to be installed.
Thanks,
David Parker
Please let me know if there are any other questions regarding this proposed window.
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SUPPLIMENTAL
STAFF REPORT
CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
Date:
Application Number:
Property Location:
Property Owner:
September 9, 2003
2003-0908
528 South Eddy Street, South Bend, IN
South Bend Community School Corporation
Landmark or District Designation: Local Historic Landmark
Rating: Significant: 12
In February, pursuant to the recommendations of an ad hoc Committee of the Historic Preservation
Commission appointed for the purpose, the HPC approved a Certificate of Appropriateness for certain
additions and modifications to the Jefferson School Building designed to enlarge it to accommodate a
greater number of students. Specifically, to demolish the boiler/furnace annex, including original structure
and later connecting wing; to build additions for a library/media center and a new classroom wing; to
remove a maple tree and build a bus driveway on the South lawn; and to install ADA accessibility ramps.
Part of that project intentionally reserved for further study was the matter of fenestration for the
new wing, and new fenestration in the existing historic part of the building. Significant additional study
has been done, both by the School Corporation's architects and contractors, and by the HPC Jefferson
School Committee, assisted by Architectural Historian Joann Sporleder. The result of that study is
agreement between the HPC Jefferson School Committee and the School Corporation and their architects
regarding the necessary characteristics for the proposed windows.
Wight Construction, on behalf of the School Corporation, has drafted specifications that they
believe embody the agreement reached. Those specifications form the body of this Application for
Certificate of Appropriateness. The full text of the draft specifications is 19 pages. I have transmitted the
full 19 pages to the HPC Jefferson School Committee. However, I believe that the parts of the
specifications relevant to Historic Preservation consist of Section 08520 — Aluminum Windows, sub
sections 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7, and Section 08550 — Wood Windows, subsections 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7. The
remaining subsections deal with general construction standards, quality of workmanship, and other
specifications relevant to the school's particular wants.
RECOMMENDATION
It was the understanding of staff that the aluminum clad wood windows best fit the aesthetic and
dimensional requirements of the HPC and our architect, as more nearly duplication the daylight openings
and the profile of the original and existing windows. Additionally, Ms. Sporleder pointed out the general
thermal superiority and the interior aesthetic superiority of aluminum clad wood windows to all aluminum
windows. However, since our concern is primarily with the appearance of the exterior, it is possible that an
aluminum window might be found that might meet the same exterior specifications as the aluminum clad
wood windows.
Staff believes that the specifications submitted by Wight Construction generally satisfy the
characteristics agreed by the Jefferson School Committee as adequate for a favorable
recommendation, though I do note that the Wight Construction architect actually found an aluminum clad
wood window within about 1% of the daylight opening of the existing window, and the specifications here
presented only require daylight opening within 2% of the existing.
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Current Use of Building:
(Single Fancily — Multi -Family — Commercial — Govmmrnt — Industrial — Vacant - etc.)
Type of Building Construction: VUoOfl ��a�t�•-K /�����.i
(Wood Frame - Brick- Slone - $itel - Concrele -Other)
Proposed Work: ❑ In-kind ❑ Landscape ❑ New Replacement (not in-kind) ❑ Demolition
(more Own one bar may be checkrd)
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DIVISION 8- DOORS St WINDOWS,
SECTION 08520- ALUMINUM WINDOWS
3. Performance Grade: 50.
C. Condensation -Resistance Factor: Provide aluminum windows tested for thermal performance
according to AAMA 1503, showing a CRF of not less than 56, where windows are indicated to
be "thermally improved,"
D. Thermal Transmittance: Provide aluminum windows with a whole -window U -value maximum
indicated at 15 -mph (24 -km/h) exterior wind velocity and wintercondition temperatures
when tested according to AAMA 1503.
1. U -Value: Not more than 0.64 Btu/sq. ft. x h x deg F (W/sq. m x K).
E. Thermal Movements: Provide aluminum windows, including anchorage, that accommodate
thermal movements of units resulting from the following maximum change (range) in ambient
and surface temperatures without buckling, distortion, opening of joints, failure of joint
sealants, damaging loads and stresses on glazing and connections, and other detrimental
effects. Base engineering calculation on actual surface temperatures of materials due to solar
heat gain and nighttime -sky heat loss.
1. Temperature Change (Range): 120 deg F (67 deg C), ambient; 180 deg F (100 deg C)
material surfaces.
1.5 HISTORICAL PRESERVATION DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
A. Jefferson Intermediate Center is a Historical Building on the register of the Historic Preservation
Commission of South Bend St St. Joseph County. The intent of the design is to match the sizes,
profiles, and configuration of existing windows and components (frame, sash, casing, brick
molding, muntins, and square inches of daylight opening) as closely as possible. Setback of
new window frames from face of existing brick should be the same as the setback of the
existing wood windows. Daylight opening of new windows should be within 2% of daylight
opening of existing windows, New metal window panning should be profiled to match the
profiles of existing wood window casing and trim members. Window manufacturer and
installation contractor shall be experienced in window replacement on buildings with historical
preservation requirements. Contractor will be required to provide documentation
demonstrating past performance of historical preservation window replacement jobs upon
award of contract, CONTRACTOR WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SHOP DRAWINGS OF
PROPOSED WINDOW SYSTEM WITH THEIR BID- THIS IS A REQUIRED PART OF THE BIDDING
DOCUMENTS AND WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE QUALIFIED BIDDERS. BIDS NOT
ACCOMPANIED BY SHOP DRAWINGS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD OF
CONTRACT,
1,6 SUBMITTALS
A. CONTRACTOR WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SHOP DRAWINGS OF PROPOSED WINDOW
SYSTEM WITH THEIR BID- THIS IS A REQUIRED PART OF THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS AND
WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE QUALIFIED BIDDERS. BIDS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY SHOP
DRAWINGS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD OF CONTRACT.
B. Product Data; Include construction details, material descriptions, fabrication methods,
dimensions of individual components and profiles, hardware, finishes, and operating
instructions for each type of aluminum window indicated.
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DIVISION 8- DOORS & WINDOWS
SECTION 08520- ALUMINUM WINDOWS
C. Shop Drawings: Include plans, elevations, sections, details, hardware, attachments to other
Work, operational clearances, and the following:
1. Mullion details, including reinforcement and stiffeners.
2. joinery details.
3. Expansion provisions.
4. Flashing and drainage details.
5. Weather-stripping details.
6. Thermal -break details.
7. Glazing details.
S. For installed products indicated to comply with design loads, include structural analysis
data signed and sealed by the qualified professional engineer responsible for their
preparation and used to determine the following:
D. Samples for Initial Selection! For units with factory -applied color finishes.
E. Samples for Verification: For aluminum window components required, prepared on Samples
of size indicated below.
1 Main Framing Member: 12 -inch- (300 -mm-) long, full-size sections of extrusions with
factory -applied color finish,
2. Hardware: Full-size units with factory -applied finish,
3. Weather Stripping: 12 -inch- (300 -mm-) long sections.
4. Architect reserves the right to require additional samples that show fabrication
techniques, workmanship, and design of hardware and accessories.
F. Mock-ups: Contractor will be required to install a complete, fully functional window in location
determined by the Architect. Installation of the balance of windows shall not proceed without
approval in writing from the Construction Manager pending approval of the mock-up by the
Architect
G. Qualification Data: For Installer,
H. Product Test Reports: Based on evaluation of comprehensive tests performed within the last
four years by a qualified testing agency, for each type, grade, and size of aluminum window.
Test results based on use of down -sized test units will not be accepted.
1. Maintenance Data: For operable window sash, operating hardware, weather stripping, and
finishes to include in maintenance manuals.
1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Installer Qualifications: An installer acceptable to aluminum window manufacturer for
installation of units required for this Project. Installer shall have experience in replacement of
windows on buildings with historic preservation requirements.
B. Source Limitations: Obtain aluminum windows through one source from a single
manufacturer.
C. Product Options: Drawings indicate size, profiles, and dimensional requirements of aluminum
windows and are based on the specific system Indicated. Refer to Division I Section "Product
Requirements.'
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DIVISION 8- DOORS & WINDOWS
SECTION 08520- ALUMINUM WINDOWS
1. Do not modify intended aesthetic effects, as judged solely by Architect, except with
Architect's approval. if modifications are proposed, submit comprehensive explanatory
data to Architect for review.
D. Fenestration Standard: Comply with AAMA/NWWDA 101/1.5.2, "Voluntary Specifications for
Aluminum, Vinyl (PVC) and Wood Windows and Glass Doors," for minimum standards of
performance, materials, components, accessories, and fabrication unless more stringent
requirements are indicated.
1. Provide AAMA-certified aluminum windows with an attached label.
E. Glazing Publications: Comply with published recommendations of glass manufacturers and
GANA's "Glazing Manual" unless more stringent requirements are indicated.
F. Mockups: Build mockups to verify selections made under sample Submittals and to
demonstrate aesthetic effects and qualities of materials and execution.
1. Build mockup in building envelope wall in location to be determined by the Architect.
2. Approved mockups may become part of the completed Work if undisturbed at time of
Substantial Completion.
G. Preinstallation Conference: Conduct conference at Project. Review methods and procedures
related to aluminum windows including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Inspect and discuss condition of substrate and other preparatory work performed by
other trades.
2. Review and finalize construction schedule and verify availability of materials, Installer's
personnel, equipment, and facilities needed to make progress and avoid delays.
1.8 PROJECT CONDITIONS
A. Field Measurements: Verify aluminum window openings by field measurements before
fabrication and indicate measurements on Shop Drawings.
1. Established Dimensions: Where field measurements cannot be made without delaying
the Work, establish opening dimensions and proceed with fabricating aluminum
windows without field measurements. Coordinate wall construction to ensure that
actual opening dimension's correspond to established dimensions.
1.9 WARRANTY
A. Special Warranty: Manufacturer's standard form in which manufacturer agrees to repair or
replace aluminum windows that fall in materials or workmanship within specified warranty
period. Failures include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Failure to meet performance requirements.
2. Structural failures including excessive deflection.
3. Water leakage, air infiltration, or condensation.
4. Faulty operation of movable sash and hardware.
S. Deterioration of metals, metal finishes, and other materials beyond normal weathering.
6. Insulting glass failure.
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)IVISION 8- QOORS & WRUP_QWj
SECTION 08550- WOOD WINDOWS
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and Division 1 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. This Section includes the following aluminum -clad wood -framed window product types:
1. Awning windows.
2. Casement windows.
3. Double -hung windows.
4. Fixed windows.
5. Decorative non-operative fixed windows.
1.3 DEFINITIONS
A. C: Commercial.
B. Performance grade number, included as part of the AAMA/NWWDA product designation
code, is actual design pressure in pounds force per square foot (pascals) used to determine
structural test pressure and water test pressure.
C. Structural test pressure, for uniform load structural test, is equivalent to 150 percent of
design pressure.
D. Minimum test size is smallest size permitted for performance class (gateway test size).
Products must be tested at minimum test size or at a size larger than minimum test size to
comply with requirements for performance class.
1.4 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
A. General: Provide wood windows capable of complying with performance requirements
indicated, based on testing manufacturer's windows that are representative of those
specified and that are of test size indicated below:
1. Minimum size required byAAMA/NWWDA 101 /1,S.2.
2. Minimum size required by gateway performance requirements for determining
compliance with AAMA/NWWDA 101/I.S.2 for both gateway performance
requirements and optional performance grades.
3. Size indicated.
B. AAMA/NWWDA Performance Requirements: Provide wood windows of the performance
class and grade indicated that comply with AAMA/NWWDA 101 /I.S.2.
1. Performance Class: C.
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DIVISION 8- DOORS St WINDOW)
SECTION 08550- WOOD WINDOWS
2. Performance Grade: Minimum for performance class Indicated.
1.5 HISTORICAL PRESERVATION DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
A. Jefferson Intermediate Center is a Historical Building on the register of the Historic
Preservation Commission of South Bend Ex St Joseph County. The intent of the design is to
match the sizes, profiles, and configuration of existing windows and components (frame,
sash, casing, brick molding, muntins, and square inches of daylight opening) as closely as
possible. Setback of new Window frames from face of existing brick should be the same as
the setback of the existing wood windows. Daylight opening of new windows should be
within 2% of daylight opening of existing windows. New metal Window panning should be
profiled to match the profiles of existing wood Window casing and trim members. Window
manufacturer and installation contractor shall be experienced in window replacement on
buildings with historical preservation requirements. Contractor will be required to provide
documentation demonstrating past performance of historical preservation window
replacement jobs upon award of contract CONTRACTOR WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT
SHOP DRAWINGS OF PROPOSED WINDOW SYSTEM WITH THEIR BID- THIS IS A REQUIRED
PART OF THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS AND WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE QUALIFIED
BIDDERS. BIDS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY SHOP DRAWINGS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED
FOR AWARD OF CONTRACT.
1.6 SUBMITTALS
A. CONTRACTOR WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SHOP DRAWINGS OF PROPOSED WINDOW
SYSTEM WITH THEIR BID- THIS IS A REQUIRED PART OF THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS AND
WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE QUALIFIED BIDDERS. BIDS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY SHOP
DRAWINGS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD OF CONTRACT.
B. Product Data: Include construction details, material descriptions, fabrication methods,
dimensions of individual components and profiles, hardware, finishes, and operating
instructions for each type of wood window indicated.
C. Shop Drawings: Include plans, elevations, sections, details, hardware, attachments to other
Work, operational clearances, and the following:
1. Mullion details, including reinforcement and stiffeners.
2. Joinery details.
3. Expansion provisions.
4. Flashing and drainage details.
S. Weather-stripping details.
6. Thermal -break details.
7. Glazing details.
8. Window cleaning provisions.
9. For installed products indicated to comply with design loads, include structural
analysis data signed and sealed by the qualified professional engineer responsible for
their preparation and used to determine the following:
D. Samples for Initial Selection: For units with factory -applied color finishes.
E. Samples for Verification: For wood window components required, prepared on Samples of
size indicated below.
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DIVI51 N 9- DOORS Fr W[NDQWS
SECTION 08550- WOOD WINDOWS
1. Hardware: Full-size units with factory -applied finish.
2. Weather Stripping: 12 -inch- (300 -mm.) long sections.
3. Architect reserves the right to require additional samples that show fabrication
techniques, workmanship, and design of hardware and accessories.
F. Qualification Data: For Installer.
G. Product Test Reports: Based on evaluation of comprehensive tests performed within the
last four years by a qualified testing agency, for each type, grade, and size of wood
window. Test results based on use of down -sized test units will not be accepted.
H. Maintenance Data: For operable window sash, operating hardware, weather stripping and
finishes to include in maintenance manuals.
Mock-ups: Contractor will be required to install a complete, fully functional window in
location determined by the Architect. Installation of the balance of windows shall not
proceed without approval in writing from the Construction Manager pending approval of
the mock-up by the Architect.
1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Installer Qualifications: An installer acceptable to wood window manufacturer for
installation of units required for this Project, Installer shall have experience in replacement
of windows on buildings with historic preservation requirements.
B. Testing Agency Qualifications: An independent testing agency, acceptable to authorities
having jurisdiction, with the experience and capability to conduct the testing indicated, as
documented according to ASTM E 548.
C. Source Limitations: Obtain wood windows through one source from a single manufacturer.
D. Product Options: Information on Drawings and in Specifications establishes requirements
for wood windows, aesthetic effects and performance characteristics. Aesthetic effects are
indicated by dimensions, arrangements, alignment, and profiles of components and
assemblies as they relate to sightlines, to one another, and to adjoining construction.
E. Fenestration Standard- Comply with AAMA/NWWDA 101/1.5,2, "Voluntary Specifications
for Aluminum, Vinyl (PVC) and Wood Windows and Glass Doors," for minimum standards
of performance, materials, components, accessories, and fabrication unless more stringent
requirements are indicated.
1. Provide AAMA-certified wood windows with an attached label.
F. Glazing Publications: Comply with published recommendations of glass manufacturers and
GANA's "Glazing Manual" unless more stringent requirements are indicated.
1.8 PROJECT CONDITIONS
A. Field Measurements: Verify wood window openings by field measurements before
fabrication and indicate measurements an Shop Drawings.
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SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
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Wednesday, September 10, 2003
TO: Commission Treasurer Catherine Hostetler
Commission Members
FROM: Karen R. Hammond -Nash, Director
RE: 2004 Budget
The newspaper announced that the County Council has approved 2004 Department budgets. However,
Council has a policy of distributing the data regarding budget approvals only through Wendy House in
the Auditor's Office. At the time of this mailing, Wendy has not yet received that data from the
Council. She will call me when she does, which may or may not be before the Monday HPC meeting.
As you may know, the County Commissioners asked department heads to keep their total budget
requests equal to their 2003 budgets, but suggested that raises might be given to employees by moving
money from other accounts within the department budget. About two thirds of the county departments,
plus HPC, accordingly sought to fund raises by reducing part time or contractual services budgets.
The County Commission, according to my information, approved the requested raises in some
departments, and did not approve them in others, HOWEVER, the matching reductions that department
heads offered WERE written into the Commissioners budget in — I understand — every case.
The County Council, at a meeting with department heads last Thursday, considered refusing ALL raises
and enforcing ALL reductions; refusing all raises but not requiring reductions in part time help; and
various other permutations.
When individual directors were invited to speak, I pointed out that our Assistant Director position
requires a 4 -year degree and a knowledge of or degree in architecture, and that that the present salary of
$23,500 is low for such a requirement. We had sought a raise of $1,000 for Julie and the same amount
for me, and the County Commissioners had recommended only $500 for Julie, while reducing our
contractual services budget by $2,000. I did receive an assurance that the Council members would
consider the matter further.
I also heard privately from Dennis Schafer that he and other council members might look favorably on
annual bonuses, rather than raises, because bonuses are not built into subsequent budgets. I would refer
this matter to our budget committee of Catherine Hostetler and Jerry Ujdak, for consideration and
possible action in October or November.
Note that our 2003 Contractual services allocation is $31,000, and the County Commissioners proposed
2004 allocation is $29,000. Of that amount, we expect to spend just under $16,000 for inspector
services, about $2,000 for transcription services, leaving about $13,000 this year, and probably only
$11,000 next year, for paying for such things as engineering or archeological surveys, forestry or
landscape surveys, extra printing, and/or matching grant programs.
SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
235-9798
MEMORANDUM
Thursday, July 31, 2003
TO: Cynthia A. Bodle, President
St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners
Raphael Morton, President
St. Joseph County Council
r.
FROM: Karen R. Hammond -Nash .
1
RE: Revised Budget Proposal
10000 Series
11075 Assistant Director 24,500
11309 Historic Preservation Admin 36,500 $ 61,000
(The City of South Bend reimburses about $25,000 through a grant.)
20000 Series
21030
Office Supplies
4,750
22010
Gas, Oil, & Lubricants
1,000
22120
Garage & Motor Supplies
700 $ 6,450,
(The City of South Bend has provided
an automobile for the HPC Inspector's use,
the value of which probably amounts to about $3,000 per year.)
3000 Series
31070
Other Contractual Services
29,000
32020
Travel
1,000
32050
Instruction & Training
2,000
new number
Public Outreach
3,070
32200
Telephone
1,160
32350
Postage
2,160
33010
Publication of Legal Notices
500
33100
Printing
3,000
37100
Auto Lease
500
39010
Dues & Subscriptions
1,250
39750
Data Processing
3.570 $ 47,210
40000 Series
44250
Office Machines
800 $ 800.
Department Total
115,460
This proposal keeps our budget exactly at its 2003 level, and moves $3,000 into Public Outreach by
reducing the amounts in Office Supplies, Telephone, Dues and Subscriptions, and Data Processing.
Separate issue: In 2003, we encumbered funds to pay Arsee Engineers for an engineering study relative
to Oliver School Salvage. We offered this financial assistance with salvage to the City, in writing, and
the City accepted our offer, also in writing. However, the City Engineering Department advised that the
salvage occur without the engineering study, and that the money be reserved for other uses. Heaven
only knows what they have in mind.
Meanwhile, I am getting grief from the County Commissioners and Purchasing Department for not
either paying Arsee Engineers, or returning that encumbered amount to the County Coffers.
I inquired of Ted Foti, Memorial Hospital V.P., what the timetable is for eventual use of the salvaged
Oliver School material in the new parking garage opposite St. Joseph Street Historic District. I hoped
that we might Quietus the original encumbrance, and re -encumber the same fund for an eventual use in
the same Oliver School salvage project. Unfortunately, however, Foti believes that the parking lot will
not be begun until 2006 or later. I will be working with the Budget and Finance Committee, Catherine
& Jerry, to resolve this dilemma, probably by obtaining the City of South Bend's agreement to spend the
money on Leeper Park Bridge lighting/beautification, instead of Oliver School salvage, without the City
retreating from its commitment to store the salvaged material.
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JOSEPH COUNTY
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PAGE 74
LOCATION
BUDGET REPORT
REPORT DATE 8/31/2003...
�D
001 COUNTY GENERAL
LOC
037 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
UNENCUMBERED'
UNEXPENDED
ACCOUNT NO
APPROPRIATION
ENCUMBRANCE
EXPENDITURE
BALANCE/PCT
BALANCE/PCT
11075
000 ASST. DIRECTOR
23,500.00
0.00
5,423.10
18,076.90
18,076.90
GENERAL GOVT.
76.92
X
76.92
X
11309
000 HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADMIN.
35,500.00
0.00
23,211.46
12.288.54
12,288.54
GENERAL GOV'T.
34.62
X
34.62
X
10000 TOTAL
59,000.00
0.00
28,634.56
30,365.44
30,365.44
51.47
X
51.47
X
21030
000 OFFICE SUPPLIES
7,735.04
0.00
2,735.04
5,000.00
5,000.00
GENERAL GOVT.
64.64
X
64.64
X
22010
000 GAS OIL & LUBRICANTS
1,000.00
0.00
70.61
929.39
929.39
GENERAL GOVT.
92.94
X
92.94
%
22120
000 GARAGE & MOTOR SUPPLIES
700.00
0.00
449.81
250.19
250.19
GENERAL GOVT.
35.74
%
35.74
X
20000 TOTAL
9,435.04
0.00
3,255.46
6.179.58
6,179.58
65.50
%
65.50
X
IIIIIIII
-A70
000 OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
63,641.00
21,360.00
12,432.00
29,849.00
51,209.00
GENERAL GOVT.
46.90
X
80.47
%
32020
000 TRAVEL
2,000.00
0.00
0.00
2.000.00
2,000.00
GENERAL GOV'T.
100.00
%
100.00
%
32050
000 INSTRUCTION & TRAINING
1,000.00
0.00
814.02
185.98
185.98
GENERAL GOV'T.
18.60
%
18.60
X
32200
000 TELEPHONE
2,160.00
0.00
0.00
2.160.00
2,160.00
GENERAL GOVT.
100.00
X
100.00
X
32350
000 POSTAGE
2,160.00
0.00
151.45
2,008.55
2,008.55
GENERAL GOV'T.
92.99
X
92.99
X
33010
000 PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES
739.00
0.00
248.75
490.25
490.25
GENERAL GOVT.
66.34
%
66.34
%
33100
000 PRINTING
11,121.84
0.00
332.70
10,789.14
10,789.14
GENERAL GOVT.
97.01
X
97.01
%
37100
000 AUTO LEASE
500.00
0.00
0.00
500.00
500.00
GENERAL GOVT.
100.00
X
100.00
X
39010
000 DUES & SUBSCRIPTION
1,500.00
0.00
0.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
IIII
GENERAL GOVT.
100.00
X
100.00
X
{
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LOCATION BUDGET REPORT REPORT DATE _8/31/2003
FUND 001 COUNTY GENERAL
LOC 037 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ACCOUNT NO
39750 000 DATA PROCESSING
GENERAL GOV'T.
30000 TOTAL �-
44250 000 OFFICE MACHINES
GENERAL GOVT.
40000 TOTAL
LOCATION TOTAL
INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
TRANSFER ACCOUNTS
UNEXPENDED
BALANCE/PCT
5,000.00
98.01 %
75,842.92
84.34 X
912.00
100.00 X
912.00
100.00 %
113,299.94
71.14 %
UNENCUMBERED
APPROPRIATION
ENCUMBRANCE
EXPENDITURE
BALANCE/PCT
5,101.45
0.00
101.45
5,000.00
98.01 %
89,923.29
21,360.00
14,080.37
54,482.92
60.59 %
912.00
112.00
0.00
800.00
87.72 %
912.00
112.00
0.00
800.00
87.72 %
159,270.33
21,472.00
45,970.39
91,827.94
57.66 %
0.00
0.00
45,970.39
UNEXPENDED
BALANCE/PCT
5,000.00
98.01 %
75,842.92
84.34 X
912.00
100.00 X
912.00
100.00 %
113,299.94
71.14 %
FIN14X
SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY
RUN
DATE 9/02/2003 PAGE 22
OUTSTANDING PURCHASE ORDERS
BY FUND/LOC/ACCT/OBJ/PO AS OF: 8/31/2003
W 001 COUNTY GENERAL
LOC 037 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
P.O.
VENDOR
P.O.
NUMBER
NUMBER VENDOR NAME
BUDGET CODE
DATE
AMOUNT
082400
000449 DOOLITTLE.WAYNE
001 31070 000
037 12/12/2002
8,860.00
082642
307120 ARSEE ENGINEERS INC
001 31070 000
037 12/18/2002
12,500.00
079533
006158 COMMERCIAL OFFICE
001 44250 000
037 2/14/2002
112.00
FUND/LOC TOTAL
21,472.00
FIN40X SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY
FUND: 001 COUNTY GENERAL
BUDGET EFFECTIVE TRAN TRAN
ACCT CODE DATE DATE TYPE
001.11075.000.037 ASST. DIRECTOR
8/07/2003 8/07/03 CLM
8/21/2003 8/21/03 CLM
001.11075.000.037 ASST. DIRECTOR
ESTIMATED REV RECEIPTS
CUR 0.00 0.00
TOT 0.00 0.00
CURRENT COMBINED LEDGER
FOR 1/01/2003 THRU 8/31/2003
AMOUNT OTHER DATA
A.
RUN DATE: 9/02/2003 PAGE 168
LOC: 037 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
903.85 PO#000000 VEN#005528COUNTY PAYROLL
903.85 P0#000000 VEN#005528C0UNTY PAYROLL
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
UNRECV REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE
0.00 1,807.70
0.00 23,500.00 0.00 5.423.10
001.11309.000.037 HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADMIN. GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
8/07/2003
8/07/03 CLM
1,365.38
P0#000000 VEN#005528C0UNTY PAYROLL
8/21/2003
8/21/03 CLM
1,365.38
P0#000000 VEN#005528COUNTY PAYROLL
001.11309.000.037 HISTORIC
PRESERVATION ADMIN. GENERAL
GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV
RECEIPTS
UNRECV REV BAL
APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE
CUR 0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
TOT 0.00
0.00
0.00
35,500.00 0.00
EXPENDITURE
2.730.76
23.211.46
001.11950.000.037 PART TIME GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
001.11950.000.037 PART TIME GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV RECEIPTS UNRECV REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE
CUR 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
BK#102 CHK#118914 PyDst 8/08/2003
BK#102 CHK#119798 PyDst 8/22/2003
UNEXPENDED BAL UNENCUMB BAL
18.076.90 18.076.90
BK#102 CHK#118915 PyDst 8/08/2003
80102 CHK#119799 PyDst 8/22/2003
UNEXPENDED BAL UNENCUMB BAL
12.288.54 12.288.54
UNEXPENDED BAL UNENCUMB BAL
0.00 0.00
001.21030.000.037 OFFICE SUPPLIES
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
001.21030.000.037 OFFICE SUPPLIES
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV
RECEIPTS UNRECV
REV BAL
APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE
UNEXPENDED BAL
UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
TOT 0.00
0.00
0.00
7,735.04 0.00
2,735.04
5,000.00
5,000.00
001.22010.000.037 GAS OIL & LUBRICANTS
GENERAL GOV'T. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
8/07/2003
8/07/03 CLM
19.40
P0#000000 VEN#000449DOOLITTLE.WAYNE
BK#102
CHK#118922
INV#
001.22010.000.037 GAS OIL & LUBRICANTS
GENERAL GOV'T. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV
RECEIPTS UNRECV
REV BAL
APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE
UNEXPENDED BAL
UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00
0.00
0.00
19.40
TOT 0.00
0.00
0.00
1,000.00 0.00
70.61
929.39
929.39
001.22120.000.037 GARAGE & MOTOR SUPPLIES
GENERAL
GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
8/05/2003
8/05/03 CLM
449.81
P0#000000 VEN#005440CITY OF SOUTH BEND BK#102
CHK#118283
INV#
001.22120.000.037 GARAGE & MOTOR SUPPLIES
GENERAL GOV'T. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV
RECEIPTS UNRECV
REV BAL
APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE UNEXPENDED BAL
UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00
0.00
0.00
449.81
TOT 0.00
0.00
0.00
700.00 0.00
449.81
250.19
250.19
001.31070.000.037 OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
8/05/2003
8/05/03 CLM
180.00
P0#000000 VEN#001307OXIAN, KATHY SUE
BK#102
CHK#118385
INV#
8/05/2003
8/05/03 CLM
159.00
PO#000000 VEN#0013070XIAN, KATHY SUE
BK#102
CHK#118385
INV#
8/06/2003
6/12/03 CLM/ADJ
770.00
P0#082400 VEN#000449DOOLITTLE,WAYNE
BK#102
CHK#113678
CORRECTION
8/06/2003
6/12/03 CLM/ADJ
770.00-
P0#000000 VEN#000449DOOLITTLE.WAYNE
BK#102
CHK#113678
CORRECTION
8/06/2003
7/17/03 CLM/ADJ
1.290.00
P0#082400 VEN#000449DOOLITTLE.WAYNE
BK#102
CHK#116508
CORRECTION
8/06/2003
7/17/03 CLM/ADJ
1,290.00-
P0#000000 VEN#000449DOOLITTLE.WAYNE
BK#102
CHK#116508
CORRECTION
8/07/2003
8/07/03 CLM
1,060.00
P0#082400 VEN#000449DOOLITTLE,WAYNE
BK#102
CHK#118922
INV#
8/21/2003
8/21/03 CLM
950.00
P0#082400 VEN#000449DOOLITTLE.WAYNE
BK#102
CHK#119808
INV#
8/31/2003
12/12/02 PO/BAL
8.860.00
P0#082400 VEN#000449 DOOLITTLE,WAYNE
Po Balance
8/31/2003
12/18/02 PO/BAL 12,500.00
P0#082642 VEN#307120 ARSEE ENGINEERS
INC Po Balance
FIN40X SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY CURRENT COMBINED LEDGER RUN DATE: 9/02/2003 PAGE 169
FUND: 001 COUNTY GENERAL FOR 1/01/2003 THRU 8/31/2003 LOC: 037 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
=DGET EFFECTIVE TRAN TRAN
=T CODE DATE DATE TYPE AMOUNT OTHER DATA
001.31070.000.037 OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV RECEIPTS UNRECV REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE UNEXPENDED BAL UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,349.00
TOT 0.00 0.00 0.00 63.641.00 21.360.00 12.432.00 51.209.00 29,849.00
001.32020.000.037 TRAVEL GENERAL GOV'T. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
001.32020.000.037 TRAVEL GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV RECEIPTS UNRECV REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE UNEXPENDED BAL UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOT 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,000.00 0.00 0.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
001.32050.000.037 INSTRUCTION & TRAINING GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
8/19/2003 8/19/03 CLM 814.02 PO#000000 VEN#001966TIPPECANOE PLACE BK#102 CHK#119307 INV#
001.32050.000.037 INSTRUCTION & TRAINING GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV RECEIPTS UNRECV REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE UNEXPENDED BAL UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00 0.00 0.00 814.02
TOT 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 0.00 814.02 185.98 185.98
001.32200.000.037 TELEPHONE GENERAL GOV'T. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
001.32200.000.037 TELEPHONE GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV RECEIPTS UNRECV REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE UNEXPENDED BAL UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOT 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,160.00 0.00 0.00 2.160.00 2,160.00
.32350.000.037 POSTAGE
8/05/2003 8/05/03 CLM
8/05/2003 8/05/03 CLM
8/05/2003 8/05/03 CLM
8/05/2003 8/05/03 CLM
8/05/2003 8/05/03 CLM
8/05/2003 8/05/03 CLM
001.32350.000.037 POSTAGE
ESTIMATED REV RECEIPTS
CUR 0.00 0.00
TOT 0.00 0.00
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
29.55 PO#000000 VEN#000507COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
5.46 PO#000000 VEW00507COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
61.49 PO#000000 VEN#000507COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
40.46 PO#000000 VEN#000507COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
9.23 PO#000000 VEN#000507COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
5.26 PO#000000 VEN#000507COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
UNRECV REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE
0.00 151.45
0.00 2,160.00 0.00 151.45
001.33010.000.037 PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
8/05/2003
8/05/03 CLM
2.23
PO#000000 VEN#001538SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
8/07/2003
8/07/03 CLM
239.00
PO#082643 VEN#006158COMMERCIAL OFFICE
8/21/2003
8/21/03 CLM
7.52
PO#000000 VEN#001538SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
001.33010.000.037 PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES GENERAL
GOV'T. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV
RECEIPTS
UNRECV REV BAL
APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE
CUR 0.00
0.00
0.00 248.75
TOT 0.00
0.00
0.00
739.00 0.00 248.75
001.33100.000.037 PRINTING
8/04/2003 8/04/03 CLM/AD
8/05/2003 8/05/03 CLM
8/19/2003 8/19/03 CLM
8/31/2003 12/18/02 APP/ADJ
.33100.000.037 PRINTING
ESTIMATED REV RECEIPTS
CUR 0.00 0.00
TOT 0.00 0.00
GENERAL GOV'T. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
J 0.00 PO#082641 VEN#000917INSTY-PRINT OF SOUTH
251.70 PO#000000 VEN#000917INSTY-PRINT OF SOUTH
81.00 PO#000000 VEN#000917INSTY-PRINT OF SOUTH
454.27- VOID 02 PO 82641
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC PRESERVATION
UNRECV REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE
454.27- 332.70
0.00 11,121.84 0.00 332.70
BK#102 CHK#118297 INV#04200306
BK#102 CHK#118297 INV#04200304
BK#102 CHK#118297 INV#04200303
BK#102 CHK#118297 INV#04200302
BK#102 CHK#118297 INV#04200301
BK#102 CHK#118297 INV#04200213
UNEXPENDED BAL UNENCUMB BAL
2,008.55 2.008.55
BK#102 CHK#118414 INV#T3649441
BK#102 CHK#118907 INV#226355
BK#102 CHK#119848 INV#T3660369
UNEXPENDED BAL UNENCUMB BAL
490.25 490.25
BK#008 CHK#000000 P.O.Cancellation
BK#102 CHK#118349 INV#204440
BK#102 CHK#119209 INV#202949
UNEXPENDED BAL UNENCUMB BAL
10.789.14 10.789.14
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FUND: 001 COUNTY GENERAL FOR 1/01/2003 THRU 8/31/2003 LOC: 037 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
BUDGET EFFECTIVE TRAN TRAN
ACCT CODE DATE DATE TYPE AMOUNT OTHER DATA
001.37100.000.037 AUTO
LEASE
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
001.37100.000.037 AUTO
LEASE
GENERAL GOV'T. HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV
RECEIPTS UNRECV
REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE
EXPENDITURE
UNEXPENDED BAL
UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
TOT 0.00
0.00
0.00 500.00
0.00
0.00
500.00
500.00
001.39010.000.037 DUES
& SUBSCRIPTION
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
001.39010.000.037 DUES
& SUBSCRIPTION
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV
RECEIPTS UNRECV
REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE
EXPENDITURE
UNEXPENDED BAL
UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
TOT 0.00
0.00
0.00 1,500.00
0.00
0.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
001.39750.000.037 DATA
PROCESSING
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
8/07/2003 8/07/03 CLM
101.45 PO#082644 VEN#006158COMMERCIAL OFFICE BK#102 CHK#118907
INV#226353
001.39750.000.037 DATA
PROCESSING
GENERAL GOV'T. HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV
RECEIPTS UNRECV
REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE
EXPENDITURE
UNEXPENDED BAL
UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00
0.00
0.00
101.45
TOT 0.00
0.00
0.00 5,101.45
0.00
101.45
5,000.00
5,000.00
001.44250.000.037 OFFICE MACHINES
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
8/31/2003 2/14/02 PO/BAL
112.00 PO#079533 VEN#006158
COMMERCIAL OFFICE
Po -Balance
001.44250.000.037 OFFICE MACHINES
GENERAL GOVT. HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV
RECEIPTS UNRECV
REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE
EXPENDITURE
UNEXPENDED BAL
UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
TOT 0.00
0.00
0.00 912.00
112.00
0.00
912.00
800.00
* TOTALS FOR LOCATION: 037 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ESTIMATED REV RECEIPTS UNRECV REV BAL APPROPRIATION ENCUMBRANCE EXPENDITURE UNEXPENDED BAL UNENCUMB BAL
CUR 0.00 0.00 454.27• 9,005.04
TOT 0.00 0.00 0.00 159,270.33 21,472.00 45,970.39 113,299.94 91,827.94
SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
235-9798
MEMORANDUM
Monday, September 8, 2003
TO: Historic District Committee
Interested Commission Members
FROM: Karen R. Hammond -Nash, Director
RE: East Wayne Street Local Historic District
The East Wayne Street Historic District Liaison Committee has invited us to an
outdoor wine & cheese reception at the East Wayne Street island park, on Thursday,
September 18, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
There is no formal agenda, dress is business casual, and getting acquainted is to
be the main order of the day. ,.
I plan to bring copies of the newly reprinted Guideline Booklet, and copies of the
1992 South Bend Historic District Forestry Survey, for anyone who lost or didn't get one
initially.
Members of the Historic Districts Committee: Please RSVP to Emee Miller, at
233-4812. She is putting a more than ordinary personal effort into planning and
organizing this, so thank her extra warmly when you call!
SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
235-9798
MEMORANDUM
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
TO: Scott Osthimer, Sales manager
Rink Printing
Copy to HPC Members �( .
FROM: Karen R. Hammond -Nash
Director
RE: Liaison Nomination inserts for Newsletters
This is a follow up to our earlier conversations regarding (a) the total number of
newsletters we will need, (b) the number of Nomination forms and (c) the number of either return
postcards or reply envelopes needed for our newsletters.
The total number of newsletters we will need will now be 900, 765 for the owners of
homes in local historic districts and local landmarks, and the rest for HPC members, other
government officials, our records and other public distribution,
We have eight different historic districts, with a total of 452 residences in them. We will
want a few extra nomination forms, both for our records, and in case some are lost in the mail and
duplicates are needed. Our order will be as follows:
1.
East Wayne Street (14 homes):
150 forms
2.
Edgewater Place (83 homes/buildings)
90 forms
3.
Lincolnway East (33 homes)
40 forms
4.
North St. Joseph Street (10 homes)
15 forms
5.
River Bend (45 homes)
50 forms
6.
Riverside Drive (69 homes)
80 forms
7.
Taylor's Field (52 homes)
60 forms
8.
West North Shore Drive (16 homes)
20 forms
TOTAL FORMS:
505
I appreciate the suggestion that you and Chris made regarding the use of post cards, rather
than separate reply sheets and envelopes, as likely to save considerable expense both in printing,
and in postage. I like the idea, and think that it would work well and look good.
However, the use of post cards instead of sealed envelopes would be a complete departure
from the way in which the Historic Districts Committee has operated in the past, so I will consult
the wishes of the HPC on Monday, and on Tuesday morning I will let you know their wishes
regarding envelopes versus post cards.
When we were figuring 700 newsletters and reply envelopes, we figured the price at
$1,267. Can you get me an estimate of the adjusted amount, with the above changes? Thanks!
Historic Preservation Commission
®f South Bend & St. Joseph County
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OLD GERMAN TOWNSHIP SCHOOL
GRANTED FOCAL LANDMARK STATUS
In October 2002, the St. Joseph County
Council, at the recommendation of the
Historic Preservation Commission, and on
a motion made by council member Randy
Przybysz, adopted a County Ordinance
designating the Old German Township
Schoolhouse a Local Landmark.
The local historic value of this building is
immense, as it is one of the oldest public build-
ings remaining in the County. Not only was it
built at a period significant to the formation of
the County, it was also built at a place and
time when there was still substantial overlap
ween the new settlers of the county, and
indigenous peoples. The lands attached to
and immediately surrounding the old school-
house are believed by long time residents who
are descended from original settlers to be
Native American burial grounds.
The first school building built on this site
was constructed in 1878. A schoolmaster's house
was erected next door, at 53081 Olive Road, at
the same time. About twelve years later, in 1890.
one or both buildings were substantially amend-
ed — possibly re -built or replaced. In particular,
the foundation of the schoolmaster's frame
house, which was probably a rubble foundation
originally, and is now rock -faced cast brick, may
have been an 18 modification. S c-h�-tel
When thg buildin aseto be used as a
school, it passed into private hands and an
addition was built onto the back. In 1949 and
1950, private owners made several significant
changes, including building an addition onto
--the north side hely which nearly
doubled the size of the building. The character
of the addition is completely unlike that of the
original structure, and is in many ways
more highly unusual and e*en-reere represen-
r,}ye of a unique historic periodate
ikeeif.
A fountain and outdoor pond on the prop-
erty date to the same period as the 1950 addi-
tion, and are likewise distinctively characteris-
tic of the post World War II period. There is
also a non-contributing shed or pe1hape twox
on the property.
The total property is about 62 percent of an
acre, with a fence defining the front edge ofthe
property along Olive Road. This fence is an
excellent example of a Civil War era fence. It has
a foundation and regularly spaced piers built of
brick and cast concrete, with holes in the piers
to receive poles running between them.
Presently, and for at least the last forty years,
those poles have been wooden. However, pic-
tures of other such fences from the 1860s
through the very early nineteen hundreds typi-
cally show large cast iron poles running between
the piers. It is known that Saint Joseph County
residents donated large amounts of household
and farmyard iron to scrap metal drives during
World War II, so it is possible that original iron
poles were replaced with wood at that time.
The original building is a Greek -Revival style
one -and -a -half story brick rectangle, facing Olive
Road on the East. The original front of the house
had a gable front, and a slightly offset double
door, and a smaller door or window. In the gable
peak are a pair of narrow arched windows. The
original doorway opening, topped by hand -carved
dentil molding, remains, though it has been con-
verted into a Window � ...... 1, dL.."d.
The North and South walls of the school had
three tall arched windows that possibly lit not
only the classroom on the main floor, but the half -
floor above as well. Those have now been convert-
ed into first -floor windows only, and dormers have
been added to light the second floor.
The 1950 addition, though also brick, is
clearly differentiated from the original struc-
ture, which assists in observing the history of
the building, and differentiating the separate
areas of historic significance. It has a number
of features unique to, or typical of, the post -
World War II period, including glass block win-
dows along most of the north face, many built-
in interior elements, a great deal of tile, and a
fish -pond in the kitchen. It was featured in a
home -design and decorating magazine shortly
after the addition was completed. It would be
highly interesting on its own even if it were not
attached to an historic school, and would be
worthy of landmark status simply for its archi-
tectural interest.
AXTELL HOUSE
DECLARED
LOCAL LANDMARK
RECOMMENDED
TO STATE
REGIST:
On Portage wo
Avenue there ��
are a number - -
of exquisite ■� J
Queen Anne ■s (I,= ' . ■
style houses,
reminiscent of
a particular era of historic significance to the
then -developing City of South Bend. One of the
more interesting and intact remaining houses
of that era is the Axtell House. Recently, the
South Bend City Council recognized the his-
toric significance of that house by declaring it
a Local Landmark.
Built in 1905, the Axtell House still has
essentially its original yard and carriage
house, being Lot 5 and a
sie of Lot 4, Bulla & Patton's
Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana,
commonly known as 1021 Portage Avenue,
South Bend.
The Historic Preservation Commission of
South Bend and St. Joseph County, after due
study, and in agreement with its present own-
ers, recommended the designation of the prop-
erty as an Historic Landmark.
The Historic Preservation Commission
has also recommended the Axtell House to the
State Department of Natural Resources, to be
placed on the State Registry of Historic Places.
The State DNR has recommended instead that
we should seek such designation for either a
neighborhood or a "multiple resource district"
of similar houses on Portage Avenue, or in that
same Portage Avenue neighborhood, provided
we can show that there is such a definable
group of houses sharing the same historic sig-
nificance. That project is in process.
HISTORIC
PROPERTA
FOR SALE
One of the oldest a
and most interesting
Italianate farmhouses
in Northern Indiana is
presently available for sale. The structure
is, architecturally, one of the county's
finest jewels.
The Eliakim Ashton family was among the
very earliest to establish a farm along this his-
toric 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 cou-
ple in 1866. However, this house has many char-
acter defining features in common with the
Stumpf House in Indianapolis, pictured in
Indiana Houses of the 19th 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 for-
mer 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 than the period of primary historic
significance, but which are contributing struc-
tures 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 own-
ers were the Stanley A. Skrwranek family, and
the Debra and Charles J. Nyers family.
In about 1986, the wonderful prel War
era bank barn was struck by light ping and
burned to the foundation. While this was a sig-
nificant loss to the County's heritage, the site
of the barn is still of interest to the DNR
Department of Archeology. It --is - our—under-
standing. that..the_propa_sed pai ang-is-net -on—
the site of the rn:
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LEEPER PARK BRIDGE WORK SLATED F0Ir'04
According to Indiana Department of Transportation plans, and a Certificate of
Appropriateness granted to the IN -DOT by the Historic Preservation Commission on July 21,
2003, the Leeper Park Bridge will receive restoration, repair, and beautification work in 200
As many of you know, the Indiana Department of Transportation has been working on pl
for rebuilding/restoration of the Leeper Park Bridge on Michigan Street since 1998, or earlier
In past years, public meetings have been held, both by IN -DOT, and by HPC, and many things
discussed, considered, or tentatively agreed regarding this project.
IN -DOT submitted a formal Application for Certificate of Appropriateness to the Historic
Preservation Commission in July, and hopes to begin work in 2004.
The HPC and the IN -DOT were gratified by the insightful comments of concerned citizens
who attended the July HPC meetings in order to speak and pose questions regarding IN -DOT
plans both for the bridge, and for the areas immediately surrounding it. Issues of interest to the
neighbors of Leeper Park included:
(1) Environmental and aesthetic considerations for the riverbanks,
(2) Paths and a footbridge to connect the two sides of Leeper Park underneath the bridge,
(3) Use of Cobra -head overhead lights versus restoration of the original 8 decorative lamps
on the bridge piers, and
(4) Bridge sidewalk(s).
The Indiana Department of Transportation has offered to restore four of the eight spectac-
ular pyramidal lights originally on the bridge, provided that the City of South Bend, possibly
with the assistance of private donors or of the County, will restore the other four. Discussions
regarding that possibility are underway.
MEMBERSHIP & STAFF UPDATE
Former Historic Preservation Commission
Director Rhonda Saunders, as many of you
know, has moved back to her original home-
town of Allendale, Michigan, near Grand
Rapids. Her daughter and son are well, and
so is she. She has recently been hired as the
City of Grand Rapids' Historic Preservation
Specialist. Friends and associates wishing to
call or write to her may do so at:
City of Grand Rapids
Planning Department
1120 Monroe Avenue, N.W.
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Telephone: (616) 456-3159
e-mail: rsaunder@ci.grandrapids.mi.us.
HPC WELCOMES NEW STAFF.
In May, the Historic Preservation Commission
hired a new Assistant Director. Julie L.
Schutte is a recent graduate of the University
of Notre Dame, with a dual major in History
and Art History/Architecture.
NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS
In the course of the past year, the City Council
has appointed two new members, Virginia
O'Hair and Lynn Patrick, to the Historic
Preservation Commission, and the County
Council has appointed one new member,
Diane Wrobel-Mes.
,Mrs. O'Hair has a long and distinguished
record of volunteer service to the communi-
ty, both individually, and through a variety of
organizations, including the Progress Club,
her political party, and her church. Plunging
vigorously into the business of the Historic
Preservation Commission, she is serving as
Commission Secretary, and as a member of
the Executive Committee, the Landmarks
Committee, and the Southold Awards
Committee. _
Lvnn Patrick first became interested in
issues of historic preservation when her father
was one of the owners of the former Odd
Fellows Building in downtown South Bend
This eight -story building, similar to the
remaining JM Studebaker (JMS) building, was
demolished to make way for a less commodious
and less historically significant four-story
building. Her interest was heightened by her
experience as a resident of the Edgewater
Place Local Historic District. Lynn is serving
on the Facade Easement Committee, the
Southold Awards Committee, and the ad-hoc
Riverbank Coordinating Committee of which
she is chair. This committee attempts to
coordinate the various erosion control, park
beautification, and historic preservation
measures in play for those segments of the
St. Joseph River which include historically
significant structures or landscape features.
Diane Wrobel-Illes has lived much of
her adult life in, fust, a schoolmaster's house
built in the 1878, and, presently, the Old
German Township Schoolhouse, built along
with the schoolmaster's house, also in the
1878. Her knowledge of restoration and
preservation matters thus comes from direct
hands-on experience with the repair and
maintenance of her own home.
LdCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
fiTfPRi.iNRC
OOKLETS
f
RE,vfIALIZED
As some of you may know, the Historic Preservation Commission
last year had run completely out of the District Guideline Booklets
for most local historic districts. This was a considerable problem
especially when a home in the district changed ownership.
We could, and did, run photocopies of our last remaining booklets,
but this was expensive, and made the building photographs and
explanatory diagrams very hard to read and interpret. Also, some of the
data were no longer correct. On the page listing contact information
for staff and commission members, for instance, David Duvall and
Rhonda are no longer here, the HPC membership is different, our
office has moved, and our area code changed. Furthermore, over the
years attention had been called to errors in spelling, grammar, punctu-
ation, and even a couple of street numbers.
The commission's previous director, Rhonda Saunders, initiated
the project at a time when the technology and equipment available to
the office was not capable of producing or storing all the contents of
n one fully intact guidelines booklet. Therefore, the text was stored
=egments, diagrams and explanatory drawings were inserted or past-
ed onto pages as photocopies, and photographs were scanned in just
before printing, and not saved electronically.
Neighborhood associations, according to their bylaws and our
Ordinance, may meet every five years to reauthorize or to redraft their
guidelines altogether, in substance as well as in form. Therefore, our
office should ideally be capable of reproducing new versions that period-
ically incorporate changes deemed necessary by Local District neighbor-
hood associations without having to re -input entire district inventories
and histories from scratch with each new publication. n, 4e -
HPC, therefore, made arrangements last year to lig our district
guideline publication system more up-to-date and user-friendly, by hir-
ing a professional editor/publisher to re -construct all our guideline
booklets into electronic media so that we can (a) print new editions of
the current guidelines, with typos corrected and HPC names and
addresses up -dated; (b) load all our guideline booklets onto our web-
site, so that interested citizens, can download information (or even
entire booklets) from their home computers; and, (c) proceed with the
substantive revisions, if and as needed by neighborhood associations,
with relative speed and economy.
We have not made any substantive changes in any booklet, as
these must be made by neighborhood associations and the HPC, acting
together, at legally noticed public meetings.
We think you will all be happy with the technical corrections and
amendments to the contents. The amendments encompass small details
— including HPC's address and telephone number in the booklet, listing
Ukent members and employees, and so forth.
By the end of September, we will have reprints of the district
guideline booklets available for East Wayne Street, Edgewater Place,
North Saint Joseph Street, River Bend, Riverside Drive, and West North
Shore Drive. Booklets for the remaining districts should follow over the
course of the next few months.
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RIVER PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION
RESOLUTION
ADOPTED
The River Park Neighborhood Association
adopted the following Resolution on May 1,
2003, dealing with the restoration and rebuild-
ing of the historic Auto Shelter in Potawatomi
Park. Several members expressed regret that
the interior core of the building could not be
saved as well, but relief that at least, after
many years of disuse and increasing disrepair,
some part of the building would be saved.
We are informed that when the roof of the
building has been re -installed, the City of
South Bend and the South Bend Parks
Department will host a ceremony to re -install
the original corner stone, and to open the time
capsule imbedded in the original cornerstone.
WHEREAS:
The River Park Neighborhood
has a close and long-standing rela-
tionship with the
Potawatomi Park, and our
members consider its history to be
part of our own history and
WHEREAS:
The Automobile Society Shelter in
the Potawatomi Park off of Wall
Street represents a unique facet
of our history and the cultural his-
tory of early automobile
transportation, and
WHEREAS:
The Automobile Society Shelter
is one of the largest and most beau-
tiful historic public buildings
remaining in the River Park area,
THEREFORE:
We wish to express our appreciation
for the recent repair, maintenance,
and conservation work e
performed under the auspices of
the South Bend Parks Department,
which will result in the
conservation of the exterior
colonnade and red tile roof
of the beautiful
1921 Mediterranean Revival
style Automobile Society Shelter
in Potawatomi Park. A
2003 SOUTHOLD AWARDS
FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATI(
In July, the Historic Preservation Com-
mission Southold Awards Committee present-
ed the 2003 Southold Awards for Historic
Preservation at a brunch served at Tippecanoe
Place local historic landmark.
Awards went to master carpenter Darrell
Sisney, for his outstanding craftsmanship and
artistry in the restoration of the remarkable
and extensive carved woodwork on and in the
Old Republic House in New Carlisle. In addi-
tion to the woodwork itself, Mr. Sisney and his
team of highly skilled carpenters carved
molds for the interior plasterwork, much of
which could not have been restored as it was
but for their expertise. Gibson -Lewis L.L.C.,
the contractor which employs Mr. Sisney and
the other carpenters, also received an award.
Project supervisor, Brian Blight, accepted on
behalf of his company.
Marcy Kaufman, on behalf of Historic
New Carlisle, remarked that among the
many awards and tributes which they have
received for their wonderfully successful
restoration, this is the first award to be pre-
sented directly to any of the talented and
highly trained tradespeople who actually per-
formed the work which so many admire. She
spoke with appreciation of the many hours of
planning and design work which preceded
the restoration itself, and noted that she and
the members of her organization were fortu-
nate to work with professionals who excelled
in both design and execution of their craft.
Southold Awards were also presented to
the carpenters and architect responsible for
restoring the windows at
the Palais Royal.
Architect David
Sassano, accepting
the awards on
behalf of himself
and the carpenters,
explained the process by which the charac-
ter -defining features of the windows were
repaired and retained. 4Z
Mary Ann Bryant, speaking on behalf of
the Palais Royal, described how much greater
the beneficial impact upon the community is,
from the restoration of a dearly beloved and C
well remembered place, than the building of
anything new and unfamiliar could have
been. She described hearing regularly from
elderly persons who had their high-school
proms at the Palais, or who made or received
marriage proposals there, soldiers who �C
danced there while on leave from World War
II, and others who have never been there, but e
who have long heard stories of the Palais
from their parents or grandparents. These
people have made the operation of the
restored building very special to her.
The awards brunch and presentati=
ceremony was preceded by an excellent ser—
inar on window pre ervation in older homes
presented by Mr. Irlc717 .r, yS%
About 50 guests were in attendance and
voiced their appreciation for the tips, tricks ,
and advice shared by Mr.2,-4yS/o. Copies
of some materials shared maybe acquired by
contacting the HPC office.
South Bend and St. Joseph County
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
COUNTY --CITY BUILDING, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601
Phone: 574-235-9798 • Fax: 574-235-9578
Email: historic0michiana.org
Website: httpJ/community.michiana.org/historic/
• ' A Certified Local Government
r� John H. Oxian �l
John � oX: W.
Gerald Ujdak
Vice President
Catherine Hostetler
Secretary
Karen R. Hammond -Nash
Director
Julie Schutte
Assistant Director
COMMISSIONERS:
Mary Jane Chase
Treasurer
Joann Sporleder
Architectural Historian
Martha Choitz
Virginia O'Hair
Lynn Patrick
Diane Wrobel-Illes
SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
235-9798
MEMORANDUM
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
TO: Landmark Committee Members
John Oxian, Chairperson
Virginia O'Hair
Cc: HPC Commission Members
FROM: Julie L. Schutte, Assistant Director
RE: Pertinent Information for Landmark Committee & US 31 Project
As you are aware, in mid August, InDOT discarded several of the proposed realignments from' the
study phase of the US 31 Project from US 6 near Plymouth to US 20 south of South Bend. As a result, a
significant number of historic places are safe from this road -building project. These include the Sumption
Trail concentration, the Crofoot farms, and others located in eastern Madison and Penn Townships.
InDOT, Bemadin Lockinueller & Associates, and Weintraut & Associates will continue to study routes C,
E, F, and G. Many significant residences, farmhouses, barns, farm structures, and historic properties are
located within the 300' to 400' proposed roadway and within a 2000' impact zone.
The possible impact upon historic structures includes several local landmarks of great historic
importance to the county. Some landmarks like the Ullery/Farneman Farmhouse at 61191 US 31 fall
within the direct path of one of the possible roadways and others like the District Two Schoolhouse at
65014 US 31 fall within the 2,000' study area. (The bounds of the study area can be found on the map
included with the Section 106 material provided by Weintraut & Ass). The placement of interchanges
and access ramps could potentially cause great harm to local landmarks and those structures and
properties eligible for the National Register. InDOT has yet to determine the exact path of the roadway
and the location of the access ramps but will do so after the routes are pared down to one within the next
few months. The local landmarks listed below are located within the revised impact area:
1.) Emil Johnson House -- 60717 Locust Road
2.) Fanderbosch Farmhouse & Barn — 61955 Locust Road
3.) UllerylFarneman Farmhouse — 61191 US 31
4.) George Schafer Farmhouse & barn — 62290 Miami Trail
5.) Otto Zeiger Farmhouse & Barn 19251 Roosevelt Road
6.) Forest Hay Farmhouse & Barn 19109 Johnson Road
7.) Francis Donaghue Farm — 63049 Turkey Trail
8.) Union Twp, Dst. 2 Schooll Country Bakeshop — 65014 US 31
Weintraut & Associates, the firm involved with the research and writing of the Section 106 iJ
Review of places listed on and eligible for the National Registry, recommended several historic structures
and local landmarks for National Historic Registry status. Of concern to staff, SHPO Frank Hurtis only
found six eligible including the following landmarks: the Ullery/Farneman Farmhouse, the Francis
Donaghue Farm, and the Emil Johnson House.
HPC staff feels that of the local landmarks impacted by the US 31 project the Union Township,
District Two School House/Country Bake Shop and the George and Elizabeth Schafer Farm should
also have a place on the list of eligible structures. Additionally, we believe that the Ullery/Farneman
house is eligible BOTH for its historic significance and its architectural merit. It is currently
recommended only for its historic connection to the early settlers of the county. Staff would like to send a
letter to Frank Hurtis, the State Historic Preservation Officer, citing a formal Resolution of the HPC to
add these changes and a few others to the Section 106 Review.
Of all the schoolhouses remaining in Union Township, the District Two Schoolhouse retains the
most charming and interesting architectural features as well as its original T-shaped form and temple -like
fagade. One finds an intriguing combination of Queen Anne and neo -Classical details upon this 1902
building. Fish scale shingles elaborate all three gable ends. The arched entryway and window openings
were finished nicely with fine brickwork.
The symmetrical arrangement and design of the fagade suggests an American vernacular version
of a Greek temple or Italian Renaissance reinterpretation of the temple used on church facades. The gable
facing US 31 with its gable returns, the band between the shingles and the brickwork, and the division of
the first floor into three bays recalls the triangular pediment, entablature, and tri -part division of a simple
Roman or Tuscan temple. The temple form resonates within Western high style and vernacular
architecture. In this case, building's form may call to mind a temple of knowledge and learning for the
members of the Union Township community.
In addition to the careful design and construction of the schoolhouse, its location on US 31, once a
trail and unpaved road used by Native Americans, pioneers and settlers, connotes much significance. The
three most visible sides of the building are articulated with architectural details. Thus, the builder(s)
recognized the prominent location of the school along a major thoroughfare and in return graced the
school with its architectural character. It would have been a significant marker for any traveler and
resident using the Michigan Road. Its presence today reminds contemporary travelers of the scale and
charm of rural structures from the early years of the twentieth century. (The schoolhouse/country
bakeshop is currently for sale.)
The George and Elizabeth Schafer farm, 62290 Miami Trail, one of several farmsteads
connected to the prominent and prolific Schafer family, has many original buildings and structures
connected to turn of the century farming practices of a German immigrant family adapting to the rural
American way of life. The property includes the 1908 neo -Jacobean inspired farmhouse, a very large
bank barn, a clay -tiled silo with a gambrel roof, a milk house, and a smaller gabled barn. The relationship
of these buildings and structures to one another has a high level of integrity. The owners did build an
addition off the side of the house as well as an extensive deck, a structure that is considered removable
and thus temporary. The house has a lovely balustrade with Tuscan columns lining the extensive porch as
well as fish scale siding details, a pyramidal roof, and asymmetrically placed gables. The contributing
resources are all in excellent condition and should be considered eligible for the National Register.
It is the opinion of HPC staff that the Jacob Schafer (Todd Zeiger) Farmstead, 61 should also be
included in the Section 106 Review as eligible for the National Register. The farmstead dates to the very
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early settlement period of the county when Native Americans and settlers of European descents lived
amongst each other. The current owner of the property has the original deed of the property, which
records the sale of the land from the local Indian tribe to the Schafer family. The Zeigers are descendents
of these original landowners as well as the surveyor of the original Michigan Road, now known as US 31.
Weintraut & Associates included a few other structures in the 106 Review that are not currently
local landmarks, but are certainly eligible and will be contacted regarding landmark status. These
structures are as follows:
1.) Cover House --20909 Ireland Road
2.) Conrad Schafer Farm — 65154 Miami Trail
3.) Peter Schafer Farm —18799 Roosevelt Road
4.) David Court Farm —18681 Osborne Road
5) Warren O. Bunch Farm — 20538 Pierce Road
6.) Rupel Farmstead, "Evergreen Hill "— 59449 Keria Trail
7.) Lakeville School
I have also included a list of historic buildings and structures in Center Township that are eligible
for landmark status due to their architectural and/or historic significance.
1.) Elias Rupel Farmhouse — 20550 Chippewa Road
2.) Arts & Crafts Bungalow (Mediterranean Style) —19645 Dice Avenue
3.) Cover House — 20909 Ireland Road (National Eligible)
4.) Adolf Zircher Farm, barn and outbuildings — 62697 Ironwood Road
5.) Farm Grouping —18250 Madison Road
6.) George Fox Farmhouse — 21595 Madison Road
7.) Barn and Silo -- 61396 Miami Road
8.) Queen Anne Farmhouse -- 21405 New Road
9.) Peter Schafer Farm -- 18799 Roosevelt Road (National Eligible)
10.) Colonial Revival House & Barn — 60284 US 31
Other Landmark News
During the August resurvey and photo documentation of Center Township historic structures,
Wayne discovered two local landmarks that have undergone some changes. These projects have
decreased the architectural significance of the buildings and occurred at unknown dates. The
Vanderbosch house, 61955 Locust Road, now has a porch that expands beyond original layout and square
column posts. The barn could be in better condition. The James Leach Farmhouse, at 18075 Roosevelt
Road has seen major stripping of architectural details from the front porch. The highly interesting carved
posts and gingerbread were removed and replaced with plain stud -like posts. The louvered shutters were
also removed. These changes occurred sometime prior to the 2000 interim survey.
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STAFF REPORT
CONCERNING US 31 ROAD IMPROVEMENT IMPACT ON
HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND LANDSCAPES
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF
SOUTH BEND & ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
20 August 2003
INTRODUCTION
Highways, expressways, and freeways crisscross this country and have had an enormous impact upon the
American landscape. One scholar has argued that the construction of highways over the past forty to fifty
years has been one of the most prominent forces of change that has molded the American cityscape and
country-scape. In addition to linking towns and cities, freeways have divided urban neighborhoods, cut
through farmland and wetlands, and have broken through mountains. Not only is a freeway a strip of
roadway serving utilitarian purposes, it is a mark upon the land that affects how a person sees and
understands a nearby area or even a larger region. For better of for worse, a highway creates a new
landscape.
Add together all the miles of pavement that connect this country and one finds a substantial area directly
impacted, covered over, and reshaped by ribbons of asphalt and concrete, looping access ramps and
freeway bridges. With the inclusion of the center median and clearance areas on either side of the
roadbed, the area of direct impact increases beyond the actual pavement.
The area directly covered by concrete and asphalt and the nearby clearance strips is miniscule in
comparison to the area that will actually undergo the economic, social and environmental forces resulting
from the construction of a freeway. Noise, traffic, wider roads, rest stations, new development at exits,
and the division of property are all connected to the construction of a highway. In many cases, what was
once a rural district with two-lane roads becomes a major transportation corridor for thousands in not
millions of passenger cars and commercial trucks. The profound impact of this change on the character
and environment of such areas cannot be underestimated.
The development of edge cites also poses a very real possibility for a much wider impact corridor than
just the highway roadbed. Scholars have recently explored the construction, of edge cities -- places
located near freeway exits that are mainly filled with office and retail space and devoid of housing.
People tend inhabit these places from nine to five arriving in the morning for work and leaving in the
afternoon to retreat to the homes. These edge cities now serve as the commercial centers of counties and
towns rather than downtowns and Main Street. Downtowns and main streets once existed as vibrant
multi -use places filled with offices and businesses, parklands, homes, and stored -lined streets. The
emergence of edge cities to the south of South Bend should also be considered a possibility in the coming
decades. Their development will impact not only the historic structures and rural landscapes in southern
half of St. Joseph County, but also the economic and social outlook of the city of South Bend.
Freeways weave across the country following no particular pattern and seemingly dodging some places
while directly connecting to others. All the changes wrought by highways that we can now observer have
occurred without prediction. With the coming construction of a new US 31, vast changes to the landscape
in southern St. Joseph County are real possibilities. With smart planning and development and sensitive
design, the possible negative impacts upon the social and natural environment due to the realignment and
improvement of US 31 could be mitigated.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/ HISTORIC CONTEXT
US 31 has a long history as a route for human travel, one that predates the proposal and naming of the
federal road in 1926. Portions of the road may follow Native American tribes that had been traversed
prior to European pioneering excursions and settlement. It is possible that this trail was used by early
European fur traders in the late 1700s and early 1800s. More permanent settlers established trading posts
that grew into towns and the trail developed into a road.
The road now known as US 31 did not become a major artery of transport until the automobile became a
widely used mode of transportation. Prior to this development, the railroad had been the most efficient
and popular form of transit available in the 1850s to the early 1900s. The marks of the widespread use
and success of the railroad can still be seen in St. Joseph County as many old railroad beds cut across
county roads and farmland.
In the early decades of the 201h century, a shift occurred in people's tastes as they bought more
automobiles and used the railroad less and less. In response to the growing number of cars and the need
for more paved and drivable roadways, the government eventually transformed the Michigan Road into a
federal route in 1926. With the construction of the road in the 1920s and 1930s, some portions of US 31
were shifted from its old path. For the most part, the current route has followed this historic trail and
roadway. The road has been studied for upgrade since the 1940s.1 Today, one can travel from Mobile,
Alabama to Mackinaw, Michigan.
The current environmental impact study for the improvement of US 31 has its base in studies that were
completed between 1995 and 2000. INDOT's reports dating from 1995 and 1997 on US 31 traversing
Kokomo, Indiana and Hamilton County suggested that it should be expanded and transformed into a
limited access freeway. The construction of a limited access freeway would remove stoplights from US
31 and disallow "at -grade" roads and driveways from interfering with US 31's traffic flow.2 These
improvements would mitigate traffic, congestion and safety woes created by the stoplights and roads
cutting across US 31. It is thought that a decrease the amount of travel time spent on roads connecting
South Bend and Indianapolis would enhance the business opportunities available to these cities. Access
ramps located at yet to be determined places would maintain a high speed of travel on the roadway.
Local city governments, such as Kokomo and Michiana Area Council of Governance (MACOG), whose
cities will be affected by changes made to US 31 also completed studies of possible routes and hoped for
improvements. The Kokomo report suggested the creation of a bypass to the east of Kokomo that will
retain city infrastructure and the current commercial corridor along US 31. The reports from Kokomo and
MACOG both support the need for the adaptation of US 31 into a limited access freeway.
In 2000, INDOT began contracting several engineering firms to collect information for the environmental
impact studies of the possible areas affected by future construction. Three major corridors became the
focus of the studies: Hamilton County, Kokomo, Indiana, and the stretch of US 31 from Plymouth, Indiana
to South Bend, Indiana. INDOT contracted the environmental impact study of eleven possible routes for
the improved US 31 in Madison and St. Joseph Counties to Bernadin, Lockmueller & Associates.
Wientraut & Associates has handled the survey of historical sites and structures in the large area of the
county traversed by the various options. The firms and INDOT hope to complete and publish their studies
of various route options by Fall 2003 in order for community review before the Federal Highway
1 Maps in the archive of the Library of Congress reveal the importance of the railroad between 1850 and 1900, for many of
these maps only plot the crisscrossing of the railroad lines to Midwest cities. They notably do not include main roads and
trails.
2 At -grade roads are those that intersect with US 31 rather than roads that may cross over US 31 on a bridge or under. The
latter two examples are not "at -grade" roads.
Administration (FHWA) issues a final environmental decision on the proposed route in Summer 2005.
INDOT plans to begin construction on the new US 31 facility in 2011-2015.
STARTING POINTS: ANALYSIS DETERMINANTS
Staff of the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County examined the
importance of the following historic aspects of the county in order to determine which possible routes
were most and least favorable: historic landmarks, historic structures, historic regions, railroad corridors,
current roadway types, and landscapes.
Because the Commission has ordinances and resolutions that protect local and national landmarks,
preserving these from encroachment and damage is a straightforward task and one over which the
Commission has the appropriate jurisdiction. The later elements offer added complexity to proposal for a
new facility for US 31. The HPC has potential jurisdiction over ranking historic structures that could be
granted landmark designation as well as concentration of structures and landscapes that could be granted
historic district status. Several pockets of historic structures are located nearby several of the proposed
routes. The rail corridors, rural roads, and rural landscapes found in the south of the country have less
protective legal opportunity than other elements, yet their presence are importance aspects of St. Joseph
County's sense of place and history. Though less able to be legally and directly protected by the
Commission, any large-scale impact upon and through the rural landscape may have far more negative
consequences than rebuilding upon the more built-up routes route that may have a greater concentration
of structures lining the roadway.
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ROUTES C. E. F. and G and RECOMMENDATIONS
The proposed routes C, E, and F follow similar paths in St. Joseph County from Tyler Road until just
south of New Road and north of the city of Lakeville. These alternatives enter the county via the old
Penn Central Railroad line or the current US 31 roadway. They travel north on the western boundary of
the city of Lakeville on the old Penn Central railroad bed. Between Osborne and New Roads, Alternative
F curves to the east and picks up the current US 31 alignment once again while C and E continue to travel
on the railroad line. North of Madison Road route E rejoins the existing US 31 and alternative C follows
the railroad bed until it would link with US 20.
Where options C, E, and F follow the same roadway, some rated historic structures are in direct danger of
destruction. The structures threatened include: 68680 U.S. 31, a 1890 vernacular farmhouse (11078, C/10);
the Mary Garrett farmhouse located at 68294 US 31 (11077, S/12); a Queen Anne dating to circa 1910 at
21099 Osborne Road (11044, S/12); and 19290 Osborne Road, a circa 1885 vernacular farmhouse and barn
(11043, S/11).
Alternatives C and E would affect a less significant vernacular farmhouse dating to 1910 at 20390 New
Road (11034, C/10) as well as an outstanding rated structure, the D. F. Bailey barn. Andrew Toth, a South
Bend architect, designed this gabled -roof barn in 1940 at 64347 U.S. 31 (11071, 0/13). It is one of the few
architect -designed barns in the county. It employed new construction methods (transverse frame) of the
period rather than the traditional heavy timber frame system and barn raising techniques. This barn
therefore marks a great shift in barn building and social conventions of the area.
Alternative C
This proposed alignment continues to follow the Penn Central/Conrail railroad corridor until US 20.
Option C threatens several historically significant and contributing farms including a vernacular residence
at 21405 New Road that rated S/11, the George Philips Farmhouse at 21384 Madison, a contributing
Federal style farmhouse, and possibly, a contributing American Foursquare. It seems that these could be
structurally retained with only some loss of property. It could affect one structure that rates an
Outstanding/13, the D. F. Bailey bank barn that Andrew Toth designed in 1940. Two landmarks are
within a mile of the proposed route: the Emil Johnson Farmhouse at 60717 Locust Road and the James
Vandenbosch Farm at 61955 Locust Road.
Because Alternative C does not shift US 31 too far from its current path, this possible road right of way
may provide the city with an opportunity to enhance the southern entrance of the city even though much
traffic will be shifted from US 31 and the current South Michigan Street entrance. The city could
possibly end up with a more attractive entrance and enhanced commercial and retail operations
approaching downtown as well as the creation of a more vibrant, high-density urban environment than
exists at this time. On the other hand, diverting traffic from US 31 and South Michigan could cause
traffic and potential visitors to by pass the city and its businesses. This placement would also end any
chance for the reuse of the railroad right of way and the retention of the corridor's presence in the county
landscape as a marker of an historic period. Because of the close proximity to the current roadbed,
alternative C may have fewer drawbacks than option G. Because this option will move the
alignment of the road more drastically than E and F and will remove the entirety of the railroad
bed, staff finds C less favorable.
Alternative E
Curving into US 31 between Roosevelt and Kern Roads, Alternative E will affect those structures along
the proposed route that overlaps with option C as well as a barn dating to 1885 that rates Significant/11,
two significant arts and crafts bungalows, a contributing Queen Anne residence, and the Julia Schafer
farmhouse that ranks Significant/12. Option E may directly affect two local historic landmarks: the
Joseph Fameman Italianate farmhouse on US 31 and Southlawn Cemetery. The cemetery dates to 1850
and has a small administration building dating to the 1920s. Option E will affect a large portion of the
Penn Central/Conrail RR corridor as well as several other significant historic structures along US 31 s
current path.
Because Alternative E moves the alignment of the roadway into the rural landscape, staff finds that
this option is not as favorable as F. To its benefit, Route E would not harm historic structures that
line US 31 south of Roosevelt Road. It would reconnect the new highway to the existing roadbed
and entrance into South Bend.
Alternative F
Of all the proposed routes, Alternative F remains on the current US 31 path for the longest distance.
North of the city of Lakeville, F curves to the east to rejoin the existing US 31 at New Road. The
proposed route ends at the US 31 junction with US 20. Due to the large amount of residential and
commercial development along US 31, alternative F offers many challenges. Nine historic structures,
including two local landmarks, and possibly more stand along the roadside. If the roadway is widened,
many of these homes and businesses, historic or not, may have to be moved or demolished. Yet, it may
be preferable to reuse an existing travel artery rather than cut through rural and suburban areas with new
roadbeds. The negative impact on the specific structures along the roadway, though great, may be
comparably less than the possible negative affects upon the county's landscape and living environments
caused by the construction of one of the other options.
Of the many structures that would be directly affected by possible improvements and widening of US 31
as proposed in Alternative F, the following are historic and recorded on the Historic Structures Inventory
of St. Joseph County completed by the Historic Preservation Commission and Crumlish & Sporleder in
1975. As a person drives north in Union County, he or she may gather a brief glimpse of a 1924
bungalow,3 a circa 1880s vernacular farmhouse on the left4 and a circa 1890s Queen Anne residence on
the right.5 One also passes two historic barns dating to 1885 and 1890 and another Queen Anne residence
from 1910.6 Nearing the limits of the city of South Bend, a driver may find two significant structures
along the roadway: the Julia Schafer House at 61550 US 31, an Italianate vernacular house dating to 1885,
and the Joseph Farneman Farmhouse at 61191 US 31, an Italianate that dates to around 1870. The later
residence is currently a local landmark and unfortunately now stands vacant. Lastly, a significant rated
barn located at 62697 Ironwood Road would also be impacted by possible expansion work completed on US
31. Alternative F may threaten to take some of the Southlawn Cemetery's property.
If F were chosen, commercial development would remain along US 31 instead of dispersing to the east or
west of South Bend and into the farmlands of the county. New development along this route could
possibly enhance the southern entrance to the city of South Bend and then revive an aging and
deteriorating neighborhood. HPC Staff hopes INDOT will attempt to reuse as much of US 31's current
road bed, employ access ramp designs that will gobble up less land compared to the large clover leaf
design, and spare as many structures as possible from demolition. HPC staff also hopes INDOT will
construct roadways that will attempt to balance respect for what already exists in a location with future
hopes for economic benefits and development due to enhanced levels of service.
For the following reasons, staff finds that Alternative F is a workable alternative for the
reconstruction of US 31:
1.) Reuse of most current US 31's roadbed;
2.) Will not threaten the RR corridors and thereby will allow less intrusive reuse
possibilities;
3.) Future development will occur along existing travel right-of-way and not have drastic
impact upon county rural landscapes and farms;
4.) Retains southern entranceway into the city at Michigan Street, which may allow for
possible revival of the South Gateway District.
Alternative F is complicated by the presence of several historic structures and two local landmarks.
Alternatives G
Alternative G would move US 31 east of Lakeville and into rural areas of the county. This option could
enter St. Joseph County near Linden Road (a historic barn is located nearby) and would travel diagonally
northeast around Riddles Lake and toward Juniper and Ironwood Roads. The proposed path comes close
to these rated structures:
Old Survey
Number New Survey Number Address
11062
11011
11052
11051
11050
Title
20471 Rockstroh Road Farmhouse & Barn
141-339-85060 (QA) 67518 Kenilworth Road Residence
19101 Pierce Road Residence
19022 Pierce Road Schoolhouse
Rating Style Year
S/11
V
c. 1890
C/10
V
c. 1890
C/10
GrR/V
c. 1860
C/10
V
C. 1910
141-694-85047
18518 Pierce Road
Isaac Sells Farmhouse
S/11
StV
c. 1890
141-694-85048
18601 Pierce Road
Sweitzer Barn
C/10
Agri
c. 1900
Farmhouse & English
141-694-85046
18318 Pierce Road
Bank Barn
S
Agri
c. 1880/1910
141-339-85061
67475 Kenilworth Road
Barn
C/10
Go Arch
c. 1945
7 64087 US 31, 11070, C/10. _
4 08044, 63610 US 31, C/10.
' 08043, 63419 US 31, C/10.
6 08042, 62515 US 31, Bam, c. 1890,C/10;08041 61953 US 31, QA, 1910,C/10;08040,61601 US 31, bam, c. 1885,S/11.
Alternative G then follows Juniper or Ironwood Roads north. Option G then curves to the west just south
of Roosevelt Road. Option G would possibly hook into the existing path of US 31 between Roosevelt and
Kern Roads. This alternative would also impact several other historic structures including:
11042
18681 Osborne Road
Juliana Schafer Farmhouse
S/12
StV
c. 1875
11041
65620 Oak Road
Residence
C/10
V
c. 1890
08021
62951 Miami Road
Residence
S/11
V
c. 1870
08020
62485 Miami Road
Residence
S/11
V
c. 1900
08036L
63049 Turkey Trail
Francis Donahue Farmhouse & Barn
0/13 L
It
1861
08030L
19251 Roosevelt Road George Schafer
S/12 L
QA
1908
A small pocket of historic buildings along Turkey Trail in Centre Township would also be affected by the
construction of a new alignment of US 31 through the area.
Turkev Trail Concentration
Old Survey New Survey
Number
Number Rating
Address
08033
S/11
62601 Turkey Trail
08034
C/10
62600 Turkey Trail
08035
141-694-70039 C/10
62919 Turkey Trail
08036L 141-694-70038 0/13 L 63049 Turkey Trail
08020
S/11
62485 Miami Road
Residence
141-694-70028
62485 Miami Road
08021
S/11
62951 Miami Road
08019L
141-694-70027 0/13 L
62290 Miami Road
08030L
S/12 L
19251 Roosevelt Road
Farmhouse & Barn
141-694-70029 C/10
19250 Roosevelt Road
08024
C/10
19940 Miller Road
Title
Style
Year
Residence
V
c. 1900
Barn
Agri
c. 1890
Residence
V
c.1890
Francis Donahue
Farmhouse & Barn
It
1861
Residence
V
c. 1900
Barn, gambrel roof
c. 1910
Residence
V
c. 1870
George Schafer
Farmhouse & Barn
QA
1908
George Schafer
QA
1908
Barn
Agri
c. 1910
Residence
V
1890
Staff finds that Alternative G is less appealing than Alternative C, E, and F because the route:
1. May impact two or three landmarks,
2. threatens to affect a concentration of structures along Turkey Trail and adjacent roads,
3. as well as several other historic structures in Union and Centre Townships,
4. And moves the freeway off the current path and through rural areas, which will cause
the possible dispersal of development from the current commercial corridor along US 31.
STAFF REPORT
CONCERNING US 31 ROAD IMPROVEMENT IMPACT ON
HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND LANDSCAPES
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF
SOUTH BEND & ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
20 August 2003
INTRODUCTION
Highways, expressways, and freeways crisscross this country and have had an enormous impact upon the
American landscape. One scholar has argued that the construction of highways over the past forty to fifty
years has been one of the most prominent forces of change that has molded the American cityscape and
country-scape. In addition to linking towns and cities, freeways have divided urban neighborhoods, cut
through farmland and wetlands, and have broken through mountains. Not only is a freeway a strip of
roadway serving utilitarian purposes, it is a mark upon the land that affects how a person sees and'
understands a nearby area or even a larger region. For better of for worse, a highway creates a new
landscape.
Add together all the miles of pavement that connect this country and one finds a substantial area directly
impacted, covered over, and reshaped by ribbons of asphalt and concrete, looping access ramps and
freeway bridges. With the inclusion of the center median and clearance areas on either side of the
roadbed, the area of direct impact increases beyond the actual pavement.
The area directly covered by concrete and asphalt and the nearby clearance strips is miniscule in
comparison to the area that will actually undergo the economic, social and environmental forces resulting
from the construction of a freeway. Noise, traffic, wider roads, rest stations, new development at exits,
and the division of property are all connected to the construction of a highway. In many cases, what was
once a rural district with two-lane roads becomes a major transportation corridor for thousands in not
millions of passenger cars and commercial trucks. The profound impact of this change on the character
and environment of such areas cannot be underestimated.
The development of edge cites also poses a very real possibility for a much wider impact corridor than
just the highway roadbed. Scholars have recently explored the construction of edge cities -- places
located near freeway exits that are mainly filled with office and retail space and devoid of housing.
People tend inhabit these places from nine to five arriving in the morning for work and leaving in the
afternoon to retreat to the homes. These edge cities now serve as the commercial centers of counties and
towns rather than downtowns and Main Street. Downtowns and main streets once existed as vibrant
multi -use places filled with offices and businesses, parklands, homes, and stored -lined streets. The
emergence of edge cities to the south of South Bend should also be considered a possibility in the coming
decades. Their development will impact not only the historic structures and rural landscapes in southern
half of St. Joseph County, but also the economic and social outlook of the city of South Bend.
Freeways weave across the country following no particular pattern and seemingly dodging some places
while directly connecting to others. All the changes wrought by highways that we can now observer have
occurred without prediction. With the coming construction of a new US 31, vast changes to the landscape
in southern St. Joseph County are real possibilities. With smart planning and development and sensitive
design, the possible negative impacts upon the social and natural environment due to the realignment and
improvement of US 31 could be mitigated.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/ HISTORIC CONTEXT
US 31 has a long history as a route for human travel, one that predates the proposal and naming of the
federal road in 1926. Portions of the road may follow Native American tribes that had been traversed
prior to European pioneering excursions and settlement. It is possible that this trail was used by early
European fur traders in the late 1700s and early 1800s. More permanent settlers established trading posts
that grew into towns and the trail developed into a road.
The road now known as US 31 did not become a major artery of transport until the automobile became a
widely used mode of transportation. Prior to this development, the railroad had been the most efficient
and popular form of transit available in the 1850s to the early 1900s. The marks of the widespread use
and success of the railroad can still be seen in St. Joseph County as many old railroad beds cut across
county roads and farmland.
In the early decades of the 201h century, a shift occurred in people's tastes as they bought more
automobiles and used the railroad less and less. In response to the growing number of cars and the need
for more paved and drivable roadways, the government eventually transformed the Michigan Road into a
federal route in 1926. With the construction of the road in the 1920s and 1930s, some portions of US 31
were shifted from its old path. For the most part, the current route has followed this historic trail and
roadway. The road has been studied for upgrade since the 1940s.1 Today, one can travel from Mobile,
Alabama to Mackinaw, Michigan.
The current environmental impact study for the improvement of US 31 has its base in studies that were
completed between 1995 and 2000. INDOT's reports dating from 1995 and 1997 on US 31 traversing
Kokomo, Indiana and Hamilton County suggested that it should be expanded and transformed into a
limited access freeway. The construction of a limited access freeway would remove stoplights from US
31 and disallow "at -grade" roads and driveways from interfering with US 31's traffic flow. These
improvements would mitigate traffic, congestion and safety woes created by the stoplights and roads
cutting across US 31. It is thought that a decrease the amount of travel time spent on roads connecting
South Bend and Indianapolis would enhance the business opportunities available to these cities. Access
ramps located at yet to be determined places would maintain a high speed of travel on the roadway.
Local city governments, such as Kokomo and Michiana Area Council of Governance (MACOG), whose
cities will be affected by changes made to US 31 also completed studies of possible routes and hoped for
improvements. The Kokomo report suggested the creation of a bypass to the east of Kokomo that will
retain city infrastructure and the current commercial corridor along US 31. The reports from Kokomo and
MACOG both support the need for the adaptation of US 31 into a limited access freeway.
In 2000, INDOT began contracting several engineering firms to collect information for the environmental
impact studies of the possible areas affected by future construction. Three major corridors became the
focus of the studies: Hamilton County, Kokomo, Indiana, and the stretch of US 31 from Plymouth, Indiana
to South Bend, Indiana. INDOT contracted the environmental impact study of eleven possible routes for
the improved US 31 in Madison and St. Joseph Counties to Bernadin, Lockmueller & Associates.
Wientraut & Associates has handled the survey of historical sites and structures in the large area of the
county traversed by the various options. The firms and INDOT hope to complete and publish their studies
of various route options by Fall 2003 in order for community review before the Federal Highway
1 Maps in the archive of the Library of Congress reveal the importance of the railroad between 1850 and 1900, for many of
these maps only plot the crisscrossing of the railroad lines to Midwest cities. They notably do not include main roads and
trails.
2 At -grade roads are those that intersect with US 31 rather than roads that may cross over US 31 on a bridge or under. The
latter two examples are not "at -grade" roads.
Administration (FHWA) issues a final environmental decision on the proposed route in Summer, 2005.
INDOT plans to begin construction on the new US 31 facility in 2011-2015.
STARTING POINTS: ANALYSIS DETERMINANTS,
Staff of the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County examined the
importance of the following historic aspects of the county in order to determine which possible routes
were most and least favorable: historic landmarks, historic structures, historic regions, railroad corridors,
current roadway types, and landscapes.
Because the Commission has ordinances and resolutions that protect local and national landmarks,
preserving these from encroachment and damage is a straightforward`task and one over which the
Commission has the appropriate jurisdiction. The later elements offer added complexity to proposal for a
new facility for US 31. The HPC has potential jurisdiction over ranking historic structures that could be
granted landmark designation as well as concentration of structures and landscapes that could be granted
historic district status. Several pockets of historic structures are located nearby several of the proposed
routes. The rail corridors, rural roads, and rural landscapes found in the south of the country have less
protective legal opportunity than other elements, yet their presence are importance aspects of St. Joseph
County's sense of place and history. Though less able to be legally and directly protected by the
Commission, any large-scale impact upon and through the rural landscape may have far more negative
consequences than rebuilding upon the more built-up routes route that may have a greater concentration
of structures lining the roadway.
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ROUTES C. E. F. and G and RECOMMENDATIONS
The proposed routes C, E, and F follow similar paths in St. Joseph County from Tyler Road until just
south of New Road and north of the city of Lakeville. These alternatives enter the county via the old
Penn Central Railroad line or the current US 31 roadway. They travel north on the western boundary of
the city of Lakeville on the old Penn Central railroad bed. Between Osborne and New Roads, Alternative
F curves to the east and picks up the current US 31 alignment once again while C and E continue to travel
on the railroad line. North of Madison Road route E rejoins the existing US 31 and alternative C follows
the railroad bed until it would link with US 20.
Where options C, E, and F follow the same roadway, some rated historic structures are in direct danger of
destruction. The structures threatened include: 68680 U.S. 31, a 1890 vernacular farmhouse (11078, C/10);
the Mary Garrett farmhouse located at 68294 US 31 (11077, S/12); a Queen Anne dating to circa 1910 at
21099 Osborne Road (11044, S/12); and 19290 Osborne Road, a circa 1885 vernacular farmhouse and barn
(11043, S/I 1).
Alternatives C and E would affect a less significant vernacular farmhouse dating to 1910 at 20390 New
Road (11034, C/10) as well as an outstanding rated structure, the D. F. Bailey barn. Andrew Toth, a South
Bend architect, designed this gabled -roof bam in 1940 at 64347 U.S. 31 (11071, 0/13). It is one of the few
architect -designed barns in the county. It employed new construction methods (transverse frame) of the
period rather than the traditional heavy timber frame system and barn raising techniques. This barn
therefore marks a great shift in barn building and social conventions of the area.
Alternative C
This proposed alignment continues to follow the Penn Central/Conrail railroad corridor until US 20.
Option C threatens several historically significant and contributing farms including a vernacular residence
at 21405 New Road that rated S/11, the George Philips Farmhouse at 21384 Madison, a contributing
Federal style farmhouse, and possibly, a contributing American Foursquare. It seems that these could be
structurally retained with only some loss of property. It could affect one structure that rates an
Outstanding/13, the D. F. Bailey bank barn that Andrew Toth designed in 1940. Two landmarks are
within a mile of the proposed route: the Emil Johnson Farmhouse at 60717 Locust Road and the James
Vandenbosch Farm at 61955 Locust Road.
Because Alternative C does not shift US 31 too far from its current path, this possible road right of way
may provide the city with an opportunity to enhance the southern entrance of the city even though much
traffic will be shifted from US 31 and the current South Michigan Street entrance. The city could
possibly end up with a more attractive entrance and enhanced commercial and retail operations
approaching downtown as well as the creation of a more vibrant, high-density urban environment than
exists at this time. On the other hand, diverting traffic from US 31 and South Michigan could cause
traffic and potential visitors to by pass the city and its businesses. This placement would also end any
chance for the reuse of the railroad right of way and the retention of the corridor's presence in the county
landscape as a marker of an historic period. Because of the close proximity to the current roadbed,
alternative C may have fewer drawbacks than option G. Because this option will move the
alignment of the road more drastically than E and F and will remove the entirety of the railroad
bed, staff finds C less favorable.
Alternative E
Curving into US 31 between Roosevelt and Kern Roads, Alternative E will affect those structures along
the proposed route that overlaps with option C as well as a barn dating to 1885 that rates Significant/11,
two significant arts and crafts bungalows, a contributing Queen Anne residence, and the Julia Schafer
farmhouse that ranks Significant/12. Option E may directly affect two local historic landmarks: the
Joseph Farneman Italianate farmhouse on US 31 and Southlawn Cemetery. The cemetery dates to 1850
and has a small administration building dating to the 1920s. Option E will affect a large portion of the
Penn Central/Conrail RR corridor as well as several other significant historic structures along US 31 s
current path.
Because Alternative E moves the alignment of the roadway into the rural landscape, staff finds that
this option is not as favorable as F. To its benefit, Route E would not harm historic structures that
line US 31 south of Roosevelt Road. It would reconnect the new highway to the existing roadbed
and entrance into South Bend.
Alternative F
Of all the proposed routes, Alternative F remains on the current US 31 path for the longest distance.
North of the city of Lakeville, F curves to the east to rejoin the existing US 31 at New Road. The
proposed route ends at the US 31 junction with US 20. Due to the large amount of residential and
commercial development along US 31, alternative F offers many challenges. Nine historic structures,
including two local landmarks, and possibly more stand along the roadside. If the roadway is widened,
many of these homes and businesses, historic or not, may have to be moved or demolished. Yet, it may
be preferable to reuse an existing travel artery rather than cut through rural and suburban areas with new
roadbeds. The negative impact on the specific structures along the roadway, though great, may be
comparably less than the possible negative affects upon the county's landscape and living environments
caused by the construction of one of the other options.
Of the many structures that would be directly affected by possible improvements and widening of US 31
as proposed in Alternative F, the following are historic and recorded on the Historic Structures Inventory
of St. Joseph County completed by the Historic Preservation Commission and Crumlish & Sporleder in
1975. As a person drives north in Union County, he or she may gather a brief glimpse of a 1924
bungalow, 3 a circa 1880s vernacular farmhouse on the left4 and a circa 1890s Queen Anne residence on
the right.5 One also passes two historic barns dating to 1885 and 1890 and another Queen Anne residence
from 1910.6 Nearing the limits of the city of South Bend, a driver may find two significant structures
along the roadway: the Julia Schafer House at 61550 US 31, an Italianate vernacular house dating to 1885,
and the Joseph Farneman Farmhouse at 61191 US 31, an Italianate that dates to around 1870. The later
residence is currently a local landmark and unfortunately now stands vacant. Lastly, a significant rated
barn located at 62697 Ironwood Road would also be impacted by possible expansion work completed on US
31. Alternative F may threaten to take some of the Southlawn Cemetery's property.
If F were chosen, commercial development would remain along US 31 instead of dispersing to the east or
west of South Bend and into the farmlands of the county. New development along this route could
possibly enhance the southern entrance to the city of South Bend and then revive an aging and
deteriorating neighborhood. HPC Staff hopes INDOT will attempt to reuse as much of US 31's current
road bed, employ access ramp designs that will gobble up less land compared to the large clover leaf
design, and spare as many structures as possible from demolition. HPC staff also hopes INDOT will
construct roadways that will attempt to balance respect for what already exists in a location with future
hopes for economic benefits and development due to enhanced levels of service.
For the following reasons, staff finds that Alternative F is a workable alternative for the
reconstruction of US 31:
1.) Reuse of most current US 31's roadbed;
2.) Will not threaten the RR corridors and thereby will allow less intrusive reuse
possibilities;
3.) Future development will occur along existing travel right-of-way and not have drastic
impact upon county rural landscapes and farms;
4.) Retains southern entranceway into the city at Michigan Street, which may allow for
possible revival of the South Gateway District.
Alternative F is complicated by the presence of several historic structures and two local landmarks.
Alternatives G
Alternative G would move US 31 east of Lakeville and into rural areas of the county. This option could
enter St. Joseph County near Linden Road (a historic barn is located nearby) and would travel diagonally
northeast around Riddles Lake and toward Juniper and Ironwood Roads. The proposed path comes close
to these rated structures:
Old Survey
Number New Survey Number Address
Title
20471 Rockstroh Road Farmhouse & Barn
141-339-85060 (QA) 67518 Kenilworth Road Residence
141-694-85047
141-694-85048
141-694-85046
141-339-85061
19101 Pierce Road
19022 Pierce Road
18518 Pierce Road
18601 Pierce Road
18318 Pierce Road
67475 Kenilworth Road
Residence
Schoolhouse
Rating Style Year
S/11
V
c. 1890
C/10
V
c. 1890
C/10
GrR/V
c. 1860
C/10
V
c. 1910
Isaac Sells Farmhouse
S/11
StV
c. 1890
Sweitzer Barn
C/10
Agri
c. 1900
Farmhouse & English
Bank Barn
S,
Agri
c. 188011910
Barn
C/10
Go Arch
c. 1945
.3 64087 US 31, 11070, C/10.
4 08044,63610 US 31, C/10.
'08043,63419 US 31, C/10,
6 08042,62515 US 31, Bam, c. 1890, C/10; 0804161953 US 31, QA, 1910, C/10; 08040,61601 US 31, barn, c. 1885, SII I.
Alternative G then follows Juniper or Ironwood Roads north. Option G then curves to the west just south
of Roosevelt. Road. Option G would possibly hook into the existing path of US 31 between Roosevelt and
Kern Roads. This alternative would also impact several other historic structures including:
11042
18681 Osborne Road
Juliana Schafer Farmhouse
S/12
StV
c. 1875
11041
65620 Oak Road
Residence
C/10
V
c. 1890
08021
62951 Miami Road
Residence
S/11
V
c. 1870
08020
62485 Miami Road
Residence
S/11
V
c. 1900
08036L
63049 Turkey Trail
Francis Donahue Farmhouse & Barn
0/13 L
It
1861
08030L
19251 Roosevelt Road George Schafer
S/12 L
QA
1908
A small pocket of historic buildings along Turkey Trail in Centre Township would also be affected by the
construction of a new alignment of US 31 through the area.
Turkev Trail Concentration
Old Survey New Survey
Number
Number Rating
Address
Title
Style
Year
08033
S/11
62601 Turkey Trail
Residence
V
c. 1900
08034
C/10
62600 Turkey Trail
Barn
Agri
c. 1890
08035
141-694-70039 C/10
62919 Turkey Trail
Residence
V
c.1890
Francis Donahue
08036L
141-694-70038 0/13 L
63049 Turkey Trail
Farmhouse & Barn
it
1861
08020
S/11
62485 Miami Road
Residence
V
c. 1900
141-694-70028
62485 Miami Road
Barn, gambrel roof
c. 1910
08021
S/11
62951 Miami Road
Residence
V
c. 1870
George Schafer
08019L
141-694-70027 0/13 L
62290 Miami Road
Farmhouse & Barn
QA
1908
08030L
S/12 L
19251 Roosevelt Road
George Schafer
QA
1908
141-694-70029 C/10
19250 Roosevelt Road
Barn
Agri
c. 1910
08024
C/1 0
19940 Miller Road
Residence
V
1890
Staff finds that Alternative G is less appealing than Alternative C, E, and F because the route:
1. May impact two or three landmarks,
2. threatens to affect a concentration of structures along Turkey Trail and adjacent roads,
3. as well as several other historic structures in Union and Centre Townships,
4. And moves the freeway off the current path and through rural areas, which will cause
the possible dispersal of development from the current commercial corridor along US 31.
SOUTH BEND & SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY
' HISTORIC• PRESERVATION COMMISSION
235-9798
MEMORANDUM
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
TO: Landmark Committee Members
John Oxian, Chairperson
Virginia O'Hair
Cc: HPC Commission Members
FROM: Julie L. Schutte, Assistant Director
RE: Pertinent Information for Landmark Committee & US 31 Project
As you are aware, in mid August, InDOT discarded several of the proposed realignments from the
study phase of the US 31 Project from US 6 near Plymouth to US 20 south of South Bend. As a result, a
significant number of historic places are safe from this road -building project. These include the Sumption
Trail concentration, the Crofoot farms, and others located in eastern Madison and Penn Townships.
InDOT, Bernadin Lockmueller & Associates, and Weintraut & Associates will continue to study routes C,
E, F, and G. Many significant residences, farmhouses, barns, farm structures, and historic properties are
located within the 300' to 400' proposed roadway and within a 2000' impact zone.
The possible impact upon historic structures includes several local landmarks of great historic
importance to the county. Some landmarks like the Ullery/Farneman Farmhouse at 61191 US 31 fall
within the direct path of one of the possible roadways and others like the District Two Schoolhouse at
65014 US 31 fall within the 2,000' study area. (The bounds of the study area can be found on the map
included with the Section 106 material provided by Weintraut & Ass). The placement of interchanges
and access ramps could potentially cause great harm to local landmarks and those structures and
properties eligible for the National Register. InDOT has yet to determine the exact path of the roadway
and the location of the access ramps but will do so after the routes are pared down to one within the next
few months. The local landmarks listed below are located within the revised impact area:
1.) Emil Johnson House -- 60717 Locust Road
2.) Vanderbosch Farmhouse & Barn — 61955 Locust Road
3.) Ullery/Farneman Farmhouse — 61191 US 31
4.) George Schafer Farmhouse & barn — 62290 Miami Trail
5.) Otto Zeiger Farmhouse & Barn -- 19251 Roosevelt Road
6.) Forest Hay Farmhouse & Barn -- 19109 Johnson Road
7.) Francis Donaghue Farm — 63049 Turkey Trail
8.) Union Twp, Dst. 2 School/ Country Bakeshop - 65014 US 31
Weintraut & Associates, the firm involved with the research and writing of the Section 106
Review of places listed on and eligible for the National Registry, recommended several historic structures
and local landmarks for National Historic Registry status. Of concern to staff, SHPO Frank Hurtis
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found six eligible including the following landmarks: the Ullery/Farneman Farmhouse, the Fran
Donaghue Farm, and the Emil Johnson House.
HPC staff feels that of the local landmarks impacted by the US 31 project the Union Township,
District Two School House/Country Bake Shop and the George and Elizabeth Schafer Farm should
also have a place on the list of eligible structures. Additionally, we believe that the Ullery/Farneman
house is eligible BOTH for its historic significance and its architectural merit. It is currently
recommended only for its historic connection to the early settlers of the county. Staff would like to send a
letter to Frank Hurtis, the State Historic Preservation Officer, citing a formal Resolution of the HPC to
add these changes and a few others to the Section 106 Review.
Of all the schoolhouses remaining in Union Township, the District Two Schoolhouse retains the
most charming and interesting architectural features as well as its original T-shaped form and temple -like
fagade. One finds an intriguing combination of Queen Anne and neo -Classical details upon this 1902
building. Fish scale shingles elaborate all three gable ends. The arched entryway and window openings
were finished nicely with fine brickwork.
The symmetrical arrangement and design of the fagade suggests an American vernacular version
of a Greek temple or Italian Renaissance reinterpretation of the temple used on church facades. The gable
facing US 31 with its gable returns, the band between the shingles and the brickwork, and the division of
the first floor into three bays recalls the triangular pediment, entablature, and tri -part division of a simple
Roman or Tuscan temple. The temple form resonates within Western high style and vernacular
architecture. In this case, building's form may call to mind a temple of knowledge and learning for
members of the Union Township community.
In addition to the careful design and construction of the schoolhouse, its location on US 31, once a
trail and unpaved road used by Native Americans, pioneers and settlers, connotes much significance. The
three most visible sides of the building are articulated with architectural details. Thus, the builder(s)
recognized the prominent location of the school along a major thoroughfare and in return graced the
school with its architectural character. It would have been a significant marker for any traveler and
resident using the Michigan Road. Its presence today reminds contemporary travelers of the scale and
charm of rural structures from the early years of the twentieth century. (The schoolhouse/country
bakeshop is currently for sale.)
The George and Elizabeth Schafer farm, 62290 Miami Trail, one of several farmsteads
connected to the prominent and prolific Schafer family, has many original buildings and structures
connected to turn of the century farming practices of a German immigrant family adapting to the rural
American way of life. The property includes the 1908 neo -Jacobean inspired farmhouse, a very large
bank barn, a clay -tiled silo with a gambrel roof, a milk house, and a smaller gabled barn. The relationship
of these buildings and structures to one another has a high level of integrity. The owners did build an
addition off the side of the house as well as an extensive deck, a structure that is considered removable
and thus temporary. The house has a lovely balustrade with Tuscan columns lining the extensive porch as
well as fish scale siding details, a pyramidal roof, and asymmetrically placed gables. The contributing
resources are all in excellent condition and should be considered eligible for the National Register.
It is the opinion of HPC staff that the Jacob Schafer (Todd Zeiger) Farmstead, 61 should also
included in the Section 106 Review as eligible for the National Register. The farmstead dates to the very
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early settlement period of the county when Native Americans and settlers of European descents lived
amongst each other. The current owner of the property has the original deed of the property, which
records the sale of the land from the local Indian tribe to the Schafer family. The Zeigers are descendents
l of these original landowners as well as the surveyor of the original Michigan Road, now known as US 31.
Weintraut & Associates included a few other structures in the 106 Review that are not currently
local landmarks, but are certainly eligible and will be contacted regarding landmark status. These
structures are as follows:
1.) Cover House --20909 Ireland Road
2.) Conrad Schafer Farm — 65154 Miami Trail
3.) Peter Schafer Farm —18799 Roosevelt Road
4.) David Court Farm —18681 Osborne Road
5.) Warren O. Bunch Farm — 20538 Pierce Road
6.) Rupel Farmstead, "Evergreen Hill "— 59449 Keria Trail
7.) Lakeville School
I have also included a list of historic buildings and structures in Center Township that are eligible
for landmark status due to their architectural and/or historic significance.
1.) Elias Rupel Farmhouse — 20550 Chippewa Road
2.) Arts & Crafts Bungalow (Mediterranean Style) —19645 Dice Avenue
3.) Cover House — 20909 Ireland Road (National Eligible)
4.) Adolf Zircher Farm, barn and outbuildings — 62697 Ironwood Road
5.) Farm Grouping =18250 Madison Road
6.) George Fox Farmhouse = 21595 Madison Road
7.) Barn and Silo -- 61396 Miami Road
8.) Queen Anne Farmhouse -- 21405 New Road
9.) Peter Schafer Farm -- 18799 Roosevelt Road (National Eligible)
10.) Colonial Revival House & Barn — 60284 US 31
Other Landmark News
During the August resurvey and photo documentation of Center Township historic structures,
Wayne discovered two local landmarks that have undergone some changes. These projects have
decreased the architectural significance of the buildings and occurred at unknown dates. The
Vanderbosch house, 61955 Locust Road, now has a porch that expands beyond original layout and square
column posts. The barn could be in better condition. The James Leach Farmhouse, at 18075 Roosevelt
Road has seen major stripping of architectural details from the front porch. The highly interesting carved
posts and gingerbread were removed and replaced with plain stud -like posts. The louvered shutters were
also removed. These changes occurred sometime prior to the 2000 interim survey.
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THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
OF SOUTH BEND & ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
MINUTES
September 15, 2003 7th Floor, Commissioner's Conference Room
7:30 p.m. County -City Building, South Bend, Indiana.
MEMBERS PRESENT: John Oxian, Catherine Hostetler,
Martha Choitz, Mary Jane Chase, Lynn Patrick
Virginia O'Hair, Diane Wrobel-Illes
MEMBERS ABSENT: Joann Sporleder, Jerry Udjak
STAFF PRESENT: Karen R. Hammond -Nash, Director
Julie Schutte, Assistant Director
John Livingston, Legal Counsel
Wayne Doolittle, Inspector
ALSO PRESENT: Janet Kelley, Albert -Laszlo Barabasi, Todd Zeiger,
Director, Historic Landmarks Foundation, Northern
Regional Office
PUBLIC HEARING — 7:39 p.m.
I. CALL TO ORDER: JOHN OXIAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND
ASKED THAT TREASURER CATHERINE HOSTETLER CHAIR THE METING
DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FINAL ITEM OF BUSINESS.
A. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS APPLICATIONS
1. 2003-0829; 1059 Riverside Drive; install window on north side and install
skylights on rear slope of roof.,
KAREN HAMMOND-NASH: (Congratulated homeowners on their Landmark home and
read recommendation for approval from the staff report. See report included in meeting
binder.)
JANET KELLEY and LASZLO BARABASI: (Present to field commissioners' questions.)
VIRGINIA O'HAIR: (Pointed out a correction in the history of 1059 Riverside.) Violet
Rohrer taught in the South Bend schools not the New Carlisle schools.
JOHN OXIAN: She worked with my cousin. She worked at Nuner, Riley High School, and
Jackson Middle School.
MARTHA CHOITZ: She was a very active member of Southhold Restoration and the Near
Northwest neighborhood.
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50 JOHN OXIAN: I move to approve Application 2003-0829 as presented.
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52 MARY JANE CHASE: Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously.
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54 2. 2003-0908: Jefferson School, 528 Eddy Street; window sash replacement in
55 original building & new windows in new addition.
56
57 JOHN OXIAN: As Jerry Udjak, member of the Jefferson School Committee, and Joann
58 Sporleder, our architectural historian, are not present at tonight's meeting, I move to table this
59 application until September 291h at 4:30 pm or 7:00 pm when a special meeting can be called.
60
61 LYNN PATRICK: Amends motion to hold meeting at 4:30 pm in the Commissioner's
62 Conference Room.
63
64 VIRGINIA O'HAIR: Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously, though Catherine
65 Hostetler will not be able to attend.
66
67 B. HEARING OF VISITORS
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69 JOHN OXIAN: Places the hearing of visitors under US 31 reports.
70
71 III. REGULAR BUSINESS
72
73 A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (August)
74
75 LYNN PATRICK: Moves to approve the August minutes with the mentioned correction and
76 any corrections found later.
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78 CATHERINE HOSTETLER: Seconds motion and it unanimously passes.
79
80 B. LEGAL REPORT: JOHN OXIAN TAKES CHAIR OF MEETING
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82 JOHN LIVINGSTON: Tom Bodnar, my predecessor as HPC's legal counsel, had a massive
83 heart attack and is now in intensive care at St. Joseph Hospital. He went into total cardiac
84 arrest and his heart fails once or twice a day. He's in bad shape.
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86 COMMISSION AS A WHOLE: Decided to send flowers or a sympathy card to the family.
87
88 JOHN LIVINGSTON: The State Auditor, with the assistance of County Auditor John Lentz,
89 found $17,000 could be recovered in the Talley matter. Talley pled guilty on September 2,
90 2003 to a "D" felony for theft. Sentencing will occur September 2, 2004. He could be
91 imprisoned for 3 to 5 years unless the $17,000 can be recovered.
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93 (Extensive discussion on monies included in the case occurred including the $15,600 that may
94 have gone to the County. The Commission also discussed the involvement of Key Bank in
95 the affair.)
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97 JOHN LIVINGSTON: (Suggested that trust accounts be used whenever the HPC received
98 grants and matching funds and that such monies should not be placed in the County General
99 Fund.)
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101 C. TREASURER'S REPORT: 2004 BUDGE_ T
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103 CATHERINE HOSTETLER: We have not received the 2004 budget from the County
104 Commissioners. (Reported on the encumbered funds for the Oliver School Salvage Project
105 and the wishes of the County Commissioners for HPC to settle its outstanding 2003 budget
106 matters.)
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108 D. STAFF REPORTS: C. of A. Approvals; Correspondence; Guideline Booklets;
109 action regarding removal of trees from Clay Township cemeteries; variance
110 petition of Burke Building at 1019 Michigan Street.
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112 KAREN HAMMOND-NASH: Staff has approved several in-kind roof replacements. On that
113 note, a property owner in the Edgewater District has an illegally placed hot tub over his
114 walled garden. Staff will be writing a letter regarding the removal of the hot tub.
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116 KAREN HAMMOND-NASH: Staff has received boxes of six of the eight district guideline
117 books! Taylor's Field and Lincolnway East are on their way to the presses.
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119 KAREN HAMMOND-NASH: The variance petition of the Burke building at 1019 S.
120 Michigan Street is still pending. HPC has not taken a position in this matter.
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122 E. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
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124 1. Historic Districts Committee: Invited to a reception at the East Wayne
125 Street island park, September 18, 2003, 5:30 pm.
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127 KAREN HAMMOND-NASH: Just a reminder. Emee Miller, the Chair of the East Wayne
128 Street Liaison Committee, has invited the Districts Committee to the island park this
129 Thursday.
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131 2. Landmark Committee meeting to be set:
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133 JOHN OXIAN: The second reading of 409 Lincolnway West will be heard on September 29.
134 Virginia O'Hair and I will be holding a meeting regarding the other landmark matters.
135 (Directs Karen to give Julie folder with past owner responses to landmark status:)
136
137 IV. OLD BUSINESS
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139 1. Accept Edgewater Local District Liaison resignation;
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141 KAREN HAMMOND-NASH: John Oxian and I received a letter from Ann McFadden,
142 Edgewater Liaison, stating her decision not to continue her role as a neighborhood liaison
143 member.
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145 2. Resolution of gratitude for voluntary public service by liaison member._
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147 MARTHA CHOITZ: I move that the Commission accept Ann McFadden's letter and thank
148 Ann McFadden for her years of good service, hard work, and dedication as an Edgewater
149 District Liaison member.
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151 CATHERINE HOSTETLER: Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously.
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153 3. U.S. 31 route planning: (a) SHPO rulings regarding National Historic
154 Register eligibility of certain houses; (b) reconsideration possibility for
155 George Schafer farm, the Union Township, Dist. 2 Schoolhouse/Country
156 Bakeshop, the Jacob Schafer/Zeiger farm, Lester Schafer farm, or others; (c)
157 passage between or around the Southlawn Cemetery & the Ullery/Farneman
158 farmhouse.
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160 TODD ZEIGER: (Presented an alternative route for the US 31 project, which he proposed to
161 InDOT the previous week. Sought support from HPC for HLFI proposed Route E that will
162 bypass "the Big Squeeze" between the Ullery/Fameman farmhouse and the Southlawn
163 Cemetery. HLFI Route E uses farm ground to the west and then hooks into current US 31
164 south of Kern Road. This proposal will save several other properties that would otherwise be
165 destroyed or need relocation. It will maintain the southern entrance to South Bend, and fulfill
166 InDOT's Purpose and Need statement.
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168 TODD ZEIGER: Historic Landmarks Foundation believes Route G will have serious impacts
169 upon significant historic farms and landmarks. It will destroy the contributing rural landscape
170 as well as much prime farm real estate. Route F, which uses most of the current US 31, will
171 ironically obliterate the traditional travel corridor and the traces of a farming community that
172 developed along its path. Route C's terminus will cause great impact to the Cover House and
173 Evergreen Hill, two highly significant properties._ Historic Landmarks Foundation holds a
174 fagade easement on Evergreen Hill.
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176 LYNN PATRICK: (Moves to revise HPC position on the US 31 routes in support of Mr.
177 Zeiger's proposal for a modification of InDOT's route E, send letter of resolution to the
178 appropriate bodies on this resolution, and send letter to SHPO, Frank Hurdis, regarding the
179 National Registry reconsideration of the George Schafer farm, the Jacob Schafer farm, the
180 Union Township District 2 Schoolhouse, and the Lester Schafer farm.)
181
182 MARY JANE CHASE: (Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously.)
183
184 V. NEW BUSINESS
185
186 1. Newsletter and Local District Liaison volunteers & nominations
187
188 LYNN PATRICK: Moves to approve use of cards rather than envelops for liaison
189 nominations.
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191 MARY JANE CHASE: Seconds motion and motion passes unanimously.
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193 VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS & MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
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195 KAREN HAMMOND-NASH: Announces that a Scholarship is available for new
196 Commission members to attend the O'Brien Conference and that October 10th is the deadline
197 for National Registry grants through the DHPA.
198
199 VII. ADJOURNMENT — 9:20 PM.
200
201 CATHERINE HOSTETLER: moves to adjourn meeting.
202
203 MARY JANE CHASE seconds the motion, and it carries unanimously. Meeting adjourned.
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205 Historic Preservation Commission
206 Of South Bend and St. Joseph
207 County, Indiana.
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210 ATTEST:
211 Secretary
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