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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT APPLICATION -- 1997-1029 PROPERTY -- 701 Riverside Drive 0 South Bend, IN OWNER -- Julia DesLauriers DESIGNATION -- LHD—RB RATING -- Contributing C/9 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT This house was sold William Mack and family by Hammond and Whitcomb on January 19, 1907 for $3,800.00. Mr. Mack co—owned the house with several other members of the Mack'family. The Macks used the house as a rental until they sold it to Edward A. Mechling on July 1, 1915. Mr. Mechling also used. the house as a rental. He sold it in 1918 to Frank 0. Camp. Mr. Camp rented the house out for two years,eventually selling it to Albert Leopold in 1.920. Mr. Leopold sold the house five months later to Burton Oliver. Mr. & Mrs. Oliver were the first known owners to have lived in the house. They resided there until 1944, however, they continued to own the house until 1952. Mr.. Oliver was the Vice President and manager of Oakland Motor Sales Company. Mrs. Georgia Oliver was a teacher in the South Bend Public Schools. The couple married on March 11, 1879 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1944 they moved back to Kalamazoo where Mrs. Oliver got a job at Western Michigan University. When they left they rented the house to Irving G. & Edith Albert. Mr. Albert was a mail clerk. They rented the house until 1952 when they purchased it from the Olivers, however, the Alberts moved two years later. • Eventually the house was purchased by Barbara Sylvester who sold it to her son Mark in 1982. Mr. Sylvester lived in the house until he sold it to Peter Schilling in 1992. Mr. Schilling owned the property for two years, he sold it to the current owner, Julia DesLauriers, in 1997. - PROPOSED CHANGE Applicant proposes to replace exiting,concretesteps in front of house with new concrete steps overlaid with brick. STANDARDS The Preservation Guidelines for River Bend Local Historic District: b) .... The Guidelines for the River Bend District follow the Rehabilitation Model.... I.B.2. Recommended New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings. and newspapers. New site work should be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type and appearance. II.D.1. Required Existing or original porches and steps, including handrails..... shall be retained or replaced by replicas of the same design and materials when deteriorated beyond repair. II.D.3. Prohibited Front porches and steps that are important to the building's style and development may not be altered or removed. 0