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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT APPLICATION -- 1997-1103 • PROPERTY -- 1215 Riverside Drive South Bend, IN OWNER -- Logan DESIGNATION -- LHD-RSD RATING -- Contributing C/10 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT This house was built in 1902 by the Portage Land Company, which was operated by the presided H.G. Miller and the secretary, Byron B. Miller. The Company rented the -house out to Howard & Emily Webster, a roadmaster for C.I. & S._ Railroad, for the first six years. In 1908 Byron B. Miller sold the house to Burr F. Augustine for $4,350.00. Mr. Augustine was born in New Carlisle on September 5, 1869. He married Ethlyn Baldwin on June 26, 1895, a year later the couple moved to Kansas City Missouri so Mr. Augustine could work for the Derdoff Lumber Company. In 1903 they moved to St. Louis Missouri where he worked for the Lewis Verner Sawmill Company. Three years later the -couple returned to South Bend where Mr. Augustine started his own wholesale lumber dealership, which he would continue to own and operate for over 39 years. Mr. Augustine remained an active in business as well as in community politics and associations until his death in 1945 at age 75. His wife Ethlyn continued to live in the house until 1951 • when she sold it to Harold W. Kinsey. Mr. Kinsey was the chief auditor of the Standard Oil Company.. He and his family resided in the house until 1969 -when they sold it to Deane and Judith Jenney. The house exchanged hands four more times before it was purchased by the current owners, Logan Council for the retarded of St. Joseph County, in 1984. The garage which is subject of this application appears to be original to the development of this site. It is indicated on the 1917 Sanborn insurance map. PROPOSED CHANGE Applicant proposes to demolish the garage due to its poor condition. STANDARDS The Preservation Guidelines for Riverside Drive Local Historic District: b) .... The Guidelines for the Riverside Drive District follow the Rehabilitation Model..... I.B.3. Prohibited No changes may be made to the appearance of the site by removing old plants.... outbuildings, and other elements before evaluating their importance to the property's history and development. V.A. General Buildings in th district should not be demolished except where a building poses a threat to the public safety, and demolition is the only alternative. Documentation of interior and exterior features of thb original building.... is encourage. Measured drawing and photographs may be submitted to the Historic Preservation Commission for safekeeping and future reference.. •