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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS STAFF REPORT • APPLICATION -- 1997-0903 PROPERTY -- 1027 East Wayne Street South Bend, IN OWNER -- William Storey and Philip H. Schatz DESIGNATION -- LL RATING -- Significant S/12 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT Roy Shambleau designed this Prairie style house for Dr. Merritt J. Keightly in 1912. Originally this house was located at 728 E. Jefferson, next to Shambleau's own Prairie style home at 722 E. Jefferson. The architectural features of the house, such as, the hip roof and bands of windows placed between corner piers are characteristic of the Frank Lloyd Wright inspired Prairie style. The house was even published in an article in Western Architect in 1913. Dr. Keightly was dentist, however, he moved out of South Bend in 1913 and sold the house to a designer, Edward M. Heylman, in July of 1913 for $6,500.00. The house proceeded to have four more residents before it was moved to its present location in 1930 by Allen and Clara Frame. Allen and Clara Frame were born in Michigan City in the late 1880's, they were married in 1914 and had two children. The family moved to South Bend in 1930 • so Allen Frame could be a conductor and bus driver for the Northern Indiana Transit Co. After their children grew up the Frames converted the house into two units and from 1941 to 1964 they rented the upstairs. Mrs. Frame died in December of 1953. Mr. Frame continued to live the lower unit until he remarried to Nell Wilson in 1960 and the couple moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. Mr. Frame rented both the units until his death in December of 1964. The house remained vacant after his death until 1979 when the new owners, Associates Bankcorp Inc. c/o Gulf and Western Industries renovated it and sold it to the current owners William Storey and Philip Schatz in 1980. Storey and Schatz restored the house and opened a second hand and rare bookstore there. PROPOSED CHANGE Applicant proposes to landscape the backyard through the use of lattice. water features and paths. STANDARDS The Preservation Guidelines for Local Landmarks state: VII.1. Required Major landscaping items, trees, fencing, walkways..... which reflect the property's history and development shall be retained. Structures such as patio decks, new walls, fountains, trellises.. and other similar structures shall be compatible to the historic character of the site and the neighborhood and inconspicuous when viewed from a public way. VII.2. Recommended New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of the past appearance of • the property found in photographs, drawings, and newspapers. VII.3. Prohibited No change may be made to the appearance of the site by removing major landscaping items, trees.... before evaluating their importance to the property's history and development.