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M.. <br />ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br />This is a two and a half story Queen Anne style house with three inch clap board siding, flared <br />out between the first and second stories. The central chimney is made of brick with corbeling <br />and toped by a large metal flue cap. The house has a 12/12 pitch pyramid roof with <br />intersecting gables, bracketed overhangs and a molded frieze board. The house also boasts a <br />double leaf glazed wood paneled door with simple jamb and molded entablature. The majority <br />of the windows are wood 1/1 double hung with simple wood jambs, sills and molded <br />entablature. However, there is an elaborately divided pair of fixed windows above the entry <br />and an arch shaped picture window located in the first story with a key stone type element at <br />the very top. The house has a front wooden entry porch with wood steps, sets of three wood <br />supports,a lattice decorated pediment and bracketed eaves. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Based on the Historic Preservation Commission's Local Landmarks Criteria's adopted by the <br />Common Council, the building at'617 W. LaSalle has been recommended to the Common <br />Council for designation as a Local Historic Landmark by Historic Preservation Commission. <br />The building meets the criteria in at least three areas: <br />1.) Its embodiment of elements of architectural design, detail, materials, or craftsmanship <br />which represents an architectural characteristic of innovation. <br />2.) Its suitability for preservation. <br />3.) Its identification with the life of a person of persons of historical significance. <br />The building fulfills criteria #1 as an excellent example of a middle class Queen Anne style <br />house. The building is rated a significant twelve in the Indiana Historic Sites and Structures <br />Inventory. <br />The building fulfills criteria #2 by the integrity of its original construction with very minor <br />changes to the facade and that it is an excellent example of a Queen Anne style house from the <br />1800s. <br />The building fulfills criteria #3 by its association with Charles L. Goetz. Mr. Goetz was a <br />prominent South Bend Businessman with his own cigar company on W. Jefferson and was <br />Mayor of South Bend from 1910 to 1915. <br />Staff finds that the building meets the criteria for designation as a Local Landmark and <br />recommends that the Commission send such a recommendation to the Common Council. <br />RLS. <br />9/14/98 <br />