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:�_ STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 07 -11 -03 Application Number: 2003 -0711 Property Location: 1091 Riverside Drive, the Talcott House Property Owner: Brendan Crumlish Landmark or District Designation: Riverside Drive Local Historic District Rating: Outstanding/13 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT Around 1909/1910, Ernst Young designed this home for Thaddeus Talcott, a well -known South Bend attorney and United States Commissioner. The Talcott's lived here until 1926. Ernest W. Young (1883- 1959), a South Bend architect, designed a plethora of other homes and public buildings in the city and St. Joseph County. Born in Kansas City, Young received his architectural training at the Chicago Art Institute while working for the firm Schmidt, Gorden, and Martin. In 1904, he came to South Bend and set up his own firm in 1925. He also helped write South Bend's first city code and served on the city's Plan Commission. At the age of seventy-five, Young passed away. This house is also historically noteworthy due to its transaction records. In 1833, A. Coquilliard, a pioneer and founder of South Bend, bought the land on which this house sits. Prior to 1902, Horace G. Miller and his family began buying tracts of land along the river to sell as small plots under the name of the Portage Land Company. Several other important inhabitants also resided at 1091 Riverside: the Jackson's and the Schurz's. Claude J. Jackson bought the home in 1927; he held the position of vice - president of the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad and had associations with the Farmers' Trust. In 1936, Jackson sold the house to Franklin D. Schurz and became the President of the Winona Railroad in Chicago. Schurz worked in the news and publishing business as the editor, publisher, and vice - president of the South Bend Tribune and as the head of the Schurz Communications, Inc. which coordinated the activities of the SB Tribune and seven other Indiana papers and help properties across the country. The home was built in the Prairie Style made famous by the charismatic and domineering persona of Frank Lloyd Wright. The defining features of this style that can be found on this home are: the hipped roof with wide overhangs, the light stucco and contrasting dark cedar board and batten and trim on the exterior, groupings of several windows across the first floor, enclosed front porch and at the corners of the house on the second story. Many of these elements emphasize the horizontality of the home, a typical design pattern of the Prairie Style. Interest in natural elements, materials, and earthy tones and the connection between the interior and the exterior are also notable aspects of the Prairie style represented by this home. APPLICATION ITEMS: 1 E -mail with Proposal for tree removal 1 Site plan showing trees to be removed and to be retained RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the approval of this application. Staff had feared that the homeowners would clear cut the yard; however, several large specimens will remains upon the property if the selected trees were removed. Those retained will include: a 36" in diameter Hackberry, a 36" Silver Maple, a 12" Sugar