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STAFF REPORT
<br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A
<br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
<br />Date:
<br />Application Number:
<br />Property Location:
<br />Property Owner:
<br />Landmark or District
<br />Rating:
<br />August 14, 2003
<br />2003 - 0721 -b
<br />1025 Hudson Avenue, South Bend, IN
<br />Douglas Gibson
<br />Designation: Local Historic District / Landmark
<br />C -9
<br />STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT
<br />This is a bungalow style house built in 1917 by the Carroll family. Mr. Gibson has found some traces of
<br />labels that lead him to wonder whether perhaps the Carrolls collected remnants, overage, or discarded
<br />parts from two or three Sears kits, and combined them together for the construction of this house. The
<br />house originally had 8" lap siding on the lowermost few feet, separated by a trim board from the 4" lap
<br />siding on the rest of the house. The house originally had decorative brackets, exposed rafter tails, and an
<br />oper pergola above the front porch/stoop.
<br />When the house was first built, it had a very open view out of its East elevation, which faced
<br />towards the river, at some distance. The downstairs master bedroom or study has a pair of large windows
<br />facing east, and there was an upstairs sleeping porch facing east as well. However, a few years after it
<br />was built, the parcel immediately to the east was purchased by a wealthy South Bend family, who built a
<br />house there as a wedding present to their daughter. That house is separated from this one only by a
<br />driveway. Probably as a consequence, the sleeping porch was converted into a regular enclosed bedroom,
<br />with three double hung windows facing east, and two longer brackets, different in scale from the rest of
<br />the brackets in the house, supporting it.
<br />The Fritz family purchased the house in about 1940. They had two children, one of whom died in
<br />the world war, and one of whom, Rosemary (Fritz) Bennett, survives, and has been helpful to the present
<br />owner in providing photographs of herself and her family in front of the house, showing some of its
<br />earlier architectural detail. After the death of Mr. Fritz, his widow had the house covered with fabricated
<br />limestone and aluminum siding, removing much of the Arts & Crafts detail in the process.
<br />APPLICATION ITEMS:
<br />(a) The first two items, removal of the aluminum siding and fabricated stone, and removal of the
<br />offending front porch, were staff approved after the last monthly HPC meeting, pursuant to
<br />authorization given to staff at that meeting, based on the HPC's consideration of the drawings
<br />submitted then. Staff approval is also given for replacing, in kind, missing or deteriorated
<br />materials, including siding around the door on the north, and the rotting fascias board on the shed
<br />dormer on the north, or back, of the house.
<br />(b) 1. Replicate all Arts & Crafts trim and detail that previous owners removed, including
<br />i. Open air pergola above front porch/stoop
<br />ii. Crown moldings above doors and windows,
<br />iii. Trim piece separating 8" from 4" siding,
<br />iv. Molding around north (back) house door,
<br />V. Three missing roof braces, two on the east and one on the west, (also, re- configure the
<br />elongated brackets beneath the former sleeping porch to match the other brackets on
<br />the house.)
<br />vi. Full length storm and screen windows
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