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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY <br />Phone: 574/235.9371 Fax: 574/235.9021 Email: hpcsbsjc@southbendin.gov <br />STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Date: July 15, 2025 <br />Application Number: 2025-0626 <br />Property Location: 1414 East Wayne Street <br />Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: <br />Colonial Revival / 1925 / H.R. Stapp, Whitcomb & Keller <br />Property Owner: Drew and Jennifer Chuppe <br />Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street, <br />Ordinance #7796-87 <br />Rating: Contributing <br />DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/SITE: This is a two story frame, irregular plan house featuring a gable <br />roof and a large shed roof front dormer. The roof is of asphalt shingles and the siding is aluminum. The windows <br />are Marvin wood, double-hung full frame replacement windows with aluminum exterior cladding. The inset door <br />features leaded glass sidelights and a paneled transom. The main roof extends over the front porch, which crosses <br />the entire front of the house and wraps around to a side, gabled-roof patio. The porch is supported by large doric <br />columns over brick flooring. <br />DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The applicant has requested approval to: <br />1. Remove existing aluminum siding and trim and recycle and install Mastic Rigid Vinyl 7” Siding. <br />2. Remove existing K-style gutters and downspouts and replace with new, K-style gutters and downspouts. <br />3. Replace existing, non-functional shutters with new. <br />STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: <br />Walls: Pages 26-28 Roof, Gutters/Downspouts, Soffits: Pages 19-22 Windows (Shutters): 29-32. <br />SITE VISIT REPORT: N/A <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The existing aluminum siding has an 8” reveal, and the new vinyl siding would <br />have a 7” reveal to more closely resemble the original cedar clapboard. The original siding beneath the aluminum <br />is to be retained and preserved as much as possible during installation of the vinyl. The windows are not original, <br />and there is likely not much historic material remaining, though South Bend Roofing Siding & Window Co would <br />retain historic material found, as possible. The gutter profile would not change, nor would the appearance of the <br />non-historic, non-fuctional shutters. The visual impact of the home would be kept intact. Based on the information <br />provided prior to this public hearing, Staff makes a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION. <br />Prepared by <br />Kate Himick, Historic Preservation Specialist