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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY Phone: 574/235.9371 Fax: 574/235.9021 Email: hpcsbsjc@southbendin.gov STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: August 8, 2025 Application Number: 2025-0805 Property Location:13546 Brick Road Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Italianate / c. 1870 Property Owner: Alexander Horvath and Natalie Winters Landmark or District Designation: St. Joseph County Local His- toric Landmark, Ordinance #42-1976 Rating:Outstanding DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/SITE: This is a two story, red brick Italianate farm house with original architectural details such as the wood cornice with brackets and frieze, a bracketed rectangular cupola, and stone windowsill and lintels. The foundation is of dressed coursed stone, and the red brick walls are in English bond. The roof is hipped, and the front porch is open with square posts. The main door has ful side lights and transoml and the windows are 6 over 6 sashes. There is an added brick wing on the back of the house, a block garage (now demolished), and at the back of the site sit a historic brick milkhouse and brick outhouse. In October of 2024, COA 2024-0909 was issued, permitting the deconstruction of the brick outhouse and reuse of its bricks. In mid-2025, the rear of the house and the garage sustained storm damage due to falling tree limbs. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The applicant has requested approval to: 1. Demolish the storm-damaged garage and rebuild a new garage with the same footprint as the pre- vious garage. Siding to be white LP SmartSide, service door to be steel, garage overhead door to be aluminum, and two windows (one on rear and one on side) to be anodized aluminum. - rial (instead of the quarter inch plywood as is currently there), repair and repaint corbels that were damaged in the storm, and repaint areas as needed. 3. Pour a new concrete front sidewalk where existing one was damaged by uprooted trees and repair front fence and gate. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: SITE VISIT REPORT: N/A. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: reconstruction with the materials listed above constitute a threat to the integrity of the home’s historic character or value. All repair work is in line with recommendations made in the Standards and Guidelines. Based on the infor- mation provided prior to this public hearing, Staff make a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION. Prepared by: Kate Himick, Historic Preservation Specialist