Historic Zoning Commission

Fourth and Gill H-1: Level II

10-G-07-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair

Rebuild front porch to full width with pediment at front steps, 8' depth, tapered round wood columns, turned spindles in balustrade, tongue in groove floor, beadboard ceiling, lattice panels between brick piers, wood steps with boxed risers; repair wood siding in kind with imbricated shingles in gable of house and porch pediment; full view storm door; remove door to addition; restore side addition roof (north elevation).

Site Info

Two story frame with wood weatherboard wall covering. Hip roof with lower cross gables, asphalt shingle roof covering, sawn wood bargeboard and louvered attic vent. One over one double hung windows. One story one-half altered front porch with aluminum posts and balustrade. Exterior side brick chimney. Stuccoed foundation. Irregular plan. Addition or enclosed side porch on north elevation. Original front door.

Applicant has been unable to locate photographic documentation of the original front porch. In addition, the siding on the bottom half of the front façade has been replaced, obliterating any shadows of the original front porch configuration. She has done careful research on other neighborhood houses and in pattern books in order to determine a design for the front porch. She has also worked with a contractor to ascertain costs for all of the improvements she would like to make, and has decided that she must proceed with reconstructing the front porch in two phases. The resulting front porch will be an acceptable solution when the first phase is complete, and will lend itself to the construction of the remainder of the front porch in several years; that complete front porch, when both Phase I and Phase II have been accomplished, will be an acceptable design for the style and age of the house. That is the design that is being presented today. (See Fourth & Gill Design Guidelines, Porches pg. 12, #1, #2; Entrances pg. 13, #5; Wall Coverings pg. 14, #2, #3, #6;