Historic Zoning Commission

Fourth and Gill H-1: Level II

10-G-18-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Major replacement of architectural elements

1. Remove existing rear wood deck.

2. Construct new wood deck in the same footprint as the existing deck. See submitted drawings for railing and screen configurations.

3. Remove walls and windows from north end of non-original enclosed back porch; roof is likely original and will remain. Add 2 new posts and 2 new pilasters to support existing roof. Posts to be 8x8 (nominal) posts with chamfered corners, pilasters to match. Install painted beadboard ceiling and railing to match deck.

4. Retain walls on the south end of enclosed back porch; remove door and replace with new 32" wide x 45" tall wood window (Jeld-wen Siteline Series). Patch and replace siding in-kind as needed.

5. Install new 5'-0" wide x 6'-8" tall full-glass wood double french door opening onto the new back porch (Jeld-wen Siteline Series).

6. Repair and replace in-kind the wood lap siding as needed on the original gable and wall below.

7. Install a fixed skylight, sized at 25" x 25" square in size. The location will be low on the rear hipped roof, centered above the newly installed french doors (see submitted drawings). The frame around the skylight will be a dark bronze or black finish and will project ~3.5 inches above the roof surface.

Site Info

One-story hipped-roof frame house with entry sidelights and transom. Full-façade front porch with no balustrade and with roof engaged within the main hipped roof. 3/4s full-facade porch. Rectangular transom and sidelights at main entry and a central dormer. Shadow of engaged pilasters with round bases.

1) The house is a contributing structure within the Fourth and Gill H-1 and the National Register Historic Districts.

2) The proposed design is based on restoring the rear of the house to resemble more closely its original configuration, using appropriately proportioned wooden materials including 1/1 double-hung windows and full light french foors.

3) The proposed deck balustrade which comprises 4x4 posts with framed panels of 4" square welded-wire mesh is a comatible contemporary design for a non-original part of the house, and the mesh is not obtrusive and lends transparency to the deck.

4) The configuration, material, and windows and doors of the rear porch are not original. The brick foundation of house does not continue under the enclosed porch; therefore, the enclosed area was not constructed at the same time as the main house. A brick pier and wood beams support the floor framing alluding to a former a porch in that location. A cement block/brick stoop and staircase are located beneath the deck that indicate the former acess between the house and the rear yard before the deck was constructed.

5). The current porch enclosure does not appear historically significant in its own right, due to lack of appropriate design and poor construction techniques, partially indicative in the windows being substantially mis-aligned.

6) Skylights of ~ 2-foot square in size have been approved on elevations not visible from the public right-of-way in Fourth and Gill H-1 Overlay.