Historic Zoning Commission

Market Square H-1: Level II

10-H-16-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Major replacement of materials or architectural elements

Install 6-inch diameter vent pipe from second-level of front of building for interior coffee roaster. Pipe to be located along eastern-most edge of building and extend 10 feet above the top of the nearest window opening as per mechanical code. The top of pipe to be capped with metal vent cap as submittted. Finish to be oil-rubbed bronze.

Site Info

S. W. Hall & Co. Building. Two -story, three-bay, brick building with modern single pane windows on front facade, chamfered corner. Two-story Italianate Commercial rear portion with access from Union Avenue, arched brick corbelled windows, corbelled cornice. 2016 storefront with recessed entry. S. W. Hall & Co. Grocers is recorded as an occupant in 1885, with second floor use as the Grand Army of the Republic Hall. Successive uses included a drugstore, a hardware store, a pharmacy and boarding house and a shoe store. In 1935, when the front facade was probably altered, the building had become the Wonder Store, Inc., a department store, and by 1950, it was an annex of Miller's Department Store. The footprint of the building with its distinctive chamfered corner has not changed since indicated as such on the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. (Contributing)

1) The c. 1935 Italianate Commercial building is a contributing resource within the Market Square Historic District.

2) The brick through which the pipe will be installed is not original, nor does the mid-level where the new brick is intalled contain any historic fabric or original design, so installing the pipe will not cause a loss of historic fabric.

3) Union Avenue is a side street and does not face onto Market Square; however, gutters and vent pipes such as that proposed are typically found on the backs of buildings along alleys or in industrial warehouse areas, not on building fronts facing retail commercial streetscapes.

4) The Italianate Commercial building exhibits arched brick corbelled windows and a corbelled cornice.

5) The Secretary of Interior's Standards state that contemporary alterations must be compatible with the size, scale, color, materials, and character of the property, neighborhood or environment. It is staffs' opinion that the proposed vent pipe is not compatible with the historic Italianate features of the building.