Historic Zoning Commission

Fourth and Gill H-1: Level II

10-J-16-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Major repair or replacement of materials or architectural elements

Replace the back door with a wooden half-lite door as shown in photo submitted. Replace non-orginal (1990s) balcony and French doors on the rear second floor with a bank of 4 wooden casement windows at 30 inches wide by 5 feet high each. (The subnmitted quote indicates shows clad, but wood is proposed.) The sill line of the proposed four windows is to align with that of the two existing windows under each roof eave on the second level.

Site Info

One-and-one-half-story frame with weatherboard wallcovering. Hip roof with lower cross gabled front dormer, sawn wood bargeboard with pendant, asphalt shingled roof covering. Nine-over-six-light windows in gables, 1/1 double-hung windows on remainder of house. One-story front and side wrap-around porch with bellcast porch roof, curved ornamental half-timbering in front gable, narrow wood porch columns, front-facing brackets with applied sunburst design with brackets creating segmental arches. Two interior offset brick chimeys. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. Designed by George Barber.

1) The c. 1900 Queen Anne house is a contributing property within the Fourth and Gill H-1 Historic District.

2) Photos taken in the late 1980s or early 1990s from Third Street show the rear of the house with an enclosed addition and a bank of four windows below the clipped roof in the center section of the second floor. It also indicates that a back porch, enclosed at some point, originally existed.

3) The c. 1990s photo indicates that a pair of French doors replaced the four original windows, and the enclosed back porch was removed. Also, a window was installed on the second floor in each of the two cornersunder the roof eaves and the four central windows were replaced with a French door. A wood frame balcony was added shortly thereafter.

4) The dimensions required for upper-level bedroom fire egress can be accommodated by casement windows but not by an appropriate size of double-hung windows within the existing available space. The four casement windows on the back are an appropriate contemporary addition because they are similar in size, proportion, material and placement to the original four removed double-hung windows.