Historic Zoning Commission

Fourth and Gill H-1: Level II

11-G-18-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Construction of addition

Reconstruction of front porch based on documentary photographs and remaining physical evidence as per drawings dated 10-12-18 and 10-11-18. Columns to be either round or square.

Site Info

Two-and-one-half-story frame with aluminum siding. Asphalt shingle roof covering on hip roof with lower cross-gables. Replacement double-hung windows. One-story hip-roofed front porch replaced by shed-roof-covered stoop. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. (Contributing).

1. The structure is considered contributing to the Fourth and Gill H-1 Overlay and the National Register Historic District even though the front porch has been removed.

2. Documentary photographs showing the proposed porch in the 1970s. The porch became too deteriorated to repair by the Neighborhood Organization and was removed.

3. The brick piers of the previous porch remain to indicate the previous existance of the porch.

4. The proposed wood materials are supported by the design guidelines.

5. There are several examples within the historic district of Queen Anne houses with porch roofs supported by square columns that are either original or are early 1910 remodels. In the documentary photos, some of the columns apperar to round and some appear to square. Given the variety of examples in the neighborhood, either shape of column would be appropriate.