Historic Zoning Commission

Kern's Bakery H-1 Individual property: Level II

12-E-15-HZ

Applicant Request

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

The project consists of the restoration of the historic Kern's Bakery facade. This will include the removal of a late addition concrete block garage and loading dock on the west (front) elevation of the building. The opening will be filled with a new garage door to replicate the original based on historic photo-documentation. This will return the elevation to its original configuration. The masonry will undergo general repair and re-pointing. Only painted brick will be repainted. The larger HVAC compressor that is closest to the building on the front will be removed and the replacement units will either be installed on the roof or to the side of the building and screened. The steel factory windows will be repaired and repainted in place. The panes will be replaced with insulated glass panes. New period-appropriate light fixtures will replace the existing non-historic light fixtures (see submitted spec sheet). Stonework on the facade will be repaired as necessary. The main entrance doors and transoms will be repaired in place. The exterior main entrance stairs will be repaired as necessary. The original sign over the front entry will be replicated from documentary photographs.

Site Info

The Kerns Bakery building is a red, wire-cut brick building with a central pavilion of three bays that is two stories in height, with flanking one-story wings. Three central entries mark the first floor of the central pavilion; they are recessed and flanked by square brick pilasters. Each of the three doors contains a full light in a wood frame, with a segmental arched transom of eighteen small panes; the doors and transoms are flanked by small paned transoms. The entries are topped by sixteen-light metal windows with metal awnings, each of which has a decorative wrought iron grill. The entries and windows form units that are set into a smooth cut stone surround. Between the doors and second-story windows is a paneled cut stone section containing three recessed panels. These surrounds mimic the segmental arch of the transoms on the first floor. Flanking the central entry bay are bays that contain three windows on the first and second story; with windows also of metal, composed of twelve lights with a central six-light movable section.

1) The removal of a late added concrete block garage and loading dock on the west elevation of the building will return the front elevation to its original configuration.
2) The opening left by removal of the addition will be infilled with a new garage door to replicate the original based on the historic photo-documentation provided with this application.
3) The replacement window panes will be insulated glass panes that will fit into the existing steel windows frames.
4) New period-appropriate light fixtures, similar to the originals as shown in the photo-documentation, will replace the existing non-historic light fixtures (see submitted spec sheet).
5) The remaining restoration work is to repair asmuch as is feasible possible and replace materials only as needed, in-kind.
6) The work description meets the Secretary of Interiors Guidelines for Rehabilitation.