Historic Zoning Commission

Village of Concord HZ: Level III

12-H-14-HZ

Applicant Request

Level III. Construction of new primary building

Construct new one-and-a-half-story frame house and garage on vacant lot. Primary exterior materials are to be smooth fiber cement board siding and shingles, a five-V groove metal roof over porches, and brick foundation. The shingles are to be 6- inch with no wood grain. The windows are to be double-hung, one-over-one with a separate fixed transom. Front door is to be wood with a 1/2 light above recessed panels, and with a white-framed full-light storm door. The front steps are to be brick and the porch floors are to be tongue-and-groove. The driveway will be gravel.

Site Info

vacant lot

1) The submitted elevations depict a rural vernacular farmhouse during a transition from the Folk Victorian era to the Craftsman era. Concord Village exhibits several houses from this era of the 1910s through the 1930s.

2) The following new construction guidelines have been considered in the materials and design:
"New buildings should be compatible with surrounding architecture, but their design should recognize that they will function as a new building and will be built with new materials. They should not be imitations of buildings of the past; rather, they should respond to the present time. . . "

"A building should not be visually incompatible or destroy historic relationships within the neighborhood. At the same time, new construction should not imitate a historic style or period of architecture. The styles and details of historic architecture should not be reproduced."

3) The setback and height of the proposed house is similar to the house one either side of the subject lot.

4) The proposed design and materials meet the Concord Design Guidelines overall for new construction.