Historic Zoning Commission

Fourth and Gill H-1: Level II

12-I-04-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair

Rework front porch, installing beadboard ceiling, tongue & groove flooring, and removing enclosed portion of north half of front porch, moving wall back to original position; repair and install original front door; replace vinyl windows with wood double hung, using one 66.75" x 53" on each side of front entry on first floor, and 38.5" x 37.5" on second story above front porch gable peak and using wood double hung windows throughout remainder of window openings; repair existing siding or, if not repairable, using 4" lap on first floor front elevation where porch wall is moved; repair and extend front porch brick balustrade to side; install gutters; install HVAC unit to rear of house; install rear deck (not visible from Eleanor); install front porch light fixture; repair or replace asphalt shingle roof covering with composition shingles, as necessary.

Site Info

Two story frame with Masonite ship lap wall covering. Side gable roof with asphalt shingle roof covering. New replacement windows with arched transoms on first floor front elevation, and replacement windows throughout remainder of structure. One story full projecting front porch, narrowed by partial enclosure through moving front wall of house outward, front porch has front gable roof, exposed rafters, truncated splayed wood posts on brick piers, pierced brick balustrade. Two interior offset stuccoed chimneys. Brick foundation. Rectangular plan.

Interior spaces have been altered to substantially and a change in the exterior will result in a change to the interior and to the building's floor plan. This proposal by the applicants, while it is not a complete restoration, will result in an improved historic appearance, and an occupied house, an appropriate exterior, and will remove the building from its current position as a liability.