Historic Zoning Commission

Fourth and Gill H-1: Level II

12-I-10-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair

Redesign front porch to more nearly replicate Craftsman-era front porch and to correct structural deficiencies in current design. New design will be front facing gable with 4/12 pitch, open to house, with 9' overhang to left and right side of existing square brick columns. A beam will support new kingposts to each side and one central post, exposed, that will be effective 8" square posts. Porch gable open to house with the bottom edge at approximately 10' and with interior ceiling of 1"x6" tongue and groove. Relocate windows on the east elevation, reusing existing windows for two and a duplicate salvage window for the third, and moving the shortest window to the rear of the house to accommodate an interior bathroom space with the two largest three over one windows nearer the front elevation. Demolish an existing addition and a remnant back porch and substitute an 18x12 foot rear addition under a 4/12 pitch gable roof with weatherboard wood siding and three over one rear window, reusing existing foundation.

Site Info

One story frame with weatherboard wall covering. Side gable roof with exposed rafters, asphalt shingle covering, and front facing open gable on front porch. Double hung one over one and three over one windows, ten light French windows and five light sidelights. One story one half front porch with brick columns and piers and flanking unroofed extensions over concrete porch with brick foundation. Interior central brick chimney. Brick foundation. Suffered extensive fire damage to east half of house (one of two duplex units).

The current porch is not original to the house, and the shape of the gable roof creates drainage problems where the pitch of the porch roof changes and the porch roof and the house wall intersect. The proposed redesign approximates the porch design that was present on the building at the time of designation. It will correct design deficiencies; it is consistent with design guidelines governing porches (see pg. 12, #3 & 4).

The proposed window alterations are appropriate to the building and will allow more effective utilization of interior space. (See pg. 10 & 11, "Windows", #2, 4.

The rear addition alters a non-contributing rear addition and is consistent with recommendations in the design guidelines that call for additions to be made to the rear of historic building. (See adopted design guidelines, pg. 18 "New Additions", Nos. 1 4, 6 & 8.