Historic Zoning Commission

Hill Avenue: Level I

2-I-10-HZ

Applicant Request

Level I. Standard repair

Site Info

Mary Boyce Temple House. Queen Anne with Gothic Revival influence (1907) Two and one half story brick with steeply pitched, slate covered cross gable roof, added east facing shingled, gable roof dormer on east roof plane, elaborate window trim, two story front porch with original, finely detailed wrought iron railing. Wood paneled bay window on front façade. Leaded glass sidelights and window at front entry. Tall, corbelled, paired exterior brick chimneys with circular chimney pots on west elevation, third, brick chimney on rear side. Calmes on upper sash of attic windows.

Art Deco building (c.1950) One story concrete block building, built as one story apartment building on east elevation (c.1950) with some Art Deco detailing. Has been physically separated from Mary Boyce Temple House to west to return Mary Boyce Templehouse to original footprint.

Although 619 W. Hill was constructed to function with the Mary Boyce Temple House, it was built nearly fifty years later and its design and construction materials reflect a far different design era. The owner has rehabbed 619 W. Hill successfully, and wishes to recognize legally the differences in the two buildings; this approach also improves the buildings' positions as collateral for lending that will enable him to complete the rehab of the Mary Boyce Temple House, which is well underway.