Historic Zoning Commission

Village of Concord HZ: Level II

3-F-23-HZ

Applicant Request

Exterior rehabilitation, involving revisions to window and door placement. Removal of vinyl lap siding and brick veneer and installation of wood, board-and-batten siding.

Façade (west elevation, fronting Olive Road): replace centrally-located door with a new double-hung, one-over-one, wood window; replace existing window on leftmost bay with smaller sized double-hung, one-over-one, wood window.

Rear elevation (east, fronting Cedar Street): remove two-bay garage door and install two double-hung, one-over-one, wood windows and a secondary access door.

Right side elevation (south): reversing locations of centrally located doors and windows. On the right-most bay (non-historic, c.1990, two-story garage), adding paired double-hung wood windows to first story.

APPROVED 3.16.23, subject to the following conditions: 1) façade (west elevation) window and door placement to be retained; 2) final window specifications to be submitted to staff for approval; 3) documentation to be provided regarding board-and-batten siding, with wood lap siding as a secondary option.

Modifications approved by staff 6.1.23: windows to be 3/1, double-hung, wood with trim and casings to match submitted specs; diamond-patterned siding on gable fields.

Site Info

One-story frame residence with a side-gable roof with intersecting front-gable. Applied board-and-batten wall covering with an extended height brick foundation. One-over-one replacement windows. L-shaped plan.

1. 1000 Olive Road is a contributing resource to the Village of Concord National Register Historic District and local overlay. The house has been significantly modified, including mid-century decorative brick veneer on the façade, the installation of vinyl siding and non-historic shutters, and a large, two-story garage addition on the rear dating to approximately 1990. The existing windows and doors are not historic.

2. Replacement of non-historic windows with new, double-hung, one-over-one wood windows which meet the guidelines is appropriate. Final specifications for new windows should be submitted to staff for approval. The proposal includes the retention and shifting of the existing non-historic entry doors.

3. On the rear elevation, all scopes of work will occur on a non-historic, two-story garage. Removal of the two-bay garage door and installation of new windows is appropriate.

4. On the right side (south) elevation, work will occur on a side elevation which has already been significantly modified. Shifting the door one bay and installing a new, full length, double-hung window restores a more consistent pattern of windows and doors. The overall fenestration design will be compatible with the character of the house and the secondary nature of the side elevation.

5. Also on the right side elevation, the proposed addition of paired double-hung wood windows to the first story of the c.1990 garage will contribute additional transparency to what's currently a large swath of siding.

6. While the west elevation (façade) is not currently used as the primary entryway to the house, the elevation is the house's historic façade, fronting Olive Road. The centrally located door, flanked by windows on the two exterior bays, is characteristic of the simple Folk Victorian style. The guidelines note that original entrances shall not be removed. Reducing the size of the left side window also does not meet the guidelines. The existing façade window and door placement should be retained.

7. The architectural description on the guidelines note that the house featured board-and-batten siding. The applicant should provide documentation via historic photos or existing conditions that the board-and-batten siding was an original feature. Otherwise, removal of vinyl siding and installation of wood lap siding with historically appropriate exposure, overlap, and trim details would be preferable.