Historic Zoning Commission

N/A: Level II

3-J-11-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair

1) Install new main entrance fronting Gay Street, in same location as previous historic storefront entrance;
2) Install new secondary entrance fronting Union Avenue, at the same location as an existing egress door. Both entrances will be recessed and integrated into existing bays;
3) Install ATM in storefront window fronting Gay Street;
4) Install ell-shaped sign to flank the building corner at the intersection of Union Avenue and Gay Street, to be installed in the sign board space above the storefront windows, with a prefinished aluminum housing with cut out letters for the Regions letters and logo; the sign will be internally illuminated.

NOTE: Item #3 (ATM fronting Gay) was DENIED and application MODIFIED to allow installation of ATM inside alcove recess on Gay Street side, facing Gay Street.

Site Info

Miller's Building. Five story brick building with mezzanine. Recessed storefront entries with three part storefront windows on each side, multipaned transom window, marble corner post with applied capital, and engaged brick pilasters above cornice line with applied trim replicating quoins with cartouche at top of columns; top floor arched Palladian style windows with divided arched transoms, with square windows with calmes above cornice, brick pilasters divided each set of upper story windows with three windows in each bay. Flat roof. Rectangular plan.

Adding recessed entries, which may have been present when the building was new, and are appropriate for this era building, does meet the Secretary's Standards. The proposed signage is in an appropriate location, and will not harm the historic character of the building. Adding the panel containing the ATM in an exposed location on the Gay Street façade obscures a storefront window that is significant to the basic architectural design of the Miller's Building. Recessing the panel into the recessed storefront would probably be acceptable.