Historic Zoning Commission

Edgewood-Park City H-1: Level II

4-E-14-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Major repair or replacement of materials or architectural elements

Replace deteriorated original slate roof shingles on main roof of house with Owings Corning TruDefinition Duration 3-tab asphalt shingles with color of "Estate Gray" to match color of existing slate as closely as possible. Fishscale-shaped shingles are not proposed to be duplicated.

Site Info

Two-story frame with asbesto shingle wallcovering. Hip roof with lower cross gables, fishcale banded slate roof and fishscale wood shingles in front gable. Double hexagonal-pane attic windows. One-story full front porch with pediment at entry, turned wood columns, spindle work balusrade and beadwork spandrels. Two-story bay at west elevation. Circular window. Double-hung one-over-one and Queen Anne over-one windows. Interior offset brick chimney. Brick foundation with porch foundation of brick piers with lattice inset panels. Irregular plan. (contributing)

1.) The Queen Anne house was built between 1890 and 1892 (the date listed on the tax appraisal). The house is a documented Charles Barber House, on which decorative slate roofs were typical

2.) The roof is original, and thus 115 or 122 years old and at the end of its functional life.

3.) According to the applicant's insurance claims adjuster, the roof damage is too old to be due to the hailstorms of 2011 or 2012; therefore, the deterioration is due to weathering with age.

4.) Based on the water damage shown in the submitted photos, the roof is leaking.

5.) According to staff's as well as the applicant's survey, there is evidence within the district of an evolution over the years of shingled roofs from to slate, as the slate has deteriorated due to lack of periodic repair or simply itage, and has become very expensive to replace.

6.) Therefore, asphalt shingles are not out of character for use on the house or in the neighborhood.

7.) The shingled roof of the front porch was shingled before the applicant bought the house in January of 1993 It shows the color of the shingle roof proposed.