APPROVE Certificate No. 40411ONK. The addition of a rear dormer allows the applicant to utilize existing attic space, retaining the original footprint of the building while utilizing attic space; the dormer will not be visible from Grainger.
Install gabled dormer on central portion of rear elevation, not visible from Grainger, with partial cornice returns.
NOTE: Commission requested at meeting that trim details on rear dormer and amount of soffit overhang be consistent with remainder of house.
One story frame with weatherboard wall covering. Hip roof with lower cross gables, curvilinear sawn wood bargeboard in front gable, and asphalt shingle roof covering. One over one and two over two double hung windows, with one over ones on front façade. One story full front porch with round wood columns with Doric capitals and projecting centered gabled portico, concrete floor, buttressed concrete front steps. Two interior offset corbelled brick chimneys. Brick foundation, stuccoed in places. Irregular plan. Root cellar in basement. Irregularly shaped multiple porch enclosures and additions on rear.
The proposed dormer addition is necessary to enhance the marketability of 1418 Grainger, which is a four room home with one bath. The dormer will not be visible from Grainger, and will assist the building in remaining marketable in today's real estate market. It will be consistent in design and materials for original building features.
The dormer addition is supported by the adopted design guidelines, which call for locating additions at the rear of a historic building ( (See L.1.), so they are not visible from streets (See A.6, L.4.), and using materials consistent with the original historic materials (See J.1. and J.2.)
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