APPROVE Certificate No. 50311EDG. The proposed changes to the front porch would not have been approved after designation occurred, and are consistent with pg. 19, #s 1&2, of the adopted design guidelines. Rear changes are also appropriate.
Remove partial enclosure on front porch, returning front porch to original full width, and reinstalling brick piers and wood posts, tongue and groove porch floor, and bead board porch ceiling to match original; rebuild rear of structure to remove additions and construct single large room, with three sets of French doors facing rear yard and using exterior elements that include wood siding to match original wood siding; repair and restore windows, including the following (front façade-restore windows; east elevation-restore c. 1900 window and repair c. 1980 window; west elevation-restore both c.1900 windows; south elevation-install three pairs of French doors, with middle set functional); install salvage period-appropriate half-view front door; repair or replace any damaged wood siding, wood soffit and wood fascia, using wood material and original design; replace gutters;
One story frame with asbestos shingle wall covering. Hip roof with lower cross gables, asphalt shingle covering, boxed cornice and circular attic vent. One story full front porch altered with partial enclosure that creates deep recessed entry, splayed wood posts on brick piers, sawn wood balustrade. Double hung one over one windows. Two interior offset brick stuccoed chimneys. Brick foundation, concrete block foundation at rear addition. Irregular plan with rear enclosure.
This corner house is the introduction to the Jefferson Avenue section of Edgewood-Park City on the west, and has been so altered on the front and rear elevations that it's original architecture is obscured. The proposed changes, although they would alter the fabric that was originally part of the designation, would greatly improve the appearance of the house, correct some structural problems that are inherent in the current altered design, and return the house to a more appropriate appearance. The same is true of the proposed changes to the rear of the structure, and is consistent with the provisions that recommend changes on the rear when they are necessary, and with nos. 9 and 10 of the Secretary of Interior Guidleines included in the Edgewood-Park City Design Guidelines.
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