Approval of Phases 1 and 2 with conditions of providing underpinning in the form or landscaping or lattice between porch support pilings; simple wrought iron railings at the front porch stair, and a reduction of the 6x6-inch-square rear porch post dimension as much as possible.
Level l repairs:
1. Repair of deteriorated brick foundation walls after removal of concrete porch. Use historic mortar recipe (9:2:1)
2. Repair damaged siding and replace rotten or missing siding with wood sidint to match. Paint entire exterior and add aluminum gutters.
Level II changes:
1. Remove concrete porch floor and fdn. and replace with new wood porch floor (framing and tongue & groove decking) on new CMU foundation piers with painted parge coat (see phase 1). Piers and floor framing to be built to accommodate construction of future porch roof (see Phase 2 dwgs).
2. Porch posts: two 8x8 chamfered wooden posts and two pilasters against the front façade.
3.Porch and step railing: install 2x2 square balusters with a molded top rail with the spacing between balusters being 3 inches.
4.Porch skirt area: install wooden lattice installed so that the lattice strips run parallel and perpendicular to the porch floor, rather than on the diagonal.
5.Porch roof: full-façade hipped with asphalt shingle wall covering.
6. Wrap non-original square back porch columns with wood fascia (see Phase 1 dwgs) and add treated wood trellis for climbing plants (see exterior views).
7. Replace non-original double-hung windows with wood double-hung . Add appropriate window casing (see submitted drawings) (Phase 1dwgs).
8.. Replace front door with wood half-lite door with 2 vertical or horizontal wood panels below (see Phase 1 dwgs).
Two-story frame with weatherboard wall covering. Front gable roof with asphalt shingle roof covering, sawn wood octagonal attic vent. Replacement vertical two-over-two windows. Off-center front door. Late side and rear additions. Porch and chimneys removed. Concrete stoop. Rectangular plan. Noncontributing.
1. The house is listed as noncontributing to the Historic District due to removal of the original chimneys, porch and windows.
2. The existing porch floor is concrete, and the proposed tongue-and-groove is the appropriate porch flooring material. Stuccoed pilings are appropriate supports for the porch floor.
3. The proposed wood railings at the porch stair are not connected to the house or a porch balustrade in the Phase I proposal, and therefore have a "floating appearance."
4. A simple wrought iron railing at the stairs would have lower profile in the Phase I proposal, and have less of "floating" or disconnected appearance.
5. The hipped roof full-front porch with asphalt shingles and chamfered wood porch posts as proposed in Phase 2 is appropriate based on the appearance of similar houses in the historic district.
6. The existing windows are not orignal. The proposed window casing trim would add appropriate historical detail to the windows. Wood double-hung windows are an appropriate window-type for the house.
7. The proposed half-lite wood front door is appropriate for the style and era of the front porch.
8. The trellis and chamfered wood posts are appropriate on the nonoriginal rear porch, which faces the Lovenia Street r-o-w.
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