Historic Zoning Commission

N/A: Level II

6-O-07-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair

Install clad windows to fit existing openings with fixed top sash and operable bottom sash, OR install wood unclad in same fashion; repair existing Palladian windows on gymnasium; modify north elevation windows flanking gymnasium entry to the same size as other building windows; install two new windows in wing on northeast elevation with windows to match existing windows in size and pane configuration, installing soldier course above them and precast sill . Reuse existing doors if possible and replace with duplicate if required; add four doors on the first and second stories rear (south) elevation, balanced at each end of the primary wing and doubled at the center; add additional door on side wall of gymnasium at recessed rear area.. Add second story balconies at south (rear) elevation, with one at each end of primary wing and one doubled at center, wood 2" x 2" balusters set into top and bottom 2" x 4" rails, with 6" x 6" posts, with composite decking, 1" x 6". Repoint existing masonry, including precast trim, with mortar mix prescribed in Preservation Brief No. 2. Reroof. Repairing or replacing existing concrete steps using same design. Add round downspouts to match original. Install black metal square baluster fencing along Glenwood and Luttrell. Install black metal balconies on rear elevation rather than wood, per request made by applicant at 6/21/2007 HZC meeting.

Site Info

Two story brick building. Six light wood double doors for north entry, topped with arched transom. Half view entry door on east wing and monumental concrete stairs on the north elevation of the east wing. Entry to original building on east elevation removed. Flat roofed section on the east and two story section with raised basement to the rear. Gymnasium to west with front facing gable roof and gabled portico. Limestone quoins, brick water table, dentil molding, keystones and limestone sills highlight the buildings. Wood double hung windows throughout the building, some twelve over twelve, nine over nine, eight over eight and fifteen over fifteen. Brick chimneys at entry to gymnasium and at the gable end of the south façade of the east wing. One story bay with paired six over eight double hung windows appears on the south façade of the east wing.

Over the past few years, several designs have been presented and approved for the exterior rehabilitation of Brownlow. These designs relied on more numerous openings into the building, but included many of the rehabilitation designs proposed by this application. Exceptions to that rule include the minimization of exterior entry doors, while utilizing for those doors existing window openings as much as possible, and the installation of second story balconies on some of the exterior rear second story. The balconies are minimal, and designed to be sympathetic to the era and designs followed for the building as a whole. The applicant has requested either clad or wood windows, and has submitted detailed drawings for both. Wood windows are consistent with the building's original windows and are recommended for this project. Modification presented at 6/21/2007 HZC meeting to replace wood balconies with metal was approved.