Based on the design guidelines, staff recommends denial of the vinyl window installation, wide board porch, and overlapping balusters on the wood balustrade. The front door replacement cannot be approved until evidence is submitted that the existing wood half -light door is not original, and until a new door specification is provided.
The following items are presented for after-the-fact review: Replace 3 or 4 one-over-one double-hung wood windows and 6 or 7 later wood one-over-one windows all with one-over-one vinyl windows. Replace porch flooring with parallel, wide board flooring. Replace non-original metal balustrade with 2x2 square pickets overlapping the top and bottom rails, with trim piece across the bottom. Work not yet completed: Replace non-original front door with similar wood half-light door. (no specs on the desired replacement have not been provided.)
One-story frame with synthetic wallcovering. Hipped roof with hipped roof front dormer with imbricated shingles and diagonally divided six- paned paired windows. One-over-one double-hung windows.; One-story three-quarters front porch with stuccoed foundation, replacement aluminum columns and balustrade, brick buttresses at front porch steps. Interior offset brick chimney. Brick foundation. Transom and sidelights at front entry. Rectangular plan. (Con)
1) The original windows were wood one-over-one double-hung windows with rope-and-pulley system.
2) The original windows on the front and sides as well as some non-original windows in the rear were replaced with vinyl one-over-one double-hung windows. The vinyl windows are covered with white metal storm windows to match the window trim.
3) A stop-work order was placed on the property by City Building Inspections. After the stop-work was posted, the contractor disposed of the removed original as well as non-original windows.
5) The newly laid parallel-laid wide-board porch is not appropriate for the period of the house. Tongue-and-groove flooring laid perpendicular to the house façade is appropriate for the era and style of the house.
6) The removed balustrade was not original, and was metal according to the National Register inventory.
7) The newly installed balustrade is constructed with balusters overlapping the top and bottom rails. The balusters are covered by a horizontal trim piece on the bottom.
8) The existing wood half-light door, transom and sidelights are not deteriorated and appropriate for the style to the house.
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