Historic Zoning Commission

Edgewood-Park City H-1: Level II

8-A-20-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Major repair or replacement of materials or architectural elements

Level I work: Replacement of existing asphalt shingle roof with new asphalt shingle roof cladding. Repair to rotten fascia board on rear, including installation of 1x8 new wood fascia board.

Level II work: After-the-fact review of removal of two masonry chimneys above roofline. Applicant will reconstruct two masonry chimneys, with bricks, mortar, construction method, and detailing appropriate for the original design of the house.

Site Info

Two-story frame residence with a cross-gable roof clad in asphalt shingles. Exterior features decorative fascia boards, fishscale wood shingles, beltcourses, and wood lap siding. Exterior wood stairs to second-story entry on right elevation. House most likely originated as George Barber design but has received many modifications, including full Permastone cladding in the 1970s and 1980s, and a City-funded rehabilitation in 1997.

1. 1708 Jefferson Avenue is a contributing structure to the Park City National Register Historic District and the Edgewood-Park City local overlay.

2. The house has received numerous significant alterations since its origins as a George Barber design. Barber details that have been lost include the complex façade, second-story gable-roof balconies, a shed-roof, two-story porch, and detailed woodwork on the siding. By the 1980s and 1990s, the house's exterior was enclosed in Permastone, a stone veneer siding. In 1998, the City Community Development department funded a full exterior rehabilitation on the house, which was received by the City HZC. The Permastone siding was removed, beltcourse and siding details were restored, non-historic exterior stairs were removed, and wood shingle details were restored.

3. Few original features remain from the Barber design, including the left side exterior chimney detail and the wood fascia boards. The left side chimney has retained its distinctive masonry detailing along the exterior walls. The interior chimney has been removed to the roofline.

4. The applicant removed the historic chimneys to the roofline. While the chimney profiles above the roofline have been reconstructed (prior to the 1998 rehabilitation), they remain some of the few extant original features on the house. The two chimneys are character-defining features, characteristic of elaborate George Barber designs, and should be reconstructed. The bricks and mortar used in reconstruction should be appropriate for the historic masonry materials on the remaining chimneys and meet the specifications of Preservation Brief 2. Detailing on comparable Barber-designed houses in the neighborhood could be used as a reference.