Historic Zoning Commission

Edgewood-Park City H-1: Level II

8-K-15-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Major change in materials

Install prefabricated dark gray standing seam roofing on front porch. Add dark gray 5-V-groove roofing on low-pitched roof of small rear addition. Install metal roof shingles on main house to mimic wood shakes in Charcoal Gray Blend as shown in submitted sample. Retain copper roofing over projecting front window. Install dark gray 5-V-groove metal roofing on outbuilding.

Site Info

Two-story frame with weatherboard wallcovering. Hip roof with lower cross gables, asphalt shingles, fishscale pattern wood shingles and bargeboard in gable, louvered paired attic vents. Two-story one-half front porch with balcony at second stohy, turned woodcen porch postes on first and second story, turret roof at second story. Sawn wood beaded balustrades on first and second story, spandrels on first-story porch with incised floral pattenr. Two-story bay on west elevation. Double-hung 1/1 windows. Interior offset brick chimney. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. (Contributing)

1. Wooden roof shingles are documented in the historic survey files and guidelines to have been utilized in Park City, and are historically appropriate for this house.
2. The existing asphalt shingle roof is appropriate, but not historically significant.
3. The roofing of low-slope front porches and rear additions were often historically and currently of different materials (usually metal) to reduce leakage. Metal roofing of 5V-groove was sometimes used on rear porches or later small rear additions.
4. The rear addition roof slope is very low and only slightly visible from the street.
5. The three roofs ( porch, main house, and rear addition) requested to be re-roofed are not able to be viewed concurrently, so a difference in materials would not detract.
6. Staff finds that the submitted metal roof shingle does not adequately simulate a wood shingle due to the sheen and uniform shape of the material.
7. Stamped metal roof shingles have been approve on a 2-story, elaborate Queen Ann house on Washington Avenue because metal shingles were offered as an option in Barber catalogs. However, the approved metal shingles were not attempting to imitate wood.