Historic Zoning Commission

Market Square H-1: Level II

8-L-09-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair

Approve materials for roof addition, previously approved. Front wall of addition will be glass front with metal framing; sides will be metal wall covering consistent with existing rooftop addition.

Addition will step back from front parapet walls 19'11". Addition will be like contemporary storefront construction with black metal structure with glass inserts and top cornice overhang of approximately 12" to provide weather and sun protection. The approximate height of the addition on 16-18 and 20 is 11' taller than the roof elevation of 18-20 and 8' taller than the top of the parapet. The rooftop addition height proposed for 22 Market is approximately 3'6" lower than that for 16-18-20 Market for a 4-5' elevation greater than the parapet walls.

Site Info

16 Market Square: Caldwell Building (1910). Neoclassical Commercial. Two story brick building with paired fixed glass windows with transoms and altered storefront. The Caldwell Building was occupied by Caldwell's Department Store, then drug stores and in 1965, Bower's Department Store.
18, 20 Market Square: Biddle & Moulden Building (c.1895). Neoclassical Commercial. Two story brick with engaged Tuscan pilasters forming four bays on second floor. Second story windows are fixed panes with transoms and corbelled brick topping windows. Storefront altered. Following its probable construction in c.1895 as a department store operated by Biddle & Moulden, this building was occupied as a clothing or department store until it closed in the 1980s.
22 Market Square: Flenniken Strong Building (1885). Italianate Commercial. Two story building, with an altered third bay (#26). Arched second story windows, corbelled arched window hoods, corbelled brick cornice. Storefront of #24 altered c.1985, while #33 retains much original material. The first occupants of these buildings were two dry goods stores, S. W. Flenniken and Strong & Co. Various clothing and shoe stores continued occupy the buildings until the 1960s, when they housed a tobacco store and a florist.

Proposed materials are clearly contemporary in spirit and minimize appearance of addition.