Historic Zoning Commission

Fourth and Gill H-1: Level II

9-I-18-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Major repair or replacement of materials or architectural elements (revised 11/9/18)

- Install round wooden porch columns, 2x2 square porch 30-inch balustrade and wood tongue-and-groove flooring
- Install louvered window shutters and hardware on 2 front-facing windows visible from Luttrell Street
- Remove existing non-original front door and replace it to match the existing historic sidelight configuration utilizing clear, beveled glass (rev. 11/9/18)
- Remove 2nd front door which is not original
- Install two 1/1 wooden double-hung windows in their original size and configuration to match existing (a double window on the north, an enlarged window on the south)
- Install/repair gutters as needed
-Repoint masonry as needed according to Secretary of Interiors Standards

Site Info

One-story hipped-roof frame house with sidelights and transom at entrance. Full-façade front porch with no balustrade and with roof engaged within the main hipped roof. Nearly full-facade porch. Rectangular transom and sidelights at main entry and a central dormer. Shadow of engaged pilasters with rounded bases.

1) The house is a contributing resource within the Fourth and Gill H-1 and National Register Historic Districts.

2) The historic district designation report description mentions a date of c. 1905 and "the shadow of engaged pilasters with rounded bases"; therefore, the round column design is appropriate.

3) There is evidence in the siding that small windows on the side were reduced from larger windows matching others on the façade; therefore, replacement of these windows with historically-sized wooden windows is appropriate.

4) The replacement of the non-origingal decorative door glass with a simple, clear lite and remove of the 2nd front door is appropriate since the glass in the main door is not original, nor is the second door since it serves as access to a later upstairs apartment.

5) There are no rabbets chiseled into the existing windows casings indicating former hinges and no pieces of any former hinges remaining.

6) A couple of local Neoclassically-influenced cottages in the Egewood-Park City H-1 Overlay as shown in this staff report are examples that do not have shutters. Late 1800s and the early-1900s Neoclassical hipped-roof cottages in coastal areas frequently have shutters, but this feature is more indigenous to areas that are prone to hurricanes and high-wind storms, so they are functional rather than purely decorative. Therefore, they are needed for protection and light/heat regulation on not only the front of the house, but also the side of the house.

7) Installing shutters to a house on which there is no documentation of their having existed originally or historically would be adding a conjectural feature that would reduce the authenticity of the house.