Level II. Major installment of materials or architectural elements
Porch elements
Install front porch wooden balustrade at 36 inches high, with turned spindles and decorative top and bottom bands as indicated in the drawings submitted and approved at the 3/15/18 HZC meeting.
Staff Comments
Queen Anne with Eastlake influence (c. 1895)
Two and one-half-story frame with weatherboard wall covering. Hip roof with lower cross gables, asphalt shingle covering, and fishscale patterned wood shingles in gable, knee braces. One-story wrap-around front and side porch with square wood columns with Doric capitals. One-story projecting bay on east elevation. Double-hung one-over-one and Queen Anne-over-one windows. Two interior offset brick chimneys. Brick foundation with porch supported by brick piers with lattice inserts. Irregular plan.
I. Porches on historic houses shall be repaired or replicated using wood materials for ceilings and floors, balustrades, posts and columns that duplicate the original size and design. Reconstruction of the documented original porch is appropriate.
SECRETARY OF INTERIORS STANDARDS 9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment.