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File #: 15-2122   
Type: Public Hearing
In control: Historic and Design Review Commission
On agenda: 3/18/2015
Posting Language: Address/Description: 821 N PINE ST Historic District Name: Dignowity Hill Applicant: Porter Dillard/Dillard Architect Group Request: Window replacement
Attachments: 1. Case_13_821_N_Pine
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HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION
March 18, 2015
Agenda Item No: 13
 
HDRC CASE NO:      2015-096
ADDRESS:      821 N PINE ST
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:      NCB 540 BLK 11 LOT C & D ARB A4 & A5
ZONING:      R5 H
CITY COUNCIL DIST.:      2
DISTRICT:      Dignowity Hill Historic District
APPLICANT:      Porter Dillard/Dillard Architect Group
OWNER:      Tony Gradney
TYPE OF WORK:      Window replacement
REQUEST:
The applicant is requesting a Certificate of Appropriateness for approval to: install new windows on the house with new single hung windows to have the same exterior appearance as the previous original windows (i.e. wood sills, trim and molding) and with the same muntin window pane grid. The proposed windows will be fibrex, a composite wood and vinyl material. Existing windows on the first floor front elevation of the house will be retained and repaired.
APPLICABLE CITATIONS:
Historic Design Guidelines, Chapter 2, Guidelines for Exterior Maintenance and Alterations
 
6. Architectural Features: Doors, Windows, and Screens
 
A. MAINTENANCE (PRESERVATION)
 
iii. Windows-Preserve historic windows. When glass is broken, the color and clarity of replacement glass should match the original historic glass.
 
B. ALTERATIONS (REHABILITATION, RESTORATION, AND RECONSTRUCTION)
 
iv. Window design-Install new windows to match the historic or existing windows in terms of size, type, configuration, material, form, appearance, and detail when original windows are deteriorated beyond repair.
 
v. Muntins-Use the exterior muntin pattern, profile, and size appropriate for the historic building when replacement windows are necessary. Do not use internal muntins sandwiched between layers of glass.
 
vi. Replacement glass-Use clear glass when replacement glass is necessary. Do not use tinted glass, reflective glass, opaque glass, and other non-traditional glass types unless it was used historically. When established by the architectural style of the building, patterned, leaded, or colored glass can be used.
 
FINDINGS:
a.      The house at 821 N Pine first appears on the 1912-1951 Sanborn maps. This property was identified as contributing in terms of design, detail, material, and scale in the Dignowity Hill Historic District survey.
b.      In 2013, the main house suffered a fire. The rear elevation as well as portions of the sides and roof had to be removed due to fire damage. On February 19, 2014, the case was heard by the HDRC. At that time, an approval was issued to reconstruct the rear, enclose an existing second story porch on the north side, and construct a small rear porch. New windows throughout the house were proposed to be wood to match existing.
c.      Pictures provided by the applicant in 2014, show that some original wood windows remained in place after demolition of fire damaged areas was completed. Consistent with the Guidelines for Exterior Maintenance and Alterations, historic windows should be preserved. If deteriorated beyond repair, they should be replaced in kind to match existing in terms of size, type, configuration, material, form, appearance, and detail. Although the proposed windows will match the historic windows in terms of size and configuration, the proposed fibrex material which is a composite of wood fibers and vinyl is not consistent with the guidelines and is not an appropriate replacement for wood windows. In areas were the original windows were lost due to fire, the proposed new windows may be an appropriate replacement and would provide a clear distinction between the original and the new areas of the house.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff does not recommend approval as submitted based on findings a-c. Staff recommends that all original windows remaining after the fire that are deteriorated beyond repair are replaced with wood windows to match existing and that only windows that were lost in the fire are replaced with the proposed material.
CASE MANAGER:
Adriana Ziga