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Mrs. Choitz thanked Mr. Toal for compiling the <br />documentation. <br />Mr. Toal then introduced Mr. Dunfee, who listed some <br />of his credentials and stated that he generally <br />strove to "debastardise" houses which had been <br />ruined by inappropriate additions. He said he had <br />worked with Mrs. Toal to change the sunporch <br />windows, which she had always considered incongruous <br />They had searched, he said, for a way to complement <br />the long, narrow windows on the main facade. <br />Mr. Eide commented that he considered the letter <br />from Mrs. Weirich the most compelling evidence. <br />If the windows were indeed not original, their <br />replacement was not so crucial a problem. <br />Mr. Pastor said that the 1932 Assessor card, which <br />had been cited as evidence that the sunporch was <br />original, had a site plan which specifically <br />included a sunporch. The house was built in 1925. <br />Mr. Holycross said that while he had no <br />contradiction to an eyewitness account, staff <br />research had indicated that the casements were, <br />indeed, original. <br />Mr. Oxian then pointed out that the commission <br />recognized and accepted the elements of a historic <br />district as they existed the day the district was <br />created. In other words: even non -original <br />architectural features were protected, so long as <br />they were in place when the district was founded. <br />Thus, anyone wishing to make a change must <br />thoroughly justify that change. Legal decisions <br />are not based on how any house looked the day it <br />was built. This is in the ordinance, he said; <br />it is what historic district guidelines are based <br />on. Mr. Oxian urged the commissioners to consider <br />this point before making their vote. <br />Commissioners then questioned the Toals for <br />several minutes about details of their proposal. <br />Mrs. Toal reiterated that the cost of the <br />commission's proposal was prohibitive, and added <br />that, since her house had uniquely long and narrow <br />front windows, it was impossible to compare it to <br />other houses in the district. <br />Mr. Herendeen expressed surprise that the Pella <br />windows were so much cheaper than the proposed <br />alternative windows. He asked to see the survey <br />of the house, and noted its "A" classification, <br />