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TECHNICAL REVIEW OF PRESERVATION GUIDELINES WHAT DO THE PRESERVATION GUIDELINES SAY ABOUT WINDOWS? The Guidelines state "Original windows and doors, including sash, lintels, sills, shutters, decorative glass, pediments, hoods, and hardware shall be retained or when deteriorated beyond repair, replaced with units and trim resembling the original." ARE THE WINDOWS IN QUESTION ORIGINAL? Clearly not. The windows were put on at the time of a subsequent enclosure of the original back porch. There are three factors to consider in determining that the windows in question are not original. Refer to attached diagram. First, the basement of the house runs under all other rooms. A crawl space runs under the front porch and the former back porch in question. Secondly, the exterior wall shows a break where the original structure meets the later wall. Thirdly, interior walls 1 and 2 (as shown in the attached diagram) and the ceiling of the former porch are paneled in the original tongue and groove style. The added walls 3 -and 4 (including the window) were not. In fact, the walls had no finishing of any kind and the exterior wood was visible from the inside. The window in wall 4 was badly deteriorated and probably never of a very good quality. We will have pictures available at the Commission meeting to support the above analysis. WHAT THEN DO THE PRESERVATION GUIDELINES SAY ABOUT ADDITIONS? The Guidelines state "Porches and additions reflecting later architectural styles, and which are important to the building's historical integrity shall be retained."