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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 06/09/04 Application Number: 2004-0603 Property Location: 525 Edgewater Drive Property Owner: Anthony Thompson Landmark or District Designation: Edgewater Local Historic District Rating: Contributing STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT 525 Edgewater Drive is one of three houses in the Edgewater District with a Dutch Colonial Revival design and flat porch roof. The other two, 605 Edgewater and 726 Arch, are practically twins. 525 Edgewater has a particular design where the roof eaves flow into the porch ceiling, which creates a very nice line between the first and second story. The home's wood shake siding, tongue and groove eaves and porch ceiling, and wood porch header are exposed. APPLICATION ITEMS: A.) Add pitch to front porch roof, and install asphalt 3 -tab shingles to new roof, B.) Replace rear flat roofing material with membrane rolled roofing material; C.) Remove small mulberry tree behind garage; replace Dutch lap siding in-kind or as close as possible APPLICABLE STANDARDS (Edgewater Local Historic District) Required. Existing or original porches and steps, including hand rails, balusters, columns, brackets, tiles and roof decorations shall be retained or replaced with replicas of the same design and materials when deteriorated beyond repair (Pg 35). Prohibited: Porches and steps that are important to the building's style and development may not be altered or removed. (Pg 35). Plant material and trees in close proximity to buildings, sidewalks, or streets that are causing deterioration to those elements should be removed (Pg 28). RECOMMENDATION To improve water drainage with the least amount of visual alteration of the lines of the porch and to retain the illusion that the porch has a flat roof, staff recommends constructing a hipped porch roof. The reconstructed roof would terminate four inches above the existing roof at the point where the porch meets the house. The roof pitch would then be about 1/4" rise to 1' run and the roof would be able to shed water. Membrane roofing would be required for this roof pitch. The addition of a shed or pent roof with asphalt 3 -tab shingles would dramatically change the design and character of this porch, the character of the rooflines, and the character of this house. Staff recommends against a pitch change of over four inches, would not recommend shingle roofing for the front porch, and recommends salvaging the ceiling material or replacing with like boards where deterioration is beyond repair. back porch roof project is an in-kind replacement with rolled roofing material. IN mulberry tree is growing next to the garage and may in a few years grow into the garage. Staff recommends approval of the tree removal and siding replacement with boards to closely match.