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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: September 8, 2005 Application Number: 2005-0825A Property Location: 517 Carroll Street Property Owner: Mr. Kent Anderson Landmark or District Designation: Taylor's Field LHD Rating: No Rating STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT, Queen Anne house built around 1890 with Arts and Crafts features in the front bay and gable window with a wide carved cornice under the eave of the front gable and dormer. Side windows also display Arts and Crafts characteristics. It has an enclosed brick front porch and is aluminum sided. The house is thought to have been built by Lathrop Taylor and owned by his daughter Mary Taylor Nicar's husband. APPLICATION ITEMS: The owner wishes to remove the 8 -inch aluminum siding and to reside the house with double 4 inch vinyl siding resembling clapboard. The peaks will be sided with half round vinyl to resemble a Victorian and to resemble some of the other homes near by. The overhangs will also be enclosed using vinyl soffit and aluminum fascia. The Wolverine Siding Systems Products will be used. P&R Construction, Contractors. RECOMMENDATION:. This is an owner occupied home in Taylor's Field that is currently not rated. The removal of the 8 -inch white aluminum is good; the re -siding with 4 -inch vinyl to resemble a Victorian is not so good because the house really isn't a Victorian. Since this project is in a Rehabilitation district in a very challenging area being proposed by a resident homeowner, staff recommends approval but only if the replacement siding replicates any architectural features uncovered and the owner understands that the Wolverine Lifetime warranty does not cover discoloration of the product except under very limited circumstances and at Wolverine's sole discretion. Also the wide decorative wooden fascia boards should not be covered, original doors and trim and windows and trim are to be maintained; and any original trim uncovered when the aluminum siding is removed is to be retained.