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STAFF, REPORT CONCERNING PPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: July 9, 2008 Application Number: 2008-0708 Property Location: 805 Bronson Property Owner: Elizabeth and Ron Farr Landmark or District Designation: Edgewater_ Place LHD Rating: Contributing STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT: This 1912 Free Classic was built by Whitcomb and Keller Corporation as a rental and sold to Ralph and Bernice Heick in 1921. They sold the house a year later to Joseph Heick but they continued to live in the house until 1938. Eventually the property fell into the hands of the Home Owners Loan Company who sold it to Clarence. Thomas in 1942. Mr. Thomas was a private truck owner for the Brodbeck Trucking Company. It was sold to Henry and Marie Sloan in 1944. The Sloans owned the Rino Bar. APPLICATION ITEMS: Install new concrete ramp for handicap accessibility. Location -east side of House per drawing submitted. Exhibit A EDGEWATER PLACE STANDARDS, D. Entrances, Porches and Steps: The majority of the houses in the district have either an open or an enclosed porch across the front or on the side. Most porches have either gabled or hipped roofs or are covered by the main roof of the house. A brick base with wood columns is common. Required: Existing or original porches and steps, including handrails, balusters, columns, brackets... shall be retained or replaced with replicas....Porches and additions reflecting later architectural styles and which are important to the building's historical integrity shall be retained. RECOMMENDATION: The side porch at 805 Bronson is located less than four feet from the property line and the neighbor's picket fence. The pipe railing is not original to the house, The owner proposes a solid concrete ramp with railings along the entire side of the house to the sidewalk for handicapped accessibility along this narrow and difficult to maintain space. Exhibit B,Staff recommends approval.