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'f STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: August 3, 2009 Application Number: 2009 -0731B Property Location: 1501 East Wayne Street North Architectural Style/Date /Architect or Builder: Tudor Revival/ I926/H.R.Stapp- Whitcomb &Keller Property Owner: John Axelberg and Alice McLane Landmark or District Designation: East Wayne Street Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The home is a two storey brick faced frame structure set on a rectangular plan with a gable roof, plain raking board covered with synthetic slate shingles. The windows are 4/4 double hung, paired with wood casings and original storms. There are eyebrow wall dormers at the second floor in the front and rear of the house. There are brick chimneys at either end of the main portion of the house. The Entry has a steep gable roof; plain rake board articulated at the eaves ends with exposed rafter tails, simple entablature detail and iron balcony railing above entry door. There is a south side shed roof wing with paired double hung arched windows flanked by attenuated double hung brick header course sills. There is an east side one storey flat roof wing with second floor access door to roof; the rear porch below has a plain round wood support column. The house is situated on a corner lot of Wayne and Twyckenham. (See photo pages 1 & 2) ALTERATIONS: The two car brick garage was built in 1949. The brick half walls between the house and garage may have been added then along with the wrought iron arch way with lantern. The slate roof was replaced with facsimile slate in 2004 along with new copper gutters and downspouts. The wood balustrade on the rear (east) porch was removed after 1987. Limestone landscaping features, patio and pathways in the rear has been added after 1987. An aluminum "wrought iron" fence encloses the yard along the east and south yard. APPLICATION ITEMS: Rebuild brick columns.- Install wrought iron gate. Remove wrought iron arch, and install lanterns atop columns. (See photos 3 & 4) Replace balcony railing. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The homeowners proposes to re -point the brick pillars, install Arroyo Craftsman lantern lighting on top of the pillars after removing the wrought iron arch with pendant lantern. (Located on the west/front of house obscured by trees and shrubbery from the street -see photo page #1) They also propose to install a 36 "x50 +" custom gate (See Illustration #1) either in wrought iron or black powder coated aluminum to resemble wrought iron between the brick pillars. They also propose to re- install a railing around the deck of the second floor rear porch (See Illustration #2). The balustrade is to be crafted from kiln dried lumber (See Illustration #3) using 1 1 /2 "xl 1/2" balusters and an upper railing 3"x2 "x11 /2" set between baluster columns of varied heights and topped with wood or copper pyramidal caps. The balustrade will be painted. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: East Wavne Street: D. ENTRANCES, PORCHES AND STEPS Most houses in the district have small open porches at the main entrance. Stoops and small patios also are in evidence. Of those porches that have roofs, many have either hip or gable roofs or are covered by the main roof of the house. Columned porticos, porches with broken pediments or turrets, and other porch forms characteristic of the Period Revival styles are also found in the district. Required