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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: July 8, 2009 Application Number: Property Location: Architectural Style/Date Property Owner: District Designation: Rating: 2009-0702 902 Riverside Drive Colonial Revival/1906 Don Sappington Riverside Drive Notable DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE The Rosencrans House is a 2.5 story Colonial Revival house of a rectangular plan. The foundation is brick, and the facades are wood shingles with corner boards, wide frieze boards and comer blocks. The gabled roof is covered with asphalt shingles, and a pedimented entry portico leads into the house. Windows are 6 over 1 double hung wood flame windows, and a tall round arched window tops the entry. ALTERATIONS: The survey card on this property, last updated in 1998, lists aluminum storm windows as the only visible alteration. The card categorizes the house as "Altered: Minor". APPLICATION ITEMS: Replace tin roof on porch with rubber membrane. In kind replacement of damaged soffit and fascia and ornamental railing on east porch. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Applicant wishes to remove tin roof of the east porch of the house. The tin will be replaced by a rubber membrane. (Manufacturer information not provided.) Repair/replacement of water damaged to the soffit and fascia will be made with in-kind materials (wood) and repainted (Ex 1, 1:2). The ornamental railing (Ex 2) above will also be replaced in-kind in the same pattern and painted as well. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Riverside Drive is a Rehabilitation District: (b2) Rehabilitation Maintaining the existing character of the district, and whenever possible returning it to its original condition. Any rehabilitation would not require the removal of all non -original materials but would encourage the removal of all such materials which are incompatible with the defined elements of preservation for the district. The design of new construction or alteration would not require the duplication of the original design and construction, but should be compatible with the existing structures and the district's defined elements of preservation. The use of original materials or construction techniques would be encouraged, but contemporary methods and materials would be acceptable when compatible. Required Original exterior building materials shall be retained. Deterioration of wood materials shall be prevented through repair, cleaning and painting. The existing or original architectural detail around windows, porches, doors and eaves should be retained or replaced by replicas of the same design and materials when deteriorated beyond repair. Masonry including brick, limestone, flagstone, sandstone and stucco shall be cleaned only when necessary to halt deterioration or to remove stains, and shall be done with a method acceptable for the preservation of the surface: i.e. low pressure water and soft natural bristle brushes. When repairing stucco, stucco mixture compatible in composition, color and texture shall be used.