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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 1 August 2011 Application Number: 2011 -0711 Property Location: 501 N. Lafayette Architectural Style/Date /Architect or Builder: 1892/Free Classic Property Owner: Pat McCoy -- Landmark or District Designation: Chapin - Park LHD - Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This is a two storey home with an irregular plan set upon a brick foundation. The walls have deteriorating insul -brick siding with second storey bays on south and front facades. The hip roof with gables and wall dormers that are gabled in the front. The gables have box cornice returns with random rubble between decorative half timbering and asphalt shingle roofing. There is a full width front porch with wood Doric columns supporting a shed roof with dentils at cornice. There was a wood balustrade and flooring. The windows are 1/1 double hung with moulded entablatures; diamond pane wood casements in front gable. There is an exterior brick chimney on the south side. ALTERATIONS: There was a roof repair in March, 2011. The concrete steps are not original. The aluminum storm doors and windows are not original. The green insul -brick siding is not original to the house. APPLICATION ITEMS: If original siding can be salvaged then we'll restore it, if not then replace it with a similar product. DISCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: The green insul -brick siding will be removed. If the wood clapboards are salvageable and able to be repaired then they will be. If they can not then a similar product, like the cement board used on the NNN houses on Lindsey and Leland will be applied to resemble the look and reveal of the original clapboards. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Chapin Park Local Historic District Guidebook II. EXISTING STRUCTURES A. BUILDING MATERIALS Original exterior building materials in the district include brick, stucco, clapboard, wood shingles, and brick or stone masonry. In some instances, vinyl, composite and aluminum siding have been applied over the original material. Required Original exterior building materials shall be retained when possible. Deterioration of wood materials shall be prevented through repair, cleaning and painting. The existing architectural detail around windows, porches, doors and eaves shall be retained or replaced by replicas of the same design when deteriorated beyond repair. Masonry, including brick and stucco structures, shall be maintained, and properly cleaned only when necessary to halt deterioration or to remove stains and shall be done in a method acceptable for the preservation of the surface: i.e. low - pressure water and soft natural bristle brushes. Brick or masonry mortar joints should be