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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPR.IA.TENESS Date: 5 -November 2012 Application Number: 2012-1105A Property Location: - 605 Edgewater Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Dutch Colonial Revival/.1920AVhitcomb&Keller Property Owner: Penny anti Charles Krug Landmark or District Designation: Edgewater Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This two storey Dutch Colonial has a regular pian and is set upon a brick foundation. The walls are covered with.wide aluminum siding. The Gambrel roof has a frill shed dormer across the front both with asphalt shingles. There is a full length wood front porch with wood posts, railings and balustrades. The windows are 6/1 double hung. four front windows have shutters, and two center windows of small 6 panes each in the second storey. The storm door is metal with 12 liter. There is a one stall wood garage with clipped gable and swinging double leaf wood doors and a side wood service door with single glass upper pane. ALTERATIONS: The Aluminum siding covers the original wood shingles. The concrete steps were replaced in August 1985, the storm door in October, 1945 Nine windows were replaced writh COA 1990-0613. The porch was restored with COA 2004-06048. The roof is a replacement. APPLICATION ITEMS: Frame in for new overhead door 8' wide by 7' tall. Install new sercnce door. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: The Krugs have just finished liaving the garage straightened and resting on its fbit idation. They propose to replace the original deteriorating swing doors with a single metal garage door with windows. This door will have raised panels with the windows at the top. This door will have an automatic door opener feature.:Please see Lowes sheet. 'They also propose to replace the deteriorated service wood door with a window with a steel covered wood door with nine lite§. C. «'INDOSVS AND DOORS Edgewater Place Laurl Historic District Guidebook Window and door frames arc in nearly all cases wood. Brick structures have stone sills and brick lintels; masonry block structures have masonry sills and lintels.: In some cases where aluminum siding has been applied window trim has been covered. About half of the structures in the district have aluminum storm windows, the other half wood storm windows. _ Required Original windows and doors including sash, lintels; sills, shutters, decorative glass, pediments, hoods, and hardware shall be retained or when deteriorated beyond repair, replaced with duplicates of the existing or original. Recommended - Wood frame storm windows and doors, painted to match the existing or original, should tic used blit should riot_ ry damage existing frames and should be removable in the future. If new sash and doors -are used, the existing or original materials. design, acid hardware sliould be used. When metal storm doors arc used, they should be painted _ anodized or coated to match the existing. When awnings are used they should be of canvas material. = _ - - -, Prohibited Existing or original doors, windows, and hardware shall not be discarded when they can be restored and re -used iii _ - place. -New window and -door openings which would alter the scale and proportion of the building should not be - introduced. inappropriate new window and door features such as aluminum insulating glass combinations that require the removal of the original windows and doors shall not be installed. 7Not Recommended Metal, vinyl, or fiberglass awnings, hoods, and fake shutters that would detract from the existing character or appearance of the building should not be used. r