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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 07.03.2013 Application Number: 2013-0701 B Property Location: 549 Edgewater Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: Craftsman Bungalow/1922/Whitcomb and Keller Property Owner: David and Rosemarie :IIoipkemier Landmark or District Designation: Edgewater Place :Local Rating: Non-contributing in the survey (but not accurate) DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: A one and a half storey Craftsman Bungalow with a rectangular roof plan set upon a brick foundation with concrete over. Exterior walls are redbrown brick. There is a front gabled dormer centered in the roof. Windows are 0/1 wood double hung throughout with simple wood casings and brick sills. The main entry porch is a continuous verandah along cast f front) fagade with brick railings and stucco corner piers. ALTERATIONS: According to documentation in the file, the Assessor card notes that as of 1940 the front porch had been enclosed and the exterior walls, which had originally been stucco, had been covered with brick veneer. APPLICATION ITEMS: Remove non -original porch enclosure. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: A circa 1920s photograph shows the property prior to the porch enclosure. Owners would like to return the original open porch, including: removing windows, two layers of tile an the floor, and the lowered ceiling. They will install pine tongue and groove floor boards and install stained beadboard on the ceiling. Though center supports for the house roof were not original, a structural element may need to be added when the addition walls are removed. EDGEWATER STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: II. EXISTING STRUCTURES A. BUILDING MATERIALS Original exterior wall materials in the District range from brick, clapboard, shingles, and masonry block to aluminum siding. In the majority of the cases the aluminum siding has been applied over the original clapboard. There are some masonry commercial buildings on Lincolnway. Required Existing exterior building materials shall be retained. Deterioration of wood materials shall be pre- vented through repair., cleaning, and painting. The existing architectural detail around windows, porches, doors, and eaves should be retained or replaced by replicas of the same design and mate- rials when deteriorated beyond repair. Masonry structures shall he maintained, tuckpointed and properly cleaned when necessary. Masonry shall be cleaned only when necessary to halt deterioration or to remove stains, and shall be done with the gentlest method possible, such as low pressure water and soil natural bristle brushes. Stucco surfaces shall be maintained by cleaning and repainted when necessary. when repairing stucco a stucco mixture shall be used. Recommended