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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 2 September 2014 Application Number: 2014-0902B Property Location: 302 West Washington —First Presbyterian Church Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: RichardsonianRomanesque/1889/J.P. Bailey & Christopher Fassnacht Property Owner: Ambassadors for Christ Church Landmark or District Designation: Local Landmark in West Washington National Register District Rating: Outstanding DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: The one and a half storey Richardsonian Romanesque style church building has an irregular plan set upon a stone foundation with multi- colored field stone walls, lighter stone details, rough face white stone string courses, and peak decoration. The roof is a 12/12 pitched cross gable with cut stone capped verges, large carved stone finials at the peaks with slate roofing material. There are double leaf paneled doors, a stained glass arch transom, radiating arch stone voussoirs, and stone squat, pillars and capital. Windows are stained glass with blue and purple schemes, two fixed sash, stone, pillar below, multi light transoms, large fan over side lights with fan half. All stairs are stone. There is a large bell tower on the northeast corner with two doors on either side, corner stone, stone corbelled base, stone wall arcade, stone frame half circle window, gables with dentilled frieze line peak roof and metal finial. There is a cone roof over the round bay on the northwest corner with three arched stained glass windows. ALTERATIONS: A brick entry vestibule/Sunday School room on the rear is not original. Bell tower windows have been enclosed and roof has been changed from slate to Inspire artificial slate. Flat areas of roof are asphalt. APPLICATION ITEMS: Tear off existing. Install new to match steeple done previously. *See Work Order DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: From a 2008 Abbreviated Field Audit Architectural Summary prepared by Troyer Group, "It is our recommendation that this roofing system be replaced as soon as possible." *See attachments from Field Audit, pages 4, 6 — 8. Repairs are to be completed by 3 November 2014 as ordered by Code Department. A work order provided by Bill's Roof Repair details the work proposed to be completed by ML Roofing Solutions. The existing slate tile will be discarded; new artificial slate will be installed. Under COA#2007-0904, Mike Smith Roofing provided temporary (slate) patch work of the most damaged portions of slate roof. It was his opinion at that time that some of the slates could be salvaged and reused. I am not aware of any exploration to reuse the existing slate at this time.