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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: 6 November 2017 Application Number: 2017-1101 Property Location: 706 N St Joseph Street Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: American Foursgaure / 1905 / "The Good House" Property Owner: Mark Zimmerman Landmarl: or District Designation: River Bend Historic District 48308-92 Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: This two-story American Foursquare sits on a fieldstone foundation. The second story has a slight overhang. The hipped roof has asphalt shingles, hipped dormers, and a center brick chimney. The street facing side has concrete steps and stoop, an iron railing, and a corrugated metal overhang. Windows are 9 -pane fixed on the front first story, 1/1 doable hung. The dormer has a 6 -pane casement. Windows have aluminum storm windows, a wood front door with aluminum storm door. A detached one -car concrete block garage with a flat roof is to the rear of the house. ALTERATIONS: Siding is not original and predates the district designation. Large overgrown shrubs were removed from the front yard with COA # 2001-0608-2. Asbestos shingles were replaced with the current asphalt shingles with COA #200671024. At some point, vinyl windows were installed on the south side of the main floor. APPLICATION ITEMS: "Install 5 replacement windows." DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Applicant seeks to replace 5 windows with white Champion Comfort 365 windows in the following locations: in the living room on the west side, a picture window (51 %Z" x 65"); in the front room on the west side, another picture window (51 ''/z" x 65"); on the north side, one double -hung window in the stairwell ( 23 1/2" x 45"); in the living room on the north side is a 2 -Lite slider window (42 3/a" x 23"); and in the kitchen, a double -hung window (293/4" x 393/4"). PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT: On November 6, 2017 at approximately 1:30 PM I visited the property located at 706 N St. Joseph within the River Bend Local Historic District. i met with Mark Zimmerman to document the condition of the windows that they, have applied to replace. In full disclosure the owners of the property Mark and Nancy are personal friends and I have performed work on the house prior to my tenure at Historic Preservation. I am familiar with the status of the front windows in particular as I had previously attempted to help winterize those years ago. The first two windows on the application are the front (west) picture windows. These were not originally picture windows but actually double hung. The previous owner of the house removed the sashes, then took the wood stonn window and installed it in the first set of tracks between the interior and parting stops, they then added an aluminum storm window to the outside. This setup is ill-fitting at best and has had different filler wood to help keep the wood storm in place. Air infiltration is prolific on both front windows as both of these have had the same treatment. The third window is the horizontal window near the northwest window. The sash itself is in good shape and has a wood storm window on the exterior. The desire of the owner is to have a window that operates since they have never had airflow towards the front of the house. The fourth windo%v is a double hung on the north side of the house at the landing of the stairs. The bottom sash has significant deterioration and due to settling and damage from nearby construction and roadwork, the window is out of square. Photographs will depict the repairs the owners have made to the plaster walls. The lower left corner of the frame has enough of a drop that outside water has blistered the interior wall. Upper sash is painted in place but is separated due to pressure from being out of square. The fifth and final window is a non -original aluminum replacement window that does not stay open and faces the rear yard of the house.