508 South St. Joseph Street_COA 2021-0303A (RENEWAL)

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STAFF REPORT CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Date: February 14th, 2019 Application Number: Property Location: 2019-0211 508 S St Joseph Architectural Style/Date/Architect or Builder: American Foursquare / 1894 Property Owner: The Entrust Group FBO Lisa H McKnight Landmark or District Designation: Taylor’s Field, Ordinance #8952-98 Rating: Contributing DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURE/ SITE: Large irregular two story (plus attic) Free Classic Queen Anne stylistic cues on a brick foundation. Vinyl/aluminum siding is found throughout. The roof is cross-gabled with asphalt shingles, with smaller gables, inset gabled fronts, and gabled returns. The ground floor has a full front porch with doric columns on brick piers with stone caps supporting a hip roof and pediment over the entry stop. A plain frieze with dentil course and brackets are under the entabulature. Windows are wood, 1/1 double hung. Three slim fixed single pane windows are in the front gable. ALTERATIONS: RME #2016-1026B allowed for the replacement of the asphalt shingle roof. RME #2018- 0911B allowed for the repair of the front porch, including replacement of decking and underlying structure as needed. Replacement of railing, repair of columns as needed. APPLICATION ITEMS: “Replacement of Front Door. The front door was damaged beyond repair due to a breakin. A new door has been installed. We plan to pain the frame around the window to match the front door.” DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT: Applicant seeks a Certificate of Appropriateness for improvements on the structure, including: 1.Retroactive replacement of the front door with Therma-Tru Benchmark Door (Lowe’s – item #15729), A previous contractor executed the work listed as retroactive following damage/vandalism to the property. Troy McKee of McKee Brothers LLC has been retained by the property owner to rectify the issues on the site. The Building Department ‘Red-Tagged’ this property on January 10th, 2019 because work was completed without permit. PRESERVATION INSPECTOR REPORT: STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES: Taylor’s Field Local Historic District Guidelines I.THE ENVIRNOMENT A.THE DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT […] B.BUILDING SITE, LANDSCAPING AND ACCESSORIES Individual properties in the district are characterized by a house located near the front of each lot with a small to medium lawn in front and little to no lawn at the rear of the property. Often the back yard is used as a parking lot for tenants. About half of the properties include a garage which is either located at the rear of the property and accessed from unpaved alleys running behind the property or located directly next to the structure and accessed by small drives. Nearly all of the garage struc ture and accessed by small drives. Nearly all of the garage structures are out of date, single -stall frame buildings. One larger carriage house still stands in the district. Most properties have trees, shrubbery and/or hedges. Most houses conform to th e uniform set-back within each block. Required Plants, trees, fencing, walkways, private yard lights, signs (house numbers) and benches which reflect the property’s history and development shall be retained. Recommended New site work should be based upon actual knowledge of past appearance of the property found in photographs, drawings, and newspapers. New site work should be appropriate to existing surrounding site elements in scale, type, and appearance. Accessory structures such as decks, gazebos, fountains and/or small outbuildings should be appropriate to surrounding site