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Level II: Indvidual H-1

10-G-14-HZ

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Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the window replacement beneath the west-end steps with louvers in a fanlight motif. The material may be treated wood or smooth fiber cement board to reduce the liklihood of rot. Staff recommends a light tube in the proposed skylight location instead of a deck mounted skylight.
Applicant Request
Roofing; Skylights or solar collectors; Other: remove non-original window; add louvers
    • 1) Replace 3-tab asphalt shingles with dimensional shingles on the west roof of former gymnasium. (Level 1)
      • 2) Install 22-inch x 30-inch flush skylight near the south end of roof as noted in submitted photograph. Example of proposed skylight as indicated in Figure 1.
      • 3) Replace late-added semi-circular glass window at north end of main building beneath steps with wood louvers with fan-motiff infill that is similar to that of the arch infill over the main entry door facing Glenwood Avenue.
Indvidual H-1
    • Style: Colonial Revival (1913;1926)
      • Two-story brick building. Six-light wood double doors for north entry, topped with arched transom. Half-view entry door on east wing and monumental concrete stairs on the north elevation of the east wing. Entry to original building on east elevation removed. Flat roofed section on the east and two story section with raised bsement to the rear. Gymnasium to west with front facing gable roof and gabled portico. Limestone quoins, brick water table, dentil molding, keystones and limestone sills highlight the buildings. Wood double-hung windows throughout the building, some twelve-over-twelve, nine-over- nine, eight-over-eight and fifteen-over--fifteen. Brick chimneys at entry to gymnasium and at the gable end of the south façade of the east wing. One-story bay with paired six over eight double-hung windows appears on the south façade of the east wing
Applicable Guidelines
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.
    • 2. The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure, or site and its
    • environmental shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any historic material
    • or distinctive architectural features should be avoided when possible.
    • 3. All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own time.
    • Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier appearance
    • shall be discouraged.
    • 4. Changes which may have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the history
    • and development of a building, structure, or site and its environment. These changes may
    • have acquired significance in their own right, and this significance shall be recognized.
    • 5. Distinctive features, finishes and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship
    • that characterize a property shall be preserved.
    • 6. Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity
    • of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature shall match
    • the old design, color, texture, and other visual qualities and, where possible, materials.
    • Replacement or missing features shall be substantiated by documentary, physical or
    • pictorial evidence.
    • 10. Wherever possible, new additions or alterations to structure shall be done in such a
    • manner that if such additions or alterations were to be removed in the future, the essential
    • form and integrity of the structure would not be impaired.
    • Secretary of Interior's Standards: Sustainability in Rehabiliting Historic Buildings: Daylighting
    • Recommended:
    • 1) Adding skylights or dormers on secondary roof elevations where they are not visible or are only minimally visible so that they do not negatively impact the building's historic character.
    • 2) Adding a small light well or light tubes, where necessary and appropriate, to allow more daylight into the building.
    • Not Recommended:
    • 1) Adding skylights or dormers on primary or highly-visible roof elevations where they will negatively impact the building's historic character.
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Meeting Date
October 16, 2014
COA Expires October 15, 2016
Indvidual H-1
124 E Glenwood Ave 37917
Applicant
Nancy Rector Nancy Rector Roberts
Owner Brownlow Homeowner's Association - Jenny Wright, Sec'y Jenny Wright, Sec'y

Case History

Date Filed
September 29, 2014
Date Heard
October 16, 2014

Case History