Level II: Individual Landmark - George Taylor House
5-G-15-HZ
Approved
Recommendation
ApprovalApplicant Request
Additions- Construct rear one-story addition with overall dimensions of ~36'x 37.5' with a 21.5' bluestone terrace with brick foundation as shown in submitted drawings. Screened-in porch to be included in addition. Addition to include flat roof surrounded by straight wood balustrade. Screened-in porch to have hipped roof with metal standing-seam appearance. Terrace to have turned wrought iron railing. Materials to match that of main house including cedar shake on the walls and brick foundation. Two wood-framed full-light doors on rear located to each side of large picture window. Addition not to be visible from Kingston Pike.
Individual Landmark - George Taylor House
- Style: Queen Anne with Neoclassical influence (c.1900;1929)
- George Taylor House. Two-story frame with shingled wall covering, applied quoins. Pyramidal hipped roof with asphalt shingles. One-story ell on east elevation with pyramidal hipped roof forming glassed-in screened porch. Two-story ell with quoins on west connects to one-story extension with hipped roof and quoins, and breezeway connecting to two-story garage and servants' quarters. Three-bay front façade with front entry on western bay, an arched portico with a cornice, entablature and dentil molding supported by square pilasters with Doric capitals, six-panel entry door with a four-light transom. Twelve-over-twelve wood double-hung windows. Bay window on east elevation. Two-story enclosed sleeping porch on rear elevation with eight-over -ight double-hung windows. Brick off-center side chimney. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. (1929 Redesign executed by Charles Barber.)
- Style: Queen Anne with Neoclassical influence (c.1900;1929)
Applicable Guidelines
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
See Guidelines- SECRETARY OF INTERIORS STANDARDS
- (9a.) New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment.
- (9b.) Additions to the existing structures on site may be undertaken in two locations:
- Rear additions are acceptable, provided they meet the requirements of 9(a) above, and are not visible from Kingston Pike; or
- additions to the side of the structure may be acceptable, provided they are located at least 15 to 20 feet to the rear of the front elevation of the existing buildings, are subordinate to the existing buildings, and meet the requirements of 9(a) above.
- 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.
