: Southern Station
7-A-14-DT
Approve As Requested
APPROVE Certificate 7-A-14-DT as submitted.
Recommendation
APPROVE Certificate 7-A-14-DT as submitted.Applicant Request
:- 1) Recreate former entry door ("luggage doorway") (120a) on the front (north) elevation to the left
- (east) of the pedestrian bridge. Remove the late, non-original brick and window infill from the
- former opening and install a new doorway that closely matches the design of the main doorway at
- the second floor main entrance. The door, sidelights, transom muntins and framing will be made
- of wood.
- 2) Remove late, non-original wooden cross-braced double-leafed door (129A) from the rear (south)
- east end, and install pair of true-divided ten-light doors to match the pair directly opposite on the
- front east end of the building in the former freight area. The two existing wooden cross-braced
- panels at the top of the entryway will remain, with a new two-light transom installed below to
- match that existing on the front elevation.
- 1) Recreate former entry door ("luggage doorway") (120a) on the front (north) elevation to the left
Property Notes / Work to be Completed
- This building is within the Southern Terminal and Warehouse (National Register) Historic District. The
- doorway to be recreated was for freight shipment drop-off and where passengers would check their
- baggage. Photo documentation of the doorways proposed to be changed has not been found so there is
- no historical evidence from which to determine an appropriate design.
- The terminal was updated at some point to include some Art Deco elements, such as the arched ground
- floor doorway under the pedestrian bridge that leads to the second floor main entry. This doorway has
- glass block in the sidelights and transom, a multi-pane wood door, and Art Deco inspired wood trim. This
- same design was repeated in the ground floor doorway directly to the rear of the building and much of the
- interior woodwork.
- Though the Secretary of Interior Standards for Rehabilitation recommend against conjectural installations,
- the proposed doorways could have logically been designed in this manner and will add design
- consistency among the highly visible building elements on the front elevation (the Art Deco door is below
- the pedestrian bridge and not highly visible from the street). The proposed "luggage doorway" has a
- rectangular opening similar to the second floor main entry and the transoms on front elevation will have a
- consistent design.
- This building is within the Southern Terminal and Warehouse (National Register) Historic District. The
Meeting Date
July 16, 2014
Southern Station
300 W Depot Ave
Applicant / Owner
