Level II: Brownlow Individual H Landmark
7-E-22-HZ
Postponed
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the proposed masonry repairs to the chimney, with the condition that the repaired/reconstructed chimney retain the original size, design, and detailing, and all masonry repairs meet the standards of NPS Preservation Brief #2.Applicant Request
Architectural feature; Masonry repair/painting- Partial removal of chimney stack. Due to cracks in the mortar and bricks and overall masonry deterioration, the applicant proposes partial removal of the chimney stack. Upper section of round brick chimney proposed to be removed to concrete band at upper-midpoint of chimney. Remainder of round brick chimney to be repointed and repaired.
Brownlow Individual H Landmark
- Style: Neoclassical; c.1913 and 1926
- Two-story, brick masonry school building with a flat roof and parapet walls. The building features limestone quoins, a brick water table, dentiled molding, limestone sills, and decorative keystones; along with double-hung wood windows and three exterior brick chimneys.
- Style: Neoclassical; c.1913 and 1926
Applicable Guidelines
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.
See Guidelines- Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Rehabilitation
- 2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided.
- 3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken.
- 4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved.
- 5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.
- 6. Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence.
- 7. Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used.
- Masonry (Fourth and Gill Design Guidelines)
- 1. Never sandblast brick or stone surfaces using dry or wet grit or other abrasives including walnut casings, seashells, or glass pellets. These methods of cleaning permanently destroy the surface of the material, may harm the mortar, and speed up deterioration.
- 2. Identify and preserve masonry features that define the historic character of the building, including walls, railings, columns and piers, cornices and door and window pediments.
- 3. Replace an entire masonry feature that is too deteriorated to repair. Use the remaining physical evidence to guide the new work, and match the new to old. Examples can include large sections of a wall, a cornice, a balustrade, column, or stairway.
- 5. Match new mortar with the original mortar in color, composition, profile, and depth. If necessary, analyze the original mortar to determine the proportions of lime, sand, and cement. Do not use a 'scrub' technique to repoint. Change the width or joint only if the change will return the joint to its original appearance. Do not remove sound mortar.
- 6. Never repoint with high Portland cement content unless that is the content of the original mortar.
- 7. Historic masonry should not be coated with paint, stucco, vapor permeable water-repellant coatings or other non-historic coatings.
- 9. Chimneys should not be removed or altered if they are original and should match the original design if they must be replaced or have been removed.
Brownlow Individual H Landmark
140 E. Glenwood Ave. 37917
Applicant / Owner
