HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003 04 03 memorandum from Boyd Maher, AHPP for CoA applicationMEMO
To: Little Rock HDC
From: Boyd Maher, AHPP
Date: April 3, 2003
RE: CoA application for 620 E. 6th St.
I regret that I cannot meet with the Commission tonight, but I had a chance
to visit the site today and meet with the property owner. Brian Driscoll,
AHPP's technical guru, was at the site with me and took the attached photos
of the rear of the building (which may be useful in your deliberations.)
AHPP's National Register staff determined that the property is listed as a
contributing structure in the District, and the proposed work should not
affect its contributing status. With that said, AHPP would like to offer the
following suggestions as you consider this application
1. If possible, the garage should be bricked to match the house. It is our
understanding that there was once a wooden carriage house located at
the rear of the property, but since the owner isn't attempting to
replicate this former structure, the proposed garage must be treated as
new construction rather than a reconstruction.
The Secretary of the Interior's Standards states that new construction
and additions should recall the architecture of the original structure,
but still distinguish themselves as modern. AHPP believes the best
way to "tie-in" the garage with the look of the house would be to use
brick.
However, we can also appreciate that the property owners are
operating on a budget. If bricks are not feasible for this project, a
possible compromise might be to match the color of the hardy -plank
to be used on the garage, sun -room and balcony to the color of other
trim found elsewhere on the house.
2. Another way to "tie-in" the garage with the porch would be to
incorporate some simple architecture onto the gables of the garage,
recalling the details found on the front of the house.
3. AHPP feels the steel doors proposed for the garage may be
inappropriate. We hope the owner would be willing to consider
wood.
4. AHPP has no objection to the sunroom plans as submitted. But we
suggest the HDC, should it choose to approve this CoA, make that
approval contingent upon staff review of the final plans including the
proposed spiral staircase.
5. AHPP commends the owners on their initiative to match the slope of
the garage roof to that of the house. We also are pleased by the
proposed double -hung 6-over-6 wood windows on the garage,
matching those found on the existing sunroom.
I hope these items are helpful to the Commission. AHPP wishes to thank
the Little Rock Historic District Commission for considering our comments.
NW corner of house
back yard from sunroom
rear of house