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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-13-2013 Historic Preservation Commission�_ ri �tEaunnrtnj� o �� IOWA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Thursday, June 13, 2013 City Hall, 410 E. Washington Strcct Emma) Iarvat Hall 5:15 P.M. A) Call to Order B) Roll Call C) Public discussion of anything not on the agenda D) Certificate of Appropriateness 1. Trinity Episcopal Church, 320 E. College Street (exterior lighting) 2. Crum -Overholt House, 726 Iowa Avenue (door removal/window installation) E) Report on Certificates issued by Chair and Staff F) Consideration of Minutes for May 9, 2013 — HPC Meeting G) Adjournment Staff Report Historic Review for 320 E. College Street District: NA Classification: Local Historic Landmark June 7, 2013 The applicant, Trinity Episcopal Church, is requesting approval for a proposed alteration project at 320 E. College Street, a local Historic Landmark and National Register property. The project consists of the installauon of exterior lighting on the north side of the historic church building. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.7 Mass and Rooflmes Staff Comments The historic Trinity Episcopal Church was designated a Local Historic Landmark in 1996; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The descripuon and significance statements from the National Register nomination are included with this report. The historic church was built in1871; it is Gothic Revival style, and the plans are attributed to Richard Upjohn, a 19th century New York architect known for his Gothic Revival church designs. The proposed work includes the installation of four exterior lights to be mounted on custom brackets made from 1-inch square steel tubing, and placed on both sides of the north window of the sanctuary. The proposed brackets will be attached to the exterior wall and extend out approximately 24-inches. The window is behind the alter, and the purpose of the lighting is to illuminate the stained glass window during evening services. The goal is to provide even lighting of the window. The proposed fixtures are 50 watt, 2481 lumen 1.14:1) flood lights. The housing and the custom brackets will be painted to thatch the color of the exterior wall. The guidelines do not address this specific type of alteration, although 4.7 Mass and Rooflincs states that the installation of mechanical devices on prominent street elevations is not recommended. While not the front of the building, the north side of Trinity Church is prominent and easily viewed from the street, and flood lights mounted 21-inches out from the wall will be a noticeable alteration. In Staff's opinion, more information is required to better understand the design and appearance of the lights and custom brackets. As described by the applicant's contractor — Chambers Electric — the lights will be located on both sides of the window, spaced equally from the top and the bottom of the window. There is concern that this will compromise the historic character of the building, and Staff recommends the study of less conspicuous alternative designs. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 320 E. College Street, as presented in the application, with the following condition: 0 Final design of the lighting and custom supports to be reviewed and approved by Chair and Staff. . DESICRIPTION (Chuck One) td Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Deteriorated ❑ Ruins ❑ Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One) ❑ Altered x] Unaltered ❑ Moved Pq Original Sit. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAI_ (it knawn) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Trinity Episcopal Church is of frame construction and uses the vertical board and batten construction technique. It is of the Gothic Revival style., of the type commonly known as carpenter, cottage, or pseudo -perpendicular. Trefoil ornamentation in relief appears on the facade, and three lancet arch windows pierce the wall over the front door. There are also four lancet arch windows along the sides of the church, indicating the bays. Five dormer windows echo the bays, and the battens terminate in a repetition of the lancet points under the eaves. A dentil course is used in place of vergeboard trim. The face of the narthex repeats the facade design on a smaller scale. A projection, a sort of an open bellcote or a sera-fAche substitutes for a steeple. It is also pierced by a lancet arch and the dentillation reheats the narthex and facade trim. A recessed trefoil cusp is used here in place of the relief trefoil ornamentation on the rest of the building. The bellcote supports a large botonee cross. Transepts bisect the cruciform -shaped building between the first and third bays on the narthex end. Relief trefoil ornaments and dentillation repeat the design of the facade, narthex and bellcote. The two side windows in each transept are lancet arched, but an elliptical arch is used to fill in the area on the outward ends. The first four bays of the building are the nave, the fifth is the choir, while a projection to the north furnishes the space for the chancel and a stained glass window with a lancet arch pierces the non -arse north gable of the south -to -north axis church. A Parish Hall was added in an L extending west from the north end of the church. This �joined the 1878 Rectory which sat on the block just to the west of the church. However, in 1971 the old Rectory was removed and an addition made Ito the Parish Hall. The pattern now is a quadrangle and the west side of the church may only be seen from the small courtyard in the middle of the quadrangle. The south wing of this addition extends across the facade of the church at the lower level, but it has been constructed in a style synn.athetic to the original, and the Gothic details have been repeated, not obscured. The trefoil motif is found repeatedly in both the old and the new portions or the total complex, in various forms, and is fitting to a parish church dedicated to the Trinity. Other than the quadrangle addition and the extension across the lower level of the facade, the exterior of the building is in or near to its original condition. Only the east wing, the original section, is being nominated. This building is located on Lot 8, Block 62 of the Original Town of Iowa City, and the deed is recorded in Book 27, page 598 at the Recorder's IOffice in the Johnson County Court House. Lot 7, Block 62 also belongs to the church and is the location of the Parish Hall. N M M a w lil rn ilONIF[CANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) ❑ Pre -Columbian I ❑ 16th Century ❑ 18th Century ❑ 70th Century - ❑ 15th Century ❑ 17th Century ® 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applico6lo end Known) oyi AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check Onc ar MorB H8 Approp ri of ¢) Abarlgincl S Education ❑ palitical ❑ Urban Planning ❑ Prehistoric ❑ Engineering Religion/Phi. ❑ Other (Specify) Historic ❑ Industry losophy ❑ Agriculture ❑ Invenrion ❑ Science [ Architecture ❑ Landscape ❑ Sculpture's ❑ Art Architecture ❑ Social/Human• ❑ Commerce ❑ Literature itarion , ❑ Communications ❑ Military ❑ Theater ❑ Conservation ❑ Music ❑ Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Trinity Parish Church (Episcopal) is the only Gothic Revival building in Iowa City that employs vertical boarding, a frequently -used construction form of the style. For this reason it is significant as an extant example of a common design and building technique of the mid••19th century Alidwest. It is also notable for being attributed to a design by Richard Upjohn, a New York architect, who was perhaps the most famous Gothic Revival advocate in the country, at least for church buildings. The church was built in 1871 at a cost of S6,250, and the construction was superintended by James i4. Sheets, who also built Ste Patrick's Church in Iowa City. Trinity Church is, so far as can be determined, one of two churches built in Iowa either directly from plans by Upjohn, or from modifications of drawings found in Unjohn's Rural Architecture, a book of architectural designs published in T352. The other one was Hone Episcopal Church in Ft. Madison, non -extant. The architectural style and the construction technique are virtually unaltered since 1871. Furthermore, this building is the parish church of the Protestant Episcopal denomination, a group that has been connected with both Iowa City, and with the University of Iowa, since the inception of each entity. Three University Presidents have been parishioners here, and one Rector of Trinity Parish also served as President of the University. That was Silas Totten, 1859-1862. The building and the congregation which it houses are an integral part of the social fabric of the co =ity, and the building is a visual example of the 19th century heritage of the town. I �;A VP WK "ki .- .Tw�\ � \�� /� : It Application for Historic Review Application for alterations to the historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 144C. Guidelines for the Ilistoric Review process, explanation of the process and regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook, which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online at: www.icgov.org/HPhandbook For Staff Use: Date submitted: ❑ Certificate of No material Effect ❑ Certificate of Appropriateness ❑ Major review ❑ Intermediatereview ❑ Minor review The HPC does not review applications for compliance with building and zoning codes. Work must comply with all appropriate codes and be reviewed by the building division prior to the issuance of a building permit. Meeting Schedule: The IIPC meets the second Thursday of each month. Applications are due in the PCD office by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the meeting. See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. Property Owner/Applicant Information (Please chcckprimary contact Per ❑ Property Owner Name: T_i-nityEpiscopal Church Email: n'initvic.ore Phone Number: (319 ) Address: City: Iowa City ❑ Contact Name: IA_ Zip Code: 52240 Email: rlchman12312aa email.com Phone Number: (319 ) 530-4565 Address: City: Iowa City _ State: IA Zip Code: 52240 Proposed Project Information Address: 320 E Colleee St, Iowa City ------- Use of Property: church Date Constructed (if known): 1871 Historic Designation (Maps are located in the Historic Preservation 1 taadbook) ❑E+ 'Phis property is a local historic landmark. OR ❑ This Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location): ❑ Brown Street I Iistoric District ❑ College Green I Iistoric District ❑ East College Street I Iistoric District ❑ Longi'ellow Historic District ❑ Nortlis'ide Historic District ❑ Summit Street Historic District ❑ Woodlawn Historic District ❑ Clark Street Conservation District ❑ College Hill Conservation District ❑ Dearborn Street Conservation Dish ict ❑ Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: 0 Contributing ❑ Noncontributing ❑ Nonhistoric Application Requirements Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected. ❑ Addition (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.) ❑ Building Flevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans ❑ Alteration (Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, deck or porch replacenrcnt/consnuction, balusterrepair, or similar. If the project is a minor alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the scope of the project are sufficient.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Photographs ❑ Pioducllnfmmation ❑ Construction of new building ❑ Building Elevations ❑ FloorPlans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans ❑ Demolition (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding or any portion of a building such as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.) ❑ Photographs ❑ Proposal of Future Plans ❑ Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance. ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ & Other: replacement of window backlighting for altar window Please contact the Preservation Planner at 3565243 for materials which need to be included with application. Proposed Project Details Project Description: We propose to replace the backlighting for outar window to make it more visible inside the church during evening services,r al11ir L11e-atley. (Photo dUdLhed) The window is eight feet wide, and ten feet tall. The old lighting was removed during a oaln mg oroiect some vears ago, and it has been our intent o replace the Chambers Electric to made of t" square st with the lights direct ur in front of the window. WE //www.envi ron me ntallights.com/14738-m Ifl50led5o. htm I#collatera I -tabs Materials to be Used: four 50 watt LED tloodlir�hts (info attached) mounted on painted brackets made from 1 inch square steel tubing, two lights on eac r sr e o wm ow, approximateiy Inc es outom t e exterior wa . 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Thlc nnri nt rhr .CanCC1,6 nnvr hnc h sn 61nak d http://www.environmentallights.com/14738-ml115Oled5O.hhn1 5/22/2013 Staff Report June 7, 2013 Historic Review for 726 Iowa Avenue District: College Hill Conservation District Classification: Key Contributing in district; local Historic Landmark The applicants, Sanjay and Jigna Jani, are requesting approval for a proposed alteration project at 726 Iowa Avenue, a Key Contributing property in the College Hill Conservation District and a Local Historic Landmark. The project consists of the removal of an existing entrance door which will be replaced with a new window and wall in -fill. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.13 Windows Staff Comments Nineteenth Century Horne Arrhltedure of Iowa Oi t, by Margaret N. Keyes, refers to this house as the Overholt Plum House and lists 1873 as the date of construction. Gerald Manshein's Iowa Co,. -An Illustrated Flistory lists 1841 as the date of construction, and the original owner as William Crum, the editor of The Iowa Jtandard. A survey of Iowa Avenue completed in 2003 for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission concurs with the 1841 date, and places this house in the context of the Territorial and Early Statehood Era of 1839 — 1857. The house was designated a Local Historic Landmark in 2003, and while it is not listed on the National Register of I-Iistoric Places, the 2003 survey noted that the house is in good condition and eligible for listing. The style is described as Eclectic: Colonial, Greek Revival, and Victorian. The proposed work includes removal of the existing west door on the front of the house, to be replaced with a new double hung window. The historic wood door will be moved to the interior foyer where it will be used as the main entrance into the west rental unit. The new window will match the existing window on the east side of the front elevation. The proposed window is a Jeld Wen metal -clad wood double hung window. The remainder of the full height opening will be in -filled with insulated wall construction and sided to match the window opening on the east side. The guidelines for windows recommend that new windows match the type, size, sash width, trim, divided light pattern, and overall appearance of the historic windows. New windows should be in a location that is consistent with the window pattern of the historic building or buildings of similar style. Replacement windows may be metal -clad solid -wood windows. In this case, with a house that is more than 150 years old, over time there have been significant alterations to the original features and design. It is unlikely that the existing window on the east side of the front elevation is original. The door and transom on the west side are old, and may or may not be original. Troth the east and west openings are full height and could have had original hill height windows. An 1859 etching of this house shows large double hung windows, with shutters. It is Staffs opinion that the proposed work threatens to destroy an clement of the historic character of this house, and is therefore unacceptable. The door and transom to be removed, if not original, have been in this wall opening for a very long time and are part of the history of this building. Removing this door would be in violation of The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, which states the following: Item 2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic materials or alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided. Item 4. Most properties change over time; those changes that have acquired historic significance in their own right shall be retained and preserved. Item 5. Distinctive features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property shall be retained. In Staff's opinion, the existing door is a historic feature which should be retained and preserved; if not original, the door has acquired historic significance over time; the door is a distinctive, character defining feature of this house. Recommended Motion Move to deny a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 726 Iowa Avenue, as presented in the application. 1 �N IV6 z IhII?am Olao mas the editor of the Iowa Standard, III e fiast nemspape in loaw City, a Whig paper that began pebivatzon there in 1841. His house soli stands at 726 foi.a dc'enue. Fmin IN 1859 Johnson County Land 114ap; cowle.sp of the State fl,unical Society of Iowa 5A Application for alterations to the historic landmarks or properties located in it historic dishier or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 144C. Guidelutes for the Historic Review process, explanation of the process and regulations can be found in the lower Ci{v llistm is Preservation HamLook, which is available in the PCD Ake at City Hall or onlina at: wwsv_icgov.org/HPlland'book Vol Stair Use: Date submitted ❑ Certificate of No material E33cct ❑ Certificate of Appropriateness ❑ Major ree'iax ❑ latennediete review ❑ Minor review The IIPC does not review applications for compliance with building and zoning codes. Well, must comply with all appropriate codes and be Ius iew'ed by the building division prim to the issuance of a building permit. Mvetitig Scln 4lile: I lie HPC meets the second Tllnrsday of each month. Applications are due iu the PCI) office by ttoou on Wednesday three weeks prior to the Sleeting. See attached docuntcat lot application duilliacn and merling dates. -- -- Property owner Applicaut Information (P9egse Creek Pnaurtry conh¢F ycrson) ❑ Property Ouner Name:r/- I;ruaiL* NJ A-( 'Ct hi'"'Te49-1 l Phone Nmnber: . If:lq &Fj4ii>•-'- s . Adclvxss: Zip (lode. ❑ C'nttfirtcYo]? (:onxulLant Name: trot ` Ai Email: AL-- a'yq".. `j __ _- Phone Nmuber: (3)J) C-f MrH I, 4w h� Address: 41Ga.•_.'F°3C! _ - _ __. .__._ .-. State ,17q"ZipCode_.-_'a'-2 y Proposed Project Information Atldress: _._1. �"�...._. lC% :_._...TA"V 0U, ,_...._—..... _ __....._.-._.._._- ............... Use of Property' _-l%-`— -- Date Constructed (if known): Historic Designation (;Map. . located m the nntoric Pinmiiuou nvulI,.k) ❑ '('Iris pro)x:rty is a local historic landmark OR ❑ Tlos Property is within a historic or cousen�atiou district (Choose location) ❑ nFawn 5h-ect Historic 1')islncf ❑ C'ollcgc Circcit His&.tic ❑isL'ict ❑ fjasl College Sncet Historic District ❑ Douutellnw Iirstodc District ❑ Noribside Iliatorw District ❑ Srnnniit Street Historic Dish'ict U V: oadlmka IhMonc DvMnct ❑ Clark Street C m,mvllwo Disrict V College hill Conservation Dish icl ❑ llearbom Sh'oct Conservation llinh ici cioveroor-Luca"St1L'CI C'ngsCiNntiOYh DiRtt ul within the district, this property is classified as: v C'outilhutiap 0 Noncontr'iboblig 0 NonhivtnEw Application Requirements Choose appropriate project type. to order to cosine application can be processed, please ittetude all 'at ad materials. Applicatiom without necessary materials'tiny be rejected, ❑ dditiou (,Typically projcet9 entailing ati adthtion to flit buildings luolpma to let as a rnorn, porch, deck. etc.) ❑ Building Nlevatimrs ❑ PloarPlam ❑ Photoer2pha ❑ Produel h'forwabon ❑ Site Plant Alteration (Typically projects cntndime'vmk sueh ae''ding and window replacement, skyliglits, windowopening a]fcratiomG deck or perch repiaeemrnGwnstnrotion, baluster tepai', or sinitial-. Ifthn project is a minor anciation. photographs Ilia drna-ings to describe the scope of the project are snf2lciaa.) ❑ Bnildiog Lkcatfrms YJ Pi;otogiaphs Product Information ❑ Constructiou of new building ❑ Building Elevahoms ❑ Flow Plat ❑ photographs ❑ Prodrwt huf ..nailon ❑ Site plam ❑ Demolition (Ptajects entailinc do de'nelition of a prima'}' atruemu'e or outbuilding, e'' any portion of a building, sod' as por=h, chimney. decorative tort- baluster, etc.) ❑ llhotopaphs ❑ Proposal of Funnrc Plmrs ❑ Repair- or rektoration of an existing s7uchtro that will not change its appear-allec. ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Intin'mation ❑ Please contact the lh esercanon Plarecr ai'. M-5243 for lornaials rcineL treed to be included with application. Proposed Project Details project Dewriptinn: 11-1irt�a�_.�?i 3(_te--rv" V4 N T x - Materials to be IIsed: +¢�u�y(�y �_i�—.�r`t��=�t�q_,�yr~�gj�)-r�2ayY��-'-_ �>St[r'►�zaXY_— -1. 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Below arc the projects approved since the February report. Certificates of No Material Effect — Chair and Staff review 825 N. Gilbert Street - porch floor repair Intermediate Review — Chair and Staff review none Minor Review — Pre -approved items — Staff review 918 Dearborn Street - new deck at back of house 223 South Dodge Street - replace non -original windows on third floor above the main entrance 418 and 426 Brown Street - replace windows on non -historic structures MINUTES PRELIMINARY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MAY 9, 2013 EMMA HARVAT HALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Kent Ackerson, Esther Baker, Thomas Baldridge, Kate Corcoran, Frank Durham, Andrew Litton, Pam Michaud, Ginalie Swaim, Dana Thomann MEMBERS ABSENT: David McMahon, Frank Wagner STAFF PRESENT: Chery Peterson, Bob Miklo OTHERS PRESENT: Don Cochran, Boyd Crosby, Richard Holmes, Joel Kline, Mike Oliveira, Brad Pouleson, John Shaw RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: (become effective only after separate Council action) None. CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Swaim called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA: There was none. CONSENT AGENDA: Certificates of Appropriateness: 1133 East Court Street. Peterson said this is a skylight project in the Longfellow Neighborhood. She said the proposal is for two skylights on the back side of the main roof. 424 North Van Buren Street. Peterson said this property is in the Northside Historic District. She said the proposal involves an upstairs window towards the back — a casement that will be replaced with a larger but more appropriate double hung window. 416 South Governor Street. Peterson said this property is in the Governor -Lucas Conservation District. She said this is a UniverCity Partnership project and the work includes a side window that is to be replaced with a new double hung window, and two doors to be replaced with new fiberglass, full -light doors. The window is on the north, the door locations are on the back of the house and inside a vestibule on the south side of the house. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 2 of 18 "111:154", 1 150111Y Peterson stated that this building, located on Washington Street, is proposed for a fagade improvement at Quinton's, the very east -most bay of the building. She said the plan is to re- create the historic prism glass transom and to build a storefront that is more similar to the other ones in the building. Holmes introduced himself as the building operations manager. He said they will try to make the storefront similar to how it was in 1912 and have been working closely with Peterson and city and state staff and look forward to taking the project to completion. MOTION: Corcoran moved to approve certificates of appropriateness for the applications for the projects at 1133 East Court Street, 424 North Van Buren Street, 416 South Governor Street, and the Paul Helen Building in downtown Iowa City. Miklo added that the property on Governor Street will have fiberglass doors and a double hung window. Baldridge seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 8-0 (Baker, McMahon and Wanner absent). CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS: 708 Rundell Street Peterson said this property is in the Longfellow District. She showed the front of the house and the one -car garage behind the house. Peterson said the garage is interesting, because it has a bump out on the back. She said the plan is to lift the garage, cut off the rotten sill and replace it, build a concrete foundation, and set the garage back down. Peterson said it should be the same height as it is now. She said the owners are planning to remove the bump on the back and questioned whether that might require a demolition permit. Miklo suggested the owners be asked if they would be willing to keep that part of the garage. Brad Pouleson, the contractor, said he does not believe the bump out is part of the original structure. He said the footings do not extend to the bump out. Pouleson said it is actually worse than it looks in the photograph and would basically have to be rebuilt. He said that most of the supporting structure is rotted throughout. Pouleson said the bump out is not on the original footing, which is why he wanted to restore this to what he perceived to be the original condition of the garage. He said he does not believe it extended out that far. Miklo said that is certainly acceptable. He said the bump outs reflect the fact that these garages were built for small cars like Model Ts, and then sometime in the 1950s these bump outs were added on to accommodate larger cars. Miklo said it would be nice to save some of them, because they reflect the evolution of automobiles and how garages had to adapt. He said, however, if it is in really severe condition, the owner would have the option of allowing it to come off. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 3 of 18 Corcoran asked if this would be an historic feature that is considered significant to the architectural character and style of the building. Miklo said it would be difficult to say that about a garage, although the preference would be to preserve this feature. He said staff understands, given the condition, that this is not salvageable. MOTION: Michaud moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the application at 708 Rundell Street as presented in the application. Ackerson seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 9-0 (McMahon and Wagner absent). 815 Brown Street Peterson said this property is in the Brown Street Historic District. She showed all sides of the house, including the south, where the addition will be. Peterson said the dimensions of the addition are approximately 12 ft. by 24 ft. She said the roofing would be a standing seam metal roof to match the existing, and the siding would be a lap type siding. Peterson said there is a question as to whether it can be fiber cement board or another product, and there will be a presentation on that. She said the foundation would be concrete with stucco on it to match the existing. Peterson said the windows would be Jeld-Wen windows. Peterson said that everything is okay with this application. She said there is a question about the siding material, and there is an issue with the drawings as to how the new roof meets the back side of the house. Peterson said that is the only condition she had on her recommendation — that a final design be provided for the roof. Shaw stated that he is the architect for this project. He said he wanted to correct one item. Shaw said the owners do not intend to put stucco on the concrete but intend to hand dress it while it is green to get the texture very similar to the texture of the existing foundation. Shaw said the reason that two types of siding were submitted is that they are evaluating which type of siding they want to use. He said he knows the Commission has approved fiber cement board in the past. Shaw said the LP Smart siding that he submitted is a viable alternative. Shaw provided samples of the LP Smart siding. He showed a piece of fiber cement board and a piece of the smooth LP Smart siding. Shaw said they are very similar in texture. He said there has been discussion that fiber cement board produces a lot of silica dust when it is worked. Shaw said it requires masks for those using it and special blades to work on it. He said there is quite a bit of breakage with the fiber cement board, because it is a brittle product. Shaw said that fiber cement board has a fairly large carbon footprint. He said that producing cement is a very energy intensive process. Shaw said the LP siding is essentially pressed hardboard, produced from waste from sawmills. He said the applicant is asking for the option to use one or the other. Shaw said that both of the products have superior paint -holding ability and would look very close to the original wood siding on the house. Swaim asked how long the LP siding has been in use, but Shaw did not know. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 4 of 18 Miklo said it is a fairly new material. He said it was previously known as masonite siding, used in the 70s and 80s, and there were a lot of issues with it. Miklo said it absorbed water and tended to disintegrate. He said this is a reformulated product. Miklo said it is being used in some applications in the Peninsula Neighborhood but does not have as long of a track record as fiber cement board siding. Shaw said he is working through the details of exactly how to make the roof work and will bring in details when they get to that point. Regarding the roof and how it ties in, Miklo said staff could envision a couple of solutions. He said the guidelines discuss offsetting the addition from the original. Miklo said that pulling in the sides, in simple straight lines in plan, would allow the roof to come in and may be one solution to explore. Shaw said this addition will actually have very few square feet as proposed. He said one of the reasons it is as small as it is is because they are being very respectful of the wonderful spruce tree in the back yard. Shaw said, given the fact they are limited in the amount of square footage they can build, pulling in the sides would be the equivalent of losing 16 square feet of usable space, and this is a very limited floor plan. He said he can pull it in, but the reason he bumped it out was to capture that extra square footage. Miklo said staff would then suggest going straight back instead of having the little indention. He said that doesn't help to resolve the roofline though. Shaw distributed Preservation Brief number 14 from the National Park Service concerning new exterior additions to historic buildings to the Commission. Miklo said the Commission's guidelines are basically the same and suggest distinguishing the new from the old. He said in this case the small size of the existing structure should be considered when interpreting the guidelines. Miklo said the proposed design certainly meets the guidelines, but it results in somewhat of an odd indention where new meets old. He said the Commission has approved similar exceptions, including the bungalow on Grant Street where, given the size of the house, the thought was just to extend the addition straight out. Shaw said the issue is to differentiate the new from the old and how to tie in lap siding that varies from 4 1/4 to 4 3/4 —inch reveal. He said he went to the site and measured and feels that if one doesn't put a vertical board between those, it will be difficult to make the lap siding look decent. Miklo said that a vertical board could be put in. Shaw said he feels that would look worse than having the recess and the intentional break. Peterson said she feels confident that this can be worked out. She said it really just involves where the roof ties in. Shaw agreed that it needs work. He said he feels that the space between the two is a nice break between them. Shaw said the Historic Preservation Brief referenced porches and residential units, and he said he disagrees that this is only intended for larger buildings. Miklo responded that he would not argue that. He said what they would normally do would be to have the whole thing pulled in. Miklo said he is looking for an alternative, considering the applicant would like to have more space. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 5 of 18 Shaw said there are four distinct references to "the apparent separation created by the recessed connector." He read the reference that "additions may sometimes be successful if they read as a separate volume, rather than an extension of the historic structure..." Miklo said that is the idea of setting it in. Shaw read the reference "incorporate a simple, recessed, small-scale hyphen to physically separate the old and the new volumes or set the addition back from the wall plane(s)..." He read from "Designing a New Exterior Addition to a Historic Building," where the first bullet item is "A new addition should be simple and unobtrusive in design, and should be distinguished from the historic building — a recessed connector can help to differentiate the new from the old." Corcoran asked Shaw if the recesses cause any significant loss of area. Shaw said the other alternative mentioned in the brief and suggested by Miklo is holding the side walls back for the entire length. He said he chose not to do that because it takes away a little square footage. Shaw said the proposal as drawn is acceptable to him. Swaim asked if there is a way to make the roof work as drawn. Shaw said the easiest way to do that will be to truncate the distance of the overhang. He said it will fit in and will also begin that rise a little bit shorter. Shaw said that on the south elevation, it is pretty tight to those beam ends anyway, and he would like a little bit more room there. He said the roof overhang would then be less than shown and should solve the issue by letting it travel in under the existing eave. Miklo said the proposal is an acceptable way to do the roof on the new addition and does meet the guidelines. He said he was offering a couple of suggestions as alternatives. Miklo said the Commission could approve this as is, or if the Commission feels this results in some sort of odd juncture, could approve it subject to some other solution. Peterson said there is still a conflict where the new roof meets the back wall of the house and the overhang of the existing roof, but she feels this roof issue can be resolved. Regarding the siding, whether fiber cement board or LP SmartSide, she said she did not have enough time to research the products. Peterson said she can talk to someone at the State Historic Preservation Office to see what they are recommending. Shaw said he would take direction from the Commission on that matter. Regarding the siding, Miklo said staff would suggest approving the fiber cement board and, depending on what is heard back from the State, approving the alternative subject to staff approval. Michaud suggested approving both methods of matching the juncture to give the applicant flexibility in case the cost of one way would be exorbitant. MOTION: Michaud moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for 815 Brown Street as presented in the application with the following conditions: provide final roof design for review and approval by chair and staff for possible alternative joining of the addition to the main house, with the approval of fiber cement board siding and, subject to staff s research, the option of using LP Smart siding. Durham seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 9-0 (McMahon and Wagner absent). HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 6 of I8 331 North Gilbert Street Miklo said this property is in the Northside Historic District at the corner of Gilbert and Davenport Streets. He said the Commission has looked at this a couple of times and last year approved an application to take off a couple of small additions and restore the front porch and remove the stairwell and door from the west side. Miklo said the Commission had wanted to see a window on that side in lieu of the doorway. Miklo said some of that work has been done, but the applicant has requested some modifications and also is not going to carry out some of the previously approved alterations. He said the porch is going to stay as is; the applicant is not going to take off the room that was added sometime in the 1990s. Miklo said the applicant will be restoring the porch, and the railing, etc., and the Commission will need some details on that. Miklo said the small entry addition on the north side is going to stay. The applicant has determined that this still needs to be here to deal with a change in grade entering the house, so that will stay the same. Miklo said that on the west side, the applicant has proposed an awning window for the new second floor bathroom. He said the extensive remodeling makes this is a unique situation, so staff feels this would be an appropriate solution. Miklo said that in the gable ends, the applicant proposes to remove the attic vents and replace those with half round windows. He referred to a photograph from before the siding was put on this house, saying that there was a half round window on at least one end if not all three, so that would be an appropriate change. Miklo said the applicant proposes to use fish scale siding, which was original here versus the vinyl lap siding. Miklo said the applicant has removed the one-story portion of the building on the south side that might have originally been a porch but at some point was enclosed. He said the demolition was done without a permit. Miklo said the applicant has changed his mind and would like to rebuild that portion of the building. Miklo showed a view from the 1970s. He said he suspects that at one point this area originally contained an open porch and a small room. Miklo said the applicant is proposing to put back the one-story portion, and staff would recommend that. He said the drawing shows a shed roof, but staff would recommend a roof similar to what was there before, which would be similar to the front porch roof — more of a shallow hip roof. Miklo said staff therefore recommends approval of the application with a couple of conditions: that staff and chair approve the final design for the railings for the porch and the deck, and that the roof for the replacement addition and the trim match what was there originally. He added that all other aspects of the application meet the guidelines. Miklo said this would typically have been put on a consent agenda, if not for the demolished porch item. Mike Oliveira, the applicant for the project, said this house is coming along pretty well, especially considering the rough shape it was in. He said that they are not expanding that HISTOKIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 7 of 18 space beyond the existing foundation that was put in. Oliveira said he asked Miklo for some flexibility from the Commission, because they are still working to configure the inside space. Oliveira said they know they are going to have a door there. He said they would like to have the option to have a window but they are not sure if that will work with the kitchen design. Oliveira said that for the space right there, they want to make sure there is enough roof pitch to use shingles so that they don't have to have that ugly, metal roof. He said that in order to do that, they need to angle it up just a little bit. Oliveira said it will look pretty similar to what staff recommends if they put that little edge on, similar to a house on Johnson Street that he was shown. Oliveira asked about another window. Miklo said there is a small window on the south side of the house that the applicant would like to remove that may not have been original, and staff does not see an issue with that. He said it would also be fine to keep this window, and it might be preferable to have a window there. Oliveira replied that he did not know if he can get it in there because of the structural issues with the house. He said they had to put in a lot of new beams, because there were a lot of cracked beams in the house. Swaim asked if there was an issue with the front porch railings also. Oliveira responded that they have not completed the design yet for the front railings. Miklo said staff is recommending that be left to staff and chair approval so that the applicant would not have to return to the full Commission. Michaud asked, regarding the kitchen design, if there might be a short window over the stove. Oliveira answered that the design will be reworked. He said the issue is that because that space is not conditioned for heat and water underneath there because of the foundation, there is a risk of having freezing pipes if he runs the sink all the way out to there and puts a window there. Oliveira said they are currently trying to explore whether that is possible. Michaud said it looks good. She said the south door looks kind of arts and crafts style to her instead of Victorian. Michaud said it might be better to have a half light door there if the security is adequate. Oliveira said he just used that door in the drawing, because he had it in his program. He said that door will be half glass because of the light that will be needed in the kitchen. Oliveira said when he looked at the inside of the house to see what was left and try to restore the woodwork, he could see the house is a combination of craftsman and Victorian, kind of a farm house style. Baldridge expressed appreciation for the efforts the owner has made to pull this house back together. Oliveira said they have applied to purchase the lot next door for parking. MOTION: Baker moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the application for 331 North Gilbert Street as presented with the following conditions: provide design information for the new deck and deck railing and provide product information on the door, roof, trim and windows for final review and approval by chair and staff. Thomann seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 9-0 (McMahon and Wagner absent). HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 8 of 18 2460 South Gilbert Street Peterson said this property is the historic McCollister farmstead that is just south of Iowa City on Gilbert Street. She showed the location on a map and a photograph of the house, which is originally from the 1860s. Peterson showed where the new garage would be, at the end of the lane, at the site of a previous outbuilding. She said that a three -car garage with an additional shop is being proposed. Peterson said the dimensions are basically 24 by 52. Peterson said the applicant has referred to a garage on Brown Street as the model for the detailing on this project. She said it would be a board and batten design with trim similar to what the Brown Street garage has. Peterson showed a sketch of the three single garage doors plus the shop area with a pair of full light type doors. She said it is a little different from what was shown in the packet, but staff has been working with the applicant and the contractor. Peterson said another correction is that the roofing that is being proposed is a standing seam metal roof, which is also what is on the house. Peterson said that with the conditions of providing the necessary product information and a final design, staff is recommending approval. MOTION: Thomann moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the application for 2460 South Gilbert Street as presented in the application with the following conditions: provide product information for siding and roofing materials, provide product information for doors and windows, and provide final design for review and approval by chair and staff. Corcoran seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 9-0 (McMahon and Wapner absent). 2530 South Gilbert Street. Peterson said this is the other half of the historic landmark property. She said the applicants have the same lane before it splits off. She said the site of this proposed house is where the original barn has been removed. Peterson referred to the drawings. She showed the elevation facing north toward the old house, the elevation facing south and the two side elevations. Peterson said that as one comes up the lane, the view would be of the west elevation. Peterson said that the house plans and roof plans are in the packet. She said the materials include a standing seam metal roof and a board and batten type of wall siding. Peterson said the proposed windows are an Andersen product that is not one of the approved window products, as described in the report. IIISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 9 of I8 Peterson said the foundation would be a manufactured stone veneer product. She said the retaining walls would be faced with some salvaged stone from the barn, but there the veneer product is proposed for anywhere there is stone on the house. Cochran said that he and his wife are the owners of this property. He said they purchased the entire property about nine years ago when it was ten acres. Cochran said it was in a bad situation, so they subdivided it and sold it to someone who was moving into the house. Cochran said he has been working on the remaining six acres for the past nine years. He said the barn was unsalvageable; the roof had come off and the foundations were caving in. Cochran said that he has reclaimed many things, including the cupolas, one of which they plan to utilize as a part of the design. He said he salvaged the timbers out of the barn and will utilize them on the interior. Cochran said the stone walls were taken down and salvaged. He said there is not enough to use on the outside except for the retaining walls they are going to build and in the interior for some fireplaces. Cochran said the limestone from the barn is being kept and utilized wherever possible, and they also want to use a product for a stacked stone veneer that hopefully will be fairly similar to the salvaged stone. Peterson said the original barn was about 45 by 80 in its footprint. She said the new house would be an L shape of basically 62 by 63 in dimension. Peterson said the staff report confirms that this style is appropriate. She said it is mainly with materials that staff has an issue, because the proposed materials do not meet the guidelines. Crosby, the general contractor for this project, showed a sample of the veneer product: 'Stackstone' by J&N Stone. Swaim asked how deep the veneer is. Crosby responded that it is anywhere from 1 3/ inches to 2% inches. Swaim asked if there is mortar in between. Crosby said it is adhered to the wall, and then it is mortar between. Cochran said there is another product from the same manufacturer that is actually bigger stones, they just can't make it on a smaller scale. He said they will have to utilize it, because the stone was not one consistent size, there were probably three or four different widths. Cochran said they are trying to incorporate that. He said one can put a little bit of color in it, like the one with more of a darker additive. Swaim asked Commission members if they feel the product is compatible with salvaged stone. Peterson said she does not know much about this product. She read from the guidelines that, "Using synthetic masonry materials, such as artificial stone, is disallowed." Peterson said the Commission has the option of overriding that and making an exception. She said she has not seen an installation of this product. Crosby said the real stone is more expensive and more labor intensive to install. He said that the availability of some of it is not good either. Crosby said that in the last few years, there has been a lot of this stone veneer used in residential and commercial. He said it is a very viable product and has a nice look. Crosby said he has not heard of any problems with the product but said he does not know how it has held up overtime. Michaud asked if the product is fabricated out of cement. Crosby confirmed this HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 10 of 18 Miklo said that if the Commission felt there was a compelling reason to override the guidelines, that would have to be stated to approve the material. He said the one thing that may justify this is that the applicant is trying to match the original stone foundation in color and texture, and that may be hard to do without a synthetic product. Peterson commented that for this product, it appears that the selected style is the closest match. Baldridge asked how much of the original stone will be usable. Cochran said he hopes to reuse all of the stone that he has salvaged. He stated that it was originally a beautiful bank barn, so it didn't have the stone on the south side. Cochran said the north side and the east side have just come down as they tried to take it down safely, so the only salvageable stone left is what is there. He said the goal is to utilize as much as possible in the retaining walls and the interior, and if there is any left, he would try to use it in a veneer or on the property. Peterson said it would be a bigger stone than is seen with the veneer sample. Cochran confirmed this. He said there will be some small like that, but most of them will be bigger pieces. Durham asked if the guidelines require the use of historically accurate, archaic materials in new construction. Peterson said the guidelines for new construction do not recommend using a veneer, and do not allow a synthetic masonry, for the purpose of maintaining standards of quality. Miklo said it may be that when the guidelines were written, this product was not in use or had not been presented. He said it does seem to be a little higher quality than what was seen in the past in terms of substitute stone materials. Miklo said if the Commission is comfortable with this, there is an avenue to approve it, in that an exception could be based on trying to match the historic color and texture of the barn foundation. Swaim said it is a big component of this. She said there is a lot of stone that will be visible. Michaud asked if there is a need or requirement to replicate this. Miklo said there is not and said in fact the owners could use a smooth, concrete foundation or a slightly textured foundation. Michaud said the more discordant element to her is the boat -like appearance of this house design. Thomann said the guidelines state the new house must be compatible with the landmark farmstead. She stated that the whole project, to her, doesn't really look in character. Miklo said there is a park to the south of this property. He said that is important to remember, because the historic views of the property will remain open. Thomann said that if one puts new buildings on a farm and wants them to look old, one really has to go with an old look. She said that to her, this looks very modern in general. Thomann said she appreciates the stone and the materials the owner wants to use. She asked if it matters if the building looks accurate, because there is a prairie park there and development to the other direction. Thomann said she feels that in a few years, this will not look accurate at all Miklo said he has seen many examples of houses that were modeled after barns, and they have more of a barn shape to them. He stated that the applicants came to staff fairly late in their HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 11 of 18 design of this house. Miklo said the staff goal was to take the design the owners already had and try to do the best possible without having them redesign the entire thing. Miklo said that ideally, the owners would have come to staff at the beginning of the project, and they could have explored something that was more appropriate to a barn in scale. He said staff is therefore working with what was presented. Miklo said staff felt that the elevation that is visible from the historic house is important, and it should be simple and have as much of an agricultural appearance as possible. Miklo said the elevation visible coming up from the driveway is also important. He said the eastern part will really only be visible from within the property itself. Corcoran asked about the doors on the north. Cochran replied that those are garage doors for a four -car garage stacked two on two. Michaud asked about the angle of the roof on each end and if that was meant to tie in with anything. Cochran responded that it is a typical design of many barns to have an overhang for the hay rack and a variety of different things. He said that primarily there is an overhang on the south and west in order to block the heat and sun a little bit. Thomann said the dovetails were actually on the building for lifting hay into the buildings. She said the angle of that does not look like a dovetail to her. Miklo said that if the Commission has serious concerns about the overall design and wanted to defer this, a special meeting could be scheduled. He said otherwise, it could be approved with the condition that the details are to be worked out as discussed in the staff report. Kline, the owner of the house at 2460 South Gilbert Street, said he has been working with the Cochrans regarding preserving the character of this property. He said that no one is more at risk from a bad design than he and his wife, since they are the only ones who live there. Kline said that from his house, this new construction is going to fade into a hollow. He said he will see more of the roofline than anything else, and that only in the winter. Kline said that when one looks at that view from the road, the stone face will be seen, but the house is really set down behind there into the hollow. He said that from his property, the softball fields and City maintenance buildings are much more visible than this is going to be. Kline said that if one is really concerned with the historic appropriateness of the building, it should be from his view, not from people driving up and down Sand Road. He said that although this is not a 19`h century barn in any way, this really does have elements. Kline said that from what he has read about historic preservation, it is important to preserve elements. Kline said the goal is not to make it a pretend 1860s building but to make it consonant with the area. He said that with the utilization of the existing materials, with the stone, and with the milled timbers, there are a lot of elements that are to be applauded in the design. Regarding the surrounding properties, Miklo said this is one of the original farms of Iowa City, and the whole property is a landmark. He agreed that there are modern properties that are going to be visible from this, but this project deals with this landmark property, so it should be the Commission's concern as to what happens on this property and how it is viewed from the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 12 of 18 roadway. Miklo suggested the Commission consider all the issues and then maybe come back to make some decisions. Peterson stated, regarding the board and batten siding, that the packet contains three different products that were submitted with the application. She said the first two are metal, and the last one is fiber cement board with the batten design. Peterson said that because the Commission has approved fiber cement board in the past, it is her recommendation to go with that. Crosby said they would either use the fiber cement siding with the vertical batten or a Breckenridge wood/plywood product that is a rough -sawn product that emulates the look of the old barn boards with the batten. Peterson said this historic property will have the new garage, which is a substantial structure, and this building, both with similar siding material. Miklo said if that is acceptable, it would not need to be discussed any further. Cochran said that is acceptable. Regarding the trim, Crosby said the trim would be wood if the siding is wood, and if it is fiber cement board would be Azec, or vinyl, manmade product. He said that when it is painted, one will not be able to tell if it is vinyl or wood. Swaim said vinyl is disallowed. Crosby said that they would use wood then. Swaim said that metal -clad wood is allowed for windows. Regarding the windows, Peterson said staff has not researched this Andersen product. Crosby said it is a vinyl -clad window and therefore probably does not meet the guidelines. He said they would therefore use a metal -clad window. Peterson said there are many options that would be acceptable, and Crosby agreed. Swaim said the Commission will need to decide whether it would make an exception for the use of the stone veneer. Thomann said that she finds the material acceptable but has some issues with the broad picture. She said that because this is an historic landmark and is a piece of history, the Commission really needs to consider that. Thomann stated that farmers now really aren't in existence anymore; the business is mostly corporate. She said the old farmsteads are being torn down, and it is very rare to be able to go see what a real farm looked like back in the day. Thomann said she likes the idea of having a nice transition into what is there now. She said she just wants to find out what fellow Commission members think about the design, as it is not a piece of what that farm looked like. Ackerson asked if it is a charge to recreate a living history farm. He said we have those. Thomann said that we had to build them, because we don't have the real thing anymore. Michaud said the owners are not restoring or repurposing a barn but are just utilizing some of the materials. She said it isn't a restoration but is hopefully a compatible and agreeable design to the people who are careful with their current, historic house. Michaud said it would be nice to have a recreated barn there and make it into a house, but she did not believe the Commission can require that. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 13 of 18 Baldridge said that the house that is now being restored is not what was there when Clark started the farm in 1837. He said it is a much later incarnation. Durham said it is sort of a basic question of authenticity. He said that in a contemporary construction we have references. Ackerson said that even if there is some replication of that original house, the one connection would be the money that it cost to build it. He said he is more comfortable with what is proposed here than he would be with trying to recreate the project. Thomann said she appreciates the fact that the owners could put in a cement foundation and be done, but instead they are really thinking about the elements. Peterson said it is good that the building is being sited in the same location as the barn. She said that putting it right where the barn was seems appropriate. Swaim asked if there is anything that could be tweaked about the piers under the deck. Cochran said that won't be seen; one would have to be in the prairie at the fence line to see it. He said it looks south into the hillside. Miklo said the Commission looks at all four sides of the house, although there would be a little more latitude on the back. Cochran said these are actually limestone blocks, but he could use timbers that go all the way to the ground. Peterson said perhaps the deck could be pulled back in closer, not projecting out as far, but could be wider as it wraps around,. Crosby said that extension from point to point is planned to be somewhere between 12 and 14 feet. He said it is about an average -size deck. Peterson said that there could be more of the stone walls to make it seem more grounded. Crosby asked how much of the land involved here was in the McCollister Farmstead that was put on the National Register. Miklo said it is the entire ten acres. Cochran said that when he originally bought the property, he was told that he could subdivide. He said he subdivided it to six and four acres, and it is zoned RS-5. Cochran said that he could put whatever amount of lots he wanted out there. Ackerson asked why the Commission is involved in this at all. Miklo said it is because the entire property is a landmark property. Durham asked if that means there are requirements that go on to successive landowners. Miklo confirmed this. Cochran said his option is to take his parcel and try to get it off the National Register. He said the property was divided because it was too big for one person to manage with that huge of a house. Cochran said that if one reads it, it specifically says it should be on the National Register because it was the first farmstead, although there is really no farming that can be utilized today, and because of the barn and the smokehouse. He said he never saw the smokehouse and could not salvage the barn. Cochran referred to the properties abutting his land, including the Southgate property and the City property. Cochran said the only real historic building is now the old house. He asked if the rest of the site is any more historical than the Southgate property or the City's prairie. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 14 of 18 Peterson said this is a cultural landscape; it is not just the building. Miklo said that originally, all of the outbuildings associated with the working farm are located on this piece. He said it is important from an historical perspective to be good stewards of the entire property, not just the portion that is left with the house. Cochran said that was a pasture and a lot in the old days — the old property that wraps around. He said there were three additional houses on the property, but they are no longer there. Swaim said it is a good point that this is an historic site; it is not necessarily just the structures that were or were not there. She added that there are many examples of land on the National Register without a structure. Swaim said whether there is more development around the property or not is not a good reason to her to depart from respecting the historic nature of the land. Durham said they have already torn down the barn, and the rest of the structures are all gone. He said he is not inclined to start arguing about the architectural details of the structure. Michaud said that if Southgate owns the land to the east of this property, then the people on the east will be looking at what is considered the back of the house now and will think that is somewhat historically accurate. She said that then it really emphasizes the problem with the triangle protrusion and glass that would not happen historically. Peterson said the glass, and the deck, would be facing mostly to the south. She showed the outline of the house and where the deck would be. Corcoran asked if the deck will be seen by someone driving by on Sand Road or only by someone going up that lane. Peterson said it is at least 12 or 14 feet up in the air. Cochran said there is a foundation there from another house that Shower built originally. He said the property continues to evolve and is not like it was in 1865. Peterson said the topography drops as one goes down the lane. Durham said it looks like the new house is going to be entirely below the level of the old McCollister house. He said that if one looks straight out from the McCollister house, one will be looking over the roof of the new house. Peterson agreed that compared to the barn, it is a lot lower. Thomann said that in essence, the Commission is being asked if it will preserve the landmark to what it is now at the ten acres or if it will let go of those six acres and let that part look modern and have the other part be what it once was. Miklo said the Commission is really to look at the whole property. He said no one would expect a reproduction of the barn that was there and putting a house into that reproduction. Miklo stated that there is a way to design a house that has more of the essence of a barn in this location that would function as a modern house. He said staff's greatest concern was the view from the historic house looking south. Miklo said staff feels this is a reasonable approach, although there could be a better design. Miklo said if the Commission has concerns, this item could be deferred so that the issues could be worked through. He added that if the Commission is comfortable with the general direction of this, staff would recommend approval with those conditions regarding materials. IIISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 15 of 18 Regarding the development to the east, Miklo said that is over the ridge, so even when that subdivision to the east is approved, it won't be noticed. He said one will see this view with whatever is built here. Miklo said there is some real merit in being careful about what goes on this site because of the condition of the farm and the properties on either side of it. Baldridge said this structure is not a replica of the original barn, and that is why he feels the applicant should receive more latitude. Corcoran asked the applicant if there was some reason he put off going to the City, since he knew the significance and history of the site. Cochran said he thought, knowing the history of the property, that its original intent was to be subdivided. He said as many as eight lots were originally approved. Cochran said he has drawings from six years ago, when the original concept was to build a barn -type fagade but even further down. He said there were to be condos above and buildings below where people could sell their wares, with seven lots behind. Cochran said he felt that the view is the drive up that lane. He said that instead of saying he was going to build whatever he wanted to build right down below and block Kline's view and just take it out of its history, there was always something up there. Cochran said they tried to address that and the fagade on the front and the lower level. He said he thought his design would be applauded, but he felt he had the right to make multiple choices. Miklo said that in those conversations with the idea of a seven -lot subdivision, it was made clear that any building on the site would have to go through historic preservation design review. Cochran said he agreed that the design factors would probably be extensive. He said he felt moving from that scale to this scale would be more acceptable. Cochran said he did not have to come with a barn; that was not a requirement. Swaim said the level of discussion and the amount of time the Commission is giving this shows how much it matters. Cochran said he has also spent a lot of time on this. Corcoran asked who would have approved a subdivision on this property. Miklo answered that the Planning and Zoning Commission would have had to approve the subdivision, and any building constructed within that subdivision would have to be approved by the Historic Preservation Commission. He said there were proposals and concept plans at staff level, but the proposal never made it to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Miklo said that the farthest this project ever got was to be divided into two portions: one of six acres and one of four acres. Corcoran said that is the legal decision that is important, because that is what has the ramifications for what happens for the other part of the property. Miklo said that is correct. Regarding the deck, Corcoran said that is the one thing that bothers her. She said that although it may not be seen from the street, in just looking at the design, she sees that end and sees that thing sticking out and thinks that it kind of looks like an A -frame. Miklo said that if a majority is comfortable with the general design, it could be approved with the exception of the deck, which could come back at a later meeting. He said the applicants are anxious to get the house under way so that could get started in the meantime. Miklo said then the deck design could come back at a later meeting, or it could be turned over to the chair and the staff to be worked out. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 16 of 18 MOTION: Corcoran moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at 2530 South Gilbert Street with regard to the stone facing of the retaining wall and house to allow a special exception. She said the Commission finds it appropriate to waive the guidelines because the owners are trying to match the original stone from the foundation of the barn through the use of the concrete veneer product so that the look, color, and texture of the barn foundation can be recreated. Ackerson seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 9-0 (McMahon and Wagner absent). MOTION: Ackerson moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at 2530 South Gilbert Street as presented in the application with the following conditions: the board and batten siding to be fiber cement board or wood siding, with shaped battens; windows to be wood or metal -clad wood; provide product literature for exterior doors; trim boards to be wood or fiber cement board; confirm material and finish for deck railings; and provide above information for review and approval by chair and staff. Baldridge seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 9-0 (McMahon and Wagner absent). MOTION: Baker moved that the final design of the deck and posts for the application for a certificate of appropriateness for 2530 South Gilbert Street be reviewed by chair and staff. Corcoran seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 9-0 (McMahon and Wagner absent). Swaim thanked the applicant for taking on this huge project. She said it is a very complicated and worthy undertaking. REPORT ON CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY CHAIR AND STAFF: Peterson said there were three certificates of no material effect; there was one intermediate review, and there were no minor reviews. REPORT ON BRICK SIDEWALKS Miklo said that at the City Council meeting a few weeks ago, the Public Works Director presented the issue of the brick sidewalks. He said that the Commission had recommended that some effort be made to preserve them and sought some City funding for that. Miklo said the City Council wanted some evidence of neighborhood support of retaining and restoring the brick sidewalks and suggested that a PIN grant be applied for. He said that the PIN grant application has to come through the neighborhood association itself. Miklo said that Ackerson volunteered to write a PIN grant application, which was being considered by the neighborhood association. Miklo said the idea is that for the sidewalk that is in the worst condition, the neighborhood would seek a PIN grant to pay for the difference between the owners replacing it with concrete and what it would cost to restore the brick sidewalk. Miklo said the goal is that in future years, the City would apply for future grants, look for other sources, or leave the sidewalks as is. He said the one sidewalk on the west side of the street is HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION May 9, 2013 Page 17 of 18 in very poor condition and may carry some liability issues. Miklo said the other sidewalks are a little more serviceable. Miklo said there will be a City Council meeting on May 10 at which a neighborhood representative will need to be in attendance to represent the case. Thomann said she would be willing to represent both the neighborhood and the Commission with that application. Swaim thanked Ackerson and Thomann for helping with this project. REVIEW NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION OF BOWERY GROCERY STORE 518 EAST BOWERY STREET: Swaim said the nomination has been revised very slightly. She said the property will be called the Bowery Grocery Store. Swaim said the criteria are still to be determined with the State Review Committee. Peterson said staff will fill out the CLG National Register review form. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR APRIL 11 2013 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING: MOTION: Corcoran moved to approve the minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission's April 11, 2013 meeting, as written. Baldridge seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 9-0 (McMahon and Wagner absent). Miklo stated that there will be a statewide preservation conference in Burlington on August 22- 24`". He said the City would reimburse some of the travel expenses and registration fees and such for two or three Commission members to attend. Swaim said that Thomann will be resigning her position on the Commission. Swaim thanked her for her service. Miklo said there will be a lecture on May 16 at the State Historical Society Office. Swaim said they are doing a statewide survey of existing movie theaters in Iowa. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:06 p.m Minutes submitted by Anne Schulte Z O O� U O Z U O W P O U 04 N CD N W Z a. W IL ~ F U Q O F _N N X X X X X X p X X X p •- w w w r X X X X X X X X a p O O a X X X i X X X X X X M M X X X X X X X X O r X X X i x O O O X N O w oX X X XXXXX 0 r X X X iO X X X O X N X X X i X - X X X X o X X X i X - X X X X M w w w `- X X X i X X _ X _ _ m O O O N X X X i i XO X X X co 0 x 0 X p X X x x co N41 X X 0 X 0 X 0 X n 0 r X X X i i X p X X - X m 0 x X i X X X 1 0 O W w F M M M M M [h M M M M M Z F Y a Y z a w 2 Z W O w Q 111 J Y 2 2 Y a ¢ a a F LL O O Z F z LL LL O w w Q Z C7 za Q(If ° M z a w w K = ° a U Y L) Q 0 Y o Q (Ifw r g s Q Q m OU O N F Q J m N X E m c c N < 9 O a`¢¢z it n n n xow o' w Y