The Historic Preservation Review Board met to consider the following items on Novem er 18, 2010. Copies of staff reports related to cases listed below may be requested by email.
Video archives of the hearing are accessible on the office website.
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HPRB ACTIONS
November 18, 2010
The Historic Preservation Review Board met and considered the following items on November 18, 2010. Present: Catherine Buell, Chair; Tersh Boasberg, Maria Casarella, James Kane, Christopher Landis, Pamela Scott, Robert Sonderman, and Joseph Taylor. Absent: Elinor Bacon.
AGENDA
HISTORIC LANDMARK NOMINATION
Saint Paul AUMP Church, 401 I Street, SE, Case #11-01.
The HPRB voted to designate the Saint Paul African Union Methodist Protestant Church as a District of Columbia landmark and forward to the National Park Service for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Approved: 8-0
MOUNT PLEASANT HISTORIC DISTRICT
3324 18th Street, NW, HPA #11-030, concept/subdivision, parking, sunroom addition, dormer.
The Board supported the concept, with the conditions that the excavation of the yard and expansion of basement windows be reduced to the extent visible from the public view (particularly with respect to the view from Monroe Street) and the addition be developed in consultation with staff. The project should return to the Board with materials specified and with alternatives that show smaller dormers and the elimination of the north dormer. Vote: 8-0. (A separate vote for reduction of the areaways passed 7-1, with Kane opposed.)
SHAW HISTORIC DISTRICT
1511 11th Street, NW, HPA #10-492, concept/three-story roof addition on one-story commercial building.
The Board approved the project in concept, with the condition that the addition be set back from the façade to align with the addition on the adjacent building to the north. Approved: 8-0
U STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT
2221 14th Street, NW, HPA #11-032, concept/new construction of six-story, 30-unit apartment building.
The HPRB approved the project in concept and delegated final approval to the HPO. Approved: 8-0
CLEVELAND PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT
2934 Porter Street NW, HPA #11-031, concept/one-story rear addition.
The Board approved the project as designed and delegated final approval to staff. Approved: 7-0 (Landis recused)
CONSENT CALENDAR
The HPRB approved the following items on the consent calendar, with a vote of 8-0. (Kane recused from Hilton Hotel)
HISTORIC LANDMARKS
Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW, HPA #08-309, extension of previously-approved concept.
CAPITOL HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT
612 A Street, NE, HPA #10-129, demolish existing garage; build two-story garage.
627 G Street, SE, HPA #11-034, concept/two-story rear addition.
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