The Historic Preservation Review Board met to consider the following items on May 27, 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
May 27, 2010
The Historic Preservation Review Board met to consider the following items on May 27, 2010. Present: Elinor Bacon, Tersh Boasberg, Catherine Buell, Maria Casarella, Christopher Landis, Pamela Scott, Robert Sonderman, Joseph Taylor. Absent: James Kane.
AGENDA
DESIGN GUIDELINES
Foxhall Village Historic District.
The Foxhall Village Historic District guidelines were approved as presented by a vote of 8-0.
Guidelines for Commercial Buildings.
The guidelines for Commercial Buildings were approved as presented by a vote of 8-0.
LANDMARK HEARING
The Morris Residence, 4001 Linnean Avenue, NW, Case 07-03.
HPRB approved the staff recommendation, 8-0, and designated the Morris Residence, 4001 Linnean Avenue, NW, as a landmark to be entered in the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites under Criterion D. The nomination will be forwarded to the National Register of Historic Places with a positive recommendation for listing at the local level under Criterion C with a period of significance of 1939 to 1967.
ANACOSTIA HISTORIC DISTRICT
2228, 2234 and 2238 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE, HPA 10-099, raze.
HPRB approved the staff recommendation by a vote of 8-0, to deny the applications to raze as inconsistent with the purposes of the historic preservation law.
CAPITOL HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT
1310 East Capitol Street, NE, HPA 10-247, concept/demolition of alley stable.
The staff recommendation to deny the concept of razing the stable as inconsistent with the purposes of the historic preservation law was approved by a vote of 8-0.
1003 E Street, SE, HPA 09-121, concept/rear addition and two-story rear garage.
HPRB approved the concept as consistent with the purposes of the preservation act and delegated final approval to staff. The Board requested that the applicant consider minor modifications to the rear elevation to address a neighbor’s concerns. Vote: 8-0.
DUPONT CIRCLE HISTORIC DISTRICT
1743 – 1755 N Street, NW, HPA 05-331, revised concept/alterations and addition to five rowhouses for hotel.
HPRB approved the staff report conclusion that the amount of demolition presented did not constitute “significant” demolition requiring appeal to the Mayor’s Agent; recommended substantial realignment of the east wall (next to the Tabard Inn), finding it too high and not set back enough; and asked the architect to modulate the mass of the new addition on the alley so it does not appear as massive, high, and uniform. Vote: 8-0.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT
2007 Columbia Road, NW, HPA 10-214, concept/rooftop addition.
HPRB approved the staff report recommending approval of the addition of the proposed fourth story and deck in concept, contingent on a flag test being conducted prior to the submission of the building permit to ensure that the final dimensions of the addition (including any of its components) are not visible
from the Columbia Road right-of-way, and that the visible historic chimneys on the west elevation are not altered. Final approval was delegated to staff. Vote: 8-0
CONSENT CALENDAR
The Historic Preservation Review Board considered and approved the following items on the consent calendar, Vote: 8-0 (Buell recused from 901 Massachusetts Avenue; the vote for that item was 7-0). [Detailed descriptions of the projects are posted on the HPO website]
HISTORIC LANDMARKS
Everglades Apartments, 2223 H Street, NW, #10-03, technical correction to designation.
American Federation of Labor, 901 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, HPA # 08-281, request for two-year
extension of approved concept for convention center hotel.
CAPITOL HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT
210 South Carolina Ave, SE HPA #06-138, extension of concept approval for addition.
319 East Capitol Street, SE, HPA #10-265, concept/rear addition and roof deck.
718 5th Street, SE, HPA #10-266, concept/third-story addition and roof deck.
719 8th Street, SE, HPA #10-232, concept/rear addition and roof deck.
1126 I Street, SE, HPA #10-263, concept/roof addition and rear addition to a non-contributing building.
305-307 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, HPA #10-268, concept/storefront alterations.
CLEVELAND PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT
3552 Quebec Street NW, HPA #10-270, concept/side addition to non-contributing house.
SHAW HISTORIC DISTRICT
815 Q Street, NW, HPA 10-272, concept/exterior alterations, rear addition, roof addition and deck.
U STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT
1400-1418 U Street and 1914-1944 14th Street, NW, HPA #08-033, request for two-year extension of approved
concept for new construction of residential and retail building.
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