HomeMy WebLinkAboutCA3115DATE: September 9, 2019
TO: Historic Landmark Commission
FROM: Demi Laney, Planner I
SUBJECT: A request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to replace the siding and windows
of house and convert a two bay garage with two doors into a two bay garages with
a single large door.
FILE: CA -3115
STAFF REPORT
Rigoberto Torres, property owner, wishes to replace the siding and windows to his home and
convert his double door two bay garage into a single, large door two -bay garage located at 2650
Long Street. He intends to decrease the original siding to an 8" profile using HardiePlank
material. Additionally, he wants to replace all windows with vinyl windows and reduce the size
of the window located at the right side of the front door. Mr. Torres intends to transform his
current double door two -bay garage into a single, large door two -bay garage. The attached
elevation drawings display the final outcome, per your approval.
This house is categorized as a Ranch style home. The smaller siding does appear to be
appropriate for this style home as demonstrated in A Field Guide to American Houses (Virginia
& Lee McAlester, 1984) in exhibit 10 on page 480. Both a double door two bay garage and a
single door two bay garage appear to be appropriate for this era per exhibits 3 and 4 on page 479.
Staff recommends approval of siding conditional to the paint match existing. Staff recommends
approval of the conversion of the garage conditional to consultation from the Building Codes
department to ensure the support beams will be structurally sound. Staff recommends denial for
the reduction of the front window.
The house is not listed in the SPARE survey.
Exhibits are attached.
McAlester, Virginia & Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1984. Print.
APPLICATION FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
BEAUMONT, TEXAS
(Chapter 30, City Codes)
(409) 880-3764
Fax: (409) 880-3133
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RANCH (ca. 193S-75)
This style was originated in the mid-193os by several creative California
' architects. It gained in popularity during the t94os to become the domi-
nant style throughout the country during the decades of the'5os and '6os.
ji The popularity of "rambling" Ranch houses was made possible by the
country's increasing dependence on the automobile. Streetcar suburbs of
the late -19th and early-zoth centuries still used relatively compact house
l' forms on small lots because people walked to nearby streetcar lines. As the
automobile replaced streetcars and buses as the principal means of personal
transportation in the decades following World War II, compact houses
{ could be replaced by sprawling designs on much larger lots. Never before
j] had it been possible to be so lavish with land, and the rambling form of
the Ranch house emphasizes this by maximizing facade width (which is
further increased by built-in garages that are an integral part of most
Ranch houses).
The style is loosely based on early Spanish Colonial precedents of the
American southwest, modified by influences borrowed from Craftsman
and Prairie modernism of the early xoth century.
Asymmetrical one-story shapes with low-pitched roofs dominate. Three
common roof forms are used: the hipped version is probably the most
common, followed by the cross -gabled, and, finally, side -gabled examples.
There is usually a moderate or wide eave overhang. This may be either
boxed or open, with Te rafters exposed as in Craftsman houses. Both
wooden and brick wall cladding are used, sometimes in combination.
Builders frequently add modest bits of traditional derailing, usually loosely
based on Spanish or English Colonial precedents. Decorative iron or
wooden porch supports and decorative shutters are the most common.
Ribbon windows are frequent as are large picture windows in living areas.
Partially enclosed courtyards or patios, borrowed from Spanish houses, are
a common feature. These private outdoor living areas to the rear of the
house are a direct contrast to the large front and side porches of most late
19th- and earlyaoth-century, styles.
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