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DATE: September 10, 2018
TO: Historic Landmark Commission
FROM: Adina Ward, Senior Planner
SUBJECT: Request for a Certificate of Appropriateness to replace siding on lower 3 feet of
house with wider 6" clapboard.
FILE: CA-2960
STAFF REPORT
David Bradley would like to replace the skirting on a structure located at 2270 McFaddin
Avenue. Work began without the benefit of a CA (Certificate of Appropriateness). Original,
narrow, lap siding was being replaced with 6" lap siding. As the narrow lap siding remains on
the body of the structure, this change distracts and is not consistent with the craftsman style.
Examples of houses with siding on the body and skirt of the structure can be found in A Field
Guide to American Houses (Virginia & Lee McAlester, 1984) pgs.456(1,3), 460(6) & 462(11).
Staff recommends denial of the request.
The house is in the 1990 SPARE Beaumont Survey. SPARE states that the house was built pre-
1920. The house was listed as typical of multiple family housing built in Beaumont after the
turn-of-the-century.
Exhibits are attached.
McAlester, Virginia & Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1984. Print.