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DATE: November 10, 2016
TO: Historic Landmark Commission
FROM: Adina Ward, Planner II
SUBJECT: Request for a certificate of appropriateness to cover front porch with a wooden
deck to extend past front columns and along side of house, add railings, remove
an elevator shaft from side of house, wrap square columns in front to make them
round and add a round column to rear porch.
FILE: CA-2699
STAFF REPORT
Staff recommends approval of the columns and denial of the deck/railing.
Reynard Rigues applied for a Certificate of Appropriateness on October 7, 2016, to build
a deck over the front porch, wrap the front columns to make them round, and several
other items that can be addressed by staff, for 2350 Pecos Street. Upon later inspection,
staff found the deck had already been constructed with a railing that extends past and in
front of the columns, and the elevator shaft had been remeoved. Staff believes round
columns would be compatible as a Greek Revival structure may have either (as
demonstrated on pages 190 & 191 of A Field Guide to American Houses), but the deck
and railing would not. In addition, removal of the elevator shaft would require approval
from the board.
The house is not listed in the SPARE Beaumont Survey.
Exhibits are attached.