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HRCA No. 2023-20, HRC No. 2023-06, HPPA No. 2023-12 – Woitke House (925 North <br />Lowell Street) <br />January 11, 2024 <br />Page 3 <br />multi-light transoms at all three window segments. The main entrance door is composed <br />of a single wood frame door with obscure glass, including metal hardware and decorative <br />metal ornamentation fixed to the door’s exterior. The southern third bay contains a smaller <br />version of the tripartite wood window that is located in the front porch. <br />Fenestration on the side (north) façade features a mix of window types, including paired, <br />single-light casement wood windows; a wide fixed wood window with upper multi-light <br />transoms; a tripartite wood-frame multi-light side door with a central door flanked by <br />narrower doors that is located within an arched recessed porch; and one-over-one <br />double-hung wood windows. Similarly, the side (south) façade’s fenestration is a mix of <br />double-hung wood windows and fixed wood windows. The rear (east) façade contains <br />single-light casement wood windows, a fixed wood window, and double-hung wood <br />windows, along with two wood doors, one of which is a multi-light door and the other has <br />a single upper light. All windows throughout the residence contain a prominent wood <br />window sill. <br />Additional architectural features include terra cotta tile flooring at the main entrance <br />walkway, font and side porches, and rear entrance steps; decorative tiles within the terra <br />cotta flooring. The rear yard contains a single-story, detached garage with a square <br />footprint and a flat roof with parapet. Clay tile coping wraps around the garage’s parapet <br />roofline, with a clay tile roof awning at the primary (north) façade. Garage fenestration <br />consists of a metal roll up door at the primary (north) façade, and a wood door and fixed <br />wood window at the side (west) facade. The property is landscaped with a front lawn, two <br />mature palm trees that flank the entrance walkway, additional medium-sized mature <br />trees, along with shrubs, bushes, small palm trees and succulents. A tall, manicured <br />hedge wraps around the side (north) façade, which is contained by a small metal fence. <br />Character-defining features of the Woitke House include, but may not be limited to: <br />Rectangular-shaped building footprint and massing; asymmetrical primary façade; hipped <br />roof clad in clay tiles that has a flat roof at its center; minimal eave overhang; original <br />smooth stucco siding (to be restored with or without trowel pattern); a partially enclosed <br />covered patio at the primary façade with multiple arched openings; a covered patio at the <br />side (north) facade with an arched opening; two tripartite wood windows at the primary <br />(west) façade that each contain two casement windows with a centered fixed window and <br />upper multi-light transoms at all three window segments; additional windows including <br />single-light casement wood windows, a tripartite wood-frame multi-light side door with a <br />central door flanked by narrower doors, fixed wood windows, one-over-one double-hung <br />wood windows; rear, single and multi-light wood-frame doors; prominent wood window <br />sill on all original windows; terra cotta tile flooring at the main entrance walkway, font and <br />side porches, and rear entrance steps; decorative tiles within the terra cotta flooring; <br />detached garage with a flat roof and parapet that has clay tile coping and a clay tile roof <br />awning at the primary (north) façade; and front yard landscaping including small and <br />mature palm trees and succulents. <br />Historic Resources Commission 1 -3 1/11/2024