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HEMA No. 2023-03 – The Fuller-Utt House (2140 North Ross Street) May 3, 2023 Page 4 3 3 7 4 The project complies with Standard No. 1. The property currently maintains its historic use as a single-family residence. The use is not proposed to change. The interior configuration will remain substantially the same with the addition providing enhanced functionality. 2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic materials or alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided. The project complies with Standard No. 2. The historic character of the subject property will be retained and preserved. The proposed addition has been designed to remove as little historic material as possible and will be located on a secondary, rear façade, where it will not be generally visible from the public right-of-way. The proposed exterior alterations will not alter the primary east (front) elevation, or any important spatial relationships that characterize the property. The salvaged rear (west) elevation window to replace the existing south elevation window will maintain the property’s historic window materials and will be located towards the west (rear) half of the south elevation, further away from the street. 3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken. The project complies with Standard No. 3. The proposed changes will not create a false sense of historical development. The proposed addition will read as contemporary in comparison to the existing single-family residence, which incorporates distinctive architectural features of the English Revival style. The addition will have a front-gabled roof to match the existing house, which is designed to be compatible with the existing scale and massing of the residence yet distinct enough to discern that it is a new addition. Moreover, the addition will be distinguished by the lack the rolled edges (thatching detail) at the gable’s fascia, and the wider eaves which will have an additional 2x2 wood fascia trim board, as well as the double-hung windows without the upper sash horn detail. Therefore, the architectural treatment will read as contemporary, not conjectural. 4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved. Standard 4 does not apply as the project will not remove any significant features that were added over time. 5. Distinctive features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property shall be preserved.