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HEMA No. 2024-04 – The C.J. Young House (2208 N. Flower Street) November 7, 2024 Page 6 4 6 4 1 feet of board-and-batten siding from the secondary south elevation of the residence; however, although the siding is character-defining of the property, it is not a distinctive material and will be replaced or added in-kind to conform with the current appearance of both buildings’ exteriors. Additional work involving the removal or alteration of historic features and materials is limited to the leveling of the brick floor of the front porch. This work, which is proposed to enhance the utility of what is now a bi-level floor, will be completed with the addition of new brickwork of an appearance similar to the existing flooring material to bring the lower portion of the floor to the same level as the upper. The work will not require the removal of or substantial changes to any adjacent exterior wall surface or porch roof support. Overall, the project satisfies Standard No. 1 in that it would maintain the property’s historical use as a residence, substantially limit the removal of historic materials and character-defining features to secondary facades that are minimally visible from the public right-of-way or are entirely outside public view, and replace any lost wall cladding and porch flooring materials in-kind. 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. As conditioned, the project generally complies with Standard No. 2. As discussed above in the analysis for Standard No. 1, the removal or significant alteration of historic materials and character-defining features includes the removal of one steel casement window and two sliding wood-sash windows on the south elevation, two paired 15-light wood window assemblies on the west elevation (facing the rear patio), one glazed wood set of French doors on the south elevation (also facing the patio), and stucco at select sites to accommodate alterations to both historic and non-historic doors and windows. In order to maintain the historic character of the house, replacements at these locations, consisting of both windows and doors, would be of metal fabrication modeled on the house’s existing multi-light steel casement windows. New window trim would be would also be modeled on and painted to match the existing trim. In some cases, non-original vinyl windows and other incompatible features would be changed out with replacements more closely matching the historical appearance of the house; such work includes the restoration of the primary-façade focal with a tripartite steel casement window nearly identical to the original at that location, in addition to the replacement of a north-elevation sliding glass door and a south-elevation vinyl window with multi-light sliding metal windows matching the trim, muntin dimensions, and color of metal windows elsewhere on the house.