Several downtown properties seeking commission approval
Published 6:00 pm Friday, December 28, 2018
Washington’s Historic Preservation Commission, during it meeting Tuesday, will consider several requests for certificates of appropriateness.
Many of the requests center around the central business district.
One request is to alter and paint the primary façade of the property at 157 W. Main St. It is owned by INA, LLL. “Our intent is to restore the visual and physical integrity of the masonry building with a careful rehabilitation,” reads part of the application for the certificate, filed b Sed Naziri.
In a letter from Naziri to Emily Rebert, the city’s community-development planner, Naziri wrote, “As you well know, this building front has gone through major distraction to held heavy panels and sign stretchers by workers whom never thought of easy reverse restoration. Most every section of the wall, corners, bottom and the top needs to be repaired and all the missing elements created.”
A staff report says the owner’s plans are not congruous with the commission’s design guidelines.
Another request, filed by owner John Logelfo, wants to alter the entryway to 126 W. Main St. He wants to relocate the glass storefront to its original location. A staff report says the owner’s plans are not congruous with the commission’s design guidelines.
Richard Mechling, owner of the former Fulford Hardware Co. at 112 E. Main St., wants to replace the roof. “The current roof on the building is made of standing seam overlapping metal panels. The roof is rusting, had deteriorated and is leaking,” reads part of the application. The new roofing material would be different. The current roof is not original.
The request is congruous with design guidelines.
Archie and Lydie Jennings, owners of 134 S. Market St., are seeking a certificate to replace exterior double doors with a single door taken from another Market Street building of the same era.
The request is not congruous with design guidelines.
Some of the request were caused by damage from Hurricane Florence.