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Subject: HPRB ACTIONS - April 22, 2021
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HPRB ACTIONS
April 22, 2021
The Historic Preservation Review Board met virtually to consider the following items.
Present for the meeting were: Marnique Heath, Chair; Andrew Aurbach, Matthew Bell, Alexandra Jones, Sandra Jowers-Barber, Gretchen Pfaehler. Absent: Linda Greene, Outerbridge Horsey.
AGENDA
SCHOOL SIGNAGE: CITYWIDE
Proposed design for new
standardized school signage, including electronic messaging component, HPA
21-265.
The Board: (1) Found the DCPS
standardized school signage design to be compatible with historic schools and
historic districts within the District of Columbia; (2) determined that the
digital screen element of the standardized school signage design warrants a
waiver from Chapter 25, Section 2505.3 of HPRB’s Sign Standards for all DC
historic schools and historic districts except National Historic Landmark
historic districts, conditioned upon strict adherence to the DCPS Digital
Exterior Signage Guidelines; (3) required the final DCPS Digital Exterior
Signage Guidelines to be revised in accordance with any final HPRB comments
(e.g. LED text must be white on a black background etc.) and, (4) delegated
design review of any minor departure from the standardized school signage to
HPO, noting that any significant departure would require HPRB review. Vote:
6-0.
HISTORIC LANDMARK
Mullett Rowhouses, 2519-2523
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, HPA 21-222, concept/ construct four-story rear
building, fifth floor roof addition, subdivision.
The Board approved the concept to
subdivide and build the additions and alterations, with the conditions that: 1)
the applicant address the staff report comments relating to doors, windows and
storefront; 2) the stucco be removed from the side wall, if feasible; 3) the
paint be removed from the façade, if feasible; 4) there be less demolition of
the party wall near the front of the buildings, if feasible; 5) the penthouse
be shrunk, and/or relocated to make it substantially less prominent on the
roof; 6) a preservation plan for the treatment of the façade masonry, the
windows and the tower roofing be developed; and 7) the project return for
review of design development that addresses the previous conditions and allows
more time for community discussion of the project. Vote: 6-0.
MOUNT PLEASANT AND MERIDIAN HILL
HISTORIC DISTRICTS
3060 16th Street NW (Kenesaw
Apartments), HPA 21-219, concept/remove balconies.
The Board supported
reconstruction of the balconies as necessary but recommended against removal of
these character-defining features as proposed as inconsistent with the purposes
of the preservation law. The Board expressed a willingness to discuss the
potential removal of a few that are partly obscured from public view but is
interested in the application being supplemented by perspective renderings that
better illustrate what the removals would look like. The Board
acknowledged the ANC’s resolution in favor of removing six balconies from the
west side of the building, but the Board could not substitute the ANC
recommendation for the request of the applicant, which was to remove all but
one balcony from the building or, as a possible alternative, to remove all
those from the west side. Vote: 6-0.
CAPITOL HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT
135 13th Street NE, HPA 21-212,
concept/replace one-story garage with two-story garage.
The Board found the original
proposal to be compatible with the Capitol Hill Historic District and delegated
final approval to staff. Vote:6-0.
SHAW HISTORIC DISTRICT
1402 12th Street NW, HPA 21-259,
concept/fourth-floor roof addition, areaways.
The Board approved the general
concept for rear alterations, a roof addition on the condition that it is
not visible from street view as documented through a field test mock up, and
façade alterations for window and door replacement but found the sunken areaway
in front of the building to be incompatible as proposed. The Board found
that a much reduced window well, projecting no more than 3 feet from the face
of the storefront and no wider than 7’, reduced in depth to the sills of the
proposed basement windows and capped by a removal grate over the areaway would
be a compatible and encouraged the applicants to work with staff on this
alternative proposal. Final approval was delegated to staff. Vote: 6-0.
U STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT
2228 13th Street NW, HPA 21-264,
concept/three-story rear addition to two-story house.
The Board found the concept
compatible conditioned on the removal of the basement areaway stair in front of
the front porch and pulling the third floor addition back by 3 feet in order to
align with and retain the original rear wall of the house. Final approval
was delegated to staff. Vote: 6-0.
CLEVELAND PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT
The Chair acknowledged receipt of
an email from several neighbors of 3410 Rodman Street NW requesting that the
Board rescind its delegation of final approval of plans to HPO granted at the
March meeting. The Chair announced that the Board would review the email
and respond at the next HPRB
meeting.
CONSENT CALENDAR
The following Consent Calendar items were approved by a vote of 6-0.
BLOOMINGDALE HISTORIC DISTRICT
6 Adams Street NW, HPA 21-215, concept/third story roof addition and three-story rear addition.
152 W Street NW, HPA 21-255,
concept/two-story rear addition.
CAPITOL HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT
17 9th Street NE, HPA 21-254,
concept/two-story rear addition.
223 5th Street SE, HPA 21-261,
concept/roof addition.
508 Seward Square SE, HPA 21-266,
concept/three-story rear addition.
602 E Street SE, HPA 21-256,
concept/enclose rear second story balcony.
CLEVELAND PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT
3056 Porter Street NW, HPA
21-267, concept/new front stoop and canopy, two-story rear addition and dormer.
FINANCIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
734 15th Street NW, HPA 21-083,
concept/penthouse addition, window and door replacement.
[Deferred at the request of the
ANC]
The following Consent Calendar
item was approved 5-0 (Aurbach recused).
SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL
HISTORIC DISTRICT
1110 Oak Drive SE, HPA 21-268,
concept/retail structure and greenhouse.
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Transcripts of Historic
Preservation Review Board Meetings may be purchased from the court reporting
agency that covered this hearing – Neal R. Gross & Co., Inc., (202)
234-4433, www.nealrgross.com or info@nealrgross.com
. Individual staff reports that are prepared in advance of the hearing are
posted on our website at https://planning.dc.gov .
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Bruce
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Preservation Operations Manager DC Office of Planning 1100 4th Street SW, Suite E650
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