Board approves carriage-house conversion with modified door plan

Jul 21, 2026

The Cold Spring board approved plans to convert a deteriorating garage/barn into habitable space, authorizing replacement of two roll-up doors with a carriage door and a pedestrian entry while requiring final hardware submittal and adherence to specified elevations.

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Presenters described a carriage-house conversion intended to preserve the main house's historic character while making the rear building useable. The applicant explained the plan to replace "two roll top two rollup garage doors, which I don't think there's any way to consider them appropriate in the historic district," with a single carriage door and an entry door with a canopy to improve the building's function.

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