Board approves porch and patio at 462 Bacon with pilaster requirement where roof meets house

The Webster Groves Architectural Review Board approved work at 462 Bacon (front porch and rear covered patio) with a condition that engaged pilasters or columns be added where the new patio roof meets the existing house.

Board member David Yates and others suggested that adding engaged pilasters or half-columns where the patio roof abuts the house would visually tie the new roofline to the existing structure and make the intersection appear more finished. Mark (project architect) said the design team planned to embed posts into the existing walls to set them on the foundation but did not oppose expressing the columns as engaged pilasters to match the columns used elsewhere on the project. "We'll have, for the gable portion that frames that front door, those 2 columns, will have beams that tie back into the house, and that'll sit those beams will sit a little bit lower than the ceiling," Mark said when explaining the front-porch sections; he also agreed that an engaged pilaster could be expressed at the rear if the board preferred.

The motion to approve was made with the explicit provision that the rear patio cover include engaged pilasters or columns in the same style as the other columns on the patio cover; the motion passed by voice vote. The transcript does not include a roll-call vote tally.

Nut graf: The board’s condition is stylistic—intended to make the new patio roofline read as a cohesive element with the existing home—rather than structural, and the applicant accepted the change.

The applicant will reflect the pilaster detail in final permit drawings for staff review.