Kingston HLPC denies hardship appeal for proposed window replacements at 106–122 Green Street

The Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission (HLPC) of the City of Kingston on May 1, 2025, voted to deny a hardship appeal by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution seeking to replace all windows at 106–122 Green Street, finding the claimed hardship was "self‑inflicted" and that the applicant failed to meet the zoning code's four statutory hardship criteria.

The denial preserves the commission's earlier certificate-of-appropriateness (COA) decision that refused permission to replace the historic windows; the resolution states that denial will remain in effect for one year. The resolution also says the commission supplemented the applicant's submission with documentary evidence, including a 2023 affidavit and prior meeting records.

Ethan Dickerman, the commission's historic preservation administrator, described the appeal process to the commission, saying the code allows a denied COA applicant to bring a hardship appeal back to the HLPC and, if the commission denies the…