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Board allows structural replacement of porch posts at 101 North Lincoln but orders original gingerbread be replicated
Summary
The board approved replacing deteriorated porch posts at 101 North Lincoln with 8x8 posts per an engineer’s recommendation, but denied proposed changes to the porch’s gingerbread and balusters and required replication of the original trim.
The Fredericksburg Historic Review Board on April 8 approved replacement of deteriorated porch posts at 101 North Lincoln based on a structural engineer’s recommendation, while directing the owner to restore or replicate the porch’s historic gingerbread and baluster detailing rather than adopt the new decorative design proposed.
Staff member Shelby recounted the property’s history: the house is a hybrid resource constructed in 1901 in a Victorian Italianate style; staff found evidence that the front porch…
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