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Historic preservation commission recommends council approval for work at 1534 E. Jackson St.
Summary
The Brownsville Historic Preservation Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve a renovation at 1534 East Jackson Street that removes later additions, restores original exterior lines and updates windows and finishes; the recommendation will advance to the council for final action.
The Brownsville Historic Preservation Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve proposed renovations at 1534 East Jackson Street, a mid-20th century house, including demolition of a rear garage addition and removal of a nonoriginal bay window to restore the building's original facade.
The commission's recommendation, made after staff presentation of drawings and a brief discussion of materials and window types, moves the project to the City Council for final approval. The commission's motion to recommend passed on a voice vote.
The presenter described the property as a rental house built around the 1940s and showed elevations and a site plan indicating the rear brick garage addition that "is encroaching" and would be demolished. The plan calls for returning the house to its original floor plan in several places, removing an interior wall that separates the living room and kitchen to create a larger interior space, repairing or replacing siding and windows "in kind," and rehabbing an interior fireplace identified as a character feature.
Commission members discussed a nonoriginal bay window shown on earlier drawings; the presenter said the bay is an attachment and would be removed so the elevation would read as the original. The commission recommended using appropriate wood-window standards where original wood windows remain and following landscaping and fence patterns consistent with the neighborhood.
A motion was made and seconded to forward the item to the Historic Preservation Commission's recommendation to the City Council; the presiding officer called for the vote and the motion passed by voice vote. The commission noted that the applicant must complete the building-permit process and obtain a certificate of appropriateness before construction.
The commission's recommendation will go to the City Council for its consideration; the meeting record did not include a roll-call tally for the vote.
