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Board approves restoration and rear additions at 1735 Lenox Avenue, debates roof color and window details
Summary
The Historic Preservation Board approved a certificate of appropriateness July 12 for restoration and rear additions at a 1936 Palm View house at 1735 Lenox Avenue, while members and preservation groups pressed the applicant to use historically accurate window muntins and questioned a proposed gray barrel-tile roof color.
The Historic Preservation Board on July 12 approved a certificate of appropriateness for work at 1735 Lenox Avenue, a one‑story contributing single‑family home in the Palm View Local Historic District originally designed in 1936 by Lester Avery. The project, presented by applicant representatives, restores the front façade elements and adds two one‑story additions at the rear that staff said will not be visible from Lenox Avenue.
Staff recommended approval, noting the front‑façade restoration — including reintroduction of the open porch, an arched central window feature and low planter walls — and supported rear additions not visible from the street, while asking the applicant to refine the front…
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