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Historic board to consider windows amendment after members warn of loss of original windows
Summary
Board member Happy Smith introduced an amendment to return some window approvals to the board from staff review; the board agreed to put the amendment on the next meeting agenda and discussed focusing review on primary/front facades to protect character-defining windows.
At the July 2025 meeting of the Maryland Madison Historic District Board of Review, board member Happy Smith introduced an amendment to bring more window replacement decisions back to the board from staff-level review, and members agreed that the amendment will appear on the board's next meeting agenda for a vote.
Smith said she and others have seen historic wood windows replaced in ways that reduce the character of buildings and proposed that the board reconsider which window replacements staff may approve without a Certificate of Appropriateness. “If we don't have a community conversation here, we can't…
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