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Historic panel approves metal roof at 215 State Street with staff color sign-off
Summary
Elkhart City Historic Preservation Commission approved a certificate of appropriateness allowing the Higgins family to replace asphalt shingles with a standing-seam metal roof at 215 State Street, with conditions on material type and staff review of final color and samples.
The Elkhart City Historic Preservation Commission on a vote approved Certificate of Appropriateness 25 COA 03, allowing homeowners Glenn and Martha Higgins to replace an existing asphalt shingle roof at 215 State Street with a standing-seam metal roof, with final material and color to be approved by staff.
The commission’s staff member, Deb, read the staff report into the record and said the building is a contributing structure in the State and Division local and National Register historic districts and that Sanborn fire insurance maps show the house historically had a shingle roof. Deb recommended that, if metal is approved, it be standing seam…
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