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Board approves extensive restoration plan for 520 North Spring Street, asks for upper‑porch detail
Summary
The board granted final approval for multiple exterior repairs and porches on a contributing North Hill Preservation District house, but required abbreviated review of the upper porch cornice and attachment details.
The Architectural Review Board on April 17 granted final approval for exterior repairs and new porches at 520 North Spring Street, a contributing structure in the North Hill Preservation District, while asking the applicant to supply further details of the new upper‑porch roof attachment.
Owner and applicant Annette Chandler received approval to perform in‑kind wood siding repairs, replace a rear stair in‑kind, add covered porches on the front and rear (with corrugated metal roof panels in clay on the upper porch), install a replacement shingle roof, replace the front door and upper balcony entrances with salvaged wood doors, and repaint the exterior in a multicolor scheme using Sherwin‑Williams colors patchwork plum, pewter tankard and porcelain. Porch decking will use KDAT 1x4 tongue‑and‑groove; the application asked permission to use 1x6 treated decking if budget constraints require it.
Chandler said she closed on the house the same day she appeared before the board and plans an expedited restoration, reusing salvaged doors and other materials from her inventory. “There’s a lot to do, and we're gonna do it on a very expedited timeline,” Chandler told the board. She said the corrugated metal on the upper porch is intentional: “The corrugated was manufactured first in 1883, and the house was built in 1883, so I felt it was appropriate.”
Board members praised the overall approach but raised architectural concerns about the upper porch cornice and roofline details, urging a slightly beefier trim to relate to the home’s existing bracket and cornice work. One board member asked that the applicant provide detailed drawings that show how the new upper porch roof will attach below the existing cornice band so the new work does not obscure or damage historic trim.
The board approved the application with the condition that the applicant submit upper‑porch roof/cornice attachment details for abbreviated review before final construction. The applicant also discussed a planned phase‑two landscape package that could include a pool and pool house; she said she will apply for permits for that later and that the deck and porch waterproofing will be addressed with the appropriate underlayment and flashing details.
