HARB gives opinion of appropriateness for Sisters of Saint Joseph institutional building; board asks for detailing and stormwater clarification

The Historic Architecture Review Board on Sept. 18 issued an opinion of appropriateness for a proposed new institutional building at 241 Saint George Street for the Sisters of Saint Joseph, after the applicant revised roof and window treatments following earlier continuances. The board’s vote allows the project to proceed to later certificate of appropriateness and permit phases, with several design and site‑management items flagged for more detailed review.

Staff and the applicant said the design changes since the July and August hearings include lowering covered balcony roofs by 3.5 feet along Cadiz and Aviles streets, reducing and changing upper‑story windows from rounded to segmental arches, adding vertical architectural elements and wider horizontal banding to break up fenestration, and removing a pergola from a…