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Design Review Board deems 195 Lake Avenue carriage house historically significant; asks owner for preservation alternatives
Summary
After hearing from the owner and contractor, the Design Review Board on Sept. 10 determined the small carriage house at 195 Lake Avenue to be historically or architecturally significant. The board required the owner to submit additional information documenting efforts to preserve or relocate the structure before any demolition can be considered.
The Saratoga Springs Design Review Board voted Sept. 10 that the carriage house at 195 Lake Avenue is historically or architecturally significant and therefore subject to the UDO process for demolition and alternatives. The owner, Erin Murphy, said she purchased the property intending to adapt the structure into habitable secondary dwelling space after receiving Zoning Board approval. She told the board that work to make the carriage house code‑compliant would require extensive reconstruction — including foundation, walls, stairs and roof — and asked for the board’s guidance on what elements it considered worth preserving.
The board…
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