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HDC holds study session on rear addition at 2 North River; commissioners weigh design, massing and materials

5765977 · September 11, 2025
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Summary

Applicants for an addition at 2 North River presented a design study Aug. 12. Commissioners generally found the stepped hyphen and lower-volume approach promising and asked the applicant to refine materials and window treatments in future submittals.

The commission convened a study session Aug. 12 on a proposed rear addition to a contributing house at 2 North River. The proposal would replace a deteriorated rear porch and change a rear shed roof into a gable configuration that would match, in scale, but not duplicate, the existing house.

The applicant described a plan to match the addition’s width and height to the existing house, use a hyphen (a lower, narrower connector) to differentiate new from old,…

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