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Working Man store owner wins stone wainscoting approval; board gives conceptual support to restoring flat roof at 325 West Boscawen Street
Summary
Mike Black received approval to extend a thin natural-limestone stone wainscot along the frontage of 325 West Boscawen Street and gained conceptual support from the board to restore a historic flat/low-pitch roof and expose a covered medallion on the façade; the roof work is a future, larger project requiring further review.
The Winchester City Board of Architectural Review voted to allow an extension of thin natural-limestone stone wainscoting along the road frontage of 325 West Boscawen Street and offered conceptual support for a separate proposal to restore the property’s historic roof profile and uncover a medallion on the façade.
Owner Mike Black asked the board to extend the same thin limestone veneer already installed beneath a mural along the west elevation to the building’s Boscawen Avenue frontage, covering roughly 115 linear feet of road-facing wall. The board approved that specific application, BAR25-261, by voice vote.
Black also presented a conceptual plan (BAR25-262) to remove later 1970s roof overbuilds…
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