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Design Review Board approves door relocation at 129 Circular Street with conditions
Summary
The board approved a revised proposal to relocate an existing window to create a new door to a side porch at 129 Circular Street in the historic district, conditioned on relocating existing historic window and trim to the current door opening and submitting a door spec sheet for administrative review.
The Saratoga Springs City Design Review Board approved a revised plan for 129 Circular Street on April 30, 2025, allowing a new door to access a side porch by converting an existing lower-left window opening. The approval was conditioned on relocating the historic window and trim into the former door opening and on the applicant submitting a door specification sheet for administrative review.
Dan Chadwick of Balzer & Tuck Architects described the change: the applicant proposes to reuse an existing window opening on the north elevation for a new divided‑light wood door, matching the divided-light pattern of three adjacent windows and reusing the reclaimed window and trim at the former door location. The design team revised the original scheme after board feedback that creating a new opening in the historic district would be unacceptable.
Board members who spoke at the review praised the revision as appropriate for the historic district. Members asked for a product spec for the proposed Simpson wood door and for staff to retain the window/trim relocation detail in the project files. The board approved the application with the stated conditions and recorded that staff could perform an administrative review of submitted spec sheets.
Ending: Planning staff will accept the door specification for administrative review and will confirm relocation details for the historic window and trim in the project file before issuance of any permit.
