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Appeals board allows 1x17 siding in lieu of brick at deteriorated Norhill house after structural findings
Summary
The Historic Preservation Appeals Board voted 4-1 on May 19, 2025 to allow 1x17 siding instead of replacing failed brick veneer on a contributing house at 1138 West Fugate in the Norhill/North Hill Historic District, while retaining a requirement for a fascia/facia board.
The Historic Preservation Appeals Board on May 19, 2025 granted an appeal allowing the owners of 1138 West Fugate in the North Hill (Norhill) Historic District to use 1x17 siding in place of full brick re-cladding on the contributing portion of the house, overturning an HHC condition that required scratch-face brick on three sides.
Staff presented the application (Terrence Jackson) describing a contributing wood-frame house built circa 1925 on a 5,000-square-foot lot. The applicant proposed a rear two-story addition (approximately 1,192 square feet total: 364 square feet on the rear first floor with 728 square feet second-floor above), bringing the total conditioned area to about 2,308 square feet. The HHC approved the COA at its April meeting with conditions that included installation of a fascia board and replacement of brick at three sides of the contributing structure. The owners appealed the HHC condition that required…
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