Landmarks panel conditionally approves Villa Dolce deck extension at Weinberg–Schroeder House

The Middleton Landmarks Commission voted to approve a conditional landmark alteration Monday that will allow a deck extension at the Weinberg–Schroeder House — the first-floor business Villa Dolce — to increase outdoor seating.

Wendell Chamberlain, representing the property owners, told the commission the project removes a nonperiod door framing and reroutes a downspout to reveal four ornamental columns along the porch, extends the existing deck, and removes two intervening railing sections to achieve continuity between the existing deck and the proposed…