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Commission approves Nicollet Island Pavilion cupola repairs, allowing fiber-cement siding after debate
Summary
After debate about historic materials and long-term maintenance, the commission approved a certificate of appropriateness for cupola repairs at the Nicollet Island Pavilion (40 Power Street), striking staff’s required wood-siding condition and leaving the operable-window condition in place; vote was 7–0.
The Heritage Preservation Commission voted Jan. 27 to approve a certificate of appropriateness for repairs to the cupola at the Nicollet Island Pavilion (40 Power Street) in the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District, after a lengthy staff presentation and public testimony.
Rob Skolecki, senior city planner in CPED, told commissioners the applicant proposes to remove deteriorated siding, replace select sheathing, install new weather barrier and install precolored fiber-cement (HardiePlank) lap siding with a false wood grain finish, and to replace four nonhistoric, deteriorated windows with aluminum-clad wood…
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