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Webster Groves ARB tables 236 Oakwood, approves six residential projects with design clarifications
Summary
The Webster Groves Architectural Review Board tabled the application for 236 Oakwood Avenue to allow the applicant to provide alternative garage-door details and resubmit; the board approved design clarifications or conditions for 115 Orchard, 1274 South Rock Hill, 433 Foot (required to add two small windows), 645 Lockwood Court, 245 Oaktree Drive and 427 South Park Avenue.
The Webster Groves Architectural Review Board met in a regular session and reviewed a slate of residential applications, tabling one public hearing and approving six projects with conditions or clarifications.
At the public hearing for 236 Oakwood Avenue, applicant David Hercules of Hercules Design Build described extensive interior damage to a carriage house that is part of the property’s National Register listing and said the homeowner wants to preserve the front appearance while making the structure usable. Hercules said the building is “teetering on the edge” and that much of the siding, trim and some windows are beyond repair and require replacement. He added that budget constraints and security concerns motivated the applicant’s proposal to infill several windows and doors on the rear elevation.
Board members pressed the applicant to retain character-defining features where feasible and to avoid wholesale…
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