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Historic‑era porch removed without full approval; commission tables 414 Clay Street application pending plans
Summary
After extensive debate over unauthorized porch work, the Lynchburg Historic Preservation Commission tabled an application for 414 Clay Street and required architectural drawings and materials lists before any porch restoration or replacement may proceed.
Alexia Lennis, representing 414 Clay Street, told the commission she and her partner have been working to finish a front‑porch rebuild and requested approval for columns, railings and gutters. She said parts of the porch remain incomplete and that financial pressure has accelerated work.
Commissioners said the house once had a classical, fluted‑pilaster porch with a built‑in hidden gutter and that much of that historic fabric has been removed. One commissioner said the current porch “is a…
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