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HDC holds proposed guest cottage at 59 Baxter for revisions over height and dormer design
Summary
After hearing concerns that a proposed guest cottage’s height, steep roof pitch and large dormers did not relate well to the main house, the commission held the application for revisions and asked for a west elevation showing the cottage, the shed and the main house in the same frame.
The Nantucket Historic District Commission on March 24 held a proposal for a new guest cottage at 59 Baxter and asked the applicant to return with revised massing, lower first‑floor height and reduced dormer scale so the small building better harmonizes with the main house.
Commissioners said the cottage’s tall eave and steep gable read as vertical and out of scale…
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