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Reroof a duplex dwelling with a metal roof and add windows on north elevation (B)
Petition HP-21-24. Lily R. Lewis, owner. Certificate of Appropriateness to reroof an existing duplex with a metal roof and add windows to the north elevation. Located at 517 NE 4th Street. This building is contributing to the Northeast Residential Historic District.
Project Description
The existing residential building is a one story, drop siding wood frame vernacular house with a gable roof and a hip porch secondary roof structure, a brick pier foundation with concrete block infill, a brick chimney located on a lateral slope, double hung 1/1 windows and composition shingles on the roof. The wood porch has Doric columns and a plain balustrade. According to the Florida Master Site File, the house represents a typical Gainesville dwelling of the 1920’s. The structure appears on the Sanborn map of 1922.
The current shingle roof is leaking around the chimney flashing, causing water damage on the first and second floors of the home. Previous repairs around the flashing have been inadequate. The applicant is requesting the removal of the existing shingle roofing system and renail wood deck to code and replace with a 1 inch standing seam metal roof, 26 gauge with non-painted panels and concealed fasteners over Rhino underlayment. The panels will have a mill finish (silver)
Another project associated with this structure involves the remodeling of a guest room. The project involves replacement of drywall, insulation, and floor surfaces, rewiring of electrical components, and adding two windows that are on the north side elevation. The previous owners altered a porch and converted it into a guest room. The old house elevation had windows on this north elevation and adding windows back to this elevation will restore a historic presence of windows on the north side of the building.
Roofs are a highly visible component of historic buildings and are an integral pa...
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