Title
95 Maple Drive (Historic District)
Alterations (Window, Door Replacement, and Rear Deck)
Submitted by Juliann Nathanson
a) Staff notes the AHBR reviewed this application at the December 10, 2025, AHBR meeting. The AHBR continued the application and requested the applicant clearly document the proposed changes to the building.
b) Staff notes work was performed without a Zoning Certificate/Certificate of Appropriateness; including the replacement of doors and windows.
c) Staff notes the applicant has provided revised elevations and documentation; however, the documentation does not verify the material of the existing windows and doors prior to replacement. The pictures depict doors obscured by storm doors and low resolution interior photos. The applicant is proposing a mix of metal doors, vinyl windows, and vinyl clad wood windows.
d) The Secretary of Interior Standards state “Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature shall match the old in design, color, texture, and other visual qualities and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features shall be substantiated by documentary, physical, or pictorial evidence.” As the applicant has not verified the pre-existing materials prior to removal and replacement, the AHBR can only assume they were historic materials. Therefore, historically appropriate replacements would be required. This includes wood or aluminum clad wood windows and wood or aluminum clad wood doors.
e) The Secretary of Interior Standards state “the historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic materials or alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided. The applicant has not verified historic materials were not removed.”
f) The Secretary of the Interior Standards state “New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment. The applicant has not verified the exterior alterations preserved historic materials.”
g) Staff notes replacement windows facing north and west protrude past the siding and do not match existing window profiles.
h) Question if trim is proposed to be replaced on the existing north elevation door, located to the left of the replacement door.
i) Staff notes proposed trim on replacement ganged windows does not match the existing trim dimensions.