The existing house was a two-story
American four-square circa 1910 with a covered front porch, long
overhanging eaves and a side bay window among other details typical of
the four-square style. There is a previous addition on the rear of the
house with a small covered porch providing an additional entry, as well
as an areaway providing access to the basement from the rear yard. The
house sits on two lots with the majority of the house located on the
left lot. The scope of the work included a two-story addition on the
rear of the existing house and exterior renovation of the existing
property. The proposed addition has been modified so that it is weighted
almost entirely to the left of the property. To retain the significance
of the original house, we located the addition entirely to the rear of
the house and stepped back the addition where the two meet. We removed
the projecting mudroom entry and incorporated additional glazing into
the hyphen to break up the massing and further differentiate the
addition from the existing house. By matching the eave height of the
existing house we were able to keep the massing of the building and the
ridge height subordinate to the existing structure. The design was kept
within the historical character of the existing house, and the
renovation of the existing exterior with updated with more traditional
and historically accurate materials and details.
We removed most of the
existing concrete drives and walkways, and replaced them with permeable
pavers to reduce the amount of non-habitable impervious surfaces on the
lot.
2022
National Award
