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HEMA No. 2022-05 – Miller House (1809 N. Heliotrope Drive) July 7, 2022 Page 3 2 7 4 3 Analysis of the Issues As proposed, the project will follow the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards (SOIS) for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, & Reconstructing Historic Buildings (Kay D. Weeks and Anne E. Grimmer, revised 2017). The proposed exterior modifications would be considered a rehabilitation project and as such be evaluated against ten criteria. Staff has reviewed the proposed modifications in comparison to the SOIS. The following is a review of the findings as they pertain to the applicable criteria: 1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal changes to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships. The project complies with Standard No. 1. The property currently maintains its historic use as a single-family residence. The use is not proposed to change. The interior configuration will remain substantially the same with the addition providing enhanced functionality. 2. 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 project complies with Standard No. 2. The historic character of the subject property will be retained and preserved. The proposed first and second story addition has been designed to remove as little historic material as possible, and will be located on a secondary non-character defining façade, toward the rear of the structure, where it will not be generally visible from the public right-of-way. The proposed exterior alterations will not alter the primary west (front) elevation, or any important spatial relationships that characterize the property. 3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken. The project complies with Standard No. 3. The proposed changes will not create a false sense of historical development. The proposed first and second floor addition will read as contemporary in comparison to the existing single-family residence which incorporates distinctive architectural features of the Moderne style and Colonial Revival style. The addition will have a matching roof to the existing house and is designed to be compatible with the existing scale and massing of the residence. Moreover, the addition would be distinguished by the slightly varied fenestration, French doors and varied balcony railings on the rear second story Historic Resources Commission 6 –3 7/7/2022