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HEMA No. 2023-03 – The Titchenel-Catland House (419 East Wellington Avenue) July 6, 2023 Page 5 3 5 1 9 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 rehabilitation will read as a simplistic design in comparison to the existing Victorian Italianate and Craftsman style single-family residence. The existing, deteriorating front porch will be redesigned to include thinner porch posts with a new, third post, to provide visual symmetry to the entrance. The new porch post will contain no new ornamentation to be confused with existing original building features, and will be distinct enough to discern that it is new construction. Moreover, the project includes the removal of conjectural features, including the existing corbel at the porch’s eastern terminus, the two window consoles inner brow ornamentation at the double- window of the south façade, and window lintel. 4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved. The project complies with Standard No. 4. The Craftsman style porch remodel in the 1920s removed the building’s early Victorian Italianate style porch entirely and expanded the porch footprint to the building’s southwest corner. The expanded porch, constructed approximately 100 years ago, has acquired historic significance in its own right as it was designed in relation with the building’s overall Craftsman style alterations. However, the porch has since been altered numerous times. The porch piers, posts, and header are not appropriately sized to the residence and they are severely deteriorated. The proposed project will improve upon the 1920’s remodel to be more compatible with the historic residence by introducing new porch posts with a thinner diameter and a third porch post to frame the porch entrance and provide symmetry to the building. The porch header (below the cornice) and railing will be removed to provide a cleaner design that opens the porch and creates better visibility of the residence. The existing porch skirt, which is not original and deteriorated, will be removed and replaced with a compatible skirt in a similar design as the existing. Additionally, conjectural items that have no historic significance will be removed. The project will not remove any significant features that acquired historic significance in their own right, such as the porch roof and cornice, decking, and massing. 5. Distinctive features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property shall be preserved.