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FREE RECORDING PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE § 27383 Resolution No. 2024-XX Page 3 of 10 and replace damaged trim, siding, and fascia may require additional removal of characteristic historic materials, but would replace damaged materials in-kind and only as a last resort, when more conservative repair options are not available. iii. The project complies with Standard No. 3. The project complies with Standard No. 3. because he proposed changes will not create a false sense of historical development. The project would restore 16 windows (in addition to replacing sashes in three existing non-historic window openings), the historical designs of which could not be confirmed definitively through a review of available documentation. National Park Service guidance recommends that, “the replacement windows may be an accurate restoration using historical, pictorial, and physical documentation; or be a new design that is compatible with the window openings and the historic character of the building.” Even in the absence of relevant documentation, it can be safely assumed, based on the age and architectural style of the Dinsmore House, the building’s windows originally included wood sashes in fixed and double- hung configurations. The operability of each specific window would be retained with each replacement. Further, in the absence of definitive documentation, the project proposes simple single-light fixed and one-over-one hung sashes, which would be consistent with the relatively modest character of the building. As proposed, the replacement of the back porch handrail would remove a non-historic metal feature of incompatible design and replace it with a new handrail whose wood material and overall design and appearance would be based on the existing historic hand rails located at the front of the house and would therefore be consistent with the hi storical development of the house. iv. As conditioned, the project complies with Standard No. 5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize the property will be preserved. Modifications to the historic window surrounds and repairs and replacement of historic trim, siding, and fascia would generally involve the loss of only minimal amounts of historic fabric and, where work would require replacement, would be completed in-kind with materials consistent with the house’s historic character.