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Home My WebLink AboutARB201100085 Review Comments Miscellaneous Submittal 2011-08-29ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD STAFF REPORT Project #/Name ARB- 2011 -85: Olde Towne Shoppes Siding Replacement Review Type Certificate of Appropriateness for a Building Permit Parcel Identification Tax Map 56A1, Section 1, Parcel 65 Location 5796 Three Notch'd Road, at the northeast corner of the intersection of Three Notch'd Road (Route 240) with Route 810 (Crozet Ave.) Zoned Downtown Crozet District (DCD); Entrance Corridor (EC) Owner /Applicant Olde Towne Shoppes LLC/David C. Wyant, Jr. Magisterial District Whitehall Proposal To renovate the exterior of the Olde Town Shoppes building by: replacing the existing siding with vertical board and batten siding painted dark red; adding a field stone veneer at the foundation on the north and west sides of the building; removing the canopy at the front of the building; installing new roofing material at the bay windows. Context Physic : The Olde Towne Shoppes building sits in the heart of Crozet. The Crozet Pizza building is immediately adjacent to the east. Across Crozet Avenue (to the west) is the BP/Dairy Queen. Across the Route 240 Entrance Corridor (to the south) is the Crozet library. The Olde Towne Shoppes building is currently faced with a combination of corrugated metal, wood and vinyl siding installed over wood siding (oak boards) that has been laid horizontally, vertically, and at an angle. This siding is historic; some may be original. Historic: The Olde Towne Shoppes building was constructed in 1902 as the Crozet Cooperage Company building. Packing and shipping of fruit was handled in this commercial warehouse structure. The 2009 Crozet historic resources study states that the building "stands as evidence of the vast commercial success of Crozet's orchard industry" and "remains as one of the most significant commercial buildings in Crozet." The adjacent Crozet Pizza building was built as an office for the cooperage company. Visibility The Route 240 Entrance Corridor runs east -west in front of the Olde Towne Shoppes building and at the intersection with Route 810, the Entrance Corridor turns to the north. This limits the visibility of the building from the EC to the south elevation (the front of the building), the east elevation (of which only the uppermost portion is not obscured by the Crozet Pizza building), and the west elevation, which can only be viewed at a sharp angle from the EC and is, therefore, minimally visible. ARB Meeting Date September 6, 2011 Staff Contact Margaret Maliszewski PROJECT HISTORY All previous proposals that have been reviewed by the ARB for this building have been sign applications. Most recently, with ARB- 2011 -60, the Comprehensive Sign Criteria for the building were revised and the Over the Moon sign was approved. ANALYSIS REF GUIDELINE ISSUE RECOMMENDATION Purpose 1 The goal of the regulation of the design of development The building in question is an example See comment below. within the designated Entrance Corridors is to insure that new of historic architecture of the area. The development within the corridors reflects the traditional form of the building will not be changed architecture of the area. Therefore, it is the purpose of ARB with this proposal. The use of wood review and of these Guidelines, that proposed development siding will help maintain the current within the designated Entrance Corridors reflect elements of and historic character of the building. design characteristic of the significant historical landmarks, buildings, and structures of the Charlottesville and Albemarle area, and to promote orderly and attractive development within these corridors. Applicants should note that replication of historic structures is neither required nor desired. Compatibility with significant historic sites: 3 New structures and substantial additions to existing structures Re- siding the cooperage building with a See comment below. should respect the traditions of the architecture of historically single type of wood siding respects the significant buildings in the Charlottesville and Albemarle traditional architecture at this site. area. Photographs of historic buildings in the area, as well as drawings of architectural features, which provide important examples of this tradition are contained in Appendix A. Compatibility with the character of the Entrance Corridor 5 It is also an important objective of the Guidelines to establish The proposed re- siding and other None. a pattern of compatible architectural characteristics aspects of the renovation will improve throughout the Entrance Corridor in order to achieve unity the overall appearance of the site. As and coherence. Building designs should demonstrate such, it will help establish unity and sensitivity to other nearby structures within the Entrance coherence along the corridor. Corridor. Where a designated corridor is substantially developed, these Guidelines require striking a careful balance between harmonizing new development with the existing character of the corridor and achieving compatibility with the significant historic sites in the area. 2 Compatibility with significant historic sites Structure design 9 Building forms and features, including roofs, This is one of the most historically significant Use the shiplap siding windows, doors, materials, colors and textures buildings in Crozet. The building has undergone a installed vertically with a should be compatible with the forms and number of siding changes over the years, and re- siding V- groove instead of the features of the significant historic buildings in with a single type of wood siding will be an board and batten siding. the area, exemplified by (but not limited to) the improvement. The board and batten siding will buildings described in Appendix A [of the produce a different texture and appearance than the design guidelines]. The standard of current condition. The proposed paint will maintain compatibility can be met through scale, the current red color. materials, and forms which may be embodied in architecture which is contemporary as well A local architectural historian has indicated that as traditional. The replication of important vertical board- and - batten siding was not used historic sites in Albemarle County is not the extensively in Albemarle County for agricultural objective of these guidelines. buildings of this age. Instead, a shiplap siding installed vertically with a V- groove would better 10 Buildings should relate to their site and the reproduce what buildings of this type would have surrounding context of buildings. looked like. This type of siding is available locally. 11 The overall design of buildings should have Applying the stone veneer at the foundation could human scale. Scale should be integral to the obscure some of the original foundation material that building and site design. remains, and the veneer could confuse some viewers regarding historic and non - historic materials. But, it could also enhance the human scale of the building, and the visibility of the foundation from the EC is such that its impact will be minimal. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS Staff recommends the following as the primary points of discussion: 1. Board and batten siding vs. shiplap siding 2. "La Fonda Geranium Red" paint for the siding 3. Stone veneer at the foundation Staff recommends approval of the proposal with the following condition: 1. Use the shiplap siding installed vertically with a V- groove instead of the board and batten siding. ATTACHMENT A This report is based on the following submittal items: Sheet # Drawing Name Drawing Date/Revision Date - Boundary and Physical Survey 8 -19 -94 - Perspective showing south elevation - - I Perspective showing north elevation - - National trust for Historic Preservation paint samples: 1010 -4 La Fonda Geranium Red and 1009 -5 Fairmont Penthouse Garnet - - M -Rock stone veneer brochure - M