[MassHistPres] Appropriateness question

[Dennis De Witt]

Leaving aside any other possibly valid merits of the proposal, it's hard to call removing a 150 year old polychromatic slate color scheme and installing a monochromatic one that will be in place for a century "reversible" in any normal sense of the term. 

Dennis De Witt


On Mar 5, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Ward Hamilton at Olde Mohawk Masonry & Historic Restoration wrote:

> An "appropriateness" question: An unnamed Second Empire residential
> structure has
> its original, polychromatic Vermont slated mansard (ca 1861.) Structure is
> individually listed on the NRHP, in the federal historic district and is
> in the
> local historic district.
> 
> The owner wants to restore the cornice, box gutters, dormers, etc., in
> kind.  One
> problem:  He wants to replace the old slate (which must go) with new black
> slate. A
> presentation to the Historic District Commission in early April is planned.
> 
> How does he articulate this? We're replacing slate with slate, but
> monochromatic
> black. It is reversible, and "does no damage." I realize this isn't
> optimum--I wish
> he'd replicate the Vermont slate color scheme. But he doesn't want to.  Thank
> goodness he wants to revive this otherwise-abandoned landmark.
> 
> Your thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> Ward Hamilton
> 
> 
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