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<br />structure, object, or site and its environment shall not be destroyed. <br />The removal or alteration of any historic material or distinctive <br />architectural features should be avoided when possible. <br /> <br />Barbara Wilson stated that she felt this is an important criteria, because <br />it does get into having prior knowledge about original qualities. <br />Historic photos are valuable and we don't always have those. We have <br />to use resources. <br /> <br />Claudia Hunt gave as an example the house she lived in on Church <br />Street. She stated that they took down the wrought iron 50 years ago <br />and put up more appropriate wood columns. It looks like they belong <br />with the houses on the street. Mrs. Hunt stated she felt that what is <br />there now is more appropriate than what was there. She asked how <br />that would fall under number 2? Sometimes something can be done <br />that is pleasing and appealing to the neighbors that maybe is a change <br />from what has been there for 40 or 50 years. <br /> <br />Chairman Starrett stated that, with regard to that home, you actually did <br />what was more conducive to the colonial style of that house than <br />wrought iron would have ever have been. Mrs. Hunt asked how the <br />Commission would have dealt with that today? Mrs. Wilson replied that <br />you should look at the neighborhood and see how it fits in. Mrs. Hunt <br />asked if there were grey areas in number 2, and Mrs. Wilson stated that <br />this was the exact same situation as with the Wise House. All of the <br />Victorian porches had been replaced with brick columns, but there was <br />documentation from the original house showing where to go when <br />going back. The grey is where you don't have documentation. Paul <br />Denney added that it goes back to the other part of it that it has gained <br />historical significance, so you can either take a structure back all the <br />way back or beyond 50 years. <br /> <br />Mrs. Wilson stated that the Department of Interior allows, in some of <br />their explanations, that you can take off something that was not well <br />designed and that was put on without considering the best interests of <br />the structure. Chairman Starrett stated that this is also covered in item <br />9 of these standards when it says, "Contemporary design for <br />alterations and additions to existing properties shall not be <br />discouraged when such alterations and additions do not destroy <br />significant historical, architectural, or cultural material, and such <br />design is compatible with the size, scale, color, material, and character <br />of the property, neighborhood, or environment". He said he thought <br />that is what Mrs. Wilson was referring to. <br /> <br />Mrs. Wilson stated that she would hope that as the Commission deals <br /> <br />, T' <br />