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Porch Additions

This section provides guidelines for adding a porch in a new location to
a historic main building. Porches may be appropriate to add at certain
locations. A new porch addition should remain subordinate to any original
historic porches. In general, a new porch is best located to the side or rear.

3.10 Design and place a new porch to maintain the visibility
to, and integrity of, an original historic porch as well as
the overall historic building.

a. Do not add a new front porch to a historic building.
b. Do not expand an original historic front porch.
Design a porch addition roof form to be
compatible with the existing historic building.
However, a porch addition roofline need not 3.11 Design a new porch to be compatible with the existing
match exactly that of the historic building.
(Houston, TX) historic building.
a. Design the scale and proportion of a porch addition to be

subordinate to the existing historic residential structure.
b. Design a porch addition roof form to be compatible with the
existing historic building. However, a porch addition roofline need
not match exactly that of the historic building.

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