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6 Treatment of Historic

Resources

This chapter provides guidelines for the treatment of contributing historic
buildings in State College’s local historic districts – the College Heights and HISTORIC
Holmes-Foster/Highlands Historic Districts. The design guidelines provided ARCHITECTURAL
in this chapter are advisory only and do not require review by the Historic STYLES
and Architectural Review Board (HARB) prior to beginning a project. Many architectural styles are
Property owners of contributing historic buildings may refer to these design found throughout State College’s
guidelines when considering an alteration to the historic building in order to two historic districts. Information
prevent inappropriate alterations to an individual building or to the character about these styles can be found in
of the block or district. Standards provided in the Borough’s Codification of Appendix B.
Ordinances still apply.

In This Chapter
Character-Defining Features .......................................................................... 66
Architectural Details ........................................................................................ 67
Building Walls and Materials ........................................................................... 68
Exterior Building Walls...............................................................................................68
Exterior Materials and Finishes ................................................................................68
Roofs .................................................................................................................... 70
Dormers .......................................................................................................................72
Skylights .........................................................................................................................73
Doors and Entries ............................................................................................. 74
Windows ............................................................................................................. 75
Energy Conservation in Windows ..........................................................................77
Porches and Stoops .......................................................................................... 78
Enclosed Porches ........................................................................................................79
Accessory Buildings .......................................................................................... 80
Emergency Egress ............................................................................................ 80
Special Considerations ..................................................................................... 81
Energy Conservation and Generation ...................................................................81

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