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USING A CONNECTOR Best Practices for Non-Reviewable
ON A HISTORIC Additions
BUILDING
For more information about how The following design guidelines are best practices for additions to the rear
to use a connector to distinguish half of a historic building, which are not subject to HARB review under the
an addition from the contributing preservation ordinance.
historic building, review page 157 of
the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
for the Treatment of Historic Properties. 7.1 Locate an addition to avoid damaging character-
To review a hardcopy of the brief, visit defining features of the historic building.
the Planning Department.

7.2 Locate a rear addition to maintain the general
proportions of the rear yard within the historic district
context.

7.3 Design an addition to be minimally visible and to be
subordinate to the historic building.
a. Refer to the chart on the following page for appropriate and
inappropriate examples of how to design an addition to the rear of
a historic building.

Design an addition to be minimally visible and
to be subordinate to the historic building. (Top
photo - Denver, CO; Bottom photo - Houston, TX)

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