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Design Guidelines Beach Haven, New Jersey Beach Haven Historic Preservation Advisory Commission 300 Engleside Avenue Beach Haven, New Jersey 08008 NJ Historic Preservation Office Project #18-1872-2 Design Guidelines A Handbook for the Preservation and Improvement of Beach Haven’s Historic Properties April 2019 i Acknowledgments This booklet was prepared by: New Jersey Historic Preservation Office Westfield Architects & Preservation Consultants based, in part, Katherine Marcopul, Administrator on the 2007 Design Guidelines for Beach Haven prepared by Jonathan Kinney, Certified Local Government Coordinator Wayne T. McCabe & Associates, Inc., of Newton, NJ. Kinney Clark, GIS Specialist Revision of the earlier guidelines became necessary after Erin Frederickson, Architectural Historian Superstorm Sandy resulted in numerous demolitions, major alterations, and new construction in the Historic District in response to current Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) elevation guidelines and flood insurance requirements. Despite these changes affecting designintheHistoricDistrict, other portions of the 2007 Guidelines were still relevant and were retained in this new document. ❖ ❖ Theauthorswouldliketothankthefollowingindividualsfor their invaluable assistance with this project: Language Disclaimer: Beach Haven Historic Preservation Advisory Commission Jeanette Lloyd, Chairwoman Chris Baumiller Jamie Ciardelli Genevieve Cunningham ❖ Dean Harkness Martha Lodge Robert Smith Kitty Snyder Bernard Tool Lorraine Rumi, Secretary Beach Haven Borough Dr. Nancy Taggart Davis, Mayor www.renewjerseystronger.org Thomas Lynch, Council President www.hud.gov/program_offices Daniel Allen, Councilman Jaime Baumiller, Councilwoman ❖ Charles E. Maschal, Jr., Councilman Sherry Mason, RMC/CMR Borough Manager and Municipal Clerk Cover Image: Cox’s General Store, c.1890 Frank J. Little, Jr., PE, PP, CME, Borough Engineer, Planner fromthecollectionsoftheBeachHavenFreePublicLibrary ❖ ❖ ii Table of Contents Introduction . 1 Additions . 57 How to Use These Guidelines. 3 Accessibility Ramps . 59 Definitions of Key Terms . 4 Utilities, Mechanical Equipment, and Pools. 59 Outbuildings and Garage Doors . 60 A Brief History of Beach Haven . 5 Streetscape . 61 Ground Surfaces . 61 Preserving Beach Haven’s Architecture . 13 Landscaping and Outdoor Ornamentation . 62 Historic Preservation Ordinance . 15 Fencing . 63 Historic Preservation Advisory Commission. 15 Trash Corrals . 63 The Designation of Landmarks and Historic Districts . 16 Local versus National Historic Districts . 16 Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation 64 Key, Contributing, and Non-Contributing Resources . 17 Rehabilitation . 66 New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places . 17 Preservation . 67 Obtaining a Certificate of Appropriateness . 18 Restoration . 69 The Application Process . 19 Reconstruction. 69 Federal Tax Credits for Rehabilitation . 21 The Certified Local Government Program . 21 New Construction Design . 71 Using the New Jersey Rehabilitation Sub Code . 22 Visual Compatibility Factors. 72 Examples of New Construction in Map of the Local Historic District . 23 the Beach Haven Historic District . 77 Elevating Historic Buildings . 92 Predominant Architectural Styles in Beach Haven . 25 FEMA Requirements . 92 Building Forms . 26 Examples of Elevated Historic Buildings in Gothic Revival . 27 the Beach Haven Historic District . 93 Italianate . 28 Elevated Historic Buildings Summary . 103 Second Empire. 29 Stick Style. 30 Glossary of Terms . 105 Victorian Period . 30 Queen Anne . 30 References Shingle Style. 32 Bibliography . 121 Craftsman . 33 Helpful Web Sites . 122 Colonial Revival . 34 Sources of Beach Haven’s History . 122 Plan Book and Kit Houses . 35 Public/Private Information Sources . 123 Mid-Twentieth Century Modern . 36 Appendices Preservation Guidelines: What to do; What not to do . 37 Appendix A: Secretary of the Interior’s Publications and Roofs . 38 Guidelines Exterior Cladding . 43 Appendix B: MAPS Porches, Balconies, and Decks . 46 Appendix C: Beach Haven Ordinances Windows and Doors . 49 Appendix D: NJ Bulletin 13-1A, “Elevating Existing Buildings” Shutters . 51 Architectural Trim and Details. 52 Paint (Recommendations Only) . 53 Signs (Recommendations Only) . 53 Awnings . 54 Lighting (Recommendations Only) . 55 Grates and Hurricane Shutters. 56 Side and Rear Elevations . 56 iii iv Introduction Welcome to Historic Beach Haven! This community’s proud architectural heritage defines its character for the residents and for the many visitors. Preserving historic homes and buildings makes sense in so many ways. Familiar buildings create a continuity of place and a sense of identity in the mostly residential neighborhood of the Beach Haven Historic District. Rejuvenated homes and businesses bring back economic vitality. Respectful renovation maintains established property values and attracts real estate investment. Rehabilitation of existing buildings is encouraged as it creates jobs for local workers. Reuse rather than demolition reduces waste in landfills, a measurable environmental benefit. Beach Haven is fortunate in having a large number of well-preserved buildings from 1874 to the 1950s in their original neighborhood settings. This architectural bounty is one of this community’s most striking and valuable assets. As a result of a high level of stewardship in years past, a broad spectrum of the borough’s growth is represented. From the modest baymen cottages and summer dwellers’ bungalows to the larger estate houses originally built for the stock−holders in the Tuckerton & Long Beach Building Association, all contribute to Beach Haven’s unique character as a historic seaside community. 1 The Beach Haven Historic Preservation Advisory minor improvements, repairs, renovations, or new Commission (HPAC) was created in 2004 to ensure the construction, the principles here will help to design preservation and protection of these buildings and the appropriate work. The core of these guidelines explains character of the historic district. HPAC’s primary the principles of appropriate treatment for historic purpose is to preserve local heritage, cultural, historical buildings, in accordance with the Secretary of the and archival symbols of Beach Haven’s past. A Certificate Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic of Appropriateness (COA) must be obtained from HPAC Properties, a document widely used by professionals in before any buildings or structures in the historic district the preservation field. The Standards are reprinted can be constructed, altered, demolished, removed, or verbatim starting on page 65 of this handbook. changed in any way visible from the public right-of-way. Preservation strategies are discussed for the various Each month, HPAC holds a public meeting to consider elements of historic buildings ranging from windows and the issuance of COAs for specific projects. The doors to trash corrals and detached garages. Construction Officer will not issue a building permit Photographs illustrating what to do and what not to do without a COA from HPAC when required. for different building elements are also included. Visual compatibility factors are presented to help new The following Design Guidelines are intended to provide construction fit into the historic streetscapes. There are direction for property owners and potential applicants examples of successful projects throughout the historic coming before HPAC on the kind of alterations that the district. Finally, a glossary of technical architectural Commission deems appropriate. The Guidelines are also terms, a list of organizations that can provide advice, a designed to help HPAC make consistent and informed bibliography of source material, and appendices with decisions about what is and is not appropriate. But as technical publications are included. their name suggests, the Guidelines are intended as guides, not hard and fast rules. Each application before Everyone can use and learn from these guidelines. HPAC will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The Property owners should see them as a planning tool. guidelines will be a starting point, but not necessarily an HPAC will depend on them to clarify their discussion ending point, in the process. with applicants. These guidelines may even inspire other towns to develop their own handbooks. In adopting these This handbook is a guide for property owners in the guidelines, Beach Haven continues showing the way for Beach Haven Historic District (see map of the district’s other historic districts around the state to follow the boundaries on page 23). Whether the project involves preservation route to revival. 2 How to Use These Guidelines Property owners, real estate agents, developers, In each case, a unique combination of circumstances contractors, tenants, and architects should use these and preservation variables will require HPAC to conduct Design Guidelines when considering any project that will its review and make its decision on the merits of the affect the exterior of a property in the Beach Haven particular application. In making its determination of Historic District. Since most work on the exterior of the appropriateness of a project, the Commission will buildings and properties falls under the jurisdiction of determine whether: HPAC, the Commission must review and approve any proposals before work can begin. Consulting these 1. The proposed work complies with the criteria in the Design Guidelines will provide suggestions
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