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Beacon Hill Architectural Commission

The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Thursday July 16, 2020, at 5 p.m.

ATTENTION: This hearing will only be held virtually and NOT in person. You can participate in this hearing by going to our Zoom meeting link or calling 1-929-205-6099 and entering id # Meeting ID: 810 6113 6686 Password: 819572. You can also submit written comments or questions to BeaconHillAC@boston.gov or via Twitter @bostonlandmarks.

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Design Review

    APP # 20.1067 BH   2 Park Street (Continued from 6/2020 Hearing) Proposed Work: At rear façade replace angled brackets with vertical supports (See Additional Items under Administrative review).

    APP # 21.0004 BH  2 Park Street Proposed Work: At rear façade remove first and second floor exit door to fire escape and restore original windows in their place to match adjacent, remove second floor landing extension and extend guard rail to match adjacent. (See Additional Items Under Administrative Review)

    APP # 21.0005 BH* 116 Charles Street  Proposed Work:  At front façade, install piping to several windows.

    APP # 21.0006 BH* 27 Bowdoin Street Proposed Work:  Remove existing curb, gravel & soil, as needed, install cast in place 6” thick concrete slab, and install expansion joints. (See Additional Items in Administrative Review) Work is exempt.

    APP # 21.0007 BH   61 Mount Vernon Street  Proposed Work:  At rear façade, west wall, install small boiler vent.

    APP # 21.0008 BH  7 Mount Vernon Place Proposed Work:  At front façade, replace front door hardware, paint door and surround black, install light sconce on roof deck, install intercom system at rear door, install new copper exhaust cap on sidewall, install fire alarm bell and beacon on front façade, install one chimney exhaust, ERV supply and exhaust on roof.

    APP # 21.0009 BH  34 West Cedar Street  Proposed Work: Replace existing roof deck rail, posts, deck boards, relocate rails away from the street, remove existing HVAC equipment and replace it with a new condenser on rear ell roof, replace lattice fence on rear ell, replace existing pendant light at front vestibule, paint entry BM (Simple White) OC-117, Replace existing wood siding with flat seam copper on rear side of head-house.

    *Indicates application is incomplete

  2. Administrative Review

    APP # 21.0010 BH   54 Beacon Street: Paint all front façade trim in kind, paint shutters and front door BM Essex Green, repaint ironwork in BM Black. Repair shutters in kind with cedar wood slats as needed.

    APP # 21.0006 BH  27 Bowdoin Street: Cut and repoint brick mortar, clean masonry after re-pointing, replace two copper down spouts in kind, seal perimeter of two bulkheads, seal and finish any voids on masonry sills in kind. (See Additional Items in Design Review).

    APP # 21.0011 BH    49 Chestnut Street: Repaint existing shutters in kind, BM HC-135 (Lafayette Green). Repair shutters in kind.

    APP # 21.0012 BH   73 Hancock Street: Repoint brick façade, repair lintels and sills, repaint front window and door black to match existing.

    APP # 21.0013 BH   85 Mount Vernon Street:  All facades; repaint window sashes and doors BM HC83 (Field Beige), BM HC-79 (Green Briar Beige) exterior trim, BM HC-187 (BM HC-187). All colors have been previously approved.

    APP # 21.0014 BH   99 Pinckney Street: At front façade, install pro-vita storm windows, black, on all front windows.

    APP # 21.0004 BH  2 Park Street: At rear façade spot repair brick and brownstone masonry (See Additional Items Under Design Review).

    APP # 17.797 BH      119 Tremont Street & 1 Park Street: Reconstruct the window wells along the east façade of the church; and replace the paired doors and transom at the 1971 Building with glass and bronze doors and transom window (Previous approval has expired).

  3. RATIFICATION OF 6/18/2019 PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES
  4. STAFF UPDATES
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