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HLC#22-005: Public hearing to consider a request for exterior changes to the Dennis Mahoney Building, 1890, at 115 N. Main Street by Nationwide Construction, applicant and BCB Transport Holdings Co., owner
Description/History
The new owner of the Dennis Mahoney Building proposes a major rehabilitation of the storefront and upper wall on the front façade and renovations on the rear façade. The building is being renovated to accommodate offices for BCB Transport and a studio for the BCB Live podcasts.
The owner is seeking approval of two options for the scope of work. Option 1 involves the removal of the stucco from the upper wall on the front façade to reveal the historic brick. This option will be pursued if the historic brick is still intact and the stucco can be removed without damage to it. Stucco will remain on the piers that frame the storefront.
Option 2 involves the repair of the stucco if the stucco cannot be removed without damage to the historic brick. Plans for both options have been provided for the Commission’s review
Architectural Review
Unusually for a commercial building of the 1890s, the Mahoney storefront did not appear to use ornamental cast iron columns on the front façade, although there are extant cast iron thresholds with D. Mahoney molded into it. From photographic evidence, the building had either simple cast iron columns or wood columns to frame the storefront.
The proposed rehabilitation reflects the appearance of the Mansfield Hardware Supply storefront from the late 1940s and the 1950’s. Some of the features from the original storefront were carried over as seen in photographs from 1901 and 1905, such as the transom windows and the square window arrangement around the doors. The 1928 photograph shows the upper brick wall prior to the application of stucco.
The rear façade is a later addition to the Mahoney building. The addition originally had wood frame construction and was built prior to 1921. The addition was reconstr...
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