§ 3119.27 — German Village—Typical architectural characteristics

3119.27 - German Village—Typical architectural characteristics.

The standard for typical German Village architecture is characterized by one and one-half (1-½) story brick houses with grey slate, gabled roofs pitched at approximately forty-five (45) degrees to the horizontal and two (2) or two and one-half (2-½) story brick houses with hip roofs of a similar character. Chimneys extending from the ridge line of a roof predominate. Most roofs have moderate overhangs with hanging gutters. All facades of the houses are simple in composition, composed of areas of soft-burned red brick laid up in common header bond with brick areas exceeding the combined door and window areas. Doors and windows are located from the corner of a structure a distance as great as or greater than their width. Typical windows are double-hung with a height to width ratio of approximately two (2) to one (1) and a single vertical muntin in the center of each sash. Most windows and doors have cut stone lintels and sills with Roman-arch brick heads being employed above the smaller attic windows of the one and one-half (1-½) story houses. Many of the stone lintels contain incised relief of various designs on their faces. Doors are usually of panel design with an occasional use of glass and with a height to width ratio of approximately two and three-tenths (2.3) to one (1). Foundations are constructed of large cut stones) laid in mortar. Wrought iron fences, simple in character, bordering on the brick walks, which in most cases extend to the cut stone curbing of the street, are erected at the front of most of the properties. In some cases, the iron fence completely surrounds the property. The brick walks are laid in herringbone and basket weave patterns. Cut stone steps with carved stone cheek blocks are found at the front entrance of some of the larger houses. The general scale of the structures within the German Village and their relationship, one (1) to another, is intimate. The typical house is approximately sixteen (16) feet to eighteen (18) feet by thirty (30) feet to forty (40) feet. Many houses are located at the front of a thirty (30) foot by ninety (90) foot lot. All construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition shall be in conformance to and compatible with the above guidelines for German Village adopted by the commission, approved by and published; such other standards as may be adopted by the commission from time to time in conformity with C.C. 121.05; the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Preservation Projects; and the standards contained in Chapter 3116, C.C. Italian Village

(Ord. 2229-04 § 6 (part).)