Ladd Carriage House Design Review Approved

The Historic Landmarks Commission has approved the historic design review for the Ladd Carriage House rehabilitation.  The house has been "mothballed" in a parking lot at SW 10th and SW Columbia during the construction of the Ladd Tower—but it will soon be returned to its original site and restored.

In a previous post, we talked about the difficulties with the building's historical registration and renovation.  The house is currently for sale at $1.1 million through Venerable Properties.

Upon relocation to its original site on SW Broadway, the building will be set back five feet from the right-of-way on both street frontages.  The resulting open area will include:

• Two externally illuminated monument signs
• Short-term bicycle parking
• Steps, ramps, and handrails associated with building entries

Treatment of the building itself will include:

• Cleaning, patching repairing, and painting of surviving historic materials
• Re-roofing with composition shingles
• Removal of vents, conduits, signs, and other miscellaneous non-historic attachments
• Removal of non-historic windows, doors, and areas of siding
• Restoration of the original door, window, siding and applied ornament patters based on documentary and physical evidence (where evidence is unavailable, the work will reflect the general architectural stylistic character).

A date for the house to be moved to its original site has not been set.

Download the Commission's decision.