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mises the architectural integrity of the entire structure.”
The addition, which Mr. Kulski proposed to place on the south side of the house, would be a large kitchen and dining room on the first floor, with bedrooms upstairs. It would comprise, he said, approximately one-quarter of the area now included in the present structure.
Speaking to the present building, Mr. Kulski told the board that he planned to move its asymmetrical doorway to the center of what would become the center portion of the house, and remove the stairs leading up to the doorway by excavating a new entrance at ground level.
He said the present arrangement of two windows in the front with the doorway offset to the north side, “is inconsistent with 19th Century architecture ... If the door is moved to the center (of the structure, with a wing on each side), then the entire structure becomes symmetrical.”
Mr. Kulski said that the materials he planned to use for the addition area exactly like the ones already used in the existing house, as are the colors he plans for the exterior.
“This is an extremely important landmark, both in Washington, Virginia and nationally, and I wanted the inherent character of the building preserved, and if possible, enhanced.”
Richard Barton, brother of Edward Barton, the retired Texas oil executive who bought the property, explained on his brother’s behalf that the addition was being planned
See MEADOWS, p. 18
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