signed, he said, to preserve the original chimneys while

signed, he said, to preserve the original chimneys while repeating them on the addition.

“I understand that,” Mrs. Miller repeated, “but you are still covering them. This is very similar to a previous case,” she added, referring to The Meadows.

"We all agree that the building is historically significant,” she said. “We should preserve it in the best way possible.”

Mr. Haffler called the proposed addition, “the terrible price you pay for progress ... In 20 years that will no more be a suitable jail for Rappahannock County than we can fly to the moon, and we will be really sorry that we put that addition there, like we are sorry that there’s an addition on the east end.” \

After reading prepared statements which outlined their positions on the addition, the ARB members voted 2-1 to deny approval of the county’s plans as presented.

In other business, the ARB:

• approved the county’s application for a lamp to light the new side entrance to the courthouse, which will serve as the handicapped access.

• approved Pamela Lynn’s application to replace the existing siding on her house with stucco, and her paint scheme of pale yellow with mallard green trim.

• approved the Health Department's application for a sign to hang outside its new7 office in the former Washington Cash Store.

• declined to consider a request from The Inn at Little Washington to remove the picket fence which separates its property from the county library. Mrs. Miller noted that the application had not been filed before the board’s new deadline of tw o w7eeks before the meeting.

It particularly concerned this application, she said, since several members of the library board had told her privately that they did not wish to have the fence removed. Mrs. Miller said she felt that the neighbors deserved an opportunity to be heard on the matter. “Whether they will come or not, I don’t know . . /we just need public notice that it will be heard.”