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Between the building and Gay St., a landscaped formal garden is planned. Opposite another entrance on that side, a pavilion with another two bedrooms will be the focus of that side of the building. That will be a more formal facade, Mr. O’Connellexplained, and the garden will be designed to mute its impact on the residences along Gay St.
That impact was one reason to locate the structure as close to Main St. as possible, to maintain a distance from the residential neighborhood on Gay St. “It is an effort to respect the rights and privacy of those living there,” Mr. Lee said.
Focusing the structure on Main St., he added, is also in harmony with George Washington’s original intent when he laid out the town in 1749. “He called it Main St. for a very good reason - he intended it to be the town’s main street.” It was common at that time for commercial structures to be built right on the street. Often, the front of the building was the public space and the owner’s residence was in the back.
Mr. Lee pointed to Williamsburg as an example of the prevailing streetscape; where shops and public buildings were built close to the street, but residences were sited back on the lot, with small yards or gardens in front of them.
On the Main St. side, the present service entrance at the rear of the existing building will be enclosed to become a courtyard with gates opening onto the street, allowing trucks to make deliveries in a screened area out of public view.
The connection between the present Inn and the addition would be hallways both upstairs and down, to allow access to the dining room on the ground floor and the existing bedrooms upstairs.
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