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BY TODD FORTUNE
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Town of Washington Architectural Review Board gave approval to Sunnyside Farms for the remaining pieces to their proposal for the Clopton House and Gay Street Mercantile building, and the summer house between the two properties, at^a special meeting at the site on Aug. 27.
The board, at its last regular meeting, had given approval for renovations to the Clopton House but asked the architects to review parking on Gay Street and a proposed handicapped access ramp on Main Street.
They had also approved, in concept, demolition of parts of the Mercantile building and Peter Kramer’s additions to the summer house between the Clopton House and Mercantile pending a review of the proposed demolition.
Mercantile Building
In regards to the Mercantile building, no one seemed to have a problem with taking down the addition on the south end and putting a new addition on the north end of the building. Lattice would be put on the sidewalk where the current addition now stands to screen new parking spaces.
There was some opposition, however, to demolishing the back section of the building in favor of the parking lot. Peter Kramer thought that the back section, which presently houses an art gallery, was worth saving. He thought it was of historical significance to the town.
Board member Patrick O’Connell said that he respects and appreciates Kramer’s sentimental concerns, but thinks that what the architects are proposing is logical. He also noted that there is a precedent in regards to demolition of a building with stone foundation, as the section in question has. A permit had been issued to demolish the Herbert Fincham house, which also had a stone foundation.
Kramer thought that this section makes a statement, and doesn’t
See ARB, Page A8
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