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<br />Stabilization <br /> <br />Recommended <br /> <br />Not Recommended <br /> <br />Building: Exterior Features-continued <br /> <br />Entrances. Porches. Porte-cocheres, and Steps <br /> <br />Retaining and reestablishing the structural stability of <br />porches and steps that are appropriate to the building <br />and its development. Porches or additions reflecting <br />later architectural styles are often important to the <br />building's historical integrity and, wherever possible, <br />should be retained. <br /> <br />Repairing or replacing, where necessary, deteriorated <br />wooden members and architectural features of wood, <br />iron, cast iron, terra cotta, tile, and brick when they <br />begin to fail structurally as a result of age or <br />deterioration. <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />Removing or altering porches and steps when they <br />become structurally unstable. <br /> <br />Stripping porches and steps of original material and <br />architectural features, such as handrails, balusters, <br />columns, brackets, and roof decorations of wood, <br />iron, cast iron, terra cotta, tile, and brick, or replacing <br />structurally deteriorated members such as porch <br />columns with inappropriate new material such as <br />aluminum or wrought iron. <br /> <br />Building: Exterior Finishes <br /> <br />Preserving existing paint color and finishes, or <br />repainting to match existing conditions. <br /> <br />Removing existing paint color and finishes. <br /> <br />Building: Interior Features <br /> <br />Retaining original material, architectural features, and <br />hardware, whenever possible, such as stairs, <br />elevators, handrails, balusters, ornamental columns, <br />cornices, baseboards, doors, doorways, windows, <br />mantel pieces, paneling, lighting fixtures, and parquet <br />or mosaic flooring that may be affected when <br />reestablishing structural stability. <br /> <br />Repairing or replacing, where necessary, deteriorated <br />material with new material that duplicates the old as <br />closely as possible. <br /> <br />Retaining original plaster, whenever possible. <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />Removing original material, architectural features, <br />and hardware, except where essential to reestablish <br />structurally safe conditions. <br /> <br />Destroying original plaster except where necessary to <br />reestablish structurally safe conditions. <br />