Completion of the 1976 Landmark Society Architectural Survey Amendment Project

The Structures Committee recently completed its assessment of the 88 structures designated red or green in the 1976 Landmark Society Architectural Survey of the Village of Fairport.  The purpose of this assessment was to determine how or if the structure changed in the intervening 35 years.  Was the porch gone, an addition built, windows moved, architectural detail removed or had it remained the same?  If there were modifications to the original structure was it a desecration of the original design?  Or an addition tastefully added?  If siding was added were house details removed?  If any of these things occurred what was the impact on the coding?  On the overall aesthetic value?
A matrix of the assessments has been placed on the me/public site. The structures are listed by street/number.  Below is a summary of the Committee findings

Unchanged (59) 67%

Unchanged does not necessarily mean that modifications were not made.  It means   in the committee's opinion, the structure remains color coded as it was; perhaps improved, perhaps not, but not desecrated or its original design compromised

Modified (+) (11) 12.5%

These are structures where the property has been positively maintained and/or enhanced

Modified (-) (16) 18.2%

These are structures that have been altered enough to consider a coding change. And altered in such a way that the original detail or design would be difficult to replace or restore.  Artificial siding is a major contributing factor for the decline of such structures

Destroyed (2) 2.3%

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