Historic Design Guidelines Manual: Montclair, New Jersey

Thomason and Associates

From introduction: "This manual provides design guidelines for Montclair’s locally landmarked properties and districts. The manual also addresses properties identified as historic in the Township Master Plan. The guidelines ,in this manual address common rehabilitation questions, recommendations for maintaining the site and setting of historic properties, and guidance for new construction. This manual also utilizes photographs of buildings and architectural details in Montclair to help property owners connect typical features and characteristics with familiar properties. Design guidelines also respect the importance of remodeling work or additions that may have significance in their own right. For example, a ca. 1890 Italianate commercial building might have a storefront that was remodeled in the Moderne style in the 1930s. With a central business district largely built from the 1880s to the 1930s, Montclair’s commercial architecture spans many decades and represents changing trends in styles. Design guidelines instruct property owners in the appropriate methods of preserving and maintaining historic features to illustrate the influence of later historical styles." Funding for this project was provided in part through a fiscal year 2013 Historic Preservation Fund grant to Montclair Township (project number NJ-13-103) administered by the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office (grant number P14AF00007) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Montclair Township is a Certified Local Government.

Historic Design Guidelines Manual: Montclair, New Jersey

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