Meeting called to order at
HARB AGENDA April 21, 2026
pm. T&T2
Property owners in the Historic District must obtain a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) before
performing exterior alterations, repairs, improvements, demolitions, or construction. There is no fee for a
COA. Applications are available at Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB) – City of Williamsport
Applicants should include photos, drawings, and any information to clarify a project. Submit at least one
week before the HARB meeting. Meetings are held monthly, usually on the 3rd Tuesday, in Trade &
Transit II-144 West Third St. at 6:30 PM. A representative of the applicant should attend. City Council
issues COA’s. Applicants can discuss a request with Council if they disagree with HARB’s
recommendation.
Item 1. Review minutes from January 20, 2025 (no Feb and March 2026 meetings.)
Item 2. Tate Real Estate
829 West Fourth St
65-004-123 1865 Taylor-Parsons-Bastian House. Rebuilt in the 1880’s by the Taylor family. Two and
one half story Victorian Queen Anne style house. Features a carved front door with sidelights. Wrap
around porch with large turned posts. Roof dormers with fish scale siding and mullioned windows.
Multigabled slate roof. Multiple building materials, first floor of stucco, second floor wood shingles,
gables of clapboard and fish scale trim.
A. Remove all slate, re-sheet roof.
B. Install Certainteed Carriage House shingles….colonial slate color
C. Retain existing gutter system
Note: Applicant advised to bring any available roof inspections and photos of slate to meeting.
Possible Standards to Consider: #2 The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved.
The removal of historic materials or alteration of features/spaces that characterize a property shall be
avoided. #5. Distinctive features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that
characterize a historic property shall be preserved. #6. Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired
rather than replaced. Where severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new
feature shall match the old in design, color, texture, other visual qualities and, where possible, materials.
Preservation Brief 29: The Repair, Replacement, and Maintenance of Historic Slate Roofs and Number
32 The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehab ITS NUMBER 32: Slate Roof Treatments Link to
The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation -(U.S. National Park Service)
Item 3. Jeff Dincher
508 West Fourth Street
64-004-304 ca 1875. Lewis Jamison House. 3 story Victorian eclectic wood clapboard sided
house. Mansard roof in front, rear multigabled roof. Gables have gingerbread trim. Arched
windows with decorative wood frames. 2 protruding bays in front, center bay 3 stories. Double
front door with windows and carved panels. F. Porch banisters / spindles replaced. Built by Lewis
Jamison.
A. At second floor front porch replace a rotted roof beam and any rotted ceiling joists. Same
appearance as original.
B. There are damaged porch posts, which are milled on the corners. Replace or repair with new
exterior grade wood, to same appearance as original.
C. The facia on the porch is rotted. Remove and replace with one by eights primed. Same
appearance as originaland painted to match existing..
D. Prime and paint as needed with same colors as existing
E. Install exterior grade LVL on top of the new ?
Note: Laminated veneer lumber, LVL is an engineered wood often used used for headers, beams,
rimboard, and edge-forming material.
Possible Standards to Consider: 2. The historic character of a property shall be retained/
preserved. Removal of historic materials or alteration of features and spaces that characterize a
property shall be avoided. 5. Distinctive features, finishes, and construction techniques or …
craftsmanship that characterize a historic property shall be preserved.
Item 4. Terri & Richard Mutchler
918 West Fourth Street
64-001-111 ca1865 Delos Mahaffey-Fox House. 2 ½ story wood Victorian eclectic style house.
Multigabled roof with fish scale gables. Asymmetrical floor plan, protruding bay on eastern side.
Large porch with turned posts and clapboard enclosed bottom. Large eave braces. First occupant
was G. Bedell Moore of Lutcher and Moore Lumber.
A. Replace any rotted front porch deck sections with same size as existing pine tongue and grove.
B. Replace any rotted wood on lower areas with matching wood to same as original appearance.
C. Repair all damaged lattice to match existing, framed, tight-weave lattice.
D. Any rotted or damaged posts and railings to be repaired if possible. Any that cannot be repaired
will be replaced with wood, matching original appearance. Posts have chamfered edges, banisters
have turned, double level spindles.
E. Repaint* with color match of existing colors
Note: *Board recommends backside and tongues of deck T&G be painted before installation.
Possible Standards to Consider: #2, #5, #6
Item 5. Saving Grace
324 Campbell Street
AKA 322 Campbell Street ca 1900 Large brick Victorian Gothic church. Pointed arched stained
glass windows, very large one in front. Pointed arched doorways, large double doors. Front gable
with decorative cornice and triangular shaped window. Patterns in the brick around the church.
Triangular roof dormers on one side. Stick type gable trim on side entrance. Corner of Grace and
Campbell Streets.
A. Replace
wooden entry doors located on Campbell St.
Note: Applicant will bring information to the meeting.
Possible Standards
Item 6. Any other business
Discussion of HARB status with the city
FYI – I received a email from Madeline Reighard April 15th referencing a Codes repair deadline of
March for 1022 West Fourth, the former Mussina House. It has fallen in to disrepair. I explained
the HARB process and asked her to submit an application by Thursday. No app yet. I did tell her
she could come to the meeting to at least discuss the issues if she wishes.
FYI – Secretary of Interior Standards for Rehabilitation
1. A property shall be used for its historic purpose or be placed in a new use that requires minimal
change to the defining characteristics of the building and its site and environment.
2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic
materials or alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided.
3. Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that
create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or architectural
elements from other buildings, shall not be undertaken.
4. Most properties change over time; those changes that have acquired historic significance in their own
right shall be retained and preserved.
5. Distinctive features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize
a historic property shall be preserved.
6. Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration
requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature shall match the old in design, color, texture,
and other visual qualities and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features shall be
substantiated by documentary, physical, or pictorial evidence.
7. Chemical or physical treatments, such as sandblasting, that cause damage to historic materials shall not
be used. The surface cleaning of structures, if appropriate, shall be undertaken using the gentlest means
possible.
8. Significant archeological resources affected by a project shall be protected and preserved. If such
resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures shall be undertaken.
9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that
characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with
the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its
environment.
10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in such a manner that if
removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would
be unimpaired.