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The 'Historic' Office Building

The office building in these 4 pictures (1, 2, 3, 4) in the red outline was in the Windover Heights Historic District from 1979 to 1991. It was built in the District in the early 1980s after the creation of the District. Another fine example of 'preservation'!

For comparison, Laine Hyde's 1995 new house (built and designed by Steve Bukont) is inside the yellow outline on all 4 pictures. Her brand new house is also in the Historic District.

If Hyde's house and that office building could be built in the so-called District, what can't be built? Did a house like Hyde's ever exist in Vienna 100 years ago? Was this the type of house built in 1850's Vienna Mr. Bukont? Or is that roofline a Victorian "flight of fancy" perfectly appropriate with our "carte blanche" District?

Posted by Historic Vienna Posts on December 23, 2005 01:10 AM |

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