Architectural Review Board

Architectural Review Board Agenda Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM Economic Development Center, Council Meeting Room 803 South Main Street, Culpeper Page 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. CALL OF ROLL 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 6. NEW BUSINESS 6.1 Historic District Guidelines Update 2 - 10 Discussion with Page & Turnbull Clerk's note: The below attachments were added on 1/6/2026 at 2:55pm 2026-01-07_ARB Workling Meeting AGENDA.pdf 2026-01-05_Culpeper Historic District Design Guidelines_Outline.pdf 7. OTHER BUSINESS 8. ADJOURNMENT Page 1 of 10 DRAFT MEETING AGENDA | JANUARY 7, 2026 MEETING ARB Working Meeting #1 PREPARED S. Brummett, Page & Turnbull NAME BY LOCATION Culpeper, VA CC C. Brobst TIME 5:30 PM VIA Email INITIALS ATTENDEES ROLE REPRESENTING VISIONING ACTIVITY Begin with a visioning activity to identify the Culpeper Downtown Historic District’s architecture and character:  Write your answers on the post-it note pads (one comment per post-it).  Place your post-its on the corresponding Questions Board.  When all of your post-its are on the boards, draw a star on the post-its that are your top three priority comments. Questions: 1. What is special or unique about Culpeper's Historic Overlay District? 2. What are the ARB's primary goals for the Design Guidelines and development in the historic district? o Restoration of contributing buildings? o Compatible alterations to contributing buildings? o Adaptive reuse? o Compatible new construction? (Was ARB involved in development/review of UDO? If so, what topics came up in that process?) 3. How does growth in Culpeper's Historic Overlay District impact historic and cultural resources? 4. What design improvements or changes would you like to see in the Historic Overlay District in five years? 5. What do you like or not like about the designs of existing non-historic buildings and infill construction? 6. Are there other important points/issues you would like to share regarding the Culpeper Historic District Design Guidelines? We imagine change in historic and contemporary environments to cultivate thriving, sustainable, and resilient communities. 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415-362-5154 Page 2 of 10 ARB Working Meeting #1 Page 2 of 3 NUTS & BOLTS DISCUSSION: CONTENT & FORMAT FOR THE DESIGN GUIDELINES DOCUMENT  Share example design guidelines  What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Culpeper Historic District Handbook?  Expand the "period of interest" to 1960s?  Should areas within the overlay district but outside of the NR district be treated differently than the NR district at all? If so, are there certain areas/streets within the overlay that should be treated as sensitively as the National Register District, and why?  Comments and key issues to include in the HD Design Guidelines Outline? OTHER TOPICS  Discuss set-up and activities to collect public input during Community Meeting #1 in late January?  Pick a date and time for both community meetings so that the schedule can be updated. NOTES PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415-362-5154 Page 3 of 10 ARB Working Meeting #1 Page 3 of 3 PAGE & TURNBULL 170 MAIDEN LANE, 5TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 TEL 415-362-5154 Page 4 of 10 Draft Historic District Guidelines Update Culpeper, VA TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 1 Historic Overlay District Location ................................................................................................................. 1 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Project Background ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Purpose Of The Document............................................................................................................................ 1 How To Use The Document .......................................................................................................................... 1 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................ 1 DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS ..................................................................................................................... 1 Architectural Review Board ........................................................................................................................... 1 Project Review Process .................................................................................................................................. 1 HISTORIC DISTRICT SIGNIFICANCE AND CHARACTER ........................................................................ 1 Historic significance ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Period of significance/interest ...................................................................................................................... 2 Common Architectural Styles & Character-Defining Features ................................................................. 2 REPAIRS & ALTERATIONS TO CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES .............................................................. 3 Maintaining, Repairing, And Replacing Historic Materials ........................................................................ 3 Additions To Contributing Properties .......................................................................................................... 3 Existing Accessory Buildings ......................................................................................................................... 3 Relocating/Lifting Contributing Buildings ................................................................................................... 3 NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATIONS TO NON-CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES ......................... 3 New Infill Buildings ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Accessory Dwelling Units/Accessory Buildings ........................................................................................... 3 Alterations To Non-Contributing Properties Outside The "Period Of Interest" ..................................... 4 BUILDING SYSTEMS UPGRADES ........................................................................................................... 4 General Building Systems Upgrades............................................................................................................ 4 Solar Panels And Other New Technology.................................................................................................... 4 NEW EXTERIOR SIGNS........................................................................................................................... 4 SITE IMPROVEMENTS ............................................................................................................................ 4 RESOURCES & REFERENCES .................................................................................................................. 5 Page 5 of 10 Draft Historic District Guidelines Update Culpeper, VA INTRODUCTION HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT LOCATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PROJECT BACKGROUND PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT HOW TO USE THE DOCUMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD • Reviews and approves exterior changes to properties within district • Identifies and recommends additional properties or areas to be designated for inclusion in the district, as well as boundary changes • Recommends to Town Council guidelines for preserving, rehabilitating, and inventorying historic resources PROJECT REVIEW PROCESS • Certificate of Finding required for projects including new construction, reconstruction, alterations, restorations, or demolition of a historic structure within the district. • Projects must be architecturally compatible with the historic district, according to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings and Culpeper Historic District Design Guidelines • Planning and Community Development Dept. staff review and determine whether ARB review is needed. • ARB reviews applications for findings of architectural compatibility HISTORIC DISTRICT SIGNIFICANCE AND CHARACTER HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE According to the 1987 National Register nomination, the Culpeper Historic District is significant for: • Architectural integrity (cohesive collection of buildings from the post-Civil War period to the mid-20th century) • Associations with state and regional commercial, military, political, and transportation history, resulting from the arrival of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, which transformed PAGE & TURNBULL 1 January 5, 2026 Page 6 of 10 Draft Historic District Guidelines Update Culpeper, VA Culpeper into a major trading and shipping point and strategic military location during the Civil War. PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE/INTEREST 1. Brief discussion of historic district's development • Period of Significance: ca. 1800-1960 • Themes i. Early Native American Inhabitants ii. Formation and Settlement of Culpeper iii. Early Growth iv. The Civil War Years v. Post-War Prosperity vi. The Age of the Automobile vii. 21st Century and Beyond 2. Maps of contributing and non-contributing properties (based on surveys from 2013 and 2018) COMMON ARCHITECTURAL STYLES & CHARACTER-DEFINING FEATURES 1. Each architectural style will be described with an associated list of character-defining features. • Vernacular • Industrial • Early 20th Century Commercial • Federal • Jeffersonian Revival • Greek Revival • Gothic Revival • Italianate • Romanesque Revival • High Victorian Gothic • Queen Anne • Folk Victorian/National Folk • Colonial Revival • Neoclassical • American Renaissance (Renaissance Revival) • Bungalow • American Foursquare • Art Deco • Mid-Century Modern PAGE & TURNBULL 2 January 5, 2026 Page 7 of 10 Draft Historic District Guidelines Update Culpeper, VA 2. Character-defining associated site and landscape features, e.g. lot siting, construction materials, building-to-building and building-to-site relationships, fenestration patterns, ornamentation and details, streetscape features REPAIRS & ALTERATIONS TO CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES MAINTAINING, REPAIRING, AND REPLACING HISTORIC MATERIALS ADDITIONS TO CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES • Refer to UDO for general requirements • Additional detailed guidelines (as needed): o Placement o Height o Architectural Character o Building Materials & Finishes o Windows & Entrances EXISTING ACCESSORY BUILDINGS RELOCATING/LIFTING CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATIONS TO NON- CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES NEW INFILL BUILDINGS • Refer to UDO for general requirements • Additional detailed guidelines (as needed): o Setbacks, Setting, Location & Site Layout o Building Massing, Scale & Form o Architectural Character o Building Materials & Finishes o Windows & Doors ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS/ACCESSORY BUILDINGS • Refer to UDO for general requirements • Additional more detailed guidelines (as needed): o Setbacks, Setting, Location & Site Layout o Building Massing, Scale & Form o Architectural Character PAGE & TURNBULL 3 January 5, 2026 Page 8 of 10 Draft Historic District Guidelines Update Culpeper, VA o Building Materials & Finishes o Windows & Doors ALTERATIONS TO NON-CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES OUTSIDE THE "PERIOD OF INTEREST" • Building Materials & Finishes • Windows & Doors • Additions *Note: If the Design Guidelines primarily refer the reader to the UDO for new construction, the document could be reorganized, e.g. alterations to non-contributing buildings could be included in "Guidelines for Repairing/Altering Existing Buildings" which could be divided into contributing and non-contributing. BUILDING SYSTEMS UPGRADES GENERAL BUILDING SYSTEMS UPGRADES • Refer to UDO for general requirements • Additional more detailed guidelines (as needed) SOLAR PANELS AND OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGY • Refer to UDO for general requirements • Additional more detailed guidelines (as needed) NEW EXTERIOR SIGNS • Refer to UDO for general requirements • Additional more detailed guidelines (as needed) o Treatment of Historic Signage o Sign Types o Placement & Scale SITE IMPROVEMENTS • Refer to UDO for general requirements • Additional more detailed guidelines (as needed): o Driveways & Walkways o Parking & Service Areas o Landscaping PAGE & TURNBULL 4 January 5, 2026 Page 9 of 10 Draft Historic District Guidelines Update Culpeper, VA o Site Walls & Fencing RESOURCES & REFERENCES • Glossary of terms • SOI Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties & NPS Preservation Briefs • Local historic district regulations and other applicable laws and regulations • Related forms and applications • Bibliography PAGE & TURNBULL 5 January 5, 2026 Page 10 of 10