350-352 Essex Street HDC Painting Application Date Stamp
Salem Historical Commission
120 WASHINGTON STREET.SALEM,MASSACHUSETTS 01970 For Office Use Only
E978?619-5685 FAX 1978}740-0404
APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
Pursuant to the Historic District's Act (M.G.L. Chapter 40C) and the Salem Historical Commission Ordinance,
application is hereby made for issuance of a Certificate of Appropriateness for:
❑ New Construction ❑ Moving ❑ Reconstruction ❑ Alteration
❑ Demolition 0 Painting ❑ Sign ❑ Other
District, ❑Derby Street ❑Lafayette Street ❑✓ McIntire ❑Washington Square
Address of Property: 350-352 Essex Street, Salem,MA 01970
Name of Record Owner(s): Blue Sky Properties,LLC(Greg Spanos,Manager)
Owner Mailing Address: PO Box 830,Marblehead,MA 01945
Description of Work Proposed
Please type orprint clearly.Attach additional sheets, as necessarv.
We are going to begin the process of repainting the building and Carriage House at 350-352 Essex Street.
Currently, there are several shades of the same 'mustard yellow' color in use (front and back of the main building
and then also on the carraage house as well), and our plan is to repaint using a historical (Benjamin Moore) color
palette. The color we've chosen for the body of both buildings is from that historical palette and
called 'Marblehead Gold' ... it's roughly between the current'body' color of the main house and the carriage house
and certainly within the general hue of both. We will then look to a color from the historical palette
called'Bracken Creme' for the detail around the windows and other ornamental/decorative trim areas. There is a
third color, called 'Gunsmith Gray', that we are contemplating using on the window frames should we choose to
take off the existing storm windows to paint and then reinstall. We're not yet committed to doing this, mostly
from a cost perspective, but if we do, this would be out color choice. Lastly, we will paint the front/other
doors 'Mopboard Black', a color from the historical palette (this represents a change from the current deep red
which does not match the yellow/gold or the building).
Our plan is to begin with painting the carriage house and to that end,we will have 'test paint' on the building
available for you to see within the next week. Painting the main building will follow either later this summer or
next spring.
Name of Applicant: Greg Spanos,Mgr Blue Sky Properties,L ❑Owner❑Contractor❑Tenant❑Other:
Signature: Date:6/20/2016
Tel. #: 617.834.3859 E-mail Address: gspanos@bostonstrategic.com
Certificate will be mailed to the owner unless otherwise indicated here:
Certificate should be mailed to: Name
Mailing address:PO Box 830 City:Marblehead State:MA Zip: 01945
ATTACHED DOCUMENTATION
An application will not be considered complete unless all work items are thoroughly described and the application
includes all information needed for the Commission to make a determination.
Failure to submit a complete application may result in a continuation to a Luture meetin&
Recommended information includes:
Photos of existing conditions,taken from all public ways
Site plan showing location of improvements
Elevation drawings of the existing conditions and proposed improvements
Drawings of details and other special conditions, including profiles
Description, photographs, and/or catalog cuts of proposed materials (please bring to the
meeting product samples, if appropriate)
Dimensions (i.e. height of fence, size of pickets and posts, etc.)
Paint color samples, if applicable (no less than 2"x2")
Location and size of all mechanical equipment, such as transformers, HVAC equipment,
electrical service and meters, and proposed screening