The Alexandria Board of Architectural Review (BAR) held a public hearing on July 16, 2026, at the Charles Houston Recreation Center, 901 Wythe Street. The meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. with four members present: Ms. del Ninno (appointed Chair Pro Tem), Ms. Miller, Ms. Robinson, and Mr. Spencer. Chair Scott, Vice Chair Zandian, and Mr. Adams were absent. The board considered several applications for alterations, demolition, and new construction within historic districts, along with a consent calendar and administrative approvals.
BAR2026-00207 (OHAD) – 1328 Michigan Avenue: Applicant Daniel Fishman presented an after-the-fact application for roof replacement using synthetic slate instead of original slate. Staff recommended denial. Board members noted the work was already completed, the synthetic slate blended reasonably with adjacent original slate, and the building is set far from the street. The board voted 3-1 to approve, with Mr. Spencer voting against. Members emphasized that this approval should not set a precedent for future cases.
BAR2026-00226 & 00228 (Parker Gray) – 310 North Fayette Street: Request for alterations and partial demolition/encapsulation, applicant Patti Rounsevell. The board approved as amended by staff recommendations on a motion that also opened for public comment; the motion carried 4-0.
BAR2026-00218 & 00219 (OHAD) – 333 North Fairfax Street and 300 North Lee Street: This major project for complete demolition and new construction of a 24-home townhouse community was presented by EYA (Jack McLaurin, Jerry Yantis, and team). The design had evolved through three concept hearings. Key discussion points included:
BAR2026-00223 & 00235 (OHAD) – 414 Duke Street: Applicant requested a deferral. Motion to defer carried 4-0.
So that you need to elect a chair pro temp. So do I have a nomination for the chair potential? Do I have a second for that? Second. All right. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Tompee. Um the first order of business is the meeting. Um we have any comments either from the public or our board corrections. Do you want to have uh a um moving? Okay. Okay, I'll be for some minutes as submitted. Hi, that brings us to our consent calendars. Mr. Tompi, would you like to um introduce that? Absolutely, yeah, too. Uh we have one item on our consent calendar this evening. Uh and then the three B AR26-00209, gray request for alteration and labor vision clearance at 1200 postreet, the applicant marked. Okay. Um, is there any member of the public that would like to remove the sign of the design calendar? Is there a member of the board that would like to remove the sign? So move second. Second. Okay, I'll make the expense of 50 cent calendar is submitted. Yeah. I'm all right. Thank you. So if you're uh if you were here for item number three, um it's it's concluded. Thank you for done. I was fine. Uh okay, uh now move on to the new business. Uh item number two or one. This is the R 226, that 0207, all the sort of different operations, 28 Michigan Avenue. Great. Is the applicants uh somebody representing that to think that's it? Okay, sure. Come on now. Um there's a beautiful blue hex here. Um either talk about the staff recommendations or give us a presentation or um I am Daniel Fishman, the property owner in question. Um it's uh one three two eight Michigan half. I had some roof work done. There was broken shingles and holes in the wood, rotted wood, so they replaced um you know all that stuff that needed some repair. So it's now synthetic instead of the the slate that was there. Staff recommendations. I not sure what you're referring to. Uh yeah, okay. Do you want to um shift the on the moment? I prefer to give them a bowl and actually look at that because I'm a stock that I think we can probably take a role in the time. And so um please give them some minute to look at oh, we can do this.