BDG Cape & Islands 2020

Architect Paul Weber’s traditional design makes it nearly
impossible to distinguish the old from the new.
recognize that the historic home should be granted some
flexibility, and C.H. Newton Builders moved the structure
to its new vantage.
Paul Weber’s design elevated the home inside and out.
He“worked with the gambrel form and followed the
traditional Shingle Style narrative,” he explains, to create
new wings in keeping with the fabric of the original
portion of the home. He situated the new kitchen over
the garage wing, designed a new front entrance for the
streetside façade, expanded the sun porch and created a
“widow’s walk” foil to hide the HVAC system. Meanwhile,
Dan Solien of Horiuchi Solien Landscape Architects, Inc.
hatched a landscape design plan that embeds the home in
its second site and minimizes its new elevation by raising
the lawn and terraces. A full stone retaining wall crafted by
Matt Inman of Inman Tree & Landscape, in the location of
the old foundation, protects the home from storm surges.
The family now has an airtight, FEMA compliant,
100-year-old home that can be enjoyed year-round.
Its future is certain, as is its history.
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