Certificate of Appropriateness Applications

4617 Casco Avenue is located on the east side of Casco Avenue, north of Country Club Road and South of Bridge Street. The existing home on the lot is a two story English Cottage style home that was built in 1926. The certificate of appropriateness request is to remove the existing two car detached garage and build a new two car detached garage. 

Applicant Submittal

This certificate of appropriateness will be reviewed by the HPC on February 11, 2025. 

The proposal is a single-story addition to the back of the 1929 Italian Renaissance/Mediterranean Revival style house. The addition will be partially visible from the street, and will not touch the original street facing façade of the house. Approximately 4 ft of the addition will be visible from the street with a set back of 26.5 ft from the original street facing façade of the house. The approximately 480 sq ft addition will be located behind the footprint of the original house between the kitchen and attached garage. The addition will contain a sunroom to create a year-round space.

Applicant submittal

Proposed survey

Floor plan with addition

Proposed elevation

This Certificate of Appropriateness will be heard on January 14, 2025

4633 Bruce Avenue is a corner lot located on the east side of Bruce Avenue and north of Country Club Road. The existing home on the lot is a one- and one-half story home built in 1936. The applicant is requesting a certificate of appropriateness for an addition to the back of the home with a street facing façade and a new detached garage.  

Applicant Submittal: 

West and south facing elevation proposals:
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Survey of Exiting and proposed:

This Certificate of Appropriateness application will be reviewed by the HPC at the November 4, 2024  

Applicant Submittal

The October 8, 2024, HPC meeting has been cancelled. This COA has been continued to the November 4 HPC Meeting at the applicant's request. 

4509 Wooddale Avenue is located on the east side of Wooddale Avenue south of Sunnyside Road and north of Bridge Street. The existing home on the lot is a two story home built in 1928. The applicant is requesting a certificate of appropriateness for a new covered front entry. The applicant previously received a COA for a new detached garage. 

Applicant submittal revision 

This Certificate of Appropriateness application will be reviewed by the HPC at the November 4, 2024 October 8,2024 meeting. 

4634 Bruce Avenue is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Country Club Road and Bruce Avenue. The existing home on the lot is a two story colonial built in 1934. The applicant is requesting a certificate of appropriateness for a 4.5" bump out addition to the existing garage and replacing the existing single stall garage doors with one double garage door. 

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Applicant Submittal

This COA will be reviewed by the Heritage Preservation Commission on September 10, 2024. 

4100 Sunnyside Road is located on the north side of Sunnyside Road, just east of Arden Avenue. The existing home on the lot is a two story home built in 1926. The applicant is requesting a certificate of appropriateness to rebuild the detached two car garage. The applicant is proposing to place the new garage in the same location as the existing garage. The new garage is the same footprint and dimensions and all doors and windows will be in the same location. The siding, roofing, fascia, and soffit will all match the existing garage. 

Applicant Submittal

This COA will be reviewed by the Heritage Preservation Commission on September 10, 2024. 

4406 Sunnyside Road is located on the north side of Sunnyside Road, between Edina Boulevard and Wooddale Avenue. The existing home on the lot is a two story home built in 1926. The applicant is requesting a certificate of appropriateness for changes to the street facing facade that include new front columns on the existing front porch. 

Applicant Submittal

This COA will be reviewed by the Heritage Preservation Commission on September 10, 2024. 

The Wooddale Avenue Bridge was constructed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The bridge is a single span corrugated multi plate arch structure that features limestone masonry headwalls, railings and wingwalls. 

Flooding has caused damage to some of the masonry walls, there is some displacement of the walls and masonry components and there is deterioration of the masonry railings. Inspection records show work is needed on the existing bridge. Engineering staff is seeking approval from  the HPC to remove and replace the bridge. 

The Wooddale Bridge is a designated Edina Heritage Landmark and is also listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 

This project will be reviewed by the Heritage Preservation Commission on September 10, 2024.

Applicant Submittal

4501 Drexel Avenue is located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Drexel Avenue and Sunnyside Road. The existing home on the lot is a two story home built in 1936. The applicant is requesting a certificate of appropriateness for the removal of existing bay windows on a street facing façade associated with an interior remodel project. 

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This COA will be reviewed by the Heritage Preservation Commission at their meeting on Monday, August 12th.

Applicant Submittal

4516 Wooddale Avenue is located on the west side of Wooddale Avenue, south of Sunnyside Road and north of Bridge Street. The existing home on the lot is a two story home built in 1931. The applicant is requesting a certificate of appropriateness for a new covered entry.  

This COA will be reviewed at the July 9, 2024 HPC meeting. 

Applicant Submittal