The Historical and Architectural Review Board granted four certificates of appropriateness at the meeting held in the Rotunda Oct. 2.

With homeowner Lisa Cawley serving as their spokesperson, row home next-door neighbors gathered together with a proposal for installing matching handrails for their adjoining porch stairs at 38 through 46 E. Wall St.

As one of the homeowners had suffered a couple of falls recently, the neighbors had all agreed to install similar handrails to maintain continuity in style with their connected dwellings.

With safety concerns for the one neighbor, a COA was approved for two handrails for four of the properties that share the wooden stairs. These are to terminate in a newel post centered on each set of stairs.

It was stipulated that the applicants submit a detailed drawing of the extension bannister and handrail to the historic officer and zoning office.

40 E. Wall St. is owned by Cawley and her husband, Anthony Soteckley.

Living at the end of the row at 38 E. Wall St., Stephen Scheide was advised to wait before installing a handrail at his porch, as it does not share a stairway with the others. He could then decide whether to match what his neighbors installed or put in something that would complement the wrought iron gate attached to his house.

This block of five brick row homes was built circa 1900.

Two applicants with painting proposals were successful.

Danielle Gustafson scored a COA for 402 N. New St. to paint the trim and ground floor shutters and the shutters on the second through fourth floor. The trim is to be “Classic White Bluff” and the shutters are to be “Raisin,” a reddish black.

“Stolen Kiss” red was chosen for the primary entry doors facing New Street and “Raisin” was chosen for “secondary” doors of the corner building and downspouts.

The brick residential over commercial building is owned by Gustafson and her husband Brad Klein.

Built circa 1900, it is home to VegOut, a vegan restaurant.

Living close by at 20 W. Church St., Keith Holtermann was granted approval for painting the window shutters, foundation, front porch, basement double entry doors and the moldings.

Colors chosen for the shutters, trim and doors include “Sea Serpent,” a grayish blue, and “Ice Cube” white. “Polished Concrete” is a light gray picked for the foundation and stairs.

The circa 1850 red brick house is owned by Keith and Madeline Holtermann.

After clarifying his choice of color, homeowner George Heitczman was given permission to replace the existing “historically inappropriate” black dimensional shingles on his porch roof at 47 E. Market St. with GAF Slateline shingles in Antique Slate. These are a darker shade of gray than the GAF Slateline English Gray shingles written in his proposal.

All voting was unanimous.

The Historical and Architectural Review Board regularly meets the first Wednesday of every month to review all exterior changes proposed to buildings in the Bethlehem Historic District north of the Lehigh River. When a proposed project receives a certificate of appropriateness from the board, applicants must wait for City Council to vote on it before proceeding. Meetings can be viewed on YouTube.