A Downtown of 114 Historic Buildings
Winchester's Downtown Commercial District, 21 acres and 114 contributing buildings, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, holds a concentrated stretch of rooflines dating mostly from 1880 to 1900, including landmarks like the 1853 Clark County Court House and the 1912 City Hall.
Managing Runoff Across a Century-Old District
That many adjoining historic rooflines in one compact downtown area means a lot of accumulated runoff funnels into a relatively small footprint of streets and alleys during a heavy storm, and gutter systems added or replaced over more than a century of repairs don't always match each other in capacity or discharge point.
Project Paths
Reading the Block, Not Just the Roof
How neighboring buildings' rooflines and downspouts interact, not just the roof in question, matters for a Winchester gutter installation near the historic district, since runoff from a block of century-old buildings behaves differently than a single standalone home.