We recently completed a renovation/remodel of a residence in Historic Franklin in a Historic Overlay District. Here are a few pics. The first is the nearly finished product, and the second is the "before" view. The front of the house was restored to its early 1900's appearance; bay windows added in the '80's were removed, a period railing and column details were added to the front porch, and a new metal roof was installed to complete the look. Kevin Coffey was the project designer and Bill Powell served as the General Contractor and supplier of historic appointments and details. 
We've wondered how many people think the house looked better with the bay windows- but the bays were not really historically correct, were not well built/maintained, and added to the traffic noise from the busy street in front of the house. So we ditched them.
Here's a "before" view of the back porch and flat roof areas that were removed for the new screened porch and master bath additions below.
The "notch" on the side elevations marks where the new additions were added to the rear of the house. On the left side shown here, the notch zig-zags to show where there was a flat roof area that was reworked. See the photo below for the "before" view.
That house used to stick out like a sore thumb as one that someone along the line had despised for its historic nature and tried to bring it 'up to date' circa 1983. In its current state, it's one of the few homes in Franklin that accurately embrace appropriate historic detail.
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