It is as much as a mitzvah as would maintaining a non-historic home in good condition with attention to its appearance and how it affects neighboring homes. We read here frequent complaints about how yidden often fail to pay attention to the upkeep of their homes relative to their neighbors by not maintain the landscaping, paving the lawn to park cars, not cutting the lawn (if there still is one) , putting out too many bags of trash motzi Shabbos and yom-tovim w/o taking care they are tied up, leaving childrens’ toys lying in the front yard,etc. All of these factors have a big impact on the visual quality of life in a neighborhood and are as important as painting an historic home in the right color, not using period doors and window in a remodeling project etc. As yidden, we should always strive to be a model neighbor and comply with housing codes, HOA rules etc.
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