Photo: Samuel Huston College Summer Convoocation, 1947 Source: College History Garden via Pinterest TRANSLATING COMMUNITY HISTORY MARCH 22, 2021 NPS UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES GRANT Increase listings associated with communities underrepresented in the National Register DESIGNATED HISTORIC RESOURCES (2017) PROJECT GOALS 1) Develop a model for proactive community engagement 2) Build community partnerships 3) Creatively link history to people’s lives 4) Begin to address shortage of historically designated properties with racially and culturally diverse associations PROJECT PARTS 1) Community engagement 2) Heritage projects 3) National Register nominations COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 1 AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER GROUP African American Resource Advisory Commission Austin History Center Blackshear Bridge Carver Center Huston-Tillotson University Preservation Austin Six Square: Austin’s Black Cultural District (initial participant) Neighborhood residents District 1 Council office representative MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER GROUP Austin History Center Hispanic/Latino Quality of Life Commission Mexic-Arte Museum Mexican American Cultural Center Tejano Genealogy Society of Austin Tejano Trails/National Park Service Neighborhood residents COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 1 Outreach materials Engagement strategies Meeting recap Additional outreach Project introduction Select focus areas Heritage project brainstorm Heritage project overview w/ team Nov 2018 May 2019 July Aug Sept Oct March 2020 Community stakeholder group meetings (2 each) Neighborhood meetings COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 1 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 1 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 1 HERITAGE PROJECTS 2 www.austintexas.gov/page/current-projects HERITAGE PROJECTS 2 www.austintexas.gov/page/current-projects HERITAGE PROJECTS 2 www.austintexas.gov/page/current-projects Spread from College Heights/African American Heritage catalog HERITAGE PROJECTS 2 www.austintexas.gov/page/current-projects Spread from South East Austin/Mexican American Heritage catalog HERITAGE PROJECTS 2 www.austintexas.gov/page/current-projects Screenshot from South East Austin/Mexican American Heritage video FOCUS AREAS 3 College Heights South East Austin NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATIONS 3 KEY PARTNERS Huston-Tillotson University City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department Huston- Tillotson University Parque Zaragoza HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY 3 The Ramshorn Journal, Apr. 1963, courtesy Huston-Tillotson University Archives The Ramshead Yearbook, ca. 1959, courtesy Huston-Tillotson University Archives PARQUE ZARAGOZA 3 Austin History Center, 1950 Parks and Recreation Dept., n.d. www.austintexas.gov/page/current-projects Navasota and Holly, ca. 1950s, Austin History Center
Dougherty Arts Center Replacement Project Preliminary Design Phase Update Boards and Commissions February 2021 Site Map & Context 2 Previous City Council Direction • Butler Shores location approved on 5/9/19 • Council direction to consider site alternatives: on site 1. New DAC & existing PARD Main Office remain 2. New DAC & New PARD Main Office rebuilt on site (unfunded) 3. New DAC on site, existing PARD is removed/relocated elsewhere (unfunded) • Consolidated Arts District Parking (underground, partially unfunded) • Seek alternative financing mechanisms & interest in philanthropy Conceptual development scenario from 2018/2019 planning process 3 Existing PARD Main Office • Constructed 1959, 2-story addition in 1976 • First permanent home for COA Parks Department • High degree of historic integrity • Architect: R. Earl Dillard • Defining features: wide eaves, flat roof, curtain • Eligible for listing on National Register of Historic windows Places Image credits: Austin History Center 4 Recent Stakeholder Engagement • Two Open House Community Meetings • Meeting #1: Oct. 28, 2020 • Meeting #2: Jan. 26, 2021 • (10) Small Group Meetings • Dougherty Arts Center Staff: 11/10/2020 • Painting, Photography, and Drawing Artists and Instructors: 11/19/2020 • Youth Program Instructors and Parents: 12/1/2020 • Gallery Artists: 12/2/2020 • Artist Professional Development Programs: 12/3/2020 • Theater Organizations and Technical Staff: 12/7/2020 • Friends of the Dougherty Arts Center: 12/9/2020 • Ceramics Studio Artists and Instructors: 12/10/2020 • Neighbors to the Dougherty Arts Center: 12/15/2020 • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Arts: 1/7/2021 • Electronic Survey • 221 Participants & 894 Responses • Ongoing Partner Coordination • ZACH Scott Theater • The Trail Foundation • Austin Transportation Dept. 5 Project Mission Statement 6 Site Constraints Map 7 Four Options Key operational criteria and site considerations • Preservation of heritage trees • Relationship to adjacent ZACH • Underground parking solution • Pick-up & drop-off for youth programs • Load-in areas for theater programs • Balancing traffic impact between Toomey Rd. & Riverside Dr. • Preservation of PARD Main Office (1959) • Allowance for possible expansion • Activates parkland & enhance trail access • Civic presence/identity • Back of house areas for kiln yard, etc. 8 • Compact building footprint tucked closely behind PARD Main & ZACH School • One heritage oak impacted • Proposed parking garage sits between ZACH and new DAC, within ZACH lease boundary • PARD Main is retained and renovated/expanded (future scope, unfunded) …
B.1 - 1 PROPOSAL HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS MARCH 22, 2021 C14H-2009-0021 JACKSON-NOVY-KELLY-HOVY HOUSE 2406 HARRIS BLVD. Construct a swimming pool and terrace, landscape modifications; remove an attic vent opening on the front of the house. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Remove 1992 circular drive in front yard. 2) Replace 1992 landscape wall adjacent to the sidewalk with a new 36” high wall. 3) Construct raised terrace faced with brick matching the house; and pool with wrought-iron fence 4) Remove attic fan in front-facing gable and replace with half-timbering and stucco to match existing. surround. ARCHITECTURE Two-story, cross-gabled Tudor Revival house with brick cladding and half-timbering and stucco in the front-facing gable end. STANDARDS FOR REVIEW The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation are used to evaluate projects on historic landmarks. The following standards apply to the proposed project: 3) Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken. Evaluation: While Tudor Revival houses may have terraces, that feature was not historically present at this property. 6) Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence. Evaluation: The attic fan was a later intervention, and restoration of the decorative half-timbering treatment at the gable end is appropriate. 9) New additions, exterior alterations or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment. Evaluation: The proposed wall at the sidewalk is compatible with the historic character of the property. Though low-lying, the pool, terrace, and fence will be visible and may not be an appropriate new intervention at a historic landmark property. 10) New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be …
B.1 - 1 PROPOSAL HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS MARCH 22, 2021 C14H-2009-0021 JACKSON-NOVY-KELLY-HOVY HOUSE 2406 HARRIS BLVD. Construct a swimming pool and terrace, landscape modifications; remove an attic vent opening on the front of the house. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Remove 1992 circular drive in front yard. 2) Replace 1992 landscape wall adjacent to the sidewalk with a new 36” high wall. 3) Construct pool in front yard, integrated into the slope of the site, with wrought-iron fence surround. Note: earlier staff report indicated a raised terrace faced with brick. This was proposed in the initial design but removed in response to Committee feedback. See renderings in the file B.1.3 - 2406 Harris Blvd. – Plans in the backup materials. 4) Remove attic fan in front-facing gable and replace with half-timbering and stucco to match existing. Two-story, cross-gabled Tudor Revival house with brick cladding and half-timbering and stucco in the front-facing gable end. ARCHITECTURE STANDARDS FOR REVIEW The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation are used to evaluate projects on historic landmarks. The following standards apply to the proposed project: 6) Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence. Evaluation: The attic fan was a later intervention, and restoration of the decorative half-timbering treatment at the gable end is appropriate. 9) New additions, exterior alterations or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment. Evaluation: The proposed wall at the sidewalk is compatible with the historic character of the property, and the proposed wrought-iron fence surrounding the pool area is a compatible fence type. Though low-lying and largely integrated into the landscape, the pool edge will be visible from the street and may not be an appropriate new intervention at a historic landmark property. 10) New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic …
B.3 - 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS MARCH 22, 2021 C14H-2009-0021 YERWOOD-SIMOND HOUSE 2005 HAMILTON STREET PROPOSAL Installation of skylights on side and rear-facing roof slopes. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Remove existing light tubes on side-facing roof slopes. 2) Install six low-profile skylights on side- and rear-facing roof slopes, finished to match the existing roofing, to create usable interior space in the attic. ARCHITECTURE One-story, roughly rectangular-plan hipped-and-gabled brick veneered frame house with single and paired 1:1 windows; round-arched entry and arcade along the west elevation of the house; exterior stepped brick chimney on the front façade with randomly-placed stones and caps. The house has Tudor Revival influences in its prominent front gable, but is also reminiscent of colonial French architecture in southern Louisiana with its round-arched brick arcade, gable-on-hip roof style, and massing. STANDARDS FOR REVIEW The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation are used to evaluate projects on historic landmarks. The following standard applies to the proposed project: 9) New additions, exterior alterations or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment. Evaluation: The proposed skylights add usable square footage to the house with minimal exterior intervention. The low profile, color selection, and placement to avoid the street-facing roof slope are compatible with and do not detract from character-defining features of the historic house. The project meets the applicable standards. COMMITTEE FEEDBACK The skylights’ placement, low profile, and matching color are compatible with the house’s roof. Committee members supported conditional administrative approval, pending review by the full Commission out of concern that the case could be precedent-setting. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Concur with Committee feedback and approve the application, while acknowledging this solution may not be appropriate for other landmarks. Staff wishes to note multiple factors specific to this recommendation. The house has a composition shingle roof, a material which is not original, is cyclically replaced, and does not have a distinctive decorative pattern. Further, light tubes installed in the roof prior to the landmark designation in 2009 provide a precedent for this type of intervention. Although larger, the skylights’ lower placement and matching color may be less disruptive to the house’s appearance. …
HAM / Hamilton Avenue Residence Remodel 2005 Hamilton Avenue - Architectural Review Committee Presentation m(ødm) HAM / Hamilton Avenue Residence Remodel markodomstudio.com 21.02.09 2005 Hamilton Avenue The Yerwood-Simoud House, locally known as 2005 Hamilton Avenue, is an existing single family residence that was built in 1939 by Dr. Charles Yerwood, and his wife Ada Marie DeBlanc Simond. The home’s interiors were remodeled in 2014, but left the unfinished attic untouched. The Hamilton Avenue Residence Remodel converts the existing attic volume into a warm, useable space for the current residences. The project completely redefines the interior experience, all while being intentionally respectful to the exterior appearance of this historic home. No additions or alterations were made to the front elevation of the home. The primary focus of the remodel is the redesign of the existing attic space, within the existing roof volume. The experience of the new volume is enhanced by the additional of 6 new “Fakro” skylights. This slim model (less than 6” from shingle to top of glass) allow sunlight to wash into the new living space, enhancing the environment, and save energy by providing natural daylight. Intentional details transport the occupant to the light filled space for reading, gathering and entertaining that complement the space main house below. In this new celebrated space, located within an existing gable, an additional seating area off of the main program that is enhanced by skylights and provide comfortable space for living. intent m(ødm) markodomstudio.comHAM / Hamilton Avenue Residence Remodel21.02.09 Exterior Photos_ 2005 Hamilton Avenue -front elevation would remain as is -showing all sides of roof to receive new skylights -existing circular vents would be removed and roofing would be replaced in kind m(ødm) markodomstudio.comHAM / Hamilton Avenue Residence Remodel21.02.09 Existing Conditions_ Pre-existing Attic Conditions -space currently only receives natural light from singular window -existing solar tubes to be removed/repaired in kind m(ødm) markodomstudio.comHAM / Hamilton Avenue Residence Remodel21.02.09 drawings - floor plans m(ødm) markodomstudio.comHAM / Hamilton Avenue Residence Remodel21.02.09 CAR 1 CAR 2 EXISTING GRAVEL K C A B T E S D R A Y K C A B ' 5 EXISTING WOOD DECK BACK YARD EXISTING LANDSCAPE TO REMAIN 5' SIDE YARD SETBACK EXISTING DRIVE EXISTING 2-STORY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 5' SIDE YARD SETBACK PROPERTY LINE 25'-0" EXISTING FRONT YARD SETBACK EXISTING GRAVEL WALK P E T S E U N E V A N O T L I …
From: To: Subject: Date: Donna Morrow PAZ Preservation 508 E Mary, 78704 Thursday, March 11, 2021 5:04:58 PM *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** I approve of the plans to repair & landscape the existing house building & to add onto the rear of the house at 508 East Mary. This block of E. Mary is in a Historic District & the plans will be in accordance with that. Donna Morrow 504 Terrace Dr. Austin 78704 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.
PUBLIC IEARING INFORMATION Aldhough applicants and/or their agcnt(s) are expcctod to attend a public hearing., you are not roquired to attend. This meeting wbe conducted online and you have the opportunity to speak FOR or AGAINST the poposed developmcnt or change. Email or call the staff contact for infomation on how to participate in the public hearings online. You may also contact a neighborhood or environmental organization that has expresed an interest in an appliention affecting your neighborhood. During a publie hearing, the board or commission may postpone or continue an application's hearing to a later date, or recommend approval or denial of the applicaticon. If the board or commission announces a specific date and time for a postponement or continuation that is not later than 60 days from the announcement, no further notice is required. A board or commission's decision may be appealed by a person with standing to appeal, or an interested party that is identified as a person who can appeal the decision. The body holding a public hearing on an appeal will determine whether a person has standing to appeal the decision. An interested party is defined as a person who is the applicant or record owner of the subject property, or who communicates an interest to a board or commission by: delivering a writen statement to the board or commission before the public hearing that generally identifies the issues of concem (it may be delivered to the contact person listed on a notice); or appearing and speaking for the record at the public hearing; and: occupies a primary residence that is within 500 feet of the subject property or proposed development; is the record owner of property within 500 feet of the subject property or proposed development; or is an officer of an environmental or neighborhood organization that has an interest in or whose declared boundaries are within 500 feet of the subject property or proposed development. A notice of appeal must be filed with the director of the responsible department no later than 14 days after the decision. An appeal form may be available from the responsible department. For additional information on the City of Austin's land development process, please visit our website: www.austintexas.gov/abe Written comments must be submitted to the board or commission (or the contact person listed on the notice) before a public hearing. Your comments should include the board or commission's …
B.6 - 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS MARCH 22, 2021 C14H-1986-0015, C14H-2004-0008 GRANDBERRY BUILDING AND MITCHELL-ROBERTSON BUILDING CONGRESS AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT 907, 909, AND 911 CONGRESS AVENUE Review of a plan to deconstruct, store, and re-erect historic building façades. PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Catalog and store, then re-erect the historic building façades as part of a redevelopment project at a later date. Per the applicant, stabilization of the buildings in place is not technically feasible. The project received preliminary approval from the Historic Landmark Commission on January 26, 2015 and June 25, 2018, pending development of more detailed plans for treatment of the façades. ARCHITECTURE Three two-part commercial blocks sharing party walls; buildings are boarded at the street level. At the second floor, the Grandberry Building at 907 Congress has two-over-two light windows with decorative hood moulds, and the Mitchell-Robertson Building at 909 Congress has one-over-one windows and corbelled brickwork at the cornice. STANDARDS FOR REVIEW The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation are used to evaluate projects on historic landmarks. The following standards apply to the proposed project: 2) The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided. 5) Distinctive materials, features, finishes and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved. 6) Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence. While deconstruction and reconstruction of a historic landmark is not a recommended treatment, intensive intervention is necessitated in this case due to major, longstanding conditions. Provided the project entails sufficient care to document, dismantle, store, and re-erect the buildings using original materials to the greatest extent feasible, the project will meet the applicable standards. COMMITTEE FEEDBACK Consider stabilization of building façades in place rather than removal and reconstruction; provide a detailed condition assessment or other analysis of the buildings’ conditions; and pay particular attention to keeping the corbelled brickwork on the Mitchell-Robertson Building intact. Committee members expressed concern regarding having the buildings down for an indefinite period prior to the redevelopment. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Support the project in …
B.7 - 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS MARCH 22, 2021 C14H-2009-0065 Judge David J. and Birdie Pickle House 1515 MURRAY LANE PROPOSAL Construct a wood fence with decorative wood gate. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Construct a 6’ tall fence between the south wall of the building and the south property line. The fence consists of horizontal tongue-and-groove wood boards set in a narrow wood frame, with 7’ tall wood posts framing a gate opening. The gate consists of paired arched wood doors with decorative carving. The fence and gate will be set back from the front wall and located behind the chimney. ARCHITECTURE STANDARDS FOR REVIEW 1½-story Tudor Revival house with arched entrance, multi-lite wood-sash wood windows, half-timbering, exterior chimney, and cross-gabled roof. The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards are used to evaluate proposed changes to historic landmarks. The following standards apply to the proposed project: 2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces, and the spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided. The proposed project retains the property’s historic character. No distinctive materials or features are proposed to be removed or altered. 3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken. The proposed project does not create a false sense of historical development. 9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment. The proposed project will not destroy historic materials, features, or spatial relationships. The fence is a clean modern design with compatible materials, and the gate is distinct from the style of the building. Both are subordinate to the house in location and size and, while visible from the public right of way, will not detract from the property’s historic character. 10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS MARCH 22, 2021 HR-2020-179883 2101 JESSE E. SEGOVIA STREET FIESTA GARDENS C.1 - 1 PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS and move ramp to the rear. Modifications to existing facilities at Fiesta Gardens, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. 1) Rebuild the wood trellis of the bandstand, expand the structure to the east to provide more usable space, 2) Rehabilitate the dining hall, including repairs to address critical maintenance needs, improvements to building systems, and construction of clerestory windows for lighting. 3) Construct an addition to the east of the historic dining hall, to provide support facilities for events. 4) Maintain offices and work areas at the Mercado, with repairs to address critical exterior maintenance. Rehabilitate building interior to provide meeting rooms in a second phase. 5) Restore and rehabilitate grandstand; improve accessibility. Construct a waterfront raised stage and boardwalk in a second phase. STANDARDS FOR REVIEW The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation are used to evaluate new construction projects in National Register historic districts. Applicable standards include: 2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic materials or alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided. The proposed project removes minimal historic material while enhancing the existing facilities. 9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment. The proposed clerestory windows at the dining hall will be visible but are limited in height and compatible with the historic building. The dining hall addition is separated from the historic building by a glass lobby that acts as a hyphen. The addition’s simple massing and articulation, stucco cladding, and fenestration patterns are differentiated but compatible with the historic dining hall. 10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in such a manner that if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired. If the proposed modifications were removed in the future, most of the building and site’s form and integrity would remain. Maintain as much historic fabric as …
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S U P P L E M E N T A R Y D O C U M E N T S H I S T O R I C L A N D M A R K C O M M I S S I O N | P R E L I M I N A R Y - N O T F O R C O N S T R U C T I O N | M A R C H 2 2 2 0 2 1 | 2 9 O F 6 5 2101 JESSE E. SEGOVIA ST. | AUSTIN, TEXAS 78702FIESTA GARDENS S I T E H I S T O R Y H I S T O R I C L A N D M A R K C O M M I S S I O N | P R E L I M I N A R Y - N O T F O R C O N S T R U C T I O N | M A R C H 2 2 2 0 2 1 | 3 0 O F 6 5 2101 JESSE E. SEGOVIA ST. | AUSTIN, TEXAS 78702FIESTA GARDENS I N I T I A L P R I VA T E D E V E L O P M E N T • O r i g i n a l l y c o n s t r u c t e d i n 1 9 6 5 -1 9 6 6 • C o n c e i v e d a s p r i v a t e l y - o w n e d t o u r i s t a t t r a c t i o n o n n o r t h e a s t s h o r e o f n e w l y c r e a t e d To w n L a k e , n o w L a d y B i r d L a k e , a r o u n d a g r a v e l p i t - t u r n e d l a g o o n • A t t r a c t i o n s …
B A N D S T A N D E X I S T I N G C O N D I T I O N S : B A N D S T A N D | F I E S T A G A R D E N S H I S T O R I C L A N D M A R K C O M M I S S I O N | P R E L I M I N A R Y - N O T F O R C O N S T R U C T I O N | M A R C H 2 2 2 0 2 1 | 4 8 O F 6 5 2101 JESSE E. SEGOVIA ST. | AUSTIN, TEXAS 78702FIESTA GARDENS LANDSCAPE• Views behind structure limited ARCHITECTURE / STRUCTURE• Non-original yellow paint• Concrete stage in good condition, but high• Wood shade structure in poor condition• Ramp not original; stairs lack handrails M.E.P. SYSTEMS• Limited power and lighting G R A N D S T A N D E X I S T I N G C O N D I T I O N S : G R A N D S T A N D | F I E S T A G A R D E N S H I S T O R I C L A N D M A R K C O M M I S S I O N | P R E L I M I N A R Y - N O T F O R C O N S T R U C T I O N | M A R C H 2 2 2 0 2 1 | 4 9 O F 6 5 2101 JESSE E. SEGOVIA ST. | AUSTIN, TEXAS 78702FIESTA GARDENS LANDSCAPE• Bald cypress trees are quickly growing at base• Upper bleachers limit views across lakeSTRUCTURE• Non-original paint colors throughout• Paint older, failing• No accessible seating or approach• Steel structure is in good conditionM.E.P. SYSTEMS• Lighting is focused on security, not event use APPROXIMATE 100' CWQZ SETBACK CONCRETE PLAZA; RE: SURVEY TYPICAL LANDSCAPE WALL • 2 COURSES 12" CMU • MEDIUM TEXTURE PAINTED STUCCO EXTERIOR WITH PARTIAL CRACKING THROUGHOUT • ROWLOCK COURSE BRICK COPING SLOPE CONCRETE RAMP & STEEL HANDRAIL CONCRETE STAIR • VARYING HEIGHT RISERS UP TO 10" …
HIST O R IC L A ND M A R K C O M M IS SI O N N A R RA T IVE Fiesta Gardens (19043) 2021-03-22 Project (#) Date Summary of Revised Items A. Site 1. A pocket park is added along Jesse E. Segovia Street with low profile seating, paving, and lighting surrounded by planting to match designs within the plaza 2. Materials, details, and lighting are further developed throughout B. Bandstand 1. The structure’s renovation history is clarified to include early changes to the primary structure and a later addition of an accessible ramp within the plaza 2. Design exhibits highlight the reconstruction of the failing wood pergola and relocation of vertical circulation away from the plaza C. Supplementary exhibits are available toward the end of presentation 1 of 1
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MARCH 22, 2021 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HDP-2020-0479 5613 PATTON RANCH ROAD D.1 - 1 PROPOSAL Deconstruct and move a log cabin and two log outbuildings that date from around 1870. ARCHITECTURE The main structure on the site is a ca. 1870 log cabin with a limestone fireplace, exterior chimney, and foundation. The house has several more recent additions and the windows and doors have been replaced with more modern units. Also on the site and subject to the permit applications are two outbuildings: a pole barn constructed of stacked timber with stone chinking, and a log crib. The date of construction of the outbuildings is not known. RESEARCH STAFF COMMENTS It appears that this complex as the home of James A. Patton, who settled in the Oak Hill neighborhood around 1870. Patton deeded this land to his son Robert, who in turn left it to his own daughter, Nellie Patton Miller. Later documents refer to this site as the Miller Ranch house. The structures were documented in the Historic Resources Survey of Southwest Travis County, commissioned by the Travis County Historical Commission in 2015, which recommended that this complex was eligible for individual listing in the National Register of Historic Places, and contributing to a potential historic district. Staff initially facilitated negotiations between the property owners and the leadership at Pioneer Farms, which would be willing to accept the cabin and outbuildings for future use and interpretation on their museum property. However, neighborhood residents expressed concern with this significant resource leaving the area. The applicant has since considered alternatives that would retain the cabin closer to its original location and provided a proposal to the Oak Hill Association of Neighborhoods for consideration. STAFF RECOMMENDATION While staff can support relocation of the cabin in the interest of its preservation, details of the proposed solution were not available at the time of this report. D.1 - 2 Non-original addition will not be relocated D.1 - 3 D.1 - 4 D.1 - 5 D.1 - 6 Pole barn LOCATION MAP D.1 - 7
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MARCH 22, 2021 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HR-2021-029766 702 HUERTA STREET D.12 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1948 house. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH One-story, flat-roofed house constructed of concrete masonry units with some limestone cladding under the partial-width porch. The house at 702 Huerta Street (originally 702 Acorn Place) was built around 1948. The earliest listed owners were William J. and Bobbie A. Greenawalt, who resided in the house for much of the 1950s. By 1959, Margarito C. “Mike” Huerta and Mary Louise Calderon owned the home. Huerta was a short- and long-haul truck driver who had a 52-year business relationship with Capital Aggregates. In the 1990s, the City honored him for being Austin’s oldest truck driver with an exemplary driving record, renaming Acorn Place to Huerta Street in his honor. Huerta lived in the house until his death in 2014. STAFF COMMENTS 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain moderate to low integrity. 3) Properties must meet two historic designation criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated this house for designation as a historic landmark and has determined that the house does not meet the criteria for landmark designation as set forth in City Code: a) Architecture. The house does not appear to convey architectural significance. b) Historical association. The house was the longtime residence of Margarito “Mike” Huerta, for c) Archaeology. The house was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the whom the street is named. human history or prehistory of the region. d) Community value. The house does not possess a unique location, physical characteristic, or significant feature that contributes to the character, image, or cultural identity of the city, the neighborhood, or a particular demographic group. e) Landscape feature. The property is not a significant natural or designed landscape with artistic, aesthetic, cultural, or historical value to the city. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Encourage rehabilitation and adaptive re-use, but release the permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. LOCATION MAP D.12 - 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION D.12 - 3 Source: Zillow.com, 2021 Occupancy History City Historic Preservation Office, February 2021 1959 Margarito C. Huerta, owner No occupation listed 1957 William J. and Bobbie Greenawalt, owners No occupation listed Also listed is Frank N. Greenawalt, U.S. Army 1955 William J. and Bobbie A. Greenawalt, owners 1952 William J. and Bobbie Greenawalt, …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MARCH 22, 2021 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HR-2021-029739 1308 TRAVIS HEIGHTS BOULEVARD D.13 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1922 house. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH One-story bungalow with horizontal wood siding, hipped roof with clipped gable at façade, partial-width porch, and attached carport. Fenestration includes paired 1:1 windows and replacement picture window. The house at 1308 Travis Heights Boulevard was built around 1922 by Woodhull T. and Thelma Lehmann. The Lehmanns did not stay in the house long; by 1927 they had sold the property to the Maloy family, its longest-term residents. James J. Maloy worked as a hardware clerk at the Walter Tips Company. Mary Maloy was an active leader in charity work for St. Ignatius Catholic Church. She helped to found the Home of the Holy Infancy, a charity for dependent infants at Seton Hospital, and served as its president. After Mary Maloy’s death in 1944, her son, James H. Maloy, and his wife, Edna, occupied the home. Upon returning from Europe as a veteran of World War II, Maloy worked as a projectionist for various schools and theaters. Maloy was an active union member and volunteered as a film educator. STAFF COMMENTS The house is listed as a potentially contributing resource in the pending Travis Heights-Fairview Park National Register Historic District. 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain moderate to low integrity. 3) Properties must meet two historic designation criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated this house for designation as a historic landmark and has determined that the house does not meet the criteria for landmark designation as set forth in City Code: a) Architecture. The building does not appear to convey architectural significance. b) Historical association. The building does not appear to have historical associations. c) Archaeology. The house was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. d) Community value. The house does not possess a unique location, physical characteristic, or significant feature that contributes to the character, image, or cultural identity of the city, the neighborhood, or a particular demographic group. e) Landscape feature. The property is not a significant natural or designed landscape with artistic, aesthetic, cultural, or historical value to the city. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Encourage rehabilitation and adaptive re-use, then relocation over demolition, but release the permit upon completion of …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MARCH 22, 2021 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS PR-20-183612 1601 BRACKENRIDGE STREET D.2 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1915 house. ARCHITECTURE One-and-a-half story, rectangular-plan, side-gabled frame Craftsman bungalow with a central, partial-width, front-gabled dormer; single, paired, and triple fenestration in 1:1, 6:1, and 9:1 patterns; exterior brick chimney. It appears that the original front porch of the house was infilled, and that the windows currently on the front of the house were the original windows before the porch was infilled. Staff has reviewed the structural report for the house. While there are significant structural issues, staff argues that the house can be salvaged. RESEARCH The house appears to have been built around 1915 by William M. and Lettie Webster Davis, both teachers at the Texas School for the Deaf. Lettie Webster Davis was originally from Grayson County, Texas, and moved to Austin around 1903. She first boarded with noted deaf teacher William H. Davis, at his home on Newning Avenue (a city historic landmark). She married William M. Davis, a teacher in the manual department of the deaf institute, in 1911, and four years later either built or moved in to this house on Brackenridge Street, where they lived until William passed away in 1947 after a close-to-40-year career in deaf education. After his death, Lettie Davis moved to a house on Oakland Avenue in West Austin, across the street from her family’s home, where her sisters still resided. Both William and Lettie Davis taught at the Deaf School during a time of great upheaval in the methods of teaching deaf students and successfully adapted their teaching methods accordingly. As educators moved away from sign language in favor of “oralism” - reliance on lip reading, many deaf teachers were replaced with hearing teachers. Students who did not succeed with the oralist approach to deaf education were sent to the “manual” department, where they were taught to spell with their fingers. Both William Davis and Lettie Webster Davis came from families that devoted their careers and lives to deaf education. Lettie Davis’ sister, Jessie Webster, was one of the longest-tenured instructors at the institution. After William M. Davis’ death, and Lettie Davis’ move back to her old neighborhood in West Austin, this house had a series of owner-occupants through the mid-1950s. Betsy Pinkerton opened Betsy’s Nursery School and Kindergarten in this house around 1955; it operated here until …
Historic Landmark Commission Case #PR-20-183612 Permit for Demolition of house at 1601 Brackenridge Street Dear members of the Austin Historic Landmark Commission, Join us! The cultural and architectural identity of our South Austin neighborhood is under assault. AGAIN! Please join in our neighborly effort to preserve the historical home at 1601 Brackenridge Street. This 105- year-old house is of invaluable historic significance, listed as contributing to the pending Travis Heights- Fairview Park National Historic Register. Too many times we have gone for walks in our neighborhood only to find that another charming, unique old house has been leveled by a developer and replaced with god knows what? If we wanted to be surrounded by shiny glass and steel structures, we’d live downtown in a high-rise condo. But we choose to live in our neighborhood because of its eclectic charm, peaceful ambiance, and timeless community feel. Also, as a community, we cannot overlook the roles played by William Davis and Lettie Webster Davis at the Texas School for the Deaf and the influence the school has had in our community – especially in South Austin. The history of this house and its original residents tells part of the story of that influence. So many of the staff members and the individuals served by the Texas School for the Deaf lived in the Travis Heights-Fairview Park neighborhood. Travis County became a leader in providing services to the deaf because of William Davis and Lettie Webster Davis. Unfortunately, the deaf community is all too often treated as invisible. Preserving this house is an opportunity to acknowledge meaningful respect to the deaf community’s contribution to the rich cultural quilt that is South Austin. This Craftsman bungalow at 1601 Brackenridge is an example of the architecture that is part of the eclectic nature that is our neighborhood. Craftsman architecture is an integral style in the Travis Heights- Fairview Park neighborhood and – as in all things eclectic – these homes are one of those threads that define this area of South Austin. We are hopeful that the Historic Landmark Commission’s reputation for not confusing “new and shiny” for advancement will prevail, and this salient part of our culture -- as well as our architectural history – will be preserved. In particular, we request that the Commissioners specifically protect this important property and reject the request to destroy another piece of South Austin. Thank you for …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION JANUARY 25, 2021 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS PR-20-174961 2803 BONNIE ROAD D.3 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1938 house. ARCHITECTURE One-and-a-half story wing-and-gable plan, brick veneered Tudor Revival styled house with a steeply pitched gablet over the round-arched front entry, exterior stone chimney, and single and paired 6:1 fenestration. RESEARCH The house was built in 1938 for Frank D. and Ollie Lloyd, who lived here until around 1940. Frank D. Lloyd was a Louisiana-born storekeeper for the City. Prior to building this house, the Lloyds had lived at 609 Patterson Avenue; it was to that address that they moved after living here. A widow, Ada G. Benedict, bought the house in the mid-1940s and converted the attic to a room and a bath in 1942. Thomas P. Callier, a salesman, and his wife, Margaret are listed as the owners and occupants of the house in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Around 1953, the house was purchased by Ben F. Reichert and his wife, Iva, who lived here until the mid- 1970s; both were natives of Cameron, Texas. Benjamin Franklin Reichert was a sales rep for KVET radio station in the 1950s; he then became a salesman for a business machine company, and later became a right-of-way agent for the Texas Highway Department. Iva Reichert was a typist for the State Department of Public Welfare. STAFF COMMENTS The house is beyond the bounds of any City survey to date. Staff has evaluated this house for designation as a historic landmark and has determined that the house does not squarely meet the criteria for landmark designation as set forth in City Code. Its Tudor Revival architecture typifies this period of development in Tarrytown, and the house would certainly be contributing to a potential historic district, but does not meet a second criterion for designation as required by Code. a. Architecture. The house is an excellent example of 1930s Tudor Revival residential architecture with its brick veneer siding, steeply pitched gablet over the front door, and window configuration. The scale and architecture of this house typifies late 1930s development in West Austin; the house meets the criterion for architectural distinction in its own right, and as a good example of an architectural style popular in the neighborhood. b. Historical association. The house was first owned and occupied by a storekeeper for the City; they moved here from a …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION JANUARY 25, 2021 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS PR-20-186435 1904 MOUNTAIN VIEW ROAD D.4 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1949 house. ARCHITECTURE One-story, irregular-plan brick house with a flat roof and metal-framed fenestration in a horizontal 2:2 configuration. The house reflects tenets of the International Style, made popular by the designs of architect Philip Johnson in the 1930s, and featuring a boxy composition, use of rectilinear forms, and a lack of surface ornamentation or decoration, in contrast with the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles popular at around the same time. The International Style was generally considered a style for commercial buildings, but there are also examples of the style applied to residential construction. The house was designed by prominent Austin architect Howard R. Barr as part of the Acme Ceramic Housing Project. Of the remaining test houses, this house appears to be the most intact. RESEARCH The house at 1904 Mountain View Road was one of six houses constructed as part of the Acme Ceramic Housing Project, a research endeavor conducted by the Bureau of Engineering Research at the University of Texas and sponsored by the Acme Brick Company. It compared houses of all clay tile construction with a control house of more conventional frame construction. The experiment sought to determine benefits of structural tile foundations in expansive soils and use the thermal storage capacity of masonry in conjunction with innovative heating and cooling systems. This test house was designed by Howard R. Barr as an associate architect at Giesecke, Kuehne & Brooks. Barr joined the firm following service in the Navy in World War II. He later became a partner this prominent Austin firm, known successively as Kuehne, Brooks & Barr; Brooks and Barr; and Brooks, Barr, Graeber and White before merging with 3D/International. Barr retired from 3D/I in 1978 and opened a private practice. Among his firms’ best-known works are buildings at Huston-Tillotson University and the University of Texas at Austin, including the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill; the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City; and the original complex of the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Additionally, this house on Mountainview Road was the last house in Austin owned by Edmond C. and Ruth V. Rather, who lived here from around 1951 at least until Edmond died in 1974. Edmond Rather was born in Kaufman, Texas in either 1897 or …
Denise Villa PAZ Preservation Re: Requesting to Speak for 1904 Mountain View on 03/22 Friday, March 19, 2021 11:57:13 AM cgk signaturelogo.png From: To: Subject: Date: Attachments: Elizabeth, Thank you, Denise Denise Villa, PhD CEO and Co-Founder I am in favor of the project. 8733 Shoal Creek Boulevard | Austin, TX 78757 GenHQ.com | | CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message is from The Center for Generational Kinetics, LLC and any attachments may contain confidential information and is intended only for the named recipient(s). If you have received this message in error, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Please contact the sender immediately by return email and please destroy the original message and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. Thank you. On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 10:14 AM PAZ Preservation <Preservation@austintexas.gov> wrote: Please let me know if you are in favor or opposed to the project, and I will gladly add you to the registration list. Hello, Ms. Villa, Best, Elizabeth Elizabeth Brummett | Development Services Manager, Historic Preservation Office City of Austin | Housing & Planning Department Pronouns: She/Her/Hers T: 512.974.1264 | www.austintexas.gov/housing elizabeth.brummett@austintexas.gov From: Denise Villa Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 9:58 AM To: PAZ Preservation <Preservation@austintexas.gov> Subject: Requesting to Speak for 1904 Mountain View on 03/22 *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** My name is Denise Villa Email: Phone: Thank you, Denise Denise Villa, PhD CEO and Co-Founder 8733 Shoal Creek Boulevard | Austin, TX 78757 GenHQ.com | | CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message is from The Center for Generational Kinetics, LLC and any attachments may contain confidential information and is intended only for the named recipient(s). If you have received this message in error, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Please contact the sender immediately by return email and please destroy the original message and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. Thank you. CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MARCH 22, 2021 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS PR-2020-192534 503 E. ANNIE STREET D.5 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1931 house. ARCHITECTURE One-story, rectangular-plan, side-gabled frame house with a central, front-gabled entry bay; paired 1:1 fenestration on the main elevation; single and paired 1:1 fenestration elsewhere; standing seam metal roof. RESEARCH The house appears to have been built in 1931, based upon city directory records and a sewer service permit issued for this address. The first owner and occupant was Elmer D. Wiginton, who may have moved in here as early as 1931 with a wife named Patricia (who only shows up in the 1932-33 city directory), or with his wife Lillian who appears in all later city directories; they married in April of 1932. Elmer D. Wiginton was an accountant for the City Auditing Department; he and Lillian lived here until 1940, when the moved to a house on Bonnieview in Fairview Park. The next owners and occupants, who lived here from around 1948 until at least 1974, were Tom B. and Rena Woodland. Tom B. Woodland was a retired farmer from Concho County, Texas; while living in Austin, he worked as a watchman. Rena Woodland was a saleslady in various hardware stores, including Woodland Hardware on South Congress Avenue, operated by Webb and David C. Woodland, Jr., possible relatives. STAFF COMMENTS The house is listed as contributing to the pending Travis Heights National Register Historic District. Staff has evaluated this house for designation as a historic landmark and has determined that the house, while clearly contributing to the pending historic district, does not meet the criteria for landmark designation as set forth in City Code: a. Architecture. The house is a ca. 1931 Craftsman cottage, typical of many in the neighborhood, and characterizing a large number of middle class residences in Travis Heights. This house does not reflect the architectural distinction necessary for qualification as a historic landmark under this criterion. b. Historical association. The house was first owned by an accountant for the city, and then by a retired farmer and his wife, who worked as a saleslady in a hardware store. There do not appear to be significant historical associations. c. Archaeology. The house was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. d. Community value. The house does not possess a unique …
Brummett, Elizabeth From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Ron Bravenec Friday, February 12, 2021 9:32 PM PAZ Preservation Alison Bravenec; Michele Webre; Russel Fraser; Joe Brown; Demolition Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged ; Angela Reed *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** I wish to object in the strongest possible terms to the demolition of the structure at 503 E. Annie St. I am sick of witnessing precious 1930’s bungalows in our historic neighborhood demolished in favor of nondescript, architecturally vapid boxes. This must stop! Ron Bravenec 503 Lockhart Dr. Austin, TX 78704 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
From: To: Subject: Date: Donna Morrow PAZ Preservation 503 East Annie Thursday, March 11, 2021 5:10:06 PM *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Attn: Elizabeth Brummett: I oppose the demolition of the house at 503 East Annie. There is a heritage tree on the property that will be endangered or destroyed by new & huge construction. Please deny this application for demolition. Donna Morrow 504 Terrace Dr. Austin 78704 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov.
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MARCH 22, 2021 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS PR-2020-192260 3404 GOVALLE AVE. D.6 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish frame portions behind a 1955 masonry church. ARCHITECTURE The former Loyalty Missionary Baptist Church building is a front-gabled concrete masonry unit church with a projecting entry bay flanked by large buttresses on the front elevation and regularly spaced vertical windows between shallow buttresses on the side elevations. A rear frame portion abuts the north (back) wall of the masonry church. A taller gabled volume with paired wood doors on the east and three rows of windows on the west is intersected by a lower wing to the north. Both portions are clad in asbestos shingles and have Craftsman details including knee braces and exposed rafter tails. RESEARCH Govalle Baptist Church was a white congregation active from ca. 1939 to 1976. The church erected a two- story frame building at 3402 Govalle Road in 1939, consisting of an auditorium and seven rooms. Newspaper articles report PTA meetings held in the building’s basement. It is unclear whether this is the frame structure proposed for demolition; the applicant reports that the frame portions were moved to the site after the masonry church was built in 1955. The Govalle Baptist Church congregation merged with Beacon Ridge Baptist Church in 1976. In the same year, the newly formed Loyalty Missionary Baptist Church, an African American congregation, acquired this building. STAFF COMMENTS 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain high integrity. 3) Properties must meet two historic designation criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated this church for designation as a historic landmark and has determined that it does not appear to meet the criteria for landmark designation as set forth in City Code: a) Architecture. While the church has a unique design, it does not necessarily qualify for historic landmark designation under this criterion. b) Historical association. While associated with two former churches, no significant historic events were identified. c) Archaeology. The church was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. d) Community value. The church is not known to possess a unique location, physical characteristic, or significant feature that contributes to the character, image, or cultural identity of the city, the neighborhood, or a particular demographic group. e) Landscape feature. The property is not …
PRESERVING A PART OF EAST AUSTIN’S HISTORY: THE LO YALTY MISSIO NARY BAPTIST CHURCH Presented by Joshua Brunsmann LOYALTY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 3404 GO VALLE AVE AUSTIN, TX 78702 REVEREND EULON BROWN SR. Partial Demolition of rear wood structure Preservation of front CMU main church Partial Demolition of Detached Rear Portion Cement board siding covering wood lap siding - Severe dilapidation Partial Demolition of the Detached Rear Portion OUR GOALS • Preservation of the Loyalty Missionary Baptist Church • Paying homage and honoring the memory of Reverend Eulon Brown Sr. • Keeping this Iconic piece of history in east Austin for another generation to appreciate the history of this part of town.
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MARCH 22, 2021 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS GF-2021-015104 6800 WOODROW AVENUE D.9 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a 1956 church. ARCHITECTURE The First Cumberland Presbyterian Church comprises multiple interconnected gable-roofed buildings. The church sanctuary projects toward Woodrow Avenue, with a single lancet window in the end wall. The main entrance, set into a substantial Gothic arch surround, is under a dramatic, modern steeple set back and to the side of the sanctuary. Other wings have simpler architecture but are unified by their variegated orange brick cladding. RESEARCH First Cumberland Presbyterian Church was one of Austin’s oldest congregations, founded in 1846. The church was located at W. 7th and Lavaca streets from 1892 until 1955, when that building was demolished and a new church constructed at 6800 Woodrow Avenue. The new building included a sanctuary, fellowship hall, kitchen, and 15 classrooms. In 1968, the sanctuary was expanded and additional buildings constructed, including a gymnasium, chapel, and educational facilities. Architect Doyle M. Baldridge designed the 1956 building and six other Austin-area churches, including the Memorial Methodist Church (6100 Berkman Drive, 1958) and Ward Memorial Church (2105 Parker Lane, 1960), both extant. Baldrige practiced architecture in Austin from 1945 until his death in 1962, working as a designer at Giesecke, Kuehne and Brooks before establishing his own practice. From 1953–1957 he advised on all new construction and major repair projects of the University of Texas system. He served as treasurer of the Texas Society of Architects in 1956. STAFF COMMENTS 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain high integrity. 3) Properties must meet two historic designation criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated this church for designation as a historic landmark and has determined that it may not meet the criteria for landmark designation as set forth in City Code: a) Architecture. The church has a distinctive, midcentury modern design by local architect Doyle Baldridge and may qualify for historic landmark designation under this criterion. b) Historical association. Although associated with one of the oldest congregations in Austin, this building was constructed nearly 90 years after the church’s founding, and no significant events are known to have occurred at this site. c) Archaeology. The church was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. d) Community value. The church is not …
