C.5 - 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AUGUST 24, 2020 PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICTS HR-2020-113282 1317 WESTOVER ROAD OLD WEST AUSTIN NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT PROPOSAL Demolish a contributing building; construct a two-story plus basement house and detached garage/guest house building. ARCHITECTURE 1½-story rectangular-plan house capped by a side-gabled roof with front-facing gable dormers, clad in wood siding, and featuring 1:1 windows that appear to have wood and vinyl sashes. The paneled front door is flanked by multi-lite sidelights and surmounted by a multi-lite transom. Features include a full-width front porch with square columns, an exterior brick chimney, and a side addition capped by a hipped roof. RESEARCH The house at 1317 Westover Road was built around 1935. By 1939, Charles and Sara Wheeler had moved in; their family lived there until at least 1959. Charles Wheeler was born in 1879 in Grayson, Texas, to a farming family that deeply valued literacy; he grew up in Cooke County. He attended nearby Whitesboro College, Tyler Junior College, and North Texas State, then worked as a teacher and county school superintendent in Bowie County from 1899 to 1911. Wheeler “hung around courts and studied law,” by his own account, before opening a law practice in Texarkana or working as an assistant county attorney (news accounts vary). He was thrice elected district attorney for Texas’s Fifth Judicial District before coming to Austin in 1924, where he served as assistant attorney general under W. A. Keeling and Dan Moody. He served as a district judge in Austin’s 53rd District Court (1931 or 1932 until 1936), then resigned to practice law with his son Joe W. Wheeler at Felts, Wheeler & Wheeler, later Wheeler & Wheeler. He was appointed Editor of Opinions for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals from 1948 until 1963. “As long as I had anything to do with law, I tried to work hard, be genteel and courteous, prepare my cases well and be strictly moral and upright in all my dealings,” he told the Austin Statesman in 1969. Wheeler was deeply involved with the Texas Odd Fellows, receiving a 70-year membership award in 1972, as well as Central Christian Church, the Masons, and the Woodmen of the World. Charles Wheeler died in Austin in 1974. Sallie (or Sally, or Sara) D. Wheeler (nee Looney) was another native Texan, born around 1879 in Bowie. She married Charles Wheeler in 1902 in Bowie, …
The Woman's Department: Maternalism and Feminism in the Texas Medical Journal Author(s): Courtney Shah Source: The Historian, FALL 2001, Vol. 64, No. 1 (FALL 2001), pp. 81-98 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.com/stable/24450673 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms Taylor & Francis, Ltd. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Historian This content downloaded from (cid:0)162.89.0.57 on Fri, 10 Jul 2020 16:19:21 UTC(cid:0) (cid:0) All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) The Woman's Department: Maternalism and Feminism in the Texas Medical Journal Courtney Shah In 1912, a physician praised the Texas Medical Journals newly established Woman's Department in a letter to the editor. "The department you are establishing... along this line, giving women good, wholesome knowledge without the taint of quackery is a most worthy undertaking and deserves hearty support,"1 he wrote. The Texas Medical Journal, the most popular and long-standing independent medical journal in the state, was the creation of Dr. Ferdinand Eugene Daniel. His wife, Josephine Draper Daniel, founded the Woman's Department as an insert within the pages of the TMJ. Like so many journalists and activists in the Progressive Era, Josephine used maternalism as a justification to expand women's roles in the public sphere, as well as to justify her own ambitions. But while she usually stressed conservative reforms that did not challenge the dominant model of family life or women's place within it, Josephine Daniel simultaneously presented two curious lines of dissent. First, she challenged the TM/s (and thus her husband's) pro-eugenics stance; and second, she introduced a veneer of radical feminism into the publication, expressed mainly in a more open attitude toward women's sexuality. As Americans coped with the harsh realities of industrialization, urbanization, and immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, a reform-minded cadre of well educated, middle-class men and women saw the possibility for change to eradicate the …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AUGUST 24, 2020 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HDP-2020-0231 2609 SAN PEDRO STREET D.1 - 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Demolish a ca. 1935 house, originally constructed as a duplex. Two-story frame hipped-roof duplex with horizontal wood siding, 6:6 wood windows, composition shingles, and a second-floor balcony. In front of the main building, twin single-car frame garages flank the lot. The building at 2609 San Pedro Street was originally a duplex, built in 1935 as a rental property for medical journalist Josephine Draper Daniel. Daniel resided down the block at another rental property on 2616 Salado Street (no longer extant) until she moved to San Pedro after 1944. After the 1914 death of her husband, physician F. E. Daniel, Josephine Daniel took over his position as editor of the Texas Medical Journal for the next thirty years. F. E. Daniel, a former Confederate army surgeon and Texas Medical College professor, founded the journal in 1885. It later became the most influential medical publication of its time in Texas. Prior to her tenure as editor, Josephine Daniel contributed as founder of the Texas Medical Journal’s “Women’s Department” section since 1912, appealing to a wider demographic than the predominantly male medical field. As editor, Daniel introduced her audience to early tenets of feminism in healthcare and openly contradicted the eugenicist positions championed by her late husband. In a fall 2001 article for The Historian, entitled “The Woman's Department: Maternalism and Feminism in the Texas Medical Journal,” historian Courtney Shah describes Daniel’s evolution as a journalist: Josephine Daniel, although not openly recommending a radical feminist political platform, quietly introduced feminist ideas to her maternalist audience as well as many male physicians. The Women’s Department walked a narrow path between deference to medical and societal experts, and a demand to liberate women from the very institutions the experts represented: the sexual hierarchy of the family, the medical profession, and the state […] [As editor] she [promoted] her own two-pronged campaign of reform: maternalist issues such as reducing infant mortality and pure food laws, and the more radical feminist edge of birth control and women’s emancipation. (Shah 2001, 96-97) Daniel wrote frankly about the importance of reproductive education, stating that “The health and happiness of every girl demands that she receive when approaching adolescence an intelligent presentation of the vital life process” (95). In 1929, Daniel sold the journal and devoted her time to …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AUGUST 24, 2020 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HDP-2020-0280 1405 KENT LANE D.4 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1940 house. ARCHITECTURE The building at 1405 Kent is a two-story symmetrical-plan house with stone veneer cladding at the first floor and horizontal wood siding at the second. The building has a side-gabled asphalt- shingle roof. An attached side-gabled garage and single-story addition with a second-floor deck appear at secondary elevations. 8:8 wood windows at first floor; 6:6 at second floor. The front door is covered by a metal awning and articulated by simple decorative stonework. Windows at the main façade are surrounded by inoperable shutters, while windows at secondary façades appear in single and paired configurations. RESEARCH 1405 Kent Lane was built in 1940 by A. C. Bryant. Its first occupants were Roy and Ione Patterson. Roy Patterson was an insurance agent with Farm and Home Savings and Loan of Missouri; his firm also dabbled in real estate. In the 1960s, Patterson partnered with developer L. L. McCandless to build the Emerald Bend Resort on Lake Travis. Patterson’s son-in-law, Lt. William J. Wright, was held in North Korea as a prisoner of war. Wright was among few Korean War P. O. W.s who returned alive: nearly 40% of those captured did not survive (Korean War Legacy Foundation, https://koreanwarlegacy.org/). The Wright family lived briefly with the Pattersons while Lt. Wright recuperated. By 1955, the home had been sold to Reverend Samuel N., Jr. and Catharine Baxter. After moving to Austin from service as an archdeacon in the Northeast, Samuel Baxter worked as the rector of nearby Church of the Good Shepherd from 1954 to 1985. In the 1960s, Baxter became acting secretary of the state Episcopal diocese; he later completed three terms on the Board of Trustees for St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. Catharine Baxter was also active in the church community, serving as a member of the altar guild for eighty-two years. STAFF COMMENTS Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain moderate to high integrity. 3) Properties must meet two historic designation criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2- 352). a) Architecture. The building does not appear to convey architectural significance. b) Historical association. The building is associated with Reverend Samuel N. Baxter. c) Archaeology. The house was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AUGUST 24, 2020 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HDP-2020-0293 2816 SAN PEDRO STREET D.5 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1924 house. ARCHITECTURE 2816 San Pedro is a 1.5-story stucco residence with rectangular Cape Cod plan. It is side-gabled with a composite-shingle roof, three gabled dormers with 1:1 wood windows and lap siding, and a gabled portico supported by Classical columns. At the main elevation’s southernmost bay is a bank of 4:4 and 6:6 mulled windows framed with decorative shutters. The northernmost bay contains a single 12:12 window with similar shutters. The inset door is surrounded by a fanlight and sidelights. A hipped-roof addition to the south features 2:2 windows and a secondary double- door entry. A detached two-story garage apartment is northwest of the main house. RESEARCH The building at 2816 San Pedro Street was constructed for the Wyse family around 1924. William Riley Wyse, an independent oilman with ties to Austin’s power and water company, passed away shortly after its construction. Ellen Borroughs Wyse, his spouse, remained there with her son and daughter-in-law. Ellen Wyse was a prominent writer, editor, and business owner in Austin. Early in her career, Wyse served as the society editor for the Austin Statesman, then expanded her literary horizons to include her life’s passion: advertising. She established Gossip Advertising in 1911 at the age of thirty-eight, beginning with a single-page newspaper insert. By the 1920s, Gossip had grown into a multi-page publication and household name among Austinites, particularly women. The paper’s offices were located first at the Austin National Bank Building and later at the Scarbrough Building, as noted on its state historical marker. After more than thirty years of continuous publication, Wyse’s declining health shuttered Gossip’s pressroom in 1945. In addition to owning and operating a successful business—an extraordinary accomplishment for a woman in the early twentieth century—Wyse used her talent and charisma to reach out to other women writers. She presented to the Texas Presswomen’s Association across the state, sharing strategies for entering the male-dominated advertising field and establishing successful marketing tactics with a targeted and loyal readership. She was a founding member of the Quill Club (later, the Kwill Klub), a women’s organization that blossomed from a small collection of writers to a thriving consortium whose meetings included educators, librarians, professional authors (including Josephine Daniels, editor of the Texas Medical Journal, who also lived on San Pedro), prominent …
Historic Landmark Commission August 24, 2020 The Historic Landmark Commission meeting will be held August 24, 2020 with social distancing modifications. Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers, applicants included, must register no later than Sunday, August 23 by noon. All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. If you would only like to listen and not speak at the meeting, you can watch a live recording beginning at 6:00 pm on August 24: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live To speak remotely at the August 24, 2020 Historic Landmark Commission meeting, residents and applicants must: • Call or email the board liaison at preservation@austintexas.gov or (512) 974- 1264 no later than noon on Sunday, August 23. Provide your name, email address, and item number(s) you wish to speak on, and whether you are for/against/neutral (view the preview list or meeting agenda to find the item number you'd like to speak about: https://www.austintexas.gov/cityclerk/boards_commissions/meetings/2 020_31_1.htm) If the item you’d like to speak about is offered for consent approval on the o agenda, you can still register to speak in favor if the item is pulled for discussion. If you submit a request to speak, you will receive either an email or phone call on • the day of the meeting with the telephone number and call-in instructions. • You must call in at least 15 minutes prior to the meeting start in order to speak (not later than 5:45 p.m.). Late callers will not be accepted. • Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. • Handouts or other information may be emailed to preservation@austintexas.gov no later than noon on Sunday, August 23. This information will be provided to the commissioners in advance of the meeting. HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION Monday, August 24, 2020 - 6:00 p.m. Regular Meeting NOTE: This meeting will be conducted remotely via teleconference. Please see the attached notes for how to participate. COMMISSION MEMBERS: _____ Emily Reed, Chair ______ Beth Valenzuela, Vice Chair ______ Witt Featherston ______ Ben Heimsath ______ Mathew Jacob ______ Kevin Koch ______ Kelly Little ______ Trey McWhorter ______ Terri Myers ______ Alex Papavasiliou ______ Blake Tollett AGENDA CALL TO ORDER 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. July 27, 2020 2. PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION A. Update on Heritage Grant Process Speaker: Melissa Alvarado, Economic Development Department 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. DISCUSSION AND …
Historic Landmark Commission July 27, 2020 The Historic Landmark Commission meeting will be held July 27, 2020 with social distancing modifications. Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers (applicants and others) must register in advance (no later than Sunday, July 26, 2020 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the July 27, 2020 Historic Landmark Commission meeting, residents must: • Call or email the board liaison at preservation@austintexas.gov or (512) 974-1264 no later than noon on Sunday, July 26. The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, and a telephone number or email address. • Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call providing the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. • Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to the meeting start in order to speak (not later than 5:45 p.m.). Late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. • Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. • Handouts or other information may be emailed to preservation@austintexas.gov no later than noon on Sunday, July 26, 2020. This information will be provided to commissioners in advance of the meeting. • Residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION Monday, July 27, 2020 - 6:00 p.m. Regular Meeting attached notes for how to participate. NOTE: This meeting will be conducted remotely via teleconference. Please see the ___x___ Kelly Little ___x___ Trey McWhorter ___x___ Terri Myers ___x___ Alex Papavasiliou ___x___ Blake Tollett COMMISSION MEMBERS: _____ Emily Reed, Chair __x___ Beth Valenzuela, Vice Chair __x___ Witt Featherston __x___ Ben Heimsath __x___ Mathew Jacob __x___ Kevin Koch AGENDA CALL TO ORDER 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. June 22, 2020 MOTION: Approve Item A.1 on the consent agenda by Myers, Koch seconds. Vote: 10-0. 2. PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION A. Presentation by AISD regarding Yellow Jacket Stadium Speaker: Drew Johnson 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR HISTORIC ZONING, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR HISTORIC DISTRICT ZONING, AND REQUESTS TO CONSIDER THE INITIATION OF A HISTORIC ZONING CASE 1. C14H-2020-0069 – Rogers Washington Holy Cross …
A.1 - 1 ZONING CHANGE REVIEW SHEET HLC DATE: PC DATE: August 24, 2020 CASE NUMBER: C14H-2014-0001 APPLICANT: Thomas M. Schiefer and Meghan Elena Rosales, owners HISTORIC NAME: Mary Baylor House WATERSHED: Johnson Creek ADDRESS OF PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE: 1607 W. 10th Street ZONING FROM: SF-3-NP to SF-3-H-NP SUMMARY STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Recommend historic zoning. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION: The ca. 1950 house is associated with Charles and Mary Freeman Baylor, who can be documented as living here from the time of construction of the house through the early 1960s. Charles and Mary Freeman Baylor contracted with J.H. Freeman to purchase the house next door, at 1609 W. 10th Street in November, 1963, according to the deed records of Travis County. City directories from 1964 onward show that Charles E. and Mary Freeman Baylor lived next door at 1609 W. 10th Street, and the family rented this house out. Mary Freeman Baylor was a very prominent civil rights activist for the people of her Clarksville neighborhood, leading the charge for the preservation of the Clarksville School and for the provision of sewers, paved streets, and other city services other neighborhoods took for granted in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In addition, Mary Freeman Baylor, along with several of her neighbors, worked diligently to prevent the razing of many of the houses in Clarksville for the construction of the Mo-Pac Expressway and a proposed cross-town expressway in the 1970s. HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION ACTION: August 24, 2020: PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: DEPARTMENT COMMENTS: The house is listed as a Priority 1 in the Clarksville Survey (2000). ACTION: CITY COUNCIL DATE: ORDINANCE READINGS: 1ST 2ND 3RD CASE MANAGER: Steve Sadowsky NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION: Clarksville Community Development Corporation; Old West Austin Neighborhood Association. ORDINANCE NUMBER: PHONE: 974-6454 A.1 - 2 BASIS FOR RECOMMENDATION: Architecture: One-story, rectangular-plan, side-gabled frame house with a central, partial-width, front- gabled independent porch on plain, square wood posts; double front doors; 4:4 fenestration. Historical Associations: The existing house was constructed ca. 1950 by Cary Baylor. According to city directories the first occupants were Charlie Williams, a laborer, and his wife Essie, who rented the house until around 1952, while Charles and Mary F. Baylor rented a house at 1606 W. 10th Street. Cary Baylor’s son Charles Edward Baylor and his wife Mary Frances Freeman Baylor rented the house at 1607 W. 10th Street from around 1952 to around 1963, when they moved …
OWANA Steering Committee Ted Barnhill CHAIR Renae Alsobrook TREASURER Shawn Shillington SECRETARY MEMBERS Amy Bodle Cristine Buendel Sandy Cartwright Kate Ertle Adrienne Goldsberry Lindsey Heron Ellen Justice Marissa Latta Andrea March Maureen Metteauer August 20, 2020 Historic Landmark Commission City of Austin VIA EMAIL: BC-Mathew.Jacob@austintexas.gov bc-Terri.Myers@austintexas.gov bc-Alexander.Papavasiliou@austintexas.gov bc-Sarah.Valenzuela@austintexas.gov BC-Trey.McWhorter@austintexas.gov BC-Kevin.Koch@austintexas.gov BC-Witt.Featherston@austintexas.gov BC-Ben.Heimsath@austintexas.gov bc-Blake.Tollett@austintexas.gov bc-Emily.Reed@austintexas.gov BC-Kelly.Little@austintexas.gov CC: Cara.Bertron@austintexas.gov, steve.sadowsky@austintexas.gov RE: Application for Historic Zoning for 1607 W. 10th Street Dear Commissioners: The Old West Austin Neighborhood Association is pleased to communicate our strong sup- port of the application for Historic Landmark Zoning for the Mary Baylor House at 1607 W. 10th Street. This home is a significant structure in the Clarksville neighborhood. It was the home of Mary Frances Freeman Baylor, an important African-American activist and founder of the Clarksville Community Development Corporation (CCDC). Mary Baylor dedicated much of her life to serving the residents of Clarksville. She served as director of the Clarksville Neighborhood Center (then known as the Human Opportunities Corporation). Later, she led the effort to protest the creation of Loop 1 (better known as Mopac) and limit its impact on the Clarksville community. Without her efforts, much more of the neighborhood would have been wiped out and many lifelong residents displaced. Her legacy lives on in the CCDC, which seeks to preserve the Clarksville heritage by renovating historic properties and employing them as affordable hous- ing options to qualifying Austin residents. Moreover, this home remains true to the original character of Clarksville. It has retained its historic features and was renovated lovingly over the last several years by the current own- ers. As we lose the historic fabric of Clarksville bit-by-bit each year, it only fitting to confer land- mark status to the home of such an important member of the Clarksville community who fought to save one of the earliest freedmen communities west of the Mississippi. On behalf of the membership of OWANA, I urge you all to vote in favor of this historic land- mark application. Sincerely, Ted C. Barnhill Chair, Steering Committee Old West Austin Neighborhood Association (OWANA)
A.2 - 1 ZONING CHANGE REVIEW SHEET HLC DATE: PC DATE: September 23, 2002 August 24, 2020 CASE NUMBER: C14H-2002-0010 APPLICANT: City of Austin HISTORIC NAME: Schieffer House – Negro Agricultural Extension Office WATERSHED: Lady Bird Lake ADDRESS OF PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE: 1154 Lydia Street ZONING FROM: CS-1-NCCD-NP to CS-1-H-NCCD-NP SUMMARY STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the proposed zoning change to designate the house as a historic landmark. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION: Architecture, historical associations, and community value. HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION ACTION: PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: DEPARTMENT COMMENTS: The Schieffer House was the subject of a 2002 historic zoning case, which was reviewed and recommended by the Historic Landmark Commission and the Planning Commission. The City Council approved the zoning change on first and second readings, but delayed action on the third reading to allow for the Austin Revitalization Authority to relocate the house on the same site and construct an addition to the rear of the house. The addition has been completed and the house relocated, so the case is ready to proceed through the commissions once again (due to the expiration of the original case) and proceed to all three readings of an ordinance designating the house as a historic landmark by the City Council. The house has been well-maintained in the interim, and the Historic Landmark Commission has reviewed and approved changes to the house since the case was initiated. ACTION: ORDINANCE NUMBER: CITY COUNCIL DATE: ORDINANCE READINGS: 1ST 2ND 3RD CASE MANAGER: Steve Sadowsky NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION: Robertson Hill Neighborhood Association; Organization of East Austin Neighborhoods (OCEAN). BASIS FOR RECOMMENDATION: Architecture: The house is a one-story vernacular Victorian house in a wing-and-gable configuration. It is a stuccoed wood-frame house with a partial-width front porch on turned wood posts and with PHONE: 974-6454 A.2 - 2 turned wood rails. The Schieffer house represents middle-class residential housing at the turn of the century, with a vernacular Victorian form and design elements. Historic photo of the Schieffer house showing the square porch columns that were either wood or stuccoed wood, and have since been replaced. Pre-restoration photo of the Schieffer house. A.2 - 3 Photographs taken August, 2020 A.2 - 4 Photographs taken August, 2020 A.2 - 5 Photograph taken August, 2020 Historical Associations: This house was built around 1903 by Herman Schieffer, a butcher and the owner of an adjacent meat market. Herman Schieffer was born in Travis County in 1868, …
Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Subject: Stuart King Thursday, August 20, 2020 9:10 AM Gaudette, Angela Herman Shieffer House > Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Flag for follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** It is important the we preserve as much as we can. I grew up in East Austin and this community is very dear to me and my family. God Bless, Thanks 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
Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Subject: Gaudette, Angela Friday, August 14, 2020 1:33 PM Gaudette, Angela FW: Comment regarding 2502 Park View Drive From: Tanner Blair < Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 12:58 PM To: PAZ Preservation <Preservation@austintexas.gov> Subject: Comment regarding 2502 Park View Drive > *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** To Whom It May Concern, As a supporter of historic preservation and a north central Austin homeowner, I ask that you decline to designate the home at 2502 Park View Drive as historic for the following reasons: 1. There were many buildings in the Austin area prior to these homes that had air conditioning. By the time this home was built, churches and commercial properties often had air conditioning. 2. There were middle‐class neighborhoods in Dallas a full two years prior to this home having air conditioning, so the story that these homes somehow “proved” that it was viable to have an air‐conditioned home are not accurate. 3. Even if I were to accept the conceit that being one of the first homes in Austin were historic, this home has been modified since it’s construction and to the best of my knowledge no longer features the original unit. 4. As a stand‐alone home, it is unremarkable. Furthermore, the facts surrounding this home’s supposed historic value are not recently discovered. If this home is truly of a historic nature, then why are we just now working to preserve it? My belief is this is being pursued not because local residents want to save history, but because they wish to deny new development. When the work of the HLC is used to further an agenda that is not actually historic preservation, it puts the great work of your committee in question. We owe it to ourselves to hold a high bar for preservation, lest the bar become meaningless. In summary, I do not believe this home to be historic, and I hope that given the facts and the risk of diluting the meaning of the HLC, that you will not pursue a historic designation for this property or any of the properties in the so‐called “Air‐Conditioned Village”. Don’t dilute the meaning of the important work you are doing. Regards, Tanner Blair 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 …
Steve, We would like to request a postponement on 2502 Parkview. We are preparing new development plans that include keeping most of the right side and front of the house. Once we get the plans ready I will send them over to you for your review. Thanks again and I look forward to working with you. Best regards, Barry
611 W. 22ND STREET- HLC PACKAGE EXISTING RENDERING PROJECT TEAM GENERAL NOTES OWNER VILLA RIO, LP 6543 SEWANEE HOUSTON, TEXAS 77005 BRAD ZUCKER & SAM MASSAED BRADZUCKER@COMCAST.NET; SAMGMAS@ME.COM ARCHITECT CLAYTON & LITTLE 2201 N LAMAR BLVD AUSTIN, TEXAS 78705 GEORGE WILCOX, AIA 512-477-1727 GEORGE@CLAYTONANDLITTLE.COM CIVIL ENGINEER BLEYL ENGINEERING 12007 TECHNOLOGY BLVD, STE 150 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78727 JASON RODGERS, PE 512-454-2400 JRODGERS@BLEYLENGINEERING.COM LANDSCAPE BLU FISH COLLABORATIVE 3607 S LAMAR BLVD #103 AUSTIN, TX 78704 MICHAEL R. FISHBAUGH PLA, ASLA, LEED AP, CLARB 512-388-4115 MIKE@BFCOLLABORATIVE.COM STRUCTURAL STRUCTURES 6926 N LAMAR BLVD AUSTIN, TEXAS 78752 CHUCK CUMMINGS, PE 512-499-0919 CHUCK@STRUCTURESTX.COM DRAWING INDEX G1.0 D1.1 D1.2 A1.1 A1.2 A2.1 A2.2 A2.3 COVER SHEET DEMO PLAN - FIRST FLOOR DEMO PLAN - SECOND FLOOR SITE & FIRST FLOOR PLAN SECOND FLOOR PLAN EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS - PROPOSED EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS - PROPOSED 3D VIEWS PROPOSED 1. ALL WORK SHALL BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES, AND TO INCLUDE ALL REQUIREMENTS OF OTHER AGENCIES HAVING JURISDICTION. 2. EXAMINATION OF THE SITE AND PORTIONS THEREOF THAT AFFECT THIS WORK SHALL BE MADE BY THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, WHO SHALL COMPARE EXISTING CONDITIONS WITH THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND SATISFY HIM/HERSELF AS TO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH WORK IS TO BE PERFORMED. CONTRACTOR SHALL AT SUCH TIME ASCERTAIN AND VERIFY THE LOCATIONS OF EXISTING STRUCTURES. 3. THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS DESCRIBE DESIGN INTENT, AND ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE. CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MEANS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE COMPLETE OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS AND INSTALLATIONS. NO CLAIMS FOR ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE AWARDED FOR WORK WHICH IS DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS OR WHICH IS REASONABLY INFERABLE FROM THEM. 4. CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOROUGH COORDINATION OF TRADES. ALL CLAIMS FOR ADDITIONAL WORK WILL NOT BE AWARDED FOR ANY AND ALL WORK RELATED TO SUCH COORDINATION. 5. CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL DIMENSIONS, ELEVATIONS, AND CONDITIONS AT THE SITE, CONFIRM THAT THE WORK IS BUILDABLE AS SHOWN, AND NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT IN WRITING OF ANY DISCREPANCIES PRIOR TO PROCEEDING WITH ANY AND ALL WORK IN QUESTION. 6. ALL DIMENSIONS ARE TO FINISH FACE OF CONCRETE, CENTERLINE OF STEEL, FACE OF STUD OR CASEWORK UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. DIMENSIONS NOTED AS "CLR" MUST BE PRECISELY MAINTAINED. DIMENSIONS ARE NOT ADJUSTABLE WITHOUT ARCHITECTS APPROVAL UNLESS NOTED AS "+/-". VERIFY DIMENSIONS MARKED "V.I.F." PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION, AND NOTIFY ARCHITECT OF ANY INCONSISTENCIES. 7. ALL DIMENSIONS, NOTES AND DETAILS SHOWN ON ONE PORTION OF A …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS B.1 - 1 AUGUST 24, 2020 C14H-1981-0018 KENNEY HOUSE 611 W. 22ND STREET Construct an exterior metal staircase on the west side of the house, reconfigure a west window as a door, construct a new south elevation to the building. PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The applicant proposes to construct a new steel staircase on the west side of the house that will provide access for upstairs tenants in the building. The steel staircase will lead to a new platform and access the second story via a door created from an existing round-arched window that will be incorporated into the door. The landing for the staircase will have a roof over it, that the applicant has raised so as not to obscure the architectural features of the cornice. The applicant further proposes the construction of a new south elevation to the house. The house had an addition on the south side that was removed with Commission approval last year. The applicant proposes the reconstruction of the south wall with two pairs of double-hung wood windows and a round-arched window salvaged from the demolished sough wall of the house. The ground floor of the house will have a band of transom-style windows corresponding to the placement and dimensions of the upper story windows, and sheltered with a metal-roofed canopy. In addition, the applicant proposes substantial repairs to deteriorated elements in a whole-house restoration project. 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: 1) A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships. Evaluation: The property has been used as a bed and breakfast inn and will be used as a coffee house on the main floor with offices upstairs. The proposed project will add the exterior staircase to access upstairs offices and the creation of a service corridor along the back (south) wall of the house but these changes are in keeping with the historic architectural character of the house. 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. Evaluation: The proposed project …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS JULY 27, 2020 C14H-1996-0003 BARTHOLOMEW-ROBINSON BUILDING 1415 LAVACA STREET B.2 - 1 PROPOSAL Construct a mid-rise addition to the building. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The applicant proposes to construct a mid-rise hotel addition to the building, which has been rendered untenantable by long-standing sewerage and drainage problems. The proposed addition will rise from within the existing walls of the building, and will have 10 stories of hotel rooms above a 29-foot (up from 24 feet in previous iterations) tall glass-clad story that will house hotel meeting rooms and amenities. The total height of the building will be 150 feet. The base of the addition, clad in glass, will be set back a minimum of 10 feet from the existing parapet wall of the historic structure. The remainder of the addition will be cantilvered out over the walls of the existing building; the bottom of the cantilevered section will be 12’ – 8” (up from 8 feet in previous plans) above the existing mansard cupolas. The main entrance to the building will be located at the historic entrance location at the corner of 15th and Lavaca Streets. None of the windows or doors on the existing building will be modified. The walls of the addition will present as white and light gray. The current condition of the building must be noted here to give this proposal its due context. This building has been gutted, and the south one-third of the building has been used as a parking lot with no roof and no windows in the window openings for many years. The former owner was forced to vacate the building due to long-standing plumbing and sewer line issues. Plainly stated, this building, in its current condition, would be extremely difficult and costly to renovate and return to economic viability. The current proposal preserves the historic walls and distinctive architectural features of the building. The proposed hotel will offer the resources to preserve this building, which might otherwise further deteriorate. 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: 1) A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships. Evaluation: The building has historically had a commercial use, …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS B.4 - 1 ROUTON-ALVAREZ-LOPEZ HOUSE AUGUST 24, 2020 C14H-2011-0002 809 E. 9TH STREET Construct a mid-rise residential tower adjacent to the house. PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The applicant proposes the construction of a mid-rise residential tower to provide affordable housing for seniors at the rear of the historic house. The proposed residential tower will be 9 stories (just over 112 feet) tall, with a flat roof slated to the south. The building will have stucco, glazed brick, and horizontal metal-coated siding that will approximate the look of lap siding as its principal materials, with stucco constituting the exterior material on the first two levels of the building to provide a solid backdrop that will not visually compete with the historic house from 9th Street. The proposed tower will be separated from the southeast corner of the historic house by almost 7 feet, and will have a separation of 16 feet on the southwest side of the house, facing the IH-35 service road (and the primary view of the house for most). The house will be moved forward approximately 6 feet (it is currently 16 feet from the house to the back of the 9th Street curb; the house will be moved so that the distance to the 9th Street curb will be 10 feet). .9 feet to accommodate the new building and yard area between the two structures. The house will be used as a community room for the proposed new affordable housing project, and will have a patio planted with shrubs and trees in the 16-foot separation on the southwest side of the house. 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: 1) A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships. Evaluation: This project does not affect the physical structure or the use of the existing house. It had a residential use historically, and is now being proposed as a community room for the adjacent residential 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. Evaluation: The house …
Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Subject: Deron Miller Monday, August 17, 2020 8:02 AM PAZ Preservation Public Hearing: Historic Landmark Commission - Angela Gaudette > *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Case Number: HR 20‐098345 ‐ 809 E 9th Street Contact: Angela Gaudette Public Hearing: August 24th, 2020 Angela: My name is Deron Miller. I live at 800 Embassy Drive. Respectfully, the location of this Proposed tower right next to a historic landmark and stuffed in the backyard of that landmark site and up against another mid‐rise on the side of a hill up against I‐35 is truly negligent to the true spirit of the zoning and historic landmark laws. This is jamming a building in and using the special laws given to affordable living buildings to a fault. There are even zoning rules that have been breached and waivers given. This seems to be an attempt to make money for a family that has ties to the politicians in this district. While I support affordable living in our great city, there are plenty of places that this can be accomplished around town in a better way. This project is just not right. I implore you to please go physically walk the site and I am sure you will agree. Thanks for your consideration, Deron Miller ‐‐ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute, copy or take any action in reliance on the contents of this e‐mail and these activities are strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e‐ mail if you have received this e‐mail by mistake and delete this e‐mail from your system. 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 Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Subject: Teri Sahba < > Thursday, August 20, 2020 2:27 PM PAZ Preservation Attn: Angela Guadette; Case# HR 20-098345 - 809 E 9TH ST; Public Hearing HLC 8/24/20 *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Good afternoon, I'm writing in response to the HLC public hearing pertaining for the following case: Case Number: HR 20‐098345 ‐ …
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Good Morning Steve and Cara, As you should know, GNDC has an affordable senior housing project in the works for the Lopez Property. We are at the point where the site plan can be approved, however, because the property has historic zoning, the site development permit cannot be issued until your office provides a certificate of appropriateness. We have until mid-August to get that done, but would love to have it sooner. We have made great efforts in the design process to maintain the structural and historic integrity of the Routon-Alvarez-Lopez House; stepping the tower away from the house (despite the incredible site constraints we face), removed balconies, reduced the size and minimized the visual impact of the hallway connecting the tower with the house. I joke with people that we should have started with the idea of of relocating to house to a site somewhere else and then, when that got shot down, moved to a design where we built over top of the house, and then, after that got shot down, proposed our initial design and it would have been hailed as wonderful. Instead, we tried to design as sensitively as possible from the start while being responsible to our mission of providing as much affordable housing as possible on a site with zoning and development entitlements that call for dense and tall buildings and prohibit the development of single-family structures. As you know, GNDC includes historic preservation as part of our mission, so the idea of demolition or relocation is something we would turn to only as a last resort. We're going through a Section 106 review and the Texas Historical Commission reviewed our initial designs (which were sent to you as early as January and again in March) and they made recommendations for changes which we then incorporated into the designs that I've attached. On May 27th, Lydia Woods-Boone,Program Coordinator for the Federal and State Review Program responded to the revised design as follows: Thank you for taking the time to change the design in order to more appropriately work with the historic structure. This design is greatly improved and seems to address all of our concerns. Please have the applicant resubmit the project with these designs through our eTRAC system so they can be formally reviewed under the Section 106 process. If there are any additional questions just let me know. Mr. Hatch, Thanks, Lydia …
Hello Steve & Elizabeth, We received a No Adverse Effects determination from the Texas Historical Commission on Wednesday. See below. Tom Hatch addressed your question regarding the connection between the Lopez House and the new residential tower. I'm hoping between those two factors your office will be able to issue a certificate of appropriateness soon. I hope all is well with you. Mark Re: Project Review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and/or the Antiquities Code of Texas THC Tracking #202013678 La Vista de Lopez 809 E 9th Street Austin,TX 78702 Dear Dawn Perkins: Thank you for your submittal regarding the above-referenced project. This response represents the comments of the State Historic Preservation Officer, the Executive Director of the Texas Historical Commission (THC), pursuant to review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The review staff, led by Charles Peveto and Lydia Woods, has completed its review and has made the following determinations based on the information submitted for review: Above-Ground Resources • Property/properties are eligible for listing or already listed in the National Register of Historic Places. • No adverse effects on historic properties. We have the following comments: The changes made to the design reflect the recommendations made by the THC in previous submission. Therefore, we have determined that this new design will have no adverse effect on the historic resource, La Vista de Lopez. We look forward to further consultation with your office and hope to maintain a partnership that will foster effective historic preservation. Thank you for your cooperation in this review process, and for your efforts to preserve the irreplaceable heritage of Texas. If the project changes, or if new historic properties are found, please contact the review staff. If you have any questions concerning our review or if we can be of further assistance, please email the following reviewers: charles.peveto@thc.texas.gov, lydia.woods@thc.texas.gov. This response has been sent through the electronic THC review and compliance system (eTRAC). Submitting your project via eTRAC eliminates mailing delays and allows you to check the status of the review, receive an electronic response, and generate reports on your submissions. For more information, visit http://thc.texas.gov/etrac-system. Sincerely, for Mark Wolfe, State Historic Preservation Officer Executive Director, Texas Historical Commission Thanks, Mark -- Mark C. Rogers, Executive Director Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation 813 East 8th Street, Austin Texas 78702 512-479-6275 ext. 6
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS B.5 - 1 AUGUST 24, 2020 C14H-2013-0040 COMMODORE PERRY ESTATE 710 E. 41ST STREET PROPOSAL Install two free-standing signs. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The applicant proposes the installation of two identical free-standing signs on the Red River Street side of the property, both reading “Commodore Perry.” The signs will be pole-mounted, one at the corner of 41st and Red River Streets, and the other at the main entrance to the hotel property on Red River Street. Each sign will be an 11.4 square f00t metal cabinet with pin-mounted letters reading “Commodore Perry” in a script designed to hearken back to the 1920s, with red neon halo lighting. The outside of each sign will have exposed neon as a boundary and there are exposed neon accents on the face of the sign. STANDARDS FOR REVIEW The Commission’s Sign Standards include: INAPPROPRIATE SIGN TYPES ➢ Signs that are out of character with those seen historically, and that would alter the historic character of the street. Free-standing signs, either pole-mounted or monument types. Any sign that visually overpowers the building or obscures significant architectural features. SIGN MATERIALS Use materials that are compatible with the materials of the building façade. Painted wood and metal are appropriate materials for signs. Do not use unfinished materials, including unpainted wood. SIGN CONTENT AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS Use symbol signs when appropriate for the business. Use colors for the sign that are compatible with those of the building front. Limit the number of colors on the sign to no more than three (3). Use a simple sign design and typeface, and a style and size of lettering that will be compatible with the building front. Avoid sign types that appear too contemporary. Limit the height of letters to 10 inches. Use an external, shielded lamp to direct light at the sign. Halo lighting (pin-mounted letters over the lighting source) or recessed can lighting in awnings are acceptable. NEON Exposed neon lighting is strongly discouraged, but may be permitted where the Commission determines it is appropriate to the context of the building and does not impede interpretation of the historic character of the building. Neon may be used to highlight reverse-channel lettering on a sign to create a “halo” effect. ➢ IV. SIGN LIGHTING ➢ ➢ ➢ II. ➢ ➢ II. ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ B.5 - 2 Applications for signs with exposed …
Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Subject: Tanner Blair < Friday, August 14, 2020 12:38 PM PAZ Preservation In support of HR 20-105058 > *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Hello, I’m writing to support the approval of the certificate of appropriateness at 3802 Avenue G. Many of the homes in this area already have additional units in the form of garage apartments and backhouses, and given that a new standalone unit doesn’t alter the original structure I see no reason why this would disturb the historic nature of this property. Additionally, this home was infill from 1949 and not part of the original historic character of the Shadowlawn subdivision. I ask that you approve the addition of an ADU for this case. ‐Tanner 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
APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT WITHIN A NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION C.3 - 1 SIXTH STREET NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT AUGUST 24, 2020 HR-20-107348 319-323 E. 6TH STREET Construct a two-story addition to three contributing buildings within the Sixth Street National Register Historic District. PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The applicant proposes the construction of a continuous two-story addition across three one- story buildings that would be contributing to the Sixth Street National Register Historic District. The proposed addition will be L-shaped, with portion over what is 323 E. 6th Street will be set 11’-6” from the parapet wall, and will extend 23’-6” to the west from the east property line, at which point, the proposed addition will be recessed 27’-11” from the front wall; this will extend for 43’-6” along the western two-thirds of the building, and will be faced with a two-story deck structure facing the street, one foot in from the front wall of the shorter protruding section of the proposed addition (12’-6”) for a more or less flush presence across the three buildings. The materials for the proposed addition include clear-sealed wood board and batten siding at the protruding section of the addition, and painted horizontal wood lap siding along the inset section of the addition, fronted with painted steel rails for the deck. Exterior doors in the proposed addition will be aluminum and glass doors on the second story, and wood doors with glazing on the third floor. All doors will have transoms. The second story will also have aluminum and glass overhead doors leading out to the decks. The applicant proposes a series of divided-light wood windows on the third floor of the addition. STANDARDS FOR REVIEW The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation are used to evaluate projects in National Register historic districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: 1. A property shall be used for its historic purpose or be placed in a new use that requires minimal change to the defining characteristics of the building and its site and environment. Evaluation: These are three commercial buildings that have become bars and night clubs over the years. The proposed addition is for additional space for the bars and a private club space on the top floor. The use of the proposed addition is not incompatible with the long- standing use of the ground-floor buildings, and is set back over …
Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Subject: Bill W < Thursday, August 20, 2020 11:46 AM PAZ Preservation REVISED Comments: HR 20-110112 3211 Oakmont Blvd > Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** “The Residential Design and Compatibility or "McMansion" regulations, were designed to minimize the impact of new construction, remodels, and additions to existing buildings on surrounding properties in residential neighborhoods… The standards were adopted to protect the character of Austin's older neighborhoods by ensuring that new construction, remodels, and additions are compatible in scale and bulk with existing neighborhoods.” It is my opinion that the proposed structure is not “compatible in scale and bulk with (the) existing neighborhood.” This new build is going to disrupt the style and character of Oakmont Blvd, one of the most traditional streets in Bryker Woods. I am, however, not going to oppose the proposed home because the owners and architect were very willing to accommodate the Bryker Woods Historical Review Committee with several aspects of the front of the house which make it “fit in” better with other houses on Oakmont. Nevertheless, I think the COA HRC needs to examine other aspects and make recommendations of their own on how the home may even better fit in. My comments are directed entirely at the structure and not our new neighbors who are lovely, friendly folks and will be welcomed into our neighborhood! Bill Woods 3211 Funston St. Austin, TX 78703 Bill W Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun. 1 This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient, please notify the sender. All comments are the sender’s personal opinion unless otherwise noted. 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. 2
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AUGUST 24, 2020 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HDP-2020-0258 2501 SOL WILSON AVENUE D.2 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1921 house. ARCHITECTURE One-story, rectangular-plan, front-gabled frame bungalow with a partial-width, front-gabled, independent porch on plain wood posts; side gablet halfway down the north elevation of the house; original fenestration appears to be 4:4 and in a single and double configuration, but many windows have been replaced with modern units. RESEARCH The house appears to have been built around 1921 for Sol I. and Mabel Wilson, who lived here until the late 1940s, when they moved to Los Angeles, California. Sol I. Wilson was born in Cedar Creek, Bastrop County, Texas in 1889 and worked at various automobile dealerships in downtown Austin during the course of his career. He married Mabel Love in Travis County in 1910, and lived on the eastern outskirts of Austin. This house, believed to have been built around 1921, and still featuring a 4:4 window in front that was more common at that time, was originally listed as being on an Austin rural route, then at 1167 Bedford Avenue (the house actually faces Bedford Avenue today), at 1167 Sol Wilson Avenue, and finally, with its current address of 2501 Sol Wilson Avenue. City directories show that Sol I. Wilson was employed as a chauffeur and as a porter at auto dealerships in Austin once he and Mabel gave up farming for paid occupations. Interestingly, the census reports show the couple’s children as attending Anderson High School and Kealing Junior High School; it was unusual to have the name of the school noted in the census report, but one might speculate that the education of their children was important enough to Sol and Mabel Wilson to mention that to the census taker, who noted it in the report. However, very little other information is available about the life of Sol I. Wilson. There were no articles mentioning him in the Austin newspapers, no City Council minutes referencing why this street was named for him (which would have been a very unusual occurrence in segregated Austin), and he had no obituary in the Austin newspapers (although Mabel Wilson’s 1964 passing was noted in the paper). It could be that he was the owner of the land across which this street traversed, but it at this point, it is all speculation. Sol Wilson Avenue appears as …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AUGUST 24, 2020 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HDP-2020-0274 815 RUTHERFORD PLACE AND 1204 ALTA VISTA AVENUE D.3 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1930 house at 815 Rutherford Place and a ca. 1948 house at 1204 Alta Vista Avenue. Both houses are on the same lot. ARCHITECTURE The ca. 1930 house at 815 Rutherford Place is a one-story, rectangular-plan, side-gabled, brick veneer Tudor Revival-style house with a central, steep-front-gabled entry bay containing a round-arched door; single and paired 1:1 fenestration. The ca. 1948 house at 1204 Alta Vista Avenue is a one-story, L-plan frame house with a partial-width inset porch. Fenestration consists of single and double 1:1 windows with Colonial Revival-styled 6:6 wooden screens. RESEARCH The house at 815 Rutherford Place was built around 1930 by Fred W. Sassman, the proprietor of a dry-cleaning business who later became a tailor. Fred Sassman and his wife lived in this house until around 1936. The house was vacant for a short period of time before being purchased by attorney John C. Butler and his wife, Ruby. John C. Butler passed away in 1963; Ruby Butler continued to live here after his death (there is a newspaper article dating from 1966 about their son that references this house as their home), but given current limitations on research, it is not possible to determine how much longer Ruby Butler lived in this house. John C. and Ruby Butler built the house at 1204 Alta Vista Avenue on the rear of their lot in 1948, and held it as a rental property. For the first ten years (until about 1958), the house was rented by Clarence and Anna Mae Waters. Clarence Waters was in the food service industry. After returning from duty in World War II, he became a manager of one of Harry Akin’s Night Hawk Restaurants. Immediately after beginning his job with Night Hawk, and before moving into this house, the city directory shows him living at the location of the old Night Hawk at South Congress and Riverside Drive. He and Anna Mae, who worked as a hostess at the Night Hawk, moved into this house, where they lived until around 1958. A newspaper article from 1954 shows Clarence Waters as associated with one of the restaurants in the new Terrace Motor Hotel on South Congress Avenue; by 1957, he was the sales manager for Polar Ice Cream. In …
Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Ross Rathgeber < Thursday, July 16, 2020 12:56 PM Gaudette, Angela PAZ Preservation 1405 Kent Lane Valid Petition > *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Angela The current owner of the property at 1405 Kent Lane is adamantly opposed to the imposition of historic zoning as is the prospective purchaser. Please consider this a valid petition and let me know if anything further is required to perfect this right. Thank You Ross M. Rathgeber Vice‐President Southwest Destructors ‐ A Division of Southwest Constructors, Inc. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 50469 Austin, Texas 78763 Physical Address: 11804 North Lamar Boulevard Austin, Texas 78753 Office: (512) 836‐0667 Fax: (512) 835‐9865 Mobile: (512) 917‐9511 Email: Website: www.southwestdestructors.com 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 CSIRT@austintexas.gov. 1
Regarding my house at 4714 Rowena St., please postpone the meeting on the August 24th Austin Landmark Commission agenda and put me on for September. Per our discussion, the buyer of the house has terminated the offer and will transfer the demolition application to me. cheers! Josh Wilson
DATE: August 21, 2020 TO: Historic Land Committee FROM: Kim & Eric Zipfel, 3211 Oakmont Boulevard Property Owners SUBJECT: Historic Review of 3211 Oakmont Boulevard Dear Historic Land Committee, My name is Kim Zipfel and along with my husband, Eric, we have 3 elementary-aged children who attend Bryker Woods Elementary School. We have been Central Austin residents since we relocated here in 2007 from the Midwest, and since the day we first rented a home on West 43rd Street, we have dreamed of raising our children in the Bryker Woods neighborhood. For years, our children have biked to Bryker Woods Elementary at 3309 Kerbey Lane, crossing 35th Street during morning and afternoon rush hours. In October 2019, we finally got one-step closer to our dream becoming a reality when we purchased the property at 3211 Oakmont Boulevard. I cannot tell you just how happy we are to now be south of 35th Street to eventually avoid the daily stress of getting them to school safely! But there are so many other reasons we are ecstatic to be a part of the Bryker Woods neighborhood: the walkability for our family to the neighborhood businesses we love to support, the love & care the neighbors put into their homes and their neighbors, and the strength and connectedness of the neighborhood association and its members. With that being said, we very much respect the time, energy, and effort the Bryker Woods Neighborhood Association and the Austin Historic Landmark Commission commits to keeping the neighborhood cohesive and the gem of a place where we all want to be. From the beginning of our design discussions with our architect, we have been very clear that we want to maintain a transitional-style home that blends into the neighborhood. For the past 4 months, we have been working diligently to achieve a delicate customized balance that achieves an aesthetic that is homogenous with our neighbors yet still is functional to meet the ever-changing needs of our growing family. Throughout this process, we have continued to take cues from other 2-story homes throughout the neighborhood and we have finally landed where we are today as we seek your Committee’s support to move forward with building our dream home in our dream neighborhood. Warmest regards, Kim Zipfel, on behalf of The Zipfel Family at 3211 Oakmont Boulevard
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Case Number: HR 20-110112 - 3211 OAKMONT BLVD August 19, 2020 Dear Members of the Historic Landmark Commission, For 33 years, we have resided at 3209 Oakmont Blvd in the Bryker Woods neighborhood of Central Austin. We raised our daughter here, have known most of our neighbors well, and have enjoyed living in one of the traditional older neighborhoods that make Austin distinctive and livable. We are writing to share our concerns about the construction that Kim and Eric Zipfel are proposing at 3211 Oakmont Blvd. Our primary concern is that the construction plans include a third story, which violates the deed restriction that single family homes in area BW “E” not exceed 2 stories. We understand that the plans technically meet the City of Austin McMansion ordinance, which (inexplicably to us) does not consider a “habitable attic” to be a third story. Yet, the Zipfel’s building plans include a staircase leading from the second to the third floor and plans for a sectional sofa and TV wall on the third floor that constitutes more than half the third-floor space. Third-floor storage appears to be confined to dormer areas. It seems disingenuous to claim that this does not constitute a third story living arrangement. The plan also includes, of course, a roof line that will be three stories. This is not consonant with the neighborhood. In the three blocks of Oakmont Blvd covered by the Bryker Woods “E” section (from 32nd St to 35th St.), there are 30 homes. Many have been renovated and enlarged, but only 6 even have a second story. The proposed house at 3211 would be the only house in Bryker Woods “E” with a third-story roof line. This is not the historic character of this street and neighborhood. It is our hope that the Commission will not approve these plans. We do not fault the Zipfel’s for proposing to build a house that maximizes their individual needs; it’s not their responsibility to enforce building restrictions associated with historic districts. If we understand it, it is the responsibility of the Historic Landmark Commission to determine if building plans are appropriate to a Historic District. To us, the Zipfel’s proposed plan is an example of what the deed restrictions and the Historic District designation were trying to prevent—the acceleration of very large single-family homes within historic neighborhoods of principally 1 and 2-story homes. Even with the current …
2‐Story Precedents in the Bryker Woods neighborhood Supporting evidence for 3211 Oakmont Blvd ‐ Item C.4, HR‐2020‐110112 on 8/24 HLC Agenda 3205 Beverly Rd Transom windows, nested gables, undulated façade, varied size windows, modern materials and style 3307 Oakmont Blvd Awnings over windows with bracket supports, complex undulated façade and varied rooflines 3305 Oakmont Blvd Complete departure from historic scale and style of neighborhood 2802 Oakmont Blvd Complete departure from historic scale and style of neighborhood 1805 W. 32nd St. Nested gables, tall entry with vertical proportions, varied window sizes and rooflines 1716 W. 34th St. Vertical massing and windows, modern style and materials not native to neighborhood 1714 W. 34th St. Modern/minimalist style and massing with vertical windows of varied sizes 1802 Mohle Modern/minimalist style and massing, vertical windows, modern materials 3309 Oakmont Blvd Combo of gable and hip roofs; combo of single, paired, and triple windows; vertical massing; garage behind a carport 3102 Oakmont Blvd Combo of gable and hip roofs; undulated façade; materials not native to neighborhood
