Historic Landmark Commission Applications under Review for February 28, 2022 Meeting This list does not constitute a formal agenda and is subject to change. A final agenda will be posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. . Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely by telephone. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation. To register for remote participation: • Call or email the board liaison at (512) 974-3393 or preservation@austintexas.gov no later than noon, Sunday, February 27, 2022 (the day before the meeting). The following information is required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). • Once a request to speak has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. • Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start time in order to speak, 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 by noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. • The may be viewed here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Historic zoning applications A.1. 1505 Forest Trail – Commission-initiated historic zoning (postponed January 24, 2022) – Applicant-requested postponement 1617 New York Avenue – Commission-initiated historic zoning A.2. Historic landmark and historic district applications B.1. 2402 San Gabriel Street – Rev. Jacob Fontaine Gold Dollar Building – Remove second- story balcony enclosure and roof (postponed January 24, 2022) 207 W. 33rd Street – Aldridge Place Local Historic District – Roof replacement 3908 Avenue H – Hyde Park Local Historic District – Addition/remodel 4203 Speedway – Hyde Park Local Historic District – Addition/remodel 1104 E. 10th Street – Robertson/Stuart & Mair Local Historic District – New construction of an ADU 4300 Speedway – Hyde Park Local Historic District (non-contributing) – Addition/remodel 1502 W. 9th Street – Mary Nelson House – Addition/remodel B.2. B.3. B.4. B.5. B.6. B.7. 1 B.8. 3312 Duval Street – Stanley and Emily Finch House – Addition/remodel National Register district permit …
Versión en español a continuación. Historic Landmark Commission Meeting Monday, February 28, 2022, 6:00 PM Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely by telephone. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation (Sunday, February 27 by noon). To speak remotely at the Historic Landmark Commission Meeting, members of the public must: • Call or email the board liaison at (512) 974-3393 or preservation@austintexas.gov no later than noon, Sunday, February 27 (the day before the meeting). The following information is required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). • Once a request to speak has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. • Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start time in order to speak, 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 by noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. • If the meeting is broadcast live, it may be viewed here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Reunión del Historic Landmark Commission FECHA de la reunion (28 de febrero, 2028) Se permitirán comentarios públicos en persona o de forma remota por teléfono. Se requiere registro a más tardar al mediodía del día anterior a la reunión para la participación remota. (Domingo 27 de febrero al mediodía). Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los miembros del público deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en (512) 974-3393 or preservation@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). Se requiere la siguiente información: nombre del orador, número (s) de artículo sobre el que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutral, dirección de correo electrónico (opcional) y un número de teléfono (debe ser el número que se utilizará para llamar ). • Una vez que se haya realizado una solicitud para hablar con el enlace de la junta, la información para llamar …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MONDAY, January 24, 2022– 6:00 PM MEETING WILL BE HELD IN PERSON AT CITY HALL Council Chambers 301 W. 2nd Street Austin, TX 78701 Some members of the Commission may be participating by videoconference. The meeting may be viewed online at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live. COMMISSION MEMBERS: x Terri Myers, Chair x Ben Heimsath, Vice Chair ab Anissa Castillo x Witt Featherston x Kevin Koch x Carl Larosche ab Kelly Little x Trey McWhorter x Blake Tollett x Beth Valenzuela x Caroline Wright AGENDA CALL TO ORDER CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first (10) speakers who register to speak prior to the meeting will be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. Mike McHone spoke in memory of Steve Sadowsky. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES December 17, 2021 – Offered for consent approval MOTION: Approve the minutes, per passage of the consent agenda, on a motion by Commissioner Heimsath. Commissioner McWhorter seconded the motion. Vote: 9-0. 2. PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION Consider nomination of Bradford Patterson for a three-year term on the Austin Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) board 1 MOTION: Renominate Bradford Patterson, on a motion by Commissioner Heimsath. Commissioner Larosche seconded the motion. Vote: 8-0. Commissioner Koch off the dais. 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 Initiation of Historic Zoning Cases A.1. PR-2021-137925 – 1505 Forest Trl. – Discussion Council District 10 Proposal: Commission-initiated historic zoning. Owner’s Representative: Carolina Escamilla City Staff: Elizabeth Brummett, Historic Preservation Office, 512-974-1264 Staff Recommendation: The house meets the criteria for landmark designation for its unique architecture, landscape features, and historical association with Charles E. Green, editor of the Austin American-Statesman for over 30 years; the commission may want to consider the character of Green’s writings in determining whether to recommend historic zoning. MOTION: Postpone the case to February 28, 2022, and keep the public hearing open on a motion by Commissioner Heimsath. Commissioner Tollett seconded the motion. Vote: 9-0. B. Discussion and Possible Action on Applications for Certificates of Appropriateness B.1. HR-2021-202819 – 2402 San Gabriel St. – Consent postponement to February 28, 2022 Rev. Jacob Fontaine Gold Dollar Building Council District 9 Proposal: Remove second-story balcony enclosure and roof. Applicant: Natalia Lopez City Staff: Elizabeth Brummett, Historic Preservation Office, 512-974-1264 Staff Recommendation: Postpone the case …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 CASE NUMBER C14H-1977-0015 REVEREND JACOB FONTAINE GOLD DOLLAR BUILDING 2402 SAN GABRIEL STREET Remove ca. 1942 enclosure and return the second-floor balcony to its ca. 1923 appearance. 1) Remove horizontal and vertical wood siding and wood windows from the second-floor balcony enclosure. 2) Retain and repair wood framing from previous open balcony configuration, including chamfered columns and roof PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS structure. 3) Install a wood railing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE The Rev. Jacob Fontaine Gold Dollar Building is highly significant as the sole remaining building of Wheatville. This community was a freedom colony otherwise erased through redlining and implementation of the 1928 City Plan, which established a “negro district” in East Austin by denying basic services elsewhere in the city. In 2018, the building was renamed from the Franzetti Store to the Reverend Jacob Fontaine Gold Dollar Building to recognize its earlier significance in African American history. Rev. Fontaine established several Baptist churches, was an educator, was politically active, and published the Gold Dollar, an early Black newspaper. His home at 2400 San Gabriel St. was destroyed by arson and rebuilt. Family history indicates that this building, 2402 San Gabriel, was the location of the Gold Dollar and the founding of New Hope Baptist Church. Fontaine died in 1898. In the early 20th century, Italian immigrant families, the Perrones and Franzettis, operated a neighborhood grocery store in the building. It remained in the Franzetti family through the time of landmark designation in 1977. During their ownership, the Franzettis made multiple additions and modifications to the building.1 ARCHITECTURE Two-story limestone building with paired doors and a storefront window with transoms on the ground floor of the façade and segmental-arched window openings with 6:6-light wood windows on the side elevations at the second floor. On the front of the building, three stuccoed columns support a second-floor balcony with a shed roof, enclosed with horizontal and vertical wood siding and square single-hung wood windows. There is a two-story shed-roofed addition on the rear (west) elevation. Extending north from the façade is a one-story stone wall, behind which a one-story shed-roofed addition is no longer extant. The façade of the building at the first floor, the one-story wall, and the first-floor porch columns are stuccoed. The building was originally constructed around 1869 as a one-story stone building, expanded to its two-story form around …
RESTROOMS 107 379.00 SF N.I.S. 06 AUXILIARY KITCHEN 106 446.50 SF PATIO 100 1,743.50 SF DN 1 0 . 3 A 1 3 A4.00 1 A4.00 DN UP EXISTING STUCCO WALL DN WH EXISTING STUCCO WALL 0 0 . 3 A 1 3 A4.00 1 A4.00 FE UP HALLWAY 104 148.50 SF 19 A5.00 17 18 20 9 A5.00 5 6 10 DINING 101 520.00 SF 3 A5.00 1 2 4 STORAGE 103 153.00 SF BAR SERVICE 102 221.00 SF EXISTING STONE WALL DN DN 3 A3.00 STORAGE 105 39.00 SF EXISTING STONE WALL 3 A3.01 SHEETNOTE • FRAMING PLAN These notes are intended to clarify items that are specific to the graphic information on this particular sheet. Refer to the General Conditions near the front of these Construction Documents for critical information about the process and completion of this project. SHEETNOTE • FLOOR PLAN SHEETNOTE • EQUIPMENT PLAN These notes are intended to clarify items that are specific to the graphic These notes are intended to clarify items that are specific to the graphic information on this particular sheet. Refer to the General Conditions near the information on this particular sheet. Refer to the General Conditions near the front of these Construction Documents for critical information about the front of these Construction Documents for critical information about the process and completion of this project. process and completion of this project. SCALE Do not scale the drawings. If a specific dimension is not given, contact DBS for clarification. SCALE Do not scale the drawings. If a specific dimension is not given, contact DBS for clarification. SCALE Do not scale the drawings. If a specific dimension is not given, contact DBS for clarification. KEYNOTES Keynotes located on this sheet are for this sheet only. KEYNOTES Keynotes located on this sheet are for this sheet only. 05 EXISTING ELEMENTS EXISTING ELEMENTS Floor plans and sections "cut" through vertical & horizontal elements Floor plans and sections "cut" through vertical & horizontal elements respectively. Elements such as walls, roofs, slabs, etc shall be represented with respectively. Elements such as walls, roofs, slabs, etc shall be represented with a solid fill (typically gray). In contrast, new elements will be shown with a solid fill (typically gray). In contrast, new elements will be shown with various hatches and fills that are representative of their construction various hatches and fills that are representative of their construction composition. …
2/21/22, 11:17 AM Preserve the Jacob Fontaine Gold Dollar Building – RETELLING CENTRAL TEXAS HISTORY RETELLING CENTRAL TEXAS HISTORY https://ctxretold.org/preserve-the-jacob-fontaine-gold-dollar-building/ 1/14 2/21/22, 11:17 AM Preserve the Jacob Fontaine Gold Dollar Building – RETELLING CENTRAL TEXAS HISTORY Preserve the Jacob Fontaine Gold Dollar Building As the last remaining structure of Wheatville, a mostly forgotten community of persons who were formerly enslaved in Texas and across the US, the Jacob Fontaine Gold Dollar Building at 2402 San Gabriel Street is an important physical foundation for Black social memory in Austin. While it is a City of Austin Landmark, the structure has endured significant physical changes over the years—alterations that are nevertheless of historic age, part of the building’s historic significance. This statement reanimates and substantiates the history of the structure and the freed-person community originally surrounding it, establishing the Gold Dollar Building as a valuable site for the city’s Black heritage and collective historical memory. In doing so, it makes the case for its treatment as a commemorative space and calls into question allowing further physical modifications to the structure. During a time when Austin’s Black population was at about 36%, several white men who owned property in Division D began to sell lots to freedmen. Joseph Caruthers, a freedman from North or South Carolina, acquired property in outlot 46, including the site of present-day 900 West 24 Street, from Colonel John M. Thomas in December 1868. Shortly after, in the th spring and summer of 1869, a freedman from Arkansas, James Wheat, acquired three parcels from Thomas, also in outlot 46 and including present-day 2409 San Gabriel. The Wheat family became the namesake, if not the founders, of a freedom colony or freedmen’s community called Wheatville. Other Black folks soon also bought small lots in the area—including George Franklin, who bought property at present-day 2402 San Gabriel St. that same year and set up a wagon park on it—and the self-directed community began to grow. The increase in that property’s value indicates that Franklin developed it in some way, possibly with a one-story, stone building with a lean-to (FIG 1). https://ctxretold.org/preserve-the-jacob-fontaine-gold-dollar-building/ 2/14 2/21/22, 11:17 AM Preserve the Jacob Fontaine Gold Dollar Building – RETELLING CENTRAL TEXAS HISTORY Figure 1 – Gold Dollar Building 1869-1875. The earliest construction on the site by George Franklin may have been a simple barnlike stone building against an existing stable or other wooden structures. The stone …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FEBRUARY 28, 2021 HR-2021-202373 ALDRIDGE PLACE HISTORIC DISTRICT 207 W. 33RD STREET B.2 – 1 PROPOSAL Replace roof. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS DESIGN STANDARDS 5.2.5: Roofs Replace existing shingle roof with standing-seam metal in brown color. No slope change is proposed. The Aldridge Place Design Standards are used to evaluate projects within the historic district. The following standards apply to the proposed project: 1. Retain the original roof pitches and profiles on the building. Avoid changes to roofs on the front of the building. Avoid adding to the eave height of original roofs, especially at the front of the structure. Retain historic dormers. The proposed project does not modify existing roof pitches or profiles. 2. In replacing roof materials, consider first the use of the original material, then the use of a product that resembles the original material, such as a fiberglass or other energy-efficient shingle. metal roofs are also acceptable. Preserve original gable/attic vents and roof brackets. The proposed project replaces a shingle roof with metal. Summary The project meets the applicable standards. PROPERTY EVALUATION The property contributes to the Aldridge Place Historic District. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Approve the application, encouraging the applicant to choose a shingle replacement over standing-seam metal for enhanced compatibility. LOCATION MAP B.2 – 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION B.2 – 3 Source: Applicant, 2022
207 West 33rd Street in Aldridge Place Historic District Replace Composition Shingle Roof with Standing Seam Metal Roof •Front gabled house with front gabled porch, meaning visibility of roof from the front is limited •Like all the composition shingled houses in my neighborhood, my roof needs replacement •Proposed roof would be brown-colored standing seam metal West View East View Only Similar Request to HLC from 2019 through 2021 4205 Avenue F Approved on Consent September 28, 2020 (Its roof has greater visibility than mine) Climate-Related Environmental Reasons for Request • Heat and hail are primary reasons • In Austin, eight of the top ten years by number of days over 100 degrees have been since 2000 • The past seven years were Earth's warmest on record "by a clear margin" • A team of Canadian researchers estimates that stronger storms, combined with larger updrafts, will lead to the production of bigger hailstones in parts of North America Composition Shingle Limitations • Thermal changes cause composition shingles to break down as they heat up and cool down • Their lifespan is 20 to 25 years in an average climate (Austin is a hotter than average climate) • When replaced, the existing shingles must be discarded. They take up landfill space and are a waste of resources Advantages of Metal Roofs • Metal roof are made, in part, of recycled materials • Metal roofs can be recycled if replacement is needed • Metal roofs have an average lifespan of 50 to 70 years More Advantages of Metal Roofs • Metal roofs are more energy-efficient because of their reflective qualities (thanks to microscopic ceramics bits in the paint that reflect heat) • They absorb less heat during the day and reduce heat transmission to a home’s interior • Because they don’t absorb as much heat as shingles, metal roofs cool down faster at night. They don’t contribute as much to the heat island effect that exists in Central Austin Aldridge Place Design Standards 5.2.5: Roofs (Identical to Hyde Park Historic District’s Standards) 1. Retain the original roof pitches and profiles on the building. Avoid changes to roofs on the front of the building.… 2. In replacing roof materials, consider first the use of the original material, then use a product that resembles the original material… Metal roofs are also acceptable… Based on debris in my attic, the original roof cover was cedar shake …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-002112 HYDE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT 3908 AVENUE H B.3 – 1 PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Add front porch, construct two-story addition, replace siding, replace roof, replace all windows, and add chimney to ca. 1953 contributing house. Replace siding and install new door at garage. 1) Demolish front of residence and construct a full-width front porch. The proposed porch includes a gabled roof supported by tapered columns atop brick veneer piers. 2) Replace asbestos shingle siding with fiber-cement siding. 3) Replace composition shingle roof with new composition shingles. 4) Replace all original windows with 4:1 double-hung composite windows. 5) Add a brick veneer chimney to north elevation 6) Demolish rear screened porch and construct a two-story addition directly above the existing ridgeline. The proposed addition features a compound cross-gabled roof, 4:1 and 2:1 single-hung windows, and a covered back porch. 7) Remodel garage, replacing existing asbestos shingle siding with fiber cement, replacing the roof with new composition shingles, and adding a door to south elevation. ARCHITECTURE One-story house with Minimal Traditional stylistic influences, clad in asbestos shingle siding. Its cross-gabled roof shelters a partial-width inset porch with decorative metal supports and handrails. Fenestration includes 2:2 screened aluminum windows and a multi-light aluminum picture window, as well as an original partially glazed and louvered screen door. DESIGN STANDARDS The Hyde Park Design Standards are used to evaluate projects within the historic district. The following standards apply to the proposed project: 1. General Standards 1.2: Retention of Historic Style. Respect the historic style of existing structures and retain their historic features, including character-defining elements and building scale. The proposed project removes character-defining elements of the house, including but not limited to porch form and fenestration. 1.3: Avoidance of False Historicism. Respect each contributing structure as an example of the architecture of its time. Do not make alterations that have no historic basis, such as the addition of gingerbread trim to a 1920s bungalow. Do not give an existing contributing structure a “historic” appearance it never had. The proposed project removes original material and adds Craftsman-style elements to a house displaying Minimal Traditional stylistic influences. The project also adds a masonry chimney, which is not appropriate to the style of the existing house. 1.4: Appropriate Treatment Options for Contributing or Potentially Contributing Structures. 1. Preserve the historic fabric: Repair deteriorated historic features and …
WINDSOR RESIDENCE 3908 Avenue H Austin, Texas 78751 Total Conditioned Building area for Addition and Renovations of existing Residence 2,396 SQ. FT. 100% Permit Set - 11/15/2021 TEAM MEMBERS OWNER / CONTACT STEPHAN WINDSOR 3908 AVENUE H AUSTIN, TEXAS 78751 ARCHITECT OF RECORD DOUG FREY FREY ARCHITECTS, INC. P.O. BOX 5742 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78763 dfrey@freyarchitects.com (512) 330-0334 STRUCTURAL ENGINEER SAMUEL COVEY P.E. FORT STRUCTURES PC 2235 EAST 6TH ST. #105 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78702 sam@fortstructures.com (512) 817-9264 GENERAL CONTRACTOR PROJECT INFORMATION CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH APPLICABLE CODES OR STATUS WHETHER OR NOT SPECIFICALLY REFERENCED IN THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS • • • • • INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, 2021 EDITION, AND LOCAL AUSTIN AMENDMENTS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, 2021 EDITION, AND LOCAL AUSTIN AMENDMENTS CITY OF AUSTIN LDC CHAPTER 25-2 SUB-CHAPTER F CITY OF AUSTIN LDC CHAPTER 25-6 APPENDIX A PARKING REQUIRMENTS CITY OF AUSTIN 2012 ORDINANCE #20120112-086 PART 8, SECTION 8 SCOPE OF WORK SHEET INDEX SHEET INDEX SHEET INDEX Sheet Name Sheet Name Sheet Number Sheet Number GENERAL CS.01 SURVEY A0.10 A0.11 COVER SHEET PROPERTY SURVEY (11 x 17) PLOT PLAN (11 x 17) ARCHITECTURAL SITE PLAN ARCHITECTURAL LDC 25-2 SUB-CHAPTER F A0.20 A0.21 A0.22 A0.23 SITE AND BUILDING AREA CALCULATIONS SIDE SETBACK PLANES SITE PLAN BUILDING TENT ELEVATIONS BUILDING TENT ELEVATIONS EXISTING FLOOR PLAN WITH DEMOLITION PLAN NOTES EXISTING EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS WITH DEMOLITION NOTES ARCHITECTURAL LDC 25-2 SUB-CHAPTER F D0.10 D0.20 ARCHITECTURAL A1.10 A1.20 A1.21 A1.30 A1.31 A1.40 EXISTING BUILDING FLOOR PLAN NEW FIRST FLOOR BUILDING FLOOR PLAN NEW SECOND FLOOR BUILDING FLOOR PLAN EXISTING BUILDING ROOF PLAN NEW ROOF PLAN POWER, DATA AND REFLECTED CEILING PLAN A2.10 A2.11 A2.12 A2.13 A3.10 A3.11 A3.12 EXISTING EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS NEW EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS NEW EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS BUILDING SECTIONS ELEVATIONS INTERIOR ELEVATIONS INTERIOR ELEVATIONS INTERIOR ELEVATIONS X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X PROJECT DATA VICINITY MAP X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X PROJECT LOCATION I E C N E D S E R R O S D N W I H e u n e v A 8 0 9 3 1 5 7 8 7 S A X E T , N I T S U A DESIGN ARCHITECT: 3 6 7 8 7 S A X …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-006140 HYDE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT 4203 SPEEDWAY B.4 – 1 PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Construct a single-story addition to the rear and side of a contributing house, demolishing a non-historic deck and connecting to an existing garage, to be converted to habitable space. Replace the windows, light fixtures, and roof. Repaint the house’s stucco exterior and the existing shed-roofed carport. 1) Replace all windows with wood windows to match existing. 2) Replace the roof in-kind with composition shingles. 3) Construct a single-story addition to the rear and side of the house. The proposed addition is clad in smooth six-inch horizontal fiber cement siding. Its cross-gabled roof features cornice returns to match the original house’s gable end. The proposed addition’s fenestration includes single fixed windows, 1:1 mulled sash windows, 2:2 fixed windows flanking French doors at the rear elevation, and a secondary entry door at the main elevation behind the carport. 4) Convert garage to habitable space, linking it with the addition. The proposed conversions require the existing garage to be re-sided to match the rest of the addition, as well as modification of the building envelope to allow for window installation and roofline changes. 5) Replace entry lights with lighting of similar style and size. ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STANDARDS 4203 Speedway is a one-story Tudor Revival house clad in stucco, with an offset arched entryway, a cross-gabled roof with cornice returns at the gable end, 1:1 and multilight sash and casement windows, and a tapered chimney at the front elevation. The Hyde Park Design Standards are used to evaluate projects within the historic district. The following standards apply to the proposed project: 1. General Standards 1.1: Prevention of Demolition The proposed project partially demolishes an outbuilding not listed as contributing in the district inventory. 1.2: Retention of Historic Style The proposed project appears to respect the historic style of the existing primary building, retaining its character-defining elements and building scale. 1.3: Avoidance of False Historicism The proposed project appears to successfully avoid false historicism from the street-facing elevation, though it does obscure the original function of the outbuilding. 1.4: Appropriate Treatment Options for Contributing or Potentially Contributing Structures The proposed project replaces all windows with wood replicas, including at the main elevation. While the replacements are appropriate, the applicant should consider repairing and retrofitting, rather than replacing, the historic-age windows …
1. All trees and natural areas shown on plan to be preserved shall be protected during construction with temporary fencing. 2. Protective fences shall be erected according to City of Austin Standards for Tree Protection. 3. Protective fences shall be installed prior to the start of any site preparation work (clearing, grubbing or grading), and shall be maintained throughout all phases of the construction project. 4. Erosion and sedimentation control barriers shall be installed or maintained in a manner which does not result in soil build-up within tree drip lines. 5. Protective fences shall surround the trees or group of trees, and will be located at the outermost limit of branches (drip line) , for natural areas, protective fences shall follow the Limit of Construction line, in order to prevent the following: A. Soil compaction in the root zone area resulting from vehicular traffic or storage of equipment or materials; B. Root zone disturbances due to grade changes (greater than 6 inches cut or fill), or trenching not reviewed and authorized by the City Aborist; C. Wounds to exposed roots, trunk or limbs by mechanical equipment; D. Other activities detrimental to trees such as chemical storage, cement truck cleaning, and fires. 6. Exceptions to installing fences at tree drip lines may be permitted in the following cases: A. Where there is to be an approved grade change, impermeable paving surface, tree well, or other such site development, erect the fence approximately 2 to 4 feet beyond the area disturbed; B. Where permeable paving is to be installed within a tree's drip line, erect the fence at the outer limits of the permeable paving area (prior to site grading so that this area is graded separately prior to paving installation to minimized root damage); C. Where trees are close to proposed buildings, erect the fence to allow 6 to 10 feet of work space between the fence and the building; D. Where there are severe space constraints due to tract size, or other special requirements, contact the City Arborist at 974-1876 to discuss alternatives. Special Note: For the protection of natural areas, no exceptions to installing fences at the Limit of Construction line will be permitted. 7. Where any of the above exceptions result in a fence being closer than 4 feet to a tree trunk, protect the trunk with strapped-on planking to a height of 8 ft (or to the …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-002112 ROBERTSON/STUART & MAIR HISTORIC DISTRICT 1104 E. 10TH STREET B.5 – 1 PROPOSAL Construct an accessory dwelling unit. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The proposed ADU is two stories in height, with a covered porch and balcony. It is located behind the contributing main house at 1104 E. 10th Street. It is clad in smooth-finish horizontal fiber cement siding and board-and-batten siding. Fenestration includes mulled and single 1:1 windows, fixed two-panel windows, sliders, and glazed metal entry doors. The proposed plan is canted so that the front-facing balcony and porch are directly behind the main house. A spiral staircase allows access to the second floor. DESIGN STANDARDS 1.4. New Construction The Robertson/Stuart & Mair Design Standards are used to evaluate projects within the historic district. The following standards apply to the proposed project: New construction shall have the same street-front orientation and distance from adjacent buildings as the contributing buildings in the same block. The proposed ADU is oriented toward the south, as is the main house. Setbacks for new construction shall be consistent with setbacks of the district’s contributing buildings by taking the average of the existing setbacks of contributing buildings on the same block face, or by aligning with the setback of one adjacent contributing building; this may allow setbacks that are shallower than the base zoning. The proposed building is located at the rear of the lot. Design new buildings so that they are compatible with and differentiated from historic buildings in the district. If designing an addition in a contemporary style, reflect the scale, massing, and/or materials of the historic building; if designing an addition in a style that reflects a style borrowed from surrounding historic buildings, differentiate the scale, massing, and/or materials. The proposed ADU is differentiated from the main house by its two-story height, irregular shape, irregular shed roof, and modern fenestration and cladding materials. While the exterior cladding and fenestration is mostly compatible, the building’s projecting eave at the main elevation, the spiral staircase, and the shed roofline are less compatible. New construction should have floor-to-floor heights and roof heights that are the same or similar to those on contributing buildings throughout the district. The proposed ADU features similar floor-to-floor heights as the contributing house. Select materials for new construction that are the same as or similar to those found on contributing buildings …
SITE INFORMATION 1104 E. 10th Street, Austin, TX 78702 SITE ADDRESS: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: West 53' of Lot #10, Block 7, Division B, Geo. L. Robertson Subdivision, A subdivision is Travis County Texas, Recorded in Vol. 1, Page 4. LAND STATUS DETERMINATION: C8I-2011-0149 ZONING: NEIGHBORHOOD: Central East Austin, Subdistrict 1 LAND USE: Single-Family Residence PROPOSED LAND USE: Two-Family Residence Scope Of Work: Construction of a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, second floor Accessory Dwelling Unit on top of an Accessory Structure of 1 bathroom and studio. SF-3-NP SITE AREA: 7,457 s.f. NOTE: Areas are measured to the outside of finished surface per C.O.A. Requirements for Building Coverage and FAR. GFA EXISTING HOUSE: 2,115 s.f. Front Covered Porch: Back Covered Porch: Uncovered Deck: Open Stairs: Lower GFA Accessory: Upper GFA ADU: Covered Front Porch: Covered Balcony Above: A/C pads: Storage room stoop: Front Paved Walkway: Total Building Cover: Total Impervious Cover: TOTAL GFA: TOTAL ALLOWED: PROVIDED PARKING: ADU Exempt due to reduced parking requirement. No Changes to primary residence NONE 38 s.f. (calc. at 19 s.f.) 77 s.f. (calc. at 38.5 s.f.) 228 s.f. 130 s.f. 424 s.f. 419 s.f. 82 s.f. 82 s.f. 27 s.f. 9 s.f. 55 s.f. 2,979 s.f. (39.9%) 3,127.5 s.f. (41.9%) 2,958 s.f. (.397) 2,982 s.f. (.4) GENERAL NOTES 1. THESE DRAWINGS ARE BASED UPON THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, AND THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE. THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MEETING ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CODE. THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR SHALL CONTACT THE ARCHITECT IMMEDIATELY WITH ANY DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND CODE REQUIREMENTS OR DRAWINGS AND MANUFACTURERS' INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CLARIFICATION. THESE DRAWINGS MAY NOT INDICATE OR DESCRIBE ALL THE WORK REQUIRED FOR FULL COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. THE ARCHITECT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTRUCTION MEANS, METHODS, TECHNIQUES, SEQUENCES OR PROCEDURES RELATED TO THE PROJECT'S CONSTRUCTION. 2. THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR SHALL BE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY. THESE DRAWINGS DO NOT INDICATE THE NECESSARY ELEMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION SAFETY. 3. ALL VERTICAL DIMENSIONS INDICATED ON EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS, BUILDING SECTIONS, DETAILS AND INTERIOR ELEVATIONS ARE NOMINAL. ALL PLAN DIMENSIONS INDICATE EITHER FACE OF FRAMING, FACE OF MASONRY OR CENTERLINE OF ROUGH OPENING UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. DO NOT SCALE MEASUREMENTS FROM DRAWINGS. NOTIFY ARCHITECT WITH ANY DIMENSIONAL QUESTIONS. NOTIFY ARCHITECT OF ANY DISCREPANCIES PRIOR TO COMMENCING WITH THE WORK 4. COORDINATE LOCATION, SIZE AND CONFIGURATION OF PLUMBING VENTING AT ROOF WITH PLUMBING CONTRACTOR. 5. VERIFY AND PROVIDE …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-009524 HYDE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT 4300 SPEEDWAY B.6 – 1 PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Renovate ca. 1967 former post office to become a shell structure for multiple tenants, with exterior alterations including new entrances, canopies, parapet, and an addition consisting of enclosure of a loading dock. 1) Remove clear anodized aluminum storefront and windows, including limestone trim, on the main (east) elevation. 2) Install new paired storefront doors at three recessed entrances on the east elevation. Install new single and paired storefront doors on the north elevation. Install new divided-light storefront windows. Doors and windows will have black anodized aluminum frames. 3) Construct an addition within the footprint of the loading dock on the south elevation. Brick will match the existing building. Paired doors and divided-light windows will match those used elsewhere on the building. 4) Install a new roof canopy along the east and south elevations. 5) Reroof the building. Extend the height of the parapet using matching brick. Install new painted metal coping. Remove plywood fascia at the existing north canopy and reclad with metal fascia. ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STANDARDS One-story, flat-roofed brick post office building with Modern stylistic influences. The L-shaped building faces east toward Speedway. At the corner of the ell, the main entrance consists of paired glazed doors with a transom and sidelights within limestone trim. The adjacent wall has a section of coursed ashlar limestone next to a long ribbon window set within a limestone frame. The remaining walls are unadorned brick with limited doors and no windows; the rear wall is built of concrete masonry units. A canopy extends along the north wall, and a loading dock abuts the building to the south. The building at 4300 Speedway is noncontributing to the Hyde Park Historic District, as it was less than 50 years of age at the time of the district’s designation in 2010. While most noncontributing buildings do not require historic review, the Hyde Park Preservation Plan and Design Standards specifically address how this building should be treated. In “The Parts of the Hyde Park Preservation Plan,” Section 1.D.2 states: D. Previous Agreements about Specific Properties in the District 2. For the property located at 4300 Speedway, no shed roofs shall be permitted. Otherwise, the standards established for that property by Ordinance No. 0201131-20 [sic], which created the Hyde Park Neighborhood Conservation …
SOUTH ELEVATION (LOADING DOCK) EAST ELEVATION (STOREFRONT) EAST ELEVATION (WITH NORTH COVERED WALKWAY) EAST DETAIL (STOREFRONT - 2 BRICK TYPES) NORTH DETAIL (COVERED WALKWAY) NORTH DETAIL (COVERED WALKWAY) SOUTH - CONCRETE STAIR AND RAMP BRICK 2 - NORMAN BRICK BRICK 1 - STANDARD BRICK SPEEDWAY E ELEVATION SATELLITE VIEW - SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS (GOOGLE MAPS) VIEW FROM 43RD ST - SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS (GOOGLE MAPS) VIEW FROM SPEEDWAY - SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS (GOOGLE MAPS) VIEW FROM SPEEDWAY - EAST AND NORTH ELEVATIONS (GOOGLE MAPS) COVERED WALKWAY I N O T A V E L E N CLR ANOD. ALUMINUM STOREFRONT & DOORS W/ LIMESTONE TRIM E ELEVATION 4300 SPEEDWAY SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE TO BE RENOVATED 9,842 SF NON-SPRINKLERED W ELEVATION (NO ALTERATION) H T R O N N A L P 1 EXISTING PLAN - PHOTOS KEY SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0" T E E R T S D R 3 4 I N O T A V E L E W LOADING DOCK I I I I N O S S M R E P N E T T R W T U O H T W D E S U R O D E C U D O R P E R E B T O N Y A M D N A N R A B T H G U O H T F O Y T R E P O R P E H T S I I G N W A R D S H T I M P 8 5 : 7 2 : 2 2 2 0 2 / 1 2 / 1 C L L N R A B T H G U O H T I Y B T C E J O R P G N T C X E R E H T O N A I DESIGN THOUGHTBARN LLC 4805 RED BLUFF RD / STUDIO A AUSTIN TX 78702 O: 512 386 1579 INFO@THOUGHTBARN.COM WWW.THOUGHTBARN.COM THIS DOCUMENT IS RELEASED FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERIM REVIEW UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF LUCY BEGG TX REG ARCH #26395 ON THE DATE SHOWN ON THE DATE STAMP. IT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION OR PERMITTING PURPOSES. PROJECT SPEEDWAY COMMERCIAL 4300 SPEEDWAY AUSTIN, TX 78751 STAGE 75% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DRAWING EXISTING BUILDING PHOTOS DATE As indicated 01/21/22 PAGE NUMBER G4.00 LEGEND OCCUPANCY GROUP OCCUPANT LOAD PARKING AREA OFF STREET …
SITE PLAN NOTES 2. 3. 5. 7. 8. 1. REFER TO G1.0 FOR CODE COMPLIANCE. REFER TO G2.0 FOR ADDITIONAL GENERAL NOTES. SITE INFORMATION SHOWN IS BASED FROM SURVEY DATED JUNE 17, 2020 PREPARED BY WATERLOO SURVEYORS. 4. CONTRACTOR SHALL FIELD VERIFY JOB CONDITIONS AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY ARCHITECT OF ANY DISCREPANCIES FROM CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT IMMEDIATELY IF ANY DEFECTS IN THE EXISTING CONSTRUCTION ARE UNCOVERED DURING DEMOLITION WORK SO NECESSARY REPAIRS CAN BE MADE. REPORT ANY CONDITIONS THAT MAY DICTATE UNFORESEEN CHANGES IN THE WORK TO BE PROVIDED. 6. DEMOLITION SITE PLAN IS FOR GUIDANCE ONLY. ANY ADDITIONAL DEMOLITION WORK REQUIRED TO FULLY COMPLETE WORK, BUT NOT OTHERWISE SHOWN OR DESCRIBED IN THE DEMOLITION DRAWINGS SHALL BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE CONTRACT. THE INFORMATION SHOWN ON THESE DRAWINGS INDICATING SIZE, TYPE AND LOCATION OF ANY UNDERGROUND, SURFACE AND AERIAL UTILITIES OR OTHER EXISTING FEATURES IS NOT GUARANTEED TO BE EXACT OF COMPLETE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONTACT THE AUSTIN AREA "ONE CALL" SYSTEM (1-800-344-8377) FOR EXISTING UTILITY LOCATIONS AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO BEGINNING ANY EXCAVATION. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR FIELD VERIFYING LOCATIONS AND ELEVATIONS OF ALL EXISTING UTILITIES AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT'S CONSTRUCTION, IN ORDER TO AVOID DAMAGING THOSE UTILITIES, AND SHALL IMMEDIATELY ARRANGE FOR REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF CONTRACTOR-DAMAGED UTILITIES, TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE UTILITY COMPANY, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CONTRACTOR. 9. WHERE A SEAMLESS PATCH BETWEEN EXISTING AND NEW SURFACES AND/OR ITEMS IS NOT POSSIBLE OR PRACTICAL, REMOVE EXISTING SURFACE AND/OR ITEM BACK TO NEAREST JOINT AND REPLACE WITH NEW TO MATCH. 10. ALL HAULING AND DISPOSAL OF DEMOLISHED ITEMS SHALL BE PROVIDED BY CONTRACTOR. TREE LIST 0 0 . 4 1 1 0 0 . 3 1 1 ) ' 0 0 . 0 6 E " 0 0 0 0 ° 0 6 ' S ( ' 5 0 . 0 6 W ' " 3 1 4 1 ° 0 6 S Y E L L A ) W O R T F 0 1 ( 0 0 . 4 1 1 LEGEND AND SCALE // // // // // EXISTING FENCE LINE OH EXISTING OVERHEAD LINE EXISTING PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY LINE EXISTING ELEMENT TO BE REMOVED PROPERTY LINE SET BACK LINE ADJACENT PROPERTY LINE 8' 4' 0' 10' 20' FULL SIZE SCALE : 1" = 10'-0" OR 1:120 (HALF SIZE SCALE: …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 C14H-2006-0031; HR-2022-015467 STANLEY AND EMILY FINCH HOUSE 3312 DUVAL STREET B.8 – 1 PROPOSAL Remodel house and enlarge kitchen. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Rebuilding of the one-story connector between the original historic home (ca. 1928) and an adjacent addition (ca. 2003). Recladding of the hyphen’s wall and roof with standing-seam zinc. Removal of Palladian window at the hyphen and entry door at the addition; replacement with a new divided-light steel door with an awning at the hyphen and a window at the addition. 2) Addition of a third window to an existing pair of mulled windows on the north elevation. 3) Removal of the side entry door and gabled hood on the north elevation. 4) Enlargement of the kitchen to the south, involving removal of a portion of the rear (west) elevation. The addition will have steel windows and zinc cladding. ARCHITECTURE Two-story Colonial Revival house with a side-gabled roof, wood siding, and multi-light double-hung wood windows. The house is on a corner lot and is visible from both Duval and 34th streets. Elements on the 34th St. (north) elevation proposed for modification include paired 6:6 light windows and a small gabled roof with an arched underside and decorative brackets that shelters a multi-light door. The house became a City of Austin Landmark in 2006, after the addition had been constructed. The Recorded Texas Historic Landmark file from 1999 includes photographs of all sides of the house prior to the addition’s construction.1 DESIGN STANDARDS The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects at historic landmarks. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Repair and alterations 4. Exterior walls and trim Standard 4.2 indicates that, when patching is required, new siding should have a matching profile. Elevation drawings indicate limited replacement of siding to match existing only in the areas to be modified by proposed work. The project meets this standard. 5. Windows, doors, and screens Standard 5.13 establishes requirements for historic landmarks. It states that window and door openings should not be enlarged, moved, or enclosed except as required by an addition. On the west elevation, a limited area of wall including two windows will be removed to accommodate the addition. These are not significant elements and are on the …
600' 599' 598' 597' 596' 595' 594' E 34th St PP PP 601' 602' WV W WV 4 5 CO CO CO G 603' E 6 " 0 - ' 5 1 k c a b t e s t e e r t s e d i s SITE PLAN NOTES 1 2 3 DI 10' - 0" rear setback 25' - 0" front yard setback Section A high point: 604' - 0" Section A high point: 603' - 8 7/16" Section B high point: 601' - 11 1/4" Section A high point: 599' - 6 13/16" E " 0 - ' 5 d r a y e d i s k c a b t e s PP N 1 Site Plan 1/8" = 1'-0" KEYNOTES 1 Critical Root Zone (CRZ) 2 1/2 CRZ 3 1/4 CRZ 4 Property line 5 Limits of work 6 New addition footprint contained within this area; does not impact CRZ of adjacent tree WV WV FH WW PP t S l a v u D IMPERVIOUS COVER AND BUILDING AREA Site Area Allowable Impervious Area (45%) Allowable Floor-to-Area Ratio (40%) Proposed Impervious Cover Area: Main House Building Garage and Pool House Building Driveway Patio and Pool Coping Walkways Proposed Floor-to-Area Ratio (F.A.R.): First Floor Main Building Second Floor Main Building Basement Attic First Floor Garage Building Second Floor Garage Building 16,952 SF 7,628 SF 6,781 SF 1,901 SF 957 SF 1,507 SF 2,005 SF 758 SF 1,901 SF 1,686 SF 388 SF 510 SF 957 SF 575 SF Total Impervious Cover: 7,128 SF (42.0%) Total F.A.R.: 6,017 SF (35.5%) LEGEND PROGRESS PRINT NOT FOR REGULATORY APPROVAL, PERMIT, OR CONSTRUCTION Copyright: These drawings are property of the architect and may not be reproduced, distributed, published, or used in any way without written consent of the architect. L E D O M E R N E H C T I K t e e r t S l a v u D 2 1 3 3 5 0 7 8 7 s a x e T , n i t s u A Historic Review Package February 2, 2022 Drawn by: CG, EK Checked by: CS Revisions: Site Plan G1.10 9 3 4 Limits of work 7 3 6 11 13 12 10 14 3 1 2 9 15 3 5 Existing Den Existing Outdoor Patio 8 Existing Kitchen Existing Dining Room N 1 …
Existing 34th Street frontage (above) Proposed 34th Street frontage (below) PROGRESS PRINT NOT FOR REGULATORY APPROVAL, PERMIT, OR CONSTRUCTION Copyright: These drawings are property of the architect and may not be reproduced, distributed, published, or used in any way without written consent of the architect. L E D O M E R N E H C T I K t e e r t S l a v u D 2 1 3 3 5 0 7 8 7 s a x e T , n i t s u A Historic Review Package February 2, 2022 Drawn by: CG, EK Checked by: CS Revisions: Existing and Proposed Views A5.01 Existing 34th Street frontage (above)Proposed 34th Street frontage (below)
9 3 4 Limits of work 7 3 6 11 13 12 10 14 3 1 2 9 15 3 5 Existing Den Existing Outdoor Patio 8 Existing Kitchen Existing Dining Room N 1 Level 1 - Demo Plan 3/8" = 1'-0" KEYNOTES 1 Demo brick patio and fountain to prepare for new 2 Remove hose and spigot and move to new location; foundation ref. plumbing to be demolished 3 Existing wall, including any windows and doors within, 4 Existing wall finishes to be demolished; utilize existing framing for new construction 5 Keep existing wall and door and tie in with new construction 6 Demo all kitchen millwork, finishes, appliances, and coordinate electrical with new construction 7 Existing windows to remain; coordinate extent of demo to allow for new window at edge of existing 8 Existing millwork to remain; coordinate extent of wall demolition accordingly 9 Existing awning to be demolished 9 Existing eyebrow to be demolished 10 Existing planter to be demolished 11 Existing mechanical chase to remain 12 Plug and seal existing electrical in chase wall, to be covered in new construction 13 Remove refrigerator; store for reuse 14 Remove wine cooler and associated doors/trim; store for reuse 15 Existing door to be demolished 15 Existing front door DEMO PLAN NOTES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Refer to architectural drawings prior to demolition to understand the scope of work. Re: sheet A1.01 for the architectural floor plan. All existing electrical, plumbing and mechanical systems to be removed. Contractor to take care removing doors and systems in aluminum storefront systems. All existing glass panel windows to be removed and replaced. Remove all ceiling finishes and insulation. Expose all structural framing and ceilings. 15 LEGEND PROGRESS PRINT NOT FOR REGULATORY APPROVAL, PERMIT, OR CONSTRUCTION Copyright: These drawings are property of the architect and may not be reproduced, distributed, published, or used in any way without written consent of the architect. L E D O M E R N E H C T I K t e e r t S l a v u D 2 1 3 3 5 0 7 8 7 s a x e T , n i t s u A Historic Review Package February 2, 2022 Drawn by: CG, EK Checked by: CS Revisions: Demolition Plan D1.01 11 " 5 7 . Up 101b 9 DS 10 11 Refrigerator/Freezer Pantry Baking Area 1 …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2021-205974 TRAVIS HEIGHTS-FAIRVIEW PARK 804 RUTHERFORD PLACE C.1– 1 PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Demolish a contributing duplex and detached carport. Construct a new single-family residence with pool and two-story cabana. 1) Total demolition of existing contributing duplex and detached carport. 2) Construction of new single-family residence with pool and two-story cabana. The proposed primary building is two stories with a habitable attic and roof deck. It features an irregular flat, gabled, and shed roofline; fixed-pane and casement full-light fenestration in irregular pattern; stucco cladding; and a front-facing garage. The pool cabana is two stories in height with stucco cladding, a gabled roofline, and fixed-pane windows on two elevations; the west and south secondary elevations are windowless. ARCHITECTURE The 2020 Travis Heights-Fairview Park National Register Nomination lists 804 Rutherford Place as the only example of a representative domestic property constructed with a “mixed” architectural style. This unique eclecticism includes Mission, Tudor Revival, and Swiss influences. The nomination’s description is as follows: The small apartment building at 804 Rutherford Place is a good example of an eclectic, mixed design that draws from three styles, in this case Mission Revival, Tudor Revival, and Swiss. The building is two stories in height, with buff- and tan-colored brick walls and a flat roof. The front elevation has a symmetrical arrangement, with a one-story, partial-width entrance volume extending from the rectangular main building volume. The projecting entrance has Tudor Revival details including an arched entrance door, arched hood molding over the door, narrow windows with decorative shutters, and flared wrought iron stair railings. The main two-story volume has little decoration. It has single 1/1 windows on the first floor and two sets of paired 1/1 windows on the second floor. Its modest Mission Revival details are limited to a narrow, divided light, arched window in the center of the upper floor, and a stepped parapet. The Swiss detailing includes the scalloped bargeboard. All window openings have brick sills, and the parapet coping is brick.1 Notably, the building at 806 Rutherford Place is constructed with a similar plan, form, and fenestration pattern, though 806 Rutherford shows only Mission influences. 806 Rutherford was constructed in 1925 by the Austin Real Estate Abstract Company. 803 E. Riverside Drive, constructed by the same company in 1925 and displaying similar Mission styling to 806 Rutherford, is located immediately behind 804 …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Thomas Blank Sunday, January 16, 2022 11:09 AM PAZ Preservation HR 22-001198. 804 Rutherford Pl *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** I am in favor of the proposed development at 804 Rutherford Place. I live at 1205 Bickler Rd, Austin TX 78704, witching the 500 foot radius for notice. This development will be an investment in needed housing capacity in the neighborhood. I believe that this type of construction is valuable. Plus, the property belongs to Mr. Rodenberg and he should be able to do what he wants with it. 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Friday, January 21, 2022 11:10 AM PAZ Preservation Permit application # HR22-001198 This message is from Catherine Sims. I live at 803 Avondale Road, Austin, TX 78704. I recently received a notice of public hearing for case # HR 22‐001198, Ryan Rodenberg, 804 Rutherford Place. The permit requested is for a demolition permit for the property. I support this permit being approved. I am in favor of Mr. Rodenberg's petition. I do not want to attend a public hearing because I am over 70 years old. Doing so is not advisable for my age group, or health status, due to Covid protocols. I do want to register my support, however. Thank you, Catherine Sims 803 Avondale Road Austin, TX 78704 1
From: Cc: Subject: Date: Allen, Amber Objections, 2/28/2022 Monday, February 21, 2022 1:09:57 PM *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Liaison, Chair and Vice Chair of the Landmark Preservation Commission, I reside within the Travis Heights Fairview Park National Historic District. These applicants are aware of the significance of the neighborhood and property or their cases would not be coming before the Historic Landmark Commission. I have been active in the neighborhood although I am not aware of the any of below applicants contacting or presenting to the membership of the South River City Citizens Neighborhood Association, the organization that supported the Travis Heights-Fairview Park National Historic District, or the Historic Preservation Committee that successfully applied for the designation. Until these properties are fully documented and archived at the Austin History Center, I object to the demolition of the following agenda items and cases in the Travis Heights-Fairview Historic District being heard by the Historic Landmarks Commission at the 2/28/2022 meeting: C.1. 804 Rutherford Place – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.2. 512 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing house and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.8. 700 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.9. 1505 Alameda Drive - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.10. 1803 Kenwood Avenue - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.11. 1315 & 1317 Newning Avenue - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building As you may be aware from earlier correspondence, several houses in the Sherwood Oaks subdivision were recently demolished without a hearing although the properties met the requirements of being more the 50 years old and having noteworthy occupants and hosting events of historic significance. Moving forward, how can our community do better to engage and recognize the importance of our shared mission? Thank you for your consideration and service, Wendy Price Todd 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 …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-016431; PR 2022-002618 TRAVIS HEIGHTS-FAIRVIEW PARK 1803 KENWOOD AVE C.10. 1 PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Demolish a circa 1937 single-story residence and replace it with a new construction single-family residence. 1) Total demolition of existing contributing single-family residence built in 1937. 2) Construction of new single-family residence with in-ground pool in rear, garage, and carport. The proposed primary building is a two-story minimalist style. It features a compound roofline; fixed-pane and casement full-light fenestration in irregular pattern; dark grey brick on the exterior first story and light-colored exterior stucco cladding on the slightly overhanging second story. The rear second-story elevation has a small rear balcony with a horizontal metal railing overlooking the pool. Designs indicate a side entry garage and direct neighboring carport located in front of the residence with a horizontal wood fence located directly in front of the carport which shields the carport and garage from direct view from the street. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Wood frame, single-story, residential construction on pier and beam foundation. The structure is of the Minimal Traditional style with a side gable with a front-facing cross gable design. It is typical of minimal traditional design with horizontal wood siding, two sets of symmetrical multi-pane, 6:6 wood windows flanked by slim, simple shutters. There is a small, round gable vent in the front-facing gable façade. The single door entry has a concrete landing and is covered with a wooden awning supported by decorative wooden brackets. The awning is a continuation of the asphalt roof. There is a thin, slightly turned metal balustrade and railing on the front concrete steps and landing. Likely built by the prominent dentist and civic activist, Dr. R.L. Struhall in 1937. Dr. Struhall and wife Lillian Parma moved to 1805 Kenwood by 1942. According to City Directories, in 1941, 1803 Kenwood was owned by Raymond W., Jr. and his wife, Marjorie M. Ramsey. Raymond was employed at the R & R Service Station and they lived in the home until at least 1944. The house continued to be occupied short-term according to City Directory records until it was purchased by Donald B. and Elsie A. Ezell who lived in the home till Mr. Ezell’s death in 1961. The Ezell’s owned and operated The Chicken House Café, a restaurant located at 4201 Alice Avenue. Elsie Ezell was also a local high school …
From: Cc: Subject: Date: Allen, Amber Objections, 2/28/2022 Monday, February 21, 2022 1:09:57 PM *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Liaison, Chair and Vice Chair of the Landmark Preservation Commission, I reside within the Travis Heights Fairview Park National Historic District. These applicants are aware of the significance of the neighborhood and property or their cases would not be coming before the Historic Landmark Commission. I have been active in the neighborhood although I am not aware of the any of below applicants contacting or presenting to the membership of the South River City Citizens Neighborhood Association, the organization that supported the Travis Heights-Fairview Park National Historic District, or the Historic Preservation Committee that successfully applied for the designation. Until these properties are fully documented and archived at the Austin History Center, I object to the demolition of the following agenda items and cases in the Travis Heights-Fairview Historic District being heard by the Historic Landmarks Commission at the 2/28/2022 meeting: C.1. 804 Rutherford Place – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.2. 512 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing house and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.8. 700 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.9. 1505 Alameda Drive - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.10. 1803 Kenwood Avenue - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.11. 1315 & 1317 Newning Avenue - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building As you may be aware from earlier correspondence, several houses in the Sherwood Oaks subdivision were recently demolished without a hearing although the properties met the requirements of being more the 50 years old and having noteworthy occupants and hosting events of historic significance. Moving forward, how can our community do better to engage and recognize the importance of our shared mission? Thank you for your consideration and service, Wendy Price Todd 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 …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Ulla Florholmen Wednesday, February 23, 2022 8:01 PM PAZ Preservation Please save 1803 Kenwood Ave. Case# HR 22-016431 *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** Dear Amber Allen, Please save this historical building which adds to our neighborhoods historic character. Kind regards, Ulla Florholmen 1506 Travis Heights Blvd 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: Cc: Subject: Date: Allen, Amber Objections, 2/28/2022 Monday, February 21, 2022 1:09:57 PM *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Liaison, Chair and Vice Chair of the Landmark Preservation Commission, I reside within the Travis Heights Fairview Park National Historic District. These applicants are aware of the significance of the neighborhood and property or their cases would not be coming before the Historic Landmark Commission. I have been active in the neighborhood although I am not aware of the any of below applicants contacting or presenting to the membership of the South River City Citizens Neighborhood Association, the organization that supported the Travis Heights-Fairview Park National Historic District, or the Historic Preservation Committee that successfully applied for the designation. Until these properties are fully documented and archived at the Austin History Center, I object to the demolition of the following agenda items and cases in the Travis Heights-Fairview Historic District being heard by the Historic Landmarks Commission at the 2/28/2022 meeting: C.1. 804 Rutherford Place – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.2. 512 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing house and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.8. 700 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.9. 1505 Alameda Drive - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.10. 1803 Kenwood Avenue - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.11. 1315 & 1317 Newning Avenue - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building As you may be aware from earlier correspondence, several houses in the Sherwood Oaks subdivision were recently demolished without a hearing although the properties met the requirements of being more the 50 years old and having noteworthy occupants and hosting events of historic significance. Moving forward, how can our community do better to engage and recognize the importance of our shared mission? Thank you for your consideration and service, Wendy Price Todd 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 …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-009233 OLD WEST AUSTIN 2507 HARTFORD ROAD C.12 – 1 PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Demolish a noncontributing garage and construct a new accessory dwelling unit. 1) Demolish existing garage (ca. 1999). 2) Construct a new ADU. The proposed building is two stories in height, with a compound hipped roof clad in composition shingles to match the main house. The ADU’s exterior is clad in fiber-cement siding and features 1:1 mulled and single aluminum-clad wood windows, as well as fixed windows and a front-facing garage door. RESEARCH DESIGN STANDARDS The house at 2507 Hartford Road was built around 1951 with an attached garage. It was built for John and Elsie Clemens and their family. John E. Clemens, a CPA, worked as the business manager for the Austin Independent School District. He was also president of Austin’s chapter of the American Kennel Club.1 Permit history shows several remodels to the house and garage during the 1990s and early 2000s, including reworking the home’s parking structure. The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Residential new construction 1. Location The proposed ADU is constructed in roughly the same location as the existing garage, at the side and rear of the main house. 2. Orientation The proposed ADU’s orientation is consistent with the existing garage’s orientation, as well as the orientations of other detached garages in the district. 3. Scale, massing, and height While the proposed building is two stories in height, its location at the rear of the lot will likely mitigate its impact to the one-story front house. The applicant may wish to consider removing the projecting bay from the front elevation for enhanced compatibility. 4. Proportions The proposed building’s proportions appear compatible with the existing house and the district as a whole. 5. Design and style The proposed building’s design is relatively simple and appears mostly compatible with the main house. 6. Roofs With the exception of the projecting bay, the house’s hipped roof is compatible with the main house. 7. Exterior walls The proposed horizontal siding is understated and appropriate. 8. Windows and doors The proposed wood-clad aluminum windows and painted garage door appear appropriate. "Clemens 1 https://atxlibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/clemens-heads-kennel- club/docview/1559220216/se-2?accountid=7451. …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-012669 TRAVIS HEIGHTS-FAIRVIEW PARK 2108 KENWOOD AVENUE C.13 – 1 PROPOSAL Construct an accessory dwelling unit. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS DESIGN STANDARDS The proposed ADU is two stories, with an attached carport, uncovered wood deck, and roof deck. It is clad in fiber-cement siding with metal cable railings at the roof deck and stairwell. Windows are fixed, with varying proportions at each elevation. The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Residential new construction 1. Location The proposed ADU is located at the rear of the lot, behind the contributing house. 2. Orientation The proposed ADU’s orientation of the entrance and the carport matches the orientation of contributing buildings and outbuildings in the district. 3. Scale, massing, and height The proposed ADU is located behind a substantial two-story addition to the original main house, so its two-story height is not obtrusive; however, the roof deck adds an element of height that may be visible from the street. The building’s massing is simple, with a small step-down between floors at the main elevation. 4. Proportions The building’s proportions are somewhat compatible with its surroundings—though its massing is strongly vertical, design elements help to reduce its impact. 5. Design and style Though the proposed building’s overall design is somewhat incompatible with the surrounding district, its position at the rear of the lot renders its overall impact minimal. 6. Roofs The proposed flat roof and roof deck are not compatible with the main house. 7. Exterior walls The proposed fiber-cement horizontal siding is compatible with the main house. 8. Windows and doors The proposed fixed windows and fully-glazed doors are mostly incompatible, though their rhythmic placement somewhat echoes the main house’s design. 11. Attached garages and carports The proposed carport is compatible; though it is not set back from the front wall of the ADU, it is placed far back on the lot and does not affect the view of the contributing house from the street. 9. Porches See 6. Summary The project meets some of the applicable standards. PROPERTY EVALUATION The primary building contributes to the Travis Heights-Fairview Park National Register district. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Comment on and release the plans. C.13 – …
HLC D ESIGN R EVIEW ZILKER METRO PAR K ZILKER CLUBHOUSE R E H A B I L I T A T I O N P R O J E C T April 12, 2021 1 HLC DESIGN REVIEW | April 12, 2021Zilker Clubhouse Rehabilitation 2 HLC DESIGN REVIEW | April 12, 2021Zilker Clubhouse Rehabilitation Chronology • 1917 — Barton Springs Park given to City of Austin • 1932 — Remainder of Zilker Park, large tract north and west of original gift, given to City of Austin • 1934 — Boy Scout Lodge (now known as Zilker Clubhouse) built by the CWA, CCC • 1934 — Lookout Point built by the CCC • 1940 — Addition to north wing built by the NYA, for use as a • 1956 — Paved terrace added to the east of the Clubhouse, • 1963 — PARD facilities officially integrated • 1994 — New restrooms added north of main room, accessible • 1997 — Clubhouse and Point listed on National Register under caretaker’s residence built by the Jaycees parking and entry route the Zilker Park NRHD by UT SOA • 2006 — HABS drawings and documentation completed • 2012 — Zilker Park Cultural Landscape Report completed by UT SOA MSHP student Boy Scout Clubhouse construction, ca. 1934, Austin History Center 3 HLC DESIGN REVIEW | April 12, 2021Zilker Clubhouse Rehabilitation LEGEND 1934 1940 1994 OFFICE 2 BREAK RM. OFFICE 1 BATH STOR. STOR. KITCHEN KITCHEN STORAGE OFFICE 3 MAIN ROOM VEST. WOMEN MEN 4 HLC DESIGN REVIEW | April 12, 2021Zilker Clubhouse Rehabilitation Zilker Clubhouse, ca. 1940s, Foster, William Hague. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Photo courtesy gypc.girl.photography 5 HLC DESIGN REVIEW | April 12, 2021Zilker Clubhouse Rehabilitation Lookout Point construction, 1934, Austin History Center Lookout Point, 1934, Austin History Center Lookout Point, 1937, Austin History Center Lookout Point, 2020 6 HLC DESIGN REVIEW | April 12, 2021Zilker Clubhouse Rehabilitation Scope Summary • Preservation and restoration of building • Programmatic priority for event use • Restore infilled original windows and doors • Restore the connection of main hall to cottage Modest formalizing elements to parking Landscape plan, drip irrigation Wayfinding and interpretive signage Study HVAC system, water heater relocation, gas service Replace electrical and data systems, improve lighting Window and door restoration, roof replacement, masonry cleaning, ironwork restoration 7 HLC DESIGN REVIEW | …
CITY of AUSTIN C I P I D # 6066.052 CSP# CLM B339 ZILKER METRO PARK - ZILKER CLUBHOUSE REHABILITATION 2 0 0 A R N U L F O A L O N Z O W A Y A U S T I N , T E X A S 7 8 7 0 4 Consultants Owner Location Map Index of Drawings ARCHITECTS Limbacher & Godfrey Architects, Inc. 2124 East Sixth Street, Suite 102 Austin, Texas 78703 Ph: 512-450-1518, Fax: 512-320-1916 email: info@limbacher-godfrey.com STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Sparks Engineering, Inc. 933 North Flores Street San Antonio, Texas 78212 Ph: 210-229-0669 email: pat@sparksengineering.com MEP ENGINEER ACR Engineering, Inc. 3001 S. Lamar, Suite 210 Austin, Texas 78704 Ph: 512-440-8333 email: rtroncoso@acreng.com CIVIL ENGINEER Doucet & Associates 7401B Highway 71 West, Suite 160 Austin, Texas 78735 Ph: 512-583-2622 email: zxing@doucetengineers.com LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Asakura Robinson 1224 E. 12th Street, #310 Austin, Texas 78702 Ph: 512-351-9601, Fax: 832-201-7198 email: brendan@asakurarobinson.com GRAPHIC DESIGN/INTERPRETIVE fd2s 1634 E. Cesar Chavez Austin, Texas 78702 Ph: 512-476-7733 email: croberts@fd2s.com CITY of AUSTIN SPONSORING DEPARTMENT Parks and Recreation Department Kimberly McNeeley, Director MANAGING DEPARTMENT Parks and Recreation Department Kimberly McNeeley, Director PROJECT MANAGER Parks and Recreation Department Ellen Colfax 919 West 28 1/2 Street Austin, Texas 78705 Ph: 512-974-9506 email: ellen.colfax@austintexas.gov CITY COUNCIL Mayor Steve Adler Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison Council Member Vanessa Fuentes Council Member Sabino Renteria Council Member Gregorio Casar Council Member Ann Kitchen Council Member Mackenzie Kelly Council Member Leslie Pool Council Member Paige Ellis Council Member Kathie Tovo Council Member Alison Alter City Manager Spencer Cronk . D V L B C A P - O M . D V L B R A M A L H T R O N EAST SIXTH STREET EAST FIFTH STREET C E S A R C H A V E Z BARTON S P R I N G S ROAD RIVERSIDE DRIVE ZILKER CLUBHOUSE TRUE NORTH PLAN NORTH T1.01 T1.02 C101 C102 C103 C200 C201 C202 C203 C204 C300 C301 C302 C400 C401 C500 L1.00 L1.01 L1.02 L1.03 L3.00 L3.01 L4.00 L4.01 L4.02 L4.03 L5.00 COVER COVER, Index of Drawings Design Data CIVIL DRAWINGS General Notes Overall Existing Conditions Exstg Clubhouse Site and Demolition ES Control Overall Sheet ES Control Plan Sheet 1 ES Control Plan Sheet 2 ES Control Plan Sheet 3 Overall Site Plan Site Plan Sheet 1 Site Plan Sheet 2 ES Control Detail and Tree List …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022 PR-2022-010250; GF-2022-017172 OLD WEST AUSTIN 1510 PEASE ROAD C.15 – 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Demolish a ca. 1936 multifamily (duplex) residence and detached metal frame covered carport. The structure is a Tudor-style brick construction residence that was built circa 1936 as a multi-family residence (duplex). The residence has a simple side-gabled design easily visible behind two smaller asymmetrical front-facing gables with a 1- unit entrance located on the front facade with an arched door containing a small circular quarter-divided window. The second unit is accessed via a matching door located beneath the side gable on the east elevation where there is a covered porch and decorative metal railing. There is a prominent front-facing chimney with an inward swooping detail above the firebox, flanked by quarter-shaped gable vents. The windows are simple 1:1 wood single pane. Each unit has a rear-covered porch. There is also a rear-covered metal frame carport which is not of significance. This property was built as a multi-family duplex circa 1936 and therefore has a history of tenants although none appeared to live in the property for more than a couple of years. The longest tenant appears to be Donald L. and Donna Hoskins. According to City Directory records, Donald was an Architect for Southerland & Page in 1955 and 1957 when he lived at the duplex. Of historical significance are tenants Juan A. and Carolina R. Merigo-Aza. Juan Antonio Merigo-Aza was the Vice Consular officer at the Mexican Consulate and was a delegate at the Mexico City conference that led to a new International Agreement for Migratory workers in 1951. The Agreement improved living and working conditions for migratory farmers but also provided legislation for the punishment of harboring or concealing those who enter the country without documentation. PROPERTY EVALUATION The property contributes to the Old West Austin National Register district. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain high integrity. 3) Properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated the property and determined that it does not meet two criteria: architectural significance. a. Architecture. The building is a good example of a Tudor-style multi-family residence and does appear to convey b. Historical association. The property does not have significant historical associations. Juan Antonio Merigo-Aza was a prominent local …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Stef Schrader Thursday, February 24, 2022 7:55 AM PAZ Preservation Case #PR-2022-010250; GF-2022-017172 *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** To whom it may concern: I am writing against the demolition of the contributing home at 1510 Pease Road (GF 22‐017172). In my short time living a street over, I have noticed the Historic Landmark Commission approve too many demolitions of contributing structures in this area. At this rate, there be little left that defines this historic district! You can stop the bleeding now by denying some permits. Construction—especially the construction at 1601 Woodlawn and 1602 Pease—has made my life an absolute living hell. I have recorded jackhammering loud enough to violate race track sound limits on my front porch. My whole home shakes whenever they're banging on things or operating heavy machinery. Frankly, I have concerns about the build quality of the home going up next to mine as well as a number of their framing boards are ones I'd have left at Home Depot—but that's another story. Noise starts promptly at 7 AM and continues throughout my work day, which has not just interrupted my ability to work from home. Debris from the construction zone has also fallen onto my yard numerous times as well. Does that sound like life in a peaceful historic district to you? One where I can't bear to live in my own home based on the jackhammering nextdoor? Or where I'm constantly worried about nails in my tires? Furthermore, it is my understanding that 1510 Pease is a multifamily structure—the likes of which we need more of to meet Austin's housing needs. I have not seen 1510 Pease's specific plans, but demolishing it for a single‐family home would be a further slap in the face for a community that is in desperate need of enough housing to meet demand. Having lived through two such demolitions nearby already, I have also been appalled at the incredible amount of waste that gets sent to the landfill from the demolition of just one home. We have to be more mindful of the environmental impact of these teardowns as well. It is deeply irresponsible to throw that much away without a good reason, particularly from a livable structure. If the home is repairable or can be renovated, I'm fine with that—make it livable and enjoy! However, I firmly believe that this …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Donna Morrow Thursday, January 20, 2022 9:13 AM PAZ Preservation 512 East Monroe St. *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Case # GF 22‐001167`512 E. Monroe St Attn: Amber Allen I object to the demolition of the house at 512 East Monroe St. This bungalow is a well‐designed, attractive, and contributing example of 1930s pre‐war houses prevalent in this historic neighborhood. It could be upgraded and enlarged without losing the original 1930s character and style. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW DEMOLITION OF THIS HOUSE. Donna Morrow 504 Terrace Drive 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Thomas Blank Friday, January 21, 2022 7:23 AM PAZ Preservation Case GF 22-001167 - 512 E Monroe St *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** I am in favor of approving Ms. Allen’s demolition permit application at 512 E Monroe. This property belongs to her and she should be able to do with it as she pleases. Thank you, Tom Blank 1205 Bickler Rd, 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: CLIFTON LADD Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:13 PM PAZ Preservation brenda Ladd Case number PR-2021-200516; GF 22-001167 for Demolition of 512 E Monroe; public hearing MONDAY, 1-24-22 at 6:00 PM Public Hearing Form Ladd.pdf; Untitled attachment 00035.htm; 512_E_Monroe_20220120-00 copy.jpeg; Untitled attachment 00038.htm; 512_E_Monroe_20220120-01 copy.jpeg; Untitled attachment 00041.htm Dear Ms. Allen ‐ I just left you a phone message a little while ago and would appreciate it if you could call me tomorrow. We received a notice of public hearing for an application for a demolition permit for 512 East Monroe St. while we were out of town January 16‐19, and I didn’t see it until Thursday the 20th. I don’t understand how the City of Austin could give less than one week notice before a public hearing for a demolition. I have made several attempts to find information about this proposed demolition at https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/permit/public‐search‐other using the case numbers listed in the notice (PR‐2021‐ 200516; GF 22‐001167), but it only returns the answer “No rows returned.” The sign announcing the public hearing was not posted on the property, as it was laying on the ground in the front yard when I went by to look on Thursday the 20th (see attached photo). This house is a good example of the architecture of the Travis Heights‐Fairview Park National Historic District. It is in very good condition and should be preserved as an important part of the neighborhood (see attached photo). I oppose the demolition of this valuable part of our historic neighborhood. Please contact me before the public hearing tomorrow night at 6:00. Thank you, Clifton Ladd 1509 Newning Avenue Please let me know if you have any information about this. ‐‐‐‐ Clif Ladd 1
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2021-207618 SIXTH STREET NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 320 E. 6TH STREET C.3 – 1 PROPOSAL Exterior work to the storefront and entry vestibule; new signage. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Restore paired multi-light doors at the storefront entrance on the west end of the building. The doors are designed to match a historic photograph but be of code-compliant width, resulting in four rather than five doors within the existing masonry opening. Replace the canopy above the entrance on the existing frame. 2) Install a roll-down gate at the entry vestibule. The gate will mount into the concrete columns at either side of the vestibule and will not disturb the historic canopy. 3) Remove existing non-historic signage, patch and repaint stucco wall above the entrance. Install new sign to screen the roll-down gate. The sign will be approximately 16’ wide by 2’-10” in height. Three options are presented: a. Painted aluminum sign with bulbs to match underside of canopy; b. Painted aluminum sign with flat-cut aluminum letters and indirect lighting; or c. Painted aluminum sign with double-stroke neon to match neon on the canopy perimeter. 4) Replace non-original black tile at the recessed theater entrance with new patterned tile. 5) Replace one entry door with a Dutch door to match existing. Movie theater with three-story brick façade spanning two lots. The section at 320 E. 6th St. contains the theater entrance, recessed beneath a projecting metal canopy with rounded corners, studded on the underside with lights and ringed with neon. Above is a blade sign with lighted letters and neon perimeter. To the west at 318 E. 6th is a storefront entrance flush with the façade, consisting of paired glass doors and stucco infill. At the upper levels, picture windows have replaced the historic multi-light double-hung and casement windows. Window openings are set within recessed brick bands. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Jay J. Hegman opened the Ritz Theatre in 1929 at 320 E. 6th St. and expanded the theater to its current configuration encompassing 318 E. 6th St. in 1937. Architect Hugo Kuehne designed the 1937 theater. It was the first in Austin planned specifically for talking pictures. The theater originally served only white customers; later, it became the first integrated theater in Austin, though Black patrons were restricted to the balcony.1 It continued in operation as a movie theater until 1964, after …
320 EAST 6TH ST- THE RITZ The Ritz was built in 1929 by J.J. Hegman, who owned several movie theaters in Austin, Texas. It was the first theater in Austin to be built specifically for the talkies. The architect was Hugo Kuehne, the founding dean of the University of Texas School of Architecture, who also designed the Austin History Center (originally the Austin Public Library). The Ritz was originally a long narrow space, and was segregated like most movie theaters in Texas and other southern states at that time; there was a separate entrance leading to a balcony reserved for people of color.[1] The theater opened on 6th Street on October 13, 1929. It showed primarily first-run westerns with a lower ticket price than any other theater in town and frequently brought in stars like Wild Bill Elliott and Dub Taylor, along with country music acts who performed before the movies.[2] In 1937, Hegman's son Elmo took over management and expanded the theater to 800 seats by widening the theater by 25 feet. He continued showing Westerns until television siphoned off the audience; Elmo closed the theater in 1964.[1] Cary White, the production designer for The Faculty and Spy Kids, amongst other movies, was the projectionist and janitor at the Ritz during some of its last days as a movie house.[3] The theater remained shuttered until 1970, when it re-opened for three years as an adult theater. In October 1974, entrepreneurs Jim Franklin (artist) and Bill Livinggood renovated the theater and opened the doors as a music venue, offering an eclectic mix of programming from classical to rock and including live theater and movies. This was also short-lived, and the club closed in 1975.[4] Several other groups moved in over the years. The Center Stage theater group took it over in 1977, closing off the balcony to make a second, separate theater. Again, the venue didn't last long and the late 1970s saw a serious decline in the theater's fortunes, including another stint into porn exhibition.[5] In 1981, Shannon Sedwick and Michael Shelton took out a lease and turned management over to Craig Underwood, who began running the venue as a punk rock club. Shows such as Black Flag, which inaugurated the punk era on May 7, 1982, The Misfits, Hüsker Dü, The Circle Jerks, The Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat and others showed that there was an audience for hardcore …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022 HR-2021-202873 TRAVIS HEIGHTS-FAIRVIEW PARK 1410 ALAMEDA DR. C.4 – 1 PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Replace existing wood windows and wood siding on the front and left side of the house on contributing residence built circa 1936 in the Travis Heights Fairview Park National Register District. 1) Replace existing wood windows, and wood siding on the front and left side of contributing residence built circa 1936 in the Travis Heights Fairview Park National Register District. 2) Windows: Design proposal includes replacing original wood windows with Andersen 100 Series fiberglass windows: single-hung, equal sash, no flange, with a white exterior frame, white sash/panel, and white interior frame, with interior sash/panel. The replacement windows will also have dual-pane, low-E argon fill, and ¾” white muntins, between-the- glass, of a 3 wide x 2 high, colonial pattern. Replacement of windows is needed due to: “energy efficiency (existing windows are leaky and have single-pane glass). Windows don't open and close properly.” (applicant) Replacements will be the 5 front facade windows and the seven windows along the south elevation (left side viewed from the street) as demonstrated in the plan photos. 3) Siding: The design proposal includes replacing all original wood siding from the original part (front façade and sides) with Hardie board to match Hardie siding on later additions to the property. Replacement is needed due to “rot and water damage, flaking and missing siding.” (applicant) ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Wood construction residence of Minimal Traditional style with asymmetrical cross-gabled roof and horizontal wood siding, with significant alterations and additions including 6:6 replacement windows, and additions of entry bay on the front side and rear two-story construction. The home appears to have been built in 1936 by A.R. McTee a journalist for the Austin American Statesman in the early 1930s. The house was then purchased and sold by several owners including Hurley and Alice E. Griffith, owners and manager of the Griffith Wallpaper & Paint Co. circa 1941-1944; Girvin H. and Ethel M. Sanderson, circa 1947-1949, a Professor at the University of Texas; and Charles G. and Vivian Puryear from 1952-1957, owners of Bradshaw & Puryear. Mr. Puryear was a Master Plumber and helped to organize the Mechanical Contractors Association of Austin and the Mechanical Contractor’s Association of Texas which he was a member of for 25 years till his death in 1979. DESIGN STANDARDS The …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-003635 OLD WEST AUSTIN 1507 NORTHWOOD ROAD C.5 – 1 PROPOSAL Construct a two-story addition to a single-story ca. 1935 house. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Construct a two-story addition. The proposed addition is located at the rear of the house and is clad in stucco. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH DESIGN STANDARDS One-story stone-clad Tudor Revival house with steeply pitched, compound-gabled roof, arched entryway, decorative stonework trim, multilight bay window with shed roof and exposed rafter tails, and 6:6 screened wood windows. 1507 Northwood Road was constructed in 1935 as a rental property for Milton Burney.1 It had few long-term residents for the first half of the twentieth century; occupants appear to have been mostly University of Texas students, lecturers, and employees. Other short-term residents include a Southern Union salesman, a contractor, and an insurance agent. The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Residential additions 1. Location The proposed addition is appropriately sited at the back wall of the house. The applicant should consider retaining the unique river-rock finish at the rear gable when attaching the addition. 2. Scale, massing, and height While the proposed addition is two stories in height, its substantial setback minimizes its visual impact to the street view. 3. Design and style The proposed addition’s design and style are appropriate, with compatible but differentiated exterior wall materials to delineate the new portion of the house. 4. Roofs The proposed cross-gabled roofline is simple in design. The applicant should consider architectural shingles matching the existing shingle profile, rather than applying wood shakes where they did not previously exist, as well as omitting the exposed rafter tails at the addition. These changes will help to avoid the appearance of false historicism. 5. Exterior walls The proposed stucco cladding is compatible with the existing stone. 6. Windows, screens, and doors The addition’s proposed fenestration is compatible with the historic portion of the house. 8. Chimneys The proposed addition does not appear to modify existing historic-age chimneys. "Classified 1 (1921-1973), https://atxlibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/classified-ad-4-no- title/docview/1563702440/se-2?accountid=7451. Statesman Austin Title." The Ad no 4 Apr 27, 1936. -- C.5 – 2 Summary The project meets most of the applicable standards. PROPERTY EVALUATION The property contributes to the …
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HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-002129 WEST LINE NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 1609 WATERSTON AVE. C.6 – 1 PROPOSAL Construct a rear addition and replace windows on ca. 1933 house. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Remove existing sunroom addition at the rear of the house. Construct a new sunroom with a screened porch in its place. The sunroom will be clad in painted wood siding to match the house. The screened porch extends approximately 6’ beyond the side of the house. 2) Remove concrete front porch slab and replace with a wood-framed porch floor. Retain the porch roof and columns. 3) Replace all windows with casement windows. Windows on the front elevation appear to be within the existing openings, while those on the side elevations have different sizes and placement than the historic windows. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH One-story side-gabled bungalow clad in wood siding. The house has a partial width front-gabled porch with fluted box columns and an arched beam. The porch is a concrete slab with decorative iron railings. Windows are single and paired 1:1 wood sash with screens with a 6:1 light pattern. The front-facing gable has a lattice vent, with knee braces at the side-facing gable ends. At the rear is a shed-roofed addition. The house at 1609 Waterston Ave. was built around 1933 for P. J. Anthony, who lived at 1613 Waterston Ave. The first recorded occupants of the house are Seth D. and Evelyn H. Breeding, who married in 1933 and lived in the house around 1935. Evelyn Breeding studied to join the CIA before working at the State Highway Department. Seth Breeding earned a degree in engineering from the University of Texas and worked for the Texas Water Development Board and U.S. Geological Survey. Between 1939 and 1944, Benjamin W. and Alice Janosky rented the house. Benjamin Janosky worked as a salesperson at Scarbrough’s and EMS & Sons. Subsequently, a series of short-term occupants included a bank employee, the owner of the Fred Jones Garage, a plasterer, and a mechanic. DESIGN STANDARDS The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Repair and alterations 5. Windows, doors, and screens The standards emphasize repair over replacement of historic windows and doors. Where …
EXISTING SITE PHOTOS GENERAL NOTES SAFETY NOTES PROJECT INFORMATION SURVEY 1609 Waterston The Contractor shall take all necessary precautions to insure 1. the safety, soundness, structural stability and weather protection of the structure, its owners and the general public during construction. LOT: 4 ZONING: SF-3 NEIGHBORHOOD: CLARKSVILLE DRAWING LIST A0.0 COVER SHEET A0.1 SITE PLAN & SITE CALCS A1.0 PLANS A1.1 RCP & POWER/FURNITURE PLAN A2.0 ELEVATIONS S0.0 STRUCTURAL NOTES S0.1 STRUCTURAL NOTES 1. All work and materials furnished shall comply with the 2015 IRC Building Code, the 2015 IBC Fire Code, the Energy Code, the regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, National Fire Protective Association Requirements, and all other Codes as required by the City of Austin, and the regulations of all Federal, State, and Municipal authorities having jurisdiction over the work. 2. Contractor to be responsible for the scheduling and completion of all required inspections and sign-offs of the work, and shall keep complete records of all such inspections and sign-offs. All the architect's drawings and construction notes are 3. complimentary and what is called for by either will be binding as if called for by all; any work shown or referred to on any one drawing shall be provided as shown on all drawings. Full size or large-scale details or drawings shall take precedence over smaller scale drawings which they are intended to amplify. The contractor(s) shall maintain a current and complete set of construction drawings on the site during all phases of construction for use by all trades. The Contractor shall follow written dimensions and shall not scale off the drawings. In the event of missing or incomplete information on the drawings the Contractor shall obtain clarifications from the Architect. 4. The work to be performed consists of furnishing all labor, equipment, tools transportation, supplies, fees, materials, and services in accordance with these notes and drawings; and includes performing all operations necessary to construct and install complete, in satisfactory condition, the various materials and equipment at the locations shown. The standard specifications of the manufacturer for 5. products called for in the drawings and notes are hereby made part of these notes with the same force and effect as though herein written out in full. Before ordering any materials or doing any work, each trade 6. shall verify all measurements and shall be responsible for correctness of same. No extra charge or compensation will …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-003762 OLD WEST AUSTIN 2500 HARTFORD RD C.7 – 1 PROPOSAL Construct a new workshop and carport. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS DESIGN STANDARDS Construct a covered carport with one-story workshop. The proposed workshop’s gabled roof matches the main house’s roof in slope and pitch. It is clad in horizontal siding with trim to match the existing house. The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Residential new construction 1. Location The proposed outbuilding is located behind the main house. 2. Orientation The proposed outbuilding is oriented toward the secondary street. While this is not consistent with most of the surrounding properties, the original ADU was also oriented toward Townes Lane. 3. Scale, massing, and height The proposed outbuilding is one story in height, with simple massing. 4. Proportions The proposed outbuilding’s proportions appear appropriate for its site. 5. Design and style The proposed new building’s design is simple and does not overwhelm the main house. 6. Roofs The proposed gabled roof matches the main house’s roof in slope and pitch 7. Exterior walls The proposed siding and trim match the horizontal siding portions of the contributing main house.. 8. Windows and doors The proposed fenestration appears mostly appropriate for the site. Summary The project meets the applicable standards. PROPERTY EVALUATION The main house contributes to the Old West Austin National Register district. The existing garage apartment was approved for demolition in 2019. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Comment on and release the plans. LOCATION MAP C.7 – 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos C.7 – 3 Google Street View from Townes Lane, 2022 Google Street View from Hartford Road, 2022
S N A L P R O O L F I N T S U A STATEOFTEXASREGISTEREDARCHITECT25173JBENJAMINPACKARD11/12/21 S N A L P R O O L F I N T S U A A-2 STATEOFTEXASREGISTEREDARCHITECT25173JBENJAMINPACKARD08/04/21 S N A L P R O O L F I N T S U A A-3 STATEOFTEXASREGISTEREDARCHITECT25173JBENJAMINPACKARD08/04/21 S N A L P R O O L F I N T S U A A-4 STATEOFTEXASREGISTEREDARCHITECT25173JBENJAMINPACKARD08/04/21 Building Code: International Residential Code Structural Engineering Design Provisions, 2021 Edition. 12. On top of the free draining, clean, crushed stone, place a vapor barrier. A material equivalent to a 28. Welding of reinforcement bars, when accepted by the structural engineer, shall conform to the reinforced paper product known as Moistop 395, manufactured by the Fortifiber Corporation, is suggested. Placement of the vapor barrier should be in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. American Welding Society Standard D1.4. Electrodes for shop and field welding of reinforcement bars shall conform to ASTM A233, Class E90XX. 29. Minimum concrete cover protection for reinforcement bars shall be as follows: (see ACI 318 Section GENERAL 1. 2. The design gravity loads are as follows: Superimposed Dead Loads (included, but not limited to): Mechanical and Ceiling: Roof Assemblies: Wood Floor Assemblies: Finishes: 10psf 10psf 10psf As required Live Loads (in accordance with 2015 IRC): Roof: Roof Net Uplift: Floor: Decks: Balconies: Attics w/ Light Storage: Guardrails and Handrails: Guardrails Infill Components: 20psf 10psf 40psf 40psf 60psf 20psf 200lb Point Load 50psf 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. The structure has been designed to withstand the wind pressures specified in ASCE 7-10, using a 3 second gust basic wind speed of 115 miles per hour at a standard height of 14 feet above the ground in exposure B. The general contractor is responsible for fitting new work with existing construction. Information on existing buildings shown in the drawings was based upon the information supplied to Gogo Structural Engineers. This information is not as-built data and the actual as-built construction may differ from that represented in the drawings. Contractors shall verify all information. Variations from the dimensions indicated on the contract documents shall be brought to the attention of the architect and/or Gogo Structural Engineers, LLC. These drawings do not, nor are intended to, locate property lines, building set backs, nor height limitations. It is the contractor's responsibility to locate the building and construct it to, and …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-011680 TRAVIS HEIGHTS-FAIRVIEW PARK NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 700-702 E. MONROE ST. C.8 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1956 contributing duplex and construct a new house. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Demolish a ca. 1956 contributing duplex. 2) Construct an approximately 3,500 square-foot, two-story Mediterranean Revival-style home with detached one-story garage and pool. The house will have stucco walls with wood accents and a hipped tile roof. Windows are single or groupings of divided-light casements. The house will have a trellis at the front and multiple trellises at the rear. One-story side-gabled duplex. The units flank an integral two-car carport in a dog-trot configuration. Walls are clad in asbestos shingles. Windows are single and paired 1:1 sash. The duplex at 700-702 E. Monroe St. was built around 1956 for the Hoffman Lumber Company. City directories record a handful of short-term renters before 1959, the last year in which electronic records are available. Residents include a government instructor at the University of Texas and a member of the U.S. Air Force. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH DESIGN STANDARDS The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Residential new construction 1. Location The proposed house is set back 25’ from the property line on Monroe St. Neighboring properties in this block appear to have shallower setbacks. 2. Orientation 11. Attached garages and carports The lot has street frontage on three sides. The house faces E. Monroe St., while the garage is accessed from Sunset Ln. The pool is behind the house. The orientation of the house and garage follows the pattern of other properties in this block. 3. Scale, massing, and height The proposed house is two stories in height, of a larger scale than neighboring properties. Contributing properties within the block are single story, while noncontributing properties have two-story portions stepped back from the street. 4. Proportions The proposed building’s proportions appear compatible with the district. 5. Design and style The proposed building’s design and style do not relate to adjacent contributing buildings. While Spanish Revival and Italian Renaissance houses are present within the district, they are not in this immediate vicinity. 6. Roofs 7. Exterior walls 8. Windows and doors Contributing buildings …
S U N S E T L A N E PROPERTY LINE, TYPICAL WHERE SHOWN 5 0 1 . 7 8 1 0 5 W M T E E R T S E O R N O M Z R 0' - 6" 1/2 C R 2 5 0 1 . 0 4 E M E M 5 0 2 . 5 4 1 0 5 1 0 5 5 0 2 . 5 1 G G 5 0 0 1 5 ' - 0 " 15' - 0" R 10' - 0" 1/2 CRZ 20" P E C A N A C 500 A C EXISTING HOUSE TO BE REMOVED 4 9 9 . 3 2 S U N S E T L A N E 4 9 7 4 9 8 4 9 6 . 6 7 4 9 6 468 BROADWAY SARATOGA SPRINGS NY 12866 BALZERTUCK.COM F 518.580.8824 P 518.580.8818 Existing Site Plan 12.23.21 700 E MONROE AUSTIN, TEXAS 78704 BTA PROJECT NO: 2121 0' 2' 4' 8' S U N S E T L A N E Z R 0' - 6" 1/2 C R 2 5 0 1 . 0 4 5 0 2 . 5 4 1 0 5 5 0 1 . 7 8 5 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 5 T E E R T S E O R N O M 1 0 5 5 0 2 . 5 1 R 10' - 0" 1/2 CRZ 20" P E C A N 4 9 7 4 9 8 S U N S E T L A N E 4 9 6 . 6 7 4 9 9 . 3 2 4 9 6 468 BROADWAY SARATOGA SPRINGS NY 12866 BALZERTUCK.COM F 518.580.8824 P 518.580.8818 Proposed Site Plan 12.23.21 BTA PROJECT NO: 2121 700 E MONROE AUSTIN, TEXAS 78704 0' 2' 4' 8' 468 BROADWAY SARATOGA SPRINGS NY 12866 BALZERTUCK.COM F 518.580.8824 P 518.580.8818 Proposed First Floor Plan - Pool Sketch 12.23.21 BTA PROJECT NO: 2121 700 E MONROE AUSTIN, TEXAS 78704 0' 1' 2' 4' P E R S P E C T I V E V I E W F R O M M O N R O E S T R E E T P E R S P E C T I V E V I E W OF C O U R T Y A …
700 E. Monroe Street Overview Present to Historic Landmark Commission on 2-28-22 By Fergie Time, LLC • Existing structure is 1,160 sf duplex with mirrored 2 BR/1 bath built in 1956 o Realtor listed as “Great for a new build. Duplex is in very poor condition.” o Appraiser would not attribute any value to the building o Cracked foundation from large tree abutting house was removed in summer 2021 (permit 2021-119526 TP) Prevented us from considering utilizing this as an option Front of structure also sits within 25’ of setback • Purchased for the setting o Located right off Stacy Park with Blunn Creek backdrop behind o Corner lot open on 3 sides (Sunset Lane runs along the side & back) o Two large heritage trees in front and back to take advantage of • Travis Heights a neighborhood of Eclectic & Traditional o Many examples of Spanish/French/Gothic style Stone, brick and/or stucco Arched doorways & windows Tile, slate or darker shingled roofs o Above include 1404/1705/1711/1815 Travis Heights, 1314/1316/1814 Alta Vista, 806/809 Rutherford, 1818 Kenwood, 1114 Gillespie, and Hotel San Jose o New builds tend to steer towards modern farmhouse (board & batten siding with metal or dark shingle roofs) or contemporary (“boxy” with stucco & flat roofs) Modern Mediterranean @ 1602 Alta Vista an exception • Proposed build appeals to buyer looking for a traditional, yet modern home o Spanish/Mediterranean look from the street Arched doorways & windows w/muntin “soften” the modern Small balcony & pea gravel courtyard out front Grey toned tile helps make roof disappear in the setting o U-shaped house frames in large tree & view to creek behind • Continues eclectic feel amongst neighboring homes o Properties directly to east traditional, older homes o 705 A/B Monroe modern farmhouse with white B&B siding o 1601 Sunset a yellow, southern style home with wrap-around porch o 1503 Sunset rock with dark roof
From: Cc: Subject: Date: Allen, Amber Objections, 2/28/2022 Monday, February 21, 2022 1:09:57 PM *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Liaison, Chair and Vice Chair of the Landmark Preservation Commission, I reside within the Travis Heights Fairview Park National Historic District. These applicants are aware of the significance of the neighborhood and property or their cases would not be coming before the Historic Landmark Commission. I have been active in the neighborhood although I am not aware of the any of below applicants contacting or presenting to the membership of the South River City Citizens Neighborhood Association, the organization that supported the Travis Heights-Fairview Park National Historic District, or the Historic Preservation Committee that successfully applied for the designation. Until these properties are fully documented and archived at the Austin History Center, I object to the demolition of the following agenda items and cases in the Travis Heights-Fairview Historic District being heard by the Historic Landmarks Commission at the 2/28/2022 meeting: C.1. 804 Rutherford Place – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.2. 512 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing house and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.8. 700 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.9. 1505 Alameda Drive - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.10. 1803 Kenwood Avenue - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.11. 1315 & 1317 Newning Avenue - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building As you may be aware from earlier correspondence, several houses in the Sherwood Oaks subdivision were recently demolished without a hearing although the properties met the requirements of being more the 50 years old and having noteworthy occupants and hosting events of historic significance. Moving forward, how can our community do better to engage and recognize the importance of our shared mission? Thank you for your consideration and service, Wendy Price Todd 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 …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HR-2022-006510 TRAVIS HEIGHTS-FAIRVIEW PARK NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 1505 ALAMEDA DR. C.9 – 1 PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Demolish a ca. 1947/1982 contributing house. Construct a new single-family residence with a pool. 1) Total demolition of a ca. 1947/1982 contributing house. 2) Construction of a Contemporary-style single-family house with an attached rear carport. The proposed house is two full stories plus a penthouse and rooftop deck. The house has a flat roof with overhanging eaves; various siding materials including vertical wood, stucco, and metal panels; large, fixed windows with casement and hopper sashes; and a screened front porch. The carport opens onto the alley. 3) Installation of an in-ground pool in the front yard, behind a privacy wall. ARCHITECTURE Two-story, irregularly shaped stucco house that shows influences of the International style. A one-story portion of the house is capped by a steeply pitched shed roof. To the right, the second story projects to the front and side of the house, with the overhangs supported by pipe columns. This second-story volume has a flat roof with wide eaves. The front porch consists of a stoop with a flat-roofed overhang. Windows are steel casements. Note that the 1962 Sanborn map shows a small one-story residence on this lot. A building permit record from 1982 notes “addition to residence to create a two-story residence,” but the accompanying permit and drawings are not available. RESEARCH DESIGN STANDARDS The house at 1505 Alameda Dr. was built around 1947 for Marion Storm by contractor C. Ben Hibbetts. Mrs. Storm was the director of the Texas Social & Legislative Conference. She died in a car crash in 1950.1 Subsequent occupants included the proprietor of the Famous Café, a member of the U.S. Air Force, a clerk at the State Highway Department, and an assistant attorney at the State Attorney General’s Office. The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Residential new construction 1. Location Alameda Dr. curves along the front of the lot. The proposed house is set back 25’ at its nearest point from the property line. Neighboring properties have irregular setbacks, with some set closer to the street as it bends along Blunn Creek. …
GENERAL NOTES PROJECT INFORMATION ADDRESS: ADDRESS: 1505 ALAMEDA DRIVE AUSTIN, TX 78704 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 15 BLK5 TRAVIS HEIGHTS SF3 DESCRIPTION OF WORK: DESCRIPTION OF WORK: NEW CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE FAMILY, 3-STORY HOUSE WITH ATTACHED CARPORT & IN-GROUND POOL OWNER: OWNER: ARCHITECT: ARCHITECT: BUILDER: BUILDER: LUCKY DAY'S CASA, LLC CONTACT: MATT SCHWALBE 1024 BONHAM TERRACE AUSTIN, TX 78704 MWSCHWALBE@GMAIL.COM FAB ARCHITECTURE, LLC. PATRICK OUSEY, ARCHITECT 405 CUMBERLAND RD AUSTIN, TX 78704 T (512) 469.0775 F (512) 469.0570 CONTACT: VICTORIA HARRINGTON VICTOIRA@FABARCHITECTURE.COM COBB DEVELOPMENT LLC VANCE COBB, CONTRACTOR 4608 CACTUS LANE AUSTIN, TX 78745 T (512) 550.2144 CONTACT: VANCE COBB VANCECOBB@GMAIL.COM SHEET INDEX ARCHITECTURAL ARCHITECTURAL TITLE, PROJECT INFORMATION, & SITE PLAN TREE PROTECTION & SITE STAGING PLAN TENT EXHIBIT FIRST FLOOR PLAN UPPER FLOOR PLANS REFLECTED CEILING PLANS EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS & SECTIONS INTERIOR ELEVATIONS STRUCTURAL STRUCTURAL A0.1 A0.2 A0.3 A1.1 A1.2 A2.1 A3.1 A3.2 A5.1 S0 S1 S1.1 S2 S2.1 S3 S4 S5 S6 S6.1 S6.2 - - - - - - - - - - - APPLICABLE CODES 2021 2021 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE GENERAL NOTES GENERAL NOTES - ALL WORK TO CONFORM TO AND MEET LOCAL MINIMUM CODES, ORDINANCES, RULES, REGULATIONS AND LAWS OF BUILDING OFFICIALS OR AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION. ALL WORK NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH SUCH REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR. - CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LAYOUT OF PROJECT - REPORT ANY VARIATIONS BETWEEN ACTUAL SITE CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION SHOWN ON DRAWINGS TO ARCHITECT IN TIMELY MANNER. - GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATION OF ALL STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS. - GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO CUT + PATCH FOR ALL TRADES UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. - DETAILS TO MATCH EXISTING CONDITIONS. EXCEPT AS NOTED. VERIFY AND REVIEW W/ ARCH. - GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS TO PROVIDE ALL BUILDING PERMITS + UTILITIES. EACH SUB CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE PERMITS AND FEES REQUIRED FOR HIS TRADE AND ALL INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY CODE. - GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO KEEP CONSTRUCTION SITE CLEAN + ORGANIAZED. - RELOCATE EXISTING UTILTIES AS REQUIRED (GAS, ELECTRIC, CABLE + TELEPHONE,) SEE SITE PLAN FOR NEW LOCATIONS. - ALL TRENCHING REQ'D FOR UTILITIES TO BE DONE W/ EXTREME CARE TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF TREE AND PLANTING ROOT SYSTEMS. WORK TO BE AROUND ROOTS, NOT THROUGH. - G.C. TO PROTECT ALL PLANTING BEDS, TREES, OVERHEAD BRANCHES AND LANDSCAPE, U.N.O.. REVIEW W/ OWER ALL AREAS WHERE ACCESS WILL BE NEEDED SO THAT OWNER CAN …
From: To: Subject: Date: Donna Morrow PAZ Preservation 1505 Alameda Sunday, February 20, 2022 12:16:27 PM *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Case # HR 22-006510-1505 ALAMEDA DR. ATTN: Amber Allen: This isn't a contributing historic structure. I hope the demo & new construction will be more in character with this recognized National Historic area. I do not object to the demo if trees are left intact & not damaged. Donna Morrow 504 Terrace Dr 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. From: Cc: Subject: Date: Allen, Amber Objections, 2/28/2022 Monday, February 21, 2022 1:09:57 PM *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Liaison, Chair and Vice Chair of the Landmark Preservation Commission, I reside within the Travis Heights Fairview Park National Historic District. These applicants are aware of the significance of the neighborhood and property or their cases would not be coming before the Historic Landmark Commission. I have been active in the neighborhood although I am not aware of the any of below applicants contacting or presenting to the membership of the South River City Citizens Neighborhood Association, the organization that supported the Travis Heights-Fairview Park National Historic District, or the Historic Preservation Committee that successfully applied for the designation. Until these properties are fully documented and archived at the Austin History Center, I object to the demolition of the following agenda items and cases in the Travis Heights-Fairview Historic District being heard by the Historic Landmarks Commission at the 2/28/2022 meeting: C.1. 804 Rutherford Place – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.2. 512 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing house and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.8. 700 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.9. 1505 Alameda Drive - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.10. 1803 Kenwood Avenue - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.11. …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 DA-2022-007262; GF-2022-017035 301 WEST 6TH STREET D.2 – 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE Demolish a ca. 1919 commercial building. RESEARCH The building at 301 W. 6th Street is a single-story brick warehouse with rhythmic fenestration, a corner entrance, and Art Deco cornice detailing. The The building at 301 West 6th Street was constructed around 1919, though the lot appears to have been in use as commercial and dwelling space since at least the 1890s, per Sanborn fire insurance maps and occupancy histories. Onorato Del Curto sold the corner lot at 6th and Lavaca to the San Antonio-based Riegler Ice Cream Company in 1919. It became a manufacturing and sales center, with plate-glass windows to display the state-of-the-art facility and enameled interior1 to pedestrian traffic. By the 1920s, the Austin Ice Cream Company had purchased the building as their Austin headquarters, manufacturing Violet Crown Ice Cream products. In 1926, a group of Temple investors with the Bell Ice Cream Company had purchased the company, though the building kept the Violet Crown name. By 1931, the expanding Bell Company planned to construct a new factory at 10th Street and Guadalupe,2 and the Roy Rather Refrigeration Company purchased 301 W. 6th Street. During the 1930s, after a brief stint at 201 W. 6th Street, Morris and Curtis Mosteller moved their seed business into the former factory.3 During the late 1930s and early 1940s, their advertising focused on the wartime Victory Garden effort, and Morris Mosteller dispensed regular planting advice as part of his role as garden committee chairman of the Chamber of Commerce.4 Throughout the historic period, the secondary building sharing a party wall with 301 W. 6th Street—known through the years as 502, 504, and 506 Lavaca Street—served a variety of business and industrial occupants, most notably the Lindsey Auto Electric Company. Lindsey Auto Electric remained at the Lavaca Street address for at least twenty years. PROPERTY EVALUATION Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain moderate to high integrity. Non-historic awnings have been removed. Brick painting may have occurred in the historic period. Though the windows have been replaced, they do not appear to have altered original openings. 3) Properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated the property and determined that it may meet two criteria: "Bell …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 DA-2022-012545; GF-2022-014670 AVENUE LOFTS 410 E. 5TH STREET D.3 – 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE Demolish a ca. 1928/1943 office building converted to condominiums. Art Moderne building with curved central entry between three- and four-story wings. The building is clad in stucco and has fixed, casement, and porthole windows. Horizontal sunshades extend along window headers. Balconies with pierced metal supports are on a side and rear elevation. RESEARCH The building at 410 E. 5th St. served as the headquarters of the Texas State Department of Health. According to the Handbook of Texas Online, this agency owes its origins to the need for quarantine in the 19th century. Successor departments with expanded missions were established by the state legislature in the early 20th century. The agency was reorganized and named the Texas State Department of Health in 1927.1 The building also historically housed the Pasteur Institute of Texas, organized in 1903 for the diagnosis and treatment of rabies. Originally part of the Austin Lunatic Asylum (now the Austin State Hospital), the institute was combined with other state laboratories into the Bureau of Laboratories in 1928, under the oversight of the State Health Department.2 The original portion of this building was constructed in 1928 to serve the Bureau of Laboratories and Pasteur Institute. An initial 1934 expansion was designed by Page Brothers.3 A larger 1943 expansion was dramatic enough to be termed a new building in newspaper coverage of the opening, which occurred on the 64th anniversary of the Texas State Department of Health. The project, which allowed the entire department to be housed in a single location for the first time, added a floor atop the original two-story brick building and constructed a three-story reinforced concrete wing to the west.4 Building permits indicate a fourth floor was added to the west wing in 1948, which was anticipated in the building’s design.5 The 1943 expansion was attributed to either Ernest V. Manning or John L. Scott of Shingle & Scott.6 Manning earned a degree in architecture from the University of Texas. He opened a practice in Fort Worth before returning to Austin. Manning worked as an architect for the Texas Highway Department and designed buildings in the Highway Department complex in Lufkin, Texas, as well as on the Austin State Supported Living Center campus.7 Around 1947, he moved to Houston and worked for architect …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 PR-2022-013267; GF-2022-014636 1906 WILLOW STREET D.4 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1916 house. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH 1906 Willow Street is a one-story house with pyramidal roof, inset partial-width porch, and screened aluminum windows. It is clad in horizontal wood siding and features double front doors. The primary house at 1906 Willow Street was built between 1916 and 1920. Its first occupants were renters Peter and Esther Allidi, who later built a landmarked home on Balcones Dr.1 By 1920, long-term owners Robert and Lottie Webb had purchased the house. Robert Webb worked as a railway ticketing agent with the Missouri-Pacific Lines, and Lottie Webb worked in the laundry at the Texas Confederate Home and the Driskill Hotel. Mrs. Webb stayed in the home after her husband’s death, renting it out to her mother2 and son in the late 1940s and to various other short-term renters in the 1950s. By 1959, Soledad Guajardo3 had purchased the house, adding an accessory unit at the rear of the property. PROPERTY EVALUATION The 2016 East Austin Historic Resource Survey lists the property as contributing to a potential historic district. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain high integrity. 3) Properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated the property and determined that it does not meet two criteria: a. Architecture. The building displays modest National Folk influences. b. Historical association. The property does not appear to have significant historical associations. c. Archaeology. The property was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. d. Community value. The property does not appear 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 a significant natural or designed landscape with artistic, aesthetic, cultural, or historical value to the city. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Encourage rehabilitation and adaptive reuse, then relocation over demolition, but release the demolition permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. 1 Zoning Change Review Sheet: C14H-2015-0147, Peter and Esther Allidi House. https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=251601 2 “Obituary.” The Austin Statesman, Jun 11, 1940. 7. 3 Zoning Change Review Sheet: C14H-2013-0006, Eloy and Soledad Guajardo …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022 PR-2022-005907; GF-2022-016715 6801 BURNET RD. D.5 – 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Demolish a commercial (café) building built in the year 1968. This commercial building was built circa 1968 and is a single-story, wood-frame construction with red-painted brick masonry veneer with a mansard, asphalt roof. The patio area was later enclosed and retains an exterior tan stucco treatment with 8 large picture windows set at regular intervals across the Burnet Street facing façade. The building has been vacant since approx. 2018 and has graffiti on the façade and sides. The Frisco sign should be noted as part of the Burnet landscape since 1976. Location of the Frisco restaurant from 2008-2018. The Frisco’s closing in 2018 marked the end of an 86-year old legacy business initially opened by Harry Akin in 1932 at the corner of S. Congress and Riverside. Harry Akin was the first Texan and the first Southwesterner to hold the position of President of the National Restaurant Association. (1) Akin is highly respected and remembered for his civil rights advocacy practiced through his restaurant chain. Aiken’s businesses were among the first in Texas to desegregate; serving and hiring black people. He was also known for equal pay to minorities and women. His advocacy earned him a spot as a civil rights adviser to President Lyndon B. Johnson who was known to sneak in the back of the Night Hawk restaurant on S. Congress for a meal in the private dining room. Aiken was elected mayor in 1967 and assisted in the passage of laws prohibiting segregation in public places. (2) During this time the two biggest employers in the City of Austin were the University of Texas and the State of Texas, but The Night Hawk restaurant chain was also known as a top place to work. The businesses provided a higher standard of training, higher wages, and benefits like retirement options. Hoover Alexander, the founder of Austin legacy business Hoover’s Cooking, started as a busboy at the Night Hawk and credits the Night Hawk as where he “discovered his passion for food and where he learned the restaurant business from the ground up.” (3) In 1994, a partnership of former Frisco Shop long-term manager Lawrence Baker and the Aiken’s nephew, R. Harry Akin, purchased the Frisco Shop. The business changed hands again in 2008, when the Frisco moved …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Tyler Faust Wednesday, February 23, 2022 4:40 PM PAZ Preservation Regarding the 6801 Burnet Rd Demolition Permit Application -- Case Number PR-2022-005907 / GF 22-016715 image1.jpeg; image0.jpeg *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Good afternoon, I'm reaching out in response to a Notice of Public Hearing for a demolition permit at 6801 Burnet Rd. I notice that the location in question, which the notice designates as potentially having historical significance, is already actively being demolished before the 2/28 hearing (photos attached, taken this afternoon from the Marq on Burnet parking garage). While I have no issue with repurposing that land and no intention of opposing anything, I am a bit concerned that this developer would demolish everything *before* the permit hearing. I'm not sure if these hearings are simply pro forma or not, but if a developer is cutting corners early on with permitting, it worries me about what they'll do when they actually start building ‐‐ and if anyone were to wish to speak against demolition at the permit hearing, there's no longer a building to speak about in the first place. Thanks, Tyler Faust 6701 Burnet Rd resident 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 6:26 PM PAZ Preservation Case Number 22-016715 - 6801 Burnet Rd *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** Good evening, I received a notice of public hearing letter regarding the property next to my apartment. As the notice regards a demolition, were y’all aware the property has been in the process of demolition since last week? Attached are photos taken today of the demolished land on 6801 Burnet Rd. 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 2 3 4 If this is known, then ignore this message. 5
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022 PR-2022-013252; GF-2022-016721 2012 EAST 16TH STREET D.6 – 1 Construct a two-story addition, covered patio, and deck to a ca. 1906-1908 single-story house. Remodel non-historic ADU. PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH 1) Demolish existing one-story addition. 2) Construct a two-story addition. The proposed addition is sited roughly 15 feet from the front porch wall of the house and 22 feet from the front gable wall, in the approximate location of the existing one-story addition. 3) Add a dormer to the existing house’s roof. 4) Open previously enclosed porch at the Alamo Street elevation. The house at 2012 E. 16th Street is a single-story L-plan Folk Victorian building with asbestos siding, scalloped shingles at the gable end, and 4:4 screened wood windows. Details include a stained-glass transom above the front door and chamfered posts supporting the partial-width porch. 2012 E. 16th Street was constructed around 1906 as a rental property. Its first occupants included saleswomen, laborers, railway workers, and clergymen. In the early 1920s, Walter J. and Lavina Jones purchased the home. Walter Jones, called Deacon, operated a restaurant on Leona Street before becoming manager and proprietor of a popular barbecue restaurant on E. 11th Street, Deacon Jones’ Place. Jones catered community events1 as well as operating a café, which he built in 1941.2 He was a member of the Austin-Travis County Humane Society and, after his retirement in 1955, served on the organization’s Special Donations Committee during fundraising efforts for an Austin animal shelter.3 Jones died in 1966.4 DESIGN STANDARDS The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects at potential historic landmarks. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Repair and alterations 3. Roofs The proposed flat-roofed dormer is not appropriate. Residential additions 1. Location The proposed addition is located at the rear of house, roughly where the current one-story addition is sited. 2. Scale, massing, and height The proposed addition’s two-story height is mitigated by its significant setback; however, elevations for the primary street frontage were not provided, so its overall impact from E. 16th Street could not be determined. 3. Design and style The proposed addition’s design is somewhat complex, which may increase its visual impact, particularly at the Alamo Street 1 “Credit Women Have Barbecue on Lake Front,” …
Low Design Office, LLC <lowdo.net> USA: 2601A S 2nd St Austin, TX 78704 GHANA: 29 Palm St, Community 18, Tema 2012 E 16th Historic Review for a Partial Demolition (removing previous additions) Client: Date: Applicant: Sheer Nisman and Ryan O'Connor 21-February-2022 Ryan Bollom, AIA, Principal, Low Design Office Low Design Office has worked with Ryan and Sheer since December of 2020 to design a home addition that can accommodate their growing family (increasing the size of the house from 1580sf to 2520sf). Our collective design process and approach developed with a desire to preserve and enhance the beauty and character of the original house, built in 1905. The design also must respond to a contemporary metal clad garage apartment that was built by the previous owners in 2014. We feel the strongest and most efficient solution is to remove previous additions (which create odd interior spaces and problematic pass through rooms) and set the addition apart from the original house with a flat roof connector. This design solution clearly defines and highlights the original structure rather than blending the two together (as the previous addition does), and allows the addition to more freely respond to the needs of Ryan and Sheer while also bridging the difference between the original house and the garage apartment, which were constructed of vastly different materials, size, and scale. We look forward to an open conversation with the hopes of doing what is best for Ryan, Sheer, their family and their home. Sincerely, ___________________________ Ryan Bollom, AIA Low Design Office, LLC 2601A S 2nd St Austin, TX 78704 02/21/2022 _______________ Date ref: 20220228_OCO 1 of 1 INVOICE Invoice # : Invoice Date : Due Date : 201215_OCO 12/15/2020 Upon Receipt LOW DESIGN OFFICE 2601A S 2nd St Austin, TX 78704 www.lowdo.net 832 729 7962 CONTACT Ryan Bollom ryan@lowdo.net BILL TO Ryan O'Connor and Sheer Nisman Item Rate HRs Price Paid to date Existing Drawings Design Concepts Deliverable Production 90 130 90 11 7.75 3.75 $ 990.00 $ 1,007.50 $ 337.50 Subtotal 22.5 $ 2,335.00 Tax $ ‐ Amount Paid Total Paid to Date $ ‐ Total Due $ 2,335.00 thank you for your business ! please consider Low Design Office for your next project . FRONT VIEW FROM 16TH STREET EXISTING GARAGE APARTMENT BACK VIEW FROM ALLEY EXISTING VIEWS INVOICE Invoice # : Invoice Date : Due Date : 201215_OCO 12/15/2020 Upon Receipt LOW DESIGN …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 PR-2022-014784; GF-2022-016729 1403 E CESAR CHAVEZ ST D.7 – 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Demolish a single-family Craftsman-style residence built circa 1925. Single story residential construction with cross gable roofline built in the Craftsman style circa 1925. The roof has one triangular knee brace in the apex of each gable. The porch supports are composed of brick masonry piers with sloping sides. On top of the piers rest the decorative wooden support columns which appear to take cues from Orientalist design principles. The wooden porch railing is almost Stick in its patterned styling lending to the Western Stick reference known for some Craftsman styles. The structure has horizontal wood siding and the façade is comprised of a single entry door and two matching window assemblies, each comprised of two single hung, vertical, wood windows. From 1927 to 1959 this home was owned and occupied by members of the Balagia Family. Charles and Tofie Balagia were owners of the Balagia Produce Company. Co-owner Tofie Balagia and his wife Bertha purchased this house in 1927 and it became their family home. Bertha Balagia (Tofie’s widow) continued to live at this address into 1959. The Balagia Produce Company was already one of the oldest in the Austin area by 1939 and where many would go to order their holiday turkeys and meats and they held the State contract for providing meat to State institutions for many years. Balagia Produce continued to serve the City and surrounding areas becoming one of the largest suppliers of meat and produce in the State of Texas. PROPERTY EVALUATION The 2016 East Austin Survey report recommends that the property is eligible as a local landmark and contributes to a potential local historic district. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain high integrity. 3) Properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated the property and determined that it does meet two criteria: a. Architecture. The building is a good example of Craftsman-style architecture. b. Historical association. The property appears to have significant historical associations with Balagia Produce c. Archaeology. The property was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. d. Community value. The property does not possess a unique location, physical characteristic, or …
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HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 PR-2022-015243; GF-2022-016744 1908 E. 17TH ST. D.8 – 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE Demolish a circa 1929 single-family dwelling. This residence is a single family, one-story, wood construction, pier and beam bungalow with front-facing low pitched nested gable design with flattened peaks and wide unenclosed eave overhangs. This eclectic residence has what appears to be horizontal vinyl siding with a masonry stone veneer façade. The façade is composed of a single entry door and 1 window assembly, composed of 2, vertical, 1:1, single hung, windows, and one, solo, single hung, vertical, 1:1 window for a total fenestration façade count of three windows. This residence seems to take a variety of style cues mostly from Craftsman and Minimal Traditional designs and is categorized as a bungalow. RESEARCH Water service permit dates the residence to May of 1927. The first owners listed in the City Directories are Arnold and Fannie Wells, who owned the property from 1932 to 1939. Arnold was employed as a butler, yardman & chauffeur for 900 W 17th St. Fannie was 27 years old when she was charged with the murder of her 32-year husband after shooting him in self-defense during a domestic dispute at this residence in 1938. Arnold died at Brackenridge hospital. The property was rented by several tenants from 1941 to 1944 and then purchased by Arthur B. and Josephine Sneed. Mr. Sneed is listed as a Foreman for the City’s Public Works Department and the couple lived at this address from at least 1947 till Ms. Sneed’s death in 1977. PROPERTY EVALUATION The Chestnut Neighborhood Survey (2000) and East Austin Survey (2016) list the property as a low priority and contributing to a potential Chestnut historic district, respectively. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain low integrity. 3) Properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated the property and determined that it does not meet two criteria: a. Architecture. The building does not appear to convey architectural significance. b. Historical association. The property does not appear to have significant historical associations. c. Archaeology. The property was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. d. Community value. The property does not possess a unique location, physical characteristic, or significant feature …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022 PR-2022-000823; GF-2022-014633 CONTRIBUTING TO POTENTIAL NORTH HYDE PARK DISTRICT 102 E 46TH ST D.1 – 1 PROPOSAL Partial demolition of a circa 1940 duplex. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Partial demolition of a circa 1940 duplex contributing to potential North Hyde Park District. 2) New construction of second story addition which will cover approx 2/3 of the existing house footprint 3) Replace one window at the south elevation with wood casement window. 4) Providing Stairs to the second story by projecting out onto the existing concrete porch slab 5) Apply Standing Seam Metal roof: Type 26 snap-lock roofing system: 16” wide with standing seam approx. 1.5” tall 6) Exterior materials included horizontal fiber cement board lap and stucco for new construction. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH DESIGN STANDARDS Minimal Traditional, gable and wing, wood and masonry construction multifamily (duplex) bungalow on the corner of Speedway and 46th Street. The entry façade is oriented South towards 46th street and comprised of white stone masonry with a single door entry and uncovered concrete porch which spans in front of the wing portion of the residence. The remaining exterior portions of the residence are horizontal wood siding. Research indicates that the duplex may have been moved to this location around 1964 from 3313 East Avenue. Directory listings indicate that it was first constructed there in 1940. If the duplex was moved from 3313 East Avenue, the duplex was rented by a variety of tenants over the years on a short-term basis with the longest tenant being Otto and Eleanor Schneider from 1944 to 1952. Mr. Schneider was employed by Concordia University. The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in the potential North Hyde Park District. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Repair and alterations 5. Windows, doors, and screens Design guidelines call for the repair if possible before replacement of historic windows in reference to the family room window. Residential additions General: 1. Location 2. Scale, massing, and height The proposed new addition does not minimize visual impact. Residential additions should be sited at the side or rear of the original structure whenever possible to minimize views of the addition from the public right-of-way and should be subordinate to the principal façade. Residential additions should be designed …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MONDAY, February 28, 2022 – 6:00 PM CITY HALL - Council Chambers 301 W. 2nd Street Austin, TX 78701 Some members of the Commission may be participating by videoconference. The meeting may be viewed online at: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live. COMMISSION MEMBERS: Terri Myers, Chair Ben Heimsath, Vice Chair Anissa Castillo Witt Featherston Kevin Koch Carl Larosche Kelly Little Trey McWhorter Blake Tollett Beth Valenzuela Caroline Wright AGENDA ADDENDUM Item 4.C has been added to the agenda. 4. COMMISSION AND STAFF ITEMS C. Briefing on permits released per Texas Local Government Code § 211.0165 (b) for properties owned by religious organizations Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, 606 Rathervue Pl. Partial demolition The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call the Historic Preservation Office at 512-974-3393 for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Historic Landmark Commission, please contact Elizabeth Brummett, Historic Preservation Officer, at 512-974-1264; Kalan Contreras, Senior Planner, at 512-974-2727; Kimberly Collins, Senior Planner, 512-978-1801; or Amber Allen, Historic Preservation Planner II, at 512-974-3393. 1
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Jennifer Burcin Thursday, February 24, 2022 9:18 PM PAZ Preservation Demolition of 1505 Forest Trail *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** Austin Historic Landmark Commission, I received a letter that there will be discussion regarding a property at 1505 Forest Trail which my own backyard is against on February 28, 2022. I have multiple concerns about the property being torn down. I have reviewed the historical significance of the property over the years. It adds a lot of significance to the Tarrytown neighborhood. It would be devastating for it to be destroyed for investment purposes. I’m also requesting a copy of the case form that allows my neighbors and myself to object to the demolition and write our reasoning. There are many neighbors on Forest Trail absolutely opposed to the demolition. Thank you for your time and your commitment to maintaining the city of Austin! Sincerely, Jennifer Burcin DDS Sent from Jennifer's iPhone 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: James Barr Friday, February 25, 2022 11:28 AM PAZ Preservation Historic Preservation Office, ATTN: Amber Allen *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Case Number: HR 22‐002112‐ 3908 AVENUE H Public Hearing, Historic Landmark Commission, Feb 28, 2022 I am in favor James M. Barr, RA 3808 Avenue H Austin, TX 78751‐4719 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
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FEBRUARY 28, 2022 C14H-2014-0012; HR-2022-014105 MARY NELSON HOUSE 1502 W. 9TH STREET B.7 – 1 PROPOSAL Construct a rear addition and replace windows. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Construction of an approximately 600 square foot rear addition with a roof deck. Removal of a non-original rear closet and a single window will be required for the connection at the addition. The addition will be clad in stucco and will have sliding glass doors and square windows. The roof deck will be accessed by an exterior metal stair and will have a horizontal metal railing at the perimeter. 2) Replacement of historic window sashes with new 1:1 aluminum-clad wood windows, using a pocket installation method within existing frames and trim. Repair and retention of 4:1 wood screens. ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STANDARDS One-and-a-half story, rectangular-plan, front-gabled stuccoed frame bungalow with a projecting front-gabled bay to the left of the front façade; partial-width inset porch on stuccoed plain square posts; flat arches with coved intrados; false half- timbering in the tympanum of the primary front gable; Craftsman-style front doors at right angles, both with a transom; single and paired 1:1 fenestration with 4:1 wood screens. The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects at historic landmarks. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Repair and alterations 5. Windows, doors, and screens Standards 5.1 and 5.15 indicate that historic windows should be repaired rather than replaced, unless they are deteriorated beyond the point of stabilization and restoration. Standard 5.3 states that replacement windows should match the size and details of the existing windows, taking into account the design of the frames and sashes. The existing window sashes have multiple areas of deterioration, including wood rot, incompatible prior repairs, and poor fit within the window frames that results in air and water infiltration and an inability to secure the windows. Both a licensed inspector and a window contractor have indicated the existing sashes are beyond repair and should be replaced. The proposed replacement windows involve a pocket installation method, where the historic window trim and frames will remain in place. The sashes are removed by cutting the sash cords and removing the interior and parting stops. A new window unit with a minimal frame is inserted and the interior stop …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: brooks kasson Thursday, February 24, 2022 8:44 PM Subject: pending demolitions Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** As a longtime resident of the Travis Heights Fairview Park National Historic District, I am extremely disheartened to receive notice that the following properties are being considered for destruction. I am appalled that the new owners (spec developers??) have not given the neighborhood the courtesy of attending an SRCC meeting to present their , no doubt wonderful, reasons for tearing down these modest homes. I object to each and every demolition until the applicants have explained why it is important to supersede the intentions of a national historic district. Please make my objection known in every public hearing that is available. Thank you. brooks t. kasson C.1. 804 Rutherford Place – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.2. 512 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing house and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.8. 700 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.9. 1505 Alameda Drive ‐ Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.10. 1803 Kenwood Avenue ‐ Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.11. 1315 & 1317 Newning Avenue ‐ Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Russell Fraser Tuesday, February 22, 2022 2:48 PM Wendy Todd; Paula Kothmann Pending Demo's in SRCC NA Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Landmark Preservation Commission members, I reside in the Travis Heights neighborhood which as you know is part of the Travis Heights Fairview Park National Historic District. I recently received an email with the following list of properties that are pending demolition review! This is to urge you allow time to allow proper historical documention and review before makeing a decision. Also, it may be beneficial to allow time for the applicants to have the option of reviewng their requests with the South River City Citizens NA. For example, recently, SRCC NA met with two property owners on Drake Avenue who were deciding where or not to demo or renovate their pier‐on‐beam houses. After discussions with SRCC and subsequent support of a variance for each property that allowed building an ADU, the owners are now renovating both properties. Sincerely, Russell Fraser, SRCC NA Board Member C.1. 804 Rutherford Place – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.2. 512 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing house and build new construction (postponed January 24, 2022) C.8. 700 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.9. 1505 Alameda Drive - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction C.10. 1803 Kenwood Avenue - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building and build new construction 1 C.11. 1315 & 1317 Newning Avenue - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – DEMOLISH a contributing building 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 PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022 HR-2022-014750 ZILKER PARK 200 ARNULFO ALONSO WAY C.14 – 1 PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Rehabilitation of Zilker Clubhouse, including roof replacement, new entry door, and removal of a prior addition. 1) Replacement of existing asphalt shingle roof with Enviroshake roofing over 1” of rigid insulation. 2) Installation of a new metal and glass door into the 1994 restroom addition. 3) Removal of storage room addition at west main entry and restoration of double exterior doors. 4) Cleaning and/or restoration of historic features, including windows, doors, masonry, light fixtures, and door hardware. 5) Sitework including new metal entry gates flanked by stone pylons, restoration of the masonry and reconstruction of the missing trellis at Lookout Point, and trail and parking lot improvements. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH DESIGN STANDARDS Originally built as the Boy Scout Hut, this 1-story, limestone building features a gabled roof and projecting triangular bay on main (east) elevation. Massive chimneys occur at each gable end. Exterior coursed limestone is cut in thin slabs with comers accented through massive blocks. Flat arched door and window openings and casement windows characterize the facade. Exterior walls are battered at bottom. Ornamental ironwork includes lanterns, hinges, and door handles (one shaped like an eagle, a boy scout symbol). The interior features a large lodge room, massive fireplaces on gable ends, stone benches lining some walls, original wagon wheel chandelier suspended from ceiling.1 The Zilker Club House was one of multiple buildings constructed by the Texas Civil Works Administration (CWA) in Zilker Park. It was built in 1934 as the Boy Scout Hut. The building contributes to the Zilker Park Historic District. The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Repair and alterations 1. General standards These standards indicate that intact historic material should not be removed from the exterior of a building, and when demolishing later additions, care should be taken to minimize damage to the building. The project entails removal of non- original features and restoration of obscured significant building elements, such as the double doors at the west entry. 3. Roofs Roofing projects should use a material appropriate to the building’s history and character and retain the roof’s configuration and features. …
Allen, Amber From: Romalda To: Subject: PAZ Preservation 1505 Alameda demo permit *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** Dear Landmark Commission, If this house is not zoned as historic, it should be. I oppose a demolition permit. Romalda Allsup 2111 Quarry Road Austin, TX 78703 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: paige thomas Thursday, February 24, 2022 10:27 PM PAZ Preservation 1505 Alameda, built in 1947, is one of the few Bauhaus/Modernist structures from the immediate post-war period remaining in Austin and this little gem, which adds to our neighborhood’s historic character, deserves some TLC, not obliteration 1
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Calli Alford Friday, February 25, 2022 11:22 AM PAZ Preservation Re: 1505 Alameda Proposed Demolition Hi Amber, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I oppose the demolition of the house located at 1505 Alameda due to its historical significance. Preserving older homes is an important way to protect the culture, feel and aesthetic of the neighborhood. There are plenty of other development opportunities in the Austin area. Thanks, Calli Alford On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 11:16 AM PAZ Preservation <Preservation@austintexas.gov> wrote: You can simply send me a statement via email. Hi Callie, Thanks, Amber Allen Planner II, Historic Preservation Office City of Austin – Housing & Planning Department T: 512.974.3393 E: Amber.Allen@austintexas.gov From: Calli Alford Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 11:01 AM 1 To: PAZ Preservation <Preservation@austintexas.gov> Subject: 1505 Alameda Proposed Demolition *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** How do I register my opposition to the demolition of the subject property? Good morning, Thanks, Calli Alford 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 Inspection Results 2022 Zoning Case Number C14H-1974-0043 C14H-1977-0008 C14H-1977-0009 C14H-1977-0011 C14H-1978-0010 C14H-1978-0045-B C14H-1978-0048 C14H-1982-0001-F C14H-1982-0018 C14H-1986-0015 C14H-1986-0041 C14H-1988-0005 C14H-1991-0002 C14H-2000-0009 C14H-2004-0008 C14H-2008-0019 C14H-2014-0010 C14H-1974-0001 C14H-1974-0002 C14H-1974-0003 C14H-1974-0004 C14H-1974-0006 C14H-1974-0008 C14H-1974-0009 C14H-1974-0014 C14H-1974-0015 C14H-1974-0016 C14H-1974-0017 C14H-1974-0017-A C14H-1974-0019 C14H-1974-0020 C14H-1974-0021 Building Name Driskill, Day & Ford Building Depot Hotel Horton Duval House Seaborn Sneed Home Joseph Nalle Building Risher - Roach Building Mansbendel - Williams House Jacob Larmour Block (F) Sauter - Alley House Grandberry Building Mccallum, Arthur N. And Jane Y., House Monroe Building Wooten Medical Offices Berner-Clark-Mercado House Mitchell-Robertson Building Blondie Pharr House Majors-Butler-Thomas House Howson House Walter Tips House Daniel Caswell House Millican House Michael Paggi House Oliphant House Red - Purcell House St. Charles House Elizabet Ney Museum O Henry Museum St. David'S Episcopal Church Castleman-Bull House Hirshfeld House And Cottage Smoot Family Home Taylor Lime Kiln Street Address 403 E 6th Street 504 E 5th Street 6706 Bluff Springs Road 1801 Nelms Drive 409 E 6th Street 511 E 6th Street 3824 Avenue F 916 Congress Avenue 4012 Avenue F 907 Congress Avenue 613 W 32nd Street 300 E 6th Street 109 E 10th Street 1807 E Cesar Chavez Street 909 Congress Avenue 801 Highland Avenue 1119 E 11th Street 700 San Antonio Street 2336 S Congress Avenue 1404 West Avenue 1610 West Avenue 211 S Lamar Boulevard 3900 Avenue C 210 Academy Drive 316 E 6th Street 304 E 44th Street 409 E 5th Street 300 E 7th Street 201 Red River Street 303 W 9th Street 1316 W 6th Street 2614 Pecos St Inspection Result Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Property ID 206040103 206040514 423060302 422060104 206040105 206040507 219060509 206030507 219060707 206031003 217020504 206031715 206031011 202070924 206031004 108030801 205070505 206010505 303000805 210000322 211010803 105020308 219050815 201010601 206031709 220061601 204040501 206031808 204041306 208011103 108031175 120060109 C14H-1974-0022 C14H-1974-0023 C14H-1974-0025 C14H-1974-0026 C14H-1974-0027 C14H-1974-0028 C14H-1974-0029 C14H-1974-0030 C14H-1974-0031 C14H-1974-0032 C14H-1974-0033 C14H-1974-0034 C14H-1974-0035 C14H-1974-0036 C14H-1974-0037 C14H-1974-0040 C14H-1974-0041 C14H-1974-0042 C14H-1974-0044 C14H-1974-0046 C14H-1975-0003 C14H-1975-0008 C14H-1975-0009 C14H-1975-0010 C14H-1975-0011 C14H-1975-0012 C14H-1975-0013 C14H-1975-0014 C14H-1975-0018 C14H-1976-0001 C14H-1976-0002 C14H-1976-0004 C14H-1976-0005 C14H-1976-0011 C14H-1976-0012 C14H-1976-0013 C14H-1976-0017 Goodman Building French Legation St. Edwards Main Building & Holly Cross Hall Trask House St. Mary'S Cathedral Moonlight Towers B.J. Smith House Robinson (Catherine) House Bremond (Pierre) House Bremond (Eugene) House Neill-Cochran House Bremond (Walter) …
February 25, 2022 Terri Myers, Chair City of Austin Historic Landmark Commission Re: Reverend Jacob Fontaine Gold Dollar Building Chair Myers: Preservation Austin exists to empower Austinites to shape a more inclusive, resilient, and meaningful community culture through preservation. We write today to express our concerns about proposed changes to the historic Reverend Jacob Fontaine Gold Dollar Building located at 2402 San Gabriel Street. This building is in the former Freedman’s Colony known as Wheatville, founded in 1869 by freedman James Wheat on the edge of the Shoal Creek flood plain. Not only is this property and area historically significant, but the first known owner of the house has a noteworthy history, as well. Had it not been for his efforts, the University of Texas, whose presence threatens to engulf the modest property, might not exist in Austin. Rev. Jacob (Jake) Fontaine was born into slavery in Arkansas in 1808. He was brought to Austin in 1839 as the personal secretary of Texas president Mirabeau B. Lamar. In 1867, after Emancipation, Fontaine founded the First (Colored) Baptist Church in Austin, the first of many churches he founded in Central Texas. In 1876, Fontaine established the Austin Gold Dollar, the first black-owned newspaper in Austin out of his home, the property on San Gabriel. In 1881, Fontaine emerged as one of Austin's leading advocates for the establishment of the University of Texas in Austin, even though it would be decades before Blacks could attend the university. Rev. Fontaine died in 1898 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery. The City of Austin has declared this building a landmark and the previously proposed changes to the balcony and roof would certainly harm its architectural as well as historic integrity. Preservation Austin supports calls for a rigorous analysis of this landmark’s physical evolution to ensure that any changes respect and preserve its historic fabric with minimal intervention. We appreciate the Historic Landmark Commission’s extreme care with this case given the erasure of Wheatville, and of so many other Black settlements in West and South Austin, as well as continued threats to African American heritage throughout the city. Also, if possible, we would encourage outreach to any of Rev. Fontaine’s descendants who may still live in the area who may not be aware of these proposed changes. And, given the controversial issues related to erasure of African American places and spaces, perhaps this could provide …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged Paula Kothmann Friday, February 25, 2022 12:13 PM PAZ Preservation Paula Kothmann 804 Rutherford Place PC_Improvement Values_SF TH vs Downtown HLC Meeting Feb 28, 2022.pdf; THZC7PointsOnePageCommitteeFinal.pdf *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Commissioners: Representing SRCC (~5,000 households): 3. PRESERVATION / DEMOLITION We agree with The Imagine Austin Plan, which advises that comprehensive urban planning and design should protect historic areas and help maintain neighborhood character. However , McMansion FAR limits are not sufficient to discourage the extensive demolition of residences within the central neighborhoods. Preservation incentives, such as more flexibility in regard to ADUs coupled with greater density rather than new development, are a positive step and another tool to avoid extensive demolition Representing myself: 1. I ask for a postponement on 804 Rutherford Place because there was no notice of a public meeting posted at the property. 2. Attached please find improvement values for 804 Rutherford Place, 806 Rutherford Place, and surrounding properties. Improvement values for these two properties more than doubled from 2020-2021 It's my opinion that the huge increase in property tax burden may have prompted the landlords of these properties to sell It's my opinion that if we had some kind of City historic property tax credit for preservation, more landlords would be able to keep their properties and we'd have less demolitions Travis Heights is losing some relatively affordable rentals that require no subsidy from taxpayers The commercial improvement values are laughably low compared to residential, although for landlords their properties are "commercial" landlords don't get the same homestead exemption that protects other residents please consider initiating some kind of preservation incentive with the City to help us preserve our old, affordable rentals to keep Travis Heights diverse i Thank you for your consideration, Paula Kothmann 1 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 Outline of the South River City Citizens’ Position 2019 Regarding Proposed Land Use Code Revision 1. SHADES OF TRANSITION ZONES We agree that the City should allow for more housing density along the corridors of Congress Avenue, Riverside, IH-35, Ben White Boulevard, …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Sunday, February 27, 2022 10:22 AM PAZ Preservation Case no. 22-001198 804 Rutherford This message is from Cherie J Deutchman. I live at 1318 Travis Heights Blvd. I object to granting a demolition permit in the referenced case. As the staff report states, the current structure is an example of an eclectic architectural style and the proposed new construction is not compatible with adjacent structures in design. 1
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Melanie Martinez Sunday, February 27, 2022 9:34 PM Subject: 804 Rutherford C.1. *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Commissioner, I am so sad to see this charming duplex on a list of proposed demolitions. This is one of those homes that makes people smile and is such a special character in our historic district that people will literally cry if it is torn down. I wish it had been landmarked years ago and hope there is a chance for that now. As you know, Travis Heights-Fairview Park finally achieved our listing as a National Register district after 15 years of struggle. I hate thinking I wasted those years, only to see this happen. Surely, there must be a way to remodel the interior to the new owners’ needs without harming the facade. Ideally, keeping it a duplex would benefit our neighborhood the most, and may even be of benefit to the new owner, should they take advantage of the tax incentives available to them if it’s used as a rental property. Along with our beautiful oaks, the variety of architectural styles and housing types in our community is part of its appeal. I know it is difficult to initiate landmark status, but I believe this property meets all the criteria and is too unique to be demolished. I hope you can help the owner find a way to preserve this gem and help us keep our historic district’s character intact. Thank you, Melanie Martinez 1214 Newning Ave. 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Paula Kothmann Sunday, February 27, 2022 12:00 PM PAZ Preservation Paula Kothmann protests for demolitions within SRCC PC_Preservation & Affordable Housing San Antonio.pdf; Preservation_Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credit_Annotated.pdf; THZC7PointsOnePageCommitteeFinal.pdf *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Commissioners: 1. PRESERVATION / DEMOLITION We agree with The Imagine Austin Plan, which advises that comprehensive urban planning and design should protect historic areas and help maintain neighborhood character. However, McMansion FAR limits are not sufficient to discourage the extensive demolition of residences within the central neighborhoods. Preservation incentives, such as more flexibility in regard to ADUs coupled with greater density rather than new development, are a positive step and another tool to avoid extensive demolitions. Please see my protests and reasons for the following properties to be reviewed by you at the 2/28/2022 meeting: C.1. 804 Rutherford Place – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – Postpone: no sign notifying public of this meeting This property was a duplex rental. Fair market value rental income is about $50K gross and the taxes in 2020 were $17,354.38, over 33% It's no wonder that landlords sell, displacing tenants and diminishing diversity in urban neighborhoods! The landlords sold the property about May 2021, after learning about the appraised value, which rose a staggering $205,287 from 2020 to 2020, about 145%. I believe that if landlords had some tax incentives such as those offered in San Antonio, see attached, they might have held on to their property. Or maybe the City could help the tenant buy the property? Preservation_Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credit_... To help protect y ou r priv acy , Micro so ft Office prev ented au tomatic download of this pictu re from the Internet. C.2. 512 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – Postpone C.8. 700 E. Monroe Street – Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – Postpone To help protect y ou r priv acy , Micro so ft Office prev ented au tomatic download of this pictu re from the Internet. 1 C.9. 1505 Alameda Drive - Travis Heights – Fairview Park National Register District – Postpone: no sign notifying public of this meeting I believe that if owners who want a Historic Landmark Designation were able to apply for one with less of a burden about meeting very stringent criteria, more owners would …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Melanie Martinez Sunday, February 27, 2022 9:50 PM Cc: Subject: Brummett, Elizabeth; PAZ Preservation 1803 Kenwood C.10.1 Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Commissioners, As a resident of the Travis Heights‐Fairview Park Historic District, I am opposed to the demolition of 1803 Kenwood. It is an important part of the character of this block and the proposed new building would detract from the character of the entire streetscape. To demolish this Minimal Traditional house would be a sad statement about how little Austin values its historic districts. No, it's probably not a landmark, which doesn't give me hope for saving it, but I wish there was some way the owner could try and understand how their design affects others around them and basically ruins the whole block with its incompatibility? Is there any way this can be reconsidered? Would the residents of Kenwood Street be open to becoming a Local Historic District and is this something the City could help with? I believe there is someone who would love to live in this house just the way it is! Thank you, Melanie Martinez 1214 Newning Ave. 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Alex Robinette Friday, February 25, 2022 5:18 PM PAZ Preservation Zilker Clubhouse Case #HR 22-014750-200 Comments *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Alex Robinette 2500 Hatley Dr. Austin, TX 78746 Property owner within 500ft. of the subject property Historic Landmark Commission: I am writing in full support of the proposed improvements to the Zilker Clubhouse. I have lived very close to the clubhouse for 14 years, have been attending events there since I was very young, and often incorporate it in my daily walks, along with Lookout Point and the lower Zilker Nature Preserve Trails. I am also an architect, and very fond of the works by Limbacher and Godfrey. I have thought about this property a lot and subtle improvements that could be made, so I am thrilled that they have been hired to address these needs in a thoughtful way. In particular, I appreciate the way they have brought the entire property into the process by opening up the west and taking note of the lawn and views to the north. This area is a hidden gem that will greatly enhance the experience for visitors. I love the increased connectivity to Lookout Point, and although its wild nature is a big part of the appeal, I’d like to see ways to deter the broken bottles and graffiti, perhaps with cameras, improved signage signaling that this is not a neglected area, and occasional security patrols. One area that was not addressed in the presentation was lighting. Currently there are really terrible unshielded lights on poles in the parking lot that cause a lot of light pollution. I am assuming great care will be taken to provide dark sky compliant lighting. Thank you for searching for a less prominent home for the dumpsters. I like the effort to maintain the natural feel of the parking area, with the obvious 'refined rustic’ improvements. The landscaping is also a lovely addition. I think the gate design provides such a welcoming feel while giving just the right amount of acknowledgement to this historic Austin treasure. I wouldn’t change a thing about the plans. It may seem simple, but they have deftly navigated a list of constraints and needs. I look forward to seeing these improvements! Alex Robinette Rollingwood Resident 1 Board Member, Austin Parks Foundation CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from …
1510 PEASE OLD WEST AUSTIN COA Historical Landmark Commission Meeting February 28, 2022 Presented by Jennifer Hanlen & Ben May PER LDC 25- 2-352 CONTRIBUTING FACTORS – 1OUT OF 5 • ARCHITECTURE - . The house was built in or around 1930 and while does represent a good example of a Tudor-style multi- family residence and does appear to convey architectural significance, it is still almost 100 years old with zero to no maintenance records. The house does not display high artistic value in representing ethnic or folk art, architecture, or construction • HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS - Historical association. The property does not have significant historical associations. There does not appear to be any historical associations with the house nor significant associations with persons, groups, institutions, businesses, or events of historic importance which contributed significantly to the history of the city, state, or nation, nor represents a significant portrayal of the cultural practices or the way of life of a definable group of people in a historic time. • ARCHEOLOGY - The property was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. • COMMUNITY VALUE - The house does not possess a unique community location, physical characteristic property has a unique location, physical characteristic, or significant feature that contributes to the character, image, or cultural identity of the city, a neighborhood, or a particular group. • LANDSCAPE FEATURES - The property does not have significant natural or designed landscape with any value to City of Austin. 1510 PEASE – EXISTING RESIDENCE / CONDITIONS 1510 PEASE – EXISTING RESIDENCE / CONDITIONS 1510 PEASE - PROPOSED RENDERING 1510 PEASE - PROPOSED RENDERING – AERIAL VIEW A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S NOTES: 569.90' 570.24' 571.46' 572.68' 574.13' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 571.00' 572.25' 572.50' 573.50' 572.50' AT GRADE 574.00' AT GRADE 571.00' 570.00' 572.75' AT GRADE 574.00' 575.50' 571.50' 570.00' 571.00' 564.75' 570.50' AT GRADE 573.00' 572.00' 568.94' 569.33' 570.27' 571.35' 572.61' SITEPLAN :: EXISTING LAYOUT 1 SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0" 7'-0"' 13'-0"' 18'-6"' 4'-6"' 37'-10"' 17'-8"' 569.90' 570.24' 5 ' - 6 " ' 4'-10"' 6'-0"' POOL BATH ' " 0 - ' 7 POOL BAR ' " 6 - ' 3 ' " 0 - ' 1 …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: David Todd Saturday, February 26, 2022 10:46 AM PAZ Preservation 700 East Monroe / HR 22-011680 *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear Ms. Allen, please register my objection to the proposed demolition of the home at 700 East Monroe Street. I am attaching the form that you provided with some explanation of my thoughts about the pending demolition proposal. Thanks for considering my views, David Todd ——————— David Todd 709 East Monroe Austin, Texas 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Donna Morrow Sunday, February 27, 2022 5:06 PM PAZ Preservation 700 E.Monroe *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Case # HR 22‐011680‐700 E. Monroe St Attn: Amber Allen I don't object to this duplex on historic grounds, BUT I do object that the demo will remove 2 very scarce affordable housing sites in this area. Plans are to build yet another pricey single family home in its place. For this reason, I OBJECT to the projected use. Another rehabbed duplex would be a much better use. Donna Morrow 504 Terrace Dr 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Salie, Matt Monday, February 28, 2022 9:36 AM PAZ Preservation Comment for Case #HR-2022-011680 (700 E. Monroe) *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Hello! My name is Matt Salie, and I am writing to voice an opinion regarding the proposed demolition of the property at 700 E. Monroe Street. My wife and I live right around the corner at 1500 East Side Drive, and pass this property every day when we walk our dog around the neighborhood. I do not have a strong opinion about the actual demolition of this particular house, or the probability of a modern home being constructed in its place. The Travis Heights neighborhood is already an even mix of old and new homes, and I do not believe arguing for this property’s preservation would be particularly fair to the new owner since there are already so many new properties that stand where there once sat something historic. I am even of the opinion that the mix of residential styles adds to the unique visual character of the neighborhood‐ it is a reflection of the blend of personalities found in the neighborhood, and each home is an artistic expression. However, what helps unify and anchor all of these different properties is the respect shown to the landscape and environment. What makes Travis Heights so beautiful are the limestone rocks, winding creeks, parks, and lush trees. The property at 700 East Monroe has a very mature oak tree that sits right at the corner with Sunset Lane, mere feet from Blunn Creek. This tree absolutely adds not only to the curb appeal of the home, but also to the beauty of the whole neighborhood. It shows signs of previously being de‐limbed in a few places, but has clearly stood there for quite a long time. My desire is that this tree would be left undisturbed during the design and construction of whatever new build would be going in the current house’s place. My concern is that an architect would want to make the property reach a certain height, or place a driveway that feeds into Sunset‐ potentially feeling that the tree would then become inconvenient for the design. I believe that while personal tastes in residential styles might come and go, the land must be respected‐ otherwise the real, irreplaceable character is lost and a neighborhood risks becoming a physical …
1505 Alameda Drive Unique Example of International Style • Only International Style structure in the Historic District. • Very few structures in this style exists in Austin. • With its simple geometric shape, exterior steel columns, lack of ornamentation, type of windows and second floor cantilever, it is easy to see the influence of Courbusier and the Bauhaus school. • Second Floor Cantelever and Exterior Columns Window Detail Heritage Trees Abut Rear of House 1947 An Important Year for Modern Architecture in America Major American Schools of Architecture start to embrace modern design concepts like NC State under Henry Kamphoener. • In war’s aftermath, there was a desire to break with the past. • It is easy to imagine the designer of 1505 wanted his or her house to do the same thing. • On its diamond anniversary, we are lucky this little house stills stands. An important messenger from the past. Solution: Rear of Lot Use the rear of the lot with ample room and no trees for any new improvements.
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: MJohnson Sunday, February 27, 2022 7:26 PM PAZ Preservation 1505 Alameda *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** I am a former owner of this home. Though I no longer live in Travis Heights, I am devastated to hear that this very special unique home in Travis Heights might possibly be demolished. I dont understand the point of total demolition. There is plenty of lot to add and remodel without destroying it. Mary Johnson 7903 Valburn Dr Austin, Tx 78731 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: William Lehner Monday, February 28, 2022 12:15 PM PAZ Preservation RE: RE: Review case number PR-2021-200516 | GF 22-001167, ATTN: Amber Allen *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Good afternoon – I note that I never received a response related to my note below. Is this included in the record? I received another notice this weekend about a hearing tonight (not much notice…). And in the agenda for the meeting tonight, I saw a few emails attached but did not see mine. Was mine already included in the January meeting? From: William Lehner Sent: Monday, January 24, 2022 5:21 PM To: preservation@austintexas.gov Cc: Subject: RE: Review case number PR‐2021‐200516 | GF 22‐001167, ATTN: Amber Allen Importance: High Good evening, I was planning to attend the meeting this evening but now unfortunately am unable to join, so I wanted to share my thoughts below regarding the demolition permit of 512 E Monroe (I reside at 510 E Monroe St. – i.e. the home directly west of the home in question). I wholeheartedly agree with the statement that my neighbor, John Trowbridge, already submitted to the committee (sent last night at 11:51pm), and, to be clear I object to the outright demolition of the property at 512 E Monroe Street and would hope that the builder/owner could work with the existing structure to make something unique in keeping with the neighborhood. In addition to the salient points made by John in his statement, I have a few other thoughts to add: 1) Our home is essentially the exact same structure/style as the home in question (I purchased this home in 2019), as are the lot sizes/shapes. We have very long lots that have a steep drop down in the back. The original structure of my home was preserved and restored, and the owners from late 90s/early 00s built a large addition in the back to add more bedrooms, as well as a more modern studio/potting shed in the very back, creating a very unique home that blends the old with the new. We have even updated the front porch to have railings that are in keeping with the original molding/architecture style of the house and neighborhood. My reasoning for pointing this out is that there is nothing precluding the owner of the new property of undergoing a similar addition/renovation (vs. wholesale demolition). The lot is …
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Mary McLeod Monday, February 28, 2022 1:31 PM PAZ Preservation; Brummett, Elizabeth C.9 HR-2022-006510 -- 1505 Alameda Dr. *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** Dear Ms. Brummett, I live at 1313 Alameda Dr. but did not get a notice of the request for a demolition permit for 1505 Alameda Dr. and only found out about this last night. I have lived in Travis Heights since the early 1970s. I would like to register my objection to the granting of a demolition permit for this house. It is an excellent example of modernist architecture of the great Bauhaus School, which produced such renowned architects as Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer and the Albers and only met its end due to the rise of the Nazis. It is all the more to be valued because we don’t have many examples of this style in the neighborhood. It contributes to the charming and interesting variety of architectural styles, which make Travis Heights such a great place to live. I am not opposed to 21st century architectural styles. Although there are a few examples of well designed new homes here, most are soulless monsters of no architectural worth, which we will only regret in years to come. The existing house could be redesigned/rebuilt on the inside and added to in the back if needed to make it a desirable home for a contemporary family. I see no reason to destroy our architectural heritage in this case. Thank you for your consideration, Mary McLeod 1313 Alameda Drive Austin, TX 7804 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Alison Rucker Friday, February 25, 2022 8:39 PM PAZ Preservation Travis heights: 1505 Alameda *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** Hello Amber Allen, I would like to register my opposition to the demolition of the house currently at 1505 Alameda St. Thank you, Alison Rucker 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
Allen, Amber From: Kristi . To: Subject: PAZ Preservation Concerning 1505 Alameda...... *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Built in 1947, is one of the few Bauhaus/Modernist structures from the immediate post‐war period remaining in Austin and this little gem, which adds to our neighborhood’s historic character, deserves to be restored, not obliteration. Kristina Todd ‐‐ Sent from myMail for Android 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
Allen, Amber From: Sent: To: Subject: Allyson Pease Sunday, February 27, 2022 5:15 PM PAZ Pls save 1505 Alameda *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** This is a request to save 1505 Alameda, built in 1947, is one of the few Bauhaus/Modernist structures from the immediate post-war period remaining in Austin and this little gem, which adds to our neighborhood’s historic character, deserves some TLC, not obliteration. I oppose it being demolished. Allyson Pease 78745 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
102 East 46th Street Hunziker Family Residence Remodel PR-2022-000823; GF-2022-014633 Front of House Back of House Speedway Side East side of the home (Looking south) East side of house (looking north) Hardie Board siding and new windows Heritage trees (backyard) Living interior (not a duplex) Living interior (not a duplex) Living interior (not a duplex) Living interior (not a duplex) Planned Front View New portion Original portion Newly built houses on our block with gables
301 W. 6th Street Historic Landmark Commission February 28, 2022 Overview Lot Size: Zoning: • 0.14 acres, or approximately 5,888 SF • CBD (Central Business District) Built: • Circa 1919 Current Use: • Cocktail Lounge Historic Use: • Ice Cream Shop Landmark Designation Criteria A property must meet at least two of the below criteria: i. Architecture ii. Historical Associations iii. Archeology iv. Community Value v. Landscape Feature i. Architecture • Embodies the distinguishing characteristics of a recognized architectural style, type, or method of construction; • Exemplifies technological innovation in design or construction; displays high artistic value in representing ethnic or folk art, architecture, or construction; • Represents a rare example of an architectural style in the city; • Serves as an outstanding example of the work of an architect, builder, or artisan who significantly contributed to the development of the city, state, or nation; • Possesses cultural, historical, or architectural value as a particularly fine or unique example of a utilitarian or vernacular structure; or • Represents an architectural curiosity or one-of-a-kind building. 1935 Sanborn Original building character has been compromised by: - Addition of new openings - Paint over original Austin Common brick - Removal of historic canopy and brackets - Windows not original to building - Egress encroachment in R.O.W. - Conversion of entrance to patio Aerial Zoomed Out Architectural character is better represented and preserved in the historic 6th Street district, including: - Shallow arched windows - Original Windows - Unpainted Austin Common brick - Rectangular clerestory brick relief - 3 tier brick building cap - Corner brick entry ii. Historical Associations groups, institutions, The property has long-standing significant associations with events persons, of historic importance which contributed significantly to the history of the city, state, or nation; or represents a significant portrayal of the cultural practices or the way of life of a definable group of people in a historic time. businesses, or ii. Historical Associations Long standing historic association: • Riegler Ice Cream Company • Located in building for approx. 9 years • San Antonio business • Historical Persons: • Businessmen Landmark Designation Criteria iii. Archeology iv. Community Value v. Landscape Feature The property has, or is expected to yield, significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region; The property has a unique location, physical characteristic, or significant feature that contributes to the character, image, or cultural identity of the city, …
410 E. 5th Street Historic Landmark Commission February 28, 2022 Overview • 0.82 acres, or approximately 35,868 SF • CBD (Central Business District) Lot Size: Zoning: Built: • Circa 1943 Current Use: • Condominiums Historic Use: • Civic building Landmark Designation Criteria A property must meet at least two of the below criteria: i. Architecture ii. Historical Associations iii. Archeology iv. Community Value v. Landscape Feature i. Architecture • Embodies the distinguishing characteristics of a recognized architectural style, type, or method of construction; • Exemplifies technological innovation in design or construction; displays high artistic value in representing ethnic or folk art, architecture, or construction; • Represents a rare example of an architectural style in the city; • Serves as an outstanding example of the work of an architect, builder, or artisan who significantly contributed to the development of the city, state, or nation; • Possesses cultural, historical, or architectural value as a particularly fine or unique example of a utilitarian or vernacular structure; or • Represents an architectural curiosity or one-of-a-kind building. i. Architecture Modifications and Alterations to the Structure: • Horizontal banding • Steel balconies • Porthole windows added • Replaced doors and windows • Removed signage • Service vents • Removed entrance and staircase on east wing • Fourth floor windows above the porthole windows were enlarged vertically Structure History 1928 – Original building constructed “east wing” • Architect unknown • Two-story brick building 1934 – Expansion to original building • Designed by Page Brothers • Expanded building to the west 1943 – Dramatic expansion of the original building • Designed by either Ernest V. Manning or John L. Scott • Added a 3rd floor to original building and built a three-story reinforced concrete “west wing” 1948 – Addition of 4th floor to west wing 1999 – Conversion of structure to condominiums • Designed by Charles Fisk ii. Historical Associations groups, institutions, The property has long-standing significant associations with events persons, of historic importance which contributed significantly to the history of the city, state, or nation; or represents a significant portrayal of the cultural practices or the way of life of a definable group of people in a historic time. businesses, or ii. Historical Associations Long standing historic association: • Texas State Department of Health • “…served as the headquarters for only 15 years…” • “Little more than a decade after the expansion was constructed…A new $5 million, …
2012 E 16TH STREET ADDITION FEBRUARY 28, 2022 HISTORIC COMMISSION MEETING CASE # D.6 PRESENTER: RYAN BOLLOM, AIA, LOW DESIGN OFFICE SIDE STREET VIEW SIDE STREET VIEW EXISTING ADU, PERMITTED IN 2014. NEIGHBORING HOUSE NEIGHBORING HOUSE ORIGINAL PLAN OVERLAID ON 1922 SANBORN MAP DETAIL CURRENT PLAN CURRENT PLAN CURRENT PLAN DESIGN CONCEPT: . REMOVE PREVIOUS ADDITIONS TO HIGHLIGHT ORIGINAL HOUSE . PROVIDE NEW COMPLIMENTARY ADDITION THAT NEGOTIATES THE AESTHETIC OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE AND PREVIOUSLY ADDED GARAGE APARTMENT . PRIORITIZE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STRATEGIES PROPOSED ADDITION PROPOSED DORMER PROPOSED REMODEL OF PREVIOUSLY ENCLOSED PORCH PROPOSED AERIAL VIEW PROPOSED ADDITION BEYOND PROPOSED AERIAL VIEW FRONT VIEW FROM 16TH STREET FRONT VIEW FROM SIDE STREET FRONT VIEW FROM SIDE STREET PROPOSED SHADE STRUCTURE SUN PATH DIAGRAM: SHADE STRUCTURE PROTECTS FROM EASTERN SUN PROPOSAL WITHOUT SHADE STRUCTURE: CREATES BUSIER ROOF FORMS AND NO SHADE FROM EAST SUN SHADE STRUCTURE IS BETTER SOLUTION
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022 PR-2022-005907; GF-2022-016715 6801 BURNET RD. D.5 – 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Demolish a commercial (café) building built in the year 1968. This commercial building was built circa 1968 and is a single-story, wood-frame construction with red-painted brick masonry veneer with a mansard, asphalt roof. The patio area was later enclosed and retains an exterior tan stucco treatment with 8 large picture windows set at regular intervals across the Burnet Street facing façade. The building has been vacant since approx. 2018 and has graffiti on the façade and sides. The Frisco sign should be noted as part of the Burnet landscape since 1976. Location of the Frisco restaurant from 2008-2018. The Frisco’s closing in 2018 marked the end of an 86-year old legacy business initially opened by Harry Akin in 1932 at the corner of S. Congress and Riverside. Harry Akin was the first Texan and the first Southwesterner to hold the position of President of the National Restaurant Association. (1) Akin is highly respected and remembered for his civil rights advocacy practiced through his restaurant chain. Aiken’s businesses were among the first in Texas to desegregate; serving and hiring black people. He was also known for equal pay to minorities and women. His advocacy earned him a spot as a civil rights adviser to President Lyndon B. Johnson who was known to sneak in the back of the Night Hawk restaurant on S. Congress for a meal in the private dining room. Aiken was elected mayor in 1967 and assisted in the passage of laws prohibiting segregation in public places. (2) During this time the two biggest employers in the City of Austin were the University of Texas and the State of Texas, but The Night Hawk restaurant chain was also known as a top place to work. The businesses provided a higher standard of training, higher wages, and benefits like retirement options. Hoover Alexander, the founder of Austin legacy business Hoover’s Cooking, started as a busboy at the Night Hawk and credits the Night Hawk as where he “discovered his passion for food and where he learned the restaurant business from the ground up.” (3) In 1994, a partnership of former Frisco Shop long-term manager Lawrence Baker and the Aiken’s nephew, R. Harry Akin, purchased the Frisco Shop. The business changed hands again in 2008, when the Frisco moved …
