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C.5 - 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APRIL 27, 2020 PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS NRD-2020-0016 3006 BEVERLY ROAD OLD WEST AUSTIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT PROPOSAL Construct a second-story addition and one-story rear addition, reconstruct the existing gable roof shape to hipped, construct a new entry porch, replace the door, construct a carport, and demolish a rear garage and utility room. ARCHITECTURE 1-story, irregular-plan house clad in masonry and capped by a cross-gabled roof. Features include 6-over-6 wood-sash windows and vertical wood siding and vents in the gable ends. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The project has eight parts: 1) Construct a second story addition atop the house, set back 18’ from the front wall of the building. The addition will be capped by a hipped roof with a front-facing gable end, clad in wood shingles, and have 6-over-6 clad-wood windows; 2) Reconstruct the existing gable roof to a hipped shape, retaining the frontmost gable end; 3) Construct a new gable-roofed entry porch with an arched opening and smooth limestone cladding. The porch will extend across the front of the house to the left and be supported by square wood posts; 4) Replace the partially glazed wood door and flanking windows with a fully glazed metal door and multi-light metal-sash sidelights; 5) Extend the roof to the south to create a carport supported by square wood posts; 6) Demolish a rear detached garage and rear utility room; and 7) Construct a rear one-story addition. The addition will be clad in hardiplank lap siding with a limestone base. It will have multi-lite steel- and clad-wood windows. RESEARCH The house was occupied by a series of short-term owners, with none remaining for more than five years. STANDARDS FOR REVIEW The house is a contributing property in the Old West Austin National Register Historic District. It does not appear to meet the standards for designation as a historic landmark. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building retains a high degree of integrity. 3) Properties must meet at least two historic designation criteria for landmark designation (City of Austin Land Development Code Section 25-2-352). The property does not appear to be significant under any criteria. a. Architecture. The building does not appear to be architecturally significant. b. Historical association. There do not appear to be significant historical associations.  C.5 - 2 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 community, Austin, or Texas as a whole. e. Landscape feature. The property is not a significant natural or designed landscape with artistic, aesthetic, cultural, or historical value to the city. The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation are used to evaluate projects in National Register historic districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: 2) The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided. The project alters the historic building’s roof form, as well as its entrance configuration and materials. Based on staff recommendations, the applicant has retained the frontmost gable end. However, the other substantial changes to the historic building mean that the project generally does not meet this standard. 5) Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved. The project preserves historic masonry cladding and windows. It meets this standard. 9) New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment. The additions are differentiated from the historic house through lap siding and window proportions; and the multi-light windows and front-facing gable end of the second-story addition are compatible. However, the prominent location and massing of the second-story addition adversely impact the historic character of the house and are not compatible. The project generally does not meet this standard. 10) New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in such a manner that if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired. The second-story addition would be possible, though difficult, to remove in the future without impairing the essential form of the historic house. The project somewhat meets this standard. The proposed project generally does not meet the standards. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION Not reviewed. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Release the permit with the following advisory recommendations: • Retain the second front-facing gable of the historic roof form; • Retain the current entry configuration; • Remove the proposed porch, especially the prominent front-facing gable end; and • Increase the setback of the second-story addition.  C.5 - 3 This case would ordinarily be offered for discussion, allowing commissioners the opportunity to provide more extensive recommendations. Given the remote meeting's technological and time limits, necessitated by the current public health crisis, staff is offering the case for consent release. This does not connote endorsement of the proposed project.  Location Map C.5 - 4 PROPERTY INFORMATION  Photos C.5 - 5 Primary (east) façade and south elevation of 3006 Beverly Road. Source: Google Street View, March 2019. Occupancy History Address not listed Wukasch Bros. (2002 Guadalupe St.) August H. and Esther E. Wukasch, owners Wukasch Bros. (2002 Guadalupe St.) City directory research, Austin History Center By Historic Preservation Office staff April 2020 Note: Directory research available through 1959 only, due to library closure. 1941 1944-45 August H. and Esther Wukasch + 2 children, owners 1947 1949 1952 1955 1959 August H. and Esther E. Wukasch, owners Wukasch Bros. (2002 Guadalupe St.) Charles W. and Nancy B. Sharp, owners Both of the Sharps were students at UT. August H. and Esther Wukasch, owners Wukasch Brothers J. D. Copeland, owner No employer listed  Building Permits and Maps C.5 - 6 Water tap permit issued to W. D. Anderson, 3/31/1941. Sewer tap permit issued to R. W. Gissell, 3/31/1941.  C.5 - 7 Building permit issued to W. D. Anderson for a stone veneer residence with a detached garage, 3/29/1941. Building permit issued to J. D. Copeland for a 108 square-foot wood-frame addition, 6/6/1966.