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HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MARCH 23, 2020 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HDP-2020-0080 1501 CANTERBURY STREET D.3 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1926 house. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH One-story, rectangular-plan, front-gabled frame bungalow with a partial-width front-gabled partially-inset porch on plain, square wood posts; single and paired 1:1 fenestration. The house was built by local builder Frank Rundell in 1926; the first owners and occupants were Leslie and Orlean Stephens, who lived here until around 1928. Leslie Stephens was a clerk for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The next owners and occupants of the house were Alex K. and Ellen Abramson, who lived here from 1928 until around 1965. Alex Abramson was a city fireman until his retirement in 1955. Following the residency of the Abramsons the house was purchased by Santos and Anita Salinas, who lived here from around 1965 until their deaths. Santos G. Salinas was a maintenance man at the Scarbrough Building in downtown Austin. He passed away in 2004; Anita G. Salinas passed away in 2018. STAFF COMMENTS The house was recommended as contributing to the potential South East Austin historic district by the East Austin Historic Resource Survey (2016). Staff has evaluated this house for designation as a historic landmark and has determined that the house does not meet the criteria for landmark designation as set forth in City Code: a. Architecture. The house is a vernacular bungalow. The house reflects a common style with no architectural distinction.  D.3 - 2 b. Historical association. The house was the home of several blue collar working families over the years: a railroad clerk, a city fireman, and a maintenance man. There do not appear to be significant historical associations. c. Archaeology. The house was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. d. Community value. The house does not possess a unique location, physical characteristic, or significant feature that contributes to the character, image, or cultural identity of the city, the neighborhood, or a particular demographic group. e. Landscape feature. The property is not a significant natural or designed landscape with artistic, aesthetic, cultural, or historical value to the city. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Encourage rehabilitation and adaptive re-use, then relocation over demolition, but release the permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package, consisting of photographs of all elevations, a dimensioned sketch plan, and a narrative history, for archiving at the Austin History Center. The house does not meet the criteria for individual designation as a historic landmark.  LOCATION MAP D.3 - 3  D.3 - 4 1501 Canterbury Street ca. 1926  D.3 - 5 OCCUPANCY HISTORY 1501 Canterbury Street Santos and Anita G. Salinas, owners Maintenance man, Scarbrough Building, 6th Street and Congress Avenue. Santos and Anita Salinas, owners Maintenance man, Scarbrough Building, 6th Street and Congress Avenue. Santos and Anita Salinas, owners Maintenance man, Scarbrough Building, 6th Street and Congress Avenue. Santos G. and Anita G. Salinas, owners Retired Santos G. and Anita G. Salinas, owners No occupation listed Santos and Anita Salinas, owners Laborer City Directory Research, Austin History Center By City Historic Preservation Office January, 2015 1992 1985-86 1981 1977 1973 1968 1962 1959 1955 1952 1949 1947 1944-45 1941 Alex K. Abramson, owner No occupation listed Alex K. Abramson, owner No occupation listed A.K. Abramson, owner No occupation listed Alex and Ellen Abramson, owners City firefighter Alex K. and Ellen Abramson, owners No occupation listed Alex K. and Ellen Abramson, owners No occupation listed Alex K. and Ellen Abramson, owners Hoseman, City Fire Department 1939 Alex K. and Ellen Abramson, owners City fireman Alex K. and Ellen Abramson, owners City fireman Also listed is Buford Abramson, a plant worker in the 7-Up Bottling Company, 611 Neches Street.  1937 1935 1932-33 1930-31 1929 1927 D.3 - 6 Alex K. and Ellen Abramson, owners Hoseman, Engine Company No. 7, 1111 E. 1st Street. Alex K. and Ellen Abramson, owners Hoseman, Engine Company No. 7, 1111 E. 1st Street. NOTE: The house is listed as 1411 Canterbury Street. Alex K. and Ellen Abramson, owners Hoseman, Engine Company No. 7, 1111 E. 1st Street. NOTE: The house is listed as 1411 Canterbury Street. Alex K. and Ellen Abramson, owners Captain, Engine Company No. 7, 1111 E. 1st Street. NOTE: The house is listed as 1411 Canterbury Street. Alex K. and Ellen Abramson, owners Hoseman, Hose Company No. 2, 1111 E. 1st Street. NOTE: The house is listed as 1411 Canterbury Street. NOTE: Leslie and Orlean Stephens are listed at 407 E> 2nd Street; he was a timekeeper for the Southern Pacific Lines. Leslie and Orlean Stephens, owners Clerk, Southern Pacific Lines NOTE: Alex K. and Helen Abramson are listed at 1214 W. 9½ Street; he was a captain with Hose Company No. 1, 1005 Lydia Street. The address is not listed in the directory. NOTE: Leslie and Orlean Stephens are not listed in the directory. 1924 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: Leslie and Orlean Stephens (ca. 1926 – ca. 1928) Leslie and Orlen Stephens appear in the 1930 U.S. Census as the renters of the house at 701 E. 1st Street in Austin. Leslie Stephens was 33, had been born in Oklahoma, and was a railroad clerk; Orlen Stephens was 29, had been born in Texas and had no occupation listed. They had 3 daughters: Margaret, 9; Norma, 8; and Doris, 4. All three girls had been born in Texas. The 1920 U.S. Census shows Leslie and Olean Stephens as the renters of a house in Yoakum, Texas, where Leslie Stephens was a clerk for the railroad. Olean Stephens had no occupation listed. His 1917 World War I draft registration card shows the Leslie Stephens was living in Navasota, Texas where he was a stenographer for the Chamber of Commerce. He had been born April 15, 1896 in Terral, Oklahoma, and was disabled. Alex and Ellen Abramson (ca. 1928 – ca. 1965) The 1930 U.S. Census shows A.K. and Ellen Abramson as the owners of this house, which was worth $3,000. A.K. Abramson was 38, had been born in Texas to Swedish-born parents, and was a city fireman. Ellen Abramson was 31, had been born in Texas, and had no occupation listed. They had a son, Buford, 10. The 1940 U.S. Census shows A.K. and Ellen Abramson as the owners of this house, which was worth $2,500. A.K. Abramson was 49 and was a fireman for the city. Ellen Abramson was 40, and had no occupation listed. Their son, Buford, 19, had no occupation listed. Alex K. Abramson died July 6, 1965 while living at this house. He was widowed, had been born in New Sweden, Texas, and was a retired fireman. D.3 - 7 Alex Abramson transferred to the Camp Travis Fire Department during World War I Austin Statesman, May 27, 1918 Obituary of Ellen Abramson Austin American, April 18, 1952  D.3 - 8 Obituary of Buford Abramson, the son of Alex and Ellen Abramson Austin Statesman, June 15, 1955 Obituary of Alex Abramson Austin American, July 7, 1965  D.3 - 9 Obituary of Alex Abramson Austin Statesman, July 7, 1965 Santos and Anita Salinas (ca. 1965 – ca. 2018) The 1930 U.S. Census shows Santos Salinas as the 13-year old son of Mauricio and Bartola Salinas, who rented their home in Wharton County, Texas. Santos Salinas had been born in Texas and had no occupation listed. He was the 3rd of Mauricio and Bartola Salinas’ 8 children listed in the census report. His father, Mauricio Salinas, 49, had been born in Texas to Mexican-born parents, and was a farmer. His mother, Bartola Salinas, 46, was born in Texas to Mexican-born parents, and had no occupation listed. Santos’ two older brothers, Jesus, 22 and Saragosa, 17, were both listed as farm laborers. No other children in the family had an occupation shown in the census report. Santos G. Salinas married Anita Garcia in Matagorda County, Texas on September 30, 1939. The 1940 U.S. Census shows G. Santos and Anita Salinas as the owners of a house worth $50 in Palacios, Texas, where Santos worked veining shrimp for a wholesale shrimp market. He was 22, had been born in Texas, and had lived in Louise, Texas in 1935. Anita Salinas was 18, had been born in Texas, and had no occupation listed. She lived in El Campo, Texas in 1935. They had no children listed with them. Santos Gonzales Salinas’ World War II draft registration card shows that he was born in Bay City, Texas in 1917, and was living in Palacios, Texas, where he worked for the Piggly-Wiggly Grocery Company. His wife was Anita Salinas. SALINAS, Santos G., 86, of Austin died Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. today, Cristo Rey Catholic Church. Burial Assumption Cemetery. Arrangements by Mission. Death notice for Santos G. Salinas Austin American-Statesman, February 7, 2004  D.3 - 10 SALINAS, Anita G. Age 96, of Austin, passed away November 6, 2018. Services November 12, 2018, 11 am at Mission Funeral Home - South Chapel, Austin, TX. Death notice for Anita Salinas Austin American-Statesman, November 11, 2018 Water service permit to builder Frank Rundell for this house (1926) Building permit to Alex K. Abramson to construct a garage (1947), and to Santos Salinas to construct an addition and a storage building (1978) City records indicate a permit to construct a bathroom addition in 1981.  D.3 - 11 The house appears on the 1935 Sanborn map with its former address of 1411 Canterbury Street. The 1962 Sanborn map shows the house with its current address of 1501 Canterbury Street. The configuration of the house appears the same as shown on the 1935 map above.