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HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS APRIL 26, 2021 HR-2021-029755 CLARKSVILLE NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 1104 TOYATH STREET C.2 – 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE Demolish a ca. 1922 contributing house. One-story gable-roofed house with full-width porch, clad in horizontal wood siding with board-and-batten at gable end. Fenestration includes 1:1 wood windows and an offset front door that may have once been paired. The roof is clad in seamed metal and features exposed rafter tails. RESEARCH The building at 1104 Toyath Street was built around 1922. In its earliest years, the lot hosted a rental property owned by laundress Luisa Roberts, who hosted up to four tenant families at a time. Most tenants worked as laborers or in the service industry. Renter Walter Carrington purchased the property between 1918 and 1920; newspaper records indicate that the current house was built in 1922. Carrington worked at Butler Bricks before becoming a carpenter; his wife, Josephine Johnson Carrington, worked as a cook. Their son, Ralph Carrington, was a painter and contractor. Despite legal trouble, including a 1941 murder charge reported in the Statesman, Ralph Carrington took possession of the home after 1958 and remained there for at least ten years. He constructed two additions to the house: one in 1948 for his mother, and another in 1968. STAFF COMMENTS The house is listed as a contributing building in a 2018 inventory of the Clarksville National Register Historic District. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain moderate integrity. 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: a. Architecture. The building displays some Craftsman and vernacular influences b. Historical association. The Commission may wish to consider Walter and Josephine Carrington’s status as long-term Clarksville residents who rented, then owned, their property—one of the limited paths to homeownership for Black residents in segregated twentieth-century Austin. 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 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, then release the permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. LOCATION MAP C.2 – 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos C.2 – 3 Source: Google Street View, 2021 C.2 – 4 C.2 – 5 Source: Realtor.com, Jan. 2021 C.2 – 6 C.2 – 7 Occupancy History: City Directory Research, February 2021 1959 Source: Applicant, 2021 1957 1955 1952 1949 1947 1944 1941 1939 1937 1935 1932 Ralph Carrington, owner Walter Carrington, owner Walter Carrington, renter Laborer Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Laborer Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Carpenter Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Laborer Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Carpenter Ralph Carrington Painter Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners C.2 – 8 Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Laborer Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Cleo Carrington Walter and Josephine Carrington, owners Lou Roberts Walter and Josephine Carrington Laborer, Butler Brick Works Louann Sneed, renter Luisa Roberts, owner Lulu Roberts Laundress Walter and Josephine Carrington, renters Laborer, Butler Brick Works Cook, 507 Oakdale Ave William Wright, renter Laborer William Townsent, renter Laborer Lizzie McCrea, renter Cook Lizzie Sneed, owner Louanna Sneed, renter Julia Jennings, renter Walter Carrington, renter Laborer Lou Roberts, owner Walter Carrington Laborer, Austin Brick Co. Lizzie Sneed Address not listed 1929 1927 1924 1922 1920 1918 1916 1914 1912 1910 Biographical Information C.2 – 9 Death certificate of infant delivered to Mrs. Josephine Carrington at 1104 Toyath St, 1-15-13. World War I draft card for Walter Carrington, 6-5-1917. Carrington, then 26 years old, is listed as the head of a household including his mother, his wife, and his two children. C.2 – 10 The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Nov 14, 1922 The Austin American (1914-1973); Jan 21, 1934 and The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Aug 20, 1940 Maps The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Apr 26, 1941 C.2 – 11 Building Permits 1935 Sanborn fire insurance map Building permit for addition, 8-23-48 Building permit for addition, 8-13-68  C.2 – 12 Sewer tap permit, 5-25-49 Water tap permit, 3-26-79