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HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS MAY 24, 2021 HR-2021-066941 RAINEY STREET NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 71 RAINEY STREET C.6 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1910-1924 house. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH One-story, hipped-roof house with horizontal wood siding, 4:4 windows, and a double entryway with transom doors. The building’s original partial-width porch was removed around 2011. The house at 71 Rainey Street was constructed, or potentially moved to the site, around 1924. Its first occupants, the Spradlings, were renters; the family included a bricklayer, a furniture store owner, a salesman, and a mechanic. During the late 1920s and the 1930s, the building was home to at least two renting households at a time. By 1939, the Clendenann family had moved in. Lemuel and Eugene Clendennan worked as tankmen at the Texas Public Service Company, while Vida Mae Clendennan worked the press at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel’s laundry. By the mid-1940s, the Contreras family had purchased the house. Prudencio and Martina Gutierrez Contreras occupied the home from 1944 until their deaths in 1963 and 1970, respectively. Martina Gutierrez was born in Guanajuato in 1894. She married Prudencio Contreras, who had also emigrated from Mexico, and they purchased the house at 71 Rainey Street after moving to Austin from Lockhart. Prudencio Contreras, born in 1885, worked as a laborer. The Contreras’ son and daughter- in-law lived with them at first, but an accident in Wisconsin killed both Domingo Contreras and his wife, who worked as migrant farm laborers, in 1948. Prudencio and Martina’s living children—Julio, a Marine; Alberto, a trucker; Dolores; and Ana Maria, a laundress—also stayed in the house during the 1950s and 1960s. The Pardo family, Ana Maria Contreras Pardo’s in-laws, occupied in the other half of the house. Ana Maria and her husband, carpenter Santos Pardo, shared the space with her father-in-law until his death in the 1950s. Martina Contreras’ brother Selso Gutierrez and his family moved into the house in the early 1960s. The Contreras family owned the building until 2020. It was the last remaining residential-use home on Rainey Street. STAFF COMMENTS The building contributes to the Rainey Street National Register Historic District. The current application is solely for demolition due to life safety concerns. Per Land Development Code § 25-11-213 (J), review of new construction in a National Register district is not required prior to issuance of a demolition permit in cases where “the building official determines that demolition or relocation is necessary for reasons related to public safety.” Plans for new construction will be submitted to the Commission at a future date. 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 National Folk influences. b. Historical association. The property does not appear to have significant historical associations; however, the Commission may wish to consider the property’s significance as a good example of the lifeways, demographics, and settlement patterns of the Rainey Street community. 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, C.6 – 2 cultural, or historical value to the city. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Consider whether the building’s longstanding association with a single representative family complies with the Code requirement for historic significance. Should the Commission choose to release the demolition permit, require completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. LOCATION MAP C.6 – 3 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos C.6 – 4 C.6 – 5 C.6 – 6 Source: Applicant, 2021 Occupancy History City Directory Research, May 2021 1959 Prudencio Contreras, owner Source: Google Street View, 2011 C.6 – 7 1957 Prudencio and Martina Contreras, owners Julio Contreras Laborer, Puryear Plumbing and Heating Dolores Contreras Ana Pardo Presser, Wes Williams Laundry and Dry Cleaners 1955 Santos and Anna M. Pardo, owners Laborer, Holloway Company Julio Contreras Laborer, Bradshaw and Puryear 1952 Santos and Anita Pardo, renters Cement worker 1949 1947 1941 1939 Prudencio and Martina Contreras, owners Albert G. Contreras, renter Trucker, Woodward Manufacturing Corp. Maria Garza, renter Press operator, Model Laundry Santos and Anita Pardo, renters Carpenter Julius and Frances Contreras, owners Employee, Al Cherlick Cedar Prudencio and Martina Contreras, renters Laborer Santos and Anna Pardo, renters Cattle shackler, City Abattoir Paula Contreras, renter Ineta Contreras, renter Lonnie and Bertie Boatwright, renters Laborer Lemuel W. Clendennen, renter Tankman, Texas Public Service Co. Eugene A. Clendennen, renter Tankman, Texas Public Service Co. Frank M. and Kate Clendennen Vida M. Clendennen Employee, S. F. Austin Hotel Laundry 1944 Prudencio and Martina Contreras, renters 1937 1935 Vacant Theo G. and Alice Arner, renters Finisher, Karotkin Furniture Co. C.6 – 8 1932 William D. and Abbie B. Coffey, renters Friendly Café (105 E 5th Street) John Coates, renter Harry Thomas, renter Thomas R. and Lee Parrish, renters Carpenter, City Street Department James T. Foster, renter Richard P. and Minnie Spradling, renters Bricklayer 1929 1927 Elmer Spradling, renter Dement & Spradling (Furniture Repair – 1110 Red River) Henry and Georgia Lee Spradling, renters Salesman James A. Spradling, renter Mechanic, Capital Chevrolet Sales Co. 1924 Address not listed Biographical Information Note: TCAD records and owner accounts list the building’s construction date as 1910. However, directory research and Sanborn maps do not show a building on the lot prior to 1924. The Austin American (1914-1973); Oct 10, 1926 and Jul 31, 1932 C.6 – 9 The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Jun 2, 1934 and Sep 19, 1940 The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Sep 14, 1948 and The Austin American (1914-1973); Jan 3, 1954 The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Oct 12, 1961 C.6 – 10 The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Mar 19, 1963, May 12, 1964 and Jul 27, 1964 The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); and Feb 13, 1970 and Apr 30, 1972 C.6 – 11 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130139601/ana-maria-pardo C.6 – 12 C.6 – 13 C.6 – 14 C.6 – 15 kut.org/austin/2020-01-22/the-last-man-on-rainey-street-vowed-to-stay-now-hes-glad-he-left Maps 1922 Sanborn map 1935 Sanborn map Permits C.6 – 16 Water tap permit, 10-12-26