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HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS MAY 4, 2022 HR-2022-049637 TRAVIS HEIGHTS-FAIRVIEW PARK 1707 ALTA VISTA AVENUE C.8 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish ca. 1938 garage and modify exterior of ca. 1938 house. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Demolish existing garage. 2) Relocate porch windows to center on gable. 3) Replace partially glazed front door with solid paneled door. 4) Replace all existing windows. Replacements include 1:1 sash windows, fixed undivided windows, and undivided casement windows. 5) Add trim and paint brick piers. 6) Replace existing shingle roof with standing-seam metal roof. 7) Replace siding and trim at gable ends, and repair damaged teardrop siding throughout. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH 1707 Alta Vista Avenue is a one-story Craftsman bungalow clad in horizontal wood siding with a cross-gabled and hipped roof. Its partial-width porch is supported by short, tapered stucco columns atop brick piers. Its partially glazed front door is sheltered beneath a gabled hood with ornate trim and triangular brackets. 1:1 sash windows are found throughout at the original portion of the house. The rear garage is a simple gable-roofed structure clad in board-and-batten siding, with exposed rafter tails at eaves. The house and garage at 1707 Alta Vista Avenue were built by T. C. Steiner in 1938. The property’s earliest occupants, Mozelle and Arthur Green, owned the home only a year. By 1941, it had been purchased by Benjamin and Gladys Berry. Gladys Berry worked as a stenographer, while Benjamin Berry worked as a store manager before opening his own coffee shop. After the Berry family’s tenure at the home, Berry was shot and killed while working as a Travis County Sheriff’s Deputy. After the Berrys left Travis Heights in the early 1950s, the home passed to I. R. S. examiner E. Ruth Morgan. 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 1. General standards The proposed project removes some historic material from the primary building’s exterior and demolishes the historic-age garage. 3. Roofs The proposed project replaces a shingle roof with a standing-seam metal roof. 4. Exterior walls and trim The proposed project repairs, rather than replaces, the house’s teardrop siding. However, it removes original molding from side elevations and applies additional trim to porch posts. 5. Windows, doors, and screens The proposed project alters one window opening at the main façade and replaces all windows. Street-facing replacement windows appear to match the existing in profile and configuration. 6. Porches The proposed project inappropriately modifies porch columns by painting the unpainted brick piers and adding trim where none previously existed. C.8 – 2 10. Accessory buildings The proposed project includes demolition of the historic-age detached garage. Summary The project meets some of the applicable standards. PROPERTY EVALUATION The property contributes to the Travis Heights-Fairview Park National Register district. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain moderate to 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 is constructed in the Craftsman style. 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 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 Comment on and release the plans. LOCATION MAP C.8 – 3 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos C.8 – 4 C.8 – 5 C.8 – 6 Applicant, 2022 C.8 – 7 Occupancy History City Directory Research, April 2022 Vacant 1959 1957 1955 1952 1949 1947 1944 1941 1939 E. Ruth Morgan, renter (widow of B. Morgan) Examiner, Internal Revenue Service E. Ruth Morgan, renter Clerk, Internal Revenue Service Benjamin H. and Gladys Berry, owners Northwest Coffee Shop Benjamin H. and Gladys Berry, owners Assistant manager, Hyden’s Grocery Benjamin H. and Gladys Berry, owners Trading Post Benjamin H. and Gladys Berry, renters Superintendent, American Service Co. Stenographer, State Board of Insurance Commissioners Vacant Arthur B. and Mozelle Green, owners Supervisor 1937 Address not listed Permits Sewer service permit, 1932 Water service permit, 1932 C.8 – 8 Building permit, 1946 Historical information "Classified Ad 3 -- no Title." 1938.The Austin American (1914-1973), Mar 27, 15. https://atxlibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/classified-ad-3-no- title/docview/1643663337/se-2?accountid=7451. C.8 – 9 FRED WILLIAMS The Austin,Statesman Staff. 1948. "She Remembers when Barton's was just a Spring." The Austin Statesman (1921- 1973), Sep 16, 6. https://atxlibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/she-remembers-when- bartons-was-just-spring/docview/1537993707/se-2?accountid=7451. C.8 – 10 "ABOUT TEEN-AGERS." 1950.The Austin Statesman (1921-1973), Aug 07, 12. https://atxlibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/about-teen-agers/docview/1563519448/se- 2?accountid=7451. "DEATHS and FUNERALS." 1967.The Austin Statesman (1921-1973), May 24, 34. https://atxlibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/deaths-funerals/docview/1515816984/se- 2?accountid=7451. C.8 – 11 "Deputy's Rites Set for Friday." 1967.The Austin Statesman (1921-1973), Feb 02, 2. https://atxlibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/deputys-rites-set- friday/docview/1515906558/se-2?accountid=7451. "Deaths and Services." 1973.The Austin Statesman (1921-1973), Aug 18, 1. https://atxlibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/deaths-services/docview/1513987391/se- 2?accountid=7451.