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HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS MAY 4, 2022 DA-2022-040962; GF-2022-047912 310-312 COLORADO STREET D.4 a – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish ca. 1930-1933 commercial buildings. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Demolish the building. No façade reconstruction is planned. 2) Construct a high-rise tower, with parking garage and building lobby entrances at this location. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH The buildings at 310-312 Colorado Street are a single-story brick warehouses with stepped parapets. Modifications include a central tiled section with a raised parapet that interrupts the historic design, changes to fenestration patterns, non-original awnings, and rooftop additions including railings, a shed-roofed pavilion, and a tent. The Burkhalter Garage Building at 310-312 Colorado Street was built in stages between 1930 and 1933. The building at 310 Colorado St. was occupied throughout the historic period by Burkhalter Spring & Bumper Service, later named Burkhalter Spring & Alignment Service. The company was founded and owned by Earle E. Burkhalter, who also was a charter founder of the Texas Industrial Loan Company and a member of the Knights of Columbus, Austin Country Club, and Austin Lions Club. Puryear and Caswell relocated their OK Garage from the 200 block of Colorado to 312 Colorado St. by 1935. Burkhalter’s business occupied both buildings by 1937, where it remained until the 1970s when it became Capital Spring and Brake. By the mid-1980s, the building has been converted to restaurant use.1 PROPERTY EVALUATION The Historic Buildings in the Warehouse District Survey (ca. 2009) lists the property as medium priority for inclusion in a potential historic district and notes modifications. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building retains a low to moderate degree of integrity. Modifications include changes in material and design of a section of the façade, changes to window and door patterns, and open-air rooftop additions. 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 a modest example of a warehouse building with modifications. b. Historical association. The historic use of the building for automotive service and repair is typical of buildings within the downtown Warehouse District. The property does not appear to have individually significant 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 possesses a unique location and physical characteristics as part of the Warehouse District, which contributes to the character, image, and cultural identity of the city. However, this association in itself is not sufficient for the building to individually qualify for landmark designation. 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 Release the demolition permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. 1 Adapted from Steve Sadowsky, Narrative History of Buildings in Austin’s Warehouse and Wholesale Districts, undated (ca. 2009). LOCATION MAP D.4 a – 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos D.4 a – 3 1979 photograph, source unknown. Note the difference in the height of the piers separating the two buildings; the building at 312 Colorado is believed to have been built around three years after the building at 310 Colorado. 310-312 Colorado Street, Google Street View, June 2009. D.4 a – 4 310-312 Colorado Street, Historic Preservation Office staff, April 2022. D.4 a – 5 Occupancy History City Directory Research, November 2008 and April 2022 1992 310 Colorado St. 1987 310 Colorado St. Mezzaluna Restaurant Reed Clemons, proprietor Abuelita’s Restaurant Jose Garcia, manager 1981 310 Colorado St. Capital Spring and Brake Service Lloyd Anthony, manager 1975-77 310 Colorado St. Capital Spring and Brake Company Greg Henderson and Lloyd Anthony, managers 310 Colorado St. Burkhalter Spring & Alignment Service 1969 310 Colorado St. 1967 310 Colorado St. 1959 1963 310 Colorado St. 1947-57 310-12 Colorado St. 1937-44 310-12 Colorado St. 1935 310 Colorado St. 312 Colorado St. Burkhalter Spring and Alignment Service Duane Woodward, manager Burkhalter Spring and Alignment Service Wayne Woodward, manager Burkhalter Spring and Alignment Service Earle E. Burkhalter, proprietor Burkhalter Spring & Alignment Service Earle E. Burkhalter, proprietor Burkhalter Spring & Bumper Service Earle E. Burkhalter, proprietor Burkhalter Spring & Bumper Service Earle E. Burkhalter, proprietor O K Garage E. E. Puryear and J. W. Caswell, proprietors Note: The OK Garage had been located at 201-03 Colorado Street in the 1920s and had been run by J. M. Puryear. 1930-32 310 Colorado St. Burkhalter Spring & Bumper Service Earle E. Burkhalter, proprietor 1929 310-12 Colorado St. Addresses not listed Note: Earle E. Burkhalter had his spring and bumper service at 221-23 E. 5th Street. Permits D.4 a – 6 Water service permit, 310 Colorado St., 1930. Water service permit, 312 Colorado St., 1933. Historical information D.4 a – 7 “Installs New Wheel Machinery,” Austin Statesman, June 10, 1933, 8. “Earl E. Burkhalter,” Central Texas Business and Professional Directory, 1952. “Burkhalter Observes 25th Anniversary,” Austin American, Sept. 5, 1948, 2; and “30th Anniversary,” Austin American, Sept. 6, 1953, 12. D.4 a – 8 Advertisement, Austin American, Sept. 24, 1967, T20. D.4 a – 9 “Funeral Notices: Earle E. Burkhalter,” Austin American-Statesman, Dec. 2, 1974, 51. Sanborn Fire Insurance maps D.4 a – 10 The 1961 map shows the building still with two addresses but with only one use, auto brake service and repair. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1961, Vol. 1, Sheet 13, accessed via Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4034am.g4034am_g08415196101?sp=18&st=image. The 1935 map shows the current building on the north side of the alley, divided into two automobile-related uses, brake service on the south end and auto repair on the north end. The 1935 city directory shows Earle E. Burkhalter’s Spring and Bumper Service at 310 Colorado and Puryear and Caswell’s OK Garage at 312 Colorado. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1935, Sheet 13, accessed via Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4034am.g4034am_g084151935/?sp=18&st=image. D.4 a – 11 The 1900 map shows a dwelling on the site of the current building at the north side of the alley. The building noted as 312 Colorado Street has “F.B.,” meaning female boarding house, a euphemism for a house of prostitution. At the corner of 4th Street is a two-story commercial building, which housed the California Saloon, operated by Onorato del Curto, one of the several Italian immigrants who settled in this area and opened fruit stands, grocery stores, and saloons. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1900, Sheet 3, accessed via ProQuest Digital Sanborn Maps, https://digitalsanbornmaps.proquest.com.