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HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS AUGUST 3, 2022 PR-2022-096458; GF-2022-100767 609 E. 50TH STREET 27 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1949 house and detached garage. ARCHITECTURE The primary building is a one-story, cross-gabled Minimal Traditional bungalow clad in asbestos shingles, with partial- width inset porch and 6:6 double-hung wood windows behind screens. The garage is a gabled one-story structure clad in board-and-batten siding. The house at 609 E. 50th Street was built in 1949 by Phillip Hoyt Adams and Nina Adams. P. Hoyt Adams worked as a linotype operator for the Von Boeckmann-Jones Company, a local printer, and served for over 40 years in Austin’s Typographical Union. RESEARCH PROPERTY EVALUATION The 2020 North Central Austin historic resource survey lists the house and garage as contributing to a potential historic district. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain 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 Minimal Traditional style. b. Historical association. There do not appear to be 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 Encourage adaptive reuse, then relocation over demolition, but release the permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. LOCATION MAP 27 – 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos 27 – 3 North University-Windsor-Hyde Park survey, 2020, HHM, Inc. 27 – 4 Occupancy History City Directory Research, July 2022 P. Hoyt Adams, owner 1959 1955 1952 1949 Address not listed Permits P. Hoyt and Nina Adams, owners Lino operator, Von Boeckmann Jones Company Hoyt and Nina Adams Linotype operator, VonBoeckmann-Jones Company Sewer serivce permit, 1949 Water service permit, 1949 Historical information Building pemrit, 1949 27 – 5 The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex. [Austin, Tex]. 11 May 1964: 24. The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex. [Austin, Tex]. 12 Dec 1971: A6. The Austin American Statesman (1973-1980), Evening ed.; Austin, Tex. [Austin, Tex]. 23 May 1975: 15