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HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS NOVEMBER 2, 2022 PR-2022-138505; GF-2022-154522 707 W. MONROE STREET 18 – 1 Demolish a ca. 1942 house and ca. 1960 detached garage. PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH One-story Minimal Traditional house with partial-width gabled porch, decorative shutters, and screened 1:1 windows. The house at 707 W. Monroe Street was built in 1942 by Edward Wendlandt as a spec house. It was occupied by mostly short-term owners and renters into the 1950s, including a driver, a laborer, a shop foreman, and a railway yardman and their respective families. PROPERTY EVALUATION The 2016 Bouldin Creek Neighborhood survey lists the property as a medium priority and 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 does not appear to convey architectural significance. 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 Encourage rehabilitation and adaptive reuse, then relocation over demolition, but approve the demolition application upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. LOCATION MAP 18 – 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos 18 – 3 Google Street View, 2022 Occupancy History City Directory Research, September 2022 Laborer Yardman 1944 Fowler T. and Margaret Smith, renters 1949 Fowler T. and Marguerite A. Smith, renters 1953 Frank and Maddie J. Tisdale, renters 1955 Historical information Jesse and Rosa Davidson, renters Driver Shop foreman Classified Ad 1 -- No Title. The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex. [Austin, Tex]. 19 Feb 1942: 14. Permits 18 – 4 Sewer service permit, 1942 Building permit, 1960 Building permit, 1941