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HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS DECEMBER 14, 2022 GF-2022-138179 1800 GUADALUPE STREET 28 – 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Demolish a ca. 1923 apartment building and detached garage. Three-story Colonial Revival-Federalist Style building composed of painted brick on the central portion of the building, wood siding on the side additions, and stucco on the front and rear porch overhangs. Hip-gabled metal seam roof with two chimneys, five dormers on the front of the building, four dormers on the rear, and a single dormer on each side of the building above small rooftop decks. 6:6 wood windows throughout except for 4, 12:12 windows on the front of the building, and a classic Palladian window with a simple masonry arch over the main entry with fanlight and sidelight. The building located at 1800 Guadalupe St was constructed as an apartment building sometime around 1923. The apartments were referred to as the Carmen Apartments from 1924-1959, per city directory research. Sisters Alice and Eunice Carman, daughters of Robert Clarke and Alice Carman, built the apartments for an estimated $18,000, according to a 1923 article. Alice Carman lived in and owned the building from 1952 until her death in 1962. It is remarkable that the property was built by two women in 1923. It was just shortly earlier in 1900 that every state had passed legislation granting married women the right to keep their own wages and to own property in their own name. The legal right of women to own and manage property is equal to men today, but full financial autonomy for women didn’t come about until late in the 20th century. It wasn’t until the mid-1970s that a woman could access a line of credit independently without a man to cosign her application. Ten years later, the courts ruled that a husband doesn’t have the right to unilaterally take out a second mortgage on property held jointly with his wife. Despite legal protections for property rights, women still struggle against a real estate gender gap. Research points out that women spend an average of two percent more than men to purchase a home and get two percent less return on their investment when reselling, a significant obstacle to economic parity that has yet to be overcome, and such inequalities may help explain part of the overall gender gap in wealth accumulation.1 Despite such inequalities, the Carman sisters built 1800 Guadalupe just 3 years after the 19th amendment was ratified. PROPERTY EVALUATION Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building does not appear to retain integrity, as impactful changes, including additions, were made to the property 3) Properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated the property and past the period of significance. determined that it may meet two criteria: does not retain sufficient integrity. a. Architecture. The building is a good example of the Colonial Revival-Federalist Style architecture; however, it b. Historical association. The property has a significant association with the Carman family 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 is unique because it was built by two sisters in a male-dominated industry during a time when women had not achieved the same real estate rights as men. The property also contributes to the 1920s urbanization of Austin. e. Landscape feature. The property is not a significant natural or designed landscape with artistic, aesthetic, cultural, or historical value to the city. 1 Single Women Get Lower Returns from Housing Investments | Yale Insights, 2/25/2020 COMMITTEE FEEDBACK STAFF RECOMMENDATION The applicant provided information on the building’s integrity to the Committee. Approve the application for demolition upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. 28 – 2 LOCATION MAP 28 – 3 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos 28 – 4 Google Street View, 2022 Occupancy History City Directory Research, October 2022 1959 1955 Carmen Apartments 1. Vacant 2. Jewell Fliyd 3. Eunice Carman 4. Alice V. Carman, owner Carman Apartments 1. Inez Clift 2. Jewell Floyd 3. Eunice Carman 4. Alice V. Carman, owner 1952 Carman Apartments 1947 Carman Apartments 1. Ophelia Beavers 2. Mary L. Clift 3. Eunice Carman 4. Alice V. Carman, owner 1. Nora Bluman 2. Anthony Ackerman 3. Vacant 4. Joseph E. Morrissey 28 – 5 1944 Carman Apartments 1941 Carman Apartments 1937 Carman Apartments 1. Ernest V. Manning 2. Anthony Ackerman 3. Frank Wilson 4. Dorothy Graeter 1. Mary E. Storm 2. Pearl F. Haigler 3. Vacant 4. William B. Cross 1. Mary E. Storm 2. P. F. Haigler 3. Vacant 4. W. B. Cross 1932 *Address likely addressed as 1802 Guadalupe* Carman Apartments 1. M. E. Storm 2. A. E. Cullum 3. Vacant 4. W. B. Cross 1930 *Address likely addressed as 1802 Guadalupe* Carman Apartments 1. J. O. Woodward 2. A. E. Cullum 3. M. F. Cunningham 4. W. B. Cross 1929 Carman Apartments 1. Vacant 2. Vacant 3. W. B. Cross 4. Edna Brown 1927 *Address listed as 300 W 19th Street* Carman Apartments 1924 *Address listed as 300 W 19th Street* Apartments 1. M. H. Boerner 2. Vacant 3. J. L. Arlitt 4. Vacant 1. Morris Boerner 2. W. G. Stirling 3. J. L. Arlitt 4. Mrs. Jones 1920 Address not listed Permits Historical information No permits found 28 – 6 Ex-Teacher Alice Carman Dies at 79. The Austin American (1921-1973); 25 Jul 1962: 1. 28 – 7 Many Big Building Projects Add Zest To Austin’s Boom.The Austin American Statesman (1921-1973); 20 May 1923; p11. Sanborn maps 28 – 8 Sanborn map, 1962 Sanborn map, 1935 28 – 9 Sanborn map, 1900 Sanborn map, 1894