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25 – 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS JANUARY 10, 2024 HR-2023-161547 SIXTH STREET NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 606 EAST SIXTH STREET/603 RED RIVER STREET PROPOSAL Remodel, repaint, and add awning to a ca. 1898 façade of a commercial building. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Construct a fully conditioned building behind the existing façade. 2) Clean and repair limestone as needed. 3) Remove non-original sconces and repair connections. 4) Remove non-original gates and replace them with a painted metal storefront, with the two middle archways as the new entryway with doors recessed 3’-0”. 5) Construct a new painted awning. ARCHITECTURE This building was built ca. 1898 but has since been reduced to a free-standing façade. At the time of the 1975 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form for the Sixth Street Historic District, the six arched openings had contrasting granite voussoirs. The façade was articulated with limestone; the original cornice detailing remains. When it was built in 1898, the structure at 606 East 6th Street housed a candy factory and soda water bottling company. By the early twentieth century, it served as a creamery for a series of small companies. After a stint in the 1920s as the Texas Meat Company and Austin Sausage Kitchen, the building fell vacant for a short time. By the end of the 1930s, it had transitioned to a space for automobile-related businesses, including transmission and tire shops. Aerial photographs show that it was reduced to a windowless and roofless shell between 1965 and 1975. RESEARCH DESIGN STANDARDS The design standards established by Ordinance No. 20230720-160 (July 2023) and based on the Citywide Historic Design Standards for properties in the 500 and 600 blocks of East Sixth Street apply. The proposed project was evaluated based on the following applicable standards: Rehabilitate and adaptively reuse contributing buildings, including at least the first 15 feet of historic façades. The proposed project retains the existing historic-age material, removes non-original material, and builds behind the remaining façade, with minor alterations to historic fabric that retain the rhythm of the streetscape. The proposed awning is in keeping with other awnings during the district’s period of significance. Summary The project meets the applicable standards. PROPERTY EVALUATION The property contributes to the Sixth Street National Register district. The 2022 Sixth Street Snapshot Resurvey lists the property as contributing to the historic district. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain low integrity. Only the façade remains. 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: demolished. a. Architecture. The building does not appear to convey architectural significance now that the majority has been 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 appear to 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, 25 – 2 When rebuilding behind the existing façade, set back any upper-story additions. Change windows to three lights. cultural, or historical value to the city. COMMITTEE FEEDBACK STAFF RECOMMENDATION Comment on plans. LOCATION MAP 25 – 3 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos 25 – 4 McRostie Historic Advisors, LLC. Sixth Street Snapshot Resurvey, 2022. 1976. Portal to Texas History: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth960662/m1/1/ 25 – 5 Portal to Texas History: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth675963/m1/1/ 1975. Portal to Texas History: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth676836/m1/1/ 25 – 6 1975. Portal to Texas History: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth675203/m1/1/ Occupancy History City Directory Research, April 2022 1959 1957 1955 1952 600-04 – Austin Auto Supply Company (whole) 606 – Pirates Cove (beer) 608 – Vacant 610 – Herring’s Garage (repairs) 612 – A. A. Auto Parts 614 – LaBola DeOra Bar 616 – Pine Room (beer) 618 – Hofmann Paint & Wallpaper Company 600-14 – Austin Auto Supply Company (whol) 608 – Dominguez Bar (beer) 610 – Herring’s Garage (repairs) 612 – A. A. New & Used Auto Parts Company 614 – La Bola DeOra Bar (beer) 616 – Three Aces Bar (beer) 618 – Hofmann Paint & Wallpaper Company 600-14 – Austin Auto Supply Company (whol) 606 – Transmission Exchange 608 – Reyes Bar (No. 2) (beer) 610 – Herring’s Garage (repairs) 612 – A. A. New & Used Auto Parts Company 614 – La Bola De Ora Bar (beer) 616 – Three Aces Bar (beer) 618 – Hofmann Paint Company 600-14 – Austin Auto Supply Company (whol) 606 – Herring’s Garage 608 – Reyes Bar (No. 2) (beer) 25 – 7 1949 1947 1944 1941 1939 1937 610 – Sanders Cash Lumber Company 612 – A. A. Auto Parts Company 614 – LaBola DeOra Bar (beer) 616 – Three Aces Bar (beer) 600-02 – Austin Auto Supply Company (whol) 604 – Austin Barber College 606 – Walter B. Herring (auto repair) 608 – Reyes Bar (No. 2) (beer) 610 – Co-op Body & Paint Shop 612 – A. A. Auto Parts Company 616 – Three Aces Bar (beer) 600-02 – Austin Auto Supply Company (whol) 604 – Culley’s 2nd Hand Merchandise (junk) 606 – Walter B. Herring (auto repair) 608 – Reyes Bar (No. 2) (beer) 610 – Big Six Garage (auto parts) 612 – A. A. Auto Parts Company 616 – OK Auto Parts 600 – Monterey Café Austin Exterminating Company 602 – Capitol Club of Austin (billiards) 604 – William W. Stark (2nd hand hardware) 606 – Walter B. Herring (auto repair) 608 – J. Thomas Patterson (2nd hand hardware) 610 – Big Six Battery Service 612 – A. A. Auto Parts Company 616 – OK Auto Parts 600 – Monterey Café Austin Exterminating Company 602 – Capitol Club of Austin (billiards) 604 – Henry Barber (hardware) 606 – Walter B. Herring (auto repair) 608 – J. Thomas Patterson (2nd hand hardware) 610 – Big Six Battery Service 612-18 – A & A Parts Co. (auto accessories) 600 – Monterey Café Austin Exterminating Company 602 – Capitol Club of Austin (billiards) 604 – Henry Barber (hardware) 606 – Walter B. Herring (auto repair) 608 – J. W. Kind (tires) 610 – Big Six Battery Service 612-18 – A & A Parts Co. (auto accessories) 600 – Vacant 602 – Vacant 604 – Henry Barber (hardware) 606 – Walter B. Herring (auto repair) 608 – Poultry Market 610 – Big Six Battery Service 612-14 – Vacant 616-18 – A & A Parts Company 25 – 8 1935 1932 1929 1924 1920 600 – Tony & Jim’s Café 602 – Vacant 604 – Henry Barber (restaurant) 606 – Vacant 608 – Vacant 610 – Big Six Battery Service E. C. Perkins 612 – Vacant 614 – D. G. Hodges (restaurant) 616-18 – A & A Parts Company 600-2 – Vacant 604 – Household Furniture Company 606 – Vacant 608 – Vacant 610 – Big Six Battery Service 612 – William M. Tears (undertaker) National Burial Association 614 – Hurley Mattress & Awning Company 616-18 – City Junk Company 600-2 – Austin Auto Accessory Store 604 – Household Furniture Company 606 – Austin Sausage Kitchen 608 – John Nicholas (grocery) 610 – C. E. Dildy (fruit) 612 – William M. Tears (undertaker) National Burial Association for Colored People 614 – Hurley Mattress & Awning Factory 616 – Vacant 600 – Travis Merchant Company (grocery) 602 – Louis Fichtenbaum (dry goods) 604 – Household Furniture Company 606 – Texas Meat company 608 – C. H. Cross Furniture Company 610 – Otto Tiroff Jr. (auto painter) 612 – William M. Tears (undertaker) National Burial Association for Colored People 614 – Hurley Mattress & Awning Factory 616 – Vacant 600 – Vacant 602 – Vacant 604 – Household Furniture Company 606 – Blue Bonnet Cream 608 – Swanson & Johnson (furniture repairs) 610 – Robert Barge (auto repair) Otto Tiroff Jr. (auto painter) 612-14 – William M. Tears (undertaker) National Burial Association for Colored People 616 – Austin Bottling Works 1916 600-2 – Caldwell & Beiger (grocery) 604 – Vacant 606 – Acme Creamery 608 – Vacant 25 – 9 610 – Vacant 612-14 – William M. Tears (undertaker) National Burial Association for Colored People 616 – Austin Bottling Works 600 – W. Thomas Hawkins (furniture) 602-4 – Caldwell Bros (grocers) 606 – Florence Creamery Company 610 – Vacant 612-14 – William M. Tears (undertaker) 616 – Austin Bottling Works 600-6 – Caldwell-Murchison-Lee Company 608 – Henry Sauer 610 – A. H. Reese 616 – Austin Bottling Works 600 – Harriet Gooden Mary Jackson 610 – C. M. Booth (Furniture Dealer & Bed Spring Manufacturer) 616-20 – Anderson & Caldwell (Feed, Hay, & Grain) 602 – J. M. Braden (Wagon Yard) 610 – C. M. Booth (Mattress Manufacturers) 614 – T. P. Robinson (Hide & Wool Buyers) 616-20 – Tom Anderson & Company (Wagon Yard) 614 – T. P. Robinson (Wool Buyer) 606 – Lucy Irvin 1912 1906 1895 1891 1889 1887 Historical Information Aerial, 1940 Aerial, 1958 25 – 10 Aerial, 1965 Aerial, 1977 Aerial, 1987 Aerial, 1997 Aerial, 2003 Aerial, 2012 25 – 11 Sanborn map, 1961 Sanborn map, 1935 Sanborn map, 1900 25 – 12 Sanborn map, 1894 Sanborn map, 1889 Sanborn map, 1885 25 – 13 Austin Daily Statesman (1891-1902); Austin, Tex.. 16 June 1901: 3. The Austin Statesman (1902-1915); Austin, Tex.. 19 May 1904: 5. The Austin Statesman (1902-1915); Austin, Tex.. 16 Dec 1912: 2. The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 14 Oct 1921: 8. 25 – 14 The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 09 Sep 1923: A9. The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 26 July 1927: 10. The Austin American (1914-1973); Austin, Tex.. 20 Nov 1932: 12. The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 20 Aug 1953: A12.