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25 – 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS JUNE 5, 2024 PR-2024- 046875; GF-2024-058073 10413 SOUTH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Demolish a ca. 1955 house and outbuilding, one ca. 1910 house and outbuilding, and a ca. 1994 log cabin with various non- historic outbuildings within the bounds of Slaughter Creek Neighborhood Park. The oldest building on the property is a one-story house with an uncommon cross-hipped roof clad in corrugated metal; various historic-era additions have been constructed over the years. It is clad in horizontal wood siding with 2:2 and 1:1 wood windows and several vinyl replacement windows. The ca. 1955 house is a rustic Ranch-style dwelling with 6:6 wood windows, an integral covered carport, and a cross-gabled roofline. It is clad in vertical unpainted cedar siding. Its associated outbuilding is a long horizontal structure clad in matching cedar siding with a stone veneer water table and aluminum windows; this structure appears to be a repurposed agricultural building. The property at 10413 South Interstate Highway 35 was once a rural farmstead on Slaughter Creek owned by the Carrington family. Joe C. Carrington, Sr., was a civic leader whose many occupations included insurance sales and farming. He used the property along Slaughter Creek as a turkey farm and dairy cattle grazeland. He also served as a state senator, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and head of the state prison board. The 117-acre Slaughter Creek farm, acquired by Carrington in 1937,1 appears to have been used not only as agricultural land but also as a gathering space for the Carringtons’ friends and associates; both Joe C. Carrington, Sr. and Dr. Joe C. Carrington, Jr. were leaders in the Boy Scouts of America organization. Bettie Jean Bunnell Carrington was born in Graham and raised by her father, County Sheriff Bert Bunnell. She was a talented pianist who received her BA in Music Education from TCU in 1954. She began a 26-year teaching career shortly after graduation while she raised her young children alongside her first husband. Carrington earned her Master of Educational Psychology degree before moving her family to Austin in 1966, where she worked for the University of Texas and AISD. She married Dr. Joe Carrington, Jr. in 1970. The Carringtons appear to have lived on the family property at 10413 South Interstate 35, also addressed as 10413 Interregional Highway, from 1970 onwards. When Dr. Carrington died in 1990, Bettie Jean Bunnell Carrington remained on the property and became an outspoken advocate for environmental protection in and around the fragile Slaughter Creek ecosystem surrounding her 117-acre homestead. She married Eric Anderson in 2000, and the two shared their love of the “environmental oasis” of their South Austin property.2 After Anderson’s death, his family sold the property to Austin Parks and Recreation in 2022 to close a gap on the Slaughter Creek Greenbelt.3 PROPERTY EVALUATION Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The two residential buildings and associated outbuildings are more than 50 years old. 2) The primary buildings appear to retain high to moderate integrity; though the earlier home has been modified, most alterations appear to have taken place during the historic period. Both outbuildings retain moderate integrity, with historic-age alterations, but the changes have obscured their original functions. 3) Properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated the property and determined that it may meet two criteria for landmark designation: 1 Findlaw. “Eric A. Anderson and Bettie J. Carrington, Appellants v. Phillip Shaw and Deborah Gail Moore, Appellees,” 2024. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-court-of-appeals/1527772.html. 2 Dignity Memorial. “Bettie Jean Bunnell Carrington,” 2013. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/austin-tx/bettie-carrington- 8219444. 3 Recommendation for Council Action. https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=398560 25 – 2 a. Architecture. The ca. 1955 house is constructed in the Ranch style, while the earlier dwelling is a vernacular structure with National Folk stylistic influences. b. Historical association. The property appears to be associated with the Carrington family poultry farm and Scout camp, though more research is needed to substantiate these connections. It is also associated with educator and environmentalist Bettie Jean Carrington. 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 was not evaluated for its ability 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 may be a significant natural or designed landscape with artistic, aesthetic, cultural, or historical value to the city, though more research is needed to support this criterion. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Postpone the public hearing to July 5, 2024 to allow time to coordinate with PARD staff and obtain their additional research on the property. LOCATION MAP 25 – 3 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos 25 – 4 25 – 5 Demolition application, PARD, 2024 25 – 6 25 – 7 Code violation notice, 2024  Occupancy History City Directory Research, May 2024 None available. Historical Information 25 – 8 Aerial view, 1940 Aerial view, 1958 25 – 9 Aerial view, 1965 Aerial view, 1984 Nearmap US Photos, 2024 https://travis.prodigycad.com/property-detail/349939/2023 25 – 10 25 – 11 25 – 12 Travis County Clerk, Real Property Records 25 – 13 https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=259451 Bettie Jean Bunnell Carrington J A N U A R Y 3 0 , 1 9 3 1 – S E P T E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 3 25 – 14 Bettie Jean Bunnell Carrington passed away Tuesday, September 3 after a long bout with cancer. A memorial service will be held at Weed Corley Fish Funeral Home at 2620 S. Congress Avenue Tuesday, at 1:30 pm. A reception will follow at Hills Restaurant, 4700 S. Congress Ave. starting at 2:30. Bettie was born January 30, 1931 in Graham, Texas. She grew up in Graham, was a member of First Baptist Church, and played church piano. Bettie was an accomplished pianist who gave recitals her senior year in high school, playing such songs as Serge Rachmaninoff's Humeresque. She graduated as one of the top students of her class at Graham High School in 1948. Her mother passed away in 1943, and for a good portion of her youth she was raised by her father CB "Bert" Bunnell, who was elected Young County Sheriff in 1942. Sheriff Bunnell passed away while in office in 1953. Bettie Jean, as she was usually called by friends and family while she grew up in Graham, attended Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas before transferring to Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. There she continued work on her music and received a Bachelor's of Music Education degree, majoring in piano. Shortly after graduating from TCU, she married Richard Dean Arnold who was in the Air Force at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas. In May of 1954, she had her first child, Phillip Kenyon Arnold. After being transferred to Altus, Oklahoma, Richard was given an emergency discharge so he could run the family furniture business in Barstow, California when his father suffered a major heart attack. While in Barstow, Bettie taught in the local school district, and had her second child, Adrienne Arnold in September of 1957. After Richard got his under graduate degree utilizing the GI Bill, the family moved to Minnesota. Bettie taught at the Fridley (Minnesota) School District, but also studied and received a Masters of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. The family moved to Austin, Texas in August of 1966. Bettie did some work at the University of Texas before eventually becoming a teacher in the Austin Independent School District. Her first major assignment was as a reading teacher at Oak Springs Elementary School in East Austin. One time she had her students send get well cards, made by hand, to former President Lyndon Johnson, and she received a very nice thank you note from LBJ. Bettie had a caring heart, and had actually met President Johnson when he was campaigning in Young County for the U.S. Senate in the 1948. She had previously contacted then Senator Johnson, and he helped motivate the Veterans Administration to allow Richard to get GI Bill money for his undergraduate education. Bettie married Dr. Joe C. Carrington Jr. in 1970. She also taught at Becker Elementary School in the 1970's in a program that helped raise reading scores for many economically disadvantaged students in the area surrounding Becker. She retired from teaching in 1980. Dr. Carrington passed away from cancer in 1990. Bettie married Eric Anderson in 2000. In the 1990's, she became much more politically active and was concerned about the encroachment of strangers and government projects around the environmental oasis at her homestead on Slaughter Creek in South Austin. Bettie loved music, enjoyed playing bridge and other card games, and was always interested in gaining knowledge of family and friends she had met throughout her years. She also enjoyed quilting and sewing, playing the piano at parties, and Texas native wildflowers and birds. She subscribed to the Graham Leader and tried to keep up as much as possible with her home town. She had a keen wit and sense of humor until the very end of her struggle against the cancer that took her life. She is survived by her husband Eric Anderson, and her children Adrienne Arnold and Phil Arnold. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to the American Cancer Society. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/austin-tx/bettie-carrington-8219444 25 – 15 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/statesman/name/eric-anderson-obituary 25 – 16 Newspapers.com. “Obituary for Joe Christopher Carrington Jr.,” February 2, 1990. https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin- american-statesman-obituary-for-j/147511735/. 25 – 17 Newspapers.com. May 15, 1983. https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-carrington-jo/27244391/. The Austin American (1914-1973); Austin, Tex.. 23 Apr 1939: A8. 25 – 18 The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 30 Oct 1939: 3. The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 21 May 1940: 9. The Austin American (1914-1973); Austin, Tex.. 02 June 1940: A7. 25 – 19 The Austin American (1914-1973); Austin, Tex.. 27 Feb 1944: 9. The Austin Statesman Capitol Staff.  The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 13 Mar 1945: 6. The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 25 Jan 1946: 5. 25 – 20 The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 24 Jan 1946: 3. The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 20 Jan 1949: 17. The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 15 Dec 1949: 2. 25 – 21 Permits None available. The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 05 May 1953: 17.