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City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Submittal Checklist  A. Application Form.  B. Full size tax maps (1"=100') showing properties within 500' of zoning request  C. Tax certificate or letter from the County Tax office (Not a tax receipt)  D. Submittal Verification and Inspection Authorization Form.  E. Acknowledgment Form  F. Historical Documentation (including Attachment A, B, photographs, historical narrative, and copies of historical information) Adopted December 2012 Submittal Checklist City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet A. APPLICATION FOR HISTORIC ZONING PROJECT INFORMATION: DEPARTMENTAL USE ONLY APPLICATION DATE:__________________ FILE NUMBER(S) _____________________________________________ TENTATIVE HLC DATE: TENTATIVE PC or ZAP DATE:_________________ TENTATIVE CC DATE:_________________ CASE MANAGER _______________________________ APPLICATION ACCEPTED BY:________________________________________ CITY INITIATED: YES / NO ROLLBACK: YES/NO BASIC PROJECT DATA: 1. OWNER’S NAME:________________________________________________________________________________ 2. PROJECT NAME:________________________________________________________________________________ 3. PROJECT STREET ADDRESS (or Range): __________________________________________________________ ZIP__________________________ COUNTY:______________________________________ IF PROJECT ADDRESS CANNOT BE DEFINED ABOVE: LOCATED ____________ FRONTAGE FEET ALONG THE N. S. E. W. (CIRCLE ONE) SIDE OF ______________________________________ (ROAD NAME PROPERTY FRONTS ONTO), WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY _______________________________________ DISTANCE FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH _________________________________________ CROSS STREET. AREA TO BE REZONED: 4. ACRES _________________ (OR) SQ.FT._______________ 5. ZONING AND LAND USE INFORMATION: EXISTING ZONING EXISTING USE __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ TRACT# (IF MORE THAN 1) ________ ________ ________ ACRES / SQ. FT. PROPOSED USE PROPOSED ZONING _______________ _______________ _______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ ____-________ ____________ ____________ RELATED CURRENT CASES: 6. ACTIVE ZONING CASE? 7. RESTRICTIVE COVENANT? (YES / NO) 8. SUBDIVISION? 9. SITE PLAN? (YES / NO) (YES / NO) (YES / NO) FILE NUMBER: ______________________________________ FILE NUMBER: ______________________________________ FILE NUMBER: ______________________________________ FILE NUMBER: ______________________________________ Adopted December 2012 6 Holly Tachovsky & Andrew TachovskyThe Whitney House, 4310 Avenue H4310 Avenue H78751Travis0.14366,255.73SF-3-HD-NCCD-NPSF Residential0.1436 acresSF ResidentialSF-3-H-HD-NCCD-NP City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet B. Tax Map Full size tax maps (1"=100') showing properties within 300' of zoning request Per email correspondence with the City of Austin, the entirety of the Historic Zoning Application Package now may be submitted electronically, including the site plan. An electronic reproduction of the site plan is included below. A large map in paper format is available upon request. 0221050805 0221050804 0221050807 0222070126 0222070124 0222070125 0222070404 0222070428 0222070429 0222070606 0222070605 0222070620 0222070621 0222070810 0222070809 0222070819 0222070820 0221050815 0221051205 6 0 2 1 5 0 1 2 2 0 RESUB LTS 1-4 7 0 2 1 5 0 1 2 2 0 0221051208 0221051209 0221051210 0221051211 0222070403 0222070402 0222070401 0222070430 0222070431 3 3 4 0 7 0 2 2 2 0 0222070432 0221051204 0221051203 0221051202 306 W C O 44T N D H ST O'S 0221051212 0221051213 0221051214 0221051217 McHONE-HAMM SUBD NO 1 0221051607 0 8 0 79.9 6 1 5 0 1 2 2 0 0221051606 0221051605 0221051609 0221051610 0221051604 0221051611 0221051603 0221051602 0221051601 0221051613 0221051614 0221051615 0221051616 8 1 6 1 5 0 1 2 2 0 100.00 0221051617 0221051508 0221051507 0221051506 0221051510 0221051509 0221051511 0221051512 0221051513 518 051 0221 HYDE PARK ADDD RESUB PARTS LTS 19 - 22 BLK 13 0 2 2 1 0 5 1 5 1 7 0220060308 0220060307 0220060306 0220060309 0220060305 0220060304 5 1 3 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 6 1 3 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 0220060311 0220060417 0220060416 0220060407 0220060408 0220060405 0220060404 0220060403 0220060402 0220060409 0220060410 0220060411 0220060412 0220060413 0220060414 0220060415 0220060401 0222070629 0222070628 0222070603 0 2 2 2 0 7 0 6 2 2 0222070623 0222070624 0222070633 0222070632 LO VE & SQ C O N D U OS AL O R AY W D E E P S W a l l e r C r e e k Y A W D E E P S 5 0 5 4 S O D N O C SP E E 0222070832 D W A Y P 0222070831 A R K 0220060810 0220060820 0220060811 0220060805 NORTH FORK II CONDO AMD 0220060821 0220060814 0220060815 0220060801 NORTH FORK CONDOS THE VIEW ON SHIPE PARK 0220060822 0220060823 2 68.9 0221080111 0221080127 0221080110 0221080128 HENRY H ULRICH SUBD 0221080602 0221080601 0221080610 0221080611 0221080612 0221080938 0221080917 0221080916 0221080921 46TH ST 0221080613 0221080109 0221080108 0221080107 0221080123 0221080124 0221080125 0221080126 0222070808 4515 SP C O EE D N D W O S A Y 0222070806 0222070805 PATRICK POPE ADDN AMD 0222070821 0222070822 0222070823 0222070824 0 2 2 2 0 7 0 8 2 5 0222070826 0222 070 827 0222070828 0222070829 E F U N E AV 0221080106 0221080105 0221080131 0221080104 0221080103 0221080118 0221080119 0221080120 0221080129 THE TREEHOUSE CONDOMINIUM 0221080121 0221080122 0221080130 45T H S T 0221080116 HYDE PARK ANNEX 0221080508 0221080117 0221080530 0221080507 0221080505 0221080521 RESUB 0221080522 0221080504 0221080531 0221080503 0221080502 0221080501 0221080523 REX BRADLEY SUBD 0221080524 0221080525 0221080526 0221080527 E H U N E AV W alle r C r e e k 0220061201 0221080512 ROSTEDT PLACE 0221080511 0221080510 0221080514 0221080515 0221080516 0221080517 0221080509 0221080518 0221080519 9 2 5 0 8 0 1 2 2 0 8 2 5 0 8 0 1 2 2 0 0221080915 0221 080 914 0221080922 0 2 2 1 0 8 0 9 2 3 0221 080 924 0 2 2 1 ST R Y 0221 0 8 0 9 4 1 K E L S 080 942 U B D 0221080946 0221080925 129.60 129.53 0221080926 0221080945 133.97 E V 4525 A H C 134.03 O N D N U E O S 6 54.7 4536 D ST C O 138.51 0221080928 138.68 U V N D A L O S 0221080943 0221080910 0221080909 0221080929 0221080930 0221080931 4 0 2 1 8 0 1 2 2 0 0221081205 0221080908 0221080907 0221080906 0221080932 0221080933 125.83 101.64 0221080947 0221080905 0221080904 0221080903 0221080902 0221080901 7 49.8 0221080936 9.80 14 124.41 0221080937 134.70 0221081219 45TH ST W aller Cre ek GRAY, T SUR 10 ABS 310 0220061601 0220060707 0220060706 0220060705 0220060708 0220060709 0220060311 0220060710 0220060208 0220060207 0220060206 0220060205 0220060204 0220060203 0220060209 0220060216 0220060217 0220060211 0220060220 0220060213 0220060202 0220060201 0220060218 PECAN PARK CONDOS 0220060702 0220060701 0220060711 0220060712 0220060713 43 R D S T 0220060606 HYDE PARK ADDN 0220060605 0220060607 0220060608 0220060615 0220060609 0220061006 0220060610 0220060611 0220061005 0220061004 0220060106 0220060105 0220060104 0220060108 0220060110 0220060602 0220060601 42N D ST 0220060508 3 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 2 0 E G U N E AV 0220061016 0220061015 0220061009 0221051308 0221051307 0221051306 0221051305 0221051304 0221051309 0221051310 0221051311 0220060107 0220060103 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 0220060111 0220060112 0220060113 0220060507 0220060515 SPEEDWAY CONDOS 0220060509 0220060505 0220060504 0220060510 0220060511 0220060907 0220060906 0220060905 0220060904 0220060512 0220060908 0220060513 0220060909 0220060503 0220060502 0220060501 0220061012 HYDE PARK AMD LTS A & B RESUB LTS 17-24 BLK 21 0220061404 0220061403 0220061402 0220061401 0220061411 0220061412 0220061001 0220061010 RESUB OF LOTS 17-24 0220061413 0220061107 0220061106 0220061105 0220061104 44TH ST 0220061118 0220061109 0220061110 0220061103 0220061117 2 0 11 6 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 11 6 0 0 2 2 0 0220061113 0220061114 0220061116 0220 06111 5 0220061508 0220061507 0220061506 0220061516 0220061509 0220061510 0220061505 0220061504 0220061512 215.11 C SP O N A NIS D O Waller Creek M H O INIU A D A M K S M S 0220080403 67.03 ALBERT R MOORE SUBD 0220080411 0220080412 0220080413 0220080414 0220080415 0 1 4 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 W a ll e r C 0220080814 0220080853 SPARKS & MOORE SUBD 0220080815 r e e k 0220080863 CREEKRIDGE CONDOS 0220080816 0220080817 0220080818 0220080819 0220080860 0220080808 0220080807 0220080833 0 2 2 0 0 8 0 8 3 2 0220080831 E V W A O R R A B 0220080866 0220080865 4 3 8 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 0220080864 0220080835 0220080401 0220080809 0220080306 0220080305 0220080304 0220080307 0220080308 0220080316 0220080303 0220080820 0220080806 0220080805 129.22 0220080868 0220080821 0220080822 T L S VA U D 209.26 EICHELBERGER RUBY SUBD 0220080826 0220080311 0220080312 6 49.9 0220080313 EICHELBERGERS RUBY SUBD AMD PLAT OF LOT 6&7 BLK 1 0220061503 0220061502 1 0 5 1 6 0 0 2 2 0 0220061513 5 1 5 1 6 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 5 1 6 0 0 2 2 0 E V OS T A D D A N O 43R H C 0220061409 0220061410 0220080205 0220080207 0220080206 0220080208 0220080210 0220080204 0220080203 0220080202 0220080201 0220080212 0220080211 Y T R E P O R N P A M S E T A ST 0220080213 0220080214 0220080857 7.05 13 0220080856 0220080855 GOCHER,S SUR 5 ABS 316 294.50 1 0 7 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 7 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 7 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 7 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 7 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 11 7 1.85 0 8 13 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 7 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 9 0 7 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 8 0 7 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 7 0 7 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 0220080824 k e e r C r e l l a W 0220080848 INSHALLAH ADDN 0220080858 0220080843 EILERS PLACE CONDO 0220080847 0220080845 0220060612 0220061002 0220061406 0220080315 0222040101 0221050403 0221050402 0221050401 APPLE TREE CONDOS AMD 0221050416 T E S P LU A D A U G 0221050314 AMD 0221050306 S M MINIU E C A L K P O R D A P N O C THE AVE A CONDOMINIUMS 4 1 8 0 5 0 1 2 2 0 0221050707 0221050706 0221050708 0221050709 0221050704 0221050716 0221050702 0221050701 0221050712 0221050713 0221050715 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 7 1 4 0221050302 0221050301 0221050310 0221050311 0221050318 0221050317 0221050316 0221050703 0221050207 0221050208 0221050209 0221050210 0221050211 FIESTA APTS NO 2 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 2 1 2 0221050608 0221050607 0221050606 0221050605 0221050609 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 6 1 0 6 1 2 0 5 0 1 2 2 0 E A U N E AV 0221050604 0221050603 0221050602 0221050611 0221050612 0221050613 0221050601 0221050614 0221050615 0221050616 0221050508 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 5 0 7 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 5 1 7 0221050509 0221050510 0221050511 0221050504 0221050512 0221050513 0221050514 0221 050 515 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 5 1 6 HYDE PARK NO 2 AMD 0221050909 0221050908 0221050907 0221050906 0221050905 0221050910 0221050911 0221050912 0221050913 0221050914 0221050904 3 0 9 0 5 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 9 0 5 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 9 0 5 0 1 2 2 0 0221050919 SHADE TREE ADDN 0221051008 0221051007 0221051006 0221051009 E B U N E AV 0221051018 0221051010 0221051011 0221051003 0221051002 0221051017 0221051016 0221051012 0221051013 0221051014 0221051015 0221051107 0221051115 0221051108 0221051109 0221051110 0221051102 0221051113 0221051114 0221051505 0221051504 0221051503 0221051501 0221051407 0221051406 0221051405 0221051408 0221051409 0221051404 0221051403 0221051410 0221051411 0221051402 0221051401 0221051412 0221051413 0221051414 0221051303 0221051302 0221051301 0221051312 0221051313 0221051314 0219050510 0219050511 6 0 9 0 5 0 9 1 2 0 7 0 9 0 5 0 9 1 2 0 0219050905 41ST ST 0219050908 0219050909 0219050910 0219050911 0219050912 0219050904 0219 050 916 0 2 1 9 0 5 0 9 1 5 0219050901 0219050913 0219050914 ROGERS, J SUR 6 ABS 660 0219051106 0219051107 0219051108 0219051105 E C U N E AV 0219051104 0219051103 0219051109 0219051110 0219051111 0219050806 0219051101 HYDE PARK ADDN NO 2 0219051112 0219051113 0219051114 0219060405 0219060404 0219060403 0219060411 0219060408 0219060407 0219060406 0219060409 0219060410 0219060402 0219060401 0219060413 0 2 1 9 0 5 0 8 1 7 8 1 8 0 5 0 9 1 2 0 RESUB OF LOTS 27-34 0219051008 0219051006 0219051005 0219050813 0219050814 0219051017 0219051004 0219051003 0219051011 0219051012 0219051013 0219060308 0219060307 0219060306 E D U N E AV 0219060305 0219051002 0 2 1 9 0 5 1 0 0 1 39TH ST 6 1 0 1 5 0 9 1 2 0 0219051014 5 1 0 1 5 0 9 1 2 0 0219050709 RESUB OF LOTS 18-24 0219050718 0220060514 4015 SPEEDWAY CONDOMINIUMS AMD 0219060712 0219060704 0219060703 0219060707 0219060708 0219060702 0219060709 0219060710 0219060711 0219061007 0219061006 0219061005 0219061008 0219061009 0219061010 0219061011 0219061004 0219061003 0219061002 0219061001 0219061012 0219061014 0220060903 0220060902 0220060901 0220060910 0220060911 0220060912 0220060913 0220061306 0220061305 0220061304 0220061307 0220061308 0220061303 0220061310 0220080107 0220080106 0220080105 0220080109 0220061302 0220061301 0220061312 0220061313 0220061314 E H U N E AV 0220080104 0220080103 0220080102 0220080113 0220080101 0220080110 4104 D ST C O U V N D A L OS A M 134.45 D 0218060305 0218060304 0218060306 0218060303 0218060307 0218060308 0218060309 0220080112 0218060606 134.99 133.76 DUVAL COURT CITY HOMES CONDOMINIUMS AMD 0218060613 0218060616 0218060614 0 1 5 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 11 5 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 41S T S T 0218061015 2 1 5 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 8 0 5 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 507 080 0220 0220080108 0220080601 2 0 6 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 6 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 9 0 6 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 8 0 6 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 7 0 6 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 6 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 0220080612 11 6 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 6 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 IDEAL PLACE 1 0 5 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 5 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 5 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 5 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 5 0 8 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 142.05 5 0 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 88.90 6 0 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 6 2 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 5 2 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 4 2 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 3 2 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 PA R K BLV D 0 2 1 9 0 8 0 3 2 2 3 0 2 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 5 0 2 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 W a ll e 0219080321 r C r e e k W a l l e r C r e e k 8 0 2 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 0219080207 151.75 PERRY ESTATE 0219080228 1.45 12 58.08 0219080227 208.83 8 8.7 5.00 24 9 0 2 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 0220080846 0219080412 22203 8 2 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 8 0 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 9 0 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 0219080310 0 2 3 0 8 0 9 1 2 0 9 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D A C T f o e s u e h t r o f y e o s d e l l l i p m o c s a w p a m x a t s h T i . t n e m u c o d l a g e l a l i l I _ e n a P e t a t S _ 3 8 9 1 _ D A N Thin = 100 scale map³ c n o C _ a m r o f n o C _ t r e b m a L : n o i t c e o r P t e e F _ 3 0 2 4 _ S P F _ a r t n e C _ s a x e T Italic = 120 scale map l j Bold = 400 scale map 0219060313 0219060302 HYDE PARK ADDITION BLOCK 35 RESUB 0219060615 40TH S T 0219061013 0218060302 ALTENHEIM ADDN City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet C. Tax Certificate The Tax Certificate for 4310 Avenue H, Austin, TX 78751 obtained from the Travis County Tax Office is provided on the following page. City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet F. 1: Historical Documentation – Deed Chronology Deed Research for 4310 Avenue H List Deeds chronologically, beginning with earliest transaction first and proceeding through present ownership. The first transaction listed should date at least back to when the original builder of any historic structures on the site first acquired the property (i.e., should pre-date the construction of any buildings/structures on the site). Please use the format delineated below. For each transaction please include: name of Grantor/Grantee, date of transaction, legal description involved, price, and volume/page number of deed records. If there is a mechanic's lien please copy the entire document. Grantor/Grantee: Date: Legal Description: Price: Deed Vol./Page: Grantor/Grantee: Date: Legal Description: Price: Deed Vol./Page: Grantor/Grantee: Date: Legal Description: Price: Deed Vol./Page: Grantor/Grantee: Date: Legal Description: Transaction Missouri Kansas Texas Land Company to FL Whitney 1910-05-06 Lots 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32 in block 17 of Hyde Park addition to Austin $1450 The Austin Daily Statesman, 1910-05-041 Mechanic’s lien between FL Whitney and AJ Speegle Release Date 1921-03-26 Lots Nos. Twenty-seven (27), Twenty-eight (28), Twenty-nine (29), Thirty (30), Thirty-one (31), and Thirty-two (32) in Block No. Seventeen (17) in Hyde Park Addition to the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas. Release of lien Vol. 328, pg. 68-69 FL Whitney and Grace Whitney to JO Prowse 1936-04-25 Lots 27 and 28 in Block 17, Hyde Park Addition No. 1 to Austin $4000 The Austin American, 1936-04-232 JO Prowse to Daphne D Jones 1972-10-26 “Lots 27 and 28, Block 17, Hyde Park Addition, an Addition in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, according to the map or plat of record in Book 1, Page 67, Travis County Plat Records.” 1 “Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Land Company to F.L. Whitney.” The Austin Daily Statesman, May 4, 1910. https://www.newspapers.com/image/366330026/?match=1&terms=%22block%2017%22%20%22whitney%22. 2 “Realty Deeds Filed.” The Austin American, April 25, 1936. https://www.newspapers.com/image/385898449/?match=1&terms=%22whitney%22%20%20%22block%2017% 22. Adopted December 2012 F-1 Price: Deed Vol./Page: Grantor/Grantee: Date: Legal Description: Price: Deed Vol./Page: Grantor/Grantee: Date: Legal Description: Price: Deed Vol./Page: Grantor/Grantee: Date: Legal Description: Price: Deed Vol./Page: Grantor/Grantee: Date: Legal Description: Price: Deed Vol./Page: Grantor/Grantee: Date: Legal Description: Price: Deed Vol./Page: Grantor/Grantee: Date: City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet $8,800 Vol. 4437, pg. 396 Daphne D. Jones to William L. Stone and Gretchen V. M. Stone 1974-10-01 “Lots Nos. Twenty-seven (27) and Twenty-Eight (28), in Block Seventeen (17), HYDE PARK ADDITION, Section I, an addition to the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas according to the map or plat of record in Vol. 1, Page 67, of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas.” $8,800 Vol. 5025, pg. 284 William L. Stone and Gretchen Van Mater Stone to Gretchen Van Mater Stone 1992-11-18 “Lots Twenty-Seven (27) and Twenty-Eight (28), Block Seventeen (17), Hyde Park Addition, an addition in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 67, Plat Records of Travis County, Texas.” Division of property Vol.11919, pg. 30 Gretchen Van Mater Stone to Sidney G. Hall III and Ronda D. Hall 1993-06-03 “Lot 27 and Lot 28, Block 17, Hyde Park Addition, a Subdivision in Travis County, Texas, according to the map or plat of record in Volume 1, Page 67, Plat Records of Travis County, Texas.” $139,200 Vol.11952, pg. 1966 Sidney G. Hall III and Ronda D. Hall to Sidney G. Hall III 2004-05-17 Lots 27 and 28, Block 17, Hyde Park Addition, as shown on the plat recorded in Volume 1, Page 67 of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas Division of Property Instrument no. 2009081851TR Sidney G. Hall III to Robert James Adams Jr. and Eliza R. Evans 2009-05-14 Lots 27 and 28, Block 17, Hyde Park Addition, as shown on the plat recorded in Volume 1, Page 67 of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas $416,000 Instrument no. 2009081851 Robert James Adams Jr. and Eliza R. Evans to Robert James Adams Jr. 2010-06-24 Adopted December 2012 F-2 Legal Description: Price: Deed Vol./Page: Grantor/Grantee: Date: Legal Description: Price: Deed Vol./Page: Grantor/Grantee: Date: Legal Description: Price: Deed Vol./Page: City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Lots 27 and 28, Block 17, Hyde Park Addition, as shown on the plat recorded in Volume 1, Page 67 of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas Owelty Deed Instrument no. 2010091023 Robert James Adams Jr. to Joshua Apte and Meghana Gadgil 2017-07-06 Lots 27 and 28, Block 17, Hyde Park Addition, as shown on the plat recorded in Volume 1, Page 67 of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas $816,000 Instrument no. 2017108674 Joshua Apte and Meghana Gadgil to John Andrew Tachovsky and Holly Ward 2020-07-30 Lots 27 and 28, Block 17, HYDE PARK ADDITION, a subdivision in Travis County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 1, Page 67, Plat Records, Travis County, Texas (together, the “Property”) $952,000 Instrument no. 2020133947 Adopted December 2012 F-3 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet F. 2: Historical Documentation – Occupancy History Occupancy Research for 4310 Avenue H Using City Directories available at the Austin History Center or other information available, please provide a chronology of all occupants of the property from its construction to the present. For commercial property, please provide residential information on business owner as well. Occupation UT Paleontology Professor Sears, Austin Air Conditioning Company, Loan Appraiser for Citizens National Bank General Land Office Occupant(s) Francis Luther Whitney and Grace Whitney, Owners D. E. Farr, renter Eug. Allen, renter Corley F. Smith, renter Robert E. Smith, renter Walter S. Lewis Sr., renter Sam H. New, renter Jack F. McCowan, renter Martin K. Grady, renter Howard A. Kirk, renter Harold Dotson, renter Erwin W. Chapman, renter Knox E. Reed, renter Carpenter Richard R. Navarro, renter Daphne D. Jones, Owner William L. Stone and Gretchen Van Mater Stone, Owners Gretchen Van Mater Stone, Owner Sidney G. Hall III & Ronda D., Owners Sidney G. Hall III, Owner Robert James Adams Jr. & Eliza R. Evans, Owners Joshua Apte & Meghana Gadgil, Owners John Andrew Tachovsky & Holly Ward, Owners Reverand Reverand Source City Directories, Newspaper City Directories City Directories City Directories, Newspapers City Directories City Directories, Newspapers City Directories City Directories City Directories City Directories City Directories City Directories City Directories, Newspapers City Directories Deed Records Deed Records Deed Records Deed Records Deed Records Deed Records Deed Records Current Owners Year(s) 1915-1931 (16 Years) 1932 1935 1937-1941 (4 Years) 1941-1944 1947-1952 (5 Years) 1953 1954-1957 (3 Years) 1959-1960 (1 Year) 1961-1962 (1 Year) 1962-1963 (1 Year) 1963-1966 (3 Years) 1967-1969 (2 Years) 1970 1972-1974 (2 Years) 1974-1992 (18 Years) 1992-1993 (1 Year) 1993-2004 (11 Years) 2004-2009 (5 Years) 2009-2017 (8 Years) 2017-2020 (3 Years) 2020- Present Adopted December 2012 F-4 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet F. 3: Historical Documentation – Biographical Data Biographical data on owners and occupants as available. Please copy all information available, including newspaper articles, family records, marriage certificates, etc. For cemeteries, a list of burial names and biographical data on associated personages required. (Contact the Austin History Center for biography files, obituary records, census data, marriage and death records, etc. Other sources include previous occupants/owners or their descendants, company/organization archives, etc.). Born: About 1879 in Pennsylvania Married: Dr. Francis L. Whitney in 1907 Children: Dr. Marion Isabelle Whitney Died: October 28, 1958 Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York Born: September 2, 1878 at Enfield Center, New York Married: Grace Pellet in 1907 Children: Dr. Marion Isabelle Whitney Died: January 25, 1962 in Shepherd, Michigan Buried: Unspecified cemetery in Michigan Dr. Francis Luther Whitney (occupant 1915-1931) Grace Whitney (occupant 1915-1931) Dr. Marion Isabelle Whitney (occupant 1915-1931) Born: April 23, 1911 in Austin, Texas Died: September 16, 1998 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan Buried: Unspecified cemetery in Michigan Joseph Oscar Prowse Sr. (owner 1936-1972) William L. Stone (occupant 1974-1992) Gretchen Van Mater Stone (occupant 1974-1993) Born: May 31, 1882 in Austin, Texas Married: Ida B. Prowse on April 12, 1906 in Hutto, Texas Children: Joe Prowse Jr., Josephine Prowse Died: January 19, 1973 in Austin, Texas Buried: Austin Memorial Park Cemetery Born: August 16, 1948 in New Jersey Married: William L. Stone on July 11, 1970 Children: Elizabeth Moreau Stone Born: January 19, 1946 in New Jersey Married: Gretchen Van Mater Stone on July 11, 1970 Children: Elizabeth Moreau Stone Adopted December 2012 F-5 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet F. 4: Historical Documentation – Significant Events Information on historically significant events which occurred at the location, if known (see 3. above for research information). No known significant historical events are associated with 4310 Avenue H. F. 5: Historical Documentation – Color Digital Prints Color digital prints showing full exterior views, including all elevations, setting, outbuildings, and details of structural and landscape features. Refer to current photographs included in Attachment B at the conclusion of the application packet. F. 6: Historical Documentation – Architect Information Information on architect, builder, contractor and any craftsmen who worked on the buildings and structures on the site when available. (See 3. above for possible sources). In a history of the house written by Dr. Marion Whitney, daughter of the first owners of the property, the design of the house is attributed to her father, Dr. Francis Luther Whitney. A mechanic’s lien from 1915 between Francis Luther Whitney and A.J. Speegle for 4310 Avenue H indicates that Speegle, a well-known Austin contractor at the time, likely built the house. Per historic newspaper articles, Speegle constructed a number of houses north of the University of Texas in the early twentieth century as the city expanded northward. In the same history of the house, Dr. Marion Whitney also recounted that the brick mason who built the porch columns and chimneys was Frank Baron. Newspaper research indicates Frank Baron was a masonry contractor in Austin in this period. F. 7: Historical Documentation – Historical Photograph Reproductions Reproductions (high quality photocopies acceptable) of historical photographs when available (Sources include Austin History Center, previous owners and occupants or their descendants, company/organization archives, etc.). Refer to Attachment A-3 for historic photographs of the house. F. 8: Historical Documentation – Site Plan A dimensioned site plan or survey showing the tract in question and the location/placement of all buildings/structures on the tract. Refer to Attachment A-4 for a dimensioned site plan of the property. Adopted December 2012 F-6 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet F. 9: Historical Documentation – Historical Narrative (see A-5 for supplemental documentation related to the significance of the property) HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY VALUE Community Planning and Development The house at 4310 Avenue H was built in the period of significance for the Hyde Park neighborhood, which is between 1891-1941 per the Hyde Park Historic District National Register nomination. Hyde Park was first platted by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Land and Town Company in 1891 and was originally marketed by developer Monroe Martin Shipe as an aristocratic neighborhood for affluent white Austinites.3 It was in this period that the Queen Anne residences were constructed. By around1900 Shipe responded to the rise of the middle class due to industrialization by pivoting the marketing strategy of Hyde Park from an affluent neighborhood to an early American suburb for middle and working classes. As a result, the housing types built in Hyde Park shifted away from the large Queen Anne styles towards smaller, bungalow-type houses. The bungalow form is the most common house form in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Early bungalows were built in the 1910s, though the period from the 1920s through 1935 saw a construction boom in which most of the bungalows of Hyde Park were built. The earlier bungalows tended to be more ornamental with more distinctive detailing than the later ones built in Hyde Park. It was during this period that 4310 Avenue H was constructed for Dr. Francis Luther Whitney in 1915. The house was the first one built on the west side of the 4300 block of Avenue H. The two lots to the north remained vacant through the 1930s and housed an orchard. The house directly south was constructed around a year after the Whitney house. The house was owner-occupied until 1931. Between 1931 and 1936, a real estate company managed the house, renting it to at least two separate occupants before purchasing the property from the owner. The company continued to rent the property to over 11 occupants, mostly single white men, over the period. This house becoming a rental property fits into a larger trend in Hyde Park during the 1930s, a period in which city directories reveal that an increased percentage of neighborhood occupants were renters in comparison to previous years. This trend of rentals in Hyde Park was likely influenced by the economic depression that also resulted in the end of the electric streetcar service that had run through the neighborhood.4 Building History and Occupant Significance Brief biographic sketches are included for occupants dating to the historic period (1915-1974) who lived in the residence for at least five years. A brief sketch is also included for the longest owner of the property. A longer, more robust biography, including significance, is included for Dr. Francis Luther Whitney, for whom the house earns significance. Dr. Francis Luther Whitney and Grace Pellet Whitney (Owners, 1910-1931) The first owners of the house at 4310 Avenue H, Dr. Francis Luther Whitney and Grace Pellet Whitney, purchased the property from the Missouri Kansas Texas Land Company in 1910. The house 3 Hyde Park National Register nomination file, https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/NR/pdfs/90001191/90001191.pdf ; https://www.austinhydepark.org/hydeparktimeline , “History.” HPNA, n.d. https://www.austinhydepark.org/history. 4 Hyde Park National Register nomination file, https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/NR/pdfs/90001191/90001191.pdf Adopted December 2012 F-7 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet was constructed in 1915 for $1,788.5 Dr. Marion Whitney, daughter, attributed her father with designing and drafting the plan for the house.6 According to a mechanic’s lien cross referenced with newspaper research, the contractor was likely A. J. Speegle, a popular Austin contractor at the time.7 In a 1994 letter composed by Dr. Marion Isabelle Whitney, daughter of Dr. Whitney and Grace Whitney, to the then owner of 4310 Avenue H, Sid Hall, Dr. Marion Whitney recalls another contractor by the name of Frank Baron as the house’s brick mason. According to newspaper research, Frank Baron was a masonry contractor at this time.8 By 1921, per the Sanborn map, the Whitneys had a small garage to the rear of the house at the property’s southwest corner. The Whitneys also had a chicken house and garden in the back yard. The Whitneys lived in the house until 1931 when Dr. Whitney’s “acquisitiveness” necessitated a move to a larger house at 2715 Wooldridge Drive (the house lacks integrity, and a demolition permit for it was issued in April 2024).9 Joe Prowse & Son, a rental management company, rented the house for the Whitneys before purchasing it in 1936.10 Dr. Francis Luther Whitney was an accomplished machinist, geologist, and paleontologist, as well as a longtime professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Born in Enfield, New York, in 1878, Dr. Whitney showed an interest in paleontology early on by collecting fossils around the age of 12. When his family experienced financial hardship, Dr. Whitney spent six years as a machinist, becoming foreman of his father’s factory at the age of 21. It was here that Whitney honed his skills as a builder and inventor. Dr. Whitney earned his B. A., M. A, and PhD degrees (1901) from Cornell University. He began his teaching career at Cornell as a professor of paleontology while pursuing his degree. He married Grace Pellet in Elmira, New York, in June of 190711 and went to work for the Gurly Instrument Company, constructing survey instruments. Dr. Whitney’s early teaching career included time at Buchtel College in Akron, Ohio, in 1907, and Hastings College in Nebraska in 1908. Dr. Whitney declined a faculty position at the University of Michigan to join the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin in 1908 as a Professor of Paleontology.12 Dr. Whitney served as a professor of paleontology at the University of Texas for 40 years until his retirement in 1952. At the university, Dr. Whitney taught one of the first micropaleontology courses in the world and served as chairman of the geology department from 1921 to 1929.13 During his tenure, Dr. Whitney and his students compiled a file on the geology of Central Texas which was then published on geological maps by the Bureau of Economic Geology, a unit within the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin that also serves as the state geological survey.14 As his paleontological research provided information about types of past depositional environments, the work of Dr. Whitney and his students largely contributed to the expansion of the oil industry in 5 “Building Permits,” Austin American-Statesman, April 4, 1915, 7. 6 Dr. Marion Whitney, “The Home of Francis Luther Whitney,” Provided by Holly Tachovsky. 7 “A.J. Speegle, Survived by Nine Children, Widow.” Austin American-Statesman, January 1, 1927. https://www.newspapers.com/image/359215616/?match=1&terms=a%20j%20speegle 8 “Ad for Frank Baron.” The Austin Statesman, July 1, 1923. https://www.newspapers.com/image/357588640/?match=1&terms=frank%20baron. 9 Marion Whitney, “The Home of Francis Luther Whitney.” Provided by Holly Tachovsky. 10 “Houses for Rent - Unfurnished .” The Austin American, January 29, 1931. https://www.newspapers.com/image/385951542/?match=1&terms=%224310%20ave%20h%22. 11 “Marriage Announcement for Pellet-Whitney.” Elmira Evening Star-Gazette, July 2, 1907. https://www.newspapers.com/image/275866064/. 12 Austin American Statesman, September 26, 1909, 5. 13 “Francis L. Whitney (1878-1962).” Jackson School of Geosciences, n.d. https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/npl/history/geologists/francis-l-whitney-1878-1962/. 14 Email Interview with Dr. Linda Boucher, Director & Curator of the Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory of the Jackson School Museum of Earth History at the University of Texas at Austin, July 10, 2024 Adopted December 2012 F-8 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet West Texas.15 In a 1954 article entitled “Fathered Paleontology” in The Daily Texan, the official newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin, reporter Helen Betty described Dr. Whitney as a “pioneer” of new mathematical models for geological structures, “especially oil-bearing structures,” that helped locate and determine the quality of oil and gas deposits.16 Dr. Francis Whitney was also “instrumental” in the fundraising and the university’s acquisition of the Engerrand-Chantegrain European Tertiary mollusk collection.17 This collection is described as “the finest Tertiary collection from type localities in western Europe outside of the National Museum,”18 representing specimens from classic sites from the French and Belgian Eocene and Paleocene periods, first curated by George Engerrand, the first head of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. Originally purchased by Engerrand from S. Chantegrain while in France, the Engerrand- Chantegrain collection was sold by Engerrand and dispersed in 1927 to Texas A&M University and other organizations to allegedly finance support for the Mexican Revolution. According to the Jackson School Museum of Earth History page on Dr. Francis Whitney, he is recognized as seeing the value of this collection and was responsible for recovering these specimens for the university.19 Dr. Whitney, an expert on Texas crustaceans, is also credited with the collection of many significant fossil specimens in the Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory (NPL) collections at the University of Texas at Austin . According to Dr. Lisa D. Boucher, the Director and Curator of the Jackson School Museum of Earth History, there are about 1,800 catalogued records that reference Dr. Francis Whitney as the collector.20 For his contributions to the field and the department, at least two endowments offered by the Geology Foundations of the Jackson School of Geosciences to UT Austin geology students have been established in his name.21 Dr. Whitney was additionally a machinist and had a shop at the rear of the property at 4310 Avenue H. Here, he built some of the tools he used as a geologist, as well as cameras and photography equipment. Needing to photograph his specimens and fossils, Dr. Whitney built his own cameras. His shop at 4310 Avenue H also featured a dark room, where Dr. Whitney developed the photographs required for his geological research. As a machinist, Dr. Whitney also led an automotive Camp Mabry machine shop during World War I and served as an advisor to other training shops associated with military training camps across Texas.22 15 “Francis L. Whitney (1878-1962).” Jackson School of Geosciences, n.d. https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/npl/history/geologists/francis-l-whitney-1878-1962/; Email Interview with Dr. Linda Boucher, Director & Curator of the Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory of the Jackson School Museum of Earth History at the University of Texas at Austin, July 10, 2024 16 “Retired UT Geology Prof Dies.” The Austin Statesman, January 26, 1962. https://www.newspapers.com/image/357789502/?terms=francis%20l%20whitney&match=1. 17 17 “Francis L. Whitney (1878-1962).” Jackson School of Geosciences, n.d. https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/npl/history/geologists/francis-l-whitney-1878-1962/. ; “Individual.” Jackson School of Geosciences, n.d. https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/npl/history/collections/individual/. 18 “Individual.” Jackson School of Geosciences, n.d. https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/npl/history/collections/individual/. 19 “Francis L. Whitney (1878-1962).” Jackson School of Geosciences, n.d. https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/npl/history/geologists/francis-l-whitney-1878-1962/. 20 Email Interview with Dr. Linda Boucher, Director & Curator of the Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory of the Jackson School Museum of Earth History at the University of Texas at Austin, April 30, 2024 21 “Endowments List.” Alumni Giving Endowments List Comments, n.d. https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/alumni/support/endowments-list/. 22 “Francis Luther Whitney (1878-1962).” Francis Luther Whitney (1878-1962) | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences | Jackson School of Geosciences | The University of Texas at Austin, n.d. https://eps.jsg.utexas.edu/about/faculty-through-time-in-memoriam/francis-luther-whitney-1878-1962/. Adopted December 2012 F-9 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Grace Pellet Whitney (b.1879- d. 1958) was born in Pennsylvania. Ms. Whitney frequently hosted meetings for groups, including the Hyde Park Reading Club and the Circles of the University Presbyterian Church, while living in the house at 4310 Avenue H between 1915 to 1931.23 Dr. Marion Isabelle Whitney, daughter of the Whitneys, was born in 1911 and grew up in the house at 4310 Avenue H. At the house she grew a collection of cacti, “attractively arranged” in a front bed.24 Between 1933 to 1936, she taught at the Pease and Fulmore schools in Austin. In 1937, she became the first woman to earn a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin Geology Department, eventually becoming an accomplished geologist, writer, and college professor. The colleges in which she taught include Kilgore College, Texas Christian University, the Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburgh, Kansas, and the Sul Ross College in Alpine, Texas. Dr. Marion Whitney additionally established the Geology Department in Russellville, Arkansas. Dr. Marion Whitney was also an award-winning photographer, influenced by her father, who built cameras and had his own dark room at their house on Avenue H. In addition to her accomplishments as a geologist, professor, photographer, and nonfiction author, Dr. Marion Whitney was a children’s book author, publishing Stubby’s Tail of Woe in 1953 featuring her own photography alongside her writing. Joseph Oscar Prowse (Owner, 1936-1972) Joe Prowse (b.1882- d.1973) purchased the house at 4310 Avenue H from Dr. Francis Whitney and Grace Pellet Whitney in 1936 for $4,000.25 Prior to purchasing the property, his rental management company, Joe Prowse & Son, listed the house at 4310 Avenue H for rent for the Whitney family. Owning the house for 36 years, Prowse rented the property for his real estate company until selling it in 1972. Prowse also owned other rental properties in this period in Austin, including properties on Avenue H, Duval, East 43rd, Baylor, and Marathon.26 Walter S. Lewis Sr. (Occupant, 1947-1952) Walter S. Lewis Sr. (b. 1886- d. 1967) and his wife Ruth Ada Lewis rented the house at 4310 Avenue H from J.O. Prowse between 1947 and 1952. Walter S. Lewis Sr. worked for the General Land Office. William Lawrence Stone and Gretchen Van Mater Stone (Occupants, 1974-1993) William L. Stone (b. 1946) and his wife Gretchen Van Mater Stone (b.1948) purchased the house at 4310 Avenue H from Daphne D. Jones in 1974 for $8,678.98. Prior to purchasing the house, William and Gretchen Stone lived in Fayetteville, North Carolina, while he was stationed with the Army at Ft. Bragg. They remained in the house until their divorce in 1992, when the deed transferred solely to Gretchen Van Mater Stone in the division of property. Gretchen Van Mater Stone then sold the house in 1993 to Sidney G. Hall III and Ronda D. Hall. During their ownership, in 1976, the Stones added the rear, two-story addition. They also removed the historic-age garage and built the current two-story garage apartment in the same location. Community Value The bungalow at 4310 Avenue H is uniquely located in one of the city’s most historic residential neighborhoods. As the first streetcar suburb in the city, Hyde Park was platted in 1891 and largely filled in between the late nineteenth century and the 1930s. Built in 1915, the Whitney house was the 23 “Hyde Park Reading Club.” Austin American, December 17, 1916. https://www.newspapers.com/image/385042289/?match=1&terms=%224310%20avenue%20h%22. 24 The Austin American, July 28, 1929, 19. 25 “Realty Deeds Filed.” The Austin American, April 25, 1936. https://www.newspapers.com/image/385898449/?match=1&terms=%22whitney%22%20%20%22block%2017% 22. 26 Based on multiple newspaper articles from the period. Adopted December 2012 F-10 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet first on the west side of the 4300 block of Avenue H and represents the northern expansion of the neighborhood in the early twentieth century.27 Designed by Dr. Whitney himself, not only does the house contribute to the character and image of Hyde Park, its occupants serve as a reflection of the cultural identity of the neighborhood and city in the early twentieth century. Dr. Whitney was influential in the growth of the city’s scientific community during a period of growing importance. Turning down a position at the University of Michigan to teach at the University of Texas, Dr. Whitney was part of a trend in this period that saw increasing numbers of intellectuals and leaders of various fields take positions at the University of Texas. Whitney’s work and research, along with leaders in the fields of history, biology, and folklore contributed to the university’s growing reputation in the early-to-mid twentieth century that led to the Association of American Universities designating it a first-class research university in 1929.28 The ensuing growth of the university, which was also tied to the growing oil and gas industry which Whitney contributed to, was linked to Austin’s population and economic growth in subsequent decades. Among Dr. Whitney’s many accomplishments and contributions include serving on a building committee to ensure laboratories were state of the art, working with the City of Austin to find a permanent water supply for north Austin, various fossil discoveries in west Texas, lecturing for the University Club, conducting summer geology camps, and supervising more than 50 master’s students in the geology department The house also derives community value from Grace Whitney and her work with the Hyde Park Reading Club, a significant women’s club that was both influential in creating community and furthering both women’s and civic advancements. The Hyde Park Reading Club organized in 1908 during a period that saw the proliferation of women’s clubs across the country. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, women in Austin organized to form clubs around topics important to them, such as fine arts and public beautification. Over time, a number of these organizations evolved to address conditions of the growing city, including lack of adequate education, shelter, or healthcare. These clubs created both a social network and infrastructure that some used for work for political aims, including women’s suffrage. As part of this Progressive Era movement, the Hyde Park Reading Club organized. The club was limited to women in Hyde Park and met twice a month at the home of its members, including Grace Whitney. The group read books, had guest speakers, and discussed topics with a goal of self-development, critical thought, and civil discourse. Among the various topics and subjects studied and discussed during Whitney’s membership, from 1916 to 1931, included civics, modern literature, Spain, and Mexico.29 The group also had various causes and charity projects, including good roads, increasing teacher salaries, providing gifts to children in need during the holiday season, minimum wage for women, and child labor laws.30 During World War I, the group also devoted some meetings, including several hosted at the Whitney house, to sewing clothes and bandages for soldiers.31 From 1917 to 1919 members also campaigned for women’s suffrage, using the group’s communication network and skills developed through the club.32 While a number of women’s clubs disbanded after women earned the right to vote in 1920, the Hyde Park Reading Club remained active into the twenty-first century. Grace Whitney was a member of the club during this significant period of women’s clubs, including the fight for suffrage. In addition to hosting meetings at 4310 Avenue H throughout her membership, Whitney also served as secretary, treasurer, parliamentarian, and on various committees.33 The early members, including Whitney who were “brave enough to get out there 27 Dr. Marion Whitney, “The Home of Francis Luther Whitney,” Provided by Holly Tachovsy. 28 “History,” The University of Texas at Austin, accessed October 4, 2024, https://www.utexas.edu/about/history. 29 Austin American Statesman, September 12, 1926, 15. 30 Austin American Statesman, November 8, 2008, 21.; Also based on multiple newspaper articles on the Hyde Park Reading Club from 1915 to 1931. 31 Austin American Statesman, April 14, 1918, 11. 32 Austin American Statesman, November 8, 2008, 21. 33 Based on multiple newspaper articles from 1916 to 1931. Adopted December 2012 F-11 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet and change things,” were a significant part of the cultural identity of not only Hyde Park, but of all of Austin during this period.34 Considered “a town within a town,” the Hyde Park Reading Clug and its members also fostered a rich community for women in Hyde Park during this period.35 Architecture The house at 4310 Avenue H is a one-story Craftsman bungalow built in 1915. The house not only exemplifies early twentieth century American movements in architecture with its bungalow form and Craftsman style, it is significant in that it represents the ingenuity of its designer, Dr. Whitney. As such, the house has features unique to it, including its front fenestration pattern. Employing an architect for the family’s second house in Austin (at 2715 Wooldridge Drive - the house lacks integrity, and a demolition permit for it was issued in April 2024), the house at 4310 Avenue H is the only known house designed by Dr. Whitney in Austin. The house also serves as an example of the work of Austin contractor A. J. Speegle and mason Frank Baron who both contributed to the residential development of the city. Craftsman bungalows are usually one- to one-and-a-half- stories tall with a low-pitched gabled-roof. Other character-defining features, as defined by architectural historian Virginia McAlester, include wood siding with a strong horizontal emphasis and front porches, either full-width or partial width. Porches typically feature square columns, often made of brick and topped with tapered wood columns. Roofs typically have overhanging eaves and exposed rafters. Craftsman detailing may also include decorative beams or brackets at the gables. Craftsman bungalows were built with sashed, double-hung wood windows and may feature decorative wood screens. In Hyde Park, the majority of Craftsman bungalows were built in the 1920s, but those built in the 1910s typically featured more ornamental and distinctive detailing, according to the Hyde Park Historic District National Register nomination. The 4310 Avenue H house is not only significant as an excellent example of a Craftsman bungalow, but also significant in the fact that it was designed by Dr. Francis Whitney. Reflective of Dr. Whitney, who was not an architect, and his ingenuity, the house design reflects both popular architectural trends of the period while incorporating design elements personal to him. The one-story house is clad in original wood siding and topped with a metal-clad, front-gabled roof with wide eaves, decorative brackets, and exposed roof rafters characteristic of the Craftsman style. The house’s wood-shingle-clad foundation skirting, visible on the sides of the house, appears to be original. Other Craftsman character-defining features of the house include its full-width front porch with original wood flooring and original brick and tapered wood columns. The house’s symmetrical front fenestration features a set of windows on either side of the centered door comprised of a broad center window with narrow windows on either side. Twelve-over-twelve light transoms top each set of windows. A smaller ten-over-ten light window is located in the gable end of the roof. The single-door opening features similar 18-light symmetrical sidelites on both sides. The fenestration patterns and wood-framed windows are original. The front door was replaced but is compatible. The front façade fenestration design was, according to Dr. Marion Whitney, “very original with him [Dr. Francis Whitney]. I remember that he said he had never seen the window design for the front door. It was his own. It was perhaps 25 years after the house was built before any of us ever saw that design repeated. It ultimately became fairly common.”36 34 Austin American Statesman, November 8, 2008, 21. 35 Austin American Statesman, November 8, 2008, 21. 36 Dr. Marion Whitney, “The Home of Francis Luther Whitney,” Provided by Holly Tachovsky. Adopted December 2012 F-12 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet The sides of the house have original double-hung and fixed, wood windows. The rear addition of the house is clad in wood siding and features non-historic-age metal windows and doors. A covered wood deck connects the rear of the house and the detached garage apartment to the rear. Overall, the house retains excellent integrity. The largest alteration to the house is the 1976 two-story rear addition. Due to its placement more than 15 feet from the front wall, the addition is minimally visible from the street and complies with Citywide design standards and integrity thresholds for landmarks. At some point, the historic rear sleeping porch was enclosed. This alteration caused minimal changes to the fenestration to the rear of the side facades—such as the replacement of the western-most double hung window on the north façade by a wood-sided slider window—that are not visible from the street. The rear of the building that was once the sleeping porch now has non-historic sliding glass doors and a long casement picture window but is not visible from the street. Based on historic photographs, it is believed that the house historically had a metal roof, and the current metal-clad roof is compatible. The original garage was also demolished and replaced with the current two-story garage apartment. Built between 1976 and 1984, the garage apartment is not attached to the house, but it is connected via a covered deck. Clad in wood-siding and compatible in scale to historic-age garage apartments in Hyde Park, this alteration only minimally detracts from the property’s integrity. Even with the rear addition and new garage apartment, the house retains its integrity of design, form, materials, and craftsmanship. Other changes to the house are minimal and compatible and include the replacement of the front door. Adopted December 2012 F-13 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Attachment A Historical Documentation to Supplement Section F Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 1 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Attachment A-1: Supplement for Section F.1 – Deed Chronology Figure A1-1. 1921 release of mechanic’s lien, vol. 328, page 68. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 2 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Attachment A-2: Supplement for Section F.3 – Biographical Data Key biographical documents for significant occupants are compiled below. Figure A2-1. “Francis Luther Whitney in his lab at the University of Texas, about 1909 or 1910. Austin, Texas” Caption written by Marion Whitney. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 3 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A2-2. “Francis Luther Whitney, about 1908. Probably in Akron, Ohio. Photo by Grace Whitney.” Caption written by Marion Whitney. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 4 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A2-3. “A 10’ camera, made by Francis Whitney at the University of Texas for photographing microfossils. Photo by Francis Whitney.” Caption written by Marion Whitney. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 5 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A2-4. “Francis Whitney and Marion Whitney, about 1918. At 4310 Avenue H, Austin, Tx. Photo by Grace Whitney.” Caption written by Marion Whitney. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 6 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A2-5. 1994 Letter by Marion Whitney to then owner of 4310 Avenue H, Sidney G Hall III. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 7 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 8 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 9 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 10 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 11 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 12 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A2-6. Typed Information on 4310 Avenue H by Marion Whitney, likely accompanied by letter to Sidney G. Hall III in 1994. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 13 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 14 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 15 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 16 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A2-7. 1954 Article “Fathered Paleontology” by Helen Betty for the University of Texas at Austin official newspaper, the Daily Texan. Source: Austin History Center. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 17 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A2-8. Article “Centexas Geological Study Aid Assured.” Source: Austin History Center. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 18 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A2-9. 1962 Austin-Statesman and Daily Texan Obituaries for Dr. Francis L. Whitney and Grace Whitney. Source: Austin History Center. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 19 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A2-10. 1962 Austin-Statesman Article “Retired UT Geology Prof Dies” on Dr. Francis Luther Whitney. Source: Austin History Center. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 20 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Attachment A-3: Supplement for Section F.7 – Historical Photo Reproductions Historic photos of 4310 Avenue H located to date are reproduced below. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 21 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A3-1. “F.L. Whitney house, built 1915, front facade. Photo by Francis Whitney, about 1916. 4310 Avenue H, Austin, Texas.” Caption written by Marion Whitney. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 22 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A3-2. “F.L. Whitney house, built 1915, north side. Photo by Francis Whitney, about 1916. 4310 Avenue H, Austin, Texas.” Caption written by Marion Whitney. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Onwer/Client. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 23 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A3-3: “F.L. Whitney house, built 1915, south side. Marion Whitney, about 5 years old. The large, leafed plant is caster bean. Photo made about 1916 by F.L. Whitney. 4310 Avenue H, Austin, Texas.” Caption written by Marion Whitney. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Onwer/Client. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 24 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A3-4: “The F.L. Whitney house, about 1920, showing window detail and Marion Whitney. Photo by Francis Whitney. 4310 Avenue H, Austin, Texas.” Caption written by Marion Whitney. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 25 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet 1 2 Attachment A-4: Supplement for Section F.8 – Site Plan Figure A4-1. Dimensioned site plan, dated January 6, 2015, 4310 Avenue H. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client 3 Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 26 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Attachment A-5: Supplement for Section F.9 – Historical Documentation Figure A5-1. Original plat for Hyde Park Addition, 1891. Source: Travis County Clerk. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 27 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A5-2. City of Austin work permit record for 4310 Avenue H, 1976. Source: Austin History Center. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 28 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A5-3. City of Austin work permit record for 4310 Avenue H, 1976. Source: Austin History Center. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 29 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A5-4. Original floor plan of 4310 Avenue H. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client. Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 30 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Figure A5-5. Current floor plan of 4310 Avenue H. Source: Holly Tachovsky, Property Owner/Client Adopted December 2012 Attachment A | Page 31 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Attachment B Color Photographs Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 1 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet 4310 Avenue H Austin, TX 78751 April and July 2024* *Photos reflect the current condition and appearance of the residence Photo 1. Primary façade, from across the street, camera facing west, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, July 2024 Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 2 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 2. Primary façade, from the end of the front walkway camera facing west, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, April 2024 Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 3 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 3. Detail of south end of primary façade, camera facing southwest, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 4 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 4. Detail of north end of primary façade, camera facing northwest, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 5 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 5. Oblique view of the north side façade, camera facing southeast, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 6 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 6. Oblique view of the rear façade, camera facing southeast, 4310 Avenue H, Photo by HHM, April 2024 Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 7 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 7. Rear façade, camera facing east, 4310 Avenue H, Photo by HHM, April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 8 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 8. North façade of rear addition, camera facing south, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 9 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 9. North façade of main building in context with rear addition, camera facing south, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 10 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 10. South façade view of outdoor hallway between main building and rear addition, camera facing north, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 11 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 11. Oblique view of south façade, main building in context with rear addition, camera facing northwest, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 12 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 12. Oblique view of south façade, main building, camera facing northeast, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 13 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 13. Oblique view of south façade, main building, camera facing northwest, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 14 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 14. Oblique view of south façade in context with primary façade, camera facing northwest, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 15 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 15. Oblique view of setback rear addition from across the street, camera facing northwest, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, July 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 16 City of Austin - Historic Preservation Office Historic Zoning Application Packet Photo 16. Oblique view of rear Garage, camera facing northeast, 4310 Avenue H. Photo by HHM, April 2024. Adopted December 2012 Attachment B | Page 17