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22 – 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS DECEMBER 4, 2024 PR-2024-150598; GF-2024-151270 4704 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, BUILDING 13 Relocate a ca. 1924 house outside the city limits. PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH The house is a Craftsman bungalow with a prominent gable roof with wide eaves sheltering a front porch with square columns and decorative brackets. It has horizontal wood siding and 1:1 wood windows, as well as non-original aluminum casement windows at secondary elevations. The house at 4704 South Congress Avenue, known historically as 4704 Post Road, was constructed sometime before 1940 outside Austin’s city limits, according to aerial photographs. Its Craftsman style suggests that it was built in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Though its earliest occupants are not known, the Blackwell family was living in the home as early as 1946; the Blackwells moved to Austin from Taylor around 1924. Charlton Blackwell worked as a brickman for the S & P Lines. By the 1970s, the property belonged to Charlie Goodnight, who developed the adjacent motor court and café. PROPERTY EVALUATION Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain high integrity. 3) Properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated the property and determined that it does not meet two criteria for landmark designation: a. Architecture. The building is a good example of a Craftsman bungalow. b. Historical association. The property does not appear to have significant historical associations. c. Archaeology. The property was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. d. Community value. The property does not possess a unique location, physical characteristic, or significant feature that contributes to the character, image, or cultural identity of the city, the neighborhood, or a particular demographic group. e. Landscape feature. The property is not a significant natural or designed landscape with artistic, aesthetic, cultural, or historical value to the city. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Encourage rehabilitation and adaptive reuse, but release the relocation permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. LOCATION MAP 22 – 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos 22 – 3 22 – 4 Source: Applicant, 2024 Occupancy History City Directory Research, September 2022 Charlton Blackwell, owner 1959 1955 1952 Charlton Blackwell, owner - Brickman, S.P. Lines Address not listed; outside city limits 4704 Post Road listed as alternate address 22 – 5 The Austin Statesman (1921-1973); Austin, Tex.. 25 Jan 1932: 7. 22 – 6 Permits 1940, 1958, and 1965 aerial photographs Water service permit, 1951 Building permit, 1976