HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS APRIL 3, 2024 HR-2024-028800 WILLOW-SPENCE NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 1008 SPENCE STREET 13 – 1 PROPOSAL Construct an ADU. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS DESIGN STANDARDS The proposed ADU is two stories in height, with a cross-gabled metal roof. It is clad in fiber cement siding. Fenestration includes aluminum 1:1 and fixed windows of horizontal and vertical orientation. The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Residential new construction 1. Location The proposed new building is located at the rear of the lot, behind the historic building. 2. Orientation The proposed ADU is appropriately oriented with the parking area toward the alley. 3. Scale, massing, and height The proposed ADU is mostly appropriate in scale, massing, and height. 4. Proportions The building’s proportions are mostly appropriate, except for the front horizontal window. 5. Design and style The proposed building’s design and style is compatible. 6. Roofs The proposed roofline is mostly compatible. 7. Exterior walls Proposed wall materials are compatible. 8. Windows and doors See 4. 11. Attached garages and carports The proposed garage and carport are both appropriately oriented toward the alley. Summary The project mostly meets the applicable standards. COMMITTEE FEEDBACK Consider alternate proportions for the horizontal window. Consider further utilization of fenestration and roofline cues from main building in design. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Comment on plans. LOCATION MAP 13 – 2
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14 – 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS APRIL 3, 2024 HR-2024-030218 OLD WEST AUSTIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 1510 WOOLDRIDGE DRIVE PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Construct an addition to and remove a faux chimney from a ca. 1929 house. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Remove single-story wing and dormer at rear. 2) Add a new single-story wing and two-story wing at rear. The proposed additions are constructed of masonry and feature divided-light windows throughout. 3) Add a new screened-in porch at east elevation. 4) Remove faux chimney at west elevation. 5) Construct new exterior access stair to existing non-contributing garage apartment. Two-story Colonial Revival house clad in brick, with 1:1 windows and a side-gabled roof clad in standing-seam metal. The house at 1510 Wooldridge Drive was built around 1929 for Eldred McKinnon and his wife, Ruby. McKinnon, president of the Republic Bank and Zenith Life Insurance, did not stay in the house for long. By 1939, long-term occupants Charles Aubrey and Mary Smith had purchased the property. C. Aubrey Smith was an accounting professor at the University of Texas for 48 years, holding the title of longest teaching career in the college of Business Administration at his retirement in 1972. Smith was also vice-president of the Texas State Bank. In 1973, he donated his personal library to the University of Texas Permian Basin campus in Odessa. DESIGN STANDARDS The City of Austin’s Historic Design Standards (March 2021) are based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and are used to evaluate projects in National Register districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: Repair and alterations 7. Chimneys The proposed project alters only a non-functional and unstable chimney, damaged during previous renovations. Residential additions 1. Location Proposed additions are constructed to the rear and rear-side of the building. 2. Scale, massing, and height The proposed additions appear mostly appropriate in scale, massing, and height. 3. Design and style Design and style of the proposed additions appear compatible. 4. Roofs The proposed roof forms appear compatible. 5. Exterior walls Proposed exterior wall materials are compatible. 6. Windows, screens, and doors Proposed fenestration is compatible. 14 – 2 Summary The project meets the applicable standards. PROPERTY EVALUATION The property contributes to the Old West Austin National Register district. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain moderate …
SHEET IS FORMATTED TO 24" X 36". SCALES ARE ONE HALF OF NOTED WHEN PRINTED TO 12" X 18". EXST STONE PATIO: 142.71 SQ. FT. 0 0 6 AC T177 T176 T175 // // // // 1 0 6 // T338 // // // 5'-0" SIDE-YARD SETBACK BLDG 2 (N.I.C.) TWO-STORY WOOD FRAMED GARAGE F.F.E. = 600.3 O I T A P E N O T S T S X E EXST STELL EDGE T170 T169 T168 T299 // 0 0 6 T177 T176 T175 7. LANDSCAPING BY OTHERS (N.I.C.) BLDG 2 (N.I.C.) TWO-STORY WOOD FRAMED GARAGE F.F.E. = 600.3 T170 T169 T168 8 9 5 K C A B T E S R A E R " 0 0'- 1 E U P " 0 5'- // T288 M M 5 9 9 M M M EXST MTL FENCE T299 EXST DRIVEWAY & CURBCUT T254 d r a v e l u o B s i r r a H 597 6 9 5 EXST STUCCO FENCE T204 T205 T206 NEW PATIO NEW POOL & SPA T199 T198 T197 T196 T195 T194 NEW CVRD PORCH NEW PATIO T193 T192 NEW SCREENED PORCH 15'-0" SIDE STREET SETBACK T327 / / / / H S A R T BLDG 1 TWO-STORY WOOD FRAMED RESIDENCE F.F.E. = 601.7 T069 EXST GATE EXST CVRD PORCH EXST STONE PAVERS IN GRAVEL W/ STEEL EDGE T070 T353 EXST GATE T097 " ' 0 - 5 2 K C A B T E S D R A Y T N O R F T091 & T092 T096 EXST STEEL EDGE 1510 WOOLDRIDGE DR 8 9 5 d r a v e l u o B s i r r a H 597 6 9 5 T288 M 5 9 9 M M M T204 T205 T206 / / / / T327 T254 DEMO TRELLIS T199 T198 T197 T196 T195 T194 DEMO PATIO LEGEND DEMO PREVIOUS ADDITION BLDG 1 TWO-STORY WOOD FRAMED RESIDENCE F.F.E. = 601.7 T070 T096 T193 T192 T353 T097 T091 & T092 T340 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 2 0 6 3 0 6 / / / / 4 0 6 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / T150 EXST AUTO GATE M M 1508 WOOLDRIDGE DR 4 0 6 I Y A W E V R D …
< 1510 Wooldridge Drive Old West Austin National Historic District 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE BLDG 1 2-story house 1929, 2012 Contributing structure BLDG 2 Not in scope Existing Site Plan 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Harris Blvd View (West Elev) Wooldridge Dr View (South Elev) 1510 Wooldridge Drive - Present 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Existing House 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Single-story addition, 2012 Large Dormer addition, 2012 Unstable faux chimney Proposed Demolition 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Large Dormer addition, 2012 Unstable faux chimney = Demo = Maintain Facade Demo Site Plan Single-story addition, 2012 North Elevation, Rear 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Existing Proposed North Elevation, Rear 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Existing Proposed West Elevation, Harris Boulevard 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Existing Proposed South Elevation, Wooldridge Drive 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Existing Proposed South Elevation, Wooldridge Drive 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Proposed Site Plan 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Thank you! 02/21/2024 for ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS APRIL 3, 2024 PR-2024-018182; GF-2024-030562 OLD WEST AUSTIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 2307 WINDSOR ROAD #2 15 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1950 house and outbuilding. ARCHITECTURE 2307 Windsor Road #2 is a two-story Mid-century Modern house with a flat roof, rustic stone and board-and-batten cladding, expansive fixed windows, a substantial stone chimney, and an inset carport at the one-story portion of the house. The building is set back between Windsor and East Windsor Roads, accessible only by a steeply sloped drive behind two street-frontage houses and invisible from both Windsor and East Windsor. Its stepped-down form nestles into the hillside with a two-story bank of windows facing downtown. RESEARCH The house at 2307 Windsor Road #2, originally addressed as 2300 East Windsor Road, was constructed in 1950 for Judge Trueman O’Quinn and his family. O’Quinn, an attorney, graduated from the University of Texas after reporting and editing for the Beaumont Enterprise, the Austin American, and the Daily Texan.1 While still a student, he was elected to the 42nd Texas Legislature for Jefferson County from 1931 to 1932. After a few years in private practice, O’Quinn worked as an Austin assistant city attorney and was appointed chief City Attorney in 1939, a position he held until 1950. During World War II, he worked as Staff Judge Advocate after the Allied invasion of Normandy and occupation of Germany.2 The Windsor Road house was constructed the same year O’Quinn left the City for private practice. Throughout the 1960s and ‘70s, he held numerous public and political posts, including fourteen years as Travis County’s Democratic Chairman and as the official counsel for the University of Texas. He was appointed to the Third Court of Civil Appeals in 1967 and served for thirteen years.3 O’Quinn was best known for his role as a prolific collector and prominent amateur historian of William Sydney Porter, known as O. Henry. “For almost half a century he gathered first editions, photos, manuscripts, and other memorabilia. He donated the staggering collection to The O. Henry Resources at the Austin History Center in 1982, a contribution without parallel,” notes Britney Jeffrey in the Texas State Historical Association’s Handbook of Texas. “Throughout his adult life, O'Quinn wrote articles and delivered speeches.”4 He was instrumental in saving two O. Henry residences from demolition, though one burned in 1956.5 The other remains as the O. …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS APRIL 3, 2024 PR-2024-025938; GF-2024-030606 OLD WEST AUSTIN 2715 WOOLDRIDGE DRIVE 16 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1930 house. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Two-story cross-gabled house set into the hillside, with replacement 1:1 windows and a partial-width front porch. The building has been significantly altered, though it was listed as a contributing structure. The house at 2715 Wooldridge Drive was built around 1930 for the Whitney family. Dr. Francis Whitney was a geology professor at the University of Texas for over 40 years and was one of the world’s authorities on fossils and their relationship with the locations and quality of oil and gas deposits. His daughter, Dr. Marion Whitney, also became a geologist and university professor of geology, as well as a photographer and children’s book author. PROPERTY EVALUATION The property contributes to the Old West Austin National Register district. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain low integrity. The building’s form, fenestration, and materials have been modified. 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 does not appear to convey architectural significance. b. Historical association. The property is associated with geologist Dr. Francis Whitney and his daughter, c. Archaeology. The property was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human geologist Dr. Marion Whitney. 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 Release the demolition permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. LOCATION MAP 16 – 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos 16 – 3 Demolition application, 2024 Occupancy History City Directory Research, March 2024 Olen E. Hager, owner 1959 1955 1952 1949 1944 1941 Francis and Grace Whitney, owners – professor, UT Francis and Grace Whitney, owners – professor, UT Francis and Grace Whitney, owners – professor, UT Francis and Grace Whitney, owners – professor, UT Address not listed Historical Information …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS APRIL 3, 2024 PR-2024-008708; GF-2024-028831 2200 WEST 9TH STREET 17 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1950 house. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Two-story cross-gabled early Ranch house clad in ledgestone and painted wood shakes, with 6:6 wood windows and a partial-width porch. The house at 2200 West 9th Street was constructed in 1950 for the Lovell family, with a two-story addition built in 1957 and an underground fallout shelter added in 1961. Long-term resident Dr. Ernest James Lovell, Jr. was a University of Texas instructor and prominent scholar of Romantic literature. Lovell served as editor of the Texas Studies in Language and Literature journal; as a Lord Byron scholar and biographer, he also was a founding member of the American Committee of the Byron Society. Lovell taught at UT from 1947 until his death in 1975. 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 does not appear to convey architectural significance. b. Historical association. The property is associated with scholar Ernest J. Lovell, editor of Texas Studies in Language and Literature, founding member of the American Committee of the Byron Society, and long-time University of Texas professor. 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, cultural, or historical value to the city. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Encourage rehabilitation and adaptive reuse, but release the demolition permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. LOCATION MAP 17 – 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos 17 – 3 Demolition permit application, 2024 Occupancy History City Directory Research, February 2024 Ernest J. Lovell, Jr. – owner 1959 1955 1952 Historical Information Ernest J., Jr. and Calista B. Lovell, owners – associate professor, UT Ernest J. Lovell, Jr. – associate professor, UT 17 – 4 The Austin …
18 – 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS APRIL 3, 2024 PR-2024-008278; GF-2024-028837 2102 FOUR OAKS LANE PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1969 house. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Mid-century Modern house with Spanish Eclectic stylistic influences. The property at 2102 Four Oaks Lane was designed and constructed by developer Jack Browning for the 1969 Parade of Homes, hosted by the Austin Homebuilders’ association in the growing Barton Hills neighborhood. “It is a home especially designed for a specific site,” states Browning in a 1969 article celebrating the Parade’s success at securing a buyer for the house, named “Bluffview.” The new homeowner, Jack Magners, worked as an aeronautical engineer for Tracor and had relocated to Austin with his family two years prior. 1 Bluffview was heavily marketed as a showpiece and included interior design elements and furniture promoted by local firms and retail showrooms. In her National Register nomination for a Northwest Hills model home, Karen Twer discusses the importance of the Parade of Homes in Austin’s development history: By building model houses for events like the Parade of Homes, builders and developers could highlight the attractive and livable qualities of their volume-built houses and market new suburban developments to masses of potential homebuyers. As a kind of conceptual show window, their model houses needed to be centrally located…Not bounded by the existing urban landscape, developers could create the kind of neighborhoods second-time middle-class homebuyers were seeking. By hosting Parade of Homes events in outlying areas of growing cities, developers and builders were influential in shaping the suburban development of expanding cities like Austin. […] Builders and developers relied on architects to design the kind of distinctive houses that would rival custom-built houses…Model houses built for the Parade of Homes were collaborative interpretations of the kind of modern domestic lifestyle homebuyers dreamt of…In the 1960s, [Austin’s] Parade of Homes events continued focusing on largely undeveloped areas south and northwest of the city […]. In addition to the spectacle the events provided Austinites, Austin builders and developers understood the mass-marketing opportunity the Parade of Homes offered.2 According to Realtor Michele Roi3, the property has been owned by the same family for thirty years; the massive stucco fireplace and mirrored accent wall described in the 1969 Barton Hills Parade of Homes advertisements remain in situ. PROPERTY EVALUATION Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS APRIL 3, 2024 PR-2024-018113; GF-2024-028850 1401 ELTON LANE 19 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1951 house. ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH One-story cross-gabled house with brick and stone cladding, metal picture and casement windows, double front gables with shallow eaves, and built-in planter. The house at 1401 Elton Lane was built in 1951. Its first occupants were D. E. Farr and his family; however, the Farrs only lived in the house until 1953. They sold the house to longer-term occupants Alvin and Lora Burger. Alvin Burger moved his family from New Jersey to Texas to take a position as the first executive director of the Texas Research League, a nonprofit successor to the Texas Economy Commission whose goal was to provide research and recommendations on economic, organizational, and policy structures to public administrative agencies. During his tenure as executive director, Burger and the Research League won several high-profile awards for their work with Texas government. Burger also served as president of the board of directors of Child and Family Services and the United Fund. After his retirement in 1970, Burger dedicated himself to advocating for the rights of elderly Texans as chairman of the Governor’s Committee on Aging, chairman of the delegation to the White House Conference on Aging in 1971, and chairman of the Adult Services Council of Austin and Travis County in 1974. 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 transitional style between Minimal Traditional and Ranch; however, it does not appear to be of exceptional architectural significance. b. Historical association. The property is associated with Alvin A. Burger, Texas Research League director and c. Archaeology. The property was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human advocate for aging Texans. 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 …
RESOLUTION NO. 20230914-078 WHEREAS, the City has a long-standing commitment to equity and the protection of the rights and well-being of atl its residents; and WHEREAS, LGBTQIA+ individuals have historically faced discrimination, prejudice, and unequal treatment and continue to experience growing levels of violence; and WHEREAS, LGBTQIA+ individuals are nine times more likely to be victims of violent hate crimes than their counterparts and the FBI has reported a 70 percent increase in hate crimes against LGBTQIA+ individuals from 2020 and 2021; and WHEREAS, LGBTQIA+ Texans are our neighbors, teachers, faith leaders, employees, and an essential part of the fabric of this state and contribute to the richness and diversity of our city; and WHEREAS, historic markers play a crucial role in preserving and honoring the diverse cultural heritage of communities, providing a tangible representation of struggles, achievements, and progress; and WHEREAS, 4th and Colorado streets in Downtown Austin hold significant historical and cultural importance, serving as a prominent gathering place for the LGBTQIA+ community and hosting numerous events and institutions that have contributed to its vibrant history; and WHEREAS, recognizing the historical significance of this location by installing an LGBTQIA+ district historical marker will serve as a visible reminder o f the community's resilience, struggles, and triumphs will foster a sense of pride among LGBTQIA+ residents and visitors; and Page 1 of 2 WHEREAS, numerous organizations and community leaders, including LGBTQIA+ advocacy groups, local businesses, and residents, have expressed their support for the installation of an LGBTQIA+ district historical marker at 4th and Colorado streets as a symbol of inclusivity, strength, and unity; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: Council directs the City Manager to coordinate and initiate the installation of an LGBTQIA+ historical marker on 4th and Colorado streets as a symbol of the community's historical significance and contributions. BE IT FUil- El RESOLVED: Council directs the City Manager to gather input from LGBTQIA+ community leaders, Human Rights Commission, LGBTQ+ Quality of Life Advisory Commission, and the Historical Landmark Commission regarding the content and queer figures to highlight on the historic marker. ADOPTED: September 14 , 2023 ATTEST: Myrna ?h< City Clerk Page 2 of 2
As queer as you want to be. This historical marker commemorates the contributions, struggles, and successes of Austin's LGBTQIA+ community, whose once -denigrated members have always spanned all genders, races, classes, creeds, generations, and origins. In earlier times, people lost their jobs, social standing, and sometimes even their lives for being sex- or gender-variant. Outside of the isolation of private homes, downtown bars and nightclubs offered secret, safe havens for LGBTQIA+ people to gather. Social justice movements in the 1960s advancing the struggles for justice, acceptance, equality, and freedom for women and racial minorities gave rise to a national gay and lesbian rights movement. Austin was quick to respond. A local chapter of the Gay Liberation Front was founded in 1970, with the first National Gay Liberation Conference hosted here in 1971. A vibrant culture evolved with restaurants, bars, retail shops, bookstores, theaters, churches and a wide variety of professionals and service providers. In the 1980s, a nightlife scene developed in the old warehouse district around 4th Street and Colorado. Clubs with drag shows, entertainment, and dances provided opportunities for gathering and community building. During the AIDS crisis of the 80s and 90s, the clubs offered occasions for sex education, counseling, and fundraising—and solace. In the 21st century, as the movement evolved to recognize all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and other segments of the community, these blocks of bars and coffee shops became integrated with the rest of downtown—much like the assimilation of queer representation into mainstream culture. With many of the political and social dreams of the leaders of past decades realized, Austin remains a vibrant place for all communities to call home.
