HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS B.4 - 1 ROUTON-ALVAREZ-LOPEZ HOUSE AUGUST 24, 2020 C14H-2011-0002 809 E. 9TH STREET Construct a mid-rise residential tower adjacent to the house. PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The applicant proposes the construction of a mid-rise residential tower to provide affordable housing for seniors at the rear of the historic house. The proposed residential tower will be 9 stories (just over 112 feet) tall, with a flat roof slated to the south. The building will have stucco, glazed brick, and horizontal metal-coated siding that will approximate the look of lap siding as its principal materials, with stucco constituting the exterior material on the first two levels of the building to provide a solid backdrop that will not visually compete with the historic house from 9th Street. The proposed tower will be separated from the southeast corner of the historic house by almost 7 feet, and will have a separation of 16 feet on the southwest side of the house, facing the IH-35 service road (and the primary view of the house for most). The house will be moved forward approximately 6 feet (it is currently 16 feet from the house to the back of the 9th Street curb; the house will be moved so that the distance to the 9th Street curb will be 10 feet). .9 feet to accommodate the new building and yard area between the two structures. The house will be used as a community room for the proposed new affordable housing project, and will have a patio planted with shrubs and trees in the 16-foot separation on the southwest side of the house. STANDARDS FOR REVIEW The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation are used to evaluate projects on historic landmarks. The following standards apply to the proposed project: 1) A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships. Evaluation: This project does not affect the physical structure or the use of the existing house. It had a residential use historically, and is now being proposed as a community room for the adjacent residential project. 2) The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided. Evaluation: The house …
Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Subject: Deron Miller Monday, August 17, 2020 8:02 AM PAZ Preservation Public Hearing: Historic Landmark Commission - Angela Gaudette > *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Case Number: HR 20‐098345 ‐ 809 E 9th Street Contact: Angela Gaudette Public Hearing: August 24th, 2020 Angela: My name is Deron Miller. I live at 800 Embassy Drive. Respectfully, the location of this Proposed tower right next to a historic landmark and stuffed in the backyard of that landmark site and up against another mid‐rise on the side of a hill up against I‐35 is truly negligent to the true spirit of the zoning and historic landmark laws. This is jamming a building in and using the special laws given to affordable living buildings to a fault. There are even zoning rules that have been breached and waivers given. This seems to be an attempt to make money for a family that has ties to the politicians in this district. While I support affordable living in our great city, there are plenty of places that this can be accomplished around town in a better way. This project is just not right. I implore you to please go physically walk the site and I am sure you will agree. Thanks for your consideration, Deron Miller ‐‐ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute, copy or take any action in reliance on the contents of this e‐mail and these activities are strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e‐ mail if you have received this e‐mail by mistake and delete this e‐mail from your system. CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1 Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Subject: Teri Sahba < > Thursday, August 20, 2020 2:27 PM PAZ Preservation Attn: Angela Guadette; Case# HR 20-098345 - 809 E 9TH ST; Public Hearing HLC 8/24/20 *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Good afternoon, I'm writing in response to the HLC public hearing pertaining for the following case: Case Number: HR 20‐098345 ‐ …
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Good Morning Steve and Cara, As you should know, GNDC has an affordable senior housing project in the works for the Lopez Property. We are at the point where the site plan can be approved, however, because the property has historic zoning, the site development permit cannot be issued until your office provides a certificate of appropriateness. We have until mid-August to get that done, but would love to have it sooner. We have made great efforts in the design process to maintain the structural and historic integrity of the Routon-Alvarez-Lopez House; stepping the tower away from the house (despite the incredible site constraints we face), removed balconies, reduced the size and minimized the visual impact of the hallway connecting the tower with the house. I joke with people that we should have started with the idea of of relocating to house to a site somewhere else and then, when that got shot down, moved to a design where we built over top of the house, and then, after that got shot down, proposed our initial design and it would have been hailed as wonderful. Instead, we tried to design as sensitively as possible from the start while being responsible to our mission of providing as much affordable housing as possible on a site with zoning and development entitlements that call for dense and tall buildings and prohibit the development of single-family structures. As you know, GNDC includes historic preservation as part of our mission, so the idea of demolition or relocation is something we would turn to only as a last resort. We're going through a Section 106 review and the Texas Historical Commission reviewed our initial designs (which were sent to you as early as January and again in March) and they made recommendations for changes which we then incorporated into the designs that I've attached. On May 27th, Lydia Woods-Boone,Program Coordinator for the Federal and State Review Program responded to the revised design as follows: Thank you for taking the time to change the design in order to more appropriately work with the historic structure. This design is greatly improved and seems to address all of our concerns. Please have the applicant resubmit the project with these designs through our eTRAC system so they can be formally reviewed under the Section 106 process. If there are any additional questions just let me know. Mr. Hatch, Thanks, Lydia …
Hello Steve & Elizabeth, We received a No Adverse Effects determination from the Texas Historical Commission on Wednesday. See below. Tom Hatch addressed your question regarding the connection between the Lopez House and the new residential tower. I'm hoping between those two factors your office will be able to issue a certificate of appropriateness soon. I hope all is well with you. Mark Re: Project Review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and/or the Antiquities Code of Texas THC Tracking #202013678 La Vista de Lopez 809 E 9th Street Austin,TX 78702 Dear Dawn Perkins: Thank you for your submittal regarding the above-referenced project. This response represents the comments of the State Historic Preservation Officer, the Executive Director of the Texas Historical Commission (THC), pursuant to review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The review staff, led by Charles Peveto and Lydia Woods, has completed its review and has made the following determinations based on the information submitted for review: Above-Ground Resources • Property/properties are eligible for listing or already listed in the National Register of Historic Places. • No adverse effects on historic properties. We have the following comments: The changes made to the design reflect the recommendations made by the THC in previous submission. Therefore, we have determined that this new design will have no adverse effect on the historic resource, La Vista de Lopez. We look forward to further consultation with your office and hope to maintain a partnership that will foster effective historic preservation. Thank you for your cooperation in this review process, and for your efforts to preserve the irreplaceable heritage of Texas. If the project changes, or if new historic properties are found, please contact the review staff. If you have any questions concerning our review or if we can be of further assistance, please email the following reviewers: charles.peveto@thc.texas.gov, lydia.woods@thc.texas.gov. This response has been sent through the electronic THC review and compliance system (eTRAC). Submitting your project via eTRAC eliminates mailing delays and allows you to check the status of the review, receive an electronic response, and generate reports on your submissions. For more information, visit http://thc.texas.gov/etrac-system. Sincerely, for Mark Wolfe, State Historic Preservation Officer Executive Director, Texas Historical Commission Thanks, Mark -- Mark C. Rogers, Executive Director Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation 813 East 8th Street, Austin Texas 78702 512-479-6275 ext. 6
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS B.5 - 1 AUGUST 24, 2020 C14H-2013-0040 COMMODORE PERRY ESTATE 710 E. 41ST STREET PROPOSAL Install two free-standing signs. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The applicant proposes the installation of two identical free-standing signs on the Red River Street side of the property, both reading “Commodore Perry.” The signs will be pole-mounted, one at the corner of 41st and Red River Streets, and the other at the main entrance to the hotel property on Red River Street. Each sign will be an 11.4 square f00t metal cabinet with pin-mounted letters reading “Commodore Perry” in a script designed to hearken back to the 1920s, with red neon halo lighting. The outside of each sign will have exposed neon as a boundary and there are exposed neon accents on the face of the sign. STANDARDS FOR REVIEW The Commission’s Sign Standards include: INAPPROPRIATE SIGN TYPES ➢ Signs that are out of character with those seen historically, and that would alter the historic character of the street. Free-standing signs, either pole-mounted or monument types. Any sign that visually overpowers the building or obscures significant architectural features. SIGN MATERIALS Use materials that are compatible with the materials of the building façade. Painted wood and metal are appropriate materials for signs. Do not use unfinished materials, including unpainted wood. SIGN CONTENT AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS Use symbol signs when appropriate for the business. Use colors for the sign that are compatible with those of the building front. Limit the number of colors on the sign to no more than three (3). Use a simple sign design and typeface, and a style and size of lettering that will be compatible with the building front. Avoid sign types that appear too contemporary. Limit the height of letters to 10 inches. Use an external, shielded lamp to direct light at the sign. Halo lighting (pin-mounted letters over the lighting source) or recessed can lighting in awnings are acceptable. NEON Exposed neon lighting is strongly discouraged, but may be permitted where the Commission determines it is appropriate to the context of the building and does not impede interpretation of the historic character of the building. Neon may be used to highlight reverse-channel lettering on a sign to create a “halo” effect. ➢ IV. SIGN LIGHTING ➢ ➢ ➢ II. ➢ ➢ II. ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ B.5 - 2 Applications for signs with exposed …
Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Subject: Tanner Blair < Friday, August 14, 2020 12:38 PM PAZ Preservation In support of HR 20-105058 > *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Hello, I’m writing to support the approval of the certificate of appropriateness at 3802 Avenue G. Many of the homes in this area already have additional units in the form of garage apartments and backhouses, and given that a new standalone unit doesn’t alter the original structure I see no reason why this would disturb the historic nature of this property. Additionally, this home was infill from 1949 and not part of the original historic character of the Shadowlawn subdivision. I ask that you approve the addition of an ADU for this case. ‐Tanner CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 1
APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT WITHIN A NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION C.3 - 1 SIXTH STREET NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT AUGUST 24, 2020 HR-20-107348 319-323 E. 6TH STREET Construct a two-story addition to three contributing buildings within the Sixth Street National Register Historic District. PROPOSAL PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The applicant proposes the construction of a continuous two-story addition across three one- story buildings that would be contributing to the Sixth Street National Register Historic District. The proposed addition will be L-shaped, with portion over what is 323 E. 6th Street will be set 11’-6” from the parapet wall, and will extend 23’-6” to the west from the east property line, at which point, the proposed addition will be recessed 27’-11” from the front wall; this will extend for 43’-6” along the western two-thirds of the building, and will be faced with a two-story deck structure facing the street, one foot in from the front wall of the shorter protruding section of the proposed addition (12’-6”) for a more or less flush presence across the three buildings. The materials for the proposed addition include clear-sealed wood board and batten siding at the protruding section of the addition, and painted horizontal wood lap siding along the inset section of the addition, fronted with painted steel rails for the deck. Exterior doors in the proposed addition will be aluminum and glass doors on the second story, and wood doors with glazing on the third floor. All doors will have transoms. The second story will also have aluminum and glass overhead doors leading out to the decks. The applicant proposes a series of divided-light wood windows on the third floor of the addition. STANDARDS FOR REVIEW The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation are used to evaluate projects in National Register historic districts. The following standards apply to the proposed project: 1. A property shall be used for its historic purpose or be placed in a new use that requires minimal change to the defining characteristics of the building and its site and environment. Evaluation: These are three commercial buildings that have become bars and night clubs over the years. The proposed addition is for additional space for the bars and a private club space on the top floor. The use of the proposed addition is not incompatible with the long- standing use of the ground-floor buildings, and is set back over …
Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Subject: Bill W < Thursday, August 20, 2020 11:46 AM PAZ Preservation REVISED Comments: HR 20-110112 3211 Oakmont Blvd > Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Follow up Flagged *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** “The Residential Design and Compatibility or "McMansion" regulations, were designed to minimize the impact of new construction, remodels, and additions to existing buildings on surrounding properties in residential neighborhoods… The standards were adopted to protect the character of Austin's older neighborhoods by ensuring that new construction, remodels, and additions are compatible in scale and bulk with existing neighborhoods.” It is my opinion that the proposed structure is not “compatible in scale and bulk with (the) existing neighborhood.” This new build is going to disrupt the style and character of Oakmont Blvd, one of the most traditional streets in Bryker Woods. I am, however, not going to oppose the proposed home because the owners and architect were very willing to accommodate the Bryker Woods Historical Review Committee with several aspects of the front of the house which make it “fit in” better with other houses on Oakmont. Nevertheless, I think the COA HRC needs to examine other aspects and make recommendations of their own on how the home may even better fit in. My comments are directed entirely at the structure and not our new neighbors who are lovely, friendly folks and will be welcomed into our neighborhood! Bill Woods 3211 Funston St. Austin, TX 78703 Bill W Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun. 1 This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient, please notify the sender. All comments are the sender’s personal opinion unless otherwise noted. CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. 2
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AUGUST 24, 2020 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HDP-2020-0258 2501 SOL WILSON AVENUE D.2 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1921 house. ARCHITECTURE One-story, rectangular-plan, front-gabled frame bungalow with a partial-width, front-gabled, independent porch on plain wood posts; side gablet halfway down the north elevation of the house; original fenestration appears to be 4:4 and in a single and double configuration, but many windows have been replaced with modern units. RESEARCH The house appears to have been built around 1921 for Sol I. and Mabel Wilson, who lived here until the late 1940s, when they moved to Los Angeles, California. Sol I. Wilson was born in Cedar Creek, Bastrop County, Texas in 1889 and worked at various automobile dealerships in downtown Austin during the course of his career. He married Mabel Love in Travis County in 1910, and lived on the eastern outskirts of Austin. This house, believed to have been built around 1921, and still featuring a 4:4 window in front that was more common at that time, was originally listed as being on an Austin rural route, then at 1167 Bedford Avenue (the house actually faces Bedford Avenue today), at 1167 Sol Wilson Avenue, and finally, with its current address of 2501 Sol Wilson Avenue. City directories show that Sol I. Wilson was employed as a chauffeur and as a porter at auto dealerships in Austin once he and Mabel gave up farming for paid occupations. Interestingly, the census reports show the couple’s children as attending Anderson High School and Kealing Junior High School; it was unusual to have the name of the school noted in the census report, but one might speculate that the education of their children was important enough to Sol and Mabel Wilson to mention that to the census taker, who noted it in the report. However, very little other information is available about the life of Sol I. Wilson. There were no articles mentioning him in the Austin newspapers, no City Council minutes referencing why this street was named for him (which would have been a very unusual occurrence in segregated Austin), and he had no obituary in the Austin newspapers (although Mabel Wilson’s 1964 passing was noted in the paper). It could be that he was the owner of the land across which this street traversed, but it at this point, it is all speculation. Sol Wilson Avenue appears as …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AUGUST 24, 2020 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HDP-2020-0274 815 RUTHERFORD PLACE AND 1204 ALTA VISTA AVENUE D.3 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1930 house at 815 Rutherford Place and a ca. 1948 house at 1204 Alta Vista Avenue. Both houses are on the same lot. ARCHITECTURE The ca. 1930 house at 815 Rutherford Place is a one-story, rectangular-plan, side-gabled, brick veneer Tudor Revival-style house with a central, steep-front-gabled entry bay containing a round-arched door; single and paired 1:1 fenestration. The ca. 1948 house at 1204 Alta Vista Avenue is a one-story, L-plan frame house with a partial-width inset porch. Fenestration consists of single and double 1:1 windows with Colonial Revival-styled 6:6 wooden screens. RESEARCH The house at 815 Rutherford Place was built around 1930 by Fred W. Sassman, the proprietor of a dry-cleaning business who later became a tailor. Fred Sassman and his wife lived in this house until around 1936. The house was vacant for a short period of time before being purchased by attorney John C. Butler and his wife, Ruby. John C. Butler passed away in 1963; Ruby Butler continued to live here after his death (there is a newspaper article dating from 1966 about their son that references this house as their home), but given current limitations on research, it is not possible to determine how much longer Ruby Butler lived in this house. John C. and Ruby Butler built the house at 1204 Alta Vista Avenue on the rear of their lot in 1948, and held it as a rental property. For the first ten years (until about 1958), the house was rented by Clarence and Anna Mae Waters. Clarence Waters was in the food service industry. After returning from duty in World War II, he became a manager of one of Harry Akin’s Night Hawk Restaurants. Immediately after beginning his job with Night Hawk, and before moving into this house, the city directory shows him living at the location of the old Night Hawk at South Congress and Riverside Drive. He and Anna Mae, who worked as a hostess at the Night Hawk, moved into this house, where they lived until around 1958. A newspaper article from 1954 shows Clarence Waters as associated with one of the restaurants in the new Terrace Motor Hotel on South Congress Avenue; by 1957, he was the sales manager for Polar Ice Cream. In …
Gaudette, Angela From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Ross Rathgeber < Thursday, July 16, 2020 12:56 PM Gaudette, Angela PAZ Preservation 1405 Kent Lane Valid Petition > *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Angela The current owner of the property at 1405 Kent Lane is adamantly opposed to the imposition of historic zoning as is the prospective purchaser. Please consider this a valid petition and let me know if anything further is required to perfect this right. Thank You Ross M. Rathgeber Vice‐President Southwest Destructors ‐ A Division of Southwest Constructors, Inc. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 50469 Austin, Texas 78763 Physical Address: 11804 North Lamar Boulevard Austin, Texas 78753 Office: (512) 836‐0667 Fax: (512) 835‐9865 Mobile: (512) 917‐9511 Email: Website: www.southwestdestructors.com CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to CSIRT@austintexas.gov. 1
Regarding my house at 4714 Rowena St., please postpone the meeting on the August 24th Austin Landmark Commission agenda and put me on for September. Per our discussion, the buyer of the house has terminated the offer and will transfer the demolition application to me. cheers! Josh Wilson
DATE: August 21, 2020 TO: Historic Land Committee FROM: Kim & Eric Zipfel, 3211 Oakmont Boulevard Property Owners SUBJECT: Historic Review of 3211 Oakmont Boulevard Dear Historic Land Committee, My name is Kim Zipfel and along with my husband, Eric, we have 3 elementary-aged children who attend Bryker Woods Elementary School. We have been Central Austin residents since we relocated here in 2007 from the Midwest, and since the day we first rented a home on West 43rd Street, we have dreamed of raising our children in the Bryker Woods neighborhood. For years, our children have biked to Bryker Woods Elementary at 3309 Kerbey Lane, crossing 35th Street during morning and afternoon rush hours. In October 2019, we finally got one-step closer to our dream becoming a reality when we purchased the property at 3211 Oakmont Boulevard. I cannot tell you just how happy we are to now be south of 35th Street to eventually avoid the daily stress of getting them to school safely! But there are so many other reasons we are ecstatic to be a part of the Bryker Woods neighborhood: the walkability for our family to the neighborhood businesses we love to support, the love & care the neighbors put into their homes and their neighbors, and the strength and connectedness of the neighborhood association and its members. With that being said, we very much respect the time, energy, and effort the Bryker Woods Neighborhood Association and the Austin Historic Landmark Commission commits to keeping the neighborhood cohesive and the gem of a place where we all want to be. From the beginning of our design discussions with our architect, we have been very clear that we want to maintain a transitional-style home that blends into the neighborhood. For the past 4 months, we have been working diligently to achieve a delicate customized balance that achieves an aesthetic that is homogenous with our neighbors yet still is functional to meet the ever-changing needs of our growing family. Throughout this process, we have continued to take cues from other 2-story homes throughout the neighborhood and we have finally landed where we are today as we seek your Committee’s support to move forward with building our dream home in our dream neighborhood. Warmest regards, Kim Zipfel, on behalf of The Zipfel Family at 3211 Oakmont Boulevard
