HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION JANUARY 27, 2020 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HDP-2019-0714 3304 E 17TH STREET D.5 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1965 house. ARCHITECTURE One-story Ranch clad in stone veneer. The house has a side-gabled roof with deep eaves, a covered carport, and half-height aluminum casement windows at the main elevation. RESEARCH The house was built in 1965 for Theodore and Pauline Thompson. Theo “Booster” Thompson worked as a sexton at St. David’s Episcopal Church, and was also a gospel musician for two successful quartets. He sang as a tenor with the Royal Lights Singers, who performed at the first Kerrville Folk Festival alongside headliners from 1972 to 1977, and the Bells of Joy, made famous by radio personality and musician Lavada Durst in the 1940s and ‘50s. The Royal Lights produced two albums with Sonobeat Records before creating their own label, Royal, based in the house next door to Thompson’s. Thompson held multiple offices in the Quartet Association and served as a deacon at Del Valle Missionary Baptist Church, where his wife Pauline also served as deaconess. STAFF COMMENTS 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 historic designation criteria for landmark designation (Land Development Code, Section 25-2-352). The property may demonstrate significance according to one criterion: a) Architecture. The house is constructed with Ranch and Mid-Century Modern stylistic influences. b) Historical association. The house does not appear to meet the criterion for significant historical association; however, the Commission may wish to consider Thompson’s contributions to the Austin gospel music community when evaluating significance. c) Archaeology. The house was not evaluated for its potential to yield significant data concerning the human history or prehistory of the region. d) Community value. The house 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 re-use, then relocation over demolition, but release the permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package, consisting of photographs of all elevations, a dimensioned sketch plan, and a narrative history, for archiving at the Austin History Center. LOCATION …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION JANUARY 27, 2020 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS HDP-2019-0754 201 E. 3RD STREET D.6 - 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1904 warehouse building. ARCHITECTURE One-story, rectangular-plan flat-roofed brick warehouse building with a round-arched entry facing 3rd Street with stone coping at the arch and a non-historic metal-framed glazed entry; fenestration consisting of non-historic metal-framed windows, with a 1:1 configuration along the 3rd Street elevation and fixed-sash fenestration along the west elevation, all of which have stone lintels and sills. The windows along the west elevation appear to be non-historic penetrations. The other modern alteration to the building is the roof-top belvedere with a slanted roof and glass walls. The building retains faded historic commercial murals along the west elevation. RESEARCH The building appears to have been built around 1904 and served as a grocery warehouse and retail grocery store for the majority of its existence. The building does not appear on the 1900 Sanborn map, and the first entries for addresses that correspond to this site appear in the 1905 city directory, when the firm of Heidenheimer, Strassburger & Company occupied the building. Both Isaac Heidenheimer, Jr. and Louis Strassburger were successful wholesale grocery merchants in Austin. Heidenheimer, who was the son of a very prominent grocery merchant in Galveston, had worked for Nelson Davis & Company, whose wholesale grocery business was in the 100 block of W. 4th Street (in a city landmark building). Heidenheimer left Nelson Davis in 1888 to establish his own wholesale grocery business, and in 1896, merged with Louis Strassburger’s wholesale produce company. They moved their business from the 100 block of E. 5th Street to this new building around 1904, and remained in business here until around 1932, when the company dissolved. David Lowenberger, Mrs. Heidenheimer’s brother, joined the firm around 1919. Lomis Slaughter, the proprietor of Slaughter Markets, purchased this property around 1932 and operated the Slaughter Public Market here until around World War II, when it became Slaughter Store No. 4. Lomis Slaughter was a character, and wrote a regular column for the Austin American-Statesman in the 1940s and 1950s, entitled “From Soop to Nutz,” which combined his musings on a variety of subjects along with plugs for various grocery brands. Slaughter had several food-related businesses in Austin, including a couple of supermarkets, a packing house (in this building), and a bakery (also in this building for a short period …
D.7 - 1 PROPOSAL HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION JANUARY 27, 2020 DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS (PARTIAL) HDP-2019-0756 1009 E. 14TH STREET Construct an addition to a ca. 1929 house. ARCHITECTURE One-story, T-plan building; cross-gabled roof; wood siding; 2:2 fiberglass windows; half-width porch; door with multi-lite transom. RESEARCH 1009 E. 14th Street was built around 1929 by Robert and Delia Batts, an African American couple who occupied the house until around 1947 before moving next door to 1011 E. 14th Street. Robert Lee Batts was born in 1908 in Austin and completed school through the 10th grade. He worked as a linoleum layer at the Swann-Schulle Furniture Co. Robert Batts died in 1978 in Austin. Delia Mae Batts (nee Daniels) was born in 1909 in Round Rock, where her father worked as a grocer and later as a farm laborer. She completed two years of college and married Robert Batts in 1929 in Austin; the couple had two children. After Robert died in 1978, Delia married Charlie Davidson in Travis County in 1980. She died in 1988. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Construct a second story atop and behind the existing building; add an attached garage to the west wall. The L-plan second-story addition is set behind the ridgeline on the east side of the building and behind the gable front on the primary (north) façade. It is clad in hardiplank siding and capped by a hipped metal roof with a front gable end that echoes that of the house. Windows will be fixed and casement with fiberglass sashes and be covered by historic-age wood screens. The garage is clad in hardiplank horizontal siding and capped by a hipped roof. The existing horizontal wood siding, wood-sash windows, porch materials, and front door will be retained. STAFF COMMENTS The East Austin Historic Resources Survey (2016) identified the property as contributing to a potential historic district. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain a high degree of integrity. 3) Properties must meet two historic designation criteria for landmark designation (City of Austin Land Development Code, Section 25-2-352). The property appears to demonstrate significance according to one criterion. D.7 - 2 a. Architecture. The house embodies the distinguishing characteristics of the Folk Victorian style and appears to be significant under this criterion. b. Historical association. Robert and Delia Batts lived in the house for more than 15 …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION Monday, January 27, 2020 - 6:00 p.m. Regular Meeting Council Chambers, Austin City Hall 301 W. 2nd Street Austin, Texas COMMISSION MEMBERS: _____ Emily Reed, Chair ______ Beth Valenzuela, Vice Chair ______ Witt Featherston ______ Ben Heimsath ______ Emily Hibbs ______ Mathew Jacob ______ Kevin Koch ______ Kelly Little ______ Terri Myers ______ Alex Papavasiliou ______ Blake Tollett NOTES ON HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MEETINGS a) The first speaker signed up for each side of a contested public hearing will be allowed up to 5 minutes to speak. Any further speakers will be allowed up to 3 minutes. The Commission does not allow for the donation of time. The applicant or their agent may have a rebuttal after the conclusion of testimony of up to 3 minutes. Speakers should not repeat the testimony previously given on any case. c) b) Cases passed by the Commission on the consent agenda will not have a formal public hearing. If a citizen would like to speak on a case proposed for passage on the consent agenda, that person should make it known to the Chair of the Commission at the time of the reading of the consent agenda. Otherwise, the case will pass on consent, and there is no later recourse. In cases involving the review of demolition or relocation permit applications, the Commission may initiate a historic zoning case to further study the evidence regarding the potential of the subject property for landmark designation. If the Commission initiates a historic zoning case, the Commission will review the case again at its next regularly scheduled meeting for a recommendation regarding historic zoning. There will be no new notification sent out by the City stating the next hearing date. d) All public comments must be received by staff by 1 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Staff cannot forward public comments to commissioners after this time. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Speakers may address the Commission on items not posted on the agenda. Each speaker will have up to three minutes. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. December 16, 2019 2. BRIEFINGS, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION None 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR HISTORIC ZONING, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR HISTORIC DISTRICT ZONING, AND REQUESTS TO CONSIDER THE INITIATION OF A HISTORIC ZONING CASE 1. HDP-2018-0646 – Lavada Durst House – Postponement request by Staff 1906 E. 21st Street …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION Monday, December 16, 2019 - 6:00 p.m. Council Chambers, Austin City Hall Regular Meeting 301 W. 2nd Street Austin, Texas COMMISSION MEMBERS: __ab__ Kevin Koch __X__ Emily Reed, Chair __X___ Beth Valenzuela, Vice Chair ___X__ Kelly Little ___X__ Terri Myers __ab__ Witt Featherston __X___ Ben Heimsath ___ab_ Alex Papavasiliou __X__ Emily Hibbs ___X__ Blake Tollett __X___ Mathew Jacob NOTES ON HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION MEETINGS a) The first speaker signed up for each side of a contested public hearing will be allowed up to 5 minutes to speak. Any further speakers will be allowed up to 3 minutes. The Commission does not allow for the donation of time. The applicant or their agent may have a rebuttal after the conclusion of testimony of up to 3 minutes. Speakers should not repeat the testimony previously given on any case. b) Cases passed by the Commission on the consent agenda will not have a formal public hearing. If a citizen would like to speak on a case proposed for passage on the consent agenda, that person should make it known to the Chair of the Commission at the time of the reading of the consent agenda. Otherwise, the case will pass on consent, and there is no later recourse. In cases involving the review of demolition or relocation permit applications, the Commission may initiate a historic zoning case to further study the evidence regarding the potential of the subject property for landmark designation. If the Commission initiates a historic zoning case, the Commission will review the case again at its next regularly scheduled meeting for a recommendation regarding historic zoning. There will be no new notification sent out by the City stating the next hearing date. c) d) All public comments must be received by staff by 1 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Staff cannot forward public comments to commissioners after this time. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first three speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address items not posted on the agenda. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. November 18, 2019 MOTION: Approve items 1A, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, C3, C4, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D9, D10, D11, D12, D13, D14, D15, D16, D17 on the consent agenda by Reed, Heimsath seconds. Vote: 6-0. MOTION: Postpone items C5, D8, and D18 to …
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HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS B.5 - 1 JANUARY 27, 2020 C14H-1974-0023 FRENCH LEGATION 802 SAN MARCOS STREET PROPOSAL This is a heritage grant proposal to convert the carriage house to a visitor’s center and office space, construct an addition to the carriage house, and replace the existing wood shake roof with composition shingles. The carriage house is not a historic structure. The plans for this site also include the construction of a new stone retaining wall. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The applicant proposes to rehabilitate the first floor of the carriage house for use as a business operations center, including repairs to the slab, woodwork, and windows, and prepare the second floor as office space, build an addition to the carriage house, install a new entrance facing San Marcos Street, and replacing the existing wood shake roof with composition shingles. The applicant further proposes the construction of a new stone retaining wall, and the installation of signage both at the street and on the site. The signage will follow uniform signage for all Texas Historical Commission-administered sites. B.5 - 2 B.5 - 3 Steve, I am the Director of Historic Sites Operations that has been overseeing the Legation since its transfer to the Historical Commission – we have not yet met in person, but I hope we may do so soon. We do not yet have all of the text for the signs, but I can share what we know at this point. We will certainly have: • Two (2) medium-sized main identification signs, one at each of the two main entrances to the site (San Marcos Street and Embassy Drive), which will have the site name, web address, THC logo and site phone number similar to the example shown on page 27 of the manual. • One vehicular sign located in the site parking lot at the corner of 9th St. and Embassy Dr. similar to the example shown on page 41 of the manual, which will indicate the lot is for Legation parking only and the site’s general hours. • Two (2) small pedestrian signs OR plaques at the entrances to indicate the site hours Beyond this, we may have some additional smaller wayfinding signs within the site to direct visitors to the visitor center and historic Legation building – because we would like to keep them to a minimum necessary for good wayfinding, we’re …
FRENCH LEGATION STATE HISTORIC SITE Visit o r C e n t e r A d d iti o n 8 0 2 S a n M a rc o s S tre e t A u sti n , Te x a s Landscape Architect: Studio Balcones 702 San Antonio Street Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 383-8815 Structural Engineer: Tsen Engineering 210 Barton Springs Road, #250 Austin, Texas 78704 (512) 474-4001 Architect: 1206 Quail Park Drive Austin, Texas 78758 (512) 960-0013 Hutson Gallagher, Inc. Texas Historical Commission Civil Engineer: Dunaway|UDG 3660 Stoneridge Road, #E101 Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 306-8252 MEP Engineer: H2MG, LLC. 8000 W. Interstate 10, #1002 San Antonio, Texas 78702 (210) 525-0220 Kitchen Designer: Cosper & Associates, Inc. 13061 #3 Highway 181 San Antonio, Texas 78223 (210) 633-2020 Owner: Historic Sites Division T.J. Rusk Building 208 E. 10th Street, Suite 327 Austin, Texas 78701 Funding Provided By: Friends of the Texas Historical Commission Contract No. FTHC_HG_10202019 Security Systems: Combs Consulting Group 4425 South MoPac Expressway Building IV, #800 Austin, Texas 78735 (512) 773-6580 50% Draft Construction Documents December 06, 2019 ABBREVIATIONS GENERAL NOTES STREET VIEW REGIONAL MAP @ @FF A/C A-V ACCOM ACOUST ACT ADA ADD'L ADJ ADMIN AFF AHJ AHU ALT ALUM ANOD AP APPROX ARCH ASPH ASST ASTM AUTO AV AVG BB BRD BIT BLDG BLK(G) B.M. BM(S) BOC BOS BTTM BRK BRNZ BSMT BTWN BUR C CAB C.B. CF CG CHAN CI CJ CL CLG CLOS CLR CMU CO COL COM CONC CONN CONST CONT CONTR COORD CORR CST CT CTR(D) CU CVR CW DBL DED DEMO DET DF DH DIA DIAG DIFF DISC DISP DIM DIV DN DP DPM DR DS DW DWG DWLS DWR At At Finished Floor Air Conditioning Audio-Visual Accommodate Acoustical Acoustical Tile Americans w/ Disabilities Act Additional Adjacent Administration Above Finished Floor Authority Having Jurisdiction Air Handling Unit Alternative/Alternate Aluminum Anodized Access Panel Approximate Architect Asphalt Assistant American Society for Testing & Materials Automatic Audio Visual Alarm Average Ball-Bearing Board Bitumen Building Block(ing) Benchmark Beam(s) Back of Curb Bottom of Structure Bottom Brick Bronze Basement Between Built-up Roofing Conduit Cabinet Catch Basin Cubic Feet Corner Guard Channel Cast Iron Control Joint Center Line Ceiling Closet Clear Concrete Masonry Unit Cased Opening Column Communication Concrete Connection Construction Continuous Contractor Coordination or Coordinate Corridor Cast Stone Ceramic Tile Center(ed) Copper Cover Cold Water Double Dedicated Demolish, Demolition Detail Drinking Fountain Double Hung …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS B.5 - 1 JANUARY 27, 2020 C14H-1974-0023 FRENCH LEGATION 802 SAN MARCOS STREET PROPOSAL This is a heritage grant proposal to convert the carriage house to a visitor’s center and office space, construct an addition to the carriage house, and replace the existing wood shake roof with composition shingles. The carriage house is not a historic structure. The plans for this site also include the construction of a new stone retaining wall. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The applicant proposes to rehabilitate the first floor of the carriage house for use as a business operations center, including repairs to the slab, woodwork, and windows, and prepare the second floor as office space, build an addition to the carriage house, install a new entrance facing San Marcos Street, and replacing the existing wood shake roof with composition shingles. The applicant further proposes the construction of a new stone retaining wall, and the installation of signage both at the street and on the site. The signage will follow uniform signage for all Texas Historical Commission-administered sites. B.5 - 2 B.5 - 3 Steve, I am the Director of Historic Sites Operations that has been overseeing the Legation since its transfer to the Historical Commission – we have not yet met in person, but I hope we may do so soon. We do not yet have all of the text for the signs, but I can share what we know at this point. We will certainly have: • Two (2) medium-sized main identification signs, one at each of the two main entrances to the site (San Marcos Street and Embassy Drive), which will have the site name, web address, THC logo and site phone number similar to the example shown on page 27 of the manual. • One vehicular sign located in the site parking lot at the corner of 9th St. and Embassy Dr. similar to the example shown on page 41 of the manual, which will indicate the lot is for Legation parking only and the site’s general hours. • Two (2) small pedestrian signs OR plaques at the entrances to indicate the site hours Beyond this, we may have some additional smaller wayfinding signs within the site to direct visitors to the visitor center and historic Legation building – because we would like to keep them to a minimum necessary for good wayfinding, we’re …
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RESOLUTION NO. _________ WHEREAS, the Historic Landmark Commission has established the Certificate of Appropriateness Review Committee; and WHEREAS, the committee’s role is to provide advisory feedback on projects recommended by staff and the Historic Landmark Commission and meetings attended on a voluntary basis by property owners and designers; and WHEREAS, the committee provides feedback on changes to locally designated historic landmarks and historic districts, which require a Certificate of Appropriateness; and WHEREAS, National Register historic district projects and historic-age but non-designated buildings, which do not require a Certificate of Appropriateness, can benefit from the advice to encourage historic preservation; and WHEREAS, the current committee name can be confusing for property owners whose projects are recommended for committee review but do not require a Certificate of Appropriateness; and WHEREAS, the interests of historic preservation will be better served by changing the committee name to align with its role; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: The Certificate of Appropriateness Review Committee shall henceforth be named the Architectural Review Committee. ADOPTED: ______________, 2020 ATTEST: _____________________ Emily Reed, Chair
January 27, 2020 City of Austin Preservation Office Historic Landmark Commission c/o Cara Betron Dear Ms. Bertron, Best Regards, Tim Morgan My name is Tim Morgan. My address is 1211 W 9th St, where I have lived since 1999. The applicant, Kevin Sims, is my immediate neighbor to the west. I am very excited by the improvements that Kevin is proposing for 1215 W 9th St, which are long overdue. I, along with my family, am in full support of his plans. I sincerely hope you will approve his application for demolition, remodel, and new construction. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Bertron, Cara From: Sent: To: Subject: Richard Ryan Friday, January 24, 2020 1:23 PM Bertron, Cara C-2. 1215 W. 9th Street (West Line Historic District) Council District 9 *** External Email ‐ Exercise Caution *** Dear Members of the Historic Landmark Commission, I live at 1210 West 9th St almost directly across the street from the proposed rehabilitation of 1215 W. 9th Street and have followed the development of the plans for rehabilitation with great interest in addition to witnessing the deteriorated condition of the structure. Thursday I was able to view the updated plans at the OWANA Zoning Committee Meeting. I am in support of the project. Thank you, Richard Ryan, Architect Emeritus, owner of 1210 W 9th Street 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
