HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS JUNE 5, 2024 HR-2024-048021 1519 ALAMEDA DRIVE TRAVIS HEIGHTS-FAIRVIEW PARK NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 14 – 1 PROPOSAL Construct a new house and pool. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS The proposed new house is three stories tall, with a habitable basement and garage beneath the two main floors. Materials include concrete and stucco with vertical wood accents; alternately, vertical seamed metal and stone are proposed as accents. The proposed building comprises three rectangular masses with flat roofs of varying heights. Fenestration includes undivided corner and vertical windows, a front-facing garage, and an obscured front door atop a walled staircase. 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: Residential new construction 1. Location The proposed building appears appropriately sited. 2. Orientation The proposed building is oriented toward the street. The front-facing garage at the front of the building is not compatible with the standards. 3. Scale, massing, and height The proposed building’s scale and height exceed those of nearby contributing buildings, and its massing is more complicated. Wall-plane offsets are used to reduce its monumentality when viewed from the street. 4. Proportions The proposed building’s proportions are not compatible with the surrounding historic district. 5. Design and style Though the proposed building is internally consistent in design and style, it does not appear to reflect the design or style of the surrounding district. 6. Roofs The proposed flat roofs do not reflect the roof styles of surrounding contributing buildings. 7. Exterior walls The proposed wood and stucco materials are mostly compatible; stone and metal options are less compatible. 8. Windows and doors The proposed fenestration does not reflect the fenestration styles present in surrounding contributing buildings. 11. Attached garages and carports See 2. Summary The project does not meet most of the applicable standards. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Comment on plans. LOCATION MAP 14 – 2
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS JUNE 5, 2024 HR-2024-048010 OLD WEST AUSTIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 2103 NEWFIELD LANE 15 – 1 PROPOSAL Construct an ADU and garage. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS DESIGN STANDARDS The proposed new building is a two-story garage apartment located behind the existing Tudor Revival house. It has a simple rectangular plan, with garage bays oriented toward the existing driveway. It has a simple side-gabled roof, horizontal siding, and divided multi-light windows. 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 behind the existing building. 2. Orientation The proposed building is oriented consistently with other garage apartments in the district; though the garage faces outwards, it is in keeping with the historic pattern for outbuildings. 3. Scale, massing, and height The proposed building is appropriately simple in massing and its location at the rear of the lot de-emphasizes its two-story height. 4. Proportions The proposed building’s proportions appear appropriate. 5. Design and style The proposed building’s design and style are compatible with the district and the main house. 6. Roofs The proposed building’s simple roofline is compatible and helps to differentiate it from the more dramatic primary Tudor Revival house. 7. Exterior walls The proposed wall materials are compatible. 8. Windows and doors The proposed fenestration is compatible. 11. Attached garages and carports See 2. Summary The project meets the applicable standards. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Comment on plans. LOCATION MAP 15 – 2
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PERMITS IN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS JUNE 5, 2024 HR-2024-056413 TRAVIS HEIGHTS-FAIRVIEW PARK NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT 2100 TRAVIS HEIGHTS BOULEVARD 16 – 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH DESIGN STANDARDS Enclose the front porch and replace windows at a ca. 1958 house. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 1) Enclose the front porch, using brick and siding to match the existing exterior. 2) Replace windows to match new windows at the porch enclosure. One-story brick-clad Ranch with an integral partial-width porch, aluminum 2:2 windows, and a low-sloped cross-gabled roof with deep eaves. The house at 2100 Travis Heights Boulevard was constructed in 1958. Its earliest residents were Roy B. Estepp and his family, who moved to Austin from Burnet in 1925. Estepp, a retired City employee, lived at 2100 Travis Heights with his wife until at least 1972. 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 1. General standards The proposed project alters the historic form of the building and replaces historic-age windows. 4. Exterior walls and trim The proposed new siding and brick will match the existing materials; while compatible, they do not appear to be differentiated. 5. Windows, doors, and screens The proposed window replacements do not appear compatible; no information was provided on whether other efficiency improvements have been implemented per the design standards. 6. Porches The proposed porch enclosure does not maintain the open nature of the porch and is neither transparent nor reversible. Summary The project mostly does not meet the applicable standards. PROPERTY EVALUATION The property contributes to the Travis Heights-Fairview Park National Register district. 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 modest Ranch house. 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, …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS JUNE 5, 2024 PR-2024-021145; GF-2024-043942 7304-06 KNOX LANE 20 – 1 PROPOSAL Relocate an early twentieth century house with 1940s vernacular additions outside the City limits. ARCHITECTURE The building at 7304 Knox Lane is an eclectic house with early Ranch and vernacular stylistic influences applied to what appears to be an early-twentieth-century vernacular farmhouse. It is one and one-half stories in height, with an L-shaped plan and intersecting partial-width porches. Its compound roofline features deep eaves with cedar shakes at gable ends. Fenestration includes 8:8 wood windows of varying dimensions. RESEARCH The house at Knox Lane and Running Rope Lane, known as 7304 or 7306 Knox, was constructed in the early twentieth century and augmented by the Knox family in the 1940s. The land was purchased in the 1930s by Mary Lou and Warren Penn Knox. W. P. Knox, the district commissioner for the Boy Scouts of America, turned the property into a day camp for boys called Running Rope Ranch. Knox was a Vermont native who moved to Austin after World War I. After serving as an Army captain in World War II, he became involved in Central Texas outdoor youth activities, including work as the official operator of the Arrowhead Ranch Camp in Kerrville, before opening Running Rope Ranch in the 1940s. The ranch offered riding lessons, hiking and survival training, swimming in the spring-fed pool—the land boasted seven natural springs, which were later identified by Margaret Thomas Knox as a habitat of the threatened Jollyville Plateau salamander1—and other outdoorsmanship training. From 1959 to 1966, legendary Austin horsewoman Ginger Pool taught at the ranch.2 The Knox family operated the day camp for ten years. Knox, noted as “larger than life” in posthumous publications, had eclectic interests. He entertained his pupils by showcasing rope tricks he learned as a rodeo performer after WWI. He was a life member of the Marshall Ford Game Protective Association, volunteered on the Council of the Texas Confederate Home for Men, and taught Sunday school at University United Methodist Church. In later years, James and Margaret Thomas Knox and their children moved to the property. Margaret Knox, Captain W. P. Knox’s daughter-in-law, was the daughter of famed Austin architect Roy L. Thomas. She married aviator and P.O.W. James Knox in 1944. After he retired from the military, the couple moved back to his family home in 1966. …
22 – 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS JUNE 5, 2024 PR-2024-037714; GF-2024-043948 501 TEXAS AVENUE PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Partially demolish, remodel, and construct an addition to a ca. 1922 duplex. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS Remodel and construct a two-story addition and front-facing garage to the existing duplex. The proposed project also includes window and siding replacement. Duplex with Craftsman details at first and second floors, including exposed rafter tails, triangular brackets at gable ends, and decorative gable vents. It has 1:1 wood windows and horizontal wood siding. The house at 501 Texas Avenue, addressed originally as 501 E. 37th Street, was constructed around 1922. L. P. Rankin and his family were its first occupants. Rankin worked as a traveling representative of the Southwest Drug Corporation. After his death in 1938. Mrs. Leslie Rankin took ownership of the house and attended night school. Leslie Rankin and her two daughters all attended the University of Texas; Rankin later joined the Federated Business and Professional Women’s Club with her daughter Mary Helen. She rented out half of the duplex throughout her tenure in the home, until at least 1952. PROPERTY EVALUATION The 2020 North Central Austin survey lists the property as a medium priority. 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-style duplex. 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 Release the permit upon completion of a City of Austin Documentation Package. LOCATION MAP 22 – 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION Photos 22 – 3 Remodel application, 2024 22 – 4 1959 1955 1952 1949 1944 1941 1939 1935 1929 1924 Occupancy History City …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS JUNE 5, 2024 PR-2024-042274; GF-2024-043970 1205 COTTON STREET 26 – 1 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1923 house. ARCHITECTURE One-story Craftsman bungalow with horizontal siding, 1:1 wood windows, and a partial-width porch supported by tapered posts atop stucco piers. It features exposed rafter tails beneath the gabled roof’s deep eaves. RESEARCH The house at 1205 Cotton Street was likely constructed around 1920, though the property’s longest-term occupants purchased the lot several years before. Henry Peter sold the property to Edward “Eddie” T. and Effie Esler White Yerwood in December of 1912. The Yerwoods, newlyweds, were both educators: Professor E. T. Yerwood was the principal of the West Austin School and district superintendent of the Sunday School convention of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Effie E. Yerwood was a teacher of history at L. C. Anderson High School. Professor Yerwood died on March 1, 1917. Between 1922 and 1935, Effie Yerwood either remodeled the existing house extensively or constructed a new house at the same place on the lot. Mrs. Effie Esler White Yerwood completed teaching coursework at Guadalupe College and Texas College in Seguin and Tyler. She attended Tillotson College and received her B.A. from Samuel Huston College shortly thereafter. Because Black teachers could not earn teaching certificates in Texas at the time1, she also studied at the University of Colorado and the University of California.2 After beginning her teaching career in 1910, Effie E. Yerwood taught at L. C. Anderson from 1917 until 1954. In a 1971 retrospective on her years of service with Anderson High with home economics dean Mattie Durden (who eventually became President of the Community Welfare Association and trustee of Huston Tillotson College3), Yerwood recounts the disparity between Black and white schools during the era of segregation: “[Anderson was] lacking a whole lot…the only equipment [Yerwood] remembers having was an old Bunsen burner, some rocks, and a tuning fork.”4 Yerwood and Durden also recalled the significant discrepancy between white teachers’ pay and their own, and how school administration explained away this injustice by stating that Black teachers had a lower cost of living than white ones. “I would tell them that just because you are a Negro doesn’t mean that you get discounts at stores,”5 Yerwood told the Austin American-Statesman. During the 1950s, as she neared retirement, Yerwood purchased the house next door and moved it onto the rear …
20– 1 HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS JUNE 5, 2024 PR-2024-022957; GF-2024-043958 4700 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE #10 PROPOSAL Demolish a ca. 1930 building comprising two Calcasieu cottages moved onto the lot between 1940 and 1958. ARCHITECTURE Two one-story Tudor Revival Calcasieu cottages connected to form one building. These cottages were designed and built by the Calcasieu Lumber Company of Austin in the late 1920s and 1930s. The cottages are small, one-story, rectangular- plan frame structures with signature steeply pitched hipped roofs and an ornamental, flared front-gabled section at the doorway with false half-timbering in the tympanum of the gable.1 RESEARCH Merle Goodnight opened the Goodnight Tourist Courts in 1941 to capitalize on the increasing tourist traffic in the corridor from Austin to San Antonio, a section of pre-Interstate road known as the Meridian Highway. In the Winter 2017 edition of Preservation Austin’s quarterly newsletter, TxDOT architectural historian Rebekah Dobrasko writes: Although no remnants of the original road itself remain in Austin, there are small pockets of roadside businesses that still tell the story of the Meridian Highway through our city… Early motels typically took the form of motor courts, with an office out front and individual buildings accommodating travelers needing a bed. As demand rose, these tourist courts morphed into motel styles more typical of today. Some motels along the Meridian Highway in Austin include …the Austin Motel “Tourist Court” (c. 1940, 1220 S. Congress Avenue) …and Hill’s Café (1941, 4700 S. Congress Avenue).2 Building 10 appears to be composed of two Calcasieu cottages combined to form a roughly L-plan structure, located directly behind the former Hill’s Café building. The cottages were moved onto the lot shortly after the construction of Hill’s, according to aerial photographs, and appear to have been used as support structures and storage for the popular dining spot. PROPERTY EVALUATION Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain moderate integrity. Though the buildings retain their original Calcasieu cottage detailing, the connection of the two cottages reduces their integrity of form; however, this modification appears to have taken place during the historic period. 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 Calcasieu cottage detailing. b. Historical …
8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 WW-68 H H MATERIAL LIST A SERVICE CLAMP REQUIRED ON ALL PLASTIC AND ASBESTOS CEMENT PIPE AND ON ALL IRON PIPE 300mm (12") AND SMALLER. B 38mm (1-12") CORPORATION STOP-SERVICE PIPE OUTLET. SPL C 38mm (1-12") SERVICE PIPE D 38mm (1-12") COUPLING: SERVICE PIPE TO MALE I.P.T. (COMPRESSION FITTING) E 38mm (1-12") BALL VALVE. SEE SPL WW -275 F BRONZE BUSHING, 38mm x 25mm (1-12"x1") I.P. THREADS G 25mm (1") COUPLING: SERVICE PIPE TO MALE .P.T. (COMPRESSION FITTING). H 25mm (1") SERVICE PIPE PER SPL-WW-65. I ANGLE METER STOP: SERVICE PIPE INLET x SWIVEL COUPLING NUT OUTLET AND BRASS BUSHING: -FOR 16mm AND 19mm (58" AND 34") METERS: 25mm x 19mm (1"x34") BRASS METER BUSHING. -FOR 25mm (1") METERS: BRASS METER BUSHING NOT REQD. -FOR ALL, SEE SPL WW-68. J WATER METER COUPLING: MALE I.P.T. x SWIVEL COUPLING NUT: -FOR 16mm AND 19mm (58" AND 34") METERS: 19mm x 213mm (34"x8-12") LONG -FOR 25mm (1") METERS: 25mm x 213mm (1"x8-12") LONG K BALL VALVE. SEE SPL WW-276. 19mm OR 25mm (34" OR 1") (PROPERTY OWNER'S CUT-OFF VALVE) L 19mm or 25mm (34" or 1") PIPE MEETING CITY OF AUSTIN I G PLUMBING CODE REQUIREMENTS. M AMRAMI READY METER BOX AND LID PER SPL WW-145 OR WW-145A N PROPERTY OWNER'S BALL VALVE BOX AND LID, RECTANGULAR G G PLASTIC BOX, DFW D1200 OR EQUAL. PHYSICAL SEPERATION G M 250 mm (10'') N L K J H CITY WATER MAIN A B D C D E F NOTES: 1. ALL MATERIAL WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN (BUT NOT INCLUDING) SERVICE COUPLING (D) TO BALL VALVE (K) TO BE REMOVED. 2. IF BALL VALVE COUPLING (E) DOES NOT EXIST, REMOVE MATERIAL UP TO 36" BELOW GRADE. 3. A PHYSICAL SEPERATION SHALL BE PERFORMED BY REMOVING COUPLING (D) BETWEEN THE CORPORATION STOP (B) AND THE MAIN AND SERVICE PIPE (C). THE CORPORATION STOP (B) SHALL BE ABANDONED IN PLACE IN THE "OFF" POSITION. 4. PRIOR TO BACKFILLING, THE CORPORATION STOP (B) AND WATER MAIN (A) SHALL BE WRAPPED WITH 8mm POLYETHYLENE FILM. 5. ALL VOIDS BEHIND BACK OF CURB SHALL BE FILLED WITH SELECT BACKFILL AND 6" OF TOP SOIL AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 510.2 (6) OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS. 6. ALL WORK PERFORMED IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SHALL BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN …
HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION PERMITS JUNE 5, 2024 PR-2024-044125 3001 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, BUILDING 5 21 – 1 PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Demolish a ca. 1961 dormitory building, office, and chapel on the St. Edward’s campus. Two-story multifamily apartment building with attached carport, chapel, and office space. The building has an irregular plan with two main wings and a flat roof of varying heights. It is clad in brick with breeze-block accents as well as projecting vertical stucco elements placed in rhythmic intervals, with patterns varying at each bay. Fenestration includes vertical stained-glass windows at the chapel and horizontally oriented divided aluminum casements at the residential and office portions of the building. St. Joseph Hall was constructed atop a former quarry between 1961 and 1963. It served as a faculty residence, chapel, library, office, and bomb shelter for the Brothers of the Holy Cross at St. Edwards University. The University contracted San Antonio firm Julian & White to complete the dormitory; today it is one of 6 remaining Julian & White structures on campus. The firm primarily produced Catholic churches and educational buildings in Central Texas. The chapel’s stained- glass windows, purchased from San Antonio company ORCO Inc., were installed in a few years after its construction. St. Edward’s, originally owned and operated by the Congregation of the Holy Cross, relied on the Brothers of the Holy Cross to educate students and oversee the University’s operations from 1885 to 1967. The Brothers lived on campus and were provided with room and board in exchange for their service as faculty. During the twentieth century, lay teachers slowly began to outnumber religious brothers on the SEU faculty, and the Brothers of the Holy Cross transferred ownership of the university to St. Edward’s University, Incorporated, in 1971. St. Joseph’s Hall housed religious faculty until 2019. PROPERTY EVALUATION The property is located on the St. Edward’s campus, which contains two City of Austin landmarks. The University’s bylaws note that it is not a religious nonprofit as defined in Texas Tax Code 11.20 and is not subject to the restrictions on landmark designation or review imposed by House Bill 2496. Designation Criteria—Historic Landmark 1) The building is more than 50 years old. 2) The building appears to retain high to moderate integrity. 3) Properties must meet two criteria for landmark designation (LDC §25-2-352). Staff has evaluated the property and determined that it may meet …
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