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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-12-2009 Historic Preservation CommissionIOWA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Thursday, March 12, 2009 City Hall, 410 E. Washington Street Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 p.m. A. Call to Order B. Public discussion of anything not on the agenda C. Certificate of Appropriateness: 1. 409 Summit Street 2. 815 Washington Street 3. 430 Oakland Avenue 4. 617 Ronalds Street D. Public Hearing: Northside Historic District Discussion of an application submitted by the Northside Neighborhood Association to designate a Northside I-istoric District E. Consideration of minutes for February 12, 2009 F. Other G. Adjournment Iowa Cite Histolic Preservation Commission dtv I Lill, 410 E: Washington Street, Iowa C,tv. LV 5224" fflx&���NW Date: March 7, 2009 To: Historic Preservation Commission From: Christina Kuecker, Associate Planner Re: Rescheduling April meeting I would like to make a request to reschedule the April 9, 2009 meeting to Monday, April 13. Please check your schedules to see if this would work for you and be prepared to discuss at the meeting on March 12. Staff Report March 6, 2009 Historic Review for 409 S. Summit Street District: Summit Street Historic District Classification: Contributing The applicants, Frank and Gigi Durham, are requesting approval for a proposed alteration/ addition project at 409 S. Summit Street, a contributing property the Summit Street Historic District. The applicants are seeking approval to enclose the rear porch/patio, to add a spiral staircase from the second story, and to add a new entry door on the second story. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 4. 0 Iowa City h'istonc Arserrntion Guidelines forA1teratians 4.7 Windows 4.8 Doors 4.9 Porches 4.10 Balustrades and Handrails S. 0 Iowa City hHistoni Arseruxtion Guidelines forAa'a'itions 5.1 Expansion of Building Footprint 9.0 The Secretary ofthe Interior's Standards forRehahiliation Staff Comments This two-story gable house from 1900 features a broad from porch that wraps around the south elevation. The porch posts are square and heavy. Modern replacement siding alters the appearance of the house, but the overall shape and proportion remain intact. The applicant is proposing to enclose the rear entry porch/patio. Currently the second story of the house extends over this area and the porch/patio does not include any special detailing. The applicant would like to move the door on the south elevation over and extend transom type windows across the filled in portion. The applicant would also like to place a door on the west (rear) elevation. The applicant proposes to use Marvin wood windows, half-light fiberglass doors, and white aluminum siding to match the existing replacement siding. In addition to enclosing the entryway, the applicant would like to add an entry door on the second story and install a spiral staircase to this door. The exact spiral staircase has not been selected, but the applicant has indicated that it will be a cast iron type of staircase. The guidelines allow for the enclosure of rear porches and for additions to the rear of the property. Staff believes that since the rear porch/patio does not have any special detailing and is already integrated into the overall mass of the house, enclosing the area would be compatible with the existing structure. The guidelines encourage the use of wood windows and allow for the use of synthetic siding on additions and for repairs if synthetic siding is already present on the house. There are no specific guidelines regarding spiral staircases on the exterior of properties, so the Commission must evaluate the proposal based on the Secretary of the Interior Standards. Standard # 3 states, "Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or architectural elements from other buildings, shall not be undertaken." Standard # 10 states, "New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in such a manner that if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired. One reason spiral staircases (and exterior staircases in general) are not addressed in the guidelines, is that rarely are they appropriate on a historic building. In Staff's opinion, enclosing the rear entry and relocating the doors would not detract from the historic character of the house. However, staff believes that instead of a row of transom windows, double hung windows that match the other windows on the house would be more appropriate. Staff believes that a spiral staircase is not congruent with the architectural style or time period of this house and does not recommend approval of the exterior spiral staircase and second story door. There is likely a way of reconfiguring the interior stairs or installing an interior spiral staircase that would provide the same functionality and safety as an exterior stair would provide. RecommendedMotion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the enclosure of the rear entry porch at 409 S. Summit Street as presented in the application, with the following conditions: • The applicant use double hung windows instead of transom windows that are similar to other windows in the house; • Final window and door type and placement being subject to staff approval; and • The applicant finding an interior solution to the spiral staircase instead of the staircase being on the exterior of the house. Application for Historic Review For Staff Use: Application for alterations to the exterior of historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 14-4C Meeting schedule: The HPC meets the second Thursday of each month. During the summer months, the HPC may also meet on the fourth Thursday. Applications are due by Wednesday the week prior to the meeting. Applicant Informatiion (Please check prippmaary contact person) ❑ OwnerCC I'if"i+1t` j?Y:t4jr� Phone .... --_L ' _ ...... Address.. ... email........ ................................. .....»...»..»»................................. ❑ Contractor... r?7k71 'I S» » p }lid 4tor) Address ..»..... ri'&O..»Couy-+ 1-.i.=A..... `�... ....,r».». Phone ...s »�> !. ��. q �..».»... ».............. ».......... ....... . email ..... Lark?m'i COi-►-� ❑ Consultant .........».................. ».............»...».......... ».... Phone ..:......... — 0 5...1..9..................... »..... email.»»LGlrril ner5.C.S `f� »..�»....»'..L , coeh Application Requirements Attached are the following items: 10 Site plan ® Floor plans ❑ Building elevations ® Photographs © Product information ❑ Other ........ .................... »».»...».........................»»...» If the proposed project entails an addition, a new structure or a significant alteration to an existing structure, please submit a site plan, floor plans. building elevations and photographs. If the proposed project is a minor alteration to a structure, please provide drawings and photographs to sufficiently describe the scope of the project Provide a written description of the proposed project on the second page of this application. Date submitted ..2—...j..�-.G.,,/ ❑ Certificate of No Material Effect Certificate of Appropriateness ❑ Major review ❑ Intermediate review ❑ Minor review Property Information Address of property ......... Q..... S...............». Use of property ..........E.0...»................................................ Date constructed (if known) I�v2 Historic Designation ❑ This property is a focal historic landmark OR ❑ This property is located in the: ❑ Brown Street Historic District 0 College Green Historic District ❑ Fast College Street Historic District ❑ Longfellow Historic District 10 Summit Street Historic District ❑ Woodlawn Historic District ❑ Clark Street Conservation District ❑ College Hill Conservation District (3 Dearborn Street Conservation District ❑ Lucas -Governor Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: ❑ Contributing ❑ Noncontributing ❑ Nonhistoric Project Type C9 Alteration of an existing building Cie. siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, new decks, porch reconstruction, baluster repair or similar) ❑ Addition to an existing building (includes decks and ramps) ❑ Demolition of a building or portion of a building (le. porch, chimneys, decorative trim, baluster or similar) ❑ Construction of new building ❑ Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance ❑ Other Project description Materials to be used Exterior appearance changes Christina Kuecker From: Durham, Frank D [frank-durham@uiowa.edu] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:54 PM To: Christina Kuecker Cc: LammersCS@aol.com; Durham, Meenakshi G Subject: Durhamspiral staircase @ 409 S. Summit St. Dear Ms. Kuecker, As part of a renovation to the kitchen and attached mudroom of our house at 409 S. Summit St., we would like to remove the existing wooden staircase that is inside the building and replace it with a metal spiral staircase on the exterior. This change will resolve a couple of key safety -related issues, including: ? eliminating the danger of the existing staircase. The steps are narrow and steep; the staircase is out of code and cannot be descended safely . ? providing a safe egress from the second floor to complement the staircase inside the front of the house. Please feel free to ask any questions or to come by the house to see the site of the proposed changes. Sincerely, Frank D. 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Values are gerner-AW in aocardance with NFRC DO-97 or 100-2D01 and otharicable NFRC procedures. Argon gas is not avak* tr the attitudes that require capdary tubes. SHGC--Solar Heat Gam Coefficient. Vr=Vsible tight Transmittance. Energy Star Zones: N=Northern, NC = North Central, SC = South Central, S=Stwdwn. NOTES: • UP patterns shown are for 314' (19) griles, 7/8' (22) SDL, or SG ADL. Life patterns for 11/8" (29) gniles, SDL, or n ADL may vary • Awning units available as an operator or stationary Stationary units can be converted to 08 operating unrts with the appropriate replacement parts Not To Scale Staff Report March 6, 2009 Historic Review for 815 E Washington Street District: College Hill Conservation District Classification: Contributing The applicants, Pi Beta Phi Sorority, are requesting approval for a proposed project at 815 E. Washington Street, a contributing property in the College Hill Conservation District. The applicants are seeking approval to move an existing retaining wall. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: .5t 0 Iowa City historic .Pmxenation GIndelmes for,4lterations 4.2 Masonry 4.13 Site and Landscaping 70 Iowa City Historic .Pmserwut ,v Gwdelrzes forDemolziion Staff Comments This sorority house was constructed in 1925 and is a good example of Tudor Revival design. The sorority remains largely as built, with the exception of the later addition of the dormers. The sorority features a porte- cochere with columns that are integrated into the retaining wall. As discussed below, the applicants would like to address the problems with the retaining wall now, and continue exploring the options for the columns. Currently the retaining wall on the east side of the property is failing and the applicants would like to take down the existing retaining wall and build a matching retaining wall approximately 3' to the east. The brick drive would be extended to the new retaining wall. The applicants are still trying to determine what should or can happen with the columns and is planning to bring this in front of the Commission at a later date. The new retaining wall would be a reinforced concrete retaining wall that is faced with brick to match the existing brick. The applicants intend to reuse as much brick as possible for the retaining wall and any additional bricks will be of the same type and color. The guidelines allow for the repair and replacement of deteriorating elements with like materials. The guidelines disallow the removal of any historic architectural feature. In Staff's opinion, the retaining wall in its current location is not integral to the architectural integrity of the sorority. Provided the new brick wall matches the existing brick walls in material, color, joint profile, and height, the impact on the look of the property will be minimal. Recommended,ffotion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness to move the retaining wall approximately 3' to the east and widen the existing driveway. The new retaining wall must match the existing retaining wallin material, color, Joint profile, mortar color, height, and overall appearance. Application for Historic Review Application for alterations to the exterior of historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 14-4C. Guidelines for the Historic Review process, explanation of the process and regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook, which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online at: www.icgov.org/HPhandbook Meeting schedule: The HPC meets the secondThursday of each month. During the summer months, the HPC may also meet on the fourthThursday. Applications are due in the PCD Office by noon on Thursday two weeks prior to the meeting. See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. Applicant Information (Please check primary contact person) "� ® Owner ......... J.............lr...Gr'..YT ......... m. .(............. Phone.........................................................j... ,.G.�.(�.. y.�....„ Address9............. I .............. .I!...1�.`.`.�. ......t��..11�!. ......� t.....�.. :............Zip email....................../......................... ...... El Contractor ... 1- ... Address ....... 4.1... ......... �Q�"..............................,..�j..' r............... Phone................... .+ �� !/................. I....... email...................................................................I ........................... El Consultant�!C-.....�[r J��j"iff Address ..���...5;T V ...Avf ' ..n�/ �..f11 .. I ...........LVAU.16.1...1..� :................ zip -..-1 Phone.............................................................................................. email................................................................................................ Application Requirements Attached are the following items: Site plan E Floor plans Building elevations Photographs ® Product information ® Other.............................................................................. If the proposed project entails an addition, a new structure or a significant alteration to an existing structure, please submit a site plan, floor plans, building elevations and photographs. If the proposed project is a minor alteration to a structure, please provide drawings and photographs. to sufficiently describe the scope of the project. Provide a written description of the proposed project on the second page of this application. For Staff Use: / Date submitted .....-.-. .f�.... .................. ❑ Certificate of No Material Effect Certificate of Appropriateness j!K Major review ❑ Intermediate review ❑ Minor review Property Information Address of property..6.,....... V... j�ii l.......�.. .......................................................((��...��..,,.......................................... I ........... Use of property......... 11 f .............................. Date constructed (if known)............................................................... Historic Designation Q This property is a local historic landmark OR Q This property is located in the: 0 Brown Street Historic District Q College Green Historic District East College Street Historic District Longfellow Historic District Summit Street Historic District ® Woodlawn Historic District Clark Street Conservation District ;iCollege Hill Conservation District DlDearborn Street Conservation District 0 Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: Contributing El Noncontributing Nonhistoric Project Type Alteration of an existing building (ie. siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, new decks, porch reconstruction, baluster repair or similar) Addition to an existing building (includes decks and ramps) Demolition of a building or portion of a building (ie, porch, chimneys, decorative trim, baluster or similar) ©, Construction of new building Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance ALL . rroject description 5���TTAT/et�. .................. 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Exterior appearance changes AITAPI� O ............................................... .......................................................................... . .. ......................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Since the existing retaining wall along the East property line is failing and compromising the building's structural integrity, the sorority is involved in an ongoing process to seek approval from Planning & Zoning to accommodate the widening of an existing archway underpass along with the retaining wall project. The retaining wall can be moved (approximately Y) to the existing East property line under present codes. The code issue is to gain approval to relocate three structural columns as well. Planning and Zoning has recently proposed a satisfactory accommodation to permit their relocation. However, plans & drawings for the column option will not be available for the March meeting. Since we hope to begin construction in mid May, we would like to proceed by: 1) Gaining HPC approval of the retaining wall/driveway phase at this time. Approval will advance the planning & bidding process in order to meet the target construction schedule. 2) Presenting the proposal for column relocation with recommendations by Planning & Zoning for HPC consideration in April. If approved, that phase can be included in the scope of work. Retaining wall relocation phase: We propose to relocate the masonry retaining wall to the existing East property line and widen the driveway as allowed by code. The existing structural columns would remain at their present location and be involved only with general repair. All new work would be faced with matching materials. 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RETAINING WALL SECTION Scale: 1/2" = 1'-0 MIN. 4" COMPACTED ROAD STONE 4" CMU cD z s _J m cD z Ln X W o sheet vj engineering PI BETA PHI score C) AS NOTED l 815 WASHINGTON ST. IOWA CITY, IA. drawn by o _ _ 2570 holiday road SPA 4- corafville, iowa — 319-338-4939 RETAINING WALL SECTION Q2d�ate W S l„" i ,a-e*�g:�.s J�!!�ir� !f �_. ' #x� ��� �^f 4: � ��� •_-'� ±1_ ,•°Mr• ` '"�� r�%•,y¢S4 S d"" �� � 4 'by �" fi �"b-" �• � _ •Y�,�.r ! �� � � ice, --+. ":»jp�' ^g' & ° _ $!'°$ '� .r,,',� ) t ,...�`.�. = a � :.�t , � • r i � � � . - P � .,�.: ♦ .: -` .. ^sue fY�i f..w', ,.: d%.f. a ��•�� 1 ii/_�-..'r '' !+'/.p °jam, a m -V .......... u 44 } k �-`"�' "�wd''•�F� �-; it 1 Y { x < s a:0 a++rer+ Staff Report March 6, 2009 Historic Review for 430 Oakland Avenue District: Longfellow Historic District Classification: Contributing The applicant, Carl Hirschman, is requesting approval for a project at 430 Oakland Avenue, a contributing property the Longfellow Historic District. He is seeking approval to modify a previously approved addition to the rear of the house. The Commission reviewed and approved an addition at the March 13, 2008 meeting. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: S. 0 Io wa City Historic ^-eseruation Cuidel nes forfldditions 5.1 Expansion of Building Footprint Staff Comments This Dutch Colonial house was built in c. 1925 and has been well maintained with few changes on the exterior. This is one of the many houses in the vicinity that have been built with Dutch Colonial influence. At the March 13, 2008 meeting, the FTC approved a three story, gambrel -roofed addition to the rear of the property. For several reasons the applicant only constructed the first story of the addition and would like approval of the addition as constructed. When reviewing work that has already been done, the Commission is to look at the project as if it was a proposal for an unconstructed project and determine if the project meets the guidelines. The fast floor of the addition was completed as shown in the previously approved addition, but the upper floors were not. The applicant would like approval of the one story addition. Existing siding, trim, and windows were reused. The roofline is taller than the existing roofline to allow for the use of the existing windows above a kitchen counter. The guidelines allow for additions to historic houses provided the addition is compatible in design with the historic building and does not detract from the structure. In staff's opinion, the addition is compatible with the house and is located to the rear of the existing structure. This allows for additional square footage with little change to the most visible sides of the house. A bump out on the rear of a property with a different roof height is not uncommon. The roofline from all other elevations stays the same with this addition. Recommendedffotion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for 430 Oakland Avenue as presented in the application. Application for Historic Review Application for alterations to the exterior of historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 14-4C. Guidelines for the Historic Review process, explanation of the process and regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook, which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online at: www.icgov.org/HPhandbook Meeting schedule: The HPC meets the secondThursday of each month. During the summer months, the HPC may also meet on the fourthThursday. Applications are due in the PCD Office by noon on Thursday two weeks prior to the meeting. See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. Applicant Information (Please check primary contact person) ❑ OwnerCarl........Hirschm...an .............................................................................. Phone.515-321-3161............................................................................................. 430 Oakland Ave Address......................................................................................... Iowa City, IA 52240 .................................................................................ZIP ................... email.carIll 729@gmail.com ............................................................................................... ® Contractor................................................................................ Address.......................................................................................... ................................................... I ............................. zip ................... Phone.............................................................................................. email................................................................................................ ❑ Consultant................................................................................. Address.......................................................................................... .................................................................................zip ................... Phone.............................................................................................. email................................................................................................ Application Requirements Attached are the following items: ❑ Site plan ❑ Floor plans Building elevations Photographs Product information ❑ Other.............................................................................. If the proposed project entails an addition, a new structure or a significant alteration to an existing structure, please submit a site plan, floor plans, building elevations and photographs. If the proposed project is a minor alteration to a structure, please provide drawings and photographs to sufficiently describe the scope of the project. Provide a written description of the proposed project on the second page of this application. For Staff Use: J Date submitted.......�.2..�...!................. ❑ Certificate of No Material Effect A\ Certificate of Appropriateness ❑ Major review ❑ Intermediate review ❑ Minor review Property Information Address of ro ert 430...Oakland......Ave. P P Y.................................................................... .................................................................................................................... Use of property ... Residential..........................ho........me ................................................. Date constructed (if known) ... 192.3.................... Historic Designation This property is a local historic landmark OR Q This property is located in the: Brown Street Historic District College Green Historic District East College Street Historic District Longfellow Historic District Summit Street Historic District 0 Woodlawn Historic District Clark Street Conservation District College Hill Conservation District Dearborn Street Conservation District Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: Q Contributing Noncontributing Nonhistoric Project Type El Alteration of an existing building (ie. siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, new decks, porch reconstruction, baluster repair or similar) Addition to an existing building (includes decks and ramps) Demolition of a building or portion of a building (ie. porch, chimneys, decorative trim, baluster or similar) Construction of new building Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance Other.............................................................................................. Project description The previously approved 3-story addition was stopped with only the first floor being completed in Fall 2008 because of ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... time and finances. Construction was planned to reconvene in the Spring, but will not be because of a number of factors. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... The first floor addition has been completed and was done with COMPLETE consideration of historical appropriateness. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Existing siding was reused whenever available. Fiber cement board siding matching the dimensions of the existing sidinc ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... were used in all other areas. All original windows were used, installed in their original configuration, and with their original ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... exterior trim work. The addition area of the house has a higher roof line in order to incorporate the original kitchen windm ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... at its same height and leave room for a support beam above it. Lowering the window to use the existing roofline would ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... have resulted in unusable counter area within the kitchen (see pictures). The roofline was trimmed out to match the trim ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... on the 2nd story. The new roofline was not extended across the entire rear bump out to preserve the symmetrical roof ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... pitches seen from the north side of the home. The original approval had these pitches preserved because the addition ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... does not extend all the way to the north side of the house. The new roofline made sure these pitches were preserved ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... with the intention that the addition would/could be later completed up all three stories. The addition has low visibility ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ from the street to the south and would be completely hidden if/when the approved carriage house is constructed. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ Materials to be used Original windows and original trim, or trim done to match original. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Fiber cement board siding with same dimensions as original siding where original siding can not be saved. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Architectural shingles to match shingles on rest of the home. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Exterior appearance changes Original bump out on the house has been repaired and extended south. Roof line on original bump out is maintained ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... to keep same symmetrical roof lines from north view of home. Addition has higher roof line to compensate for using the ......................... ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. I.......... original kitchen window with transem, keeping it at the same height to preserve exterior visual lines, and allow room for ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... a structural beam that is needed above it. Not extending the higher roof line all the way to the north side of the house ............................................................................................................................................................................................... I ............ allows for the possibility of the addition to be extended all 3 floors without original roof line being affected. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ t_ �._..i: .. ' . �' 'e�;.au3 fj �``` t I.R - �g7` a'.Sn�✓� B�� r$� pt n 'Y ac ft 4 r rly �s t "dr# 1 a REMOVE (2) EXISTIN6 WINDOWS AND STORE FOR REUSE. I1,15TALL (2) NEW CLERESTORY WINDOWS TO MATCH EXISTING WINDOW LOCATED AT MTERIOR STAR. EXISTIN6 HOUSE I I I 1X LATTICE WORK. PAINT TO MATCH EXISIT1,16 HOUSE TRIM. WMGOW NORTH ELEVATION SCALE - 1/9"=1'-(r NEW EAST ELEVATION SCALE - 1/8"=T-0' Ll, A w ADDITION NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION o� O ILL J 9 � Q O W 06 2 U T J z O CC F 0 REVISION5 SHEET DESCRIPTION ELEVATIONS JOB NO: 0-725 DATE: 05-15-06 DRAWN BY: MLA CHKO. BY: MLW SHEET NO: A4 OF Staff Report Historic Review for 617 Ronalds Street District: Brown Street Historic District Classification: Contributing March 6, 2009 The applicant, Mike Oliveira, is requesting approval for a proposed project at 617 Ronalds Street, a contributing property the Brown Street Historic District. The applicant is seeking approval to remove a rear deck/stair, construct a new deck on the rear of the property, and move a door on the rear of the property. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: S. 0 Iowa City Historic Aresernation Guidelines forAVditions 5.2 Decks and Ramps Staff Comments This folk I -house style house was built in 1918 and represents the residential architecture of the neighborhood. Other work, such as window replacement and siding repair, has already undergone 1-PC review and received approval. The applicant is proposing the removal of the rear deck/stair and the closing of the door in that location. The applicant proposes to move the door to the south fagade and to build a new deck on the rear of the house. The rear deck/stair is deteriorated. The new deck will be approximately 19 feet by 10 feet with a 4 feet wide stair. The applicant would like the option of using either wood or a composite wood, such as Trex, to construct the deck. The Guidelines allow for the construction of decks on the rear of buildings provided they are not easily seen from the street. This deck is on the rear of the property and will not been seen from the street. Based on the submitted drawing, it appears that the handrails are compatible with 4.10 Balustrades and Hand ads of the Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines. Wood composites have been approved for rear decks in the past. Recommendea'Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 617 Ronalds Street as presented in the application, with the condition that the door specifications be subject to staff approval. Arplication for Historic Rev►.mar 0 Application for aletcrazions to the exterior of historic landmarks or properties locateri in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to low;; City For Staff Use: Cooc Section 14-4C Guidelines for the Historic Review process, explanation the l , oce anti regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic PreservptKon Date submitted ._. .".� .:,Q . ,,...,., _•. th n dbook. which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online :it J Certificate of No Material Effect www.icgov,orglHPhandbook Certificate of Appropriateness Meeting schedule: The HPC meets the secondTliursday of cacla nionch. During U Major review chi, surninier months. the HPC may also meet on the forrrthThursday. Applications U Int€rinediate review -re d•.ie is, the PCD Office by nocin on Thursday twoweeks prior t'7, the meeting. U !'Minor review See attached su:=;anent for application deadlines and meeting dates. Applicant Information Ipleu;e cht!: k prirri.ary cfonnuici person) (�_^_/.� ... {yam-�...... may► .... . ❑ Contractor .__._ __....... di e .. _.... _.. ....... ...._....-- . Consultant _ ._ __..._ ._... _.... ._....__...__.._ AddrF-,ss ... ............ ...._ .........................zip,. Phone ........... .. _.. _ ..... "mail._...._ ..__ _ _ _........ . Application Requirements Attached are the following items: ❑ Site plan Floor plan= Building elevations ❑ Photographs ❑ product information QOthei ....... _......_.......... tf she proposed project entails an additio,i, a new structure or a significant alteration, to an existing structure, please submit a site plan, fluur plans. ba fing elevations And photographs- H the proposed pic)jcct is a minor alteration to a structure, please provide drawings and photographs to sufficiently describe the scope of the project. Pt }vide a written description of the proposed project on the second pag= of this application. Property information Address of propel ty------ t5/.7..A+trn:nre�,�,s ................... _. . ..... _..., tjsr. of pr-opf r ty........ .� +�.�.�-.. ..- DIte corisu-ucted (if known)...... .i700,. ..... ........................ Historic Designation This property is a local historic landmark OR This property is located in the town Street Historic District r_JCollege Green Historic Disuict ❑ East College Street Historic District ❑ Longfellow Historic District ❑ Summit Street Historic District ❑ Woodlawn Historic District Clark Street Conservation District ❑ College Hill Conservation District rl Dearborn Street. Cunsul vatiun Disorct ❑ Governor -Lucas Street Consci nation District ichin the district, this property is classified as: Contributing Noncontributing ❑ Nonhisturic Project Type Alteration of an existing budding (ie. siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, new decks, porch reconstruction. baluster repair or sinnilar) ❑ Addition to an existing building f includes decks and rampai Demolition of a building or portion of a building (ie. porch. 1G chimneys, decorative trirn, baluster or similar) 0 Constructicin of new building ❑ Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance . ❑ Other ........... . ... .............. ............... V--9-0`f DEMO EXISTING DECK i , 1ST FLOOR OPTION 2 DEMO 5GALE: 5/16" = 1'-0" i 1ST FLOOR OPTION 2 5GALE: 3/16" = 1'-0" US D rn m m n O z ..j :A D r rn 9 m n FLY rn a m CO m r m n O z 40 .1 0 CA 0 y Z5- CT- I lo�va CA\ Historic Preservation Commission (rt v I Lilt, 410 E V`ashin ;t an 5t co, I owi n c. I A. S22 1 G Date: March 7, 2009 To: Historic Preservation Commission From: Christina Kuecker, Associate Planner Re: Northside Historic District The Northside Neighborhood Association submitted an application for a Historic District Overlay rezoning. The Historic Preservation Commission is to hold a Public Hearing on the proposal and consider a motion recommending approval of the proposed District. If the Commission votes in favor of the motion, it will make a recommendation and report to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The proposal will also be submitted to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) for comment. The Planning and Zoning Commission will review the rezoning based on the Comprehensive Plan (which includes the Historic Preservation Plan) and the Zoning Code. The Planning and Zoning Commission will then make a recommendation to the City Council, which will hold a public hearing before considering an ordinance. Proposed Northside Historic District The proposed district is titled the Northside Historic District and consists of properties between the 400 and 700 block of N Linn Street, the 400 and 500 block of N Gilbert St, the 300 block of Church St and the 200 and 500 block of Fairchild St (See Attachment A). The proposed Northside Historic District is located within the Northside Neighborhood. In 2004/5 the Gilbert -Linn Historic District was nominated and listed to the National Register of Historic Places. A local district was proposed at this time, but was not approved at the Council level. Historic District Criteria: Iowa City Zoning Code section 14-3B-1C establishes the following criteria for Historic District Overlay Zones. An OHD zone is a geographically cohesive area with a significant concentration of buildings and other resources that possess a high degree of historic integrity and convey a distinct sense of time and place. To qualify for designation as a Historic District; the subject area must contain abutting pieces of property under diverse ownership that meet criteria a. and b. and at least one of criteria c., d., e., or f. a. Are significant to American and/or Iowa City History, architecture, archaeology and culture; and b. Possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship; and c. Are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history, or d. Are associated with the lives of persons significant to our past; or e. Embodythe distinctive characteristics of a type, period, method of construction; or represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values; or represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or f. Have yielded or may likely yield information important to pre -history or history. The criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places are similar to the criteria for designation of local historic district. The NRHP criteria are: A. That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history, or B. That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or C. That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. That have yielded or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District. Architectural historian Marlys Svendsen prepared the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District and the District was listed on the National Register in September 2004 as significant under NRHP criteria A and C. The NRHP nomination included properties from the 300 to 400 block of Gilbert Street and the 300 to 600 block of Linn Street. The NRHP Registration Form (Attachment Q documents the historic significance of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District. The following is the summary of the NRHP Registration Form: In summary, the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District is locally significant under Criteria A and C. Under Criterion A, it derives significance from its association with an important era of population growth and intense residential development in Iowa City's North Side residential area at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Iowa Citians built private residences for their growing families while small-scale developers constructed housing to meet the demand of a brisk rental market during these decades. The Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District's organic development followed this pattern of residential development. Additional significance under Criterion A derives from the fact that the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District represented a cross section of middle and upper income households with prominent business and professional leaders living next door to middle income and working class families. Individuals who resided in this neighborhood highlight several important themes in the city's history in the decades before and after the turn of the 20th century. Primary among these were the growing prosperity of Iowa City's German -American and Bohemian -American communities and the growth in importance of the State University of Iowa. The construction of new houses, the brisk rental of existing houses, and the infill construction pattern that produced an extremely dense residential district from ca. 1895 through ca. 1925 testifyto the neighborhood's significance. Under Criterion C, the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District is significant as a representative collection of the residential architectural styles and vernacular house forms that appeared in Iowa City neighborhoods from the 1860s through the 1930s. From modest Bohemian cottages to pattern book houses and elaborate multi -story mansions, the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District reflected the architectural character and best local residential building practices of the period. The District derives added architectural significance because of the large number of well-preserved residences designed by Iowa City's most productive early 20th century architect, O.H Carpenter, between 1900 and 1918. The combination of visual qualities and historical associations gives the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District its distinct identity and significance.' Proposed Northside Historic District. The Northside Neighborhood Association has expanded the boundaries of the Gilbert -Linn National Register District in order to capture more of the Northside residential neighborhood. The proposed district places focus on Linn, Gilbert, and Fairchild Streets. Fairchild Street is a brick street that retains much of its historic character and has the same historic significance as Linn and Gilbert Streets. The Neighborhood Association has proposed having Davenport Street as the southern boundary of the district (Attachment A). The local districts do not have to match the National Register District. While there is merit in expanding beyond the National Register boundaries, staff believes that the National Register District should be contained within the Local District. Staff believes that extending the boundary south to the alley south of Davenport Street is more consistent with the National Register District (Attachment B). 1 Svendsen, Marlys. Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District, Johnson County, Iowa, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, January 2004, p 30. Guidelines: The primary guidelines for alterations, additions, new construction, and demolition within the Northside Historic District have already been established, and are contained within the Iozeu City Historic Pm awtaon Hando&. The handbook is available from the Department of Planning and Community Development, at the public library, and on the City's web site at www.IQov.org\historicpreservation . These guidelines were written to apply to both historic districts and conservation districts. In a historic district, in addition to preserving the historic character of a neighborhood, more concern is given to the individual buildings as historic resources. The guidelines also contain Neighborhood District Guidelines, which address architectural style, site and scale issues specific to each district. Staff believes that the Northside Neighborhood Guidelines for the Brown Street Historic District can be applied to the Northside Historic District as well. Contributing/Noncontributing Buildings: In order to administer the historic district guidelines, buildings within the proposed district are categorized as contributing, non-contributing, or non -historic. A property is considered to be contributing if the primary structure is an integral part of the historic context and character of the District. A non-contributing property is a property that is not listed as contributing. A non -historic property is any noncontributing property within a district that is less than 50 years old at the time the district is designated. Noncontributing properties maybe more than 50 years old, but are classified as noncontributing if they have been substantially altered significant architectural features have been removed, or was not constructed during the district's period of significance. Contributing and Key. Contributing properties are subject a higher level of review because they retain much of their historic significance. Non-contributing and non -historic buildings have fewer regulations and qualify for exceptions to the Historic Preservation Guidelines. Non-contributing and non -historic buildings also can be demolished provided any replacement building meets the guidelines. The NRHP Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District contains 86 properties. Of these, six are non-contributing and two are non -historic. In the proposed Northside Historic District, there are 96 properties, of which 8 are non -historic and 10 are non-contributing. 81% are classified as contributing to the character of the historic district. In Staff's recommended boundary, an additional 2 non-contributing and 23 contributing are included. This results in 121 properties total within the local Northside Historic District. Of these, 101 (83.5%) are classified as contributing to the character of the historic district. Compliance with the Comprehensive Plan: The 1997 Iowa City Comprehensive Plan notes the importance of Iowa City's older neighborhoods and references the strategies of the Historic Preservation Plan as a means to preserve these neighborhoods. The Iowa City Central District Plan also points out the importance of Iowa City's older neighborhoods and lists preserving historic resources and reinvesting in older neighborhoods as one of the general principles for maintaining and building healthy neighborhoods. The Central District Plan also lists support of the goals and objectives of the Historic Preservation Plan as a way to promote the Central District as an attractive place to live. The Historic Preservation Plan lists as Goal 1 "Identify historic resources significant to Iowa City's past." Objective 5 of Goal 1 calls for the continued nomination of properties and districts to the National Register of Historic Places and pursuing local designation when appropriate. Goal 10 outlines neighborhood strategies for Iowa City's older neighborhoods. The Objectives for the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District are listed on page 81 -83. Objective 3 states, "In the midterm (two to three years), encourage designation of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District as a local ordinance historic district." Summary: Upon studying the Northside Neighborhood, and in particular the proposed Northside Historic District, Staff feels that the designation of this area as a historic district is warranted. The area retains its traditional neighborhood character and a sense of time and place, and a majority of the structures within the district contribute toward this character and are architecturally intact. Designation of this historic district will protect the neighborhood from demolition and inappropriate new construction and alterations, which detract from its character. The neighborhood association hopes that with historic designation, this district will begin to experience the same type of investment and improvement that has been occurring within other designated historic districts, such as Brown Street and East College Street. In these areas, there have been a remarkable number of building rehabilitation efforts, and a number of property owners have credited the historic district designation as a major part of their decision to invest in their properties. Because they have some assurance that their neighborhood will retain the qualities that attracted them there, they were more willing to make a substantial investment in their own properties, which is in turn an investment in the neighborhood. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff believes that the proposed Northside Historic District meets the criteria for designation as defined under City Code and Section 14-3B-1, Historic District Overlay Zone (OHD), and recommends consideration of the proposed Northside Historic District be approved with the boundaries as shown in the Attachment ATTACFUv ENTS: A. Proposed Northside Historic District Map B. Staff Recommended Northside Historic District Map C. NRHP Registration Form: Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District D. Northside Neighborhood Association's rezoning statement Attachment C NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service O-P ce National Register of Historic Places Registration Form TW f— s Nx— h ,w "kq a mq-d drtdbla MNfkucdnepope" ope"n d tl*tf. Ss •'.ade' For runcmtMa reAUdud ol�arE;abn iMltacraw*�pwa aa .�xxI.+e W. n+wagyp mx. wMwrra,�pp.op,r. b0XWby&1"thek*MW0MgM&t4CLU _dapq pkw. .dd®h d A,. ad —.W J— o-row,db� A-4 (NP o . w� Name other names/site number 2. Location street & number Portions of 300-600 Blocks of N. Gilbert & N. Linn Streets N/A U not for publication city or town Iowa City N/A Lj vicinity state Iowa code IA county Johnson code 111 zip code 52242 As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this CX i nomination Lj request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professio uirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property fxI meets L does not meet the National Register criteria. I reco nd tha s property be considered significant Lj nationally Lj statewi i x ] loc see continuation sheet for additional comments). Signature of certifyin ffi Date SOCIETY OF IOWA State or Fe era a ency and oureau In my opinion, the property Lj meets Lj does not meet the National Register criteria. (Lj See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Titfe Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Lj entered in the National Register. Lj See continuation sheet Lj determined eligible for the National Register. Lj See continuation sheet Lj determined not eligible for the National Register. iJ removed from the National Register. Lj other, (explain:) Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County, I Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Do not Include previously listed resources in the count.) [XI private U building(s) Contributing Noncontributing U public -local W district 94 26 buildings W public -State U site L] public -Federal U structure sites U object structures Name of related multiple property listing Enter "N/A" if properly is not part of a multiple property listing • a • objects 94 26 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed In the National Register 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from Instructions) DOMESTIC/Single Dwellings DOMESTIC/Sinnie Dwellings QOMTIC/s5econdary Structures DOMESTIC/Multiple Dwellings COMMERCE/TRADE/Restaurant DOMESTIC/Secondary Structures DOMESTIC/Multiple Dwellings COMMERCE/TRADE/Specialty Store COMMERCE/TRADE/Restaurant 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) LATE VICTORIAN/Queen Anne MID-19 1h CENTURY/Greek Revival LATE 19"' & 20" CENTURY REVIVALS/Colonial Revival foundation STONE/Limestone walls WOOD/Weatherboard WOOD/Shingle roof ASPHALT other see continuation sheet Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Name of Property Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark 'x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) [X] A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. L] B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. [X] C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. L] D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark 'x' in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: LJ A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. LJ B removed from its original location. L] C a birthplace or grave. L] D a cemetery. LI E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. L] F a commemorative property, LJ G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Johnson County, I County and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Period of Significance 1860-1954 Significant Dates N/A Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder Carpenter, O.H. Narrative Statement of Significance Sheets & Freyder (Explain the significance of the property 9n one or more (;()nfinUatior sheets.), 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: LJ preliminary determination of individual listing M State Historic Preservation Office (36 CFR 67) has been requested LJ Other State agency LI previously listed in the National Register L] Federal agency LI previously determined eligible by the National JX] Local government Register L] University L] designated a National Historic Landmark LI Other L] recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: L] recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Name of Property 10. Geouraphical Data Acreage of Property 22 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) 111151 1612121217101 [41611j3191010] Zone Easting Northing 3 L1L5J j612121416101 j41611131412-101 Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the properly on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title Marlvs A. Svendsen. Svendsen Tvler, Inc. 2 1 5 [61212]416101 Zone Easting 4 f1l 5 [61212121610] LI See continuation sheet Johnson County,, IA County and State L41611131617101 Northing f41611131410]01 organization for Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission date September, 2004 street & number N3834 Deep Lake Road telephone 715/469-3300 city or town Sarong state WI zip code 54870 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the complete form: Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) name Various - see continuation sheets street & number city or town telephone state zip code Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number '7Page I Qflbert-Unn Street Historic District JQbmon County, I Name of Property County and State 7. Description (continued) Architectural Classification: (continued) LATEN LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS/Bungalow/Craftsman OTHER Materials: (continued) foundation: CONCRETE walls: BRICK wals� STUCCO roof: METAL 7' NarrativeDescriDtk»n; The Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District issmirregular shaped neighborhood that begins approximately four blocks north of the downtown and the East Campus of the University of Iowa (historically referred to as the State University of |uwe or SU/ inthis nomination) and extends north approximately four blocks along N Gilbert and N.Linn streets from E.8|oomington Street twFairchild Street along the eastern edge and E. Rnne|dsStreets onthe western edge. District boundaries along the west and east edges generally extend only one or two lots west of Linn Street and east of Gilbert Street, respectively, depending on the integrity of buildings and the presence of parking lots or vacant parcels, Properties facing the intersecting streets ofE. Davenport Street, E. Fairchild Street, and E. Church Street are also included within the District. The District comprises a portion of the residential section of Iowa City known historically and today as the "North Side." All ofthe Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District iscontained within the Original Town Plat of Iowa City that was laid out in 1839 when the town was established osthe territorial capital ofIowa Territory. Streets inthe District were laid out with standard B0-huotwidths with east -west alleys measuring 20feet. Blocks measured 32Ofeet by32Ofeet with eight large lots ineach block containing 8Dfeet nfstreet frontage and odepth of150feet. Development ufthe North Side residential blocks through the years saw numerous instances of subdividing of lots into smaller building parcels with a handful of full size lots retained intact for larger buildings. Unlike most of the North Side, the north -south routes of both Gilbert and Linn streets had the primary fa�acles of buildings facing these streets rather than the intersecting east -west streets. Street paving within the District ioamix ofbrick and asphalt. N.Linn Street, E. Davenport Street, and E.Fairchild Street are paved inbrick with 12'inchexposed limestone curbing along abutting blocks. The balance ofthe District has concrete curbing and asphalt paving. All streets in the District carry two-way traffic with parallel parking on alternating sides of the streets on a daily basis. The terrain of the District is generally flat with a gradual upward slope from south to north of approximately 30 feet over five blocks with the highest point inthe District near the intersection ofRona|dmand Linn streets. Houses throughout the District United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Shoot Section Number 7.Page 2 Gil�ert-Linn Stregt Historic District Johnson County. A Name of Property County and State are sited level with the street or on slight upgrades with no major retaining walls present. Setback nfhouses varies markedly throughout the District with older buildings generally set closer to the street. The neighborhood has a dense covering of deciduous trees. Their age suggests that considerable planting took place before World War 11. Street plantings include maple, oak, ash, hackberry, American elm, and a few catalpas with conifers generally reserved for settings within private lots. Dutch elm disease decimated most of the elm trees by the 1970s. Today streets In the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District are lined by a mixture of 60 to 80 year old trees measuring 40 to 75 feet in height.' There are no natural water features within the District and no city parks or playgrounds. The nearest municipal parks are City Park located adjacent hzthe Iowa River and N.Dubuque Street approximately emile northwest nfthe District and Happy Hollow Park located a half -mile northeast of the District along Brown Street between Lucas and Governor streets, The historic building stock in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District includes single-family dwellings that date from the 1860o through the 1930s and secondary structures erected from the late 1 91h century through the 1940s. Approximately 53 percent ofthe 8Gbuildings originally constructed awsingle-family dwellings, doub|m-housey.orapartment houses (primary buildings) are significant individually key contributing structures. Another 37percent qualify as contributing structures within the District but are not individually significant. A total of8primary buildings orapproximately 10 percent are noncontributing due to their date of construction or significant alterations. The District contains 3Gsecondary buildings originally constructed amgarages, carriage houses, orbarns, Of these, 50percent are considered key orcontributing and the other 50 percent have been determined noncontributing due to alterations or date of construction. The dense residential b|ooKo in One Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District contain a mix ofsmall, moderate and large-scale houses constructed over operiod ofonearly ecentury. Though the platting uflots favored construction ofprimary fogadoa fronting on east -west streets, historic factors strengthened the importance of both Gilbert and Linn streets. During the early years the route of the Military Road along N.Gilbert Street drew houses b»this corridor. |nanother case, the brick paving that took place along N. Linn Street at the turn of the 20th century drew development to this route. Paving of Linn Street was done as part of an effort to provide ready access between North Side churches and local cemeteries. Whatever the reasons, the paved street prompted houses built after the paving to face Linn Street. Corner lots tended tohave designs with prominent fagades facing both directions and because the east and west edgesofthe District extend several houses deep along intersecting streets, a number of houses face these streets as well. Building parcels located along Gilbert and Linn streets are generally quite shallow while those facing Bloomington, Davenport, Fairchild, and Church streets are deep except for corner lots where rear portions have been divided to provide housing sites facing onto Gilbert and Linn streets. The District's d-a -half-story-houses are consthed ofbrick wood and stucco with frame tuct being the most popular. Both dressed and ashlar stone was used for trim elements of the neighborhood's earliest brick residences as well as foundations on most 191" century houses. Locally manufactured brick was used for several Italianate style houses while pressed brick was incorporated into foundations and decorative porch pedestals in later dwellings. Frame houses dating from the Civil War on included a range of narrow, medium and wide width clapboard styles, and both decorative and square -cut shingles. The Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District exhibits a variety of late 1 91h and early 20th century architectural styles including good examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, and Prairie School style houses, For earlier houses in the District, it is common to see eclectic combinations of these styles as well as the carry-over influence of the Greek Revival style. Many of the houses are examples of vernacular house forms commonly found in Iowa City during that period. The vernacular forms that appear most frequently in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District include the Side -Gable — both one-story and two-story or 1-house forms, the Front -Gable, the Gabled Front and Wing, the American Four -Square (most popu/mr).and the Gambrel Cottage. 'Email interview with Terry Robinson, Park & Recreation Department, City of Iowa City re: species and size of neighborhood trees December 2003 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 7 Page 3 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Greek Revival influenced houses, including several I -houses, in the District display symmetrical facades. Italianate Style houses most often appear in the Front -Gable form with prominent decorative brackets lining the eaves and ornamented window hoods and porches. More than 20 houses display design features from the Queen Anne Style. These houses have asymmetrical facades, decorative scroll -cut and turned trim, and varied shingle detailing used on the main body of the house as well as porches and gabled dormers. An important design element that was rarely built on Queen Anne Style houses in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District or has been lost through attrition is the tower or turret. After the turn of the 20'h century, many of the largest houses built in the District were built in the Colonial Revival Style incorporating classical design motifs into their facades, varied window forms, sweeping verandas, and in several cases, their carriage houses. By World War I, houses were being constructed that favored the more rectilinear design elements of the Craftsman and Prairie School styles. Paired, grouped, or banded windows appeared with vertical light configurations in the upper sash of double -hung windows in Craftsman Style houses while exposed rafter tails, purlins, and knee -brace brackets lined cornices and porch roofs. Isolated examples of the Prairie School Style also appear in the District. These houses contained hipped roofs with lower pitches, horizontal window groupings, and other design features intended to emphasize the horizontal look of the buildings. The vernacular housing that appeared during the ten decades that the District was under development included modest one and one -and -a -half -story cottages based on both the Front -Gable and Side -Gable forms during the earliest years. A later generation built residences in the Two -Story Side -Gable or I -House form. This form continued to appear in the years leading up to the turn of the 201h century along with even larger Gabled Front and Wing houses. Both forms are scattered throughout the District. After 1900 the most common form used for vernacular housing in the District was the American Four -Square, which could be sized to fit virtually any size lot in the District. Nearly 30 Four -Squares were built by 1930, many with Craftsman or Colonial Revival detailing. At least one example of a Gambrel Cottage was also built after 1900. Some of the best examples of the residential architectural styles and vernacular house forms in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District are listed below. Residential Architectural Styles Italianate: Gustave Strub House, 309 E. Church St. (Photo #1, ca. 1865) Queen Anne: Anna Saunders House, 217 E. Davenport St. (ca. 1895) John & Alice Kessler House, 222 E. Davenport St. (ca. 1895) Schmidt House, 225 E. Fairchild St. (Photo #2, 1895) John Thomas McClintock House, 230 E. Fairchild St. (ca. 1895) Harry & Goldie Miller House, 418 N. Gilbert St. (Photo #3, ca. 1896) Mathilda Holz House, 522 N. Linn St. (Photo #4, ca. 1895) Mary McKinley House, 526 N. Linn St. (Photo #5, ca. 1895) Colonial Revival: Emma Harvat and Mary Stach House, 332 E. Davenport St. (NRHP, Photo #6, 1918) Frank & Anna Larkin House, 416 N. Linn St. (Photo #7, 1905) John & Barbara Koza House, 619 N. Linn St. (Photo #8, 1906) Craftsman: Joseph & Mary Brumm House, 225 E. Church St. (1923) George & Pearl Falk House, 225 E. Davenport St. (Photo #9, 1918) John & Ida Yokum House and Garage, 402 E. Davenport St. (Photo #10, 1925) William and Mayme Fryhauf House, 419 N. Gilbert St. (Photo #11, 1914) Eva Slezak House, 311 N. Linn St. (ca. 1915) Prairie School: Lavinia & Martin Bridenstine House, 404 E. Davenport Street (Photo #12, 1924) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 7 Page 4 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Vernacular House Forms • Front -Gable: Frederick & Louisa Rothweilder House, 310 N. Gilbert St. (ca. 1875) • Side -Gable Roof One Story: Unnamed house, 316 E. Church St., (Photo #13, ca. 1870) Adam Ohnhaus House, 321-323 E. Davenport St. (1870) • Side -Gable Roof Two Story/I-House: Maden House, 312 E. Fairchild St. (ca. 1912) • Gabled Front & Wing: Edward & Edna Miller House, 311 N, Gilbert St., (1908) • American Four -Square: [Note: most examples have Colonial Revival, Craftsman, or Prairie School attributes] Henrietta & George Freyder House, 320 E. Davenport St. (1907) G. Adolph & Dorothy Brenner House, 309 E. Fairchild St. (Photo #14, ca. 1908) Edward Ebert House, 311 E. Fairchild St. (ca. 1898) Louis F. Cerny House, 317 E. Fairchild St. (ca. 1908) Albert Husa, Jr. House, 324 E. Fairchild St. (1916) Joseph & Theresa Stach House, 325 N. Gilbert St. (1907) Nancy Graham House, 413 N. Gilbert St. (Photo #15, 1919) William & Emma McRoberts House, 313 N. Linn St. (ca. 1916) Lemmuel Hunter House, 411 N. Linn St. (ca. 1906) William & Julia Schneider House, 514 N. Linn St. (Photo #16, 1902) • Gambrel Cottage: William & Susan Morrison House, 314 E. Fairchild St. (Photo #17, ca. 1908) The condition of houses in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District ranges from fair to excellent. A substantial number of dwellings continue as single-family homes with subdivision into duplexes or apartments most common in the blocks closest to the University of Iowa East Campus. The most likely alteration to houses in the District is the addition of synthetic siding including asbestos shingle siding dating from the 1940s and aluminum siding or vinyl siding added beginning in the 1960s. An analysis completed by the staff of the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission shows that approximately 36 percent of the primary buildings in the District have this alteration. Other changes include the removal, alteration, or enclosure of porches with screening or fixed walls, the modification or addition of entrances, the addition of fire escapes in multiple -family buildings, and the construction of rear wings and attached garages. Four single-family houses were constructed as infill buildings during the 1950s while a wave of North Side apartment building construction that took place from 1960 through the mid-1980s, saw three apartment buildings constructed in the District. United States Department ofthe Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OFHISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number ___{�page 5 Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Sinnificance: General: The Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District is locally significant under Criteria A and C. Under Criterion Aitderives significance under the category "Community Planning and Deva|oprnenL^ The Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District imas000iohedwbhan important era ofpopulation growth andintense residential development inIowa Chy^sNorth Side etthe end ofthe 1@m century and the beginning ofthe 2D'"century. Much ofthis population growth was associated with the expansion ofthe State University ofIowa and its hospitals located several b|noke south ofthe District, Other residential development paralleled expansion of the city's commercial district with some of the District's most elaborate residences erected by downtown business owners. Residential building stock inthe District is related to two historic contexts previously developed inthe "Historic Resources ofIowa City, Iowa MPS" — the "Railroad Era, 185S-18O0''and "Town and Gown Era, 1QOO-1Q4O." Additional significance under Criterion A derives from the fact that the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District represented a cross section of middle and upper income households with prominent business and professional leaders living next door or across the street from working class families. The N.Gilbert Street and N.Linn Street neighborhood also became one of the sections uf the North Side to play host to socially mobile German and Bohemian -American families, groups that grew as a result of continued immigration from Germany and Bohemia as well as settlement patterns within Johnson County immediately before and after 1Q00. Under Criterion C the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District is significant as a representative collection of the residential architectural styles and vernacular house forms that appeared in Iowa City neighborhoods from the 1860s through the 1930sThe District also spotlights in a major way the work of one of Iowa City's most prolific and important residential architects, Orville H. Carpentor, with at least eight houses identified as his commissions in the District. Together the OiuthoYs buildings tell the story ofhow national architectural oty|oa and vernacular building forms were adapted through local building practices immediately before and after the turn ofthe 2U'"century, Although a number of individual properties in the district are associated with Important local business leaders and educators, nosignificance ioasserted under Criterion B. Noreconnaissance orintensive level archeological surveys were conducted for properties within the District. Aoaresult, nosignificance isclaimed under Criterion D. One property within the District containing two contributing resources is already listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): the Emma Harvat and Mary Stach House (332 E. Davenport Street). Nearby NRHPproperties include the Jacob Wentz HOUse (219 N. Gilbert Street) and the Henry C. Nicking House (410 E. Market Street). The period ofsignificance for this locally significant historic district extends from 1860ho 1054, The first dote marks the construction of the earliest contributing resource and the last date marks the 50-year cut-off for NRHP eligibility. North Side Historical Survey Recommendations: The Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District is one of four existing or proposed historic districts located knesection ofIowa City known osthe "North Side.° This area is located in the northern tiers of blocks in the Original Town Plat and contains approximately 5Ocity blocks, Historic preservation surveys ofportions nfthe North Side were first completed in 1977 and again |n1Q81 byCity ofIowa City planning interns. |ni8B2nominations buthe National Register ofHistoric Places (NRHP) for two contiguous North Side historic districts — one commercial properties and one residential properties — were prepared and submitted tothe local historic preservation commission and the SHP/]. Both districts were eventually approved atthe state |mvm| but final submittal to the National Park Service was withheld pending adoption of local historic preservation ordinance. The nominations were eventually redrafted in 1984 but due to contentious local debate at the time, they were United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number &Page8 Name of Property County and State not resubmitted bothe SHPO. Following completion of a comprehensive historic preservation plan by the City of Iowa City in 1992, a more complete historical and architectural survey was begun in multiple phases in the North Side. Sections of the North Side were included in each of the following studies: , Dubuque/Linn Street Corridor Survey byMolly Naumann (1QAG) " Original Town Plat of Iowa City (Phase 1) Survey by Jan Nash, TaIlgrass Historians L.C. (1997) ^ Original Town Plat of Iowa City (Phase 11) Survey by Marlys Svendsen, Svendsen Tyler, Inc. (1999) ° Gnooetowm Neighborhood (Phase |U)Survey by K4odyu Svendaon' SwandmanTyler. Inc. (2000) , Iowa City Central Business District Survey byMarlys 8vendmen.GvondaonTyler, Inc. (280O) Once these survey efforts were underway, two NRHP nominations were prepared using the multiple property documentation (K4PD)and historic district format. Todate, the Brown Street Historic District nomination and the Original Town Plat Phase UK4POhave been listed onthe NRHP. |n2OOOoreexamination ofthe various North Side surveys was completed and recommendations for future NRHP nomination work were made by Marlys Svendsen to guide the efforts of the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission and the City ofIowa City. In addition to the already listed Brown Street Historic District (listed 1994), Svendsen recommended that nominations be considered for several other North Side areas that contained sufficient integrity,architectural significance, and/or historical associations that helped to represent this important Iowa City neighborhood, The North Side was developed over 16 decades beginning inthe 184Us. Historic resources survive from throughout this period and are scattered over the entire geographic area, Several generations of development and redevelopment took place throughout all sections of the North Side |nsubsequent years. As a result, each of the potential North Side historic district areas has a similar period of historical significance extending from the late 1840aorearly 185Onthrough ca. 185O. Architecturally speaking, all o/the potential districts recommended contain good representative examples of the architectural styles and vernacular house forms that became popular during this period. For comparison purposes, each district inbriefly described below: ° Jefferson Street Historic District — This four -block section of Jefferson Street contains an important collection of Iowa City churches, residences, and institutional buildings associated with the State University of Iowa Medical School and the University Hospital. The district's buildings are historically significant underthethemeaof educatimn, reWgion, and community planning as well as architecturally significant for the good examples of late 19'" and early 20"' century institutional and residential building styles. Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District — This well-preserved group of large-scale, single-family residences extends along the north -south routes oftwo important North Side streets ` the brick -paved course o[Linn Street and the north -south route of the Old Military Road known today as North Gilbert Street. The district is architecturally significant for the representative collection ofarchitectural styles and vernacular house forms dating from the 188Os tu1S3Oa The district also contains a good set of examples of the work of one of Iowa City's most important turn of the century architects, O.H.Ca,pen(er. Hioto,iou||y, the district demonstrates the importance nfdevelopment factors such as street paving and proximity to employment generators in stimulating residential growth in existing neighborhoods. Brown Street Historic District and Ronands StmamnExtenmfon—TheohQino|BnownStraetHisbohoDimtrictwas listed inthe NRHPin1894. It qualified for listing under Criteria and A and C for its association with Iowa City's neighborhood wUlemt the development of a majortransportation {d and its related sub -themes; its affiliation with the growth of the State University of Iowa in the decades immediately following 1900; and its collection of representative examples of architectural forms and styles from the period extending from the 1850s through the 1920s. The original district extended along seven blocks of Brown Street and several blocks of the adjoining private drive, Bella Vista Place, Aproposed amendment hothe Brown Street Historic District includes a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Shoot Section Number 8 Page 7 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District -Johnson County. 1A Name of Property County and State Historic District was listed in the NRHP. The Ronalds Street extension contains similar building stock in terms of form, scale, material, and architectural style. Its historical development occurred during a similar period as the Brown Street Historic District and was prompted by similar factors. These facts make the Ronalds Street extension appropriate for amending to the existing Brown Street Historic District. North Clinton Street Historic Street - This potential district contains well-preserved, large scale residences associated with some of Iowa City's most prominent business and professional leaders from the late 19 kh and early 201h centuries. In addition the houses are well -executed and well-preserved examples of the architectural styles popular during this era. At the turn of the 21 "' century, the area adjoins the State University of Iowa Campus. After World War 1, several of the houses served as examples of adaptive use as fraternity houses and rooming houses. A number of the occupants of residences in the district had strong links to the State University of Iowa as faculty members and administrators. In addition to these four historic districts, Svendsen recommended two thematic nominations for resources under separate historic contexts. They include a well-preserved, but scattered, collection of University of Iowa fraternity houses and a group of resources connected to the historical development of the Bohemian -American community. Based on the recommendations made in 2000, the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission obtained a Certified Local Government grant in 2003 to nominate three of the identified North Side historic district areas to the NRHP. In addition to the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District included in this nomination, they include the Jefferson Street Historic District and the amendment to the Brown Street Historic District that increases its boundary with the addition of the Ronalds Street section. The Historical and Architectural Development of the N. Gilbert Street and N. Linn Street Neighborhood:' Iowa City was laid out as the new capital city for Iowa Territory in the summer of 1839. Its location 50 miles west of the Mississippi River and its river city population centers anticipated the state's westward expansion. The Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District is located in the northwest corner of the Original Town Plat. This plat, which appears on the following page with the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District outlined, Included 100 blocks with eight lots per block, 31 out lot blocks, two public squares, three market squares, two public parks, and reserves set aside by the territorial legislators for churches and a school. Primary access into the capital city from the north was via Territorial Road along N. Gilbert Street. The first sections of the new city to be developed were near Capitol Square with the earliest commercial blocks located along Clinton and Washington streets, This area and the blocks to the east and south would become Iowa City's central business district. Within twenty years of Iowa City's founding, a second commercial and industrial district began to appear several blocks north of the downtown along a stretch of Market Street between Linn and Gilbert streets. The commercial area that became known as the "North Side," eventually contained three breweries (one building extant), a hotel, grocery stores, meat markets, and a number of small retail establishments. In the years before and after the Civil War, a residential neighborhood grew up in the blocks surrounding the North Side commercial area. In the decades leading up to the turn of the 201h century, the area saw a second wave of development associated with general population increases in the Third Ward and growth directly associated with the expansion of the State University of Iowa. The residential blocks that extend along N. Linn and N. Gilbert streets and the Intersecting routes of Davenport, Fairchild, and Church streets that have the most physical integrity at the turn of the 21 " century form the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District. 2Portions of this section are taken from "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS" listed in the NRHP in 1994 and an amendment to this MPS nomination, "Architectural and Historical Resources of Original Town Plat Neighborhood (Phase 11), 1845 - 1945," listed in 2000. Additional material was taken from a second amendment to the MPS prepared in 1997 titled 'Historic Folk Housing of Iowa City, Iowa, 1839 - ca. 1910" that has not been submitted to the National Register of Historic Places for listing. The first two documents were authored by Marlys Svendsen and the third by Jan Olive Nash. United States Department of the interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 8 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District .Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State 1839 Map of Iowa City with Gilbert -Linn Street depicted (from the State Historical Society of Iowa - Iowa City) i N l s r� r Y �u*1yui • irti �,, 9 FY, ���� �AU �4ii 15 i NNW" N Am IN !!! "N PAN F. . .,, 00 JIM z= �Altlll�l�%�d`llYl !�� �d l!!►� a3ts�q iiil� �wwi �...P �..�. ,< ��:� �, � .� �I�� �!l!!!I � Id AhllA ��191� . • ;��� l�lll�� �l�(�al llll�� � , .. an, I United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number $ Page J Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District R__ Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State One of the earliest views of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District is contained in the 1868 Bird's Eye View of Iowa City that appears below. A prominent landmark in this view is Old Capitol, the former territorial capitol located at the center of Capitol Square, what is today part of the University of Iowa and the Pentacrest Historic District (NRHP), The North Side commercial area shown here stretching along E. Market Street shows the collection of breweries and commercial enterprises that had become well established south of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District by the end of the Civil War. Other landmarks visible here include the spires of churches located along Jefferson Street. The bird's eye view depicts the blocks in the District containing one and two-story houses scattered among vacant lots with the blocks along Linn Street north of Davenport Street the most sparsely developed. from Bird's Eye View of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, 1868 (from the State Historical Society of Iowa - Iowa City) N Cap�Hmtw,c PeO United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8Pa@e1O Gilbprl-Linn Street Historic M.5trict. Johnson County, I Name of Property County and State Population figures for Iowa City ayawhole and the Third Ward, which included the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District, demonstrate periods ofgrowth and decline inthe North Side, Apopulation table summarizing state and federal census figures appears below. Prior to 1870 Iowa City's population was recorded as a single, citywide number. Population stood at 1,250 in 1850 when the first residents were building homes in the North Side and by 1860 there were scattered houses throughout the North Side, Citywide population on the eve of the Civil War had grown dramatically to 5,214. This quadrupling of population in one decade occurred despite the removal of the state capital to Des Moines. Positive factors outweighing this event were the establishment of the State University of Iowa in Iowa City and the arrival of the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad inthe m|d-185Om. Declines in population growth during the early 1860s, reflected losses due to the dislocation caused bythe Civil War and temporary immigration decreases. By the mid-1860s census figures show that Iowa City's population was already beginning to recover. Growth resumed uda more moderate pace than the previous decade, reaching 5.9i4by1370. This was also the first census 10record the geographic dispersal ofIowa Cit/mpopulation. /tshowed 2.296people residing hlthe Third Ward, osection of the city that extended from N.Linn Street on the west to east of Reno Street on the east and from Washington Street on the south to Brown Street on the north. Five years later in 1875 the:ity'o population rose to 6.371 while numbers in the Third Ward Population for Iowa Ci & Third Ward Year Iowa City,_,_,_ Third Ward--.-- 1867 ,418 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OFHISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number - Page 1M Gilbert-Unn Street Historic District J hnson County, I Name of Property County and State A dozen houses survive from the 1860s and early 1870s in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District including five clustered along E. Church Street. Houses from these yearsrange from small frame dwellings such mathe simple one-story house at 316 E. Church Street (Photo #13, contributing) built in ca. 1870 and the slightly larger frame house built by Frank and Rose Schmidt next door ed318E.Church Street nkhbuUng)atabout the same time bomore substantial brick houses such as the Gustave Strub House built in ca. 1865 across the street at 309 E. Church Street (Photo #1, contributing). Occupants of the Church Street houses during these years included a pottery manufacturer, a stonecutter, several laborers, and acarriage painter. The contrast seen in size, material, and design reflected the diverse socioeconomic make-up nfthe neighborhood during this period. The diversity seen here and elsewhere in the District during these years resulted in part from the presence o(three operating breweries |nthe North Side. Before the Civil War the pioneer brewers who established operations along Market Street between Dubuque and Gilbert Streets recognized the transportation advantage offered by N, Linn and N. Gilbert streets. The Eng|ertorCity Brewery (nonexbont)was established on the south side ofE. Market Street in 1853. The Union Brewery (extant, NRHP)was built at the southwest corner ofMarket Street and N. Linn Streets in 1856. The Great Western Brewery, later known as the Ooe\o| Bremmry(nnnexband). was built on the north side cfMarket Street between N. Linn Street and N.Gilbert Street opposite the City Brewery in1857. These three breweries prospered \nthe years leading upto national prohibition in 1916 with early buildings periodically expanded, razed, burned, and rebuilt. Their Market Street location just south of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District gave employment tohundreds ofNorth Side residents through the years. Despite the close proximity of employment centers such as the breweries, population in the Third Ward declined during the 188Osand early 18QUs.dropping to1.475by180G. This drop contrasts with changes inthe overall population inthe city that showed increases inboth 1885and 18g5fnG.748and 7.S2Grespectively. The decline inThird Ward population during the 1870s through the 1880s paralleled a drop in the number of houses surviving from the same years with only five dwellings surviving from the 188On. This apparent declining trend in homebuilding (see page 13) reversed itself in the following decade. During the 18BOsthe Third Ward remained the most "foreign" of any in Iowa City with 1`215 residents (82% of the Third Ward's total residents) claiming foreign -born parents in1885, The foreign -born population largely consisted ofomix of German and Bohemian immigrants. The surnames of households in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District responsible for building new houses in the two decades prior to 1900 confirm the presence of first and second generation immigrant families -StrubSchmidt, Ohnhaua.Rothweilde/^VVydenknf[Cerny, Habarohmhj�rn Harv�.Z�medi.Huaa.Novak.K4enesh. Kessler, Kurz, -otz.and Hohenuohuh. This pattern would continue well into the 2U:»century with German and Bohemian - American femi|iemconhnuinQtmbuWdoowhomesandonoupyexiatinghornmointhnDisWoL The resumption of homebuilding during the 1890s is reflected in the 20 houses dating from the decade that survive in the District today, Addresses for these houses are widely distributed throughout the neighborhood suggesting ageneral in0\ pattern for development ofthe neighborhood taking place. Auexamination ofcity directories indicates that merchant families were completing much ofthe building. Examples include: • William Willis, superintendent of Iowa City Academy and School of Shorthand, built a house at 308 E Church Street inca. 18QO. ° Frederick Zimmerli, mcigar manufacturer, built house at 324 E. Church Street in ca. 1880. • John Flannagan, a boot and shoe store owner, built a house at 223 E. Davenport Street in ca. 1895 ° William h4a/esh.co-owner ofK4arwehBrothers Hardware Store, built ahouse ct312E.Davenport Street in 1G&3. � W.G. Schmidt, co-owner, Da|soheid & Schmidt &1anhinmShop, built o houm� at 225 E. Fairchild Street \n 1895 � /UbmdHuom.Gr..omerchant baUVrw/KhHuaa@Sons, built ahouse mt32GE�Fe�n�hUd��eetinma�18QO. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8Page 12 Gilt>ert-Unn Street Historic Qlsbigt Johnson County. I Name of Property County and State Other houses constructed during the decade were built bywidows with large families, several retired Johnson County farmers, and physicians associated with the SUI Medical School. Matilda Holz, a widow with four adult children boarding at home and either attending the University or working downtown, built a large house at 522 N. Linn Street in ca. 1895. Mary McKinley, another widow, built a house next door at 526 N. Linn Street for herself and her working daughter at about the same time. At the dawn of the 20th century, the North Side comprised the city's principal residential neighborhood — a collection of houses described in a contemporary account as "well designed and constructed .... [with] ample room, some of them being h|gh|yomnamanba|.~n The houses had accrued over a 50-year period representing virtually every architectural style and vernacular house form popular |nIowa. The next century would see the North Side continue to maintain its important role as residential district while continuing toevolve in response to local population growth, changes in student population, shifts in housing patterns, and changes in real estate development practices. |n1B00citywide population stood at 7.987.amodest increase from adecade earlier. The lack ofavailable ward census figures for thisddapreventm000nrpmrieonwdbear||mrpopulmt|onMoureohortheneighborhood. By1S1Owhen ward population figures are available once again, they show 1,599 people residing in the Third Ward and 10,091 in the city as a vvbo|a. One explanation for the relatively low number of ward residents in census figures before and after 1900 might be a reduced number ofhouseholds orsize ofhouseholds, Since the overall population ofthe city grew during this time period, amore likely explanation iw that thef occupants — resident students — were not being recorded inthe figures. This factor could also explain fluctuations �inward population through the Depression years. In 1915the ward's population rebounded to1,914while citywide figures totaled 12,O33. The number ofresidents inthe Third Ward continued hurise following World War \ with 1.721|ni82Aand 1.87DiniQ4O. This iathe last year that records are kept without including students atthe State University mfIowa. Citywide population figures continued totrend upward throughout this period with 11,287in1D20.15.34O|n1S30.and 17,182in 1940. The most likely factor related to the population increase was growth mfenrollment etthe State University of Iowa during this period. Even though students were not officially recorded in census figures, the increased number of University employees were. Another related group would be the family members of students, especially married students in the growing graduate school. In 1900 student enrollment stood at just under 1,500 and by the end of the 1920s had grown tomore than 8.50Q. This period of University growth gave rise to parallel expansion in the central business district and nearby residential neighborhoods such mathose inthe North Side, |tiamore fully described inthe historic contexts "Town and Gown Era (1@99-194O)^and "University ofIowa (1855-1S4O)"inthe "Historic Resources ofIowa City, Iowa" MPS. Growth of thState University of Iowa spurred residential deve|opnmentoYweverm/mortsintheGUbert-Linn8tneatHimioric District. Student housing had traditionally been accommodated in rented rooms in private homes, rooming houses, boarding h houses,d�o i h U iUh1nafew blocks nYthe East Carnpusofthe University. This pa#ennneweta` even '_faster pace as the North Side gradually played host to more resident students as enrollment experienced onearly six -fold Increase by193D. Aneven more significant change inhousing )nthe District was the construction ofnow single-family dwellings onvacant lots orinplace ofearlier, smaller houmwm. Construction dates of surviving building stock show 47 houses erected between 1900 and 1930,anaverage nearlyof seven houses per block. The most dramatic growth came inthe years leading uptuWorld War I when 80 percent of these houses were constructed, an average of just under three houses per year between 1900 and191O. oAtlas cfJohnson County, Iowa, (]avenpm¢Iowa: HuebingerSurvey and Map Publishing Oo).1QO0. United States Department «f the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number {�Page 13 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic DistriO Johnson. County, I Name of Property - County and State The table below shows the numbers of surviving primary buildings by decade based on dates researched during earlier surveys. Building Erected by Decade De�ade Number of Houses TOTAL 86 Anexamination ofSanborn maps for the years 18A0.1QO8.1Q12.1Q2O.and 1S2Gshows several housing development patterns during these years. The first involved NhenopiocenmentofnnlaUerone-obzq/houammwhh|argerzwo-w0mrydweUingo. Sanborn maps document this occurring oncorner lots and mid -block lots. The second development pattern saw previously vacant lots subdivided and |nfiUedwith two ormore new houses. |nmany cases construction nfthese houses was accompanied bythe building ofgarages. |nall cases, new houses were established with omore regular setback and the size ofthe houses became more uniform. A third pattern saw existing dwellings updated with the addition of rear additions and new larger front porches. Afourth pattern documented |naileast one case and likely seen mothers involved the moving ofbuildings. This was a common practice documented /none neighborhood muneydhotinvo|v*dportionsofmeGUbwrt-LhnnStremtHistoricDistrict. kshowed that approximately 10percent rfthe housing stock was moved, House moves followed several common practices, Some house moves were done tocreate new building parcels. |nthese cases, houses might bemoved short distances of less than 100 feet to allow a lot to be divided into two or more new building sites. An example in the District involved the Isoac Foika House originally built in ca. 1880on ohyU corner lot o(3O4 E. Davenport Street. In 1906 a rear section ofthe lot adjacent to the alley was sub -divided and a new house built facing N. Linn Street at416N.Linn. By1Q12 the original parcel was further sub -divided and the Fuiks House was turned 90 degrees to face 412 N. Linn Street. Two additional houses were added facing E. Davenport Street (3O4and 3O8E.Davenport Stroet). Aoaresult of these actions, o prominent corner lot that once held a spaciously sited moderate sized house become a densely developed area with four closely spaced houses, The overall impact of all of these housing development patterns was to establish the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic Districtas dense urban residential neighborhood. This was done while the neighborhood grew in uniformityofbuilding size and setback. A third important result was the strengthening of the importance of both of the north -south streets extending through the District. The four -block stretch of N. Linn Street, for example, had 12 houses present in 18OQand grew ho21 in 1926 Private construction projects Involving new homes, moved homes, remodeledhmu U new garages were mirrored -' public 'improvement � projects.growing ppularity of the automobile after the turn of the century brought th �becarnehversofrnud duhngvvetvvme�ec [}��ouKtone0oUatn nunooa\n1 �b�u��he�m�Ungmn��*��nn����tn�e� that United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OfHISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8Pagw14 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson Counly., A Narne of Property County and State bvwagon, these routes were impassible for automobiles. Aawith street railways, however, Iowa City was slow to undertake street paving. Brick paving was not introduced |Dthe downtown until 1895and the commercial section ufE. Market Street south of the District was not paved until 1904. Paving of Linn Street north to Brown Street was completed in18O7inorder bnprovide amore suitable route for funeral processions from North Side ohurches.` Another major brick paving project |ntheOiSbi(tiMvo|vedN.8i|bert Street aefar north amBrown Street in1B12. Although brick paving did not give rise hothe initial development Cf areas such mSthe Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District, bimlikely that |t enhanced the value and reputation of the residences along these particular streets. The turn -of -the -century housing boom in the District continued to see members of the merchant class, lawyers, and physicians building spacious modern homes alongside railroad workers, carpenters, shop clerks, and other working class hynnUioo. SU|faculty members built homes along the same blocks that SU|support staff rented orbuilt homes. And at least a half -dozen Johnson County farmers traded their farms for retirement homes in the District within a few decades, Information from biographical histories, city directories, obituaries, and other sources provides a sampling over time of the District's residents, their occupations or professions, and business affiliations, Students are generally not represented in these figures because they were not the heads of households and, therefore, were not listed in city directories. |tshould bo noted that because this list generally represents the earliest resident associated with a property, it does not demonstrate the growing importance of major employers such as the State University of Iowa in later years. East Church Street 225E.Church St,Joseph Bmm.dishwasher, 8U|, 1923 228E.Church St,ElishaMoore, merchant, ca. 1860 3DBE.Church St.,William Willis, superintendent ofknwuChypub|ioanhoos.oa.18S0 30QE.Church 8t.,Gustave Shnb.stonecutter, ca. 1885 317EChurch Gt..George Kurz, plumber, ca. 1887 319'323 E,Chunnh St., Sarah Edwards, librarian, Iowa City Public Library, 1920s 324E.Church SU..Frederick Zimmerli, cigar manufacturer, ca. 1G8O East Davenport Street 214EDavenport SL.George McVey, agent, U.S.Express Co,ca. 19O3 220 E. Davenport SL, James Kane, Francis Kane, ca. 1865 222 E. Davenport 5X,John Kessler, physician & dermatology lecturer, SU|. ca. 1805 223E.Davenport 3t..John F|ennmgan.boot & shoe store owner, ca. 18Q5 225 E. Davenport St., George Falk, cashier, Johnson Co. Savings Bank, ca. 1914 3O8E.Davenport GL.Clarence VVaaaonn.professor ofeconomy, SU/.ca. 1906 311 E.Dmvenport SL.Emil Ruppert, mechanic, SU|.ca. 1928 312 E. Davenport St., William Maresh, co-owner, Maresh Brothers hardware, 1893 814 E. Davenport St., Frank Larkin. retired farmer, 1893 3i5E.Davenport 8L.John VVydankoff.laborer, 188O 320 E.Dovenpurt SL.George Fnoydmr. carpenter, 1907 321'323 E. Davenport St., Adam Dhnhaus. pottery manufacturer, 1870 332E.Davenport SL.Emma HarvaLmerchant &mayor�Mary 8taoh'owner, clothing store, 1A18 402 E. Davenport St., JuhnYokurn. signal foreman, Ronk Island RR. 1925 4O4E.Davenport SL.Martin Bridenotine.watchman, GU|.1924 " Irving Weber, kvingNeb*r's Iowa City - Volume 6. Iowa City, Iowa: Iowa City Lions Club, 1S87.pp, 1O9-110. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number J�Page 15 Narne of Property County and State East Fairchild Street 225 E. Fairchild 8t., Qmo,geVV. Schmidt, owner, Iowa City Iron Works, 1900 230E.Fairchild Et.,John Thomas McClintock, professor ofphysiology, SU|.ca. 1805 309 E. Fairchild 2X, G. Adolf Brenner, business manager. Iowa City Citizen Pub Co.. ca. 1908 311 E, Fairchild SL, Edward Ebert, barber, ca. 1903 312E.Fairchild 8t..Patrick yWaden.driver, C.A.Murphy, ca. 1@12 314E. Fairchild St., William Morrison, proprietor. Crescent Pharmacy, ca. 1908 317 E. Fairchild St., Louis F.Carny. co-owner, University Book Store. ca. 1808 32UEFairchild Gt..John Huoa,tailor, Huse&Sons, ca. 1925 324 E. Fairchild 5t..Albert Husa.Jr..tailor, Huao& Sonm, 1916 328 E. Fairchild St., Albert Huya, Sr., merchant tailor, Huwa & Soma. ca. 1800 32@E.Fairchild St,Jessie 8unge.widow; James 800Qo(aon).omytinstructor ofchemistry, 8U|. na.1S10 North Gilbert Street 324 N. Gilbert St., Julius Haberotroh, norpenter, ca. 1881 3%5N,Gilbert EX,Joseph Stach`owner, Stach'mShoe Store, ca. 1908 331 N. Gilbert St., ZacoheuaSeeman. bookb|nder.ma. 1901 409 N. Gilbert St., Daniel Peters, real estate and county supervisor, 1920 413 N. Gilbert St., Nancy Graham, widow. 1918 41ON.Gilbert SL.William Fryauf.barber, ca. 1914 420 N. Gilbert St., Charles Schmidt, barber, 1908 421N.Gilbert SL,George Fahey, & Mary, oa.iA1O North Linn Street 311 N.Linn Gt..Eve Slezah widow, ca. 1Q15 313N.Linn St,William McRoberts, retired farmer, oa.1916 318N.LinnQt,GaurgaSmrvonm.moson.SU/.no.1A1G 318N.Linn Sx,John Roessler, retired farmer, ca. 1S10 322N.Linn SL.Emory Wescott, retired farmer, former postmaster, ca. 1910 323N.Linn SL.Oscar Ghm,nel.plumber, ca. 18i4 32GN.Linn St..Jacob Kramer, collector, ca. 1g1U 411 N. Linn SL, Lennnnu*| Hunter, retired farmer, ca. 1986 412 N. Linn St., |aaaoFuiks.jeweler, ca. 1880 41GN.Linn St..Frank Larkin, retired farmer and campus man, SO|.1QD5 506N. Linn 8L.William Baldwin, lawyer, Baldwin &Bo\dwin. ca. 1900 5O7'513N.Linn SL.Edwin Joy, bookkeeper, ca. 1892 514 N. Linn St., William Schneider, co-owner, Schneider Brothers, furniture, 1902 523m.Linn SL,Matilda Holz, widow with four adult children, ca. 18Q5 52SN'Linn Gt..Mary C.McKinley, widow, and daughter Mary K..music teacher, ca. 1895 527 N. Linn 8t.. Henry Walker, ettmrney, city solicitor, ca. 1005 G15N.Linn 8L.Clark Roup.retired farm and justice ofthe peace, ca. 1S25 619N. Linn 8t..John Kozo.owner, John Kozo&Son yWemhnarket. 1906 G2ON.Linn SL.Joseph Slmvate.merchant tailor, ca. iSO3 624 N. Linn St.. Frank Messer, lawyer, yWaoaer. C|omrman & Q\oen.om. 1900 G28N.Linn 8t..Charles and Minnie Baker, lawyer and teacher, ca. 1908 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number $ Page 16 Gilbert -Linn Street Histoft Qi§1!t1 _,_ _ JohnSon _punty,,.lA Name of Property County and State Architectural Background and Significance Houses constructed in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District drew inspiration from architectural styles and vernacular building forms that swept the country from the Civil War through the early-20'" century. As design trends had no hard and fast beginning and ending dates in this part of the Midwest, it was common to find two or more styles incorporated into the same house. Styles that influenced the designs of building in the District In either singular examples or in eclectic mixes include the Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, and Prairie School. As noted above, historical and architectural survey work completed in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District has identified fewer than two dozen houses constructed during the two decades during and following the Civil War. Early city directory listings showing the presence of a significant number of houses in the District during these years contradicts this pattern. It is clear that there was significant attrition of earlier houses due to other factors. This attrition is most likely a result of the wave of redevelopment in the neighborhood that took place after the turn of the 201h century resulting in the replacement of earlier small houses with newer ones. As a result, there are few italianate Style houses surviving in the District. One of the better preserved examples discussed above is the Strub House built in ca. 1865 at 309 E. Church Street (contributing, Photo #1). This brick house has a Front -Gable form, bracket -lined eaves, and a side -hall plan. Its fine masonry work may be in part a result of the owner's skill as a stoneworker. During the 1890s and subsequent decades, an abundance of late Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman style houses were built in a wide range of vernacular forms to replace earlier residences. Late Queen Anne Style dwellings built along N. Gilbert and N. Linn streets were frequently examples of the Cross -Gabled Roof, Front -Gable, Gabled -Front and Wing, or Hipped Roof with Lower Cross Gables forms. These forms had asymmetrical fagades and various combinations of roof projections, wall dormers, and attic dormers. Houses in the District included several instances of towers, decorative millwork and spindlework, and fashionable verandas, balconies, and porches. Examples of the late Queen Anne Style typical of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District include the Schmidt House at 225 E. Fairchild St. (contributing, Photo #2) built in 1895, the Harry and Goldie Miller House at 418 N. Gilbert St. (contributing, Photo #3) built in ca. 1896, the Matilda Holz House at 522 N. Linn St. (contributing, Photo #4) built in ca. 1895, and the Mary McKinley House at 526 N. Linn St. (contributing, Photo #5) also built in ca. 1895. Approximately 17 houses in the District exhibit Queen Anne Style designs and/or detailing. After the turn of the 20'h century, a new architectural style gradually displaced the Queen Anne Style. The Classical architectural vocabulary was reintroduced to academic halls on the campus of the State University of Iowa, in the new public library and post office buildings, and severalbanks and commercial blocks in downtown Iowa City in various examples of the Neo-Classical and Beaux Arts styles. A parallel movement saw Classical elements and design features incorporated into single-family houses in what came to be known as the Colonial Revival or Neo-Classical Style. Variations of the style were built over several decades In the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District with several well-preserved examples surviving. Most have symmetrical fagades, hipped roofs, prominent doorways with fanlights or pedimented frames, and porches or porticos trimmed in classical decoration. Other Colonial Revival examples within the District included embellished American Four -Square house forms with columned porches, multi -light window sash, modillions and dentils lining eaves and belt courses, and other classical ornamentation. Colonial Revival Style designs in the District include the Frank and Anna Larkin House at 416 N. Linn Street (contributing, Photo #7) built in 1905 and the John and Barbara Koza House at 619 N. Linn Street (contributing, Photo #8) built in 1906. The William and Susan Morrison House at 314 E. Fairchild Street (contributing, Photo #17) is an example of a variation of the Colonial Revival with a Gambrel Roof form, sometimes referred to as the Dutch Colonial Style. One of the most important houses in the District in terms of both historical and architectural significance was built by Emma Harvat and Mary Stach at 332 E. Davenport Street (contributing, NRHP, Photo #6) in 1918. Harvat began her career in local business as a shop clerk in the late 1880s and eventually came to own a local book store, a ladies clothing store with United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 17 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic P'rstrict Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State her partner Mary Stach, and several businesses of her own in Missouri towns. Harvat and Stach retained Iowa City architect O.H. Carpenter in 1916 to design a residence for the two to share. By that time, the two were involved in numerous real estate investments together as well, In 1921 shortly after national women's suffrage was passed, Harvat was elected to the city council. She served as Iowa City's first woman mayor from 1924 to 1927. In this position she was also the first woman in the United States to serve as chief executive of a municipality with a population of over 10,000. Architecturally speaking, the Harvat House is an eclectic blend of elements of several architectural styles including the Colonial Revival, the Georgian Revival, and the Prairie School. It features a low-pitched hipped roof, a pair of hipped multi - light attic dormers, a wide symmetrical front facade, 15/1 double -hung sash, an eye -brow arched portico, and multi -light sidelights and transom surrounding the front entrance. It faced the newly brick paved Gilbert Street when it was completed. The Craftsman Style was the next architectural style to appear in the District. This style grew out of the Arts and Crafts Movement In America and was strongly promoted by native Wisconsin architect and furniture designer Gustav Stickley in his magazine The Craftsman published between 1903 and 1916. The Craftsman Style was predisposed towards utilitarian forms and designs and experienced great popularity in the N. Gilbert and N. Linn street area. The Craftsman Style developed a multiplicity of forms adaptable to both prominent mid -block lots and smaller sub -divided lots fronting on side streets. More than a dozen Craftsman Style houses or houses with Craftsman detailing were built in the District during the years before and after World War I. Craftsman Style houses in the District were built In various forms and sizes. Exterior cladding included narrow and wide clapboard siding and square -cut shingles, frequently alternating between floors on multi -story houses. Exposed rafter tails, purlins, and knee -brace brackets lined window bays, wide eaves, and porch roofs. Windows frequently appeared in pairs and groups of three with vertical light configurations in the upper sash of double -hung windows in most cases. Porches had either closed, clapboard clad balustrades or geometric patterns with battered columns for corner supports. The overall effect was strikingly different from the spindlework of the Queen Anne houses and classical ornamentation of the Colonial Revival residences of just a decade earlier. A number of well-preserved examples of the Craftsman Style survive in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District spanning the period 1914 to 1925. A good example of a hipped roof Bungalow is the Eva Slezak House (contributing) at 311 N. Linn Street built in ca. 1915. It has a low-pitched hipped roof with exposed rafter tails and hipped wall dormers. It has an unusual two-story front porch with square columns and closed balustrade clad in narrow clapboard siding. Windows have the standard Craftsman Style 5/1 vertical upper light configuration. The Craftsman Style house at 225 E. Davenport Street (contributing, Photo #9) is an example of the Front -Gable house form. It was built in 1918 for George Falk, a local banker, and his wife Pearl. Falk retained local architect O.H. Carpenter for at least one other house he built for rental purposes so it is possible that Carpenter also designed this residence. The Craftsman Style features of the Falk House include the overall organization of the front fatrade, the wide belt course between levels, the knew -brace brackets along the wide eaves, paired and grouped 911 double -hung windows, a bracketed window box, and a bracketed eyebrow -shaped entrance roof. Craftsman Style house plans were among several house designs that were adapted to multiple locations in the North Side neighborhood. The William and Mayme Fryhauf House constructed in 1914 at 419 N. Gilbert St. (contributing, Photo #11) is an example of this practice. Identical houses were built in 1915 at 819 E. Market Street for Jennie Waltman and 402 N. Dodge Street for Charles Benda.5 Like the Falk House, the Fryhauf House and its mates featured a Front -Gable form. It has belt courses separating wide and narrow clapboard levels and a full -width front porch with battered columns typical of Craftsman Style houses. The distinguishing design element of this shared plan is the group of three 411 vertical light Marlys Svendsen, "Architectural and Historical Resources of original Town Plat Neighborhood (Phase II), 1845—1945," (amendment to the "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS") prepared for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission, 1999: listed in the NRHP, 2000, pp. 43-44. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Shoot Section Number 8PaQo18 Gilberl-Linn Street Historic District Johnson County, I Name of Property County and State double -hung windows on the second floor that is flanked by single fixed four -light sash. The belt course between the second level and the attic forms the header for the flanking windows. The Craftsman Styleinfluenced, to a greater or lesser extent, many ofthe examples ofanother important vernacular house form found throughout the North Side — the American Four'Squore. Many ofthe North Side's best preserved examples, 27 in all, are concentrated in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District. Built between ca. 1900 and ca. 1925, common characteristics wfthis form include a two-story, three -bay front facade; a hipped roof of various pitches; hipped or gable roof domner(e)onone ormore fmgades;porches across the entire front fagadeoroff-set entronceporbcos� asymmetrically placed had (common): cottage windows onthe �ndfloor (unrnnmon);double-hung w\ndovvnur groups ofvvin' � unupper floors and secondary hygademwith either 1/1`4/1.5/1urG/1vertical light configurations; and belt courses separating first and second floors. Though Four -Squares are distributed throughout the District they are most concentrated along N.Linn Street (11).E.Fairchild Street (7).and N.Gilbert SNnyet(6). Alist cfthe most significant examples ofthis vernacular form infound ompage 3. The earliest Four-S�/uoreointhe [����twere more Uk�yhuin Co�n�(F�y�n(Style features such aoc�oo�m| ' � balustrades,�� ���� �w���m T�Cr�smen�eb�n�p�ng ornamentation, porch urnnn. �� . , inFour-Squares built closer baWorld War i The style's influence was evident Inthe popular vertical light configuration |n the upper sash of double -hung windows, the alternating siding types on first and second levels, and interior finishes that favored Arts and Crafts motifs. Prior to 1900 it is likely that many homebuilders in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District began turning to pattern books and design catalogues for design inspiration. These would have been available from local lumber companies such aathe William Musser Lumber Co., the Iowa Lumber Co. and its successor the Ditmars & Ayers Co., the Hawkeye Lumber Co., or from local planing mills such ooJ.KA. Sheets and Co. |nsuch cases asingle house plan with variations inornamentation pr floor plan may have been used for multiple houses such aathe example cited previously for the William and K8mynneFryheuf House ot41QN.Gilbert St. (onnbibuUng.Photo #1i). After the turn ofthe 2/f»century, residents may have turned homanufacturers ofpre-cut or"kit houses* such msthose offered byanumber ofMidwest manufacturers. Kit houses included materials for the entire house with numbered parts and instruction booklets as well oeshingles, paint, and nails. Among the companies offering homes }nthe Midwest were three Bay City, Michigan manufacturers — the Aladdin Company began in 19W6and offered 450 models between 1610 and 1940� Lewis Homes/Liberty Homes; and Sterling Homes/International Mill and Timber. Three Chicago firms included Sears Roebuck and Company, Montgomery Ward Company,and Harris Brothers. The best known of these was Sears, the nation's premier merchandiser ot the turn ofthe 20"oentury. The company began offering house plans )n18OSand bv1AO8had begun oponaUonsofa°K8odennHomneo~dhAmionthat supplied building plans, rnateda|n.and h�houses 'atwere shipped byrail around the United States. The first catalogue was limited tuseveral dozen plans for medium size houses but by 1916 the first Sears kit houses with numbered parts were available. |nuunnp|eto records make the total output of kit homes difficult to estimate; however, it is likely that by World War 11, Sears had sold more than 1BO.DDOhomes nationally. Soon after Aladdin and Sears began manufacturing homes, an Iowa companyjoined their ranks. Located just GOmiles east of Iowa City in Davenport, the Gordon -Van Tine Company advertised nationally selling construction materials to builders beginning |n1906. By1010they offered house designsand were among the first companies }nthe country Nooffer fully pre-cut houses. The company's catalogues allowed the hn b toselect from among dozens offloor plans, finishes, design features, and equipment choices. The Gordon -Van Tine Company likely knew nfthe brisk market for residential construction inIowa City during this period. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 19 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Among the most frequently featured designs in Gordon -Van Tine Company catalogues were examples of American -Four Square designs. These were also the most popular house form in the District. The company's 1923 catalogue included 18 separate plans in the Four -Square house form designed to capture the interest of homebuilders with such descriptive phrases as "An Impressive Colonial Home," "A Big 6 Room House at a Low Price," "A Big Square Home — Four Bed Rooms," "An Ever Popular Home of Fine Proportions," "Impressive Home — A Space and Money Saver," "A Substantial Seven Room House," and "A Square House with Big Comfortable Rooms.i6 Many of the Four Square designs in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District resemble the 24-foot wide "Gordon -Van Tine Home No. 551" advertised as a "Substantial Two -Story Home,"' The design appears on the following page. Whether or not American Four -Squares in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District were built from Gordon -Van Tine Company plans, the Four -Square examples found in the District were typical of the designs sold by the company. These plans featured four rooms on the first floor usually including a large entrance hall with stairs to the second floor, a "cased opening" (one featuring pillars, shelving, or other trim) between the living room and dining room, and a spacious kitchen. The upper level contained a bathroom and either three or four bedrooms. Examples in the 1923 catalogue were sized for a range of budgets with the smallest examples containing less than 700 square feet per floor, moderate examples sized from 800 to 900 square feet, and one large house containing 1,100 square feet per floor. A Gordon -Van Tine Company house that has been confirmed within the District is located at the corner of Gilbert Street at 402 E. Davenport Street. It was built in 1925 for John Yokum, a signal foreman for the Rock Island RR at the time, and his wife Ida. The "Gordon -Van Tine Plan No. 605" that appears on page 21 closely matches that of this prominent two-story frame house at the corner of Davenport and Gilbert streets. It was built in the Craftsman Style with a clipped gable roof and dormer plan. Double -hung 5/1 windows with vertical light upper sash are paired on the second floor and appear in bands on the first floor. The enclosed sun porch positioned beneath an extended slope of the main roof was part of the original plan. The garage located immediately adjacent to the house is similar to "Gordon -Van Tine Garage No. 106" also shown on page 21.8 Another variation on the Four -Square form resulted from the influence of the Prairie School Style. The Lavinia and Martin Bridenstine House at 404 E. Davenport Street (contributing, Photo #17) was constructed in 1924. Like several other North Side Four -Squares influenced by this style, the Bridenstine House has an extremely low-pitched hipped roof, broad eaves, banded window groupings, and a raised belt course that give the house a horizontal feeling typical of Prairie School buildings. 7117 House Designs of the Twenties, Gordon -Van Tine Co., (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. and Philadelphia: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia), 1992. (reprint of Gordon -Van Tine Homes, originally published by the Gordon -Van Tine Co., Davenport, Iowa, 1923), pp. 37, 52, 66, 81, 82, 86, 87, and 99. eibid, pp. 74 and 117. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 20 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Gordon -Van Tine Home No. 5519 Guaranteed Prices -No Extras `�- —A _..� Gordon -Van Tine fIorne No. 551. Substantial Two -Story Home The architectural story of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District would not be complete without a discussion of the architectural contributions of two Iowa City architectural and contracting firms - Sheets & Freyder and Orville H. Carpenter. The older of the two firms, Sheets & Freyder, was a long-standing Iowa City building firm that traced its roots to the carpentry shops of J.M. Sheets and partners Bernard Gesberg and August Hazelhorst in the mid-191" century. The men eventually merged operations as Sheets & Co. and became noted for their millwork production and contracting services. By 1897, the firm included partners J.M. Sheets and Frank X. Freyder and operated as Sheets & Freyder. Freyder listed himself as an architect in city directories beginning in 1909 through World War I. The firm completed construction and/or design contracts for a number of major commercial and institutional buildings including at least five Iowa City churches. 91bid, p. 81. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 21 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic Dlstftt Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Gordon -Van Tine Home No. 605 and Garage No. 10610 i 1i KJAI ti4 . l 1� al i Garage No. lob. Da,ble Gnmge rhln da ijw, No. 107 Single Garage with Stucco Finimh, No. ION; Uuublc. No, 109 One house in the District has been clearly identified as the work of Sheets & Freyder with a second attributed to the firm. The Schmidt House at 225 E. Fairchild Street (contributing, Photo #2) was constructed in 1895 for W.G. Schmidt, partner in Dalscheid & Schmidt, a local machine shop. At the turn of the 20'h century George W. Schmidt, owner of the Iowa City Ironworks, and his wife Augusta occupied it. The Schmidt House was featured in a published advertisement for Sheets & Freyder that appeared in 1898. The house is a good example of a late Queen Anne Style residence that was modified with the addition of an updated porch prior to 1912. The house has an asymmetrical plan with a steeply pitched hipped roof and highly decorated projecting wall gables, wings, and dormers. A mix of narrow and medium width clapboard and decorative shingles adds to the house's ornamental appeal. A major historic alteration occurred when the house's small but highly decorated porch was replaced with the present full -width porch in ca. 1910. It has a flat roof with broad arches supported by paneled half -columns at the outer corners. The columns rest on a continuous paneled balustrade with offset entrance stairs. Changes in the house design are documented in historic views of the house that appear on the following page. t °ibid. pp. 74 and 117. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 22 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Historic Views of Schmidt House, 225 E. Fairchild Street: 1898 (top) and 1912 (bottom)" received any formal training in architecture or engineering. The second house in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District associated with Sheets & Freyder is the Henrietta [Schmidt] and George Freyder House at 225 E. Davenport Street, Henrietta Schmidt acquired this property in 1892 when a smaller house was located on the lot. Sometime after Henrietta married George Freyder at the turn of the century, the two replaced the older house with the current dwelling. George, the son of Frank X. Fryeder, worked as a carpenter in the family -owned business which operated under various styles: Sheets and Freyder (1899-1904) and Frank X. Freyder (1909 — 1928). Beginning in 1909, Frank X. Freyder also was listed in city directories as an architect so it is possible that his firm designed this house depending on when it was actually built. It is likely that George participated in some elements of the construction. The second, more important architect to practice in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District was Orville H. Carpenter. Although at least three other buildings designed by Carpenter are already listed on the NRHP, most of what is known about his life and professional career has been uncovered only recently by historian and Iowa City Historic Preservation Commissioner Richard Carlson. Examinations of local newspapers and issues of American Contractor magazine for the years 1897-1908 and 1897-1930 respectively have identified at least eight residences designed by Carpenter in the District and one additional house attributed to him.12 The buildings span the period 1897 to 1918 and their designs provide a showcase of Carpenter's work and demonstrate its transition in style during this period. Orville H. Carpenter (1865-1938) was born and grew up in rural Camanche in Clinton County, Iowa about 70 miles east of Iowa City. He attended public schools and one or more business colleges before beginning a career doing survey work for a civil engineering company in western Iowa in 1885. During the next decade he traveled extensively, working for "some of the largest architectural firms in Buffalo, Philadelphia, Chicago, and other large cities.'"13 It is not known whether or not Carpenter By 1895 he had returned to Clinton County where he was t1Top photo: "Iowa City, Iowa," The Commercial Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, (January, 1898), p. 43; bottom photo: Charles Ray Aurner, Leading Events in Johnson County, Iowa History, Volumes 1 and 2 (Cedar Rapids: Western Historical Press, 1912, p. 220. 12Richard Carlson, Iowa City Historic Preservation Commissioner, Email interview re: study of Iowa City buildings as recorded in Iowa City newspapers, 1897-1908, and study of O.H. Carpenter buildings, 1897 — 1930, November, 2003. 13Richard Carlson, Iowa City Historic Preservation Commissioner, "Orville H. Carpenter (1865-1938), Iowa City Architect," November 18, 2003 draft; "O.H. Carpenter," Daily Iowa State Press (Iowa City, Iowa), Special Edition, May 31, 1899, p. 6. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER 0FHISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8Page23___ Name of Property County and State apparently working ananengineer, architect, cxboth, In late 1898 Carpenter moved to Iowa City to open an architectural practice. A published account of his work in The Commercial Magazine in 1898 featured photographs of five completed residences in Iowa City suggesting that his work had likely commenced in Iowa City sometime before he made the decision to relocate there, The dearth of professional architects in Iowa City at the time was a likely factor in drawing Carpenter to Iowa City. This was coupled with the fact that in Clinton County, several competent architects already had established practices and the local economy was experiencing a decline. The Frank and Anna Larkin House at 418N.Linn Street (contributing.Photo #11)is an example of Carpenter's ability to use the same basic design for various clients, inthis case a late Queen Anne Style sub -type known asthe "Free Classio-^ Typical ofthis style, the Larkin House is stripped of elaborate spindlework ornamentation but retains Classical elements, hence the name "Free CkaSoit."w It similarity to other house designs by Carpenter outside of the District shows how the same basic plan could be adapted to provide a client with a unique house plan while at the same time replicating popular features. The house designed for Frank and Anna Larkin in 1905 has a steeply pitched hipped roof with large gable attic dormers and afull-width front porch, This overall design as well as special features such as the stair -stepped windows on the side fagodeare identical to those of the Hohenschuh House, which is located at 229 N. Gilbert Street outside ofthe District. Carpenter gave the Larkin House's large footprint even more space on the second floor by adding rectangular and canted oriels. The primary difference between the two house plans and others Carpenter designed based on this prototype was the feature that the client would most identify with —the front porch. The Larkin House's porch has turned balusters rather than the closed clapboard clad balustrade inthe HohenschuhHouse. Heavier full -height Ionic columns line the Larkins' pedimentedporch. Other features that Carpenter would vary on his porch designs included placement of the entrance steps, inclusion or exclusion of a roof pediment, design and ornamentation of the pediment, balustrade components, column order and height, pedestal material or cladding, and assorted Millwork details, After the turn of the century Carpenter's designs in the District show that he developed a Four -Square house plan,which could be built with a narrower footprint deal with the l|er mid -block lots frequently forced upon hmmabui1dero in the North Sidduring this period, When alot allowed, however, Carpenter's Four -Square plan could be widenedLike the Free Classic Queen Anne plan, the two-story Four -Square house plan featured a steeply pitched hipped or pyramidal roof, Tall attic dormers and canted bay windows or oriels were used to provide added interest in the cubical house mass. The plan did not have a front projection and dormers were centered and set back on the front roof slope rather than asymmetrically arranged along the roof edge as in the Free Classic house plan. Full width porches with various combinations of classical ornamentation continued to be used in the new plan as well. Examples of Carpenter's earliest Four -Square houses in the Gilbert -Linn Historic District include the Frank and Kate Strub House built in 1900 at 221 E. Fairchild Street (contributing) and the William and Julia Schneider House at 514 N. Linn Street (contributing, Photo #16) built in 1904, The Strub House has a width of just 26 feet with a bay projection on one side while the Schneider House sized for a slightly larger lot has a width of 28 feet and bay projections on both sides. Both houses have offset entrances and cottage windows, The more intact Schneider House retains its full -width porch with paired half -columns set on stone pedestals, Its tall gable attic dormer features a Palladian window grouping with a returning cornice that forms the window arches. Aothe decade progressed Carpenter appears tohave continued hotake unboth middle class and upwardlymobile clients. The John Heck House was constructed �m1OOOat31QE.Davenport Street (contribu8ng). Unlike most $fCarpenter's other designs, the Heck House had a two-story Side -Gable form with minimal classical ornamentation, Heck lost the house (o foreclosure by1$11. Another house design attributed to Carpenter was completed in 1908 for Louis Cerny at 317E. Fairchild Street (conhibuting). The house design was a blend of the Four -Square form with simplified Queen Anne detailing such as canted corners, projecting bays, and decorative shingles in the attic gables. The modest treatment ofthe Cerny House can be contrasted with one of Carpenter's most accomplished designs in the 14 Virginia McAlester and Lee McAlester, AField Guide /oAmerican Houses (Now York: /AkodAKnopf).1082.pp, 284-286. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 24 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State District, the John and Barbara Koza House at 619 N. Linn Street (contributing, Photo #8), which was also constructed in 1908. Koza owned a well -established meat market at the time. The large house the family commissioned for a prominent lot along a newly brick paved -stretch of N. Linn Street made a statement of the family's economic prosperity as well as smart advertising for the business. When John and Barbara Koza, both Bohemian immigrants, moved from the flat above their meat market to this house it marked an important immigrant success story. From an architectural perspective, the Koza House design demonstrates Carpenter's skill in manipulating the Four -Square plan to accommodate the client's demand for a very large house. The house has a 32 foot -wide front with a depth of 36 feet. The flat -roofed front porch that spans the full -width of the front has eaves that overhang the side walls. Its cut stone foundation in lieu of frame skirting gives the house a substantial appearance. Streamlined classical ornamentation on the porch includes heavy paneled columns clustered with slender curved columns for roof supports and a spindled balustrade. The main house's hipped roof has a lower pitch than Carpenter's earlier Four -Squares with wide eaves and low attic dormers on each side. The house's two-story carriage house reflects the house's design with its matching narrow clapboard siding, hipped roof, and hipped roof attic dormer. In the years leading up to and following World War I, Carpenter continued to design North Side houses based on the popular Four -Square plan. Two houses in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District show subtle but important changes, however. The Albert Husa, Jr. House at 324 E. Fairchild Street (contributing) was built in 1916. The house was one of three Husa houses adjacent to one another occupied by Albert, Sr., son John, and son Albert, Jr. — all tailors. Located on a narrow mid -block lot, the house has a width of just 26 feet. Design treatments such as the low-pitched bell -cast hipped roof, wide eaves, low-pitched hipped roof attic dormers, and a full -width front porch with a flat roof that projects beyond the house's edges contribute to a more horizontal look for the house. This horizontal emphasis was associated with Prairie School Style buildings designed during this period and appeared on other American Four -Squares in the District that were based on pattern book plans or designed by Carpenter. The same year that the Husa House was under construction, Carpenter prepared plans for another important residential commission in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District — the Emma Harvat and Mary Stach House at 332 E. Davenport Street (contributing, Photo #6, NRHP). Construction on the house was delayed for two years until 1918, perhaps due to war shortages. As noted above, Harvat and Stach bought and sold real estate and operated several local businesses together with Harvat gaining importance for her political activities. Like many other designs by Carpenter, this design is an eclectic blend of styles including the Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, and Prairie School. This house has a center -hall plan rather than the side -hall Four -Square plans Carpenter was frequently designing during this period. It has a low-pitched hipped roof, wide projecting eaves, and a pair of hipped attic dormers with 15-light horizontal sash. A curved pediment supported by square columns resting on a high brick balustrade is centered on the front. The entrance has a Colonial Revival treatment with a single door flanked by multi -light sidelights and topped by a divided light fanlight. Fenestration includes 15/1 double -hung sash to either side of the center bay on both levels of the front fagade, a bay window above the portico, and 9/1 sash on the other fagades. A chronological list of the O.H. Carpenter houses in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District appears below. • Frank & Kate Strub House, 221 E. Fairchild Street (contributing) in 1900 • Frank & Anna Larkin House, 416 N. Linn Street (contributing, Photo #7) in 1905 • William & Julia Schneider House, 514 N. Linn Street (contributing, Photo #16) in 1904 • John Heck House, 319 E. Davenport Street (contributing) in 1906 • John & Barbara Koza House, 619 N. Linn Street (contributing, Photo #8) in 1908 • Louis F. Cerny House, 317 E. Fairchild Street — attributed (contributing) in 1908 • Albert Husa, Jr. House, 324 E. Fairchild Street (contributing) in 1916 • Emma Harvat & Mary Stach House , 332 E. Davenport Street (contributing, Photo #6, NRHP) in 1918 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 25 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State Two other O.H. Carpenter residences near the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District are individually listed on the NRHP — the Benjamin F. and Bertha (Horack) Shambaugh House built at 219 N. Clinton Street in 1902 and moved to 430 N. Clinton Street in 2002 and the Arthur Hillyer Ford House (NRHP) completed in 1908 at 228 Brown Street. The Shambaugh House is an example of the Free Classic Queen Anne form favored by Carpenter for his earlier designs while the Ford House is an example of the Mission Style. Three additional Carpenter houses have been identified in the proposed Jefferson Street Historic District. O.H. Carpenter's architectural career included more than residences such as those documented in and around the Gilbert - Linn Street Historic District. Commercial and institutional projects completed in Iowa City included the CSPS Hail, a Bohemian fraternal hall at 524 Johnson Street (NRHP) built in 1900; the Phoenix Block (nonextant), a Romanesque Revival Style commercial block built in 1902 on Washington Street; the B.P.O.E Hall at 325 E. Washington Street in 1909; and several schools including the Kellogg School (nonextant) built at the south end of Woolf Avenue in 1916-1917. Carpenter's obituary in 1938 noted that he had designed "many large buildings throughout the state during his career, especially school houses" with more than a dozen schools, primarily consolidated schools in rural communities in Iowa, listed in advertisements in The American Contractor between 1908 and 1918.15 Carpenter's architectural practice continued through the 1920s and early 1930s though examples of his work became more rare, perhaps due to his age. In 1938 he died while continuing to reside in Iowa City. Contributing and Noncontributing Resources: The Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District contains a total of 130 resources including 96 contributing primary and secondary buildings. Of these contributing resources, 42 are key or individually significant (32 primary and 10 secondary). The balance of the District includes 8 noncontributing primary buildings, and 18 noncontributing secondary buildings. One property containing two resources (house and garage) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the District: the Emma Harvat and Mary Stach House at 332 E. Davenport Street (contributing, Photo #6) listed in 2000. Integrity requirements used to determine contributing and noncontributing designation for both primary and secondary buildings in the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District were developed using National Register Bulletin 16A: How to Complete the National Register Registration Form. Individual building evaluations were consistent with local standards further refined as a part of surveys and multiple property documentation forms completed in 1992-1994, 1997, and 1999-2000 listed below: • "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS," prepared 1992, listed NRHP 1994 • Amendment to "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS" for "Architectural and Historical Resources of Original Town Plat Neighborhood (Phase II), 1845 — 1945," prepared 1999, listed NRHP 2000 • Amendment to "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS" for "Historic Folk Housing of Iowa City, Iowa," prepared for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission, 1997 (not submitted to the National Park Service) By definition, historic districts are collections of buildings that when considered as a group rather than individually possess a sense of time and place. They may have a shared building type, style, form, or material. They have a common period of significance that may extend over a few years or decades. They consist of contiguous properties or multi -block areas with relatively few intrusions. Integrity for individual buildings as well as the setting as a whole should be high. The Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District meets these requirements. Individual resources were then evaluated and ranked according to one of three designations: 1) key contributing, 2) contributing, or 3) noncontributing. Single or multi -family buildings (including rooming houses and apartment buildings) 15O.H. Carpenter Obituary, Iowa City Press -Citizen, March 10, 1938, p. 13. as cited in Richard Carlson's, "Orville H. Carpenter (1865-1938), Iowa City Architect," p. 3. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OFHISTORIC PLACES Continuation Shoot Section Number ��Pagm38 GIIWO-Linn Street HIstoric District Johnson County. A Name of Property County and State designated as "key contributing," are substantially unaltered and retain their original appearance in shape, proportion, and roofline. Principal fagades remain intact and largely unchanged. If synthetic siding has been installed it is considered acceptable if the width matches that of the original surfaces and few architectural features are compromised by its installation. Original or historically altered porches are intact, windows remain unchanged except for the installation of metal storm windows, and primary entrances remain consistent with the original design. Single-family or multi -family buildings designated as "contributing" retain their original form and massing. Examples of acceptable alterations are as follows. Porches may beenclosed but the original columns remain visible or the enclosure is easily reversible with little or no damage to the massing and proportions of the original porch. More permanent porch enclosures that are more than 5Oyears old are also considered acceptable. The majority ofwindow openings remain unchanged but, if altered, the sizes 0fwindow openings conforms those of originalopeninQn. Any wings n/additions made (oahouse are subordinate bothe original structure and do not cover snificont architectural detailing. Acceptable synthetic sidings onDistrict buildings include asbestos shingles, asphalt brick, aluminum, and vinyl. For secondary structures associated with residential buildings such as garages or barns, designation as "key contributing" requires the retention o[original size, shape, proportion, and rooOime. Original windows, siding, passage doors, and vehicle bay opening doors are also retained. Replacement of the vehicle bay door with a contemporary door disallows a secondary structure from being evaluated mshaving key status. ^Cmntribudng~secondary structures include garages and barns that are atleast 50years old but may have been altered through the addition Cf synthetic siding compatible tothe original finish orreplacement of garage doors. For contributing structures, the location of vehicle and passage doors as well as windows is consistent with the original building design. Residential buildings, both primary and secondary, designated as "noncontributing" include all resources built outside of the period ofsignificance —1OOObm1B54. Buildings altered bosuch adegree that the originalmhuotuneiann/ongarreadUy identifiable should also be considered noncontributing regardless of age. Examples nfsignificant changes include major changes in roofline, incompatible porch enclosures of a non -reversible nature, and major additions or modifications of primaryfanodes inconsistent with the proportion, rhythm, materials, and finish of the balance of the building, The final issue oybuilding integrity involves moved buildings, National Register standards generally preclude moved buildings from being considered either key contributing orcontributing. The assumption 1mthat amove detracts from a building's significance bydestroying its original setting and context. Onthe other hand, moves made during the period of significance are treated as historic alterations if the settings and context are similartporiginal locations. The moving nf buildings in North Side neighborhoods Iowa City in the decadesWorld War 1 has been documentedasocommon residential development practice. Building alterations considered acceptable for moved buildings include changes in foundation materials, changes knporches built after mmove, some entrance nxmd0oatApnm'and some changes inbuilding orientation. Moves were considered detrimental If they resulted in the loss of significant architectural elements. Acomplete list cfbuildings inthe Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District appears mnthe following pages. Buildings are separated into primary (single-family house or multi -family building) and secondary (barn, carriage house, or garage). If the box is blank under the secondary building columns for a particular address, no garage, carriage house, or barn is currently present, United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 27 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District qQ _Johns . _Q9gnty_lA Name of Property County and State Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District — Contributing and Noncontributing Resources # STREET ORIGINAL! LONG- DATES PRIMARY BLDG. STATUS SECONDARY BLDG. STATUS ARCH. STYLE - TERM OWNER($) Contributing Key Noncontributing Contributing Noncontributing VERNACULAR FORM 228- E. Bloomington St. Unnamed Rental ca, C No Style 232 Double House 1870 225 E. Church St. Brum, Joseph & Mary 1925 Key Craftsman/Side- Gabled Two Story 228 t7_Church St Moore, Elisha & ca Italianate I Annette 1860 308 1 E. Church St. Willis, William M C Queen Anne 1890 3091 E. Church St. Strub, Gustave ca. '___ -key",-, "l-talia—na—te/ 1865 Front -Gabled Rqo-f. 314 E. Church St, Michael, Joseph ca. C NC Queen Anne 1890 316 E. Church St. - __- "-n Unnamed ­e dHouse U ca, Key C, C Side -Gabled Two 1870 Story 317 E. Church St. _Kurz, George & Anna ca. C NC Queen Anne/Hipped _ 1897 Roof Two Story 318 E. Church St Schmidt, Frank & ca. y NC Front -Gabled Roo Rose 1870 Two Story 319- E. Church St. Edwards, Sarah ca. Side -Gabled Two 323 1860 324 E. Church St.. Zimmerli, Frederick ca. WC Key Queen Anne/Gabled- 1890 Front and Wing 214 E. Davenport St. McVey, George& ca. C Key Am, Four -Square Malinda 1903 2TT_C5avenport Si7 Saunders, Anna ca. Key NC Queen Anne 1895 220 E. Davenport St Kane, James & ca. C Italianate/Queen Anne Elizabeth 1865 222 E. Davenport St. Kessler, John & Alice ca. Key Queen Anne 1895 223 E. Davenport St. Flanagan, John & ca, C Queen Anne Honora 1890 225 E. Davenport St. Falk, George & Pearl M Key Craftsman/Front- 1914 Gabled Roof Two Stgr�__­­ 3 04 T St. Unnamed house ca, NC Am, Four -Square -iff-Davenport 1910 308 St. Wassam. Clarence & ca. C Am, Four -Square Minnie 1906 311 -E.-Davenport St. Ruppert, Emil & ca. C NC - Craftsman/Bungalow Blanche 1920 312 E. Davenport St. Novak-Maresh House 1893 C Queen Anne 314 E. Davenport St. Larkin, Frank & Anna 1893 C NC Front -Gabled Roof 315 E. Davenport St. John & Francis 1880 C NC Gabled -Front and Wydenkoff House Wing 319 E. Davenport St. John Heck House 1902 C Side -Gabled Two- story 0 �320 : E. Davenport St. D v np Freyder, Henrietta & 1907 Key C Am. Four -Square pDavenporl Georce I 1 321- E. St. Ohnhaus, Adam _T�7_j 1870 1 Key NC Side -Gabled One 323 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 28 Street Histq� Djstriqt­__ Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State STREET ORIGINAU LONG- DATES -PRIMARY 55.—!ffA—TU§ ­­ SECONDARY BLDG. STATUS ARCH. STYLE --- TERM OWNER(s) Contributing Key Noncontributing Contributing Noncontributing VERNACULAR FORM 324 E. Davenport St. Cemey-Brockman 1880 C '� T— Hipped Roof Two House 332 E. Davenport St. Harval, Emma & 1918 Key Key (same Colonial Revival/ Mary Stach NRHP garage as at Georgian/Prairie 409 N. Gilbert) 402 E. Davenport St, Yokum, John & Ida 1925 Key Key Craftsman 404 E. Davenport St. Bridenstine, Lavinia & 1924 Key ---.--J �rairielAxn Four - Martin Square 221 E. Fairchild SL Strub, Frank & Kate 1902 C Key Am. Four -Square 225 E. Fairchild St. Schmidt, 1895 Key Key Queen Anne W.G.iGeorge W. & Augusta 230 E. Fairchild St, McClintock, John ca. Key Queen Anne Thomas 1895 301- E. Fairchild St, Unnamed Double 1986 NC No Style 303 House 309 E. Fairchild St, Brenner, G. Adolf & ca. Key Colonial Revival/Am. Dorothy 1908 Four -Square 311 E. Fairchild St. Ebert, Edward & Rose CO.. Key Key Hipped Roof Two 1903 Story 312 E. Fairchild St. Maden House ca Key`— NC Side -Gabled Two 1912 SLO 314 E. Fairchild St. Morrison, William & ca. Key NC Colonial Revival/ Susan lW8 Gambrel Roof 317 E. Fairchild St. Cemy, Louis F. ca. Key Am. Four -Square 1908 320 E. Fairchild St. —'TTU-Sa,76hn ca. C NC Craftsman/ 1 1925 Front -Gabled Roof 324 E. Fairchild St. Husa, Ait>w Jr. 1916 Key Key Am. Four -Square 326 E. Fairchild St, Husa, Albert, Sr.. & ca, C C Side -Gabled Two Eleanor 1890 328 E. Fairchild St, Booge, Jessie ca. C Am, Four -Square/ 1910 Queen Anne 318 N. Gilbert St. Unnamed house 1958 NC NC Ranch 324 N. Gilbert St. Haberstroh, Julius & ca. C Side -Gabled Two Veronica 1881 Story/ I -House 325 N. Gilbert St. Stach, Joseph & 1907 We--Y' Am. Four -Square Theresa 330 N. Gilbert St. Unnamed house 1953 NC No Style Am. Four -Square 331 -W—GiG­ert& Seeman House ca, C 1901 409 N. Gilbert St. Peters, Daniel & Alice 1920 C Am. Four -Square 413 N. Gilbert St. Graham, Nancy 1919 Key C Am. Four -Square 414- N. Gilbert St. Schneider, Mary 1939 C Colonial Revival/ Hipped Roof Two Story 418 N. Gilbert St. Miller, Harry & Goldie ca. Key C Queen Anne 1900 419 N. Gilbert St. Fryauf, William & ca. Key Key raft Craftsman) rFron�t-Gabledl Mayme 1914 Roof United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 29 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State # STREET ORIGINAL/ LONG- DATES PAJIM—ARY BLDG.STATUS SECONDARY BLDG. STATUS ARCH, STYLE - TERM OWNER(S) Contributing Key Noncontributing Contributing Noncontributing VERNACULAR FORM 420 N. Gilbert St. Schmidt, Charles & 1908 C Am. Four -Square Lillie 421 N. Gilbert St. Fahey, George & CT" C Am. Four -Square — Mary 19161 426 N. Gilbert St, Schmidt rental house ca. C Gabled -Front & Wing 1 1895 One 429 N. Gilbert St. Unnamed Apartment Ca. NC No Style Building 1960 430 N, Gilbert —St. Schmidt rental house ca. C Hipped Roof Two 1898, Story. 311 N. Linn St. Slezak, Eva ca. Key— Craftsman 1 1915 313 N_ Linn St. McRoberts, William & ca, Key NC Am. Four -Square Emma 1916 318 N. Linn St Servoss, George & ca. C Gabled Front and Sadie *Roessler, 1916 1 ­__1_.___­ . ..... Wing 319 N. Linn St. John & ca. C Am. Four -Square Emma 1915 _32_2 N.Linn—St Wescott. 9`r;�o & M C C Gabled Front and Eliza 1910 Win 3_2_3 "i. Linn —St. Stimniel, Oscar & ca. C NC (same Am. Four -Square Edith 1914 garage as at 225 E . Davenport_ 326 N. Linn St. Kramer, Jacob & ca. C Gabled -Front and Barbara 1910 Wing 328- N. Linn St. Unnamed rental ca. C Gabled -Front and 330 double -house 1900 _VlnnaS_ 403- N. Linn St. Unnamed rental ca. C Gabled -Front and 405 double -house 1910 Win s 411 N. Linn St. Hunter, Lemmuel ca. Key Am. Four -Square/ 190 Queen Anne _41_2 N. Linn St, Unnamed house ca. C Side -Gabled Two 1880 Story/1-House moved 1912 ---------- 416 N. Linn St. Larkin, Frank & Anna 1905 Key Revival/Am.y Four -Square 418. N,.Linn —St, Unnamed rental ca. C Side -Gabled Two 422 double -house 1890Stour �� „ fi 506 N. Linn St, Baldwin, William & ca. C Front -Gabled Roof Ella 1900 507- N. Linn St. Joy, Edwin & Jane ca. NC Queen Anne/Ranch 513 1892 /ca. 1970 514 N. Linn St. Schneider, William & 1902 Classical RevivaW_ Julia Am, Four -Square 521 N. Linn St. Unnamed apartment ca. NC No Style building 1980 522 N. Linn St. Holz, Matilda ca. Key Queen Anne 526 N. Linn St. McKinley, Mary ca. Key Queen Anne 1895 527 N,Linn St. Walker," —He—nry CaT C Queen Anne Signey — 1900 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OFHISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number QPagm3O___ Gilberl-Linn Street Historic District Johnson Countv. IA Name of Property County -in-dStaie­ # STREET ORIGINAL1 LONG- DATE$ PRIMARY BLDG. STATUS TEC-ONDARY BLDG. STATUS ­ ARCH. STYLE� TERM OWNER(s) Contributing Key Noncontributing Contributing Noncontributing VERNACULAR FORM 612 N. Linn St, Unnamed house ca. NC; NC Side Gabled One 1955 1925 619 N. Linn St. Koza, John & Barbara 1906 Key Key Revival/ Am. Four -Square 620 N. Linn St. Slavata, Joseph & ca. C NC Am. Four -Square 624 N. Linn St. Messer, Frank ca. C NC Am. Four -Square 1900 628 N. Linn St. Baker, Charles & ca. C Am. our -Square Minnie 1908 629 N. Linn St. Unnamed house 1870 C Front -Gabled Roof In summary, the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District is locally significant under Criteria Aand C. Under Criterion Aii derives significance from its association with an important era of population growth and intense residential developmentinIowa City's North Side residential area at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 201h century. Iowa Ci(ianubuilt private residences for their growing families while small-scale developers constructed housing to meet the demand of a brisk rental market during these decades. The GiJbert-Linn Street Historic District's organic development followed this pattern ofresidential development. Additional significance under Criterion Aderives from the fact that the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District represented o cross section of middle and upper income households with prominent business and professional leaders living next door to middle income and working class families. Individuals who resided in this neighborhood highlight several important themes inthe city'shistory inthe decades before and after the turn ofthe 2O`»century. Primary among these were the growing prosperity of Iowa City's German -American and Bohemian -American communities and the growth in importance of the State University ofIowa. The construction of new houses, the brisk rental of existing houses, and the infill construction pattem that produced on extremely dense residential district from cu. 18Q5through ca. 1925 testify 0othe neighborhood's significance. Under Criterion Cthe Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District issignificant aearepresentative collection ofthe residential architectural styles and vernacular house forms that appeared in Iowa City neighborhoods from the 1860s through the 1930s. From modest Bohemian cottages to pattern book houses and elaborate multi -story mansions, the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District reflected the architectural character and best local residential building practices of the period. The District derives added architectural significancebecause ufthe large number ofwell-preserved residences designed by Iowa City's most productive early 201h century architect, O.H. Carpenter, between 1900 and 1918. The combination of visual qualities and historical associations gives the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District its distinct identity and significance. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 9 Page 31 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State 9. Major Bibliographical References: 117 House Designs of the Twenties, Gordon -Van Tine Co. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. and Philadelphia: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1992. (reprint of Gordon -Van Tine Homes, originally published by the Gordon -Van Tine Co., Davenport, Iowa, 1923). Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa. (Publisher unknown] 1917. Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa. Davenport, Iowa: The Huebinger Survey & Map Publishing Co., 1900. Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa: J. J. Novak, 1889. Aurner, Clarence Ray. Leading Events in Johnson County, Iowa History, Volumes 1 and 2. Cedar Rapids: Western Historical Press, 1912. Baxter, Elaine. Historic Structure Inventory, North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa. Institute of Urban and Regional Research, 1977, Bercovici, Konrad. On New Shores. New York: The Century Co., 1925. Carlson, Richard, Iowa City Historic Preservation Commissioner. Email interview re: study of Iowa City buildings as recorded in Iowa City newspapers, 1897— 1908, and study of O.H. Carpenter buildings in The American Contractor, 1897 — 1930, November, 2003. Carlson, Richard, Iowa City Historic Preservation Commissioner. "Orville H. Carpenter (1865-1938), Iowa City Architect," November 18, 2003 draft. The Census of Iowa for the years 1856, 1873, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1895, 1905, 1915, and 1925 as printed by various State Printers. Census of the United States between 1850 and 2000. City Directories of Iowa City, Iowa. Multiple years. Combination Atlas and Map of Johnson County, Iowa. Geneva, Illinois: Thompson & Everts, 1870. Drury, John. This is Johnson County, Iowa. Chicago: The Loree Company, 1955. Ellis, Edwin Charles. "Certain Stylistic Trends in Architecture in Iowa City." Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Iowa, 1947. Gebhard, David, and Gerald Mansheim. Buildings of Iowa. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, pp. 259-264. Gerber, John C. A Pictorial History of the University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1988. Gottfried, Herbert and Jan Jennings. American Vernacular Design, 1870 — 1940. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1985. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OFHISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number & Page 32 Qoert-Linn.Stfeet Historic Qi§trict ---johnsor&ount� 1,�, Name of Property County and State History of Johnson County, Iowa containing a history of the county and its townships, cities and villages from 183Ohu1R82. Evansville, Indiana: Unigraph. |no,na. 1973. 1881 insurance Maps o/Iowa City, Iowa. (New York: TheSonbmrn&4epConopnnyendthu*SonbornandPerhs Map Company; 1874. 1879. 1883, 1888. 1892. 1800. 1906. 1812, 1920. 1928. 1933.and 1933 updated to 1970)� "Iowa City, |nvva^ The Commercial Magazine, Vol. 1.No. 1.(January 1R08). Iowa City, Iowa, Souvenir and Annual for YD0Y~82 Iowa City, Iowa: Hoover. Kneed|er&Faust, 1882. Iowa City and Her Business Men; Iowa's Most Enterprising City. Iowa City, Iowa: K4o|er'sPrintery, (Date Unknmwn]. Iowa City, Iowa, aCity ofHomes. Iowa City, Iowa: Iowa City Commercial Club, 1Q14. Iowa Writers' Program ofthe Work Projects Adminintnahon Johnson County History. Iowa City, Iowa: Johnson County Superintendent ofSchools, sponsor, 194i. Jacobsen. James, "North Side Neighborhood, Iowa City. |ovvo"Draft National Register ofHistoric Places nomination prepared for Iowa City, Office of Planning and Program Development, Iowa City, Iowa, 1981. Keyes, Margaret N, Nineteenth Century Home Architecture /n Iowa City. |nwe City. Iowa: University of Iowa P,aoo. 1968. Lmfore, Laurence Davis. American Classic. Iowa City, Iowa: State Hio(nrioo| Society mfIowa, 1975. McAlester, Virginia and Lee McAlester. A Field Guide hn American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1992, kAoOnuoon. LindoVVestcntt. "Sheets and Company. an Iowa City Builder/Architect Firm, 1870-1905 " K4oshsrs thesis. University of Iowa, Iowa City, |mma. 1980. Mmnsheinn. Gerald. Iowa City: An Illustrated History. Norfolk, Virginia: The Downing Company, 1889, Map of Iowa City, Iowa, with Description of Resources and Natural Resources and Advantages. Des Moines, Iowa: The Iowa Publishing Co.. 1910. Nanh, Jan Olive, "Survey and Evaluation of the Portion of the Original Town Plat of |ovvo City, Johnson County. Iowa". (contains proposed MPDF amendment for "Historic Folk Housing of Iowa City, Iowa") Draft report prepared for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Cnrnnmisoion, April 1997. °[>.H. Corpmn**,."Daily Iowa State Press (Iowa City. Iowa), Special Edition, K4ay31. 1899. p� O. Petersen, William John. "Iowa City — Then and Now.^' The Palimpsest, Vol. 48.No. 2(February 1QG7) Portrait and Biographical Record of Johnson, Poweshiek and Iowa Counties, Iowa. Chicago: Chapman Brue..1803. Roger. A. "Bird's Eye View of Iowa City. Johnson County, Iowa." Chicago: Chicago Lithographing Cunnpany.i868. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 9 Page 33 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State "Semi -Centennial Edition." Iowa City Republican, October 20, 1890. Shambaugh, Benjamin F. Iowa City: A Contribution to the Early History of Iowa. M.A. Thesis, University of Iowa, Published by State Historical Society of Iowa, 1893. Shank, Wesley I. Iowa's Historic Architects: A Biographical Dictionary. Nevada, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1999. Stevenson, Katherine Cole and H. Ward Jandl. Houses by Mail: A Guide to Houses from Sears, Roebuck and Company. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1986. Svendsen, Marlys. "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS". National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form prepared for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission, 1992. Svendsen, Marlys. "Survey and Evaluation of the Original Town Plat Phase II Area" and "Architectural and Historical Resources of Original Town Plat Neighborhood (Phase ll), 1845—1945," (amendment to the "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS") prepared for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission, 1999-2000, Weber, Irving. Irving Weber's Iowa City — Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Iowa City, Iowa: Iowa City Lions Club, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989 and 1990. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OFHISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 10 Pm0w34__ Name of Property County and State 10. Geographical Data Verbal Boundary Description: Within the City ufIowa City, Johnson County, Iowa: Beginning at the northwest corner of Lot 1|nBlock 72 of the Original Town Plat; thence south along the west side of said lot across the alley and continuing south along the west side ofLot 8inBlock 72;thence south across East Church Street \o the west property lines of the buildings fronting on North Linn Street in Block 71; thence south across East Fairchild Street iothe west property line ofthe house od221East Fairchild Street; thence south iothe center line nfthe alley inBlock 7O; thence west along said line to west property line of the house at 214 East Davenport Sheet; thence south along the west property line nfsaid property across East Davenport Street tothe west property line ofthe house ut 217East Davenport Street: thence south along the west property line ofsaid property Yothe center line ofthe alley inBlock GA; thence east along the center line nf the alley to the west property line of Lot 8 in Block 69; thence south along said line to the south property line of Lot 8; thence east along said line to the east property line of Lot 8, thence north along the east property line nfLot 8tothe center line ofthe alley inBlock 69; thence east along the center line ufthe alley across North Linn Street con|inu|hgeast along the center line cf the alley inBlock 57across North Gilbert Street tothe east property line ofLot 4in Block 48;thence north across East Davenport Street along the east property line ofLot 5inBlock 4Stothe center line of the aUey�thence east along the center line of the alley tothe east property line cfthe houses fronting unNorth Gilbert Street; thence north along said line to the south edge of East Fairchild Street thence west along said line \othe west edge ofNorth Gilbert Street; thence north along said line tuthe center line ofthe alley inBlock 55; thence west along said line to the east property line of Lot 2 in Block 55; thence north along said line across East Church Street and continuing along the east property line of Lot 8 in Block 54 to the center line of the alley in Block 54; thence west along the center line ofthe alley to the east property line of the houses fronting on North Linn Street; thence north along said line to the south edge of East Ronalds Street; thence west along the south edge of East Ronalds Street across North Linn Street to the point of beginning. Boundary Justification: The boundary of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District has been drawn to include a multi -block residential area extending principally along N, Gilbert and N. Linn Streets containing residential buildings of similar scale and materials with a common period of development. The boundaries have been drawn to exclude blocks or portions of blocks that contain major intrusions such as apartment buildings and parking lots while including residences with a higher level of physical integrity. The north edge of the District is close to another North Side residential district, the Brown Street Historic District (NRHP) with buildings in between the two containing major alterations. The west and east edges of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District contain houses that have lost a substantial level of integrity and therefore are not part of the District. Along the south edge of the District, several large parking lots, a filling station, and a hospital emergency room parking area have been established as major intrusions, Current planning inthe areas surrounding the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District may suggest future National Register nomination work. The nature of current land use and zoning in the blocks south of the southern boundary in the District is commercial rather than residential while the blocks to the west contain a mix of residences, apartment buildings, and fraternity houses associated with the University ofIowa. After more evaluation has been completed of the surviving buildings located along both the southern and western boundaries, it may be that a portion of this fraternity row and commercial area may qualify for designation as separate historic districts. Alternatives that will also be evaluated include amendment of eligible portions of these neighborhoods to the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District or separate National Register nominations for individually significant buildings. United States Department ofthe Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number Photos Page 35 Giftrt-Unn Street Historic District Name of Property County and State Photograph Key for Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District: (See Photo Map, paga41) Shelley McCafferty and Jessica Hlubek, photographers 1. Ghub Gustave, House, 3O9E. Church Street, looking south 2. Schmidt House, 325E. Fairchild Street, looking southwest 3. Miller, Harry& Go|die, House, 418N. Gilbert Street, looking southeast 4. Holz, Matilda, House, 622N.Linn Street, looking east 5. McKinley, Mary, House, 520N.Linn Street, looking southeast S. Hanoat.Emma and Mary Stauh,House, 332E.Davenport Street, looking west 7. Larkin, Frank & Anna, House, 41GN.Linn Street, looking southeast 8. Koza.John & Barbara, House, 010N.Linn Street, looking west 8. Falk, George & Pearl, House, 225 E.Davenport Street, looking south 10. Yokum.John & Ida, House, 4O2 E.Davenport Street, looking northeast 11. Fryhauf, William and Mayme, House, 419 N. Gilbert Street, looking northwest 12, Bridenstine, Lavinia & Martin, House, 404 E. Davenport Street, looking north 13. Unnamed house, 31OE.Church Street, looking north 14. Brenner, G.Adolph & Dorothy, House, 5O9 E.Fairchild Street, looking south 15. Graham, Nancy, House, 413N.Gilbert Street, looking west 16. Schneider, William & Julia, House, 514W.Linn Street, looking east 17. Morrison, William & Susan, House, 314E.Fairchild Street, looking north 18. South side ofthe 3OOblock mf E. Fairchild Street, looking southeast 19. West side of the 4UOblock mfN. Gilbert Street, looking southwest 20. Unnamed house, 304E.Davenport Street, looking north 21. Unnamed apartment building, 42SN.Gilbert Street, looking southwest 22. Joy, Edwin & Jane, House, 6O7-513N.Linn Street, looking west United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 10 Page 36 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District JpLy)son_iQounty.IA Name of Property County and State Property Owners within the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District # STREET TITLEHOLDER TITLEHOLDER I CtTy STAT ZIPCODE I CONTRACT ADDRESS E 22&-232 E. Bloorningti3n, —St Thomas M. & Joan M. 2835 Friendship St. Iowa City IA 52245 Cook 225 E. Church St James B. & Becky J. 1811 Muscatine Ave. Iowa City IA 52240 Buxton ---Barrington 228 E. Church St, Jack Lageschulte S —Marbury Cn7 FL 60010 308 E. Church St. Camay Enterprises 3725 Forest Gate Dr. NE Iowa City IA 52240 Company LTD 309 E. Church St, Peter J. Craig & Amy L. . . ..... 309 Church St. Iowa City IA 52245 Scattergood ___ _1A 7 _�2 _24,� 314 E. Church St. The Delta Chi Fraternity PO Box 1Bi_7" Iowa Inc. 316 E. —Church t Judith S. & Franklin 316 Church St. Iowa City IA 52245 Miller 317 E. Church St. Catherine A. Schneider 317 Church St. Iowa City 1A 52245 318 E. Church St. Tina M. & Larry R. 318 Church St. Iowa City IA 52245 3i9_.323 E. Church —'James Woodsmall A. & Loretta Clark 414 Market St. Iowa City IA _1A 5224 324 E. Church St, Molly R. Ramer 211 Friendship St. Iowa City 52_2Z� 214 E. Davenport St . .... . .. . ... G 10 Heather Dr. Iowa City !A� 52245 217 _ff­D�_ve_npor(kS_t. Joseph L. Dobrien eTo5j_3Southgate �Kqyi�ton _Av_je Iowa City iA� 52240 220 E. Davenport St. ±?ro M rr�L Hodge Construction . . .... 711 S_ Gilbert St. Iowa City [A 52240 Company_e , . . ...... . ...... - 222 E. Davenport St. IC Rental$ LC 741 Oakland Ave, Iowa City IA 52240 223 E. Davenport St. Donna M. Launspach PO Box 1306 Iowa City IA 52244 - 225 E. Davenport St. Jilt R. Gaulding & Marc N. Li ht 229 avenport�t, Iowa City IA' 52245 304 E. Davenport St. Peter J. Arnmentorp & 2709 163rd St, NE Ridgefield WA 98642 Michelle Lampe- 308 E. Davenport St. Arnmenlork Arrimentorp Properties ------ 2709 163rd St. NE Ridgefield WAi 98642' LLC 311 ....... .... ­­­ ---- — - E. Davenport St. Dwight A. Dobberstein & Nancy L, Parker 326 N. Linn St. Iowa City IA 52245 312 E. Davenport St. Katherine Johnson 203 W. 20th St. #4W New York NY 100111, 314 E.Davenport St. ' Hubert L,&Leona H. 314 Davenport St Iowa City IA 52245 Rummelhart 315 E. Davenport St, Joel D. & Melissa C. 155 Columbia Dr- Iowa City IA 52245 Schintler 319 E. Davenport St. Everitt & Jean Ann 320 Park Rd. Iowa City IA 52246 Daters --- 320 4 1 E. Davenport St. Walter J. Kopsa 136--Ashwood Dr. —Davenport Iowa City —Iowa IA 52240 —5214-5 321-323 E. Davenport St. _—Frank G. Person 321 St. City IA 324 E. Davenport St. Walter J. & Jane A. 130 Ashwood Dr. Iowa City IA 9-22-40 Ko sa 332 —ff. —Davenport St, Carol S. De Saint Victor 332 Davenport St. Iowa City IA 52245 5 02 E. Davenport St. Date Arlo Yocom 402 Davenport St. Iowa City IA1 52245 404, E. Davenport St. Lake & Lake LC 403 S. Johnson St. Iowa City IA 52240 J 221E. Fairchild St. F. George & Wilma M. 225 Fairchild St. Iowa City IAt1521 T_ .... . ......... ­­- Blair United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 10 Page 37 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County IFS___ Name of Property County and State # STREET TITLEHOLDER TITLEHOLDER CITY ST;kT— -20d-65E-] CONTRACT ADDRESS E 225 E. Fairchild St. F. George & Wilma M. 225 Fairchild St. Iowa City IA 522451 Blair y -----2-30 E. —Fairchild -St. — James D, Pohl & Ryan 603 S, Dodge St. IowaCity--I-A-' 52240 L. Roone y --I-A-- --------52-3--40 —j-0-1-3-03 —ETa-i—rcbild St------- Greg J. Allen- -TA----­ 309 E. Fairchild St. Shirley A. Harrison 1713 S. Ave, South Amana 2334 311 E. Fairchild St. Susan K. Futrell & 311 Fairchild St. Iowa City to 52245 William J. Jennings 312 E. Fairchiid St. Wilfred E. & Patricia A. 514 N. Linn St, Iowa City IA 52245 Eckhardt - — ------- 314 E. Fairchild St. Roy E. Reynolds & 314 Fairchild ��t i`omm �tty IA 52245 Marcy E. Rosenbaum —5224-5 —31-7 E. Fairchild St. —Thomas E. & Julianne K. 317 Fairchild St. Iowa City IA McNalley 320 E. Miller and Hawkins 673 Westwinds Dr. Iowa City IX' 52246 324 E. Fairchild St. Douglas B. Critser & 328 Fairchild St. Iowa City IA 52245 Lisa C, Koizumi —326--Ef--Fairchild St. Harry Hinckley 886 Park Pl. Iowa City IA 52246 Dill 720 Rosebud Gt. Coralville IA 52241 328 E. Fairchiid St. Jeffrey L. & Beth M. 3084 130th St. Spirit Lake IA 51360 -3-18 N. Gilbert St. William C. & Julia E. Leupold 324 N. Gilbert St. John R. & Erma M. 1150 Jefferson St. Iowa City to 52245 Alberhasky 325 N. Gilbert St Eugene F. Fisher 3485 G, Richard Cir, SW Iowa City IA 52240 330 N. Gilbert St. Arthur W. & Renetta A. 330 N. Gilbert St. Iowa City IA 52245 Webster 33-1-W —Gilbert St. Emergency Housing 331 N. Gilbert St. Iowa City IA 52245 Project Inc, 409 N. -'—'—Spaight Gilbert St. Services LLG 1185 Forevergreen Rd, Iowa City 1A 52240 C/oThomas N.SRi!ht_.. 413 N. Gilbert St, Jeffrey Porter & Claire . ..... 413 N. Gilbert St. Iowa City [A 52245 Sponslar 414 N. Gilbert St. Frank M. Wilcox 7241 218th Way N, Forest Lake MN 55025 —4-1-8- N. Gilbert §t- Benjamin & Carolyn 418 N. Gilbert St. Iowa City lA 52245 Barrentes, 41-9 VGilbert St. Amelia R. Baum & 419 N. Gilbert St. Iowa City IA 52245 Michael R. Singer 420 N. Gilbert St, Keystone Property 533 Southgate Ave, Iowa City IA 52240 Manpqemi�nt 421 4 . Gilbert St. N. Melvin D. & Alice L. Roth 1340 12th Ave. Coralville --Iowa —City IA 52241 426 N, Gilbert St. Waltraud Mii;i7haer'--' 426 N. Gilbert St. IA 52245 429 N. Gilbert St. Melvin D. & Alice L, Roth 1340 12th Ave. Coralville IA 52241 430 N. Gilbert SF Victoria A. Walton 430 N. Gilbert St, —IN, —Linn Iowa City IA 52245 - ------ 311 N. Linn �. —S I. Iowa —City Monthly —31 St. Iowa City IA 52240 Meeting of Friends 1-3 N. Linn —,S( nmentorp Properties 2709 163rd St, NE Ridgefield WA 98642 LLC 318 N. Linn St. Dwight A. Dobbersteln & 326 N. Linn St. Iowa City IA 52245 Nancy L. Parker 319 N. Linn St. Ammentorp Properties 2709 163rd St. NE Ridgefield WA 68642 LLC 322 N. Linn St. Mary K. PaImberg 1718 Wilson St. Iowa City IA 52245 323 N. Linn —St, Donald L. Stumbo & 3082 Running Deer Rd. Iowa City IA 522�4 Janene Elayne Panfil United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 10 - Page — 38 Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Johnson County _1A Name of Property County and State # STREET TITLEHOLDER: --TITLEHOLDER CITY STAT ZIPCODE CONTRACT ADDRESS E BUYER(S) 326 N. Linn St. Dwight A. Dobberstein & 326 N. Linn St Iowa City IA 52245 Nancy L. Parker 328-330 N. Linn St. Eugene F. Fisher 3485 G. Richard Cit. SW Iowa City IA 52240, 4_03405 N. Linn St: ----- ------James B. & Becky J. 1811 Muscatine Ave. Iowa City IA 52240 Buxton _1 _WLinn _S t-.-- RMB Investments LLC 3286 Hwy I SW Iowa City IA 52240 4t2 N. Linn St. Arthur K. & Shari 2026 130th St. Riverside IA 52327 Sweating 41_6_ _N­Linn —St Sarah Buss & Henry L. 416 N. Linn St. Iowa City IA 52245 Paulson 418- 22 N. Linn St. H & G 10 Heather Dr. Iowa City IA 52245 506 N. Linn St. Wilfred E. & Patricia A. 514 N. Linn St. Iowa City IA 52245 Eckhardt 507-513 N. Linn St. Michael Allen & Debra 1415 Franklin Ave. West Branch IA 52358 Ka Cooper 514 N. Linn St. Wilfred E. & Patricia A. 514 N. Linn St. Iowa City IA 52245 Eckhardt R-1 N. —Linn St. James A. & Loretta Clark 414 Market St. Iowa City IA 52245 522 N. Linn St. NT. David Egenberger & 1102 College St. Iowa City ]A 52240 Wendy Caye Moses 526 N. Linn St. -Timothy D. Toomey & 526 N. Linn St. Iowa City IA 52245 Ruth A. 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RONALDS ST BLOOMINGTON ST Attachment D Applicant's statement as to why the zoning change is warranted The near Northside neighborhood of Iowa City is one of the oldest and most historically significant neighborhoods in Iowa City. In order to protect the valuable historic resources contained within the neighborhood and to provide neighborhood stabilization, the Northside Neighborhood Association requests that the near Northside be designated a local historic district. The significance of the Northside was elaborated in 2005 with the designation of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places. The basis for that listing was the historical and architectural significance of the neighborhood to Iowa City. Developed between ca. 1860 - ca. 1930 the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District was strongly associated with an important period of population growth and residential development in Iowa City during the late 19th century and early 20th century. This period of growth witnessed the growing prosperity of the German -American and Bohemian -American communities and the increasing prominence of the State University of Iowa. Established and developed with a mix of housing and employment, the Northside existed as a neighborhood in the truest sense of the word. The commercial area eventually included three breweries, a hotel, grocery stores, meat markets, and other small retail establishments interspersed with the housing stock. The business owners and other prominent professionals lived within close proximity to their work and alongside the middle and working class that served the employment centers. Important German and Bohemian culture was introduced and articulated throughout the neighborhood, as evidenced by the establishment of the breweries. Architecturally, the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District is significant because it represents the architectural styles and vernacular house forms common for Iowa City from the 1860s through the 1930s. The district as a whole demonstrates the evolution of popular architectural styles and how these national architectural styles were introduced and accomplished through local building practices. Moreover, Orville H. Carpenter, an important local architect is credited with at least eight houses within the National Register district. The current National Register district amounts to over fifty percent of the proposed local district and approximately seventy percent of the properties beyond the National Register borders proposed for inclusion in the local district are contributing, key contributing, or are currently listed on the National Register. The Northside Neighborhood Association's request for a local historic district designation perfectly accords with the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan (2007) which recognizes the importance of the Gilbert -Linn Historic District. Discussing the district in detail (pp. 81-83), the plan makes the following recommendation: "In the midterm (two to three years), encourage designation of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District as a local ordinance historic district" (p. 83). The area proposed for local district beyond the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District is within the same period of significance and possesses the same historical and architectural significance. The purpose of expanding the boundaries was to provide a more contiguous geographic unit within the same period of significance which captures a greater share of the significant historical and architectural significance of the neighborhood. The part of the Northside that already has local historic district designation (the Brown Street and Ronalds Street area to the north of the Northside) has enjoyed a renaissance in the years since becoming a local historic district, with investment and improvement in properties that had been neglected for years. We believe the local historic designation will have a similar neighborhood stabilizing impact in the proposed district area, the area of the Northside which is closest to the University and so under greatest commercial pressure. The Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Report (2004) submitted by the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission also noted the hope that local designation for the Gilbert -Linn Street area would serve as a catalyst for investment and building rehabilitation efforts similar to what has been achieved in Brown Street and East College Street (p. 5). The Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan notes the unique market and development pressures related to the proximity to the University campus and Mercy Hospital that threaten the stability of the neighborhood and its historic resources. Rather succinctly it says, "Without design review in place for the historic district and/or a larger conservation district, the neighborhood is not likely to achieve its potential in terms of historic preservation objectives" (P. 82). Neighborhood stabilization cannot be fully achieved without the presence of families. The City's Central District Plan states, "While there are a considerable number of smaller, modest homes in Subarea A, the competition from student renters, who often live together and pool their resources, keeps these homes out of the financial reach of many singles or families looking for affordable homes to rent." The plan further states that an "important element of stabilizing older neighborhoods in the district is to provide incentives or programs to maintain, improve, and generally invest in the older housing stock" (p. 14). Local historic designation provides neighborhood stabilizing forces and protection to valuable historic resources that listing on the National Register does not. We believe that a local historic district in the near Northside supports the City's long term objectives of historic preservation and neighborhood stabilization for Central District Neighborhoods, objectives that were identified through an open and inclusive process aimed at identifying the community's vision for the future of Iowa City. We urge the City to follow through on its formal support of neighborhood organizations and the critical role they play "in monitoring neighborhood conditions, advocating for services and neighborhood amenities, and disseminating information to area residents" (Central District Plan, p. 14). MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2009 EMMA J. HARVAT HALL PRELIMINARY MEMBERS PRESENT: Esther Baker, William Downing, Lindsay Bunting Eubanks, Carl Hirschman, Pam Michaud, Jim Ponto, Ginalie Swaim, Alicia Trimble, Frank Wagner MEMBERS ABSENT: Thomas Baldridge STAFF PRESENT: Christina Kuecker, Robert Anderson OTHERS PRESENT: Helen Burford, Tim Toomey CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Bunting Eubanks called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. She welcomed Hirschman as the new Longfellow District representative. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA: There was none. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS: 1033 Woodlawn Avenue. Kuecker showed photographs of the house as it is currently and showed what the applicant proposes. She said the applicant proposes to remove the double window and replace it with two taller windows that are more evenly spaced. Kuecker said the applicant also proposes to take the taller window and move it eight inches to the left and eight inches higher to accommodate a kitchen remodeling. She showed windows on the back side where the applicant proposes to remove and replace the windows. Kuecker said she found previous files from an addition on the house that shows that the windows to be replaced were actually replacement windows from the early 1990s. She said this proposal is therefore not altering the historic fabric of the house and is in fact probably bringing it back closer to what it was like before the 1990s alteration. Kuecker said that the guidelines allow for the replacement of deteriorated windows. She stated that the deterioration of these windows is questionable, but since these are replacement windows this is probably a good call. Kuecker said staff recommends approval of this project with the conditions that the windows must be either solid wood or metal -clad, solid wood double hung windows, with either true divided lights or simulated divided lights with muntin bars adhered to both sides of the glass but not with snap in muntin bars; if metal -clad wood windows are used, the sash color shall be dark to match the existing windows; and that any siding repair or replacement necessary must match the existing siding in dimension, profile, and material. Toomey said that he represents the homeowner. He said the owner had a question as to whether there could be an alternative option for the windows. Toomey distributed specifications of the alternative window. He said that one is as one would expect, but the other is that the two sashes are different sizes. Toomey said the owner wants to know if that is a possible option, to have that second window as an option. Bunting Eubanks asked which window the owner wants to change. Toomey said it would be all the new windows. Bunting Eubanks asked if it would be the same style but a different size. Toomey responded that it is a different proportion from the bottom sash to the top. He said the owner isn't set one way or the other but wanted to know if that could be a possible option. Historic Preservation Commission Minutes Page 2 Michaud asked how many and if they would be shorter than the proposed windows. Toomey replied that they are not shorter than the proposed windows — it is the proportion between the two sashes that is different. Kuecker said the owner would like to have the option of either having the top sash and bottom sash be the same size or having the top sash be shorter and the bottom sash be taller. She said it would be the same window openings. Downing asked if there is a reason for the wanting the second window. Toomey said he did not know what the reason would be. He said the owner likes them and wanted to know if that could be an option. Downing said the free air opening at its maximum would actually be smaller. Bunting Eubanks asked Kuecker for her opinion. Kuecker responded that without knowing exactly what was in the area of the house prior to the previous window replacement it is hard to know for sure, but more common would be the even sized top and bottom sash. She said, however, that this is in the back of the house, and because it is bringing it closer to what it was originally, that it could probably be approved within the guidelines. Swaim said that she would encourage the owner to go with the same sized sashes. Toomey said that he has been encouraging that, but he is representing the owner and is throwing the option out there. Swaim added that in the end the house is going to look better, and no one will have to wonder about why they are different in the future. Ponto asked Toomey if he could salvage the siding and reuse it. Toomey stated that if he breaks it up, he'll salvage it; he said that any new siding would be cedar siding. Wagner said that they should make sure that the exterior trim is as shown in the photos and matches the trim on the rest of the windows. Kuecker said that because metal clad windows are paintable but are rarely painted, it is her opinion that if the windows are replaced with a metal clad that is white, it would look out of place on the house. Toomey said the owner has not picked a manufacturer yet, but if they use metal clad, it would be black, as all the sashes on the house are traditional black. Bunting Eubanks asked for opinions on giving the owner the option of which windows to use. Swaim said that she is only one person but thinks the evenly divided windows would be better into the future. MOTION: Ponto moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the application for 1033 Woodlawn Avenue as presented with the following conditions: the windows must be either solid wood or metal -clad, solid wood double hung windows, with either true divided lights or simulated divided lights with muntin bars adhered to both sides of the glass, but not with snap in muntin bars; if metal -clad, solid wood windows are used, the sash color shall be dark to match the existing windows; any siding repair or replacement necessary must match the existing siding in dimension, profile, and material; and that the owner has the option to use the windows with uneven top and bottom sashes, but with strong encouragement to use the evenly divided windows top and bottom and with the trim around the windows as shown in the illustration, particularly the mullion separation between the two windows. Hirschman seconded the motion. Ponto said that this will look a whole lot better. Toomey said he agreed, especially for the side with the crank out windows and sliders. The motion carried on a vote of 9-0. VIRTUAL FORUM UPDATE: Bunting Eubanks said that the Commission is putting together a forum to be broadcast on television to showcase the guidelines so that homeowners know what is expected of them. Kuecker said that she put this on the agenda to give an update and to suggest an extension of the date for broadcast. Kuecker Historic Preservation Commission Minutes Page 3 suggested changing the date to the 26tn of March. She thought that would still be in time for people planning their summer home projects. Kuecker said that the PowerPoint presentation is 98% complete. She said that invitations and postcards to send to contractors are done. Kuecker said that she has the letter drafted with addresses for those who live in historic districts and was just waiting for the date. Bunting Eubanks said that the room should be reserved as soon as possible if the date is changed. Kuecker said she would make arrangements for that. Bunting Eubanks said that the main purpose of the forum is to answer questions and show the slide presentation, including examples of historic styles in Iowa City and discussing what would require historic review and what does not. Kuecker said the program will be broadcast live on the City's cable channel, will be streamed live on the website, and people will be invited to attend in person. Bunting Eubanks said that the date change sounds reasonable to her. She said she hopes having the information out there will save Kuecker and the Commission a lot of work. Bunting Eubanks asked Commission members to let people know that the new date will be March 26tn CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR JANUARY 8, 2009. MOTION: Swaim moved to approve the minutes of the Commission's January 8, 2009 meeting, as written. Baker seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 9-0. OTHER: Kuecker said she had distributed the e-mail from Burford about Don Poe. She said she also distributed an e-mail from the State Historical Society, which is taking nominations for "Preservation at its Best" awards. Kuecker said that if anyone had or knew of a project that would be worth nominating, they should let her know. Bunting Eubanks asked if the awards had to be for a recent project. Kuecker said that she would find out. She suggested Commission members let her know of projects and she will contact the property owners. Burford, of Friends of Historic Preservation, said she had wondered if there was a way to promote being sustainable community and how historic preservation is a part of that. She said that there was a project in Des Moines that was a sustainable renovation for a historic house. Burford said that the first sustainable energy star house was actually in Iowa City. She said that it is located by Finkbine. Burford said that with more and more focus on energy savings and making buildings sustainable, there are lots of things that Poe's group does. She said that even though they talk about new windows, it is the physics of what happens with induction, drafts, and fixing leaks that pertains to all windows. Burford said these are all things that are applicable to an older home. Burford said that what they actually advocate for is the same thing that one would want people to understand in historic preservation. Burford said this is a way to parlay the historic preservation guidelines to be something that is a benefit and good for the environment and friendly rather than something that is antagonistic. Bunting Eubanks said that she would like to have input on this for the virtual forum, because each slide is about a minute on why this guideline or why that guideline. She said that energy efficiency could be included in the section on windows. Historic Preservation Commission Minutes Page 4 Burford said that Poe is hungry to learn those kinds of things. She said that the Commission would bring a lot of legitimacy to what it would be saying if it was able to sit down and share certain kinds of repairs. Burford said that then when he speaks about it, it helps him to have another way of explaining how there is a way to repair or restore something to be a sustainable building. Swaim said that a recent National Trust issue had a long article about the greening of historic preservation. Bunting Eubanks asked Burford if Friends of Historic Preservation would be sponsoring a forum with Poe as a speaker. Burford replied that Friends wants to do something like that. She said the Commission might want to have input in how it is done and what sort of things to talk about. Burford said that in terms of energy savings, insulation is a huge topic. She said that the repair of windows is another issue. Burford said that there are new products, and there has to be some sort of weighing of whether what is done is worth it. She said that vinyl windows are one example of something that doesn't work. Swaim said she thinks it is great that Friends is planning to do something like this. She stated that this seems to be kind of new ground, and since Poe is not up to speed with what the Commission is thinking, maybe all the Commission can do is make suggestions. Ponto said that except for windows, everything else Burford is mentioning isn't really part of what the Commission does. Hirschman said that in general, there are a lot of people who are scared to do those things. He said that getting people comfortable that a historic home doesn't have to be an energy pit is an important thing to encourage. Ponto agreed but said that most of the issues relate to the interior of a house. Burford discussed geothermal and said that it is probably the most efficient way to use energy. She said that at some point, historic preservation should also take into consideration saving older structures that are threatened by high heating bills when it is not feasible to insulate them effectively. Swaim said that she agrees with what Burford has to say but feels that a role the Commission should not play is being part of this presentation. Swaim said the whole area of this is too new and undefined. She said that maybe a round table discussion or forum could be held with Poe, and a couple of contractors could discuss old houses and the obstacles and successes involved with them. Swaim said that if the Commission is involved in something other than encouraging the discussion, she thinks the public could get the message that this is what the Commission is all about, and the Commission hasn't discussed many of these issues yet. Bunting Eubanks said that would be her concern — that he would suggest a specific thing and it would be something that the guidelines disallowed or hasn't been tested. Swaim said that what he is trying to do is give out information, and what the Commission does is to regulate and make decisions. She said that those things are too confusing to try to do at the same presentation. Hirschman suggested that might be how a forum would work, with a group of panelists from the Historic Preservation Commission on an unofficial basis but having background knowledge. He said then that information could be used in the future so that future applicants or people with questions can have more resources and information. Ponto said that if Poe has some specific information that is appropriate, he could make a short presentation first, and then it could go into the forum. Michaud said that if he proposed some new material that is not in the guidelines, people will be upset with the Commission's restrictions. She suggested that be covered beforehand. Bunting Eubanks said that anything on the interior would be acceptable. Bunting Eubanks said the Commission appreciates the work that Friends of Historic Preservation does. Burford said, regarding the other e-mail, that there will be space at the library on February 215t from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to work on research for Manville Heights. She said that everyone is welcome to attend, and the actual City records will be available in the room. Historic Preservation Commission Minutes Page 5 Michaud said that she went to the Johnson County Administration Building, and they had a lot more records on the houses from 1950 forward that filled in a lot of the blanks. She said the documents were accessible, even though they might be past the relevant dates. Kuecker said that a lot of volunteers have not yet turned in their information, so it's hard to tell how much work is left. Kuecker said that reminder a -mails have been sent out, and she has heard from some of the volunteers. Kuecker said that if there are not enough volunteers, then she and Anderson and other people in their office and Svendsen will fill in the blanks where needed. Burford said that there are several activists, from the Longfellow Neighborhood in particular, who have contacted her with concerns that both the Longfellow and Horace Mann Schools are threatened. Burford said that Longfellow is in a historic district and Horace Mann is not, and she wondered if the Commission would want to discuss actions that might be taken. Ponto said that he was at the Horace Mann meeting held by Dr. Lane Plugge, the Superintendent of Schools. He said that basically what it comes down to is that since the SILO was passed and the school district is getting the tax, five years of money has been committed to different areas and different schools, including building new schools. Ponto said that the old schools, including Roosevelt, Longfellow, Mann, and Lincoln, really have no money designated for those schools in the next five years for any major projects. Ponto said Plugge stated that the plan is not to close these schools; there just have not been any decisions yet. Ponto stated that audience members asked when the decision would be made and speculated that the school district would let the buildings deteriorate to the point where they are too far gone. He said that there are a lot of parents and residents where these local, neighborhood schools are located who are very upset and are writing letters to the School Board. Ponto said that Roosevelt apparently has some structural and envelope problems with water, etc. He said that the other schools are apparently in pretty good shape structurally, but they aren't handicapped accessible and have some other issues. Ponto said that if there would be an addition to Horace Mann, for example to add library space and some other things, at that point the building would have to come up to code on everything, and that would be very expensive. He said that structurally some of the schools are sound and could stand for another 90 years. Bunting Eubanks asked if there is anything the Commission could do, particularly for Longfellow. Kuecker said that Longfellow is within the Longfellow Historic District. Kuecker said that the Longfellow building is protected by the historic preservation guidelines and cannot be torn down without approval. She said that Horace Mann is not in any sort of district and is not a local landmark. Kuecker said that a conservation or historic district could be created including Horace Mann, but more than likely, the School Board would not support that designation. Downing said the issue is not so much preserving the building so much for its exterior but more an issue of preserving the building for its function. Kuecker agreed that it is not just the building that is important to the neighborhood but is having a neighborhood school that the residents' children can walk to and that gives them a sense of community. Ponto stated that a consultant looked at all the schools and the condition of the schools. He said that one of the comments about Horace Mann was that the library was too small compared to other schools in the district and the school needed more small classroom space. Ponto said that it would be difficult to do that in the existing footprint, and someone suggested an addition to the building. He said it was then stated that the cost of an addition would involve bringing the whole building up to code. Kuecker said that the Commission could send a letter to the School Board. Bunting Eubanks said that the Commission's aim is not to just preserve the building but also the history of it, and if a building functions as a school, perhaps it adds to the historic authenticity of the neighborhood to keep it functioning as a school. Michaud said that a school is a community center and is invaluable in maintaining strong neighborhoods. Historic Preservation Commission Minutes Page 6 Kuecker said she has done a lot of research on this and could draft a letter for the Commission's approval. Hirschman stated that from the City's perspective, especially in the Longfellow Neighborhood, the elementary school drives the property values there. He said there it drives a higher neighborhood value, which is tied to the City tax assessments, which is tied to the City's funding, which ties into school funding. Wagner said that more homes in the North Side Neighborhood have been converted back to single-family homes, and he suspected that the student population of Horace Mann has or will grow. Ponto said that right now there is not enough capacity in the district buildings to close an elementary school so that this issue relates to five years or more in the future. He stated, however, that some of the older schools will need maintenance for five years, and if nothing is done, they start getting to the point where they will be expensive to save. Kuecker suggested Commission members e-mail any ideas to Kuecker so that they can be incorporated into the letter to the School Board. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:05 p.m. Minutes submitted by Anne Schulte F� ■ ■ Mimi ■ ■