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IOWA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Thursday, September 8, 2016
City Hale, 410 E. Washington Street
Emma J. Harvat Hall
5:30 P.M.
A) Cali to Order
B) Roll Call
Q Public discussion of anything not on the agenda
D) National Register Nomination- Byfield House, 715 West Patio Road
E) Certificate of Appropriateness
1. 821 North Johnson Street - Brown Street Historic District (Egress window addition)
2. 422 Brown Street - Brown Street Historic District (roof replacement and internal gutter
removal)
F) Report on Certificates issued by Chair and Staff
Certificate of No Material Effect -Chair and Staff review
1. 530 E. Davenport Street - Northside Historic District (stucco repair and replacement)
2. 415 Brown Street- Brown Street Historic District (roof replacement and gutter repair)
3. 435 and 437 S. Summit Street - Summit Street Historic District (fiat roof membrane roof
replacement)
4. 1030 College Street - East College Street Historic District (roof replacement)
5. 817 Bowery - Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District (porch repair)
6. 830 Bowery- Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District (window repair and storm
replacement)
Minor Review - Staff review
506 S. Governor Street - Govemor-Lucas Street Conservation District (garage siding
replacement)
F) Consideration of Minutes for August 11, 2016
G) Commission Information and Discussion
H) Adjournment
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City Hall, 410 E Washington Street, Iowa City. IA 52240
Memorandum
Date: September 1, 2016
To: Iistoric Preservation Commission
From: Jessica Bristow —Historic Preservation Staff
Re: 715 W. Park Road, Byfield House nomination to the National Register of Historic Places
The Dr. Albert Henry Byfield House at 715 West Park Road has been nominated to the National Register of
Historic Places. The State Nominations Review Committee will consider the property during their October
14, 2016 meeting. As a participant in the Certified Local Government Program, the Iowa City Historic
Preservation Commission is required to review the nomination and comment on the attached form.
The Nomination finds that the property is eligible for listing on the National Register in one Criterion
category:
Criterion C: Design/ Construction. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type,
period, or method of construction
The survey form discusses the local significance of the Byfield House in its links to the owner Dr. Albert
Henry Byfield, a physician and first head of the Department of Pediatrics at the State University of Iowa
Medical School and SUI Children's Hospital and the first wave of building in the Manville Heights
Neighborhood developed by Bert Manville. As a well-preserved, large-scale example of the blending of Tudor
Revival and the English Arts -and Crafts architectural styles the house is also locally significance. In a practice
that was not rare in Iowa City, an engineering professor with the State University of Iowa Department of
Engineering, Stuart Hobbs Sims, was employed as the designer. With this property it appears possible to trace
Sims' inspiration to a similar house in Biddenham, England published in a plan book in 1912 that Sims is
believed to have consulted. The architectural character of the exterior of the building remains intact with the
exception of an attached garage addition at the rear of the kitchen on the west end of the property.
Staff finds that the survey discussion provides a thorough description of the architectural character of the
building and its relationship to Dr. Byfield, Professor Sims, and the original development of Manville Heights
and its place in Iowa City history. The application of Criterion C is justified and bolstered by the well-
preserved condition and architectural integrity of the house. Staff recommends that the Commission find that
the Dr. Albert Henry Byfield House should be listed on the National Register of Historic Places under
Criterion C.
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic. Places
Registration Form
This form Is for use In nominating or requests g determinations for Individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How
to Complete the Nadonaf Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented; enter "N;k for
"not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of signillcance, enter only categories and subcategories from the
Instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and nenetive Items on continuation shoats If needed (NP4 Form 10A00a).
historic name ByField, Dr. Albert Henry House
other names/site number Beifield-Albright House; IA Slte Inventory Number. 52-04880
street & number 715 West Park Road.
N/A not for publication
citycrtown lowacity N/A vicinitystate Iowa code IA county Johnson code 103 zip code 52246
3. State/Federal Aaencv Certrfl&*#i..,
As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended,
I hereby certify that this X nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards
for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional
requirements set forth in 38 CFR Part 60.
In my opinion, the property X meets does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property
be considered significant of the following level(s) of significance:
_ national _ statewide X local
D u State Historic Preservation Officer
Signature of eedlying otfidayrltie � .
State Historical Socie of Iowa
State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government
FInmyopinion, the property _ meets does not meet the National Register criteria.
ure of commenting omaid Date
State or Federal agency/bureeu or Tribal Government
4. National Park Service Certification
I hereby certify that this property Is:
_ entered in the National Register _ determined eligible for the National Register
_ determined not eligible for the National Register _ removed from the National Register
_ other (englalm)
Sig nature of the Keeper Date of Action
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ownership of Property Cetegory of Property
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Historic Functions
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DOMESTIC: single dwelling —
7. Description
Architectural Classification
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LATE 19r' & 201' CENTURY REVIVALS: Tudor
Revival
I A E 19th & EARLY 20e CENTURY AMERICAN
MOVEMENTS: Bungalow/Craftsman
LATE 19"' & 20th CENTURY REVIVALS: Colonial
Revival
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Number of Resources within Property
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sites
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listed in the National Register
Current Functions
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DOMESTIC: single dwelling
foundation: OTHER: Clay Tile
walls: BRICK
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roof: SYNTHETICS: Rubber
other: OTHER: Clay Tile
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summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the propert/, such as its location setting, size, and significant features.)
Summary Paragraph
The Dr. Albert Henry Byfield House located at 715 West Park Road was completed in 1917 along the northern edge of the
Manville Addition situated in the northeast comer of Iowa C@y's Manville Heights Neighborhood, a residential neighborhood
primarily underdevelopment from 1906 to 1940. Its construction came during the first wave of home building that
preceded World War I in the neighborhood. The development of Manville Heights also paralleled construction of the State
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University of Iowa (SUI) Children's Hospital and General Hospital on the west side of the Iowa River between 1919 and
1928. The house's original occupant was Dr. Albert Henry Byreld, a physician and the first head of the Department of
Pediatrics at the State University of Iowa Medical School and SUI Children's Hospital. The house is a well-preserved
example of a blending of Tudor Revival and Craftsman Style elements and materials in the tradition of late 19th and early
20thcentury English Arts -and -Crafts residences. Designer for the house was Stuart Hobbs Sims who was employed by
the SUI Engineering Department at the time. The practice of commissioning SUI engineering faculty to design buildings,
bridges, dams, water systems, etc. was a common one during the eany 20th century in Iowa City and elsewhere in Iowa.
Description
Site. The Dr. Albert Henry Byrield House is located at the southwest comer of the intersection of Lexington Avenue, a
local residential street, and West Park Road, a two-lane arterial street, in west Iowa City. The Irregularly shaped parcel
comprises portions of the northeast comer of Block 3 in Manville Addition, part of a residential neighborhood known since
the 1920s as "Manville Heights ° The neighborhood has a population of about 1,600 people in 2010 in mostly single family
residences laid out in hilly topography with both a curvilinear and grid street pattern. The Byrield House parcel measures
233 feet across thenorth edge and 150 along the south edge and three angled legs along the west and southwest sides of
97.44 feet, 75.79 feet and 73.05 feet totaling 246.28 feet, for a total size of approximately 1.08 acres. The property is
currently zoned "Low Density Single -Family Residential Zone (RS-5).' Non-residential uses in the immediate area include
a church, public school, and municipal park land including the Ned Ashton House (820 West Park Road, NRHP-listed), an
event facility operated since 2011.
Building stock in the immediate vicinity of the Byreld House contains a mix of similarly sized single and two-story houses
built of stucco, brick, and frame construction or a combination of more than one. The Byrield House site is densely
wooded on the steep downward grade along Park Road on the north edge. A moderate grade follows the alignment of
Lexington Avenue on the east side with mature white oak and maple trees scattered throughout the property and several
spruce present along the south side of the house.
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Ground covers on the lot include natural
areas along Park Road with landscaped beds
and brick walkways extending along the north
and south sides of the house and lawn areas
for the balance of the property. At the
northwest comer of the site, a stone filled,
grade -level gutter guides run-off towards
Park Road.
Access to the property is via a looped
driveway that circles the house. The north
entrance comes into the property about 50
feet south of Park Road. The paved
driveway extends west to a smaller turn-
around circle that connects to the main loop
near the garage's north entrance doors. The
north entrance is flanked by a pair of
entrance markers (noncontributing structure)
constructed in 2011. Their designs feature
battered reddish -brown back piers (40 Inches
by 24 Inches at the base and 32 inches by 20
inches at the top) capped by decorative stone
pieces salvaged from the University of Iowa
'According to the City of Iowa City Zoning Code, Title 14: Zoning Code, Article A:14-2A-1, this designation Is' primarily Intended
to provide housing opportunities for individual households ... The regulations allow for some flexibility of dwelling types to provide
housing opportunities for a variety of household types, This zone also allows for some nonresidential uses that contribute to the
livability of residential neighborhoods, such as parks, schools, religious Institutions, and daycare facilities. Related nonresidential uses
and structures should be planned and designed to be compatible with the character, scale, and pattern of the residential
development." In 2016, the area is NOT designated as a Historic District Overlay zone for historic landmarks and historic districts.
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Children's Hospital (built 10919 and razed 2005). The balance of the driveway passes along the west side.of the attached
garage following the south property line of the. Byfield House property connecting back to Lexington Avenue. The south
leg of the loop is also is used by the owners of houses at 425 and 441 Lexington Ave, which are located west and
southwest of 715 West Park Road.
Building:
Though estimated to have been built in 1915 according to Iowa City Assessor
records, the correct completion date is 1917. Property transfer records show all
of Block 3 in the Manville Addition transferred on July 8, 1916 from Frederick E.
Bolton to A.H. BeifieldByrield? Before the end of the year, an article in the
Daily Iowan shown at right identified the doctor as the owner of a new west side
residence under construction. The substantial house was valued at $12,000
and described as likely to be "one of the finest in the city" when completed. The
architect was listed as Stuart Hobbs Sims of the University's Engineering
College. Sims left employment at the University at the end of the 1918-1919
term after four years teaching mechanics in civil engineering classes on
campus. The house contractor was listed in the same news account as Joseph
David Long who city directory sources show associated with his father, M.L.
Long, in the contracting and carpentry business. J.D. Long's name has been
discovered by the current owner on millwork in the house with the inscribed date
as "January 1917." Another source supporting this date for the house is a
newspaper account dated December 30, 1922, that notes that improvements
had been made to the existing "Beifield" residence during 1922 by contractor
C.M. Sulser suggesting that it was already completed sometime before then.
An interpretation of these facts suggests that a construction date of 1917 for
the house is accurate. Above: The Daily Iowan, December 13, 1916;
Below: historic view, ca. 1920s-1930s, property
of Donald Black, house owner in 2016.
2The family surname was spelled "Beifield" until July 1917 when Albert's father, Joseph Belfield of Chicago, changed the spelling
on behalf of the entire family to "Byfield " Use of both the old and new spellings was confirmed in State University of Iowa yearly
catalogues with the modified name used beginning in the 1917-1918'edition and in all subsequent publications consulted for
preparation. of this nomination.
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Exterior. This 2-story masonry house is an example of a bring of the Tudor Revival and CraftsmenreslderrUai styles
Identified at the time of construction as the 'English Style." According, to research by the current owner (see Figures *and
9), the design for the house completed by Stuart Hobbs Sims is based on a similar house in Biddenhan, England Included
In a plan book published In 1912. The house was first designed In the 1890s by Charles E. Mallows, an English architect
and landscape designer who primarily worked in the late 19th and early 20th century Arts -and -Crafts design tradition
espoused by Sir Edwin Landseer L.utyens (1869-1944) and M.H. Beillie-Scott (1866-1945).3 . The house was featured in a
plan book that Sims is believed to have constulted as a bests for the design - J. H. Elder-Duncan's Country Cottages and
Weekend Homes, (1912) and later reproduced in the Architecture/ Record, Volume XLVII (January June, 1920), p. 70. A
photograph and plan for the. English house appear in Figure 6.
The Byrietd House has a day file block foundation and above grade ;walls faired in reddish -brown colored brick laid in
ruining bond on the lower level and painted stucco cladding on the upper level. A course of header brick forms a narrow
bell course between levels and crest stone Is used for window sills and for lintels on lower level. windows. Tnetwo4evel
porch on the east facade has a combined foundation and balustrade with narrow brick piers and stucco -dad panels
arranged in three bays. The upper level balustrade has hat"timbering and stucco cladding In geometric panels while the
gable -end has stucco and angular half-timbering. The house itself, has an asymmobictaldesign with an Intersecting gabled
roof on the main black. The front facade faces north with the westhalf of the foods featuring a broad, moderate pitched
front -gable with the west half extending over the one-story section that originally housed an attached garage. On the south
facade, the front -gable section does not have an extended slope. Throughout the house, the roof is dad In red terra c otts
bias described in the first newspaper account as 'German 016,4 The house's. roof has a combination of narrow eaves
along the short lengths of the north and south sloped sides and no eaves along the gabled ends. The two-story gable -
roofed porch facing Lexington Avenue is an exception with medium -width eaves along all three sides. The porch s lower
level has four narrow brick piers evenly spaced across the from coverfog the combined foundation. and balustrade levels.
Three recessed, stucco -dad panels are set between the piers and one longer panel is on each side of the porch. Screen
infill panels are above the balustrade configured in 1f1 sections. There Is no outside access door to the porch.
Entrance openings The the main house are midway along the north and south
facades. The primary entrance faces north and Is recessed beneath a low eye-
brow style door hood supported by paired brackets added In the past decade on
each side. Two small nine -light leaded -sashes are to the right of the door hood
and one nine -light window to the left. The more simple garden entrance on the
south fagode is located in a similar position on the well and has a cast atone
lintel with no flanking windows. Both doors are examples of Dutch Colonial two-
part doors composed of channel -cut or tongue -and -groove boards, a row of four
small square lights across the top, a horizontal -split located slightly below the
middle -point, and latching hardware on the Inside.
Fenestration Includes an asymmetrical arrangement of sizes and shapse for
fixed and casement style muld-light leaded sashes. The north fagade's lower
level has a window group to the left of the front entrance that opens into the
IlAng room with four 1 &fight vertical casement sashes. A similar group to the
west opens into the informal dining room. A single 18-fight am- h to the right of
the entrance is positioned at the head of the basement stairs and this sash was
restored in 2004 based on photo documentation. An exterior door was
previously Installed In this opening. Other sash on the north fegade Include a
single and pair of multi -light windows is further to the right beneath the extended
gable roof slope that open Into the former garage and current kitchen. On the
Upper level of the north facade, three 15-tight sashes are grocrncv_i at the east
and and four similar sashes are grouped at the west end. A group of three short,
nine -fight sashes, a single nine -light sash and a tall 15-light sash are located in
the center section of the upper level. Similar window and door groupings
appear on the garden facade. Windows include similarly configure sashes with
groups of three and four 18-light and 1541ght units taking advantage of the
3Dyrievor, Lucy, "A Dissertation on the Work of C.E. Mallows, Architectural Gardner & Illustrator; (chapters relating to
Bidderi ham NR. Bedford), Post -Graduate Diploma Course on the Conservation of Historic Landscapes Parks and Gardens, The
ArchNectwnt Association, June 1993, Preface and Chapters 2 and 14.
"The MU roof restoration project identted the original and replacement the as Ludowid Roof Tile manufactured in New
Lexington, Ohio.
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southern orientation. An example of a typical multi -light window detail from a guest bedroom is shown above.
The west end has a one-story wing built in 2008 that links the main house to the garage constructed in 2006. This L-
shaped wing has a flat roof with exterior walls clad in frame panels in the lower halves and decorative crown moldings
along the comice. A continuous row of twelve 5/6 double -hung sashes and one multi -light door line the southern side and
east fagades of the L-shaped vying. The shorter north fagade wall in the L-shaped wing provides the main service
entrance to the west half of the house and features a multi -light window flanked by 6/6 double -hung sashes and wall
treatment similar to the south fagade.
The attached garage constructed in 2006 was based on local Craftsman Style designs for similar scale outbuildings.
Located at the west end of the L-shaped connecting wing, it has a side -gabled plan with two separate garage doors facing
north. The asphalt shingled roof has a broad moderate pitch with wide eaves and exposed rafter tails along the sloped
sides. The walls are clad in weatherboard with rabbeted edges and comerboard trim. The garage has a 24 by 24 foot
plan, a concrete floor, and twin overhead doors with two rows of six wood panels below a single row of six -light windows.
Interior. The Bytield House's interior retains many of its original Colonial Revival features and finishes. These include
several classically inspired fireplace designs, the simple enamel -finished millwork and doors throughout the house, the
main staircase balustrade that combines enamel -finished turned spindles with a walnut handrail, crown molding detailin�q
for ceilings on the first floor, plaster ceiling medallions in prominent
locations, semi -circular arched openings and a section of semi-
circular vaulted ceiling in the rear hallway with a faux stone finish.
The interior incorporates no Tudor Revival or Arts -and -Crafts
elements except for the important interior role played by the multi -
light windows and the den's fireplace design. A
The house originally had a central vacuum system and though the
system is no longer functional, these connection points remain in
place throughout the house. Quarter sawn oak floors referenced in
the first news account of the house remain present. The foyer and
entrance hall have black and white marble squares that were part
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of a 2004-2005 rehabilitation of the house. The rehabilitation of the kitchen and former garage was completed in 2007 with
oak flooring installed throughout the space and the Informal dining area and cabinets placed in the former kitchen. The
new kitchen area was established in the original single -bay attached garage. Both the rear servants' staircase and the
basement stairs are accessed from the informal dining room. The basement remains largely intact with an abandoned
brick cistern or water tank located along the north wall. This feature would have been important prior to the introduction of
municipal water service in 1924-1926 when private wells were no longer necessary. The original laundry drying area and a
bathroom were located along the south wall. The boiler is located In the east end of the basement.
The floor plan for the house includes 3,288 sq. ft. on two levels for the original house, W sq, ft. on two levels of the front
sleeping porch, and 321 sq, ft. in the contemporary L-shaped wing that connects the main house to the 576 sq. ft, garage.
Allocation of the space in they main house rooms on the fist floor includes a foyer and entrance nali containing the main
staircase, rear servants' staircase, living room, den/library, half -bathroom, formal dining room., informal dining room, and L-
wing hall to garage. Additional views of first floor rooms appear below with second floor rooms on the following page.
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The second floor of the main house includes the upper hall, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a bedmom/lounge, and
miscellaneous closets. The change in floor plan completed in the 1960s saw the former servant's rooms converted to a
bathroom, storage closet and the bedroom/lounge. More recently, the west bedroom's closet space was converted to
book cases. Floor plans fdr the first and second floors are included in Figure 5.
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Chronological Summary of Property Changes and House Alterations:
1916 - Original property (all Block 3) sold by Frederick E. Bolton to A.H. Byfield.
1916-1917 - Original house construction, Stuart Hobbs Sims, architect.
1924 - Original property (all Block 3) sold by Byrield to Anna Close Albright and Dr. George Albright.
1924 - Redecorate first floor library (paint, wallpaper and new millwork).
1920s-Porch screens added-
1930s - Dining room wallpaper (scenic pattern) identified by well date.
1937 - Adjacent property (southeast comer of Block 3) sold by Albrights to Grace 8hd Leland Nagle.
1939 - Adjacent property (southwest comer of Block 3) solo by Albrights to Harry Smith.
1940s - Kitchen remodeled with new cabinets and appliances (nonextant) door and opening to kitchen closed.
1950s - First floor powder room and entrance closet added.
1966 - Detached two -bay frame garage constructed west of house (building permit); demolished 2005.
1956 - West bathroom and closet added on second floor (building permit), Henry Fisk, architect.
1960s - Foyer and first floor hall, marble flood ng added.
1965 - Anna Albright sold the house and property (north half of Block 3) to Robert and Jane Anderson.
1971 - Anderson transferred house and property (north half of Block 3) to Dr. James C. Noel and Monica Brown.
ca.1990s - Boiler replaced; air conditioning added; roof undedayment replaced.
2003 - Browns sold house and property (north half of Block 3) to Dr. Donald W. Black.
2004 - Interior and exterior rehabilitation including: re -wiring, replacing original push-button light switches with new push-button
models, and cleaning brass light fixtures throughout; re -plumbing throughout, re -activated basement toilet, relocated
double soapstone sink, and refinished nickel bathroom fixtures; refinishing wood floors and new marble In foyer/entrance
-glazing windows; new millwork including mantels in living room
hall; re -plastering, painting and wallpapering as needed; re
and dining room, book cases in library and upper level study; replaced non -original radiators in foyer, upper level study,
moved upstairs study radiator to dining room; re -Install original and matching salvaged storm doors; doorway opening
installed in brick cistern in basement for storage; in west end of entrance hall, removed door to rear staircase and created
a double barrel vault or cross vault ceiling with a faux limestone block finish; in two -level porch repair or replace
deteriorated wood and reline screens.
2004 - Convert original attached garage to kitchen; convert former kitchen to Informal dining room; removing garage doors in west
end wall of garage, installing row of leaded multi -light windows in west end wall, and finishing end wall with stucco.
2004 - Removed non -original service door to basement stairs on north fagade and install leaded 18-light sash in opening.
2004 - Removed aluminum gutters and replaced with salvaged copper gutters.
2005 - Demolish existing ca. 1956 detached garage; build two -bay free-standing garage using salvaged copper gutters and
Salvaged windows.
2007-2008 - Construct L-shaped wing to connect west end of house to garage; wing co6tains a hallway, mudroom, spa room and
half -bath.
2008 - Install decorative brackets (reversible installation) at front entrance hood.
2010- Install bead board on lower level porch ceiling to replace non -original dry -wall ceiling.
2011 - Drive -way entrance markers constructed at north entrance using cast -stone finials salvaged from Children's Hospital
demolition.
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2014 — Roof restoration including removal of all existing tile; replacing deteriorated wood structural pieces and new undedayment,
copper flashing, and reuse of original 1917 Ludowid tiles for 90 peroent of roof area and matching the for the remaining 10
percent supplied by the Ludowici Roof The Company of Now Lexington, Ohio.
Undated changes — Deactivate original central vacuum "am; deactivate cistern and well/pump (post-192BY remove and replace
most push-button light switches and plates; removed door to rear staircase hall; first paining of original pebble -dash
stun In upperwall sections.
Integrity
The Dr. Albert HenryByfield House retains sufficlent n 4*91 ity from the period of significance identified, 1917-1924, to
qualify for National Register listing. A summary of the seven aspects of integrity appears below:
Location: The location for the Dr. Albert Henry Byfledd House at the southwest corner as Park Rom and
Lexington Avenue remains the same as the dates of occupancy by Dr. Byfieid while he served as the founding
department head for the Pediatrics Department of the State University, of Iowa Hospital and Medical School in
1919 until he left the University Meal School in 1923 and sold his house the following year. Principal changes to
the location itself include the maturing of both native and landscaped plantings, paving of the driveway, extension
of the south section of driveway, and installation of noncontributing entrance markers.
Design: The original design by Stuart Hobbs Sims has largely been maintained with the exception of the west
addition at the rear of the kitchen that provides for an attached garage. Other changes in the original design are
confined to a rehabilitation of the original kitchen and original single -car garage and minor floor plan changes an
the upper level. The house's original Arts and Craft design and carefully selected finish materials complimenting
that design are retained. Though a minor addition of door hoof brackets has been completed on the north
entrance, it does not detract from the entrance bays overall concept.
• Setting: The setting for the Bytield House has been minimally changed through the years including the reduction
of the size of the building site from approximately five acres to the current size of one acre. After subdivisions of
the let were sold off beginning in the 1930s. Natural and landscaped areas have matured, or in the case of
foundation gardens, been updated slightly with new plant materials and replacement hardscapes. The entrance
markers are designed to match the design themes for the balance of the house. The route of the loop drive fits
with the development of other house lots to the rust and southwest of the Byfield House as well as the
complicated terrain to the southwest. These changes do not detract from the setting of the building itself.
Materials: The principal materials originally used for construction of the Byfield House continue in use in 2016 with
a few exceptions. The exception would include the materials used for the construction of the new double -bay
garage and the connecting halVmud room between the new garage and the original kitchen. The use of wood
siding for these newer finishes helps to differentiate original from newer constriction. New materials have also
been Installed for some of the kitchen remodeling, electrical repairs, the entrance hall flooring, and mechanical
system updates.
• Workmanship: Original workmanship has been retained throughout the house with rehabilitation efforts in the past
decade undoing a few earlier alterations In order to highlight original finishes. The quality of rehabilitation efforts
and new construction achieves the high standard set by the original contractors for this house with this work done
according to the Secretary of the interior's Standards for Historic Buildings. As a result, a level of workmanship
was maintained for all original building elements and finishes that could be retained. The building's exterior
masonry workmanship remains Intact and replacement roof tile work living up to restorarian standards.
• Feeling: The Byriieid House's sense of feeling is defined by the retention of the building's exterior finishes, vistas of
the surrounding Manville Heights Neighborhood, and substantial sections of the houses original floor plan on both
the main and upper levels. The house's original isolated location, hwvever, overlooking the Iowa River has been
slightly diminished as a result of a century of development in Manville Heights. Despite this change in setting, the
building's prominent comer location and Its clear view from Lexington Avenue allows the building to retain its sense
of feeling in 2016.
• Association: The Dr. Albert Henry Byfield House continues to demonstrate the building's association with the career
of its first owner and the early years of residential development in the Manville Addition. it continues to serve its
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Bwfield Dr. Albert Henry,House
Name of Property
Johnson County, Iowa
County and State
purpose as a private home, which through coincidence is occupied by a member of the faculty of the University of
Iowa Medical School in 2016. By coincidence, the salvaged decorative masonry materials used in construction of
the entrance markers in 2011 are associated with the original State University of Iowa Children's Hospital
(nonextent) that was opened at the some time that Dr. Bylield was chosen as the first department head for the
new Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine. The story of the entrance markers is well -documented
and regularly shared with visitors by the owner.
Applicable National Register Criteria
(Mark Y in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying
the property for National Register listing.)
❑ A Property is associated with events that have
made a significant contribution to the broad
patterns of our history.
❑ B Property is associated with the lives of persons
significant in our past.
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.
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:
A owned by a religious institution or used for
religious purposes.
B removed from its original location.
C a birthplace or grave.
D a cemetery.
E a reconstructed building, object, or structure.
F a commemorative property.
G less than 50 years old or achieving significance
within the past 50 years.
Period of Significance (justification)
Areas of Significance
(Enter categories from instructions.)
ARCHITECTURE
Period of Significance
1917
Significant Dates
1917
Significant Person
(Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.)
Byfield Dr. Albert Henry
Cultural Affiliation
N/A
ArchitectlBuilder
Sims, Stuart Hobbs
Long J.D.
Sulser, G.M. & Co.
Because the resource is significant under Criterion C, the period of significance includes only the year its construction was
completed —1917.
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County. and State
Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary)
Not Applicable.
Statement
able criteria.)
Significance Summary Paragraph (Provide a summary paragraph that includes level of significance and
appl
The Dr. Albert Henry Byfrekl House was completed in 19171n the Manville Heights Neighborhood of Iowa Ctty's west side.
The Byfieid House derhres local architectural significance under Criterion C at the local ievsl. It Is as a well-preserved,
large-scale example of the blending of the Tudor. Revival and the English Arts -and -Crafts architectural styles In a
residential design by Stuart Hobbs Sins, a State University of Iowa Department of Engineering professor. Sim's
"moonlighting• role as an architectural designer was typlcel of the practice of the University that encouraged staff members
to employ their academic skills outside of the classroom during the early decades of the 20e century.
Narrative Statement of Significance (Provide at least one
Tor each area
The Dr. Albert Henry Byfield House is significant under Criterion Cat the local level as a well preserved residents[
example of a blending of the Tudor Revival and the Craftsmen styles with the English Arts ad -Crafts style. It was built
during the first wave of development in the Manville Heights Neighborhood of Iowa City in theyears leading up t to WoWar 1. rld
sh
cottages. examples of the English cottage traditnds elements.of the American ion were published in es with the illustrat d plan booklate 195 and s and later republished in
American architectural journals including the design for this house, which is discussed below.
Stuart Hobbs Sims is credited with borrowing from the design of English architect Charles Edward Mallows (1864-1915)
for the Byfield House. The house closely parallels Malows' work as an Arts -ad -Crafts designer and landscape architect
before and after 1900. A biographical note from James S. Currs A Dkitonary ofArchitecturs and Landscape Architecture
describes Mallows as an:
archlish Arts -and -Crafts architect
itectural perspectives, nd In 1898 he took Georgacticing from erH B�udc (fi. 1892 draughtsman,rd. A gifted 94) into artnersshhip�His finest work
was for houses and gardens, including Three Gabes, King's Comer, and White Cottage, all at Biddenham, Bedford
(1899-1900), and Tirley Garth, Tarporley, Ches. (1907).'s
The'Cottage at Biddenham, Bedfordshire, No. 2' (Cottage No.. 2) featured in John Hudson Eider-Duncan's Country
Cottages and Week -end Homes published in1912 ad abstracted in Figure 8 is so close to that of the "aid House that it
is highly likely that it was used by Sims who was identified to newspaper accounts as the architect for the "English style'
design.6 Like Cottage No. 2, the two-story Bylleld House employs a massive cross -gable roof with one section extended
over a one-story section that contained the attached garage wig or what was referred to as the storage area for "cycles,
in Cottage No. 2. Both houses employ red brick on the lower level and stucco for the upper level, groups of multi -light
leaded glass casement windows with stone or cast -stone sits and lintels, and battered brick chimneys. The addition of a
two-story gabled sleeping porch on the east end of the Byfield House, the most obvious difference in the plan reflecting
the preference for this °modem' feature prior to World War I in America Fenestration differences are slight.
The interior plan is similar but not identical. Far greater space Is allowed for the kitchen's scullery and a separate 'morning
room' in Cottage No 2 with a slightly different entrance hall arrangement and both central and rear staircases, the latter
present in the Byfield House but absent in Cottage No. 2. On the upper level, the primary differences in ,pprlan of Cottage
No. 2 are the presence of an additional small bedroom adjacent to the master bedroom, the location of ir}A bathroom, and
the placement of fireplaces In each roan due to the absence of central heating. Another interior technological change in
the Byfield Haire was the very modem addition of a central vacuum system. The most visible differences in the Interior of
the Bylleid House completed in 1917 and Cottage No. 2 depicted in 1912 were the choices for millwork, pester
ornamentation and surfaces finishes described as old colonial style with white enamel woodwork' — all sfill present in
2016.
Though Stuart Hobbs Sims (1881-1941) was not trained or licensed as an arohtect, the fact that he was retained by Dr.
Byfield to design a personal residence is not surprising. As noted above, SUI engineering faculty were frequently
6Cud, James S., 'Mellows, Charles Edward." A Dtcfionary of Architecture and Landscape ArcMtedure, Oxford University Press
(2000); available online at: httpJAvww encydopedia.wm/doc l of -Mall CharlasEdward.html; accessed 3/5/2016.
gReaearch by current owner, Donal Black, began in ca. 2005 and Is summary! in Figure 10 and Figure 11.
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Johnson County, Iowa
Bk,field Dr Albert Henry House county and State
Name of Property
encouraged to offer design and engineering services while maintaining their faculty positions. The engineering jobs
ranged from residences including several faculty residences to bridges, dams, and sewage treatment plants by hydraulics
engineers to golf courses by a golf coach. Eventually this moonlighting practice sdiscouraged
but
hoed Compensation
after the turn
of the century through at least the 1940s it was encouraged as a means of supplementing Y
from teaching.
Sims' career at SUI was brief. He taught for five years in the Department of Civil Engineering after a career that began
with graduation from the University of Michigan with a degree in civil engineering in 1903. He was subsequently employed
on several railroad construction projects in Indiana and then moved to the Northwest where he joined the faculty of the
University of Idaho as an instructor in 1908-1909 in Moscow, Idaho. From here, he moved further west to Tacoma;
Washington where he was employed as assistant to the mayor from 1909 to 1913 to oversee,a large municipal water
supply, waterpower and irrigation/reclamation project. In 1913-1914 he became the structural engineer for the school
board of Portland, Oregon. He moved back to the Midwest to join the civil engineering faculty at SUI serving from 1914
through the spring of 1919 advancing from instructor to associate professor of civil engineering. He employed his diverse
experience teaching mechanics, descriptive geometry and drawing. In late 1916, Dr. Byfield retained his services to
design his new house in the Manville Addition. No other architectural building designs have been identified for Sims in
Iowa City. His skills as an engineer and particularly in descriptive geometry and drawing are reflected in his plan for the
Byfield House. The design carefully follows the scale, proportions, feature details, and materials observed in Mallow's
Cottage No. 2. The house's need to accommodate a large boiler system, a private well, a large brick cistern, and a septic
system evidenced the wide range of engineering talents he employed. In the fall of 1919, Sims left SUI to teach at Oregon
Agricultural College (Oregon State University) in Corvallis. His coursework offerings there reflected experience with
projects like the Byfeld House. They included the study and design of masonry foundations, walls, piers, dams, and
arches; structural analysis for roof and bridge trusses; reinforced concrete and foundation design; structural design; and
design of steel roof trusses and transmission towers in 1920.1
Description and Overview of Development of the Manville Heights Neighborhood:
The Manville Heights Neighborhood was originally surveyed in 2008-2010 to identify potentially individually NRHP-eligible
properties and historic districts. The findings of that survey completed by Svendsen Tyler, Inc. on behalf of the City of
Iowa City and the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission were documented in HADB 5-078 Architectural and
Historical Resources of Manville Heights Neighborhood, 1910 — 1960, an unlisted Multiple Property Documentation (MPD)
NRHP form. The Byfield House was one of several dozen houses identified as individually eligible within the neighborhood
at that time. The description and overview of the Manville Heights survey area that follows has been taken largely from
this document e A neighborhood survey map is provided on the following page.
The Manville Heights Neighborhood is located west of the Iowa River as it curves its way through Iowa City from northwest
to southeast. The neighborhood is bounded on the east by North Riverside Drive, on the south by the right-of-way of the
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City (CRANDIC) Railway and U.S. Highway 6, on the north by Wet Par k Road, d on the hillsides west
by Rocky Shore Drive that extends along the Iowa River. The neighborhood's topography from steep
on
the west, east, and south edges to ravines and rolling hills in the western and southeastern blocks to mostly level blocks in
the central and northeast sections. Unlike residential blocks of Iowa City north of Park Road and sections of Coralville to
the west, the Manville Heights Neighborhood consists of uplands rather than low-lying alluvial river edge.
North Riverside Drive forms a strong neighborhood edge along the east side with institutional buildings and parking lots
located east of Manville Heights in the Arts Campus of the University of Iowa (UI), with large-scale residential buildings
(apartment buildings and fraternity houses), and St. Thomas More Catholic Church situated atop the bluff along the west
side of North Riverside Drive. The terrain at the southeast comer of the neighborhood drops abruptly at a bluff edge with
two UI buildings within the survey area — the Art Building West (2006) at the foot of the bluff and the Public Health
Academic Building (2009, above the bluff). The heavily trafficked U.S. Highway 6 and the CRANDIC Railway corridor
together form a hard edge for the neighborhood along the south side. The curving route of Rocky Shore Drive demarks
the limits of residential development with open space parkland and river edge to the west and residences along the east
7Leonard, John William, Winfield Scott Downs, and M. M. Lewis, editors, Who's Who in Engineering, (New York: Isaac
Goldman Company), 1922, p. 1154; availagle online at: https:/Ibooks.google.com/books?id=FUAmAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v
onepage&q=slms%2C%20stuart%20hobbs&f=felse, accessed 315/2016. Manville
°Svendsen, Marlys A., Svendsen Tyler, Inc. HADB 52-078 Architectural and Historical Resources ofnot NRHP- es�ed), January,
Neighborhood, 1910 — 1960, Multiple Property Documentation NRHP form prepared for City of Iowa City
2010.
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Maid. Dr. Albert Henry, House
Name of Property
Johnson County. Iowa
County and State
side. West Park Road is less defined by physical characteristics than the other neighborhood boundaries. The 100 — 400
blocks contain residences along the north side of the road developed in roughly the same time period as blocks to the
south within Manville Heights. The Byrield House was bulk on a section of mostly level upland along the northern edge of
the neighborhood with a partially unobstructed view of the Iowa River at the time.
Manville Heights Survey Neighborhood Location Map (2008)0; the Byfleld House location at black star.
Building stock in the Manville Heights Neighborhood consists of a mix of single-family and multi -family (mostly fraternity
houses) residential buildings constructed between 1906 and present day. It contains a mix of one and two-story frame,
brick, stone, and stucco residences as primary buildings with both one and two-story garages present as attached or
freestanding structures. More than 80 percent of the area's buildings were bulk prior to 1960. The summary table of
construction dates below shows remarkably steady development between 1906 and 1940, a period that Included initial
subdivision of the neighborhood and growth associated with establishment of the University's West Campus's hospital
buildings (1917-1928) and athletic facilities. Construction of the neighborhood's large-scale multi -family buildings included
10 fraternity houses built during the 1920s and two large-scale apartment buildings completed during the mid-1930s.
Construction of single-family residences actually peaked during the Great Depression years reflecting the relative stability
of the University's professional workforce during the decade of the 1930s. The Bykeld House's construction came during
the first wave of major construction during the decade highlighted in the table on the following page.
First Wave of Residential Building - 1906 through 1920
The first wave of residential building in the Manville Heights Neighborhood began on the western edge of the neighborhood
and extended over four decades beginning with the first sale of lots in scattered locations in the five subdivisions laid out in
the neighborhood between 1906 and 1910 and extended through the aftermath of World War I (see Figure 3). Berten E.
book publishing company in Chicago during his early career. Here, he supervised a sales force of college students
"Manville Heights Survey Neighborhood Location Map' prepared by Kay Irelan, City of Iowa City, Public Works Department,
Engineering Division, October 10, 2008; found in HADB 52-078.
is
Byrield Dr. Albert Henry,House Johnson County. Iowa
Name of Property County and State
employed to sell encyclopedias throughout the Midwest. In ce. 1905 he became interested in real estate development
prospects in his home state. He wrote letters to bank presidents in county seat towns and, based on responses, made a
tour of prospective communities. Iowa City was among the towns he visited and after initially being disappointed in
available land, he struck a deal to buy 160 acres of land from Frank Hutchinson. Known as the old Hutchinson Farm, a
portion of the land had hosted the Iowa City and Johnson County Chautauqua between 1906 and 1908.
Manville's efforts to secure the land and subdivide it were not a simple arrangement. With the help of Isaac B. Lee, a local
insurance salesman, and At Meardon, a local realtor, Manville sold lots through subscription and secured financing from
First National Bank to pay for the balance owed. The effort, later dubbed the "Manville Plan" by Bert, was a success. On
June 7, 1909 the Manville Addition (see plat on following page, black star is ByFeld House location) was formally laid out
on 80 acres of the Hutchinson farm situated between Park Road on the north, the CRANDIC Line on the south, Woolf
Avenue on the west, and Hutchinson Avenue on the east. Manville Addition was originally platted in nine blocks, each
measuring about five acres and roughly 300 feet by 640 feet. An additional strip of town lots was laid out in three long half
blocks extending along the east side of the large blocks. Bert later recorded in his unpublished autobiography that
"Manville Addition" was named for his father, Lyman B. Manville, and not himself. Access to Iowa City east of the river
was via the wagon bridge completed in 1908 on Park Road about a mile east of the Byfield House site.
In 1910 a second addition, the Manville Heights Addition, was laid out to the east extending to North Riverside Drive.
Purchasers of multiple lots and entire blocks ranged from UI professors to a bank cashier to other realtors. Part of
Manville's strategy was to discount lot prices initially to establish interest and encourage brisk sales. He was successful
not only in the Manville Heights Neighborhood but also in at least six other subdivisions in Iowa City and Coralville in which
he had an interest.70
Second Wave of Residential Building — the 19208
The second wave of home-building in the neighborhood spanned the post -World War I years and accompanied
completion of the new Children's Hospital in 1919 and the construction of the new University General Hospital on the West
Campus between 1924 and 1928. One -fifth of the neighborhood's houses were built during this decade with UI student
enrollment expanding from 5,345 in 1920 to 8,235 in 1930. Construction of major new facilities for the UI Hospital and
West Campus sports facilities were completed. The resulting demand for housing for UI academic staff and UI Hospital
staff precipitated a robust second wave of homebuilding. Near the end of the decade, a parallel phase of multi -family
buildings to provide student housing in the form of fraternity houses commenced. Sites oveoking North Riverside Drive
and the Iowa River or major topographic features such as deep ravines and rock outcroppings provided some of the most
challenging fraternity building sites in the neighbor -hood. The potential for more costly building efforts afforded by multi-
family buildings insured a density of development that might not have been possible with only single-family dwelling
construction.
When originally platted, the five additions comprising the Manville Heights Neighborhood were without public water service.
As a result private wells and cisterns were installed for all of the homes being constructed including the Byfield House.
Resolution of the water service problem was being considered by residents about a year before Dr. Byfield sold his house
10Svendsen, HAD6 52-078, pp. 5-16,
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BvNeld. Dr. Albert Henry House
Name of Properly
to Anna Close Albright and
her husband, Dr. George
Albright in 1924. At a meeting
of Manville Heights neighbors
the previous summer on
August 16,1923, 30 residents
agreed on a plan to secure
public water service for the
area's current and future
residents. Two public officials
led the meeting. Frank H.
Randall, a lawyer and Iowa
City alderman served as chair
and H.J. Rowland, Johnson
County sheriff and a resident
of the neighborhood served as
secretary -treasurer.
Johnson County, Iowa
County and State
Manville Addition Piat, original. plat recorded September 12, 1907; updated survey in 1909; plat recorded
June 23, 1910; Bert M. and Martha Manville, principal landowners. (Index to Town Plats, Johnson County
Recorder's Office, Book 1, p. 149.); and Byfield House location at blerk n ,,
At the meeting and during _ I l Yf;MV7 " ,'„� " v `• i
subsequent discussions, I `
i
neighbors debated a solution
for securing an extension of 1 a'
MFv+«
water mains throughout the ' 1' ,,,,,, r.�vr«,.. I byaF. a•v, � ,,,,,„,, ,,� >
neighborhood by the Iowa City I t
Water Company. By the I I a
following spring, an agreement ; :I I .,
was reached whereby 30 j I "0
I I f&.
Property owners would sign a t p
bank note of $5,800 to pay the '
cost of placing city water
mains in the neighborhood.
About 100'benefited property
owners° agreed to pay interest+!rr*4,L; e
on the note in April 1924. "' 'R'�*'w,: ,rpy.,K '• •..r:.,•'::i
Once new connections were
made, refunds were to be r r. .' £ re •�
made by the water company to s. — _ •Po _ _ _ _
retire the note itself. Accord-
ing to correspondence between the Manville Heights Improvement Association and the water company, the company was
slow to make their payments and not entirely honorable in how they dealt with the residents. Nevertheless, the water
mains were installed, interest payments were paid for about an 18 month -period to the bank, and the note was retired in
December 1926. The work of the neighborhood committee ceased. According to the Iowa City Water Department,
records show installation of water service mains to serve the vicinity of 715 West Park Road were installed between 1924
and 1927 with no connection date identifiable for specific addresses. Completion of the water main project greatly aided
the second development that wave of began dgrinn tno 1920s 11
Background for Dr. Albert Henry Bvfield
The first owner and occupant for the Byrield House was Dr. Albert Henry Bytield (1881-1946). He served on the staff of
the State University of Iowa College of Medicine as founding head of the Department of Pediatrics and as the overseer for
construction of the State University of Iowa Children's Hospital (nonextant). Byfield was born In Chicago of Hungarian and
American parents and received under -graduate degrees from the University of Chicago in 1900 and Harvard University in
1902. He received his medical degree from John Hopkins University in 1907 and returned to Chicago to intern at Michael
""bid., pp. 31-32.
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Bvfreld Dr Albert Henry,House Johnson County. Iowa
Name of Property County and State
Rees Hospital from 1907-1908. Beginning in 1909 he moved to Europe where he studied pediatrics in children's hospitals
and asylums in Berlin, Munich and Vienna. He then returned to Chicago where in 1912 he became an Assistant in
Pediatrics at Northwestern University. From 1913-1915, he was. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of
Michigan. Later in 1915, Dr. Bylield accepted the position of Professor of Pediatrics and head of the newly established
Department of Pediatrics at the State University of Iowa College of Medicine in Iowa City. He held this position until 1923.
At the same time that Dr..Byfield was moving to Iowa City, SUI made the decision to acquire a substantial parcel of ground
on the west side of the Iowa River for campus expansion, more specifically for developing a new hospital complex and
athletics facilities. The hospital decision sprang from several factors. The SUI hospital located on Iowa Avenue at the tum
of the 20t' century was definitely overcrowded, but a more important factor for considering its relocation was the finding of
a publication of the Carnegie Foundation's Flexner Report in 1910. This national study of medical colleges in the United
States and Canada recommended that the SUI College of Medicine and SUI Hospital either make serious reforms or shut
down because of deficiencies. The second triggering event was passage of the Perkins Act in 1915 by the Iowa General
Assembly, which mandated that the SUI College of Medicine provide car for the state's indigent children. In separate
action later that year, the General Assembly established funding for a 150-bed "Hospital for Indigent, Diseased & Crippled
Children."
Directing the new Children's Hospital's development became one of Dr. Byrield's responsibilities upon arrival.
Construction began the same year that his Park Road residence was completed. His experience in much revered German
hospitals and medical schools prior to coming to Iowa as well as his graduation from highly regarded Johns Hopkins
University Medical School were important credentials for his new position. The Iowa General Assembly's legislative
actions together with the impetus of the Flexner Report set the course for major reform and hospital expansion at the State
University of Iowa. The site selected for the new Children's Hospital was part of an 80-acre campus expansion west of the
Iowa River and about a mile south of the Byfield House. The hospital was built for a cost of $150,000 between 1917 and
1919 but was used prior to completion to house men serving in the Student Army Training Corp. Many suffered from
Spanish Influenza while residing herein 1918-1919. When the Children's Hospital opened in 1919 it was the first SUI
building on the new West Side Campus. It was soon followed by completion of the Psychopathic Hospital in 1920 and
Westlawn Nurse's Dormitory in 1921.
Records of Children's Hospital patients after formal opening in 1919 studied by Dr. Byfield's biographer, Dr. Paul B.
McCray, shed light on the problems studied by pediatric interns under Dr. Byfield's supervision:
"...problems seen by the interns included diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, pneumonias, pulmonary
tuberculosis, meningitis, congenital syphilis, empyema, typhoid, gonorrheal vulvovaginitis, endocarditis,
varicella, tuberculous meningitis, and intestinal tuberculosis. In addition, there were cases of cerebral
palsy, anemia, arthritis, chronic sinusitis, chorea, brain tumors, hydrocephalus, acute and chronic renal
disease, leukemia, and congenital heart disease. During the pre -antibiotic era therapy was discouraging
with mortality still very high. The prescribing of various formulas to treat digestive disturbances in infants
was an important task for interns.12
Though unrelated directly to Dr. Byfield's career, completion of the Children's Hospital in 1919 triggered further state
legislative action in the arena of public health. The Iowa General Assembly passed the Haskell -Klaus Act, which extended
the benefits of free medical care to indigent adults. As a result of the Perkins Act and the Haskell -Klaus Act, more than
half of the SUI Hospital's admissions were made up of indigent patients by the early 1920s, To address the growing
demand for hospital beds, a lengthy process of negotiation was begun to secure funding for the construction of a new
general hospital on the West Side Campus. Abraham Flexner, author of the report that had severely criticized the SUI
Hospital and College of Medicine in 1910, was impressed with the subsequent efforts of the Iowa legislature and the
College of Medicine to deal with the problems. As a result, Flexner became SUI's champion in his new position with the
General Education Board of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Flexner proposed that the General Education Board of the Rockefeller Foundation help SUI build a new medical
center across the river from the facility he had described in his 1910 report as small and outmoded. He noted to
the General Education Board "that the state legislature had dramatically increased its support of the medical school
lion in 1922-23. But generous though it was to
from
school, the 0legisl legi00 in slature not -1913 to more than lthelwhole $4.5 million needed to build a new medical
e
12McCray, Paul B. Jr., M.D., A History of the Department of Pediatrics 1870-1986, (Iowa City: University of Iowa, Hospitals &
Clinics), 1987, P. 30.
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BvReld. Dr. Albert Henry House
Name of Property
Addltlonal Owner Background.
Johnson County, Iowa
County and State
As noted previously, Dr. Byrield's ownership of the Park Road property extended from July8, 1916 until July 24, 1924.
Transfer records show the entirety of Block 3 in the Manville Addition passing to Anna Close Albright, wife of Dr. George
Albright, M.D. at that time. The property was described in 1926 as a "farm" when the couple began living here as recorded
in the city directory published in 1926. George Albright was listed as a physician In private practice, who specialized in the
treatment of the eye, ear and nose problems. Anna was a member of the Close family, a prominent Iowa City and
Coralville milling family. Albright served on the Iowa City School Board when decisions were being made regarding the
location of a new elementary school for the Manville Heights Neighborhood, Lincoln School, completed In 1926.
Two Albright children resided at home for a time as adults. Edwin Albright was a student at University in the early 1930s
and Harriet Albright was a student during World War II .and continued to reside there after the war. The Albrights made
their first sales of Block 3 during the late 19309 with the transfer of the southeast comer of Block 3 In September 1937, the
southwest comer of the block In January 1939 and the northwest corner of the block I March 1957. After Dr. Albright's
death in the late 1950s, Harriet stayed on with her widowed mother. Property transfer records show the house passing to
Robert and Jane Anderson In 1962. Robert was the manager -of the Congress Inn and Pancake House located along U.S.
Highway 6 at the time. By 1971, Robert was affiliated with Anderson Distributing headquartered in Marshalltown. The
same year the Andersons transferred the remaining house and property in the northeast comer of Block 3 to Dr. James C.
Noel Brown, M.D. and his wffe Monica. Dr. Brown was a physician In general practice In Iowa City.
The Browns held the property until 2003 when it was purchased by current owner, Dr. Donald W. Black M.D. He is the
fourth medical doctor to reside at this address. and the second associated with the University of Iowa Medical School. In
2016 he holds positions as Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Program, and Vice Chair
for Education in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Black is an extensively published clinical and translational researcher
in his field?t
Summary:
In summary, the Dr. Albert Henry Bylleld House completed in 1917 in the Manville Heights Neighborhood and occupied by
Byrteld between 1917 and 1923, is significant under Criterion C. The Byfield House drives local significance as a well-
preserved, large-scale example of the blending of the Tudor Revival and the English Arts -and -Crafts architectural styles.
The residential design was prepared by Stuart Hobbs Sims, an engineering professor with the State University of Iowa
Department of Engineering. The house is associated with the first wave homebuilding in the Manville Heights
Neighborhood developed by Bert Manville on the western edge of Iowa City before and after World War I. The
neighborhood continues to be known in the community for both its distinctive architecture and association with the
University of Iowa Hospital complex on the west side of the Iowa River,
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"Albert Henry Byfield, A.B., M.D., History of the Department of Pediatrics." Available online at:
http://umhistory.dc.umich.edu/history/Faculty—Hlstory/Medical—School_Facufy Pedfetries.htmi, accessed 2110/2016.
"Beifield is Building West Side Residence." Iowa City Daily Press, 12113/1916, p. 2.
Black, Donald, (Byfield House properly owner). Personal interviews and email correspondence with Marlys Svendsen,
September -December, 2009 and November 2015.
Black, Donald (Byrield House property owner). Research notes and correspondence obtained by Black re: Dr. Byfield's
education, career at the University of Iowa, his writings, his life In Chicago, his life in California and the career of
architect Sims, 2003 — 2015.
Bristow, Jessica, photographer. Photographs of 715 West Park Road, Iowa City, November and December, 2015.
"'Clinical Profile: Donald W. Black, MD,' University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry; available
online at: http)/www.medicine.uiowa.edu/dept_primary—apr.aspx?appointment=Psychiatry&id=blackdw, accessed 31412016.
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Name of Properly County and State
center."13 Flexner proposed that the Rockefeller philanthropies provide $2.5 million with the balance to come from
taxes. Despite efforts by opponents within the Rockefeller Foundation who did not favor funding tax -supported
entities, the SUI hospital proposal was approved. The project's significance on a national scale was that it
combined state tax dollars with Foundation resources breaking the long-standing position of the Rockefeller
philanthropies to not fund tax supported institutions.
The Iowa General Assembly approved funding for the new General Hospital and Medical Laboratories Building in 1924.
Construction was planned for four years with the opening of the Laboratories Building in 1927 and the 770-bed General
Hospital in 1928. Representatives of major state and national medical organizations and medical schools from throughout
the country attended the three-day long dedication celebration held in November 1928.14
In writing about Dr. Byfield's history as part of the University of Iowa's Department of Pediatrics, his biographer Dr. Paul B.
McCray described him thusly:
[He was] a generous man and a good clinician and teacher. He assumed his Chairmanship of Pediatrics
at a lime +M1en the Departmental resources were limited in terms of facilities and manpower, making
progress diffcult at times. He lived in a large house with forty [sic] acres ofland on Park Road in Iowa City.
He was a lover of flowers, had notable gardens, and raised goats on his land. His property ircluded a bam
to house the goats and their milk was used in formulas for some hospitalized infants. He was an
accomplished violinist and played Beethoven sonatas accompanied by Dr. Arthur Steindler at the piano."1s
During his eight -year tenure as head of the SUI School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics and his positron for four
years as overseer for construction of the State University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Byrield also researched and wrote on
a range of pediatric topics. Dr. McCray noted that his work was done despite being "burdened with heavy clinical
responsibilities allowing little time for research."16 Some were done as case reports or as a collaborator during his affiliation
with the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station. Subjects included "Systemic Manifestations of Chronic Nasal Sinus
Infection in Childhood" (1918), "Etiology of Arthritis Deformans in Children° (1918), "A Polyneuritic Syndrome Resembling
Pellegraacrodynia [Pellagra-acrodynia] Seen in Very Young Children: Report of Cases" (1920) and 'The Relation of
Gonorrheal Proctitis in Male Infants to Hospital Epidemics of Vulvovaginitis" (1924),11 Examples of those done in
collaboration with Amy L. Daniels of the Child Welfare Research Station included "Feeding the Baby" in 1920 and
"Investigations in the Artificial Feeding of Children" the following year.
In 1923 Dr. Byfield resigned from the Department of Pediatrics and returned to Chicago. His reasons for leaving SUI
suggested by correspondence with the Dean's Office include the fact that he had limited financial resources and a small
staff with which to work. In Chicago he rejoined several family businesses including holding the position of vice-president
for the Hotel Sherman Company and treasurer of the Ahlbell Storage Battery Container Corporation, both headed by his
father Joseph Byfield. The Hotel Sherman was undergoing major expansion during the mid-1920s including construction
of a $7 million, 23-story tower in 1925 adjoining the original 1911 hotel. Local newspapers praised the 1,600 room facility
as the largest hotel west of New York City and home to one of Chicago's premier night spots.ls
After the death of Byfield's parents in late 1926, Dr. Byfield married Harriet Kron the following year on April 21, 1927. The
couple resided in greater Chicago until divorcing in October 1935. Dr. Byfield relocated to Los Angeles sometime after the
divorce, most likely in 1937 and was reportedly associated with Harry Atkinson, Inc., a hotel management firm for a time.19
There are no records of Dr. Bytield having been actively involved in the practice of pediatrics after he left Iowa City in 1923.
He died in Los Angeles, California on August 23, 1946 and buried in the Chicago area20
13E. Richard Brown, Rockefeller Medicine Men: Medicine and Capitalism in America (Berkley, CA: University of California Press),
1979, p. 177.
14Svendsen, Marlys A., Svendsen Tyler, Inc., Melrose Historic District National Register of Historic Places Nomination, prepared
for Melrose Neighborhood Association, Inc., May 2004, p. 12.
19McCray, p. 21.
191bid., p. 30.
171bid., p. 30-31.
18"Jazz Age Chicago: Urban Leisure from 1892-1945, Hotel Sherman," available online at: https://jazzagechicago.wordpress.
com/hotel-sherman/, accessed 313/2016.
19 19McCray, p. 21.
R0"Dr. Albert Bylleld's Body to Be Sent East," Los Angeles Times, 412611946.
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3/512016.
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Iowa Studies, Studies in Child Welfare, Volume 1, November 2, University Extension Bulletins, p. 65.
Dean, Lee Wallace and Albert Henry. Byfield,'Parahaaal Sinus Disease In Children,' 7779 Iowa Alumnus, Vol. f8, April
1920 and iday 1921, p. 257; available online at; hops://books.google.com/books?id=E4amAOAAIAA.utr%n=
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Biddenham NR. Bedford), Post -Graduate Diploma Course on the Conservation of Historic Landscapes Parks and
Gardens, The Architectural Association, -June 1993, Preface and Chapters 2 and 14.
Elder -Duncan, John Hudson. Country Cottages and Week -end Homes. London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1912,
narrative description pp. 141-142, photos and floor plans, 174-176.
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nan Company), 1922, p. 1154; available online at: https:/Ibooks.google.com/books
'UAmAQAAIAAJ&pdntsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=sims%2C%20stuart%20hobbs&f=false, accessed
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Byfield (Beifeld), January 12, 1984.
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1987. "Albert Henry Byreld, 1915-1923," pp. 19-32.
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Sanborn maps, 1926, 1933, 1933 updated to 1948, and 1933 updated to 1970.
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"State University of Iowa Children's Hospital Post Card View, 1919." Available online at: http://digital.lib.u!owa.edu
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524.
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http://www.medicine.ulowa.edulpediatries/history`/; accessed 2l5/2016.
Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to Styles. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1985.
Previous documentation on file (NPS):
_preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67 has been
requested)
previously listed in the National Register
_previously determined eligible by the National Register
_designated a National Historic Landmark
_recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey #
_recorded by Historic American Engineering Record #
recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey #
Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned):
Primary location of additional data:
X State Historic Preservation Office
_Other State agency
_Federal agency
_Local government
University
X Other
Neighborhood Development Services,
Name of repository: Urban Planning Office City of Iowa City,
52-078 Historical Resources of the Manville
Heichts Meichborhood of Iowa City, Iowa
10, Geographical Data
Acreage of Property 1.08 acre
(Do not include previously listed resource acreage.)
UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.)
1 15 620920 4614080 3
Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing
2 4
Zone Easting Northing one Easting Northing
Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property.)
The property includes a parcel located in the City of Iowa City, Manville Addition as described in the meets -and -bounds
description as: commencing 67.20' east of the northwest comer of Block 3; thence south 97.44; thence southeast 75.79';
thence southeast 73.05 ; thence east to the east line of Block 3; thence north to the northeast comer of Block 3; thence
west to the point -of -beginning.
Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected.)
The boundary consists of a meets -and -bounds description for a 1.08 acre parcel in the Manville Addition currently
occupied by the Byfield House. It was acquired in 1915 by Dr. Albert Henry Byfield as part of a larger 5.25 acre parcel
consisting of all of Block 3 and intended for construction of a private residence at 715 West Park Road. Construction of
the house began in 1916 and was completed in 1917. The balance of the multi -acre parcel was sold off in separate
parcels to the west and south beginning in the late 1930s and ending in the 1950s by then owners Dr. George and Anna
Close Albright.
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nameAtle Madys A. Svendsen, Svendsen Tyler, Inc.
-Johnson County, Iowa
County and State
organization date 3/2016
street & number N3634 Deep Lake Road telephone 715/469-3300
city or town Sarona
e-mail avandsentvleriftlnturytol net
Submit the following items with the completed form:
state WI zip code 54870
• 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. Key all
photographs to this map.
• Continuation Sheets
• Additional items: (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items.)
Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each Image must be 1600xl200 pixels at 300 ppl (pixels per inch) or Is rger.
Key all photographs to the sketch map.
Name of Property: Bylleld, Dr. Albert Henry, House
City or Vicinity: Iowa City
County: Johnson State: Iowa
Photographer: Jessica Bristow, Iowa City, Iowa
Date Photographed: November and December 2015
Description of Photograph(s) and number. Photograph Map Key - see p. 25
Photograph List:
1. East and north facades, looking southwest
2. East and south facades, looking northwest
3. Front porch close-up, looking southwest
4. South facade, looking northwest
5. Rear half of south fagade, garage, looking north
6. North fagade, garage wing, looking southeast
7. North facade main house, looking southeast
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8. Casement window group, looking south
9. Interior, Foyer and central staircase, first floor, looking northeast
10. Interior, Living Room, first floor, looking north
11. Interior, Living Room entrance to porch, first floor, looking northeast
12. Interior, Den/Library, fireplace detail, first floor, looking southeast
13. Interior, Master Bedroom looking at entrance to parch in background, second floor, looking southeast
14. Interior, Front porch, second floor off Master Bedroom, looking southeast
15. From Lexington Avenue, east and north facades through entrance markers, looking southwest
Pro a Owner: (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.)
name Donald Black
street & number 715 West Park Road
telephone
city or town Iowa City state
319-354-1102
IA zcode 52246
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figure 6: John Hudson Elder�Dummn, Courar; Coftg#w mid Week -end Homes (London: Cassell and Company, Limited),
1912, narrative description pp. 141-142; photos and floor Plana, 174-175. Available online at:
htfoa:/Iamtilve.anddetaiWcu31g24014904571accessed 2I21/2016.
Original photograph caption accompanying entry: 'Cottages at Biddenham, Bedfordshire, No. 2. C. E Mallows, Architect."
This typical English cottage home is built In the lovver part
of local hand -made red bricks, with the upper part of
common brick covered with Portland cement rough -cast.
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Figure 7: Biographical Entry for Stuart Hobbs Sims in 1922, (from Who's Who in Engineering by Leonard, John William, Winfield
M. Lewis, editors, Who's Who in Engineering, (New York: Isaac Goldman Company), 1922, p. 1154; available online at:
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Figure B. University of Iowa College of Medicine "Stead Family Department of Pediatrics: Department History."
Available online at: hML.L/www.medicine.uiowe.Fdu/6adiatdcs/historv/; accossed 2/512016.
The University of Iowa's College of Medicine opened in Iowa City in September, 1870. In 1915, the College of
Medicine established a separate Department of pediatrics.
Hospital photograph below].
1915-1923
Dr. Albert H. Byfield, founding Department Chair
Dr. Albert Henry Byfield was chosen as the first department head and
became the first trained pediatrician on themedicalschool faculty, and
initially, the sole' pediatrician. In 1919, he was joined by Dr. Mark Floyd who
had received his MD from Iowa in 1918 and then interned under Dr. Byfield
in pediatrics. These two men composed the pediatric medical faculty
throughout Dr. Byfieid's chairmanship. (Dr. Byfield photo at left: credit, F.W.
Kent Collection of Photographs, University Archives, University of Iowa
Libraries)
Coincidentally with Dr. Wiield's coming to Iowa City, an important piece of
state: legislation was passed. It was particularly important for its lasting effect
on pediatrics at the University Hospitals. The "Perkins Law" of 1915
provided funds for the care of indigent children at University Hospitals. The
"Perkins Law" resulted in crowded conditions for pediatric patients in the
hospital wards. It became apparent that more space was needed, creating
the impetus for building a Children's Hospital in 1919 [see new Children's
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Figure 9: Nonextant Children's Hospital, "State University of Iowa Children's Hospital Post Card View,
1919." Available online at: http://digital!ib.uiowa.edu/utiis/ajaxhelperf?CISOROOT_^n.,..v.
r� Jvr I &DMTEXT=children's%20hospital&DMROTATE=O Accessed: 21312016.
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Figure 10s Personal comments by Donald Black, Byfieid House owner, from emaii messages and conversations with
Malys Srendsen, nomination preparer (November 2015 March 2016), regarding his Black's research efforts to identify
source(s) for the house's design and his observations of the English prototype for the house discussed in Figure 6.
In 2005, 1 started randomly searching the Architectural Record for the 1910s. I found an article that featured what I thought
was my house. Then, I read more carefully and noticed the house was in England. The January 1920 issue identified a
cottage at Biddenham, Bedfordshire with C.E. Mallows, architect. The material was reproduced from Country Cottages
and Weekend Homes by J. Elder Duncan. I found a copy of the book at Iowa State University (ISU) library in Ames (New
York, Cassell and Co., Ltd., 1912). The English house is located at 9 Main Road, King"s Comer, built in 1899 for John
White. It Is described thusly
"This typical English cottage home is built in the lower part of local hand -made red bricks, with the upper
part of common brick covered with Portland cement rough -cast. Externally and Internally the woodwork
is painted white. The roof is covered with red local hand -made tiles similar to the other cottage at
Biddenham by the same architect. The gardens in each case were designed by the architect and are
now mistaken for old gardens. ,.."
I pursued this lead ... and assumed Sims [identified In the first newspaper account as the designer] must have gotten hold
of a copy of the book. The house in England is a duplicate, though the Interiors are different. I visited that house In 2006...
There is no question that the Park Road house was based on this house that was built in 18g3.
I've traced Stuart Hobbs Sims to Oregon Agricultural College, and later the University of New Mexico. He died in El Paso In
1941 at age 60. 1 am unable to find other buildings he designed.
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I found the current owner of the house in Biddenham by starting with writing the town
council. Whoever I contacted knew the house and owner. We exchanged emails and I
visited England in 2006.
I retrieved this photo (at left) of Sims.
My house was built in 1916-1917 so Sims would have relied on Elder-Duncan's'Country
Cottages.° UI libraries has a 1909 edition of the book (pp. 173-76). You may down load any
or all of this.
in 2006 when I visited the house at Biddenham in Bedfordshire, the house was very similar
to my house - brick first storey, stuccoed second story (called pebble -dash); massive
chimneys, strips of mullioned windows, prominent cat -slide gable, use of curved overhang
over front door. My house.is lamer, and window placements differ. Both have a fries u
elevation and a "garden' elevation, both nearly identical but for the placement of windows.
Floor plans are similar but not identical. Photos show the house as it looks today. The cat
slide gable has been removed as the owner wanted more space on the upper storey, thus
distorting the original plan. The window placements differ somewhat, but the overall design
is remarkably similar.
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Staff Report August 31, 2016
Historic Review for 821 N Johnson
District: Brown. Street Historic District
Classification: Non -historic
The applicant, Successful Living, is requesting approval for a proposed alteration project at 821 N. Johnson
Street, a Non -historic property in the Brown Street H stotic District. The project consists of adding a
basement egress window and window well to the northwest corner of the foundation wall.
Applicable Regulations and Guidelines:
4.0 Iowa CityHistoricPreservation GuidebbcsforAlteradons
4.5 Foundations
4.13 Windows
Staff Comments
This house is a brick ranch -style home built about 1956. The house has a hip roof, enclosed rear porch and
rear addition, lower level garage and an open front patio.
The applicant is proposing to add a basement egress window and window well to the rear of the house at the
northwest comer of the house next to the rear addition.
The guidelines recommend using materials that appear similar to the existing foundation material for new
window wells. New egress windows should match the size, trim, use of divided lights and overall appearance
of other windows in the house. Casement windows are allowed only for egress when they are not original.
The use of metal -dad, wood -frame combination is acceptable.
In Staff's opinion, the proposed egress window location is an appropriate choice given the orientation of the
house on the property. It will not be visible from the street and most neighbors. The existing windows are
vinyl double -hung and the new egress window will be vinyl clad wood with a muntin bar adhered to both
sides to mimic a double -hung window.
The applicant proposes to construct the window in concrete block. Because the foundation appears to be
clad with brick, staff finds that it would be appropriate to add a cap of matching row -lock brick to the top of
the window well so that it blends with the house. Rowlock brick is found on all of the original window sills.
Recommended Motion
Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at Address as presented in the application
with the folowing conditions:
The window product information is approved by Staff and Chair
• The brick match is confirmed by Staff
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APPLICATION FOR HisToRic REvjEw
Application for alterations to the historic landmarks or
properties located in a historic district or conservation district
pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 144C. 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
Neighborhood and Development Services office at City Hall
or online at vAr%-,v.i,-gov.org/historici2rieservation,esources
The HPC does not review applications for compliance with building and zoning codes. Work must
comply with all appropriate codes and be reviewed by the building division prior to the issuance of
a building permit.
Meeting Schedule: The HPC meets the second Thursday of each month. Applications are due in the
office of Neighborhood and Development Services by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the
meeting. See last page of this application for deadlines and meeting dates.
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Property Owner Name: jPat Meyer -- Sucessful
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Address: W Towncrest Drive
City: 110wa City
Contractor/Consultant Name: �nn Du]l
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Phone
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Phone Number:
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Address: F, —North Johnson Street Iowa City, 1A
Use of Property: Date Constructed (if known):
This Property is a local historic landmark.
OR
This Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location):
Brown Street Historic District Woodlawn Historic District
College Green Historic District Clark Street Conservation District
East College Street Historic District
Longfellow Historic District
Norffiside Historic District
Summit Street Historic District
Within the district, this Property is Classified as.
College Hill Conservation District
Dearborn Street ConservationDistrict
Goosetown/ Horace Mann Conservation District
Goverxw Lucas Street Conservation District
Contributing Noncontributing Nonhistoric
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Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all
listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected.
Addition (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.)
Building Elevations Floor Plans Photographs
Product Information Site Plans
X Alteration (Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening
alterations, deck or porch replacement/construction, baluster repair, or similar. If the project is a minor
alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the scope of the project are sufficient)
Building Elevations Product Information Photographs
Construction ofanewbuilding
Building Elevations Floor Plans Photographs
Product Information Site Plans
Demolition (Projects entailing the demolition of "Primary structure m outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such
as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.)
Photographs
Evidence of deterioration Proposal of Future Plans
ggDair or Restoration of an exwtmg.structure that will not change its. appearance
Other
Photographs
Product Information
Please contact the Preservation Specialist at 356-5243 for materials which need to be included with applications
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Project Description:
rear basement wall bedroom emergency escape window and well system
Materials to be Used
"x16" concrete block wall on concrete spread footing. Pressure treated rough -frame with vinyl casement
window with vinyl exterior trim and painted wood interior trim. 18" rock drainage hole
Exterior Appearance Changes:
New window will match all other house windows, yet be slightly above grade, facing rear property line
Staff Report August 31, 2016
Historic Review for 422 Brown Street
District: Brown Street
Classification: Contributing
The applicant, Andrew Litton, is requesting approval for a proposed alteration project at 422 Brown Street, a
Contributing property in the Brown Street Historic District. The project consists of replacing the shingle roof
on the main house and removing the internal gutters and replacing them with K-style external gutters.
Applicable Regulations and Guidelines:
4.0 Iowa CityMstoric Preservation Guidelines for Alterations
4.6 Gutters and Downspouts
4.7 Mass and Rooflines
7.0 Guidelines for Demolition
7.1 Demolition of Whole Structures or Significant Features
Staff Comments
This house, a dormered four -square with enclosed front porch, was built in 1916. The roof of the main house
has a gentle sweeping curve from the ridge to the eave. The basic mass and trim details on the main house
still remain. Additions include multiple extensions off the back and the west side that are inconsistent with
the original house. This property is part of the popularly named, Black's Gaslight Village.
The applicant is proposing to remove the asphalt shingles from the main house and replace them with a
Landmark 30-year asphalt architectural shingle. In addition, the applicant proposes to remove the remaining
internal gutters on the west, south, and east and replace them with k-style gutters and downspouts.
According to the guidelines, removal of built-in gutters may be considered on a case -by -case basis if
documentation is provided to establish evidence of need. The guidelines disallow the removal of any historic
architectural feature, such as a porch, chimney, bay window, dormer, brackets, or decorative trite that is
significant to the architectural character and style of the building.
The replacement of the asphalt shingles meets the guidelines and while they should be replaced with asphalt
shingles that resemble the texture and color of weathered wood shingles, this portion of the work would not
require full -Commission review on its own.
In Staffs opinion, the soffits and underside of the internal gutters on the house have already been replaced
and they lack detailed trim, returns or other elements that make them integral to the architectural character of
the house. The downspouts have mostly been replaced with large with PVC piping. The internal gutters are
not in a well -maintained working condition. They exhibit multiple patches, some compromised seems, failing
flashing and an extremely weathered and surface. In some areas they almost appear copper, in others white,
and in others coated with paint or rubber compound.
Staff finds that as long as the gentle curve of the roofline as .it meets the gutters is maintained and any original
wood trim is repaired with similar material in matching profiles, replacing the internal gutters with k-style
gutters attached to the smooth fascia at the eave will provide a similar appearance to the roof edge. Replacing
the PVC pipe with properly sized and appropriately routed downspouts will greatly improve the appearance
of the house. In addition, Staff feels that if the soffit or underside of the internal gutter requires more work
than simple patching of original downspout holes, they should be replaced with material that meets the
guidelines. In this case the material would be bead board or bead board plywood appropriately mitered at the
corners and trimmed to match historic details. Venting could be added as needed.
Recommended Motion
Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 422 Brown Street as presented in the
application with the Following conditions:
• Roofline is maintained and deteriorated wood trim is replaced to match existing
• If soffits cannot be reused they are replaced with wood bead board soffits
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Application far Histede Review
Application for alterations to the 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
Neighborhood and Development Services office at City Hall
or online at: www.iceov.ore/historicpreservationresources.
For Staff Use:
Date submitted: l.-A
❑ Certificate of No material Effect
❑ Certificate of Appropriateness
❑ Majorreview
❑ Intermediate review
❑ Minorreview
The HPC does not review applications for compliance with building and zoning codes. Work must
comply with all appropriate codes and be reviewed by the building division prior to the issuance of a
building permit.
Meeting Schedule: The HPC meets the second Thursday of each month. Applications are due in the office of
Neighborhood and Development Services by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the meeting. See
attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates.
Property Owner/Applicant Inforlatit t
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Date Constructed (if known):
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❑ This Property is a local historic landmark.
OR
k.-T'bis Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location):
Brown Street Historic District
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Clerk Street Conservation District
College Green Historic District
❑
College Hill Conservation District
❑
East College Street Historic District
❑
Dearborn Street Conservation District
❑
Longfellow Historic District
❑
Goosetown / Horace Mann Conservation District
❑
Northside Historic District
❑
Govemor-Lucas Street Conservation District
❑
Summit Street Historic District
❑
Woodlawn Historic District
Within the district, this Property is classified as:
❑ Contributing 0 Noncontributing 0 Nonhistoric
Application Requirements
Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all listed materials.
Applications without necessary materials maybe rejected.
❑ Addition
(Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.)
❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs
❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans
❑ Alteration
(Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, deck or porch
replacementleonstruction, baluster repair, or similar. If the project is a minor alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the
scope of the project are sufficient.)
❑ Building Elevations ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information
❑ Construction of new building
❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs
❑ Product Information. ❑ Site Plans
❑ Demolition
(Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such as porch, chimney,
decorative trim, baluster, etc.)
❑ Photographs
❑ Proposal of Future Plans
❑ Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance.
❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information
❑ Other:
Please contact the Preservation Planner at 356-5243 for materials which need to be included with application.
Materials to be Used:
Exterior Appearance Changes:
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MINUTES PRELIMINARY
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
AUGUST 11, 2016
EMMA J. HARVAT HALL
MEMBERS PRESENT: Esther Baker, Zach Builta, Gosia Clore, Cecile Kuenzli, Ginalie
Swaim, Frank Wagner
MEMBERS ABSENT: Thomas Agran, Sharon DeGraw, Andrew Litton, Pam Michaud,
Ben Sandell
STAFF PRESENT: Jessica Bristow, Bob Miklo
OTHERS PRESENT: Kevin Bell, Molly Bell, J. Tucker Krone, Alicia Trimble
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: (become effective only after separate Council action)
CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Swaim called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA:
Trimble stated that one of the long time board members of Friends of Historic Preservation,
Claire Sponsler, passed away recently. Trimble said that Sponsler had been on the board of
Friends for about 13 years and was a very active member of the North Side. She said that
Sponsler's memorial service would be Saturday at Preucil School at 2:00 p.m.
CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS:
408 Fairchild Street.
Wagner said he would recuse himself with regard to this certificate and on the next project, as
he is the contractor for the proposals.
Bristow said that this property is in the North Side Historic District and involves two projects.
She said that the house is a Tudor revival and was built between 1929 and 1932. Bristow said
that, as one can see from the windows and the entrance canopy, the house does have some
Craftsman -style details as well, including some wood shake cedar siding on the second floor.
Bristow said the house has a small garage with a flat roof on the side. She said that the
applicant would like to remove the garage and build a new structure. Bristow stated that the
new structure is not quite a conforming parking structure so it would not technically be a garage,
but it would be built and detailed like a garage and would be pushed back into the back yard.
Bristow said that one can see, with the existing structure, that it has siding that matches the
house. She said that the interior wall between the house and the garage also has siding,
although she does not know if the garage was added later or not. Bristow said staff feels that
the pitch of the roof really makes it not work with the verticality of the house very well. She said
staff finds that the design as well as the functionality could lead to the idea that it could be
approved to remove the current garage.
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Bristow showed a view of the garage from the back. She said there is a door that leads from
the house, down a couple of steps, and to the door into the garage area. Bristow said they
would just have a door that went out to the side yard.
Bristow said that the new storage/garage would have a roof pitch that would be similar to that of
the house. She said it would also have lap siding of either wood or fiber cement board. Bristow
said it would also have a carriage -style door.
Bristow said that currently there is not a plan for any windows, although there is a plan for a side
door entering into the yard. She said it would face west.
Kuenzli asked if, since there are shingles under the peak of the gable on the house, it would be
appropriate to put some on the garage as well. Bristow said that would certainly tie the
structures together more.
Bristow said that there are some aspects of the second project that do not exactly meet the
guidelines. She said that the guidelines allow room for the Commission to make an exception
for specific projects. Bristow said the guidelines discuss exceptions for non -historic structures,
which this is clearly not. She said there are places where the guidelines are silent or unclear,
which is also not the case here.
Bristow stated that uncommon situations are something that the Commission can look to as a
basis for the exception on this project. She said that the guidelines discuss allowing
architectural flexibility, basically where the project satisfies the intent of the guidelines without
quite meeting the guidelines. For this project, Bristow stated that the Commission would need
to come up with a way that this does satisfy the need for an exception, in order to approve the
project as presented in the staff report and the application.
Bristow said that currently the house has a dormer on the back with a shed roof and shingled
siding, as do all of the second floor areas. She said that inside that is a bathroom. Bristow said
that originally the applicant produced a plan to extend the dormer with eight -inch setbacks on
the sides of the house, while the guidelines call for three-foot setbacks. Bristow said that the
face of a dormer is typically supposed to be mostly window. She said that the goal is to get
window and light in. Bristow said that the original dormer here is not really doing that.
Bristow stated that the revised plan extends the dormer but has 18-inch setbacks, so it is a little
bit more pulled back from the end walls of the hosue. She said there will a little bit more of an
interruption of the roofline, so it will not look like an extension of the side wall quite as much.
Bristow said that one of the things staff felt is important and one of the reasons the setback is
required is how one sees this from the street and how the roofline looks. She said that staff has
produced some 3-D images to show what one would see from a street view, approximately.
Bristow showed the recommended three-foot setback and the view from a similar angle. She
said it shows basically what one would see if the plan was pulled in three feet on each side.
Bristow showed a comparison of an 18-inch and a three-foot setback. She said that one sees a
little bit more of the roofline. Bristow said that it is interrupted so that it doesn't look like a
continuation of the side wall, but one does see a little bit more of the dormer.
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Bristow said that while the 3-D model doesn't have the window set into it, it shows kind of what it
would look like from the back. She added that this house has a very small lot, so it is difficult to
photograph it straight on. Bristow said it is a very small house on a very small lot, so it is hard to
see.
Swaim asked what the current setback is. Miklo said he believes it is more like six to seven feet
from the east edge of the house. Swaim agreed that it is a very narrow house.
Kuenzli said that she feels the 18-inch setback is a good compromise, and it certainly affords
the house becoming much more livable because it is so small and on a small lot.
Builta asked if there are any graphics of the staff diagram of a two -foot setback. Bristow said
that she did model that but did not include it because, once it was modeled, it became obvious
that at least from the one view, that six inches did not make an apparent difference in the side -
by -side pictures between the 18 inches and the two feet.
Kevin Bell said that he and his wife are lifetime residents of Iowa City. He said they have
purchased this house and are asking that the Commission to make the compromise to an 18-
inch setback and split the difference with them. Kevin Bell said that, because of the small space
upstairs, they are trying to make more room for the master bedroom, a bathroom, and another
powder room.
Kevin Bell said that it is really hard to see the back of the house from the street. Molly Bell said
that they do not have alley access, because it is too close to the corner, so one cannot see it
from the back. She stated that one can kind of see it from Gilbert Street with the right turn, but
there isn't much one can see.
Bristow stated that historically this was a large lot with the house to the west and then the house
to the north of that. She said it had a commercial building, and then the area was divided up.
Bristow said that the house around the corner to the north goes along the alley and actually
overlaps.
Miklo said that this project would require three motions: one approving the demolition of the
garage, approval of the new storage building, and a motion for the dormer. He said that if the
Commission chooses to grant the exception, the reasons will need to be stated.
Bristow said that there would be additional windows for the dormer addition. She said they
would match as closely as possible, but that would be something the Commission might want to
have staff and the chair approve when the windows are submitted.
MOTION: Kuenzit moved to approve the removal of the garage at 408 Fairchild Street.
Builta seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 5-0-1 (Aaran. DeGraw,
Litton. Michaud. and Sandell absent: Wanner abstainina).
MOTION: Clore moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the construction of
the storage structure at 408 Fairchild Street, with the option of having shingles on the
upper side of the building. Kuenzlt seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote
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MOTION: Builta moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at 408
Fairchild Street as proposed and with approval of the 18-inch setbacks for the dormer as
proposed. He stated that the reduced setback would bean acceptable exception due to
the size and space of the house and because of the limited visibility that this would have
to the public. Baker seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 5-0-1 (Agran,
8 Bella Vista Drive
Bristow said this house is in the Brown Street Historic District. She said the house is brick and
stucco with a kind of prairie -school style, hipped roof cottage kind of form. Bristow said that a
lot of the windows have been replaced, and there are not as many divided lights as there once
were.
Bristow said that one of the interesting things with this project is the fact that in 2004, the
Commission approved a really extensive project that was not implemented. She referred to an
image of that and informed the Commission that it did go through, even though this project
should not be based on that. Bristow said the proposal was very extensive and is not even
close to what is currently proposed.
Bristow said that along the facade to the far side, there is a brick area that has been infilled.
She said that the brick clearly does not match, and the brick around the opening has not been
cut. Bristow stated that it looks like it has an original sill of brick and it definitely has an original
header, so there was an opening there at some point in time. She said it was probably a
window or a door that someone enclosed. Miklo said that it was probably once a French door,
very similar to what is being proposed.
Bristow said that, because it is kind of a wide opening, the plan is to put in a pair of French
doors. She said that the front door has a divided light pattern, and there is also a divided light
pattern on some original windows on the back of the house, although most of the rest have
been replaced. The new French doors would match that pattern. Bristow said that it would be a
little bit wider set of French doors, and the trim would match the other openings in the brick wall
with probably some kind of a brick mold. She said that it would remove all of that infill brick that
doesn't match.
Bristow said that the other part of the project is to reconstruct the stoop and patio. She said that
there currently is a brick wall along the stoop that continues along the face all the way around
the patio. Bristow said that would be reconstructed as needed, as some of the bricks have
really deteriorated. She said the applicant would work with staff to come up with a match.
Bristow stated that it would be reconstructed except for one area that she showed. She said
there are obviously some basement windows, and the proposal is to remove the one section
and then be able to remove the grills and things that are blocking the basement windows.
Bristow said there would therefore be a reconstructed stoop. She said that it would have a
concrete slab top, and it would be stamped concrete to match what is there now, which appears
to be incredibly mildewed or stained. Bristow said that whatever it is, it would be matched. She
added that then there would be a step or two or whatever it takes down on the side and the
same up on the other side. Bristow said that the two would not necessarily have to
communicate or connect, because there will be a door now leading on to the patio. She said
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that having this extra raised area basically serves to block windows in the basement from light
and air.
Kuenzli said that the only other window with muntins in it is the main door. Bristow answered
that there are a couple on the back that still do have them, and they are also up in the attic
dormer. Kuenzli asked if there are any plans to change any of the other windows on the front.
Bristow responded that it would not be a part of this project and cannot be required, since it is
not part of this application to replace other windows.
Kuenzli asked if the owner will be changing the canopy to resemble the original 2004 plan.
Bristow replied that it would not be changed. She said that some of the posts are deteriorated
at the bottom, so they will be replaced just to match what is there currently.
MOTION: Baker moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at 8
Bella Vista Drive as presented in the staff report with the following condition: the
matched brick to be approved by staff and chair. Clore seconded the motion. The
716 North Dubuoue Street
Bristow stated that staff has been working with the owner of this property to clear up and make
sure that everything has been taken care of that was originally decided on as conditions for the
historic landmark designation, and this is almost done. She said there are a few things that are
unpainted and a few pieces of missing trim, but it is pretty close.
Bristow said the applicant will be doing a couple of different projects. She said the current
application is to put a sign with the Greek letters on the front of the house. Bristow said that a
sample is in the packet, showing that historically the Greek letters were on the house in this
same location. She stated that because of Iowa City code, there can only be one sign on the
building, so the Greek letters can only be on the building once.
Bristow said the applicant plans to put a decoration on the side of the building. She showed
where the Greek letters would be placed and where a decorative crest would be placed.
Bristow showed the mockup of the crest. She said there is a metal ship that has always been
on the chimney, and staff felt that aligning those might make it a little simpler and tie them
together a little bit more.
Bristow said the designs would be anchored into the mortar joints. She said that the applicant
will not be making holes in the stone, as that is one of the requirements. Bristow said one would
not want to see anything done that would cause permanent damage to the stone. She said that
the Secretary of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation and general knowledge of masonry
care call for things to be mounted into the joint instead of the stone.
Krone introduced himself as the alumni advisor and house director for this property. He said
this is a different fraternity from the previous occupants.
Krone said that he is not proposing to put the letters on a rectangular piece as was done
historically. He said he does not intend to mount them onto the stone.
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MOTION: Wagner moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at
716 North Dubuque Street as presented in the staff report. Baker seconded the motion.
REPORTS ON CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY CHAIR AND STAFF:
Certificate of No Material Effect - Chair and Staff Review
519 North Johnson Street
Bristow said this property is in the Goose Town/Horace Mann Conservation District. She said
this was a University partnership home. Bristow said that rotten materials will be repaired on
the deck, porch column bases, a little bit of the porch railing, and similar things.
125 North Gilbert Street.
Bristow said this house, in the Jefferson Street Historic District, is going to be reroofed with
asphalt shingles.
325 South Summit Street.
Bristow said this project involves rebuilding the porch floor. She said that staff urged the owiei
to use Douglas fir instead of pine.
722 Oakland Avenue.
Bristow said that this project was stopped mid -roof, but then the owner reshingled the roof as
well as the roof of the neighboring house, which is owned by the same family. She said that it
was basically asphalt to asphalt.
728 Oakland Avenue.
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623 College Street.
Bristow said that this project was basically to put the porch back on in the same size and shape.
She said the skirt will just be pretty much vertical slats to match a historical remnant found
under the front porch.
Bristow said that the railing, however, had been a square spindle and kind of plain top rail that
was clearly not original. She said there was a house on North Linn Street that had the same
brackets, and there were more and more details that were very similar between the two houses.
Bristow said she thought that the kind of cut out pieces sandwiched between the bottom rail and
under the top rail would be a good compromise. She said that something like that would be
used for the new railing.
Bristow said that the applicant is working on getting new columns turned but also will not be
throwing away the existing ones just in case.
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Swaim stated that this is one of the houses that United Action for Youth was in before it was
moved. She said that Dottie Ray was incredibly helpful and supportive to UAY in terms of
fundraising and support in all forms. Swaim said that Ray finally said it was okay for UAY to
name the parlor in this house the Dottie Ray Parlor.
730 North Van Buren.
Bristow said this house is in the Brown Street Historic District and also involves the reshingling
of a roof.
Minor Review - Staff Review
659 South Governor Street.
Bristow stated that this is a non-contributing house at the very end of the Governor -Lucas Street
Conservation District. She said the owner is putting two egress windows in the second floor on
the side that faces the railroad tracks. Bristow said there will be muntin bars to make these look
like double hung windows, even though they will be casement windows for egress.
UPDATE ON POTENTIAL LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS:
Swaim said that this work is continuing.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR JULY 14 2016:
Bristow said that one change was noted, in that the minutes referred to Kuenzli saying
something about the solar panels. She said that was actually DeGraw.
MOTION: Wagner moved to approve the minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission's
July 14, 2016 meeting, as amended. Baker seconded the motion. The motion carried on a
vote of 6-0 (Agran. DeGraw, Litton, Michaud, and Sandell absent).
COMMISSION INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION
Builta distributed notes regarding the Fisk Reception. He said that a reception will be held at
the Iowa City Airport from 5:30 to 7:30 on September 29. Builta said there will be a slide show
of the homes that Henry Fisk helped design. He said that the Iowa City Airport location will hold
40 people, and the reception will be open to the public. Builta added that there will be a press
release and an article in the Press -Citizen. He asked anyone with funding ideas to let him
Builta said there will be food and a few speakers, including a partner of Henry Risk's, Roland
Wehner. Builta asked if anyone from the Historic Preservation Commission or Friends of
Historic Preservation would like to speak. Miklo suggested asking Jan Nash, an historian who
did some research on the airport. He said he would contact Nash and include Builta on the e-
mail.
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August 11, 2016
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Baker said a suggestion for fundraising would be to get someone to sponsor the event, perhaps
an architectural firm or a business that is in one of the Fisk buildings. Swaim thanked Builta for
his work on this.
Distribution of new by-laws.
Swaim said this is self-explanatory. She said the Commission voted on this at a previous
meeting.
CLG Grant Update.
Swaim said this involves applying for a grant to hire a consultant to update the downtown
survey. She said that Baker has volunteered to put that together and has a draft started.
Bristow said that an estimate from Marlys Svendsen was received. Bristow said that a
resolution is also on the City Council agenda regarding applying for the grant. She said that
matching funds in the amount of $8,000 would be required from the City.
Swaim said this is an important project, but it takes hours of work on the part of staff, the
consultant, and the Commission, particularly Baker, who has taken the lead on this.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 6:11 p.m.
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