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Home My WebLink AboutHPC 05.10.2018 Packet Thursday May 10, 2018 6:30 p.m. Emma Harvat Hall City Hall IOWA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Thursday, May 10, 2018 City Hall, 410 E. Washington Street Emma Harvat Hall 6:30 p.m. A) Call to Order B) Roll Call C) Public discussion of anything not on the agenda D) National Register Nomination – Unitarian-Universalist Church, 10 S. Gilbert Street E) Certificate of Appropriateness 1. 725 Linn Street – Brown Street Historic District (rear addition) 2. 833 Rundell Street – Dearborn Street Conservation District (rear addition and dormer addition) F) Report on Certificates issued by Chair and Staff Certificate of No Material Effect –Chair and Staff review 1. 415 S. Summit Street – Summit Street Historic District (porch column reconstruction) 2. 8 Bella Vista Place – Brown Street Historic District (site stair reconstruction) Minor Review –Staff review 1. 431 N. Lucas Street – Goosetown/Horace Mann Conservation District (wheelchair access ramp) 2. 814 Church Street – Goosetown/Horace Mann Conservation District (vinyl and aluminum siding removal from porch and porch reconstruction) Intermediate Review –Chair and Staff review 1. 815 Brown Street – Brown Street Historic District (metal roof replacement and non-historic metal chimney removal) 2. 314 Summit Street – Summit Street Historic District (revision to previous COA- door and baluster) G) Consideration of Minutes for April 12, 2018 H) Commission Information and Discussion 1. Future Preservation Summit 2. Grant Committee- for review of Quotes received for CLG grant projects I) Adjournment If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this meeting, please contact Bob Miklo, Urban Planning, at 319-356-5240 or at bob-miklo@iowa-city.org. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs. NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Sections 1 – 4 page 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form . If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and su bcategories from the instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative items on continuation sheets if needed (NPS Form 10-900a). 1. Name of Property historic name First Unitarian Church other names/site number Unitarian Universalist Church / 52-01739 Name of Multiple Property Listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing) 2. Location street & number 10 South Gilbert Street not for publication city or town Iowa City vicinity state Iowa county Johnson zip code 52240 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National H istoric 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 36 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 at the following level(s) of significance: national statewide x local Applicable National Register Criteria: A B x C D Signature of certifying official/Title: Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Date State Historical Society of Iowa State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official Date Title State or Federal agency/bureau 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 (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 2 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Category of Property (Check only one box.) Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing X private X building(s) 1 buildings public - Local district site public - State site structure public - Federal structure object object 1 0 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register: 0 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) RELIGION/Religious Facility WORK IN PROGRESS/commercial 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) Materials (Enter categories from instructions.) LATE 19th and EARLY 20th CENTURY foundation: Stone REVIVAL/Tudor Reviv al walls: Brick/Wood/Stucco roof: Composition Shingles other: United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 3 Narrative Description Summary Paragraph First Unitarian Church is a 1½-story brick Tudor Revival building constructed in 1908 at the southeast corner of Iowa Avenue and South Gilbert Street in Iowa City. Designed by Boston architect Edwin J. Lewis, Jr., the church has no bell tower or steeple and more closely resembles a large residence than an ecclesiastical building. In plan, the church is an irregular T-shape with an intersecting gable roof and a raised basement supported by a rubble stone foundation. The building measures 80 ft. along the east-west axis (Iowa Avenue) and 65 ft. along the north-south axis (Gilbert Street). Exterior walls are constructed of common brick and ornamented with champ buttresses. Gable ends are clad in stucco with vertical half- timbering. Window openings are set on limestone sills with flat wood lintels or segmental brick arches. The interior design, which is intact, reflects the Arts and Crafts style popular at the time. A pa rsonage was constructed in 1909 adjacent to the church on the south. This house was razed to clear space for constructing an education wing in 1962, which also has been razed. Only the church remains, and it retains its historic integrity, including charac ter-defining interior features. In 2017, First Unitarian Church was designated a local historic landmark. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description Description Iowa City, the original state capital, is located in east central Iowa. The church is situated on the east ern edge of the downtown area and three blocks directly east of Old Capitol, a National Historic Landmark. The surrounding area is a mix of commercial, civic, and residential buildings, as it was when the church was built (Figs. 2, 3). However, the scale of urban development has changed. To the north, across Iowa Avenue, sits the State Historical S ociety of Iowa-Iowa City and, next to it on the east, a new apartment building. Diagonally across the intersection of Iowa Avenue and Gilbert Street, the University of Iowa is constructing a new building to house the School of Psychological and Brain Sciences. To the west, across Gilbert Street, there is a four-story parking structure with commercial offices on the street level. City offices, including a fire station, are located south of the church. A near-downtown residential area begins on the east side of the church. This residential area holds an abundance of late-nineteenth and early- twentieth century homes, many of which have been converted to apartments to accommodate University of Iowa students. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 4 The Tudor Revival church amply suited the needs of the Iowa City parish at the time it was constructed, in 1908. Its design reflects the “church home” aesthetics favored by the Western sisterhood of women ministers, more fully discussed in Section 8, as well as a preferred architectural style of architect Edwin J. Lewis, Jr. Exterior walls are constructed of common brick laid in Flemish bond pattern, except the limestone-capped champ buttresses, where the brick is laid in running bond. The gable ends are decoratively clad in stucco with vertical half-timbering and surrounded by triangular fascia soffits with dentil detailing. A moderately pitched roof has shallow overhangs with exposed eaves and is covered with composition shingles. On the north façade, the main building block is flanked, on the east, by a front -facing half-timbered gable with a central chimney, and, on the west, by a front-gabled entrance portico. In the original design, the building entrance was at the top of a two-tiered set of steps. In 1987, the steps were removed to create a grade-level entrance, more fully discussed below. A recessed rear entrance, located at the far east end, is covered with a shed roof that tucks up under the east-west axis of the main gable. Three small triangular window dormers are embedded in the north roof slope above the main block. On the main level, groups of three, fixed-sash windows emphasize the building’s dominant horizontality, with champ buttresses lending a vertical counterpoint. Window openings are slightly recessed, with limestone sills and flat wood lintels or segmental brick arches. Stained glass windows are designed in a simple diamond pattern with the lead cames holding amber-streaked glass panes. The west elevation more clearly shows the 1987 extension of the portico gable, each side of which is embellished with fixed-sash windows similar to the historic stained glass windows but with clear diamond-paned lights. Three tall stained glass windows rise into the gable end, appearing to substitute for a church steeple inasmuch as a tiny spire pierces the gable peak directly above. The lower three-fourths of each window is fixed, while the upper one-fourth is a hopper window that opens inward for ventilation. On the south elevation, the pattern of three triangular window dormers is repeated on the roof slope. Likewise, the pattern of groups of three stained glass windows separated by champ buttresses repeats on the main level. On the lower level, the champ buttresses separate more practical windows. Two four-light hopper windows are located on the west side, followed by three, six-over-one double sash windows on the east side. The lower level windows appear to rest on a limestone belt course, and all windows are topped with segmental brick arches. The east elevation presents a nearly blank wall, interrupted by only two small windows. When the church was built, a residential dwelling was located only a few feet from the east end wall. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 5 Figure 1. First Unitarian Church, north and west elevations, as built, c. 1910 (parsonage front porch visible at far right). Courtesy State Historical Society of Iowa-Iowa City. Figure 2. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1906 Figure 3. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1912 (depicts storage building removed to build the church) (2-story parsonage is adjacent to church on the south) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 6 The interior design reflects the Arts and Crafts style popular at the time, with spaces that are decidedly domestic in character. Notably, the easternmost portion of the sanctuary opens to an anteroom, called the Fireside Room, in the north wing, which seats approximately 40 people. A brick fireplace is set into a slightly projecting central bay along the north wall of the anteroom. During the 1960s, the central bay was modernized with the application of floor -to-ceiling wood paneling surrounding the fireplace. At the same time the fireplace was repaired and slightly redesigned. The original wrought iron chandelier also was rep laced.1 The sanctuary itself, which faces east, contains 22 pews in the nave and seats about 150 people. The narthex, at the west end of the building, has room to seat another eight people. In all, the sanctuary and Fireside Room comfortably hold 200 people.2 At the eastern end is a small chancel, lit by a skylight, and set apart from the nave with a plaster- moulded blunt Gothic archway. The chancel walls are ornamented with darkly stained wood-panel wainscoting. The pulpit is located to the left of the chancel. To the right sits a pipe organ manufactured by A.B. Felgemaker of Erie, Pennsylvania. The larger pipes are arrayed above a nd to the left of the organ along the south wall of the chancel, while smaller pipes are hidden from view in a closet to the right of the organ. Andrew Carnegie donated $500 toward the $1,450.00 cost of the organ, which was purchased and installed in 1909.3 The organ was restored in 1991.4 The open ceiling treatment, darkly stained scissors trusses with exposed rafters, seems to cocoon the whole space rather than lift one’s gaze upward. Figure 4. Sanctuary, c. 1910. Figure 5. Fireside Room, c. 1910. Courtesy State Historical Society of Iowa -Iowa City. Downstairs is a large open room (called Channing Hall beginning in 1980), the east third of which is raised with a three-step platform to create a space that can be used as a stage or enclosed by extending a double set of four-panel wooden pocket doors. A brick fireplace centered along the east wall of the raised space gives it the feel of a parlor when the pocket doors are extended. The hall area, west of the stage, has space enough to seat 80 people at tables. A large kitchen is located in the north wing (below the Fireside Room). To the east of the kitchen is the furnace room. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 7 Figure 6. Downstairs Hall and Parlor/Stage, c. 1910. Figure 7. Downstairs Stage/Parlor, c. 1910. Courtesy State Historical Society of Iowa-Iowa City. Local contractors and tradesmen performed all of the construction and finish work. George Graeff was awarded the contract for excavating as well as stone and brickwork. Charles Mentzer received the contract for carpentry, plastering, and painting.5 The original pews, pulpit, and steam heat registers are intact. Likewise, the original woodwork remains. Floors, where exposed, are narrow plank oak, surrounded by wide darkly stained baseboards. The prominent door style is a two-panel solid wood d oor with beveled inset panels of beadboard plank. Sometimes the upper panel contains a window , and sometimes the doors are double doors. Doors and windows are trimmed with darkly stained stacked flat panels. When the church was dedicated, the local paper noted its “great simplicity of architecture” and called it a “cottage church . . . . arranged with the idea of comfort for the members.” The article also called attention to the capacious lower level and its suitability for the “young people’s society” with a “comfortable social room, elevated above the rest so that it can be thrown open and used as a stage for entertainments of various kinds.” Overall, the new church was deemed to be “one of the most cozy and homelike in the city.”6 Alterations Modifications have been minimal. In 1987 the front entrance was modified to enclose the stairs leading to the sanctuary. This alteration, designed by Iowa City architect William Nowysz, extended the portico by several feet. Its gable roof tucks under the project ing gable of the original entrance portico, creating a framed gable which harmonizes the addition with the original design. The existing four-panel wooden entrance doors were incorporated into the alteration, with the addition of a custom made leaded glass transom and a segmental arch lintel. On the interior, the concrete steps were replaced with a wooden stairway which closely resembles the interior stairway inside the rear entry at the northeast corner. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 8 Figure 8. 1987 Alteration to Front Entrance, Figure 9. 1987 Alteration to Front Entrance, East and North Elevations. Building Section View. Iowa City Public Library, Building Plans Collection. In 1962, a portion of the rear wall at the east end was removed to construct an enclosed walkway connecting the church to a newly constructed education building dedicated as Worthley House. A second section of the rear wall was removed in 1996 to install an elevator that made all levels of b oth buildings accessible.7 When Worthley House was demolished in 2016, the elevator also was removed, and these openings in the rear wall were filled in with concrete blocks. A brick retaining wall with a limestone cap is located along the south rear of the church. This feature may have been constructed at about the same time as Worthley House inasmuch as the brickwork is unlike that of the church and obviously of more recent vintage. The wall contains a stone plaque inscribed with “Universalist Centenary 1870.” Integrity First Unitarian Church remains in its original location. Integrity of design is good; the most substantive alteration, the entrance portico, honored the original by retaining the original portico gable roof, incorporating the original entrance doors, and matching the original brickwork as closely as possible. Integrity of materials is good; nearly all of the original materials are intact, with the obvious exception of concrete block infill on the south elevation where the 1962 education building was tied into the church and where an elevator was installed. Integrity of workmanship also is good, displaying abundant evidence of early twentieth century build ing techniques and skills. As a downtown church, the building has always been situated among commercial buildings, although the scale of urban development has increased significantly. In this respect, the setting has been compromised. Similarly, integrity of association was compromised with the loss of the church’s associated parsonage in the 1960s. Oddly, however, as the scale of urban development as increased, it also has intensified the cottage-like feel of the church; in this respect, integrity of feeling may be deemed intact. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 7 page 9 Future Plans The current owner, Augusta Place LLC, is in the process of constructing a seven-story residential and parking structure on adjacent lots to the east and south, which will hem the church on the east side and south rear. The north façade and west side, the two elevations that define the building architecturally, will still be clearly visible. The church will be rehabilitated for commercial use. New construction will include an elevator and stairway entrance on the s outh elevation in the same location where the 1962 education building was tied into the church and where an elevator was later added. Section 7 Endnotes 1 Mary Bell Glick, “Furnishings and Friends, 75 Years, 1908 -1983,” pp. 15-16, R9: Records of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City, Iowa, 1856-2011 [hereafter UUSIC Records], Box 6, Folder 39, State Historical Society of Iowa-Iowa City [hereafter SHSI-IC]. 2 Information on seating capacity provided by Sue Eberly, Iowa City, personal communication, January 25, 2018. 3 Minutes, FUSIC Board of Trustees Meetings, February 7, 1909, and May 10, 1909, Secretary’s Book of Minutes, January 24, 1908-April 12, 1948, UUSIC Records, Box 3. 4 From Within These Walls: 100 Years at 10 South Gilbert, 1908-2008 (Iowa City: UUSIC, 2008), 10-11. 5 Minutes, FUSIC Board of Trustees meetings, March 17, 1908, and April 10, 1908, UUSIC Records, Box 3. 6 “Unitarian Church was Dedicated Last Evening,” Iowa City Republican, October 26, 1908. 7 From Within These Walls, 49. Section 8 page 10 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the propert y 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. X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. 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. X 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. Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions.) ARCHITECTURE Period of Significance 1908 Significant Dates 1908 Significant Person (Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.) Cultural Affiliation (if applicable) Architect/Builder Edwin J. Lewis, Jr. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 11 Statement of Significance Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph The First Unitarian Church is significant at the local level under Criterion C and Criteria Consideration “A” as a religious property that derives primary significance from its historic architectural importance. The church exemplifies specific guidelines for constructing dignified yet inexpensive houses of worship that were promulgated by the American Unitarian Association. Boston architect Edwin J. Lewis, Jr., who was instrumental in developing these guidelines, also designed the Iowa City church. Additionally, the building is an outstanding example of the “church home” architectural aesthetic, which is closely associated with a small but influential group of liberal women ministers who p racticed in Iowa and surrounding states roughly between 1880 and 1930. The acknowledged leaders of this group were Rev. Mary Safford and Rev. Eleanor Elizabeth Gordon, the latter of whom served as minister to the Iowa City congregation from 1896 to 1900 and was directly involved in the financing and construction of the Iowa City church. The period of significance is 1908, the year the church was constructed. Narrative Statement of Significance Introduction: Historical Overview When Iowa City was platted in 1839, four half-blocks were set aside for church buildings. In the early 1840s, several newly formed congregations took advantage of the availability of free lots and built churches in the city center. Methodists built the first church, in 1841, on the southwest corner of Iowa Avenue and Linn Street. At about the same time, the Methodist Episcopal congregation built the second church, located on Dubuque Street north of Jefferson Street. In 1842, St. Mary’s Catholic parish built its church on the northwest corner of Jefferson and Linn streets. The First Universalist Society of Iowa City, organized in 1841, constructed a small brick church at the southeast corner of Iowa Avenue and Dubuque Street, in the same half-block occupied by the Methodist church. The Universalists occupied this building from 1843 to 1868, when a fire destroyed it.8 None of these 1840s church buildings are extant. However, several active churches at still located in the downtown area, and four historic church buildings have previously been listed on the National Register of Historic Places: North Presbyterian Church (aka Old Brick), constructed in 1856 at 26 E. Market Street; the second St. Mary’s Catholic Church, built in 1869 in the same location as the first; the Congregational Church, constructed in 1869 at 30 North Clinton Street; and Trinity Episcopal Church, built in 1871 at 320 E. College Street. A fifth NRHP-listed church, Bethel AME Church, was constructed in 1868; it is located several blocks east of the downtown area at 411 South Governor Street; in 1868, this location would have been on the far eastern edge of the city. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 12 The First Unitarian Church at 10 South Gilbert Street is the third church building to serve the Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City (UUSIC), as it has been called since 1961 when the American Unitarian Association (AUA) and the Universalist Church of America formally merged, although the two denominations have a long history of intermingling. After fire destroyed the first Universalist church in 1868, services we held in borrowed or rented quarters until the parish erected a new church at the northeast corner of Iowa Avenue and Clinton Street, in closer view of the old state capitol, which by then housed most of the operations of the State University of Iowa.9 In 1878, the Universalists agreed to make this church available to the American Unitarian Association, headquartered in Boston, which had just sent Rev. Oscar Clute to Iowa City. In practice, howev er, ministers identifying with Universalist, Unitarian, or liberal Christian canons had served the parish at different times up to this point. After Rev. Clute arrived, the parish reorganized, briefly, as the Universalist Unitarian Society of Iowa City. Another reorganization took place in January 1881, again under Rev. Clute’s leadership, when the First Unitarian Society of Iowa City (FUSIC) was formally organized. Beginning in 1881, Unitarian and Universalist services were held separately in the Clinton Street church. The Universalists, however, legally owned the church property until 1896, when the congregation sold it to the Iowa Universalist Convention to retire outstanding debts. Subsequently, in 1899, the Iowa Universalist Convention sold the property for $3,500 to the Iowa Association of Unitarian and Other Independent Churches (IAU), located in Des Moines.10 In this fashion, the AUA, which had paid a portion of the Unitarian minister’s salary since 1878, and its Iowa affiliate, which now owned the church property, came to have significant interests in the future of the FUSIC. According to one account, Dr. Duran Ward, church pastor from 1900 to 1906, initiated the idea of a new church, built “on the order of Jenkin Lloyd Jones’s Lincoln Center in Chic ago with the church on the second floor and stores on the first floor.” Both the FUSIC board of trustees and the IAU vetoed the idea, and Ward then left Iowa City for a pastorate in Denver.11 The parish was without a minister for a year, but the IAU proceeded with plans for a new church. Construction of the Gilbert Street church building was largely the collaborative effort of Rev. Robert S. Loring, whom the AUA sent to Iowa City from Boston in 1907, and Rev. Eleanor Gordon, who had served as minister to the Iowa City congregation from 1986 to 1900 and was then in Des Moines serving as the IAU field secretary. They were assisted by Rev. Mary Safford, pastor of the Des Moines Unitarian Church. Events which led to the church’s construction began in May 1906, when the IAU sold the Clinton Street property to the State of Iowa for university use.12 Importantly, the State of Iowa paid the IAU $18,000 for the property, $4,000 more than the property’s believed market value, but the university needed room for expansion, and state legislators were willing to pay a premium. Subsequently, the windfall created tension between the IAU, which held that the money should be used to fund the organization’s general purposes, and the FUSIC, which felt that the entire $18,000 shou ld go into the Iowa City building fund.13 For more than a year the parish searched for a suitable new location while carrying on a protracted discussion over whether the disputed $4,000 would go into the Iowa City building fund (it did not). Finally, in December 1907, the IAU purchased the lot at the corner of Iowa Avenue and South Gilbert Street for $5,300.14 Three months later, in February 1908, the IAU and the FUSIC signed an agreement whereby the IAU agreed to allocate $9,000 for the erection of a church building and the FUSIC agreed to construct the building as designed by Boston architect Edwin J. Lewis, Jr. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 13 It was further agreed that if the Iowa City society wished to spend more than $9,000 on the new church, it could mortgage the north 70 ft. of the lot (the church site) for not more than $2,000 and, further, sell all or some portion of the south 80 ft. of the lot in order to pay off the mortgage.15 This was a fairly detailed financial arrangement, which later events were to further complicate. However, Rev. Loring was doing his best to manage a divided congregation, dependent upon the IAU for financial backing but chafing under the strings that were attached to it. He and Rev. Gordon wanted a formal agreement that would help quell internal strife and a lso assure potential contractors that funding was secure. It worked. C onstruction began in April 1908 and finished in October. The new church was dedicated on October 24 with a ceremony designed in part to restore good relations between the FUSIC and IAU. Rev. Gordon brought greetings from the Iowa Unitarian Conference and AUA President Samuel Eliot delivered the sermon at the Saturday evening dedication. Gordon gave the first sermon in the sanctuary the following morning.16 In a letter dated four days after the dedication, Loring penned a heartfelt thank you to her: “Without your tactful acts, and your thorough understanding of all the business matters involved, it would not have been possible to have brought the matter to a conclusion so eminently satisfactory both to the conference [IAU] and to the church.”17 Statement of Significance The design of the Iowa City church represents the coming together of complementary strands of thinking about modern church architecture, both of which were more generally influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement with its embrace of traditional craftsmans hip and pre-industrial forms and styles. One strand is an architectural idiom promulgated by the American Unitarian Association to aid small parishes in constructing modest yet dignified churches. The other strand is what has been called the “church home” aesthetic, historically linked to a group of women ministers who were active in the Midwest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In broader context, the building follows the meetinghouse tradition, domestic in form and massing, with an emp hasis on the horizontal, entrance on the side, and, on the interior, a pulpit but no altar. The term “meetinghouse” implies “neutral public space,” or a place that erases the distinction between sacred and secular, rather than a house of God, or a place where a deity resides.18 In a general sense, it also reflects the popularity of eclectic revival styles during the period 1880 to about 1940. Tudor Revival churches are said to have been “widely distributed” in the Northeast and Old Northwest states.19 The architect, Edwin J. Lewis Jr., was a member of the American Unitarian Association as well as the First Parish Unitarian Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts. After graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1881 with a degree in architecture, he accepted a position with the prominent Boston architectural firm of Peabody and Stearns. This affiliation was brief, as he was financially able to establish his own practice. From 1887 until his death in 1937, he maintained his office at 9 Park Street on Beacon Hill. Lewis was primarily known for his suburban residential architecture, but during his long career, which spanned more than fifty years, he designed at least thirty-five churches, most of them located in the Northeast United States and Canada. He appears to have secured many commissions through his Unitarian connections. Although he worked in many architectural styles, he had a particular interest in medieval architecture and was known for his Georgian, Gothic, and Tudor revival designs.20 At least three buildings designed by Lewis have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the 1888 Wollaston Unitarian Church in Quincy, Massachusetts (Shingle Style), the 1902 Unitarian Church of Houlton, Maine (eclectic with Gothic features and heavy medieval-style timberwork), and United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 14 Greystones Hall, built in 1929 as a retreat for Unitarian clergy on Fisherman’s Island, Maine (Tudor Revival). In 1902, the AUA commissioned Lewis and two other men “to select and collect plans and designs of convenient, attractive, and inexpensive churches” which were published under the title of Plans for Churches. The purpose of this 35-page booklet was to “aid the smaller societies of the Unitarian Fellowship to build for themselves convenient, attractive, and inexpensive churches.”21 It contained ground plans and perspectives for three suggested designs, the second of which (Figs. 10, 11) resembles the Iowa City church. In addition to suggested designs, the booklet also contained photographs and ground plans for four more churches that had been constructed in various locations: Ridgewood, New Jersey; Gouverneur, New York; Midland, Michigan; and Ottawa, Canada. All of the designs were meant to exemplify what could be achieved on a modest budget, and the authors included several specific recommendations. Among them was a caution “not to expend money in towers or steep les” for “the church-like character can be had without too much expense in this direction.” Ordinary building materials such as wood or a combination of wood and stone were to be preferred, but concrete or “common brick laid in common mortar” also were “ca pable of good results.”22 On the interior, it was “recommended that the constructional timbers be permitted to show.” Not only was such treatment inexpensive, but it also lent visual interest. Natural wood floors were preferred without carpeting, “except in the aisles.” Pews should be built “to be comfortable without cushions.” The “ignorant use of stained glass” was to be avoided. Windows could be made “things of beauty” by using “pale amber - colored cathedral glass, cut and leaded in diamond-shape pattern.”23 Repeatedly, the plan book urged parishes to hire an experienced architect in order to achieve simple, harmonious buildings that “convey to the mind the thought of worship.” Figure 10. Suggestion Two, Perspective Figure 11. Suggestion Two, Ground Plan Plans for Churches (1902) These guidelines and recommendations were entirely in keeping with the architectural preferences of a small but influential group of liberal women ministers (Unitarians and Universalists) wh o were active in Iowa and surrounding states from about 1880 to 1930. Historian Cynthia Tucker uses the term “church home” in association with approximately twenty churches constructed in Iowa and surrounding states between 1880 and 1913 under the leadership of liberal women ministers affiliated with either the Universalist or Unitarian societies. The term does not denote a particular architectural style, according to Tucker, but rather an “insistent statement that the liberal church should above all else b e homelike.”24 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 15 In practical building terms, this typically meant a church without a steeple, but as the church home aesthetic became more philosophical, the interior spaces, at least, were designed to create a domestic atmosphere. The “church home” aesthetic was undergirded by liberal protestant theology but particularly inspired by the 1895 publication of The House Beautiful, a collection of short essays by Unitarian minister William Channing Gannett. After serving ministries in Milwaukee, Minneapolis , and Hinsdale, Illinois, Gannett settled in Rochester, New York, where he and his wife, Mary Thorn, became leaders in the suffrage movement and other social reform activities. Gannett also was a prolific writer of essays, poems, hymns, and church school lessons, all of which were source materials for Unitarian ministers and church leaders. In The House Beautiful, Gannett promoted, with rhetorical overtones of high morality, the ideal of a beautiful home as a “domestication of the infinite,” arranged and fu rnished with “simplicity and repose” and tastefully appointed with pictures, flowers, and books.25 Frank Lloyd Wright, who came from a Unitarian family, helped popularize the book by republishing it in 1897 with his own illustrations of nature. Tucker argues that Gannett’s “praise of the home as a holy space encouraged a good deal of collateral talk about the church being a home.” More specifically, she asserts, Mary Safford, Eleanor Gordon, and other members of the Western sisterhood “moved boldly beyond the metaphor to make their churches functional centers for congregational family life.”26 Tucker states that Unitarian churches in Iowa associated with the Western sisterhood and church home ideals were located at Humboldt, Perry, Sioux City, Des Moines, and Iowa City. A closer examination of the church buildings in these towns and cities underscores the looseness of the “church home” attribution in relation to architectural design. One must be mindful that the term referred primarily to the functioning of a church, with the outward appearance of the building reflecting the ideals that guided the work of the parish. The church at Humboldt (non-extant) was under construction when Mary Safford accepted the pastorate there in 1879; her responsibilities included ra ising funds to complete its construction. The wood frame, Gothic Revival building, with a prominent bell tower set into the corner of its front gable, was a common architectural idiom of late - nineteenth-century Protestant churches, so common in the Midwest that the sub-genre has its own name: Prairie Gothic.27 Likewise, the church at Perry, constructed in the early 1890s (non-extant), was of Gothic Revival design.28 The churches at Sioux City and Des Moines were constructed when Safford was in residence as the minister, with Gordon as associate minister and sometimes acting minister. Neither church is extant, although historic photographs reveal that both were eclectic revival in architectural style. The Richardsonian Romanesque design of the brick-and-stone church at Sioux City, constructed in 1889, could be mistaken for an institutional building were it not for a squat bell tower/entrance portico set into the gable front. In this respect, it shares the utilitarian qualities of the three -story brick, Federal style, Unitarian church at Davenport, constructed in 1898, and both buildings accommodated the kinds of community outreach activities more closely associated with settlement houses during this era.29 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 16 Figure 12. Unity Church, Humboldt; Figure 13. Sioux City Unitarian Church; from Snyder, Unitarians in Iowa. from Snyder, Unitarians in Iowa . First Unitarian Church at Des Moines, constructed in 1905, was Classical Revival in design with a pedimented front entrance that featured three Romanesque arches. Its architect is unknown, but the building shared architectural characteristics of more prominent suburban churches constructed in Des Moines at about the same time, namely First Methodist Episcopal Church (1905) and the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George (1906), both designed by Proudfoot and Bird in Classical Revival styles, and both listed on the National Register. Figure 14. First Unitarian Church, Des Moines; postcard view. The Iowa City church is the only one of the four churches associated with the Iowa ministries of Safford and Gordon that is extant.30 It also is the building in Iowa that most closely represents the church home aesthetic, although more research would be required to fully understand how church home ideals were translated into architectural design, and what distinguishes church home aesthetics from broader trends in modern church architecture. As Tucker acknowledges, the trend toward “simplicity and utility” in church buildings also was promoted by Midwestern ministers who were men.31 In addition to Gannett, other outspoken male ministers on this matter included Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, fou nder of All Souls Unitarian Church in Chicago and long-time secretary of the Western Unitarian Conference, and Rev. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 17 Arthur Judy, pastor of the Davenport Unitarian S ociety for more than two decades. As a side note, Rev. Jones’s nephew, Frank Lloyd Wright, d esigned Unity Temple in Chicago (1906-1909), which is considered one of the classic architectural expressions of form following function.32 Thus, it seems that many Unitarians were pondering the question of church architecture in relation to the mission of the society at the parish level. Returning to the church at Iowa City, Eleanor Gordon supervised its financing and construction while she served as field secretary of the Iowa Association of Unitarian and Other Independent Churches, located in Des Moines. Prior to assuming this post, she had served as minister of the Iowa City church at its second location from 1896 to 1900. Thus, she was personally known to the Iowa City congregation. Edna Wilson, one of the church elders, called Gordon “the Mother and Big Sister of many a struggling Iowa church. She was a good organizer, and her mission was to get the Iowa City church back on its feet—which she did.”33 It was during her time in Iowa City that the IAU purchased the Clinton Street property from the Iowa Universalist Convention. To effect this purchase, Gordon and Mary Safford devised a plan to raise $500 a year for seven years ($3,500) from various donors throughout Iowa.34 Safford also had previously directed fundraising efforts to finish the Unitarian church in Humboldt as well as construct the church in Sioux City. Thus, both she and Gordon had acquired considerable executive experience to complement their ministerial roles. When the Iowa City parish was ready to construct a new church, Gordon was in a position to help, and because the IAU owned the Clinton Street property, the Iowa City congregation needed to work with her. Given the financial circumstances, the church stood to benefit from Gordon’s position as IAU field secretary. Some in the congregation evidently thought that benefit would extend to capturing the entire $18,000 purchase price of the Clinton Street property for the building fund, and there was disgruntlement when this did not happen. Safford and Gordon considered their churches to be centers for community work and social reform, attributes they shared with the women of the Western sisterhood as well as other Unitarian ministers outside the Boston sphere of influence. Both women had known one another since their childhoods in Hamilton, Illinois, and their careers intertwined for much of their lives. Gordon studied for a year at the State University of Iowa (1873-74), then taught school at Centerville, Iowa, from 1875 -77. She returned to Hamilton in 1878 to teach. A year later she and Safford established a Unitarian church in their hometown. The success of this church led to an offer for Safford to serve as pastor to the new Unity Church in Humboldt, Iowa. Thus, in 1879, Safford and Gordon moved to Humboldt, where Safford was ordained. Gordon became principal of the local public schools, where she caused a minor flap for introducing the concept of evolution to a physiology class. She also served as assistant minister. In 1885, the pair moved to Sioux City after Safford was offered the pas torate there. By this time, Safford had become known for her energy and command of the pulpit, and she emerged as the central figure of the Western sisterhood. Gordon once again served as Safford’s assistant, and she is credited with helping to form Unitarian societies at Rock Rapids, Cherokee, Ida Grove, and Washta. She also began studying for the ministry, and, after attending Cornell University for one term, was ordained in 1889 at Sioux City.35 In 1896, Gordon stepped out of Safford’s shadow when she received an offer to serve the Iowa City church, where she remained until 1900. From Iowa City she went to Burlington (1900 -1902) and then Fargo, North Dakota (1902-1904). In 1904, she rejoined Safford in Des Moines when Safford became pastor of the Des Moines Unitarian Church and executive director of the Iowa Association of Unitarian and Other Independent Churches. Gordon ministered to the Roadside Settlement House for a time, once United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 18 again served as assistant pastor to Safford, and also served as field secretary of the IAU from 1907 to 1910. Additionally, from 1891 to 1908 Gordon coedited and contributed to Old and New, the IAU’s newsletter/journal. After 1910, Safford and Gordon split their time between Hamilton and Orlando, Florida, where they once again served in tandem to a new Unitarian church established by former members of the Sioux City society. To each parish they served, Safford and Gordon brought their advocacy for women’s rights. Of the two, Gordon was more political, serving as president of the Iow a Equal Suffrage Association from 1907 to 1909. Among other activities, she organized a women’s suffrage parade for the 1908 state convention, held in Boone. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and also an ordained Methodist minister, marched with the Iowa women.36 Although Gordon and Safford had spent six months in Boston in 1888, the link to architect Edwin Lewis seems to have been Robert Loring, whom the AUA sent to Iowa City as pastor to oversee the church project. Rev. Wilson M. Backus, secretary of the Western Unitarian Conference, located in Chicago, had been charged with finding a suitable minister for the Iowa City parish, although approval had to come from AUA President Samuel A. Eliot. After interviewing several prospects, Backus recommended Loring, who was deemed to possess “all the possible educational advantages” and had “fine business ability.” He also had previously worked with Gordon on the Missionary Council.37 Additionally, Loring apparently had just overseen the construction of a small church at Derby, Connecticut.38 Figure 15. Derby, CT, Unitarian Church Postcard view, 1905. As it happens, the Derby Unitarian Church (1905) bears a striking resemblance to Suggestion Two in Plans for Churches and Lewis’s Tudor Revival design for the Iowa City church. The Derby church building is extant, although it has been used as a veteran’s memorial building since 2005.39 Loring saw to it that Lewis’s architectural design was carried out, althou gh some modifications were made to save money. His business acumen was helpful, if not critical, for building an architect - designed church on a tight budget. In January 1908 he reported to Gordon that he was making every effort to reduce construction costs : We are going through the specifications and wherever we can paint one coat less, or omit sheathing, or substitute a brick pier for an iron pillor [sic], or cut down the number of lighting fixtures, it is being done. The choir was cut in half some time ago, and now if organ builders to whom I have written, reply that some day an organ could be put in a reduced space we shall change the roof over the choir, lowering it, and saving over $150.00. It is no easy job to build a church dignified enuf [sic] for a college town, and constructed strongly enuf to last fifty or more years, all for $10,000.40 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 19 The audit of building expenses suggests the extent to which Loring oversaw all aspects of construction as he was reimbursed multiple times for personally covering sm all sums for miscellaneous expenses.41 According to one of the church elders, Loring ran “a one -man show—but he did it well and the church just let him.” He appears to have succeeded in bringing the congregation together during the church project mainly by keeping the Board of Trustees and the Women’s Alliance busy carrying out his wishes.42 The cost of the building was approximately $11,300.00, including interior fixtures and furnishings as well as the architect’s fee of $350. Together with the cost of the l ot ($5,300), the total cost came to approximately $16,500, of which the IAU paid about $14,500.43 Correspondence between Gordon and Loring further reveals that they were conscious of raising the status of the Unitarian Society in a university town. The Iowa City church had always attracted university faculty and students, but it also was considered a “missionary” church, not large enough to support a pastor on its own. An unstated goal of building the Gilbert Street church seems to have been strengthening the congregation, both in terms of membership and financial soundness, by cultivating more formal ties with the academic community. Toward that end, Loring organized a new board of trustees shortly after he arrived, and three of the five members were State U niversity of Iowa professors.44 Additionally, when the IAU temporarily transferred title to the FUSIC so the church could more easily obtain a bank loan locally to finish the church building, the IAU required an agreement that bound the FUSIC to “actively and continuously carry on religious and ethical work of a kind specially suited to the religious needs of a university town.” The agreement defined “religious and ethical work” as “regular and suitable Sunday religious services” at least forty times a year and other “services, meetings, sociables, religious and ethical study classes” similar to those “conducted by Unitarian churches in such university towns as Ann Arbor, Mich.; Madison, Wis.; Lawrence, Kansas; Palo Alto, California; [and] Lincoln, Nebraska.”45 Gordon worked closely with Loring to deliver a handsome “church home,” as she called it when the church was dedicated on October 24, 1908. In her dedicatory remarks, she recalled the “loyal support of the women of the then small and struggling church” during her pastorate. She also revealed the tough businesswoman side of her character by reminding the congregation that “the two secretaries of the Iowa Unitarian Association who raised every penny of the money to pay for this church property [Safford and Gordon], were women.”46 Dr. Samuel Eliot, who gave the sermon, emphasized the intellectual work of the parish: “We rejoice that the church at this academic center is now so nicely housed, especially as it has a special work to do.”47 Available evidence falls short of supporting a claim that First Unitarian Church represents one of the best architectural expressions of the church home aesthetic. Further research would be necessary to fully understand how the church home idea was translated into design guidelines or principles. Further research also would be necessary to establish how many Unitarian churches associated with liberal women ministers were constructed during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and how many of these buildings still exist. This study suggests that most of them are gone. These caveats, however, do not diminish the building’s significance. First Unitarian Church reflects the combined expertise and efforts of Eleanor Gordon and Robert Loring to realize the architectural d esign of Edwin J. Lewis, Jr., who, it might be noted, never traveled to Iowa City. The result was a building, exterior and interior, that embodies the church home aesthetic embraced by the Western sisterhood of liberal ministers, of which Gordon was a notable proponent. In broader context, the building also reflects United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 20 general trends in church architecture and utilitarian design principles, which the American Unitarian Association felt were well suited for smaller parishes. Parsonage and Worthley House Two non-extant buildings also are part of the property’s land -use history: a parsonage and Worthley House, built in 1962 to house classrooms, a conference room, and staff offices. In 1908, as the church was being completed, Robert Loring also was negotiating w ith Eleanor Gordon and others at the IAU to fund construction of a parsonage on the south side of the church.48 After multiple discussions with the IAU Board of Trustees, Loring was able to secure a second agreement that enabled the FUSIC to borrow $5,000 from the AUA loan fund, $2,000 of which went to retire the outstanding debt on church construction and $3,000 of which financed the construction of a parsonage. The loan was to be repaid from house rental receipts.49 A second audit of the building fund reveals that construction costs for the parsonage totaled slightly more than $3,500, and the house was being rented as of September 1, 1909.50 By the early 1950s, both the church and the parsonage were in need of extensive repairs. Although the IAU, which still held title to the property, did not neglect building maintenance, costs mounted as the buildings aged, and the backlog of deferred mainte nance began to grow. Additionally, the 1951 appointment of a minister with a family of young children required a larger parsonage. These circumstances stirred the congregation to action. A small group of members formed a joint venture and loaned the congregation $5,000 to purchase a residence at 1033 Woodlawn Avenue to be used as a parsonage. Additionally, members donated more than 500 hours of labor to make mandatory repairs to the church, paint and clean the old parsonage in preparation for renting a port ion of the house as an apartment, and renovate the downstairs “front room” for use as the church office. The parish also requested that the IAU deed the Gilbert Street property to the FUSIC, in return for which the parish would assume an existing mortgage. The IAU Board of Trustees approved this request, and the transaction was completed by April 1952.51 A revitalized parish coincided with growth in the membership. By 1961, eight classes of church school were vying for space, and attendance was projected to grow from 85 to 150 students during the next three years. The parish needed more room, and the options were to take over the old parsonage, which would accommodate about 50 children, or construct a new building. The parish opted for a new building.52 The parsonage at 1033 Woodlawn was sold in 1961 for approximately $11,000 to help pay for the education building. To make room for the addition, the old parsonage was razed. Designed by architect Richard Jordison, also a member of the church, the new three-story, brick and reinforced concrete building was constructed in 1962. Its unadorned modern style was a complete contrast with the Tudor Revival cottage-like church. Rectangular in plan, the building measured 32 ft. x 65 ft. and had a very low-pitched gable roof facing Gilbert Street. A one-story enclosed walkway connected the addition to the church through a new door opening at the east end of the raised basement along the south (rear) wall. The sheltered open space created by the walkway and the two buildings became a small courtyard which children called the “Secret Garden.”53 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 21 The building was dedicated on April 20, 1963, as Worthley House in honor of Rev. Evans Worthley, who had served as minister from 1931 to 1951.54 Worthley House, too, was razed after the parish decided in 2015 to build a new church.55 Archaeological Assessment No archaeological assessment has been conducted. Another building was removed from Lot 4 prior to construction of the church. The 1899 and 1906 Sanborn maps indicate that the earli er building was being used for storage during that period. The 1888 and 1892 Sanborn maps identify the building as an old vacant church. It was located within the approximate footprint of First Unitarian Church. Excavation for the church basement would have greatly disturbed the site and probably obliterated any historic archaeological remains. Endnotes/Section 8 8 Marybeth Slonneger and others, Finials: A View of Downtown Iowa City (Iowa City: Hand Press, 2015), 31-32. 9 In 1857, the state capital was moved from Iowa City to Des Moines; in negotiating this move, state legislators agreed to leave the state university in Iowa City. As a result, the university acquired the former capitol building. 10 James E. Jacobsen, “Universalism and Unitarianism in Iowa City,” unpublished MS, 1979, see esp. pp. 3-5, 11-15, 22-24, 46-49, R9: Records of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City, Iowa, 1856 -2011 [hereafter UUSIC Records], Box 1, State Historical Society of Iowa -Iowa City. 11 “Edna E. Wilson and the Church Chart—Reminiscences” (c. 1932), 7, UUSIC Records, Box 5. 12 The university renamed the building Unity Hall; it was demolished in 1933. 13 Jacobsen, 54-55. See also Henry H. Griffiths (attorney for the IAU) to Robert S. Loring, October 20, 1910, UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 10. 14 “Statement Adopted by [IAU] Board of Trustees, at Davenport, Iowa, October 17, 1906,” which includes a lengthy statement by Rev. Mary Safford explaining why the IAU was justified in retaining $4,000 of the $18,000 sale price, UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 6; Citizens Savings and Trust Company to Iowa Ass. Of Unitarian and Other Independent Churches, Lot 4 in Block 44, Iowa City, Iowa, December 13, 1907, Johnson County Deeds, Book 93: 154. 15 “Agreement between Iowa Association of Unitarian and Other Independent Churches and the First Unitarian Society of Iowa City, Iowa, February 26, 1908”; R. S. Loring to Rev. Eleanor E. Gordon, January 28, 1908; Loring to Gordon, February 27, 1908; Loring to Gordon, February 28, 1908; all UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 8. 16 “Iowa Unitarian Church Dedicated October 24, 1908,” and “Address Given by Rev. Eleanor E. Gordon, Secretary of Iowa Unitarian Association,” Old and New 16, no. 9 (November 1908); “Unitarian Church Was Dedicated Last Evening,” Iowa City Republican, October 26, 1908, p. 1. 17 Loring to Gordon, October 28, 1908, UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 8. 18 Peter W. Williams, Houses of God: Region, Religion, and Architecture in the United States (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997), 5-7 (quote, 5); see also Marilyn J. Chiat, America’s Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), 21. 19 Jeffery Howe, Houses of Worship: An Identification Guide to the History and Styles of American Religious Architecture (San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2003), 258. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 22 20 Anthony Mitchell Sammarco, “Edwin J. Lewis, Jr., architect (1859-1937)” in Milton [Massachusetts]: A Compendium (Mt. Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010). 21 Edwin J. Lewis, Jr., Enoch Powell, and Rev. Albert Walkley, Plans for Churches (Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1902), 3, Andover -Harvard Theological Library and Archives, Harvard University. 22 Ibid., 6-7. 23 Ibid., 8-9. 24 Cynthia Grant Tucker, Prophetic Sisterhood: Liberal Women Ministers of the Frontier, 1880-1930 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994), 102. 25 William C. Gannett, The House Beautiful, (Boston: James H. West Co., 1895); “William C. Gannett,” in Rochester (NY) Regional Library Council, Western New York Suffragists: Winning the Vote, https://rrlc.org/winningthevote/, accessed December 17, 2017; “Wright Studies: The House Beautiful, 1896 -1898,” in The Wright Library, website, http://www.steinerag.com/flw/index.htm, accessed December 17, 2017. 26 Tucker, 104-105. 27 Williams, 212-213. 28 Tucker, 101. 29 Charles E. Snyder, “Unitarianism in Iowa,” Palimpsest 30 (November 1949): see photographs. 30 The Sioux City Unitarian Church was located at the intersection of 10 th and Douglas Streets; the Des Moines Church was located at the intersection of 10th and High Streets. Neither church appears in the historic site survey records maintained at the Iowa SHPO, and a Google map check confirmed that both buildings are gone. Uni ty Church in Humboldt was razed to make space for an apartment building; Travis Goedken, email correspondence, January 19, 2018. The Perry church, which was not associated with either Safford of Gordon, does not appear in the historic site survey records at the Iowa SHPO office in Des Moines; Perry Historic Preservation Commission members Jeanette Peddicord and Judy Marckres confirmed that the church is no longer standing, email correspondence, January 15 -16, 2018. 31 Tucker, 106. 32 Howe, 290-292; Williams, 181-182. 33 “Edna E. Wilson and the Church Chart,” typescript of an interview conducted c.1933, p. 6, UUSIC Records, Box 5. 34 Statement of Mary Safford presented at the IAU Board of Trustees meeting, October 17, 1906, UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 6; Henry H. Griffiths to Dr. Chas. E. Snyder, Iowa City, February 17, 1948, UUSIC Records, Box 3. See also an unattributed statement [probably written by Eleanor Gordon] regarding Mary Safford’s role in building Unitarian churches in Iowa, written shortly after Safford’s death on October 25, 1927, UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 13. See also, Tucker, 107-108. 35 Tucker, 206; Linda Loos Scarth, “Eleanor Elizabeth Gordon,” and Sarah Oelberg, “Mary Augusta Safford,” in David Hudson, Marvin Bergman, and Loren Horton, eds., The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2008), 192-194, 432-434; Peter Hughes, “Eleanor Elizabeth Gordon,” and Celester DeRoche, “Mary Augusta Safford,” in Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography, http://uudb.org, accessed December 19, 2017; Pearl Gordon Vestal, typescript notes for a biography of Eleanor Gordon, May 1949, Records of the Iowa Unitarian Universalist Association and Affiliations (R10), SHSI -IC, Box 6. 36 Ibid. 37 Samuel A. Eliot to Eleanor Gordon, May 27, 1907, and Wilson M. Backus to Eleanor Gordon, May 31, 1907 (quote), both in Records of First Unitarian Universalist Church, Des Moines, 1869-1993, Box 1, Folder 13, State Historical Society of Iowa-Des Moines. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 23 38 Tucker, 109-110; see also Susan Eberly, “Celebrating 100 Years in ‘The Little Church that Looks Like a House,” in From Within These Walls, 34 [NB: actual documents that associate Loring with the Derby, CT, church have not been located]. 39 Derby, CT, website, http://www.electronicvalley.org/derby/quiz/quizarchives.htm , accessed December 20, 2017. 40 Loring to Gordon, January 28, 1908, UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 8. 41 “Audit of Building Fund Accounts,” November 23, 1908, UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 6. 42 “Edna E. Wilson and the Church Chart,” 8. 43 Audit of Building Expenses for Church at Iowa City, Reported and Received February 23, 1909, UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 6. 44 The three board members associated with the State University of Iowa were Prof. Karl E. Guthe, Prof. Bohumil Shimek, and Mr. A. G. Worthing; Loring to Gordon, January 28, 1908. 45 “Contract between I.U.A. and First Unitarian Society of Iowa City, Iowa,” October 8, 1908, UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 8. 46 “Address Given by Rev. Eleanor E. Gordon, Secretary of Iowa Unitarian Association,” Old and New 16, no. 9 (November 1908). 47 “Unitarian Church was Dedicated Last Evening,” Iowa City Republican, October 26, 1908. 48 Loring to Gordon, October 28, 1908; Loring to Gordon, December 10, 1908; Loring to Gordon, April 7, 1909, UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 8. 49 “Letter or proposition of February 22, 1909 from Iowa City church re parsonage matter mtg. for $5000 to A.U.A.” and “Contract dated February 23, 1909 between I.U.A. and 1 st Unitarian Society of Iowa City, IA, as to building parsonage and mortgage to A.U.A. for $5000,” UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 9. 50 “Final Report: Iowa City Unitarian Church Building Committee,” July 1910, UUSIC Records, Box 7, Folder 10. 51 Joint Venture Agreement, June 1, 1951; Sidney G. Winter to Paul R. Olson, Treasurer, First Unitarian Society of Iowa City, April 8, 1952; [Sidney G. Winter], “Report – Iowa City Church,” typescript, ca. June 1952; and Winter to Olson, June 4, 1952, all UUSIC Records, Box 5. See also Allin Dakin to Roman Hruska, September 8, 1951; Dakin to Hruska, October 24, 1951; and “Memorandum: Necessary Repairs and Improvements on the Unitarian Church Property in Iowa City,” October 25, 1950, UUSIC Records, all Box 3. 52 Notice of “Special Meeting,” Sunday, April 16, 1961; Dee Norton and Dick Jordison, “Some Facts About the Church School and the Proposed New Building,” [April 1961]; The Iowa City Unitarian [newsletter], September 17, 1961, December 10, 1961, March 25, 1961, April 1, 1962, April 26, 1962, May 13, 1962, and May 20, 1962, all UUSIC Records, Box 5. 53 Minister’s Annual Report [Khoren Arisian, Jr.], 1961-62; Proposed Addition to the Unitarian Church, Preliminary Plan, R. R. Jordison, Architect, February 196; Fred W. 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Previous documentation on file (NPS): n/a 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 # Primary location of additional data: State Historic Preservation Office Other State Agency Federal Agency X Local Government University Other Name of repository: Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): 52-01739 Sections 9 – 11 page 26 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property F less than one acre Latitude/Longitude Coordinates Datum if other than WGS84: F (enter coordinates to 6 decimal places) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Verbal Boundary Description The north 85 feet of Lot 4, Block 44, Iowa City, Iowa. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Boundary Justification These boundaries include the footprint of the church, the new south entrance addition that will be constructed, and a 10 foot setback that would be required if the land on which the church is located were hypothetically separated from the development parcel. 11. Form Prepared By name/title Rebecca Conard date March 21, 2018 organization for Friends of Historic Preservation (Iowa City) telephone 615.975.0593 street & number 2186 Port Talbot Pl. email rebeccaconard@gmail.com city or town Coralville state IA zip code 52241 1 41 39’ 39.8” N 91 31’ 47.8” W 3 Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude 2 4 Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Sections 9 – 11 page 27 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: GIS Location Map (Google Earth or BING) First Unitarian Church (10 South Gilbert Street) in relation to Iowa River (far left), Old State Capitol/Pentacrest (left center), and downtown area. Sections 9 – 11 page 28 Local Location Map Iowa City Plat Map (2018), Block 44. The 85’ x 80’ portion of Lot 4 that constitutes the boundaries of the church is bordered in blue. Sections 9 – 11 page 29 Site Plan Site Plan from 1986 Architectural Drawings, William Nowysz, architect, showing the front entrance extension at the lower left corner, non-extant Worthley Building on the right, and non -extant ADA ramp at the top. Source: Iowa City Public Library, Building Plans Collection. Sections 9 – 11 page 30 Floor Plans (As Applicable) Upper Level Floor Plan. Courtesy Neumann Monson Architects and Iowa City Neighborhood and Community Development Department. Sections 9 – 11 page 31 Lower Level Floor Plan. Courtesy Neumann Monson Architects and Iowa City Neighborhood and Community Development Department. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Sections 9 – 11 page 32 Photographs: Photo Log Name of Property: First Unitarian Church City or Vicinity: Iowa City County: Johnson State: Iowa Photographer: Jessica Bristow – Exterior Rebecca Conard – Interior & Streetscape Date Photographed: July 25, 2017 December 5, 2017 & March 19, 2018 Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of camera: Exterior Photo 1 of 27: North Elevation, facing SE Photo 2 of 27: West Elevation, facing E Photo 3 of 27: South Elevation, facing NE Photo 4 of 27: East Elevation, facing W Photo 5 of 27: Front Entrance, North Elevation, facing S Photo 6 of 27: Rear Entrance, North Elevation, facing S Photo 7 of 27: Window and Gable Detail, North Elevation, facing SE Photo 8 of 27: Buttress and Window Detail, South Elevation, facing NNE Interior Photo 9 of 27: Front Entry, facing S Photo 10 of 27: Front Entry, facing N Photo 11 of 27: Narthex, facing N Photo 12 of 27: Sanctuary and Chancel, facing E Photo 13 of 27: Fireside Room, facing NNE Photo 14 of 27: Detail of Chancel and Organ Pipes, facing SE Photo 15 of 27: Detail of Felgemaker Organ, facing NE Photo 16 of 27: Detail of Organ Pipes in Closet to Right of Organ, facing NE Photo 17 of 27: Detail of Pulpit, facing NE Photo 18 of 27: Detail of Windows, Sanctuary, facing NE Photo 19 of 27: Detail of Triangular Window, Sanctuary, facing NW Photo 20 of 27: Channing Hall, Downstairs, facing W Photo 21 of 27: Stage-Parlor, Downstairs, facing E from Channing Hall Photo 22 of 27: Detail of Pocket Door between Channing Hall and Stage -Parlor, facing SW United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Sections 9 – 11 page 33 Photo 23 of 27: Kitchen, Downstairs, facing N Photo 24 of 27: Rear Entrance Stairway, facing SW Streetscapes Photo 25 of 27: Iowa Avenue & Gilbert Street, facing SE Photo 26 of 27: Iowa Avenue & Gilbert Street, facing SW Photo 27 of 27: Iowa Avenue & Gilbert Street, facing NE United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First Unitarian Church Johnson Co., Iowa Name of Property County and State Sections 9 – 11 page 34 Photograph Key, Upper Level Photograph Key, Lower Level Staff Report April 25, 2018 Historic Review for 725 North Linn Street District: Brown Street Historic District Classification: Contributing The applicant, Barbara Schwartz, is requesting approval for a proposed addition project at 725 North Linn Street, a contributing property in the Brown Street Historic District. The project consists of enclosing the existing non-historic screened porch to be used as a dining room and adding a new screen porch behind it. The deck will also be expanded to the west along the new screened porch. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.1 Balustrades and Handrails 4.3 Doors 4.5 Foundations 4.6 Gutters and Downspouts 4.7 Mass and Rooflines 4.10 Porches 4.11 Siding 4.13 Windows 4.14 Wood 5.0 Guidelines for Additions 5.1 Expansion of Building Footprint 5.2 Decks and Ramps Staff Comments This house was built in 1891 as a Victorian Cottage with Stick Style details. It has a hip roof with front, rear and side gable projections. Decorative barge boards and a stone foundation and to the historic character of the house. Decorative brackets add detail to the eave at the side bay. The windows are one-over-one double- hung in singles or in pairs with transom over the pair at the staircase. Originally, the house had a full-width front porch and a south-facing porch in the side of the rear gable projection. Between 1926 and 1933, the attached garage on the north side was added. It appears that the small rear side porch was enclosed as part of the kitchen around 1973. At the time of the 1981 Survey of the neighborhood, the front porch was missing and the house was considered non-contributing to the potential district. In 1994, the Commission approved the construction of a new front porch. In 1997, the Commission approved the construction of the existing screen porch and deck. In 2009 staff issued a Certificate of No Material Effect for a basement egress window and window well. All of these projects were completed by the current owner. The applicant is proposing to enclose that screened porch and insulate it to make it a habitable space. In order to age in place, the applicant is converting the existing dining room and small under-stair bath into a bedroom and slightly larger bath. The new enclosed room, connected to the kitchen, will become the dining room. Since the applicant regularly uses her deck and screen porch, she will add a new one to the back of the new enclosed room. The construction of this new addition and enclosed space will match the materials and details of the existing house. Siding, trim, and shingles will match the existing. The existing spindled deck and screen porch railing will be reused as much as possible. An original exterior door that enters onto the existing porch will be moved to the deck side of the enclosed space. Wood will be used for all deck and porch materials. The skirting will be lattice. The new siding will be fiber cement board. The new windows will be Quaker, Brighton double-hung windows. A rear door onto the screened porch is shown in the drawings as a sliding door. Since this type of door would not be allowed by the guidelines, staff has mentioned this to the architect and is waiting on a response at the time of this report. The guidelines recommend distinguishing between the historic structure and the new addition. This may be accomplished easily by offsetting the walls of the addition from the walls of the original structure and placing building additions at the rear of a property, if possible. New foundations will appear similar to the historic foundation. New additions should be consistent with the massing and roofline of the historic building. The roof overhang, soffits and eaves of the addition should match the roof overhang, soffits and eaves of the existing building. New porches should be consistent with the historic building or similar to porches of the same architectural style. New porches should use traditional porch construction and have skirting between the piers. Siding should appear to match the existing siding and windows should be of a similar type, proportion and divided light pattern as the original structure. New decks should also be located at the rear of the property and set in from the side walls at least 8 inches. The railing on a deck should follow the guidelines on handrails. In Staff’s opinion, this is an appropriate addition for this house. It is set behind the main house, not the garage addition. The materials and detailing will match the house and also match the earlier porch addition. The Quaker Brighton windows will be appropriate for this house. Even though the project meets so many requirements of the guidelines, there are several details that should be noted. Since the existing screen porch is supported on piers which will be sufficient for the new dining room, the floor will just be insulated and weather protected from below. Along the south side, the lack of matching foundation would be visible. For this reason, a panel will be used to mimic the foundation wall in this area. Staff finds this acceptable as long as it will be constructed so that it does not deteriorate. On the north and west sides, this area will be obscured by the deck and porch and their skirting. As long as it is not visible, staff also finds this acceptable. For the new roof, the proposal is to match the existing shingles on the house. These shingles are not what would be approved on this house but they are in good condition and not needing replacement. For this reason, staff finds it acceptable to match them in the new addition. Even though the new screened porch will be built on it the newly enclosed rear wall of the house is still an exterior wall. The screens could be removed and the rear porch could become an open porch. For this reason, staff finds that a sliding door is not appropriate for this location. Staff recommends a French door instead. This wall shall also have siding and trim. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 725 N. Linn as presented in the application with the following conditions:  The rear sliding door is changed to a French door.  French door product information is submitted for approval from staff and chair Application for Historic Review Property Owner/ Applicant information (Please check primary contact person) Historic Designation (Maps are located at the following link: www.icgov.org/historicpreservationresources) Proposed Project Information 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 1HLJKERUKRRGDQG'HYHORSPHQW6HUYLFHVRIÀFHDW&LW\+DOO or online at: www.icgov.org/historicpreservationresources 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 RIÀFHRI1HLJKERUKRRGDQG'HYHORSPHQW6HUYLFHVE\QRRQRQ:HGQHVGD\WKUHHZHHNVSULRUWRWKH meeting. See last page of this application for deadlines and meeting dates. For Staff Use: Date submitted: &HUWLÀFDWHRI1RPDWHULDO(IIHFW &HUWLÀFDWHRI$SSURSULDWHQHVV Major Review Intermediate Review Minor Review Property Owner Name: (PDLO Address: Phone Number: City: State: Zip Code: This Property is a local historic landmark. This Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location): Contractor/Consultant Name: (PDLO Address: Phone Number: City: State: Zip Code: Address: Use of Property: Date Constructed (if known): OR Brown St. Historic District College Green Historic District (DVW&ROOHJH6W+LVWRULF'LVWULFW Longfellow Historic District Northside Historic District Summit St. Historic District Woodlawn Historic District Clark St. Conservation District College Hill Conservation District Dearborn St. Conservation District Goosetown/ Horace Mann Conservation District Governor-Lucas St. Conservation District :LWKLQWKHGLVWULFWWKLV3URSHUW\LV&ODVVLÀHGDV Contributing Noncontributing Nonhistoric Jefferson St. Historic District 4/18/2018 Barbara Schwartz barbara-schwartz@uiowa.edu 319-430-8703 725 Linn Street Iowa City IA 52245 McDonough Structures - Olga and John jnmartinek@yahoo.com 319-631-0408 340 Highland Ave Iowa City IA 52240 725 Linn Street Private Residence Application Requirements Application Requirements Addition %XLOGLQJ(OHYDWLRQV (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.) Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected. Product Information Floor Plans Site Plans Photographs Alteration %XLOGLQJ(OHYDWLRQV (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 DOWHUDWLRQSKRWRJUDSKVDQGGUDZLQJVWRGHVFULEHWKHVFRSHRIWKHSURMHFWDUHVXIÀFLHQW Product Information Photographs Construction %XLOGLQJ(OHYDWLRQV of a new building Product Information Floor Plans Site Plans Photographs Demolition Photographs (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.) (YLGHQFHRIGHWHULRUDWLRQ Proposal of Future Plans Repair or Restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance. Other Please contact the Preservation Specialist at 356-5243 for materials which need to be included with applications Project Description: Materials to be Used: Exterior Appearance Changes: Photographs Product Information To Submit Application:Download form, Fill it out and email it to jessica-bristow@iowa-city.org or mail to Historic 3UHVHUYDWLRQ&LW\RI,RZD&LW\(:DVKLQJWRQ6WUHHW,RZD&LW\,$ This project involves the conversion of an existing screen porch (not original to the house and constructed on piers) into an insulated and finished living room space and to open up that space into the existing kitchen. A new screen porch will be added and will look very similar to the existing one. A new deck will be constructed and will look similar to the existing one. Note: homeowner would like to replace the south window in the front living room of the existing house. Repair and reuse some existing materials, especially on the deck and porch railings. New Windows – double hung Quaker Brighton – paintable aluminum clad exterior and wood interior; Siding – 4 ½” exposure fiber cement lap style siding, gable end on the porch to have shake shingle siding; Trim – to match existing at all locations – painted wood; Roof – asphalt shingles to match house is preferable; deck boards – wood on exterior deck and on interior of the screen porch; gutters – match existing painted alumi There will not be any major appearance changes to the exterior. We will attempt to match all existing architectural styles, colors, and other details. POWDER ROOMPROPERTY LINE50.0'PROPERTY LINE160.0'N. LINN STREETPROPERTY LINE160.0'PROPERTY LINE50.0'Project Name:SCHWARTZRESIDENCEIOWA CITY725 N. 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LINN STREETIOWA 52245Sheet Title:SOUTH ELEVATIONFOR REFERENCE ONLYIssue Data:APRIL, 2018Drawn By:E3Sheet Number:975 238th Street NE #1North Liberty, IA 52317McDONOUGH STRUCTURESFax: (319) 665-4142Phone: (319) 665-4141DH 2x 30"x72"match existing windowswww.mcdonoughstructures.com0102continue water table and match existing trimmatch the concrete finish of the ex. houseover the masonry boardframed panelsmatch front porchframed panelsmatch front porchnew screen porchexistingskylight Staff Report May 1, 2018 Historic Review for 833 Rundell Street District: Dearborn Street Conservation District Classification: Contributing The applicant, Michal and Riley Eynon-Lynch, are requesting approval for a proposed addition project at 833 Rundell Street, a Contributing property in the Dearborn Street Conservation District. The project consists of adding dormers to both sides of the gable roof and adding a screened porch to the rear of the house. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.1 Balustrades and Handrails 4.3 Doors 4.5 Foundations 4.6 Gutters and Downspouts 4.7 Mass and Rooflines 4.10 Porches 4.11 Siding 4.13 Windows 4.14 Wood 5.0 Guidelines for Additions 5.1 Expansion of Building Footprint Staff Comments This one-story front gabled house is a simple example of the popular bungalow. The entrance is at the side of a lower-pitched front gable extension that was originally the porch. Date of construction is listed as 1926 by the Iowa City Assessor; 1931 on the Site Inventory Form. There is a single car garage from the same period located immediately to the rear of the house. The windows on this house are double-hung, with a vertical divided-lite top sash characteristic of the Craftsman style. Any other exterior details of the Craftsman style are now missing, or covered by the replacement siding. The exposed foundation is textured concrete block. Roofing is asphalt shingles. In 2010 staff and the Commission Chair approved replacement of four basement windows. In 2012 the current owner went through the approval process for a single south-facing dormer. While the Commission approved the main design, the items requiring Chair and staff approval were never submitted and neither final approval nor a building permit were ever issued. With the current project, the applicant is proposing to add dormers to both sides of the front-gabled roof. Each dormer consists of two projecting gable ends with a recessed shed-roof section between them. Each gable end section has a roof pitch to match the main roof and a face that is comprised mostly of windows. The shed roof section has a lower pitch and has a pair of windows located in the middle of the wall span. The applicants also propose to alter the back of the house. The basement stair will be relocated in the house so the rear door will be relocated to the main floor level. The new door will open onto a new screened porch. The existing small kitchen window will be replaced and two new windows will be added to the back of the house next to the porch. The attic window will also be replaced. The guidelines for Mass and Rooflines recommend designing new dormers to be of a size, scale and proportion that is consistent with the architectural style and individual character of the house. The face of the dormer should be primarily composed of window area, and the pitch of the dormer roof should match the main roof. Materials such as shingles, siding, and trim should match the historic portion of the house. The guidelines for windows recommend that new windows match the type, size, sash width, trim, divided lites, and overall appearance of the historic windows. The guidelines for new siding allow fiber cement board, using the smooth rather than the textured side. A porch addition, like any addition, should be placed at the rear of the house if possible. It should be differentiated from the historic structure and set in from the side of the house. It should also use a palette of materials similar to that on the historic structure. Porches should have piers under the porch columns that are constructed of a material that matches the foundation. Skirting should be installed between the porch piers. Railings must meet the guidelines. Staff has worked with the architect to reduce the original full-length shed-roof dormers to the current configuration which minimizes the scale of the face of the dormers. The gable projections allow that portion of the dormer to consist of windows more than wall which meets the goal of the guidelines. The smaller windows in the recessed section of the dormer will be in closets and a bath. There are numerous examples in Iowa City of Craftsman homes with windows in closets and other small spaces. Staff finds that this dormer configuration is acceptable for this house. The use of metal-clad, solid-wood windows with simulated divided lights to match the existing is acceptable. For the siding on this house it may be more appropriate to use a narrower exposure instead of matching the wide replacement siding on the house. Staff suggested that when some of the aluminum is removed to tie in the new porch roof, the condition, existence, and configuration of the historic siding is reviewed. Matching the new siding in the dormers to the historic siding may be preferred in case the owners wish to remove the aluminum in the future. Because of the reconfiguration of the interior stair, the applicant proposes to move the front window on the house slightly to the south. Since this window does not align with any other windows and the new location is more balanced between the enclosed front porch and the corner, staff finds this change acceptable as long as the siding is repaired so that the change is not evident. The new rear porch will be constructed as if it was originally open so that it will have a balustrade of simple square spindles, corner piers and columns and a roof to match the existing roof. These shingles are not what would be approved on this house but they are in good condition. For this reason, staff finds it acceptable to match them in the new addition. If the owner decides to reroof the house because of the dormer addition, the new shingles will be appropriate architectural asphalt shingles. Staff finds that the new rear porch design is acceptable for this house. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 833 Rundell Street as presented in the application. Application Requirements Application Requirements Addition %XLOGLQJ(OHYDWLRQV (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.) Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected. Product Information Floor Plans Site Plans Photographs Alteration %XLOGLQJ(OHYDWLRQV (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 DOWHUDWLRQSKRWRJUDSKVDQGGUDZLQJVWRGHVFULEHWKHVFRSHRIWKHSURMHFWDUHVXIÀFLHQW Product Information Photographs Construction %XLOGLQJ(OHYDWLRQV of a new building Product Information Floor Plans Site Plans Photographs Demolition Photographs (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.) (YLGHQFHRIGHWHULRUDWLRQ Proposal of Future Plans Repair or Restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance. Other Please contact the Preservation Specialist at 356-5243 for materials which need to be included with applications Project Description: Materials to be Used: Exterior Appearance Changes: Photographs Product Information To Submit Application:Download form, Fill it out and email it to jessica-bristow@iowa-city.org or mail to Historic 3UHVHUYDWLRQ&LW\RI,RZD&LW\(:DVKLQJWRQ6WUHHW,RZD&LW\,$ This project involves the addition of dormers and windows to the second floor attic of the house to create usable living space and bedrooms. Additional interior remodeling will occur. An open porch with a roof will be added to the back of the house on piers. The garage will not be touched. No changes will occur that will affect the FEMA flood plain requirements as discussed with Julie Tallman. New Windows – double hung Quaker Brighton with SDL grids to match existing styles – paintable aluminum clad exterior and wood interior; Quaker Brighton French Door with SDL grids; Siding – match existing exposure, painted fiber cement lap style siding on new dormers and back kitchen wall only; Wood Trim – see plans for proposed details; Roof – asphalt shingles to match house is preferable; deck boards – wood on exterior porch; gutters – match existing painted aluminum seamless gutters; wood paint Changes to the exterior appearance include the addition of the dormers and the open porch on the back side of the house. CITY OF IOWA CITY Historic Preservation Commission 2018 Application Deadline ______________________________________________________________________ APPLICATION DEADLINE (12:00 noon) MEETING DATE December 20, 2017 .................................................................................. January 11, 2018 January 17, 2018 ...................................................................................... February 8, 2018 February 14, 2018 ........................................................................................ March 8, 2018 March 21, 2018 ............................................................................................. April 12, 2018 April 18, 2018 ................................................................................................. May 10, 2018 May 23, 2018 .................................................................................................. June 14, 2018 June 20, 2018 ................................................................................................... July 12, 2018 July 18, 2018 ................................................................................................. August 9, 2018 August 22, 2018 ................................................................................. September 13, 2018 September 19, 2018 ............................................................................... October 11, 2018 October 17, 2018 ................................................................................. November 8, 2018 November 21, 2018 ............................................................................ December 13, 2018 December 19, 2018 .................................................................................. January 10, 2019 Submit Application by Noon to: Neighborhood & Development Services 410 E. Washington Street, Level 2 Meeting time and location Historic Preservation Commission meetings are scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in Emma Harvat Hall, City Hall, 410 East Washington Street. Attendees are advised to check the meeting agenda at www.icgov.org/agenda or contact the Department of Development Services at 319-356-5230 for any possible changes. For more information contact Bob Miklo, 319-356-5240 or bob-miklo@iowa-city.org Jessica Bristow, 319-356-5243 or jessica-bristow@iowa-city.org Project Name:Sheet Title:FOR REFERENCE ONLYIssue Data:OLGA BADOVINACSheet Number:Scale:Design and Drawn By:Iowa City, IA 52240340 Highland Ave.Phone: (319) 512-6491McDONOUGH STRUCTURESwww.mcdonoughstructures.comSITE PLANMAY, 20183/32"=1'-0"A0NPROPERTY LINE50.0'PROPERTY LINE125.0'RUNDELL ST.PROPERTY LINE125.0'PROPERTY LINE50.0'drivewayLYNCHRESIDENCEIOWA CITY833 RUNDELL ST.IOWA, 52240 32'-134"8'-434"9'-512"32'-134"17'-1014"52'-612"12'-0"63'-0"15'-0"12'-0"14'-6"9'-734"12'-0"14'-0"16'-612"24'-134"garagescreenedporchadditionexistinghouseexisting8'-114"01010203 14'-10"12'-0"40'-612"14'-6"8'-434"32'-134"3'-0"18'-0"DECKstep downRETAINING WALLEXISTING GARAGEnew windowmatch existingADDITIONSCREENED PORCH(WOOD DECK)DH 28" x 30"existing windowDH 28" x 32-1/2"new window36" x 6'-8"2 x DH 28" x 54"new 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the roof use architectural shingles medium to dark brown or gray)match existing roofconcrete block w/corner piecesrock face blockor veneer blockpainted wood postsquare balusters painted wood railingexisting roof1'-4"latticelattice MINUTES PRELIMINARY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION EMMA J. HARVAT HALL APRIL 12, 2018 MEMBERS PRESENT: Thomas Agran, Esther Baker, Kevin Boyd, Zach Builta, Gosia Clore, Sharon DeGraw, G. T. Karr, Cecile Kuenzli, Pam Michaud, Ginalie Swaim, Frank Wagner MEMBERS ABSENT: STAFF PRESENT: Jessica Bristow OTHERS PRESENT: John Beasley, Richardson Carlson, Ted Heald, Alicia Trimble RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: By a vote of 11-0 the Commission recommends approval of the local designation of the Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District. The District includes the properties on the east side of Clinton Street from 530 South Clinton Street to the Iowa Interstate Railroad tracks. CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Swaim called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA: There was none. PUBLIC HEARING FOR CLINTON STREET AND RAILROAD DEPOT HISTORIC DISTRICT. Bristow said that the historic preservation component of the Comprehensive Plan encourages the identification and preservation of properties and neighborhoods that are significant to Iowa City's architecture and culture. She said that after the 2008 flood and because of the loss of the Sabin School, FEMA directed that a study would be done, partly to mitigate for that loss. Bristow stated that the study was done by Richard Carlson and Marlin Ingalls of the Office of the State Archaeologist. She said that the goal was to identify the last historic properties in the near south side, what is now called the Riverfront Crossings District. Bristow said the area is developing rapidly, and the plan was to take action to protect historic properties proactively. Bristow said the study identified a potential historic district along South Clinton Street, extending east to include the Rock Island Railroad Depot and adjacent properties. She showed a diagram with the black dashed outline referring to the proposed historic district according to the Carlson and Ingalls study. Bristow said the red line is the current, revised district boundary. Bristow said that a subcommittee of the Historic Preservation Commission met to discuss the integrity of some of the other buildings in the larger outline and the lack of really cohesive proximity with the area south of the railroad track. She said that is how the boundary came to be decreased. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 2 of 15 Bristow stated that the proposed historic district is a step toward implementing the Downtown and Riverfront Crossings Master Plan. She said the plan identified historic properties that could be kept when other development occurred in the area. Bristow showed a slide from the Central Crossings portion of the Riverfront Crossings District. She said that some of the buildings are shown as tan. Bristow said the tan buildings are existing buildings that would be considered retained buildings as part of the master plan. She said that all of the white buildings signify new development. Bristow said that the area, the same area in the red outline, was comprised of buildings that the Master Plan intended to keep as part of an historic feel for the developing area. To implement the plan, Bristow said that the City Council also adopted zoning codes to provide incentives to encourage the continued use of historic buildings, including flexibility in how zoning laws are applied to designated properties such as reduction in parking requirements, waivers or modifications of setback and height standards, and, in some cases, allowed uses of properties. She said that in this Riverfront Crossings District, development rights may also be transferred to allow the continued use of historic buildings, plus additional bonus development square footage may also be transferred and added to other properties. Bristow said that there are also financial incentives. She referred to the State and federal tax credits. Bristow said there are also local tax exemptions for the increased value after an extensive rehabilitation is done on a property. Bristow stated that the first step in establishing a local historic district after the owner meeting, which was held several months ago, is the discussion and public hearing with the Historic Preservation Commission. She added that the next step is consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission and finally, consideration by the City Council. Bristow said this district is anchored on the south side by the railroad depot and the hotel across the street from the depot. She said it continues with a tree-lined street with residential properties. Bristow said this street leads north toward the National Register-listed Johnson County Court House, which was built around 1901, about the time when some of these houses were built; and continues north to downtown. Bristow said there is a South Side District, where the railroad really formed a boundary between manufacturing and working-class housing south of the track and some working-class but more middle-class housing that is north of the track. She said the neighborhood became very important because it was designed in recognizable styles - styles that one can still see today - and also because known local and regional architects and builders were used. Bristow said the study refers to South Clinton Street as one of Iowa City's more important residential streets in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She added that while the City's most expensive homes at the time were built on Summit Street, Brown Street, and College Green; South Clinton Street was a popular location for middle class, architect-designed residences during this period. Bristow said that part of the integrity and cohesiveness of this district is the fact that these buildings were all constructed by these architects and builders, and it has retained an integrity of style and massing of the buildings in the area. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 3 of 15 Bristow said the staff report refers to the known architects of these buildings. She said that 604 South Clinton Street, however, was not built by a known architect or builder, but it is in a very distinct style. Bristow said that at one point very early in its history, it was raised, a new foundation was put in, and a new porch was constructed, but one can see that this style is part of the stick style. She stated that it is really a transitional style from the Italianate with its big cornice brackets and a big frieze board like this, moving into a Queen Anne style, which is a little more eclectic. Bristow added that the house at 604 South Clinton is the J. Walter and May Parvin Lee house and was the first house built in this particular district, in 1878. She said that J. Walter Lee was a grocer and merchant, and he and his family lived in the house for 20 years. Bristow said that it has been a rental property since then. She stated that it has a very high degree of architectural integrity. Regarding 530 South Clinton Street, the Eugene and Olivia Paine house, Bristow said this house was a George F. Barber design. She said that Barber was a regional architect who found a lot of prominence and success by mass marketing his designs. Bristow said that the house has some very interesting details. She said that if one compares it to the Bloomsbury house, another Barber design, on College and Summit Streets, they both have a lot of brick detail and carved stone or concrete details. Bristow said that the front porch on 530 South Clinton Street has been removed, the gable has changed, and there have been some other changes. She said that the plans to this house are available, and none of these things are changes that she feels really harm the architectural integrity of this house. Bristow said that everything that has been done could be undone, and the house is a really good example of the Barber houses and something that is a Queen Anne style with a lot of detail in the brick work. Bristow said the next building constructed was the Passenger Depot, which really helped the neighborhood expand. She said it was built because the original station, about four blocks to the east, was getting a lot of traffic so that a secondary station was needed. Bristow said it is in a kind of Romanesque-type style. Bristow said that the depot is already listed on the National Register. She said that it has had some changes, but they have been very sensitive. Bristow added that it would still be eligible to be listed on the National Register today if it were to be newly registered. She pointed out that the criteria for the National Register change over time, and they are a little bit more stringent now. Bristow said that the report discusses which houses are individually eligible, based on the Carlson/Ingalls report. Bristow discussed 614 South Clinton Street, built by O. H. Carpenter, one of the local architects. She stated that the house has had some changes but would still be contributing to this district. Bristow said the changes involve removal of the porch and siding changes, things that could be reversed. She said the house does not have quite the same amount of detail seen in the other houses, but it does still have the hallmarks of designs by Carpenter. Bristow said 614 South Clinton is the Ellen Donohoe house. She said that Donohoe lived next door at 612 South Clinton while this house was being built. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 4 of 15 Bristow said that the house at 612 South Clinton Street was also designed by O.H. Carpenter and was built in 1907 in the location of the new hotel across from the Music Building on Clinton Street. She said it was in the 300 block but then moved in 1948 to this location. Bristow said if one looks at the 1911 photograph from before the house was moved, it looks pretty much the same. She discussed the change in the columns style and said that the columns, floor, and baluster would have been removed to relocate the house. Bristow stated that the house has a high level of integrity as a design by Carpenter, because it really hasn't been changed much since it was moved and really did not change much before the move either. She said that moving houses was common in Iowa City, and it is well-documented in the multi-property documents for Iowa City that many of the houses that were moved during an historic period still retain their National Register eligibility. Bristow said the house also has an interesting design in the front gambrel roof. She said the shell design is unique to this house. Bristow said that after the railroad depot was built, O'Reilly, who was a saloonkeeper, decided to speculate and built the hotel at 624 Clinton Street in about six months, although it did not open until the next year. She said it was part of what filled in this neighborhood and gave it the sense of character that is there now. Bristow said the hotel was built as a commercial, brick structure. She said there have been some changes, as it was originally just a hotel. Bristow said that in the 1950s some apartments were put in, and then later it became all apartments, in 1957. She said that it still has a high integrity of its original construction as well. Bristow read from the report's conclusion: This neighborhood, anchored by the passenger depot on the southern edge, retains a high degree of integrity as the last remaining vestiges of the 1870s to 1910s near the south side development. As one of the last intact residential neighborhoods in the Riverfront Crossings District, each contributing building essentially retains the same massing, roofline, and window pattern as it did during its period of significance. Where features are missing, they could be reconstructed. As a group, they tell the story of the development of a middle-class neighborhood that gained prominence through the use of known architects and prominent builders. They also provide a connection between the passenger station, the hotel, and the residential neighborhood leading north in the direction of the Court House and Downtown. The Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic will preserve this historic residential context for the Riverfront Crossings Master Plan. Bristow said that in order to move forward with this, the Commission needs to determine that this group of buildings, this potential historic district, meets several approval criteria. She said that it needs to meet criterion A: significant to American and/or Iowa City history, architecture, and archaeology and culture and criterion B: possesses an integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship. Bristow said that it also needs to meet one of the following - C: associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; D: associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; E: 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 may lack individual distinction; or F: has yielded or may likely yield information in prehistoric history or history. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 5 of 15 Bristow said staff finds that the proposed historic district meets criteria A and B as the last remaining intact collection of buildings in this near south side neighborhood that developed as a middle class neighborhood and further developed in association with the railroad and the passenger depot. She said staff also finds that as a neighborhood that included buildings associated with the railroad, the district also meets criterion C, which is events significant in our history. Bristow said staff finds that the district also meets criterion E in that buildings were either designed by well known or local or regional architects, built by well known local builders, or are intact, distinct representatives of specific types. She stated that the Commission may also find that the district meets criterion D in its association with a prosperous coal dealer - Payne, a speculator or saloonkeeper - O'Reilly, in addition to the architects and builders involved, which makes this meet criterion E. Bristow said that the recommended motion at this point is that the Commission move to designate the Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District based on the criteria for local designation A, B, C, and E. Swaim discussed the procedure for the public hearing. She asked any speakers to sign in with their names and addresses and state their names. Swaim asked speakers to limit themselves to five minutes in the initial round of comments. She said that when everyone has had two opportunities to speak, the public hearing will be closed, and the Commission will ask questions of Bristow, discuss the information, and then vote. Public hearing open: Beasley said he represents John Roffman, who owns several buildings impacted by the proposed motion. He said they want to be on record as opposing the motion and asked that the Commission deny it. Carlson said that he is one of the authors of the report and the author of the historic district nomination for the National Register Historic District. He said he is pleased that this has finally come before the Commission. Carlson said that the south side of Iowa City is nearly as old as the rest of the City, and the whole area was platted two years after the City was platted. He said that the area has been devastated by urban renewal and other changes since the 1960s. Carlson said that practically nothing remains, but the small district does remain, and he hopes that the Commission will forward this to the Planning and Zoning Commission and that the City will approve this as an historic district. Swaim thanked Carlson for his work on this. Trimble said that she represents Friends of Historic Preservation. She said that Carlson's report was very clear. Trimble said the Commission was reminded by the City Council, by two previous City Councils now since the cottage issue, that it is to look in this area for any more buildings or districts that need to be designated. She said this is therefore being done at the City Council's request. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 6 of 15 Trimble said it is apparent that many of these properties are very important to Iowa City history. She said the Commission is well aware of the work that has been put into all of these properties and aware of what an important architect O. H. Carpenter was, as well as other players such as O'Reilly. Trimble said these are important properties to protect. Public hearing closed. Builta said that preserving the history of these locations and adding districts is what the Commission does, he questioned why the Commission wouldn't approve this. He asked how making these buildings and this area an historic preservation district would penalize the people who own these properties or live near this area. Boyd said he noticed in the staff report that there are credits that can be applied and transferred to other buildings. He said there is an opportunity here for additional benefits to the property owners. Builta said there must be negatives though, or everyone would be in favor of this district happening, especially people who own those buildings and would gain the tax credits. He said that doesn't seem to be the case always. Swaim said it is the situation of any house in a district - if the owners are doing exterior work, it would require a building permit and would come before the Commission as an application to be reviewed. She said that is a relatively streamlined process with very quick turnover for the many applications that may be reviewed by staff or staff and the chair. Swaim said that the applications that come before the Commission are reviewed at the monthly meeting. Swaim said she believes strongly in preservation. She said that the Commission reviews kinds of improvements or maintenance that keeps the houses in good repair and increases their care, character, and longevity. Swaim said the review process may slow things up for people who want to get started tomorrow on replacing or repairing something but not in any serious way. Kuenzli said that Carlson clearly did a very thoroughly researched and considered study. She said that Carlson's recommended district was larger than the one the Commission is considering and asked why this was downsized. Kuenzli said it would enhance the impression of neighborhood if the area that was originally included on the other side of Prentiss Street were included. Swaim stated that the other houses had quite a bit of alteration. She said it would have been harder to restore them. Swaim said they don't retain as much historic integrity as the houses being included here. DeGraw asked if it is known if this part of the railroad was part of the underground railroad. Swaim stated that it was not. MOTION: Agran moved to approve the designation of the Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District, based on the following criteria for local designation: Criteria A, B, C, D, and E. Baker seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 11-0. Swaim stated that this will go on to the Planning and Zoning Commission, which looks at this for other criteria. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 7 of 15 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS - CONSENT AGENDA: 706 East College Street. Bristow said this is a consent agenda item. She said there is going to be a lot of work done here. Bristow said the Commission will be voting on reconstructing a brick chimney where the metal chimney is, possibly reconstructing a part of the porch along Dodge Street, and replacing a window with an official egress window and increasing the window well. Bristow said there is a lot of other work to be approved by staff. Kuenzli asked if the applicant intends to restore the railing around the porch on the ground floor and in front of the gable on the second floor. Bristow said that is possible. She said the applicant is applying for State and federal tax credits and might also apply for tax exemption, depending on what the owner's budget allows. Bristow showed an historic photograph of the property from between 1920 and 1966. Swaim commented that there are sometimes photographs of historic houses in Iowa City on The University of Iowa website at University Libraries. MOTION: Boyd moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for 706 East College Street as presented in the application with the following conditions: spindle design will be approved by staff. Clore seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 11-0. CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS: 818 South Summit Street. Bristow said this house is on the far southern edge of the Summit Street Historic District. She said it is a Queen Anne type of house but does have a few free classic details. Bristow said she would not really know what the style is until she could see under that siding. Bristow said the current project is for the replacement of the two windows on the second floor on the south side and the one window on the second floor on the north side. She said that at the time of the staff report, she only knew that they had been replaced, the type of window, and that they were resized. Bristow said that since then staff has spoken to the applicant. She said that as one can see, the single-story area in back is an addition, put on some time after 1948 but before 2012. Bristow said that these windows went pretty much down to the addition roofline. She said the applicant said that the windows needed to be replaced, because they were very deteriorated. Bristow said one can see how the splashing off the roof would cause the windows to be deteriorated. Bristow stated that currently, staff would entertain the idea of making these shorter windows. She said that they would need to be appropriate windows, not the flange-mounted, vinyl windows that they are currently. Bristow said that staff would like to work with the applicant to get windows that are a little bit longer than this. She said that they would not need to be this far off of the roof edge to be maintainable. Bristow said that staff could see having these replaced with a shorter-sized window so they do not cause the recurring problem caused by the earlier addition. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 8 of 15 Bristow said that on the other side, the applicant says that a shorter window is required because of a kitchen counter. She said that is something the Commission has seen happen and has approved. Bristow said that in this case, it is in the back portion of the house and faces an alley. She said staff feels that it could be approved to have a window that clears the counter on the inside. Bristow said the type of window and making sure that it is a window that is the correct width, is not flange-mounted, and is not vinyl is what staff would recommend. She said at the point the staff report was written, there was a suggestion to deny the application. Bristow said that after speaking to the applicant, staff would recommend a motion that could allow a change in the window size, but it should be an appropriate, approvable window. She said the siding would also need to be blended in to match. Bristow said that currently the bottom piece is a piece of white siding, and it would need to be matched in a little bit better. Wagner said he believed this house had windows that were replaced a few years ago that were not the right ones. Bristow said that part of the 2012 project involved some of the windows on the first floor addition area. She said that the work was done without a permit, but this configuration of windows was approved. Bristow said it did go through the Commission to adjust what had been done. She said that some of the window work here was done in 2012 with some approval. Karr asked if the applicants would just be expected to put a piece of metal siding back in where the white is on the siding. Bristow said that with a house like this, hopefully someone in the future will remove that synthetic siding and then all of it could be repaired so that it is seamless. She added that it does make a window change like this problematic, because it is harder to replace or piece in siding that is faded and old. Bristow said that she would like to see them somehow match or blend with that. Bristow said that typically what should be done would be for them to remove some of the surrounding pieces so that longer stretches could be put in so that there is not the distinct line of where the old windows were. Heald, the owner of the property, said that the north side just needs a coat of paint on the one right bit of the siding. He said it was too cold to paint at that time, but it wouldn't be a white strip after painting. Heald said that this is a very old building. He said it changed owners about a dozen times between 1890 and 1920. Heald said it was divided into a duplex around 1920. He said that in the 1940s and 1950s, there were two small apartments in the basement of the house. Heald said that the south facing windows had to be changed out four years ago, and he did get a permit for the work. He said that at that time, the deteriorated tall windows upstairs were the cause of a serious leak of rain water into the kitchen below. Heald said that ultimately the whole roof structure, indeed the whole southeast corner of the lower apartment, none of which was original, had to be rebuilt. He said that a big part of the problem was caused by tenants who used the upstairs windows to sunbathe on the roof. Heald said that this past winter he has been doing extensive renovation of the upstairs apartment, all of which was interior work. He said that in the course of remodeling, he had to deal with the old window on the north side. Heald said the window was unusable, deteriorated, located behind the stove, and partially hidden by the overhanging countertop and cabinets. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 9 of 15 Heald said he told his carpenter to take out the old window and install an insulated, new window with the same width but smaller in height, in order to fit above the stove. He said that replacing the window was a very minor task in the overall project, and it was finished about two months ago. Heald said he did not realize that a building permit was required for exterior work. He said he has no excuse. Heald said he should have known better, and he apologizes profusely. He said the question now is how to move forward. Heald stated that he is impatient to get this apartment rented. He said that it has been vacant for six to seven months, and he needs the income. Heald said he can live with the Commission's decision but asks that this window be allowed as a permitted, non-conforming window, only visible from the alley. He said that from Sheridan Street down to the railroad tracks, the whole 800 block is all duplexes. Heald said that across the street on Summit, the four buildings are all modern construction duplexes. He said it is not as historic as further north on Summit Street. Heald said it is ironic that he is dealing with this, since he is a long-time supporter of historic preservation and the mission of this Commission. He said that 20 years ago, the old bridge over the railroad on Summit Street was replaced with a fine, pedestrian-friendly new bridge. Heald said that when the bridge was re-opened, he owned the Summit Street Gallery and hosted many neighborhood events. He referenced a photograph and said he was chosen to cut the ribbon and open the bridge for traffic. Heald said that in his remarks he referenced the Historic Preservation Commission and told the schoolchildren they were lucky to live in a town that preserved its rich and unique history. Heald said his building has had a long and checkered history. He said that the front side is the important side for its historical affect. Heald said he looks forward to having the Commission help him decide how to remodel the front porch. Regarding the southeast corner of the property, Agran said he is sympathetic to how close that is to the roofline, although it would not have been close to that roofline before the addition. He said those original windows did last for a long time, even in that proximity. Agran said that if those windows were full length, he wondered if the metal-clad wood windows that the Commission approves would have been more maintenance free and have held up to the proximity of the water a little bit better. He said that either way, if they were to be replaced and they could be longer, he would be in favor of that. Agran said that otherwise, there is such a mishmash of windows on the whole house. He said that part of what the Commission looks for is maintaining consistency. Agran said that what he would be most sympathetic to would be if the windows are left at this certain size, that the size is in keeping with other historic windows on the property. Agran said that if the lower right windows are original, maybe that length could be matched. He said that as the windows are changed out, he would like to see it not add to the chaos but add to the rhythm of the house. Agran said it would be the same for the new one on the other side. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 10 of 15 Kuenzli said she agreed with Agran that there is a hodgepodge of window sizes and styles here. She said that if the windows on the southeast corner could be longer to fit in better, the effect would be less jarring. Karr said that for him there are kind of two questions for the northeast corner and the southeast corner and those involve the window openings themselves and the other involves the material used. He said he feels that, regarding the opening on the northeast side being raised to accommodate a kitchen, which the Commission has approved, he is less concerned about the size of it. Regarding the material, Karr said the Commission has a standard as to what is expected for window materials. Regarding the southeast corner, Karr said that he feels like both the opening is perhaps too small and, as pointed out, the materials are non-conforming. He said he would be in favor of appropriate materials for all windows, the opening in the northeast window remaining as is, and the opening in the southeast with new windows, perhaps better fitting and matching the house. Agran said that there were times when the Commission did allow a vinyl window to be retained, specifically the vinyl window put into the shed structure on the North Side and Van Buren Street. He said that this is a contributing property and asked about the opportunities for the departure from a prohibition of non-conforming materials. Regarding the house on Ronalds Street discussed by Agran, Bristow said that the play structure is an outbuilding. She said that the guidelines do have exceptions to sometimes allow vinyl windows in an outbuilding specifically, but not in a primary structure. She said that for a primary structure in an historic district, the guidelines only allow a wood window or possibly a metal-clad wood window. If there are water issues in a basement, Bristow said that at times a fiberglass window would be considered, according to the guidelines. MOTION: Boyd moved to approve the northeast window as presented in the application for 818 South Summit Street with the following conditions: the window opening, the window materials, and the siding to be approved by staff and the chair. Builta seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 11-0. MOTION: Boyd moved to approve replacement windows and window openings for the southeast windows at 818 South Summit Street with the openings, siding, and materials to be approved by staff and the chair. Builta seconded the motion. Boyd said basically this gives staff and the chair the tools to work with the property owner, who cares about the neighborhood and wants to do the right thing. He added that the Commission also needs to be consistent about its enforcement of the guidelines. Boyd said the Commission needs to make a decision so that this can move forward and be figured out. Agran asked, when the decision is about work that has already been done, since the applicant is eager to rent the property, what is the timeline on getting the work done after a motion has been approved. Bristow said that she can begin working with the property owner right away regarding the type of window, how to deal with the siding, and even the size of the opening on the southeast side. In terms of a timeline for getting things done, she said that because of some of the changes in the rental permit process, that is where the policing of this kind of thing happens. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 11 of 15 Bristow said that in order to continue the rental permit, the work will have to be completed. She added that the rental inspector does work with staff, especially on historic properties. Bristow said that if they know that work has been approved, it's in the line of the contractor's job, and someone is hired to do the work; if it can't get in until the next month, somehow the rental inspectors will work with staff and the owner, because getting it done appropriately is important to them as well. Michaud said what is being suggested in the proposal is to use two windows that are very close to the size and spacing of the lower right pair. Karr said the motion is for staff and chair to approve opening, window materials, and siding replacement. Michaud said that she was on the Commission in 2012, when there was quite an issue with work on the back of the house. She said that at that time, she would say ahead of time that if one is at all thinking about changing the adjacent window that faces north, if you're thinking about changing the one that is the size that was already replaced, this is the time to get approval for it - the third window. Boyd said that would be required anyway - that every window replacement would have to have that because this is in an historic district. Bristow said the packet has a photograph of these windows before they were changed and a photograph from the 2012 project. She said one can see that there were two windows, spaced normally. Bristow said the spacing between them hasn't changed. She said the windows are shorter and also slightly narrower, because the flange-mounted window has a different type of installation. Bristow said that getting the proper window will end some of that problem to some degree. Michaud said that since she has a porch roof just like this, she can empathize with the owner. She said she can also foresee down the road the owner trying to replace the window that is right next to this, and she wants to avoid that. Swaim said the point is that if someone even wonders if something might be under the Commission's purview, he or she should contact Bristow for information. The motion carried on a vote of 11-0. 325 South Summit Street. Bristow said this house is on the other end of the Summit Street Historic District. She showed a photograph of the house before it was purchased. Bristow said the new owners have removed all the asbestos siding, and the house is going through substantial renovation. She said there was some work done without a permit. Bristow said that with this house, the one entire section is an addition that was done sometime after 1948. She said that on the 1933 to 1948 Sanborn map, there was a single-story open porch in this corner. Bristow pointed out all of the two-story areas that were added after 1948. Bristow then showed the two windows that the applicants have removed because they have a larger walk-in shower/bath surround in a bathroom in that area. She said she did not know if it was originally a bathroom or what was originally there in this addition to the house. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 12 of 15 Bristow showed a window in a wall facing inside the built-in area that was also removed and relocated to the wall adjacent to that. She showed where the window was and where it is now. Bristow said the owners want to put a window there to get light into the bedroom. Bristow said that at some point the plan was to remove part of the awkward construction. She showed where if part were to be removed, the window almost aligns with the window above it, so staff might possibly have felt that was an appropriate window location. Bristow said that since the other window is currently inside, staff may not have ever had to review this; it is somewhat undetermined. Bristow showed the addition with the gable coming down and where the two windows were removed. She said the addition really meets the gable in an awkward way and shows that it is an addition. Bristow said the other photograph shows that however another part was built, it butts into the side of another part also in a very awkward way. Bristow stated that the whole portion of the house is all an addition that was done prior after 1933. She said staff feels that, since this is an addition that is 100% on the back of a house that is undergoing substantial changes and will soon look much better after the siding is fixed and this is painted, this is an acceptable change and recommends approval. Karr said that he is amazed that owners of two homes on Summit Street are not aware of the requirements for exterior work on homes in the most prominent historic district in the City. Bristow commented that she discussed with the homeowners the work to be done and even talked about which items would require a permit, but the work was done anyway. Karr said the Commission needs to find a way to get the message out. Swaim said the issue has two parts. She said the message needs to get out and also, people need to realize that the message is serious. Michaud asked if the owners would keep the outside entrance to the bedroom where they want more light. Bristow said it is one of the last things they will do if their budget allows. She said the owners want to get rid of the asbestos siding, and there are also a lot of other things to clean up here. MOTION: Agran moved to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project at 325 South Summit Street as presented in the application. Clore seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 11-0. REPORT ON CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY CHAIR AND STAFF. Certificate of No Material Effect - Chair and Staff Review. 825 North Johnson Street. Bristow said this involved a roof replacement. Minor Review - Staff Review. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 13 of 15 413 Church Street. Bristow said this project involved a porch structure. She showed a small wall, which is not original to the house, beside the stairs. Bristow said the stairs will be rebuilt without the wall, keeping the railing, with a little skirting matching the other side of the stair. She said that it will help keep water off the stairs so that they don't deteriorate as quickly. Intermediate Review - Chair and Staff Review. 708 Grant Street. Bristow stated that the non-historic awnings and windows on this porch are being removed. 203 North Linn Street. Bristow said that non-historic awnings on this house are being removed. She said this is a landmark property. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR MARCH 8, 2018: MOTION: Baker moved to approve the minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission's March 8, 2018 meeting, as written. Builta seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 11-0. COMMISSION INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION: Regarding the need for people to seek a permit to do certain work, Bristow said that the annual mailing will be sent out next week instead of in June. She said the staff intern put together a newsletter at the suggestion of the Commission. Bristow said that Augusta Place is having a groundbreaking ceremony on April 27 at 4 p.m. Swaim added that it is the building around the Unitarian Church. Bristow said staff would like to see as many Commission members as possible attend, because of the work that was done to save the church. Temporary Historic Property Tax Exemption. Swaim said she and Bristow met with assessors from the City and County to explore what is in place and how it can be promoted in terms of property tax exemptions. She said they will report more on this later. Swaim said the process is not used very much, but the process is there. Bristow said they want to work with the Supervisors to make this a streamlined system and to have something on one of their websites to say that this exists so that more people know about this. City Park Cabins Restoration Visit Video. Bristow showed the three and one-half minute video to those interested. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION April 12, 2018 Page 14 of 15 Landmark Properties. Swaim said that the landmarks will be before the City Council on Tuesday at 7 p.m. She asked Commission members to show their support. New Historic District. Wagner asked if there would be a new Commission member from the neighborhood if the new district is approved. Bristow agreed that there would be a new member. Swaim stated that the new Commission member could be a renter. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:03 p.m. Minutes submitted by Anne Schulte HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ATTENDANCE RECORD 2017-2018 KEY: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused --- = Not a Member NAME TERM EXP. 6/15 7/31 8/10 9/14 10/12 11/9 12/14 1/11 2/8 3/8 4/12 5/10 6/14 AGRAN, THOMAS 7/1/20 X X X X X X X X X X X BAKER, ESTHER 7/1/18 X X X X X X X X X X X BOYD, KEVIN 7/1/20 X O/E X O/E X X X X X X X BUILTA, ZACH 7/1/19 X O/E X X X X X X O/E X X CLORE, GOSIA 7/1/20 X X O/E X X X O/E O/E X O/E X DEGRAW, SHARON 7/1/19 X X X X X X O/E X X X X KARR, G. T. 7/1/20 -- X X X X X X X X X X KUENZLI, CECILE 7/1/19 X O/E O/E X O/E X X X X X X MICHAUD, PAM 7/1/18 X X O/E X X X X X X X X SWAIM, GINALIE 7/1/18 X X X X X O/E X X X X X WAGNER, FRANK 7/1/18 O/E O/E X O/E X X O/E O/E X X X