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04-12-2012 Historic Preservation Commission
IOWA CITY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Thursday, April 12, 2012 City Hall, 410 E. Washington Street Emma J Harvat Hall 5:15 p.m. A) Call to Order B) Roll Call C) Public discussion of anything not on the agenda D) Consent Agenda 1. Certificate of Appropriateness a) 20 E. Market Street `Old Main' (door replacement in west addition) b) 509 Rundell Street (siding repair, repair /replace window by chimney) c) 727 Rundell Street (replace `porch' windows) d) 1501 Center Avenue (window replacement at east side) e) 1110 E. College Street (carport demolition) f) 910 Bowery Street (replace rear window ) E) Certificate of Appropriateness 1. 728 Rundell Street (new siding and window replacement at converted attached garage) 2. 814 Ronalds Street (add solar panel) 3. 500 Clark Street (new porch) F) Report on Certificates issued by Chair and Staff G) Discussion of potential local historic districts 1. Jefferson Street National Historic District 2. Melrose National Historic District H) Election of Officers I) Consideration of Minutes for March 9, 2012 J) Adjournment Staff Report April 6, 2012 Historic Review for 20 East Market Street District: na Classification: Iowa City Historic Landmark The applicant, Old Brick Episcopal Corp., is requesting approval for a proposed alteration project at 20 East Market Street — Old Brick — an Iowa City Historic Landmark. The project consists of the replacement of entry doors on the west side of the building. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.3 Doors Staff Comments The North Presbyterian Church, or `Old Brick,' was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was designated as an Iowa City Historic Landmark in 1996. Dating from 1856, Old Brick is known as being the second oldest building in continuous use in Iowa City, the Old Capitol being the first. It was built in the Romanesque Revival style, yet also expresses the spirit of Gothic Revival with its tall, slender windows. The walls are thick masonry, built with locally manufactured brick; the rafters are hand -hewn walnut, with 18- inch- square cross - sections. The west addition was added in the 1950s. The applicant is proposing the installation of new steel doors and frame, in the existing opening, at the handicapped entrance into the west addition. The proposed doors are Steelcraft L- Series with full glass. These doors are available with either a smooth or embossed finish. The smooth finish is typically painted; the embossed finish is typically stained. This entry accommodates people with disabilities, so there will be a power opener. There will also be panic hardware (panic bars) on the inside of each door. In the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook, the guidelines for doors are written more specifically for residential doors, and recommend repairing historic doors or replacing with new or salvaged doors that are similar in size, material, style, and appearance. The existing metal doors at this entrance are not original to the addition; they were installed in the 1970s when this handicap entrance was built, and they have deteriorated to the point of failure to properly operate. In Staff's opinion, the proposed work meets the requirements of the guidelines, if the smooth finish door is selected. Staff also recommends a full glass option with a center rail, specified as FG -2. This option adds a horizontal rail at the height of the panic bars, with glass above and below, which will still meet the applicant's requirement for full vision. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 20 East Market Street, as presented in the application, with the following condition: ■ New steel doors to be smooth finish, painted, with FG -2 glass option. Old Brick (the North Presbyterian Church) 26 East Market Street The North Presbyterian Church is the second oldest public building in use in Iowa City today. Built in 1856, it is an excellent example of the Romanesque Revival. It is significant for religious and architectural reasons. �01 Application for Historic A&iew 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 PCD office at City Hall or online at: www.icgov.org /HPhandbook For Staff Use: Date submitted: ❑ Certificate of No material Effect ❑ Certificate of Appropriateness ❑ Major review ❑ Intermediate review ❑ Minor review 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 PCD office by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the meeting. See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. Property Owner /Applicant Information (Please check primary contact person) El Property Owner Name: old Fr L K, Email: euit 6 W a, b ) 6 L• D 01 Phone Number: 61q) 3rJ (` (D V Address: City: I Q wa C I+-IA n El Contractor / Consultant Name: PrmP,�-) Ca_n Email: _ Address: City: I State: &Q Zip Code:5,_';--9W5 Phone Number: (Nq ) 3c5 l State: ) 0 W G _ Zip Code: J all L4 ie Proposed Project Information Address: C?O e . M ckfti4 , Use of Property: Nu u in Faffti Date Constructed (if known): 1 SCj Historic Designation (Maps are located in the Historic Preservation Handbook) m This property is a local historic landmark. OR ❑ This Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location): ❑ Brown Street Historic District ❑ College Green Historic District ❑ East College Street Historic District ❑ Longfellow Historic District ❑ Northside Historic District ❑ Summit Street Historic District ❑ Woodlawn Historic District ❑ Clark Street Conservation District ❑ College Hill Conservation District ❑ Dearborn Street Conservation District ❑ Govemor -Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: 11 Contributing ❑ Noncontributing ❑ Nonhistoric D Q Application Requirements Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected. ❑ Addition (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans ❑ Alteration (Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, deck or porch replacement/construction, baluster repair, or similar. If the project is a minor alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the scope of the project are sufficient.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Construction of new building ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans ❑ Demolition (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.) ❑ Photographs ❑ Proposal of Future Plans ❑ Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance. ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information U/Other: New �1-ko p(A0,0,1 AyG s doua 11) mplau �11g payuQ GNUS Please contact the Preservation Planner at 356-4243 for materials which need to be included with application Proposed Project Details Project Description: Am d i ODys �� 1I i A/ (A v c o14 —M o F► - Mn a c A rya VI A c.f d �V twl rl 600 L ♦ 1 / :a �l i� �' lair ► I ► 1. /. I /.� -fir► �, � ..1 /_WA I Materials to be Used: Exterior Appearance Changes: lU;M Inn (,OD U LVIT JI ppdadmin/ histpres /app_for_historicrevicw.doc 2/1 Chervl Peterson From: Facility Management <OldBrick @IowaFM.org> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 3:09 PM To: Tracy Hightshoe; fm @oldbrick.org Subject: Old Brick handicap door Attachments: Steelcraft Doors.pdf; OB- Blue_ H_ DoorAR- M355N_20120126_144442- 1.pdf; OldBrick.vcf Dear Tracy, Thank You for your assistance thus far with improving accessibility at Old Brick and seek your thoughts on how best for me to proceed with a drawing of proposed replacement doors. As the Old Brick West activator power Door will be custom made the best I can seem to do regarding a "picture" of what the replacement door will look like: is a description along with a brochure of our intended selection. Attached please find pdf of pages 10 & 11 from the Steelcraft Architectural Guide. The door existing at Old Brick is shown at the top of the left column of page 11. Currently, those entering Old Brick by wheelchair through the steel doors experience difficulty viewing beyond the door as it only has a top panel of safety - glass. Old Brick (property committee) is seeking SHPO approval for a* full- safety - glass - panel * - window double - doorway made by American Door Co. Installers do not readily have an architectural drawing available matching the configuration Old Brick is seeking and there will be added cost to create one. However, the proposed replacement door for Old Brick is illustrated, (circled and marked Full Glass) near the bottom of the left column of page 12. Please keep in mind that this brochure does not indicate the hinging, steel- framing or panic -bar that will certainly be installed on the new door. I appreciate any suggestion that moves (me) Old Brick forward on realizing a new handicapped West door. 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The project consists of the repair and painting of existing siding and soffits, and repair /renovation of a small window on the north side of the house. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.11 Siding 4.13 Windows 4.14 Wood Staff Comments This one and one -half story front gable house was built by Moffitt & Blakesly in 1924 or 1927, according to the Site Inventory Form. (Iowa City Assessor lists a 1935 construction date.) This is one of several Moffitt houses on this street. The house originally exhibited characteristics of the bungalow/ craftsman style. There are shed dormers on the north and south sides; the brick chimney on the north side retains the shape and pattern of those identified as a `Moffitt' chimney; the windows are double hung, arranged in pairs and triples. The front entry has been re- built; the attached garage is original. In 2009, a Certificate of No Material Effect was issued for approved installation of replacement window sash at eight of the windows on this house. The applicant has removed the applied siding on this house and is repairing the original wood siding that was underneath. A paint color scheme has been selected from the Sherwin Williams Historic Collection: Birdseye Maple' for the siding, and `Casa Blanca' for the trim. On the north side of the house, the applicant was at first proposing the addition of a second small window to the right of the chimney, which would match the existing small window to the left. Now the proposed work includes only the repair or replacement of the one existing window, and the window may be converted to a fixed window. Guidelines in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook recommend repairing historic wood siding and trim, and replacing deteriorated sections with new or salvaged wood pieces to match. Regarding windows, the guidelines recommend preserving historic windows by repairing sashes and frames. If the original window is badly deteriorated and cannot be repaired, then a new window that matches the type, size, sash width, trim, use of divided lights, and overall appearance of the historic window is recommended. In Staff's opinion, the siding repair underway on this house meets the requirements of the guidelines and will be a significant improvement. The work at the existing window will also be an improvement, although the specifics of this work need to be submitted for final review. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 509 Rundell Street, as presented in the application, with the following condition: ■ Provide information on plans for repair or replacement of the window on the north side of house, for review and approval by Chair and staff. qtmw • 0 • Apopication for Historic Rew Application for alterations to the exterior of historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City For Staff lJse: Code Section 14AC_ Guidelines for the Historic Review process, explanation Date submitted ....................................................... of the process and regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic Preservation I Handbook, which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online at ❑ Certificate of No Material Effect www.icgov.org /HPhandbook f ❑ Certificate of Appropriateness Meeting schedule: The HPC meets the secondThursday of each month. During ❑ Major review the summer months, the HPC may also meet on the fourthThursday. Applications ❑ Intermediate review are due in the PCD Office by noon on Thursday two weeks prior to the meeting. O Minor review See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. Applicant Information (Please check primary contact person) Owner ..��.hae.�. S j .1-4h Cl ....... ........ .................... Phone..................1.. p. ... . 63.. �..... ............................... Address ..... ry.•- 1•....... UfL... ..... ....... o.C..........` � (�.. +. 01. .......zip.. oZ-.........D email................................................................ ............................... Contractor .L.a- ►417mc-rs i�tOr� ...............�..d.... S�........ ....... Address;?) :5... { e.l'.. &S...0 V!�. .... oWC... ��.... +�...{ .............zip ,SZZ. s� os Phone...................... s�. �Q .................. ............................... email .........C.. 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Dearborn Street Conservation District Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: Contributing ❑ Noncontributing 0 Nonhistoric Project Type Alteration of an existing building (ie. siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, new decks, porch reconstruction, baluster repair or similar) ❑ Addition to an existing building (includes decks and ramps) ® Demolition of a building or portion of a building (ie. porch, chimneys, decorative trim, baluster or similar) Construction of new building Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance ® Other----- 1=- -a-L.a..-I . .... awd ....... 5_Ld1.ft ....... Project description L .....P� CLI.,.( . .......CU-)J...... pa.I.r,.......... ..1 .1.n ....`... ..Q.. 1.. � :.............. ............................... Z)— ;2, tt it ..... ...... M . ........... 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Staff Report April 6, 2012 Historic Review for 727 Rundell Street District: Longfellow Historic District Classification: Contributing The applicant, Tracy Achenbach, is requesting approval for a proposed alteration project at 727 Rundell Street, a contributing property in the Longfellow Historic District. The project consists of window replacement at the southeast corner of the house. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.13 Windows Staff Comments Built ca. 1925 -1930, (listed as 1923 by City Assessor), Architect /Builder not known, this single -story front - gable house has the low- pitched roof and broad eaves that are characteristic of the bungalow style, and this is emphasized by the shallow front porch with its matching roof. The Site Inventory includes a matching garage located at the rear of the lot. The house has been altered by the application of wide replacement siding, and the enclosing of the front porch. Despite these alterations, this house is considered a contributing property in the Longfellow Historic District. In 2010, the Historic Preservation Commission approved an alteration that included the removal of a side door and replacement with a new window. The applicant is proposing the replacement of four windows at the southeast corner of the house. The existing windows were originally added to enclose the porch space, and the proposed work will include some re- framing to properly install the new windows. The proposed windows are Windsor Pinnacle aluminum -clad wood double -hung, with a standard bronze finish color. The proposed trim is wood, painted to match the existing dark brown trim and corner posts. The guidelines recommend replacing badly deteriorated windows with new windows that match the type, size, sash width, trim, use of divided lights, and overall appearance of the historic windows. The guidelines also state that the use of metal -clad, solid -wood windows is acceptable. In Staff's opinion, the proposed work meets the requirements of the guidelines, but the existing windows are not original, and there is an opportunity with this work to establish better spacing between the entry door and the new windows on the front facade. This has been discussed with the applicant, and should be followed up with a final review. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 727 Rundell Street, as presented in the application, with the following condition: ■ Provide final design of front facade for review and approval by Chair and staff. .. � �� 7 �/ 2 / \ «/ � . : , / � �� f: : . ?� X « � ` ^. �...� :_� .� � � \ \ » �� � �` \� .�2 y/. /� � � � . ��� > � � � . . ��w��:w ., .. ,� _ !> . »» a� � ?/�� � �� : � < ; } ! : � ! \ . | .. / \..� � � E Application for Historic Review Application for alterations to the historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 14 -4C. Guidelines for the Historic Review process, explanation of the process and regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook, which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online at: www.icgov.org/HPhandbook For Staff Use: Date submitted: ❑ Certificate of No material Effect ❑ Certificate of Appropriateness ❑ Major review ❑ Intermediate review ❑ Minor review 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 PCD office by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the meeting. See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. Property Owner Name: /// Email:47;L le4 Property Owner /Applicant Information (Please check primary contact person) mmPhone Number: (,3/q LIX— M Address: 7-A7 X UW6G� .5;7- City: IM14- 0—/-/Y ❑ Contractor / Consultant Name: Email: Address: City: State: Phone Number: ( State: Proposed Project Information Zip Code: 5--?Q e-10 Zip Code: Address: 7a 7 /QU—/✓Z e- Z-t 57-, Use of Property: %{RS1,0ED( 77,44. Date Constructed (if known): Historic Designation (Maps are located in the Historic Preservation Handbook) ❑ This property is a local historic landmark. OR This Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location): ❑ Brown Street Historic District ❑ College Green Historic District ❑ East College Street Historic District Longfellow Historic District ❑ Northside Historic District I0 ❑ Summit Street Historic District ❑ Woodlawn Historic District ❑ Clark Street Conservation District ❑ College Hill Conservation District ❑ Dearborn Street Conservation District ❑ Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: Contributing 13 Noncontributing 11 Nonhistoric ►_J Application Requirements r Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected. ❑ Addition (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans Alteration (( (Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, deck or porch replacement/construction, baluster repair, or similar. If the project is a minor alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the scope of the project are sufficient.) ❑ Building Elevations Photographs Product Information ❑ Construction of new building ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans ❑ Demolition (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.) ❑ Photographs ❑ Proposal of Future Plans ❑ Reaair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance. ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Other: Please contact the Preservation Planner at 356 -5243 for materials which need to be included with application. 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The house has been re- sided, and the front porch may not be original. In 2005, the Historic Preservation Commission approved plans to replace the original windows with Anderson metal -clad wood windows. In 2003, the Commission approved replacement of a non - original window on the back side with a Weather Shield metal -clad wood window. At this time the applicant is proposing to replace the two windows on the east side of the house. The existing windows are double -hung windows; the rooms are bedrooms. The proposed new windows are Weather Shield extruded aluminum clad wood windows. Because these are bedrooms, the new windows must meet the minimum dimensions for egress. This means the new windows can be the same width as the existing, but the vertical dimension must be 8" longer — the new sill will be 8" lower. The new trim will be painted wood, to match the existing wood trim. The existing windows have aluminum combination storm /screens. A full screen option is proposed for the new windows. Colors have not been selected for the aluminum exteriors of either the windows or the screens. Guidelines in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook state that a change in window size is allowed for egress requirements. New windows should match the size, trim, use of divided lights, and overall appearance of the other windows in the house. In Staffs opinion, the proposed new windows appear to be a good match, and the proposed work will meet the requirements of the guidelines. Further review of color selections is suggested. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 1501Center Avenue, as presented in the application. Application for alterations to the historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 144C. Guidelines for the Historic Review process, explanation of the process and regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook, which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online at: www.icgov.org/UPhandbook For Staff Use: Date submitted: I / I ? / / J__ ❑ Certificate of No material Effect ❑ Certificate of Appropriateness ❑ Major review ❑ Intermediate review ❑ Minor review 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 PCD office by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the meeting. See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. (Property Owner Name: J. 4 rA k Lt"I rh ti Email: S ILCSS Ine't'K Address: Phone Number. (563) 705 314'1'1 City: dod Z-Vet' State: Ofd Zip Code: 17631 13-Contractor / Consultant Name: 6 5-k i W 1hdarJS / Py I1rtii k h t'W Email: SQ IeS tO kw—be I yi mi �,j • Com Phone Number. (311) 398 1112. Address: `700 S . UO N r S� . Zip Code: 522 44 Use of Property: Cat r ev►i- Date Constructed (if known). � �9 d s(? ❑ This property is a local historic landmark. OR OR"-This Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location): ❑ Brown Street Historic District ❑ East College Street Historic District ❑ Northside Historic District ❑ Woodlawn Historic District ❑ College Hill Conservation District ❑ Govemor- Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: Contributing Noncontributing ❑ College Green Historic District G--Longfellow Historic District ❑ Summit Street Historic District ❑ Clark Street Conservation District ❑ Dearborn Street Conservation District ❑ Nonhistoric Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected. ❑ Addition (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans Alteration (Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, deck or porch replacement /construction, baluster repair, or similar. If the project is a minor alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the scope of the proicct are sufficient.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Photographs l'Product Information ❑ Construction of new building ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans ❑ Demolition (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.) ❑ Photographs ❑ Proposal of Future Plans ❑ Renair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance. ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Other: Please contact the Preservation Planner at 356 -5243 for materials which need to be included with application. Project Description: Materials to be Used: Qi!T191FV h1 drD7l at,6,e.f - No ltfll l4 'W J hdo -tuS /�t.,��t.�e� Gyr fit, I'1.,¢ 4.J WWW4 ppdadmin/histpres/app _ for _ historicreview.doc 12111 A4 i 72 d -4OWS, Sarah Lussman 115 E. Hazel Avenue Hood River, OR 97031 PROPOSAL Nr✓� PrV P01-5qt Co►�p�&bL re,P(litc.- l1t�Gn."�' X700 S. Capitol Street PO Box 1029 Iowa City, IA 52244 (319) 338 -1712 sales @knebelwindows.com 12/12/2011 503 - 705 -3479 Jrw 114011 , ww-I Sash replacement kit windows 1501 Center Avenue We hereby submit sPP----ft and estimates for Cost to install two Weather Shield sash replacement kit windows on east side of home. The windows include low-e argon glass, extruded aluminum clad exteriors, pine or primed interiors, easy tilt sash, and all necessary materials for a proper installation. We wilt also replace rotting exterior trim and sill nose with new wood trim. Customer is responsible for any painting. Customer responsible for any approval from the Historic Commission, though we can help with any application info needed. Windows $ 966.00 Materials 150.00 Labor 816.00 $ 1932.00 plus sales tax Optional: Full outside aluminum screens add $ 80.00 Premium aluminum storms add $ 400 - 500 range (varies with brand 8t model chosen) Other window options are available, please call for more information. payment to be made as follows: 50% deposit, balance upon completion Credit cards accepted We propose nereoy to rurmsn matelw, a,K labor as specified above, for the sum of: $1,932.00 All material is guaranteed to be as specified. All work to be completed in a professional manner according to standard practices. Any alteration or deviation from above specifications involving extra costs will be executed only upon written orders, and will become an extra charge over and above the estimate. All agreements confingent upon strikes, accidents or delays beyond our control. Owner to carry fire, tomado, and other necessary insurance. Our workers are fully covered by Worker's Compensation insurance. ACCEPTANCE OF PROPOSAL by Dan Kriebel You are hereby authorized to furnish all material, equipment and labor required to complete the work described in the above proposal, for which the undersigned agrees to pay the Signature amount stated in said proposal and according to the terms therefore. Date of Acceptance: Signature www.knebelyvigdows.com This proposal may be withdrawn by us if not accepted within 30 days Z2fia W Z 0 O�9nz 12.7 2 mZ°u, W l °Td. 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Courtney, are requesting approval for a proposed demolition project at 1110 East College Street, a contributing property in the East College Street Historic District. The project consists of the tear down and removal of a carport on the west side of the detached garage. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 7.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Demolition 7.1 Demolition of Whole Structures or Significant Features Staff Comments Built in 1910, this two -story front gable house exhibits a Craftsman influence. Characteristics of this style include the low- pitched roof, with wide, unenclosed eave overhang; exposed rafter tails; braces under the gables; and a wide front porch, with tapered, full- height square columns. No architect or builder is identified, and it is possible this was a `pre -cut' house. A Certificate of Appropriatness was approved in 2007 for work on the front porch railing wall. There is a single stall garage behind the house, with access from the alley. The carport on the west side of the garage was added in 1960. The applicant is proposing to remove the carport; the garage will be preserved. Guidelines in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook recommend removing additions or alterations that are not historic and that significantly detract from the building's historic character or that are structurally unsound and a safety hazard. The guidelines also recommend retaining historic garages. In Staff's opinion, the proposed work meets the requirements of the guidelines for demolition. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 1110 East College Street, as presented in the application. Application for alterations to the historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 144C. Guidelines for the Historic Review process, explanation of the process and regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook, which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online at: www.icgov.org/HPhandbook For Staff Use: Date submitted:_/ ❑ Certificate of No material Effect ❑ Certificate of Appropriateness ❑ Major review ❑ Intermediate review ❑ Minor review 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 PCD office by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the meeting. See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. Property Owner /Applicant Information (Please check primary contact person) 1 Property Owner Name: 6 U W i I S c ri t R K & r, u r� --e-/ Email: io U tine , I sd (cJ e;- CC Phone Number: (3 1`l ) ,3 31 • 1 Y o 3-AS - '5 cl 1 l Address: I l t C Lam! c► e a e S i City: � ow a C J4 State: A Zip Code: ❑ Contractor / Consultant Name: E r i c Fr e n-► e r C a n S l r v cl .1 U n Email: Address: a I a 8 5. Riverside City: Iowa C i E 5 zzy0 Phone Number: (3 19 ) 3 5 q - 3 9 '-1 9 Lo 120 State: 1 A Proposed Project Information Zip Code: 5 ) Z y (o Address: 1 110 E C o I (e gl e Si \ l Use of Property: r e 5 i cA e nc e Date Constructed (if known): 1910 ( ha u ; e Ih (U-w par f Historic Designation J (Maps are located in the Historic Preservation Handbook) ❑ This property is a local historic landmark. OR I This Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location): ❑ Brown Street Historic District ❑ College Green Historic District Ef East College Street Historic District ❑ Longfellow Historic District ❑ Northside Historic District ❑ Summit Street Historic District ❑ Woodlawn Historic District ❑ Clark Street Conservation District ❑ College Hill Conservation District ❑ Dearborn Street Conservation District ❑ Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: Contributing ❑ Noncontributing 13 Nonhistoric Application Requirements Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected. ❑ Addition (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans ❑ Alteration (Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, deck or porch replacement/construction, baluster repair, or similar. If the project is a minor alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the scope of the project are sufficient.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Construction of new building ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans Demolition (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.) IX Photographs ❑ Proposal of Future Plans ❑ Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance. ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Other: Please contact the Preservation Planner at 356 -5243 for materials which need to be included with application. Proposed Project Details Project Description: Derr)o 11 Sk dctcr i orated 19 (oO 1s rra car por } Materials to be Used: Exterior Appearance Changes: l�rl eye sore wi'I be 0200 square _Tee' Can be added fo the lawn an8 landsca pi na ppdadmin/ histpres /app_for_historicreview.doc 12/11 The carport is structurally unsound, seriously deteriorated and a late addition to the property. Removing the carport and replacing it with landscaping will only enhance the property. The Assessor's site lists the carport as having been built in 1960, making it a relatively late addition to the property. The carport hasn't been used for its intended purpose by the last three owners, since we know that it was the owner - before -last who built the fence that blocks entry from the alley. We believe that the attachment of the carport is causing the garage to deteriorate faster than it might otherwise. Boards on the garage is cracked and the entire structure is leaning to the west. The west side of the carport, supported by 4x4 posts has sunk at least a foot, increasing the pull to the west. The clearance under the west side of the carport ranges from 60 inches to 50 inches Actually, even without strain caused by the carport, the condition of the garage would be problematic for car - owners. It is built on a concrete slab that is cracked, the paved entrance apron and the north side of the garage have sunk below grade and only a poured concrete hump at the garage door keeps the rainwater from flowing into the garage. The garage already leans so severely to the west that the electric garage opener no longer works. The current owners don't keep an automobile, and use the garage only for storage. So we re- roofed the garage in 2012. The carport was simply tarped over, until we could apply to demolish it. 0 0 Spring 2011 March 2012 0 • The carport is pulling the garage to the west, as can be seen by contrasting the angled verticals of the garage to the buildings in the background M 9 The electric garage door opener no longer works, because of the lean of the building, and cement blocks have been placed in front of the door to prevent animals from entering through the 3 inch gap below the door on the east side. Both the north and south sides of the building show splits in the lumber of the garage, caused by the stresses of the carport M 9 The east side of the carport has no structural support, excepting the garage itself. The attachment consists merely of a length of 2 x 4 boards, nailed to the side of the garage, upon which the eaves of the carport rest. The eaves are attached by being nailed to the eaves of the garage. • • Another view of the eave attachment to the west wall of the garage. The eaves ends are deteriorated, and have been reinforced several places by additional boards. i i Condition of carport roof, before tarping. Staff Report April 6, 2012 Historic Review for 910 Bowery Street District: Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District Classification: Contributing The applicants, Gary and Judy Galluzzo, are requesting approval for a proposed alteration project at 910 Bowery Street, a contributing property in the Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District. The project consists of the replacement of one window at the rear (north side) of the house. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.11 Siding 4.13 Windows Staff Comments This two -story front gable house, ca. 1865 -1875, dates from the early years of Bowery Street's development. (Iowa City Assessor lists 1880 as the year of construction.) Because this house has been re- sided, original details have been lost. The rectangular form, low pitched roof, broad cornice returns, and full width porch are all characteristic of the Italianate style. Also note the porch column details and the transom and sidelights at the front entrance. The one -story addition on the rear may or may not be original. Architect /Builder of this house is not known. As part of a kitchen remodel project, the applicants are proposing the replacement of one existing window on the rear of the house. The new window will be the same width as the existing window, but the vertical dimension will be significantly shorter — the new sill will be approximately 16" higher. The proposed new window is a Marvin metal clad wood double hung window. A screen unit is proposed with `Charcoal' color fiberglass mesh. A `Stone White' color has been selected for the exterior finish of the window and screen. The proposed new window has simulated divided lights in a 6- over -6 pattern, with a Grilles- Between -Glass option for the muntins. Infill of the wall below the new window will be required. Siding to match the existing has been proposed. Guidelines in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook state that metal clad, solid -wood replacement windows are acceptable. The look of divided lights may be created with muntin bars that are adhered to both sides of the glass. In Staff's opinion, the proposed work meets the requirements of the guidelines for replacement windows, with the exception of the proposed style of muntin. This same Marvin window can be ordered with Simulated Divided Lite muntins which are acceptable, or Simulated Divided Lite with Spacer Bar muntins, which are preferred. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 910 Bowery Street, as presented in the application, with the following condition: ■ Window to have muntin style that meets the guidelines in the Historic Preservation Handbook. �� ' f ` l /p� �� I .+E+r�' :� . � _ ��_ -:�:. p _��.,� .A� � � r r ' �. ¢ _ o � � i r. r <. �'�'9NIf�l Aication for Historic RoDew Application for alterations to the exterior of historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City For Staff Use.- 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 Date submitted .................�...... �----- ..........--- ...... Handbook, which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online at ❑ Certificate of No Material Effect www.lcgov.org /HPhandbook ❑ Certificate of Appropriateness Meeting schedule: The HPC meets the secondThursday of each month. During ❑ Major review the summer months, the HPC may also meet on the fourthThursday. Applications ❑ Intermediate review are due in the PCD Office by noon on Thursday two weeks prior to the meeting. ❑ Minor review See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. Applicant Information (Please check primary contact person) I C' Owner ...tS &....r4....�.JV. Phone.................... 7... ...! ... ............................... Address ......... 'k _ Q.(i ....... ...... Sau}.0.....�....,.. ::.... ....... .zip5aa7 U email................................................................. ............................... 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Phone...........c.J.�J .. . .�.5.Y.0 ........................ email Application Requirements Attached are the following items: ® Site plan ® Floor plans ® Building elevations ® Photographs ® Product information ® Other----------------------------------------- -------- If the proposed project entails an addition, a new structure or a significant alteration to an existing structure, please submit a site plan, floor plans, building elevations and photographs. If the proposed project is a minor alteration to a structure, please provide drawings and photographs to sufficiently describe the scope of the project. Provide a written description of the proposed project on the second page of this application. Property Information ((�� Address of property .........�1. 1........l� e! t ............ .... .... .............................. Use of property ............... 5.. E. 1.. 1. QQ..... CC��.... ............................... 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Historic Designation This property is a local historic landmark OR This property is located in the: Brown Street Historic District College Green Historic District East College Street Historic District Longfellow Historic District Summit Street Historic District Woodlawn Historic District 0 Clark Street Conservation District ® College Hill Conservation District ❑ Dearborn Street Conservation District Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: Contributing ❑ Noncontributing ❑ Nonhistoric Project Type Alteration of an existing building (ie. siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, new decks, porch reconstruction, baluster repair or similar) Addition to an existing building (includes decks and ramps) ❑ Demolition of a building or portion of a building (ie. porch, chimneys, decorative trim, baluster or similar) ❑ Construction of new building Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance ® Other ................ ................. -............................. ............................ 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Version 8,12 MARVIN WINDOW QUOTE * ** * ** CAUTTO ION: IT IS RSCOl�DED THAT A INCH pM OF 1/4 BE ADDED • ** THE ROUGH OPENING HEIGHT WHEN USING MARVIN 31=MJMM * ** t•* UNIT AVAILABILITY AND PRICE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * *# * ** LIST PRICE (in tSD) * ** QTY : 1 MARX UNIT - w UDR CN 2818 RO 34 3/8" x 45 1/2" IG - I LITE LOW E II Tit /ARGON RECT GDG - WA INT /SW EXT - COT 3W28 TV SASH Loch SCREEN * **SHIP SEPARATE STONE WHITE SVPPJ) D CHARCOAL FIBERGLASS bASH NO INSTALL&TION M$THOD 4 91161, JA14Eg SA P2NE INTERIOR DA PINE EXTERIOR NO CSG 5" LONG SILL HORNS TOTAL LIST PRICE 1 r�,ow(Lf AS VIEWED FROM THE EXTERIOR a lzt4w 61e, s s i-;St '571 -oa 500� ICa.oa �.,1. 7 489.00 0.00 96.00 0.00 39.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -10.00 28.00 642.00 Staff Report April 6, 2012 Historic Review for 728 Rundell Street District. Longfellow IIistoric District Classification: Contributing The applicant, Stephen Vincent, is requesting approval for a proposed alteration project at 728 Rundell Street, a contributing property in the Longfellow Historic District. The project consists of the remodeling of the former attached garage, and includes new siding, window replacement, and new back door. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.3 Doors 4.11 Siding 4.13 Windows Staff Comments This one and one -half story gable roof house was built by Howard F. Moffitt in 1918 or 1928, according to the Site Inventory Form. (Iowa City Assessor lists a 1920 construction date.) This is one of several Moffitt houses on this street. The Site Inventory describes this house as an example of the English Cottage style, with a steep- pitched side gable and a projecting front gable roof. The house has been altered by the addition of shed roof dormers, and by enclosing the single car garage on the left side of the front facade. The front porch has also been altered. Except for a small closet window, the windows on the front facade are all paired double -hung windows. As part of a remodeling project in the area of the former attached garage, the applicant is proposing new siding, window replacement, and a new back door. The proposed siding is cedar clapboard to match the original siding on the house. Trim at new windows and at the new door will match other existing trim on the house. The guidelines for siding recommend repair of historic wood siding, and replacement of deteriorated sections with new or salvaged wood that matches the historic siding. The proposed windows are Kolbe `Heritage Sterling' wood double -hung. The proposed aluminum storm windows are ProVia `Concord' with double -hung window sash and either full screen or half screen; screen material is fiberglass. The finish color for the storm windows is `Snow Mist.' As this was once the garage, the existing windows are not original, and the applicant is proposing slightly smaller sized windows, in new locations. The guidelines for windows recommend that new windows match the type, size, sash width, trim, use of divided lights, and overall appearance of the historic windows. Also recommended, adding new windows in locations that are consistent with the window pattern of the historic house or houses of similar style. Regarding storm windows, the guidelines recommend traditional wood storm windows and screens. Metal clad wood -frame combination storm windows are also acceptable. Storm windows should be the same color as the sash of the main windows. The proposed new door on the back of the house is a Hawkeye steel door with half glass over embossed panels. The proposed aluminum storm door is Gerkin model 9C2A with mid -view glass and self- storing screen. Finish color for the storm door is white. This new back door replaces an existing sliding patio door. The guidelines state that new door openings should be trimmed to match other openings in the house; and for new doors, a wood screen door that accepts sashes with glass or screen is recommended. In Staff's opinion, the proposed work will be an improvement for this house, especially the new siding and the new wood windows. On the front facade, the existing window arrangement at the former garage and second story is symmetrical and nicely balanced. The proposed window arrangement is less balanced from the exterior, but certainly better for the interior space. The aluminum storm windows, steel door and aluminum storm door do not follow the guideline recommendations for traditional wood construction. But, overall, this seems acceptable as the storm windows will protect the wood windows, improve energy efficiency, and the painted finish can be compared to metal - clad windows. Regarding the doors, the recommendations can be considered a lower priority at the back of the house. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 728 Rundell Street, as presented in the application. r El i X 22 Dcac-4�Vrvl Application for alterations to the historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 144C. Guidelines for the Historic Review process, explanation of the process and regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook, which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online at: www.icgov.org/HPhandbook For Staff Use: Date submitted: ❑ Certificate of No material Effect ❑ Certificate of Appropriateness ❑ Major review ❑ Intermediate review ❑ Minor review 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 PCD office by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the meeting. See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. Property Owner /Applicant Information (Please check primary contact person) Jew Property Owner Name: S TL Pl'f CN 1 V 1 11i C GAIIT Email: 5} a- ,�i1e►� "�VQt nCE n� 1 �+ I V 2 ' GOPhone Number: (8 Wh (P S-6 U - 1 (v 34 Address:' GV R v►J Di5 LL City: 10 J4 State: �A Zip Code: T2- 2-46 ❑ Contractor/ Consultant Name: KEV Inl W A, TT 5 Email: XW a+• .c Q. uro Phone Number: ( 3IT) 3 3 1 - 6-493 Address: P c7 0 y X Z l$ City: Gi 6e-(LT--r State: Zip Code: 5—,;7 3 ( 7- Proposed Project Information Address: 7 Zia U '0 C&L, Sr- Use of Property: QE.$ 19EaGE Date Constructed (if known): 9Z Historic Designation (Maps are located in the Historic Preservation Handbook) ❑ This property is a local historic landmark. OR This Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location): ❑ Brown Street Historic District ❑ College Green Historic District ❑ East College Street Historic District X Longfellow Historic District ❑ Northside Historic District ❑ Summit Street Historic District ❑ Woodlawn Historic District ❑ Clark Street Conservation District ❑ College Hill Conservation District ❑ Dearborn Street Conservation District ❑ Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: XContributing ❑ Noncontributing ❑ Nonhistoric Application Requirements Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected. ❑ Addition (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans Alteration (Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, deck or porch replacement/construction, baluster repair, or similar. If the project is a minor alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the scope of the project are sufficient.) 7( Building Elevations Photographs Product Information ❑ Construction of new building ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans ❑ Demolition (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.) ❑ Photographs ❑ Proposal of Future Plans ❑ Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance. ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Other: Please contact the Preservation Planner at 356 -5243 for materials which need to be included with application. Project Description: Proposed Project Details 5-E AT-t1A LH E-D Dtr5L2t Pna1,j ppdadmin/ histpres /app_for_historicreview.doc 12/11 Application for Historic Review: 728 Rundell St. Stephen Vincent, owner Kevin Watts, contractor Submitted March 20, 2012 Project Description: This project focuses on remodeling the former garage area of a two -story, Tudor Revival - influenced house built by Howard Moffitt in 1928. The space is presently used as a 26' x 9' family room. It will be converted into a bathroom (5' x 9'), smaller family room (17' x 9'), and hallway (4' x 9'). The work will involve relocating and replacing 5 exterior windows and I door, partly to improve the interior design /use of the space and partly to improve the exterior appearance through the installation of new units closer in style and proportionate size to those elsewhere on the house. (See photos for views of existing windows and door.) The entire exterior of the area will receive new cedar clapboard that matches the original. A dilapidated awning on the rear side dating from 1982 or later will be removed. The interior and exterior of the garage area appear to have been modified multiple times, with a 7' x 10' extension added to the rear in 1982. Based on cracks at the base of the area's front foundation wall and the design of a virtually identical Longfellow District house (722 Dearborn St.), the original garage door was apparently at the front (west side) of the area and centered to the interior dimensions of the garage itself. Presently the front of the area has twin 30" x 51" windows, centered not with the interior dimensions but with the twin windows of the bedroom on the second floor. While understandable, this placement disregards the facts that none of the other first -floor windows on the house are located in vertical alignment with those above them —all except these windows are off - center —and that the garage door itself was seemingly built off - center relative to the same windows. (As a rule two -story Moffitt houses in the Longfellow Neighborhood don't typically have 1 st and 2nd floor windows in vertical alignment. See Appendix One.) The existing windows are also noticeably larger than other front windows, whose dimensions range from 23" x 45" (2nd floor, above garage) to 28" x 51" (living room, to the left/south). They are also the only windows on the house that have muntin bars and divided lites. The present side and rear windows are similarly oversized and stylistically inconsistent. The twin side windows are the second largest on the house at 36" x 55 ", and have narrower exterior casing trim, especially in the middle between the windows. The rear window, meanwhile, is an even larger, 27" x 64" single pane unit. By contrast, other windows on the rear side are 30" x 36" to 30" x 39 ". The present rear door includes a 27" x 64" glass center surrounded by wood trim and is out of character with the house. The casing surrounding the rear window and door is also narrower than that on other windows and the front door. The proposed front windows will be 25" x 49," more proportionate to the others on the house's front side (28" x 51 ", 23" x 45 "). They will be centered so that the top center point of the combined set's opening is 18" to the left (north) and 6" down from the top center point of the existing set. This will allow the windows to be centered to the family room's interior horizontal dimensions (as was the original garage door), and more consistent with other first floor windows, all of which are centered horizontally and placed 14" down from their associated ceilings. The proposed side windows will be 29" x 49 ", smaller and more proportionate than those now present; they will be centered from the top center point 4'8" to the right (west) and 8" down. This will allow Historic Review application: 728 Rundell St. horizontal alignment and window -to- ceiling height comparable to other rooms. It will also place the windows at the center of the original exterior side of the garage; misaligned clapboard from a previous remodeling project suggests a window opening of approximately 30" x 48" was once centered at this point. The rear window will be 25" x 37 ". It will be centered so that the top center point of the opening is 4" to the right (north) and 3" down from the top center point of the existing window. This will place the window at the center of the east wall of the new bathroom and at the ceiling -to- window height of other first floor windows. The proposed rear door (32" x 77 ") will be located 11" to the left of the present door, allowing it to be centered with the new rear entry hall. Materials to be Used: All of the new windows will be double -hung, all -wood white Kolbe Sterling Heritage windows matching in appearance the existing, other white double -hung (replacement) windows on the house. (See brochures for all windows and doors.) They will be covered with white - painted aluminum storm Provia Concord windows that match in appearance the other white - painted aluminum storm windows on the front of the 1 house. (None of the original wooden storm windows remain with the house.) Wooden window casings (4.5" on sides, 6" between windows), mullions, and sills will be built to match those on other windows. The rear door will be a Hawkeye steel door (model MS- P- CLR684), generally in character with the rear doors found in the Rundell Addition. It will be accompanied by a Gerkin Classic white - painted midview aluminum storm door (model 92CA). The rear doors' casing and other trim will match that of the front entry door. The clapboard will be cedar and match other house clapboard siding in terms of size and appearance. Exterior Aonearance Chances: Relative to the existing windows, the proposed windows' sizes, proportions and window elements, including casing, mullions, sashes, lights, and sills will much more closely match the appearance of the windows on the house proper. The placement of the front windows will follow the apparent arrangement of the original garage door, which was aligned with the center of the corresponding interior space rather than with the windows for the second floor room directly above. The exterior front appearance will be closer to the original in that once again all first floor windows will be aligned independent of those on the second. (The new placement will also be consistent with that of the only seemingly identical Longfellow house at 722 Dearborn St. See photo.) The side and rear windows, as well as the rear door will appear more in character with a house built in the late 1920s, as well as with other rear entries in the Longfellow neighborhood. New clapboard will freshen the house's appearance as it will involve replacing deteriorating pressboard siding on the 1982 addition and removing evidence of misaligned clapboard noted above. Historic Review application: 7285undell St. E Appendix One: Window Alignment in 2 -Story Moffitt Homes The 1992 application to place Moffitt "Small Homes" on the National Register of Historic Places listed 45 confirmed Moffitt houses in the Longfellow Neighborhood. A survey for this application found that 16 are 2 -story houses. Of that group, only 3 have 1 st floor front windows in vertical alignment with those on the 2nd floor. Moffitt homes without vertical alignment of 1st, 2nd floor windows 431 Rundell St. 528 Rundell St. 614 Rundell St. 738 Rundell St. 718 Dearborn St. 515 Rundell St. 603 Rundell St. 728 Rundell St. 618 Dearborn St. Moffitt homes with vertical alignment of 1st, 2nd floor windows 523 Rundell St. 607 Rundell St. 732 Rundell St. 712 Dearborn St. 522 Rundell St. 622 Dearborn St. 1610 Center Ave. • Historic Review application: 728Rundell St. 1st Floor Windows law Appendix Two: Interior Window Locations In the original 1st floor rooms (living room, dining room, kitchen) all windows were centered horizontally and located with the top of the window frames 14" from the ceiling. The proposed location for the front windows•will have nearly the exact same wall space on each side as in the dining room shown here. Existing Front Windows In the existing front room of the project area the window has been placed so far to the left that they are virtually flush with the left wall adjacent, leaving only 1" of trim rather than the 4" of the top and right. The window is 7" from the ceiling. Historic Review application: 728Ttundell St. Appendix Two contd. Existing Side Windows 0 The window panes on the existing side windows are more than one -third larger than those in any of the windows in the original part of the home. The distance from the ceiling to top of the window frames is 3" rather than the 14" found in other rooms. • • F� 0 M C�ll Existing Side View, 728 Rundell L---A p 36 ft Proposed, 728 Rundell I-EI T ] 2W Existing Rear View of Project Area, 728 Rundell Proposed, 728 Rundell lfl • it WALL- �6 � ''ATE rt =Nm-ir Ex srNG F ocxx , PLAd FcA 1-11� flo',VaLt. 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Doors can be further appointed with custom features such as brass or pewter sill expanders and head ventilators. Staff Report April 6, 2012 Historic Review for 814 Ronalds Street District: Brown Street Historic District Classification: Contributing The applicant, Barbara Eckstien, is requesting approval for a proposed alteration project at 814 Ronalds Street, a key contributing property in the Brown Street Historic District. The project consists of the installation of solar panels on the roof of the backyard shed. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.4 Energy Efficiency 4.7 Mass and Rooflines Staff Comments Built in 1909, this two -story frame house is best described as a Free Classic subtype of the Queen Anne style. The house has a textured concrete block foundation, wood clapboard siding, and metal roofing; windows are typically double -hung. The first owner of this house was Emil Miller, who owned and operated Miller Brothers Monuments. Architect/ Builder is not known. In 2005, the Historic Preservation Commission approved remodeling work at the rear of the house that included moving a door, removing an existing window and installing a new bay window. The shed in the backyard is approximately 16' x 20' with wood siding and a low- pitched shed roof. It is at the rear of the property at the alley. The applicant is proposing the installation of a photovoltaic solar array mounted on the roof of the shed. Because the roof of the shed slopes down to the north, the solar array must be installed in a `reverse tilt' that will slope down to the south. The framework for the array will be steel Unistrut, supporting a total of 14 or 15 panels, each measuring approximately 3' x 5'. An electrical line will run underground from the shed to the house. The guidelines for Energy Efficiency do not specifically address solar panels, but do encourage discussion and research of new innovations and technologies. For roofs, the guidelines recommend against installing solar collectors or other mechanical devices on prominent street elevations. In Staff's opinion, the roof of this shed appears to be an acceptable location for the installation of solar panels. The array will be visible from the alley, but not from the street. The most direct view of the panels will be from the applicant's house, but the panels will also be visible from neighboring houses, and this should be taken into consideration. Another consideration is the overall height of the installed panels, which is not provided in the application. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 814 Ronalds Street, as presented in the application, with the following condition: ■ Provide information on the overall dimensions of the solar array, including height, for review and approval by Chair and Staff. // ,y�.. y. gag �.' \�� /���% \��`� M Application for Historic R Application for alterations to the historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 144C. Guidelines for the Historic Review process, explanation of the process and regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook, which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online at: www.icgov.org /HPhandbook ,view For Staff Use: Date submitted: ❑ Certificate of No material Effect ❑ Certificate of Appropriateness ❑ Major review ❑ Intennediate review ❑ Minor review 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 PCD office by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the meeting. See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. Property Owner /Applicant Information (Please check primary contact person) ❑ Property Owner Name: .QA R , *A RA ~ t Email: .c 6w k .l -t — ecAnxit/w d> %e 4+d FS' . phone Number: (3!9) 3 S! Address: 8 y O /11 Iq 4 ,b S ST. City: -ro AIA C /TY State: 2-A Zip Code: S Z Z Y ❑ Contractor / Consultant Name: M � kvi a H T SH rr 6 ol a Td' h PO wc-,4 C 0 100 0 R A 7 /0'v t �M . cl w �t'i- (� 6 Tit. ! Email: • 4�o%wdcrc �-M PhoneNumber:(31 )_ 631w� 2004. (ceLL) Address: 9'0'/ Rt o%✓o o /v ✓. Sk i 7�t .Z3 a City: 'VO V -a Yo _ State: C A Zip Code: 9 W9 4 % Proposed Project Information Address: OF/ ONAL as sr. Use of Property: RE"S/ d FAlrlA[ Date Constructed (if known): /909 Historic Designation (Maps are located in the Historic Preservation Handbook) ❑ This property is a local historic landmark. 1''1't)L 440LJ M000gr CVtLLt Clew Powi, OR (319) SrTS -431f0 ® This Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location): 19 Brown Street Historic District ❑ College Green Historic District ❑ East College Street Historic District ❑ Longfellow Historic District ❑ Northside Historic District ❑ Summit Street Historic District ❑ Woodlawn Historic District ❑ Clark Street Conservation District Cl College Hill Conservation District ❑ Dearborn Street Conservation District ❑ Governor -Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: 61 Contributing ❑ Noncontributing 11 Nonhistoric Application Requirements C Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected. ❑ Addition (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans ❑ Alteration (Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, deck or porch replacement/construction, baluster repair, or similar. If the project is a minor alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the scope of the project are sufficient.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Construction of new building ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans ❑ Demolition (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.) ❑ Photographs ❑ Proposal of Future Plans ❑ Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance. ❑ Photographs ❑ . Productlnfonmation Q Other: IKv f +L�t7�io.y •¢' ,re Is•q e's A*-/. ve As;c) ' 'rou els oar of oe1r Of S<ive/ Please contact the Preservation Planner at 356 -5243 for materials which need to be included with application Proposed Project Details Project Description: This W 06 6rt .s 2.88 ac, LeWat'i pi.oioveLt,tc. $8L-SA deOC40*1 4 .r%`eV •.v /lee .l o o,f . f a beoe 6,. c#* w.s ✓ v,4 a .1. 1)� *.vii be �t� c k • .•�. r •. L� .. 7� f.. c 4 � f l JLv J �4 t 41 %r Av Ao c k /DNS ! v ✓ Cpv1 # ,f Q ` ,w -r 3 7� K f gyp ✓ .r 7� / w G -4 w /. /r7! ,r -4e %/.0 .t - "rfe '4 -t . 7*f .e.q.q ft y ^," LL eero li,t 1 OX 12 ?/°C :2410 w s t t .o o �y s r �• ro•y a Jv � �r.S � . o%, L� � �.va/ 1, SM A 2 S o 0 Sn, v eat �' e A Tr, .;, PV .r4Asl w, LL _1 e &j e4 -t-a 3. '744 KWk/,#4 wk,cct w,LL iv.— . h. Materials to be Used: t!Se a 0thve. 'rI de) Ste A�t�,iec ` deJC't'r+10N Tec4,vic.,L .rp-ecific-qtr*Ajr r0�, Q�f•�•/�IK�iI►� qN� /b{ii�i�lq Lei viA �►ti AfetiJJ. 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The project consists of a new /remodeled front porch. Applicable Regulations and Guidelines: 4.0 Iowa City Historic Preservation Guidelines for Alterations 4.1 Balustrades and Handrails 4.10 Porches 4.14 Wood Staff Comments Built ca. 1900, (listed by the Iowa City Assessor as 1910), this is a simple folk /vernacular style side - gabled, two -story house. The house was originally closer to Clark Street and was moved sometime after 1933; the lot was divided and a new house (ca. 1950) was built in front, facing Clark Street. In 2007, Historic Preservation Commission approved plans to add a two -story addition to the rear; this work also included re- siding the entire house. In 2008, the Historic Preservation Commission approved plans for construction of a new two- car garage. The applicant is proposing the construction of a new front porch. An older porch was removed when the house was re -sided in 2007, and the existing porch was built at that time. The proposed new porch will be the same depth as the existing porch, but wider, with dimensions of approximately 7' x 19'. The proposed materials are wood, including the possible use of ipe wood. Columns will be simple square design, balustrade will be simple design with square spindles, a low pitched roof will have asphalt shingles. The proposed porch will be similar to a front porch built within the past few years at 425 Clark Street, across the street from this property. Guidelines in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook recommend porch design in a style that is consistent with both the house and the neighborhood. Wood steps are recommended for a wood porch, (tile, brick, or concrete steps for a masonry porch). Support piers below the porch columns are typically exposed, and skirting must be added to fill the space between the piers and below the porch floor if that space is 18" or more above grade. The guidelines include illustrations of typical skirting designs. The guidelines also include illustrations of appropriate balustrade designs, and specific dimensions for construction of the balustrade and handrail. For this project, the square spindles would be sized 1' /2" or greater in width, and spaced so that the balustrade is at least 40% solid. Note that using unpainted wood for elements that would have been historically painted is disallowed. The guidelines for wood further state that any treated lumber should be allowed to cure for a period of six months to one year prior to painting. In Staff's opinion, the proposed work meets the requirements of the guidelines, although documentation — detail drawings, dimensions, and product information — should be provided for final approval. Recommended Motion Move to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for the project at 500 Clark Street, as presented in the application, with the following condition: Provide final detail drawings, dimensions, and product information for review and approval by Chair and staff. :�' ��!':, ��M IP' i . k -' E "s. `ai.,4'._ ��. /l v --� "to fl... lot kv� �4 tip A.k lb 4k x kv� �4 tip A.k Application for Historic Review Application for alterations to the historic landmarks or properties located in a historic district or conservation district pursuant to Iowa City Code Section 14-4C. Guidelines for the Historic Review process, explanation of the process and regulations can be found in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Handbook, which is available in the PCD office at City Hall or online at: www.icgov.org/HPhandbook E For Staff Use: Date submitted: 3 120 IM ❑ Certificate of No material Effect ❑ CertificateofAppropriateness ❑ Major review ❑ Intermediate review ❑ Minor review 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 PCD office by noon on Wednesday three weeks prior to the meeting. See attached document for application deadlines and meeting dates. Property Owner /Applicant Information (Please check Primary contact Parson) ❑ Property Owner Name: Email: f ( lHCiYL S 1} CC%ti'1 Phone Number: (2 Ae ��7G Address: e"# < S% City: ltiNA C1 11� State: 1A Zip Code: S -24 -.+ ❑ Contractor / Consultant Name: Email: Address: City: Phone Number: ( State: Proposed Project Information Address: 5-yel L' ewe_ S ?. Use of Property: >P�l Mitf2t� �� SJ%%��%Gi� Date Constructed (if known): Historic Designation (Maps are located in the Historic Prescrvation Handbook) ❑ This property is a local historic landmark. OR 'Lip Code: This Property is within a historic or conservation district (choose location): ❑ Brown Street Historic District ❑ College Green Historic District ❑ East College Street historic District — fMCLen ° ° Pi 'et hV ❑ Northside Historic District ❑ Summit Street Historic District ❑ Woodlawn Historic District Clark Street Conservation District ❑ College Hill Conservation District ❑ Dearborn Street Conservation District ❑ Govemor -Lucas Street Conservation District Within the district, this property is classified as: yJ in Contribuling 11 Noncontributing 11 Nonhistoric �J Application Requirements F1 Choose appropriate project type. In order to ensure application can be processed, please include all listed materials. Applications without necessary materials may be rejected, ❑ Addition (Typically projects entailing an addition to the building footprint such as a room, porch, deck, etc.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans rV Alteration (Typically projects entailing work such as siding and window replacement, skylights, window opening alterations, deck or porch replacement/construction, baluster repair, or similar. If the project is a minor alteration, photographs and drawings to describe the scope of the project are sufficient.) ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Construction of new building ❑ Building Elevations ❑ Floor Plans ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Site Plans ❑ Demolition (Projects entailing the demolition of a primary structure or outbuilding, or any portion of a building, such as porch, chimney, decorative trim, baluster, etc.) ❑ Photographs ❑ Proposal of Future Plans ❑ Repair or restoration of an existing structure that will not change its appearance. ❑ Photographs ❑ Product Information ❑ Other: Please contact the Preservation Planner at 356 -5243 for materials which need to be included with application. Proposed Project Details Project Description: I Materials to be Used: 14m0, ffzsPEEV I Uq %PE WIC W ITH AlIWC2Z -- AfEJ !L1= 45MBt fZa!5 Mt'tAE /rT— — HAN") f*r I- Exterior Appearance Changes: uH /,S Mu I T.- Ulvd = M V�F g 'i ki U. AVn 15�1) 1z r t,E V 1 SvA 1 11 L ppdadmio/hislpreslapp_for hisloricroview.doc 12111 91 4 319 1 F� v-ron� �iewJ i e�vl Co (*A e , " �, I e, vr-- Me, W PorC-�1 0,+ -.c^4 2 S C (a,r k Historic Preservation Corm-nission iL: lhr i \,\ ,i. . MEMORANDUM Date: April 6, 2012 To: Historic Preservation Commission From: Cheryl Peterson, Preservation Consultant Re: Certificates of No Material Effect, Intermediate Reviews, and Minor Reviews The Historic Preservation Handbook requires a report to the HPC at each meeting of any projects that have been approved administratively. Below are the projects approved since the February report. Certificates of No Material Effect — Chair and Staff review 304 Brown Street (roofing replacement project) 610 E. Jefferson Street (replace railings at front porch) Intermediate Review — Chair and Staff review 516 S. Lucas Street (front door replacement on non - historic house) 529 S. Governor Street (new wood stair and landing at side door) Minor Review — Pre - approved items — Staff review None NPS Form 10 -900 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 10024 -0018 This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for ind dual properfies and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Hisfork Places Registration Foam (National Register BuNetin 16A). Compete each item by marking Yin the appropriate bc, or by entering the Information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enler'WA' for'not applicable.' For functions, architectural classification, materials and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place ad at entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10- 900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete al tams. 1. Name of Property historic name Jefferson Street Historic District other names /site number 2. Location street & number Portions of 100 -400 Blocks of East Jefferson Street N/A [_] not for publication city or town Iowa City N/A L] vicinity state Iowa code IA county Johnson code 111 zip code 52242 As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this (_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 LX ] meets [j does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant L] nationally L] statewide U locally. (L] see continuation sheet for additional comments). nature of certifying officiaUTitle Date or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property L] meets L] does not meet the National Register criteria. (L] See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying officialfritle Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: Signature of the Keeper Date of Action L] entered in the National Register. L] See continuation sheet. L] determined eligible for the National Register. L] See continuation sheet. L] determined not eligible for the National Register. L] removed from the National Register. L] other, (explain:) Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) [X] private L] building(s) Contributing Noncontributing L] public -local [X] district 36 3 buildings L] public -State L] site L] public - Federal L] structure sites L] object structures Name of related multiple property listing Enter "N /A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) objects Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register Architectural and Historical Resources of Original Town Plat Neighborhood (Phase II). 1845 —1945 5 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC /Single Dwellings DOMESTIC /Single Dwellings DOMESTIC /Secondary Structures DOMESTIC /Multiple Dwellings EDUCATION /College RELIGION /Religious Facility RELIGION /Church - Related Residence HEALTH CARE /Hospital DOMESTIC /Secondary Structures DOMESTIC /Multiple Dwellings EDUCATION /College EDUCATION /Library RELIGION /Religious Facility RELIGION /Church - Related Residence 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) MID -19th CENTURY /Gothic Revival MID -19th CENTURY /Greek Revival LATE VICTORIAN /Queen Anne foundation STONE /Limestone walls WOOD/Weatherboard BRICK roof ASPHALT other Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions) for National Register listing.) [X] A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. L] B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. L] C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. L] D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: L] A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. L] B removed from its original location. L] C a birthplace or grave. L] D a cemetery. L] E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. L] F a commemorative property. L] G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Period of Significance 1850 -1954 Significant Dates N/A Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder See continuation sheet 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: [J preliminary determination of individual listing [X ] State Historic Preservation Office (36 CFR 67) has been requested L] Other State agency L] previously listed in the National Register L] Federal agency L] previously determined eligible by the National [Xl Local government Register L] University L] designated a National Historic Landmark [_] Other [J recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: L] recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 12 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) l[.1151 (612121016101 [41611131214101 Zone Easting Northing 3 L1 J [612121518101 [41611131018101 Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 2[1L] [612121518101 [41611131214101 Zone Easting Northing 4 [1151 [612121016101 [41611131110151 [_] See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By name /title Marlys A. Svendsen, Svendsen Tyler, Inc. organization for Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission date January, 2004 street & number N3834 Deep Lake Road telephone 715/469 -3300 city or town Sarong state WI zip code 54870 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the complete form: Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) name Various - see continuation sheets street & number city or town telephone state zip code Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013 -7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024- 0018), Washington, DC 20503. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 5 & 7 Page 1 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State 5. Classification: Related Multiple Property Listing (continued) "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa" MPS (1994, amended 2000) 7. Description: Architectural Classification (continued) LATE VICTORIAN /Italianate LATE VICTORIAN /Second Empire LATE VICTORIAN /Romanesque LATE 19th & 20th CENTURY REVIVALS /Classical Revival LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS /Italian Renaissance Revival LATE 19th & 201h CENTURY REVIVALS /Colonial Revival LATE 19th & 20th CENTURY REVIVALS/Tudor Revival LATE 19th & 201h CENTURY REVIVALS /Late Gothic Revival LATE 19th & 20th CENTURY REVIVALS /Late Gothic Revival /Collegiate Gothic LATE 19T" AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS /Bungalow /Craftsman Description: Materials (continued) foundation: CONCRETE walls: STUCCO roof: METAL roof: STONE/Slate 7. Narrative Description: The Jefferson Street Historic District is a linear neighborhood located one block north of the downtown and immediately adjacent to the east campus of the University of Iowa (historically referred to as the State University of Iowa or SUI in this nomination). The District also borders the southern edge of a commercial and residential section of Iowa City known as the "North Side." The District extends east for approximately three blocks along East Jefferson Street from North Clinton Street on the west to North Van Buren Street on the east. The northern edge of the District generally United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 7 Page 2 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State follows along the alleys to the north of East Jefferson Street. The southern edge of the District jogs through portions of the University of Iowa in the west half and generally follows the alleys south of East Jefferson Street in the east half. Properties facing the intersecting streets of Dubuque, Linn, Gilbert, and Van Buren are also included within the District. All of the Jefferson Street Historic District is contained within the Original Town Plat of the city of Iowa City, which was laid out in 1839 as the territorial capital of Iowa Territory. Jefferson Street was laid out with a standard 80 -foot width with alleys measuring 20 feet and intersecting streets also measuring 80 feet. Adjacent blocks measured 320 feet by 320 feet with eight large lots in each block containing 80 feet of street frontage and a depth of 150 feet. Development of the west half of the Jefferson Street Historic District saw several instances of the combination of lots to form larger building parcels for institutional structures while the east half of the District experienced subdivision of lots resulting in a denser residential neighborhood. Most of the south side of the 100 -300 blocks of Jefferson Street is part of the east campus of the University of Iowa with Linn Street vacated to form a continuous double - block. All of the streets in the District are paved in asphalt with 4 -foot wide cement walks along each side. Jefferson Street serves as an eastbound one -way with westbound traffic handled by Market Street located one block to the north. The terrain of the District is generally flat with buildings sited level with the street. The exception are the lots on the north side of the 400 block of Jefferson Street that have moderate to steep upgrades along the sidewalks but no retaining walls. The neighborhood has a dense covering of deciduous trees. Their age suggests that considerable planting took place before World War II. Street plantings include maple, oak, ash, hackberry, American elm, and a few catalpas with conifers generally reserved for settings within private lots. Dutch elm disease decimated most of the elm trees by the 1970s. Today streets in the Jefferson Street Historic District are lined by a mixture of 60 to 80 year old trees measuring 40 to 75 feet in height.' There are no natural water features within the District and no city parks or playgrounds in or near the District. The building stock in the Jefferson Street Historic District includes a mix of institutional and residential buildings that reflect its historical development along the edge of the downtown and the SUI campus. University related resources include buildings originally used as a biological sciences classroom building, a medical school anatomy lecture hall, an isolation hospital, and sorority houses. Buildings used for religious purposes include four churches, a student center, a former convent, and a rectory. The balance of the District includes two large apartment buildings, single - family dwellings that date from the 1850s through the 1930s, and secondary structures erected during the early 20th century. The District contains a total of 44 buildings including 38 primary resources and six secondary resources. All but one of the primary resources or 97 percent are considered contributing resources with 22 buildings or 50 percent qualifying as individually significant or key contributing resources. One primary building, the Neuman Catholic Center (104 E. Jefferson Street), is non - contributing due to its relatively recent date of construction though it is physically connected to a previously freestanding historic convent. The two are counted as a single resource within the District. The District also contains 6 secondary resources originally constructed as garages. Of these, four are considered contributing and two have been determined non - contributing due to alterations or age. The pattern of building and density of the Jefferson Street neighborhood is a result of the organic manner in which the area was developed over eight decades. Sanborn maps from various dates reveal the construction of earlier buildings on some lots and their replacement by larger, more substantial buildings as the decades passed. In several cases, brick and frame dwellings were moved to nearby lots to make room for larger buildings. One instance (John and Magdalena Englert House, 320 E. Jefferson Street), saw the movement of a house that originally faced Market Street across the alley into the District in order to make room for an expansion of the family -owned brewery. In another case, a widow moved her former house (115 N. Gilbert Street) one lot north to make room for a substantial new residence for her and 'Email interview with Terry Robinson, Park & Recreation Department, City of Iowa City re: species and size of neighborhood trees December 2003. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 7 Page 3 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State her children (Mary Rohret House, 328 E. Jefferson Street). The practice of moving buildings was a long- standing tradition in Iowa City identified in the in the amendment to the "Iowa City Historic Resources MPS" for the historic context "Architectural and Historical Resources of Original Town Plat Neighborhood (Phase II), 1845 — 1945 ".2 More than 10 percent of the primary buildings in the North Side neighborhood under study were moved to their current sites during the period 1904 —ca. 1935. The District's two and two- and - half -story houses are constructed of frame, brick, and stucco with frame being the most popular. Wood cladding includes narrow and medium width clapboards or decorative shingles. Institutional buildings are constructed of masonry materials including dressed and ashlar limestone and locally manufactured red brick. Bedford stone was used for one of the churches and both of the State University of Iowa's turn -of- the -20th- century buildings with brick used for the other churches, apartment buildings, and hospital building. Brick was also used for several houses, the rectory, the convent, and a sorority house within the District. The institutional and residential buildings in the Jefferson Street Historic District exhibit a variety of late 19th and early 20th century historic architectural styles including excellent examples of eleven distinct styles. Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman style houses are scattered through the District with well preserved institutional buildings designed in the Gothic Revival, French Second Empire, Classical Revival, Romanesque Revival, Italian Renaissance Revival, and a mix of the Collegiate Gothic and Tudor Revival. Many of the dwellings are examples of vernacular house forms commonly found in Iowa City before and after the turn of the 20th century. The vernacular forms that appear most frequently in the Jefferson Street Historic District are the American Four - Square (most common), Front -Gable Roof, and Side -Gable Roof house forms. These styles and vernacular forms are discussed in greater detail in the amendment to the "Iowa City Historic Resources MPS" for the historic context "Architectural and Historical Resources of Original Town Plat Neighborhood (Phase II), 1845 —1945" approved by the National Park Service in 2000. Some of the best examples of residential architectural styles, vernacular house forms, and institutional architectural styles in the Jefferson Street Historic District are listed below. A complete list of contributing and non - contributing resources appears on pages 24 and 25. Residential Architectural Styles • Greek Revival. Bostick - Rohret House, 115 N. Gilbert St. (Photo #1, ca. 1850, NRHP) • Italianate: Robert & Julia Hutchinson House, 318 E. Jefferson St. (ca. 1875) • Queen Anne: John & Magdalena Englert House, 320 E. Jefferson St. (Photo #2, ca. 1885) John & Catherine Sueppel House, 425 E. Jefferson St. (Photo #3, 1876) • Colonial Revival. Joseph & Ludmila Barborka House, 114 N. Gilbert St. (ca. 1900) Justine Mueller House, 420 E. Jefferson St. (Photo #4, ca. 1905) Vernacular House Forms • Front - Gable: David & Isabell Abrams House, 424 E. Jefferson St. (1893) 2 "Architectural and Historical Resources of Original Town Plat Neighborhood (Phase II), 1845 — 1945," Amendment to the "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS," National Register of Historic Places, 2000, pp. 49 -50. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 7 Page 4 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Am. Four - Square: Alois & Esther Smith House, 120 N. Gilbert St. (ca. 1908) Mary Rohret House, 328 E. Jefferson St. (Photo #5, 1911) Falk Rental House, 403 E. Jefferson St. (1907) James & Henry Kohrt House /Phi Rho Sigma Annex, 430 E. Jefferson St. (1924) John & Mary Messner House, 117 N. Van Buren St. (Photo #6, ca. 1911) Institutional Architectural Styles • Gothic Revival: First Congregational Church, 30 N. Clinton St. (Photo #7, 1868) First Methodist Episcopal Church, 214 E. Jefferson St. (Photo #8, 1908) • French Second Empire: Park House /St. Agatha's Seminary, 130 E. Jefferson St. (Photo #9, 1852/ca. 1875) • Romanesque Revival: St. Mary's Rectory, 220 E. Jefferson St. (Photo #10, 1891) St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 230 E. Jefferson St. (Photo #11, 186711907) • Classical Revival: Hall of Anatomy, 119 E. Jefferson St./SUI Bldg. #19, (Photo #12, 1902) Medical Laboratory Building, 121 E. Jefferson St./SUI Bldg. #18 (Photo #13, 1902) • Italian Renaissance Revival., St. Mary's Convent (part of Newman Center), 104 E. Jefferson St. (ca. 1930) Isolation Hospital, 325 E. Jefferson St. (Photo #14, 1916) • Collegiate Gothic: St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 404 E. Jefferson St. (Photo #15, 1926) The condition of buildings in the Jefferson Street Historic District ranges from fair to excellent. Nearly all of the residences originally used as single - family homes have been subdivided into duplexes or apartments with three residences converted to use as guesthouses (115 N. Gilbert Street, 119 N. Gilbert Street, and 328 E. Jefferson Street). The most likely alteration to houses in the District that have been converted to use as rental housing is the addition of synthetic siding including asbestos shingle siding dating from the 1940s and aluminum siding or vinyl siding added beginning in the 1960s. Other changes include the removal of porches and the construction of rear wings and attached garages. One new institutional building has been built at the west end of the District. The Newman Catholic Center (104 E. Jefferson Street) replaced the former Catholic school on that site in 1988 but the adjacent St. Mary's Convent remains connected to the new building. Historic rehabilitations have been completed for a number of buildings within the District during the 1990s including two major University of Iowa buildings. The SUI Hall of Anatomy (SUI Building #19) was converted to the Biological Sciences Library and the SUI Medical Laboratory Building (SUI Building #18) was rehabilitated for continued use as the Biology Building. Other buildings substantially rehabilitated include the Park House /St. Agatha's Seminary at 130 E. Jefferson Street, the Mary Rohret House at 328 Jefferson Street, and the William Bostick House at 115 N. Gilbert Street. All of the churches within the District have seen significant maintenance work during the 1990s as well. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 5 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance: General: The Jefferson Street Historic District is locally significant under Criteria A and C Under Criterion A the Jefferson Street Historic District derives significance under the category of "Community Planning and Development." The District is associated with an important era of growth in one of Iowa City's North Side neighborhoods at the end of the 19`h century and the beginning of the 201h century. During this time, Jefferson Street was transformed from a neighborhood of single family dwellings and churches to a neighborhood of larger, more substantial residences, churches, and State University of Iowa education and hospital buildings. Prominent Iowa City residents continued to make the District their home throughout its development, choosing to build, enlarge, move, and rebuild homes along a street favored by proximity to the city's churches, downtown businesses, and SUI campus. Additional significance under Criterion A derives from the fact that the Jefferson Street Historic District represented a cross section of middle and upper income households with prominent business and professional leaders living next door to working class families. As the 20th century progressed, this mix of social groups included individuals associated with the University as professors, physicians, and laborers of many types. Undergraduate students, graduate students, nursing students, and medical students resided in apartment buildings, boarding houses, and sorority houses in the District with many attending classes and working in University medical school buildings in the District. Under Criterion C the Jefferson Street Historic District is significant as a representative collection of the residential architectural styles, vernacular house forms, and institutional architectural styles that appeared in Iowa City neighborhoods from the 1850s through the 1930s. A number of examples of the work of important local and state architects have been identified to date with a likelihood that more may exist. In addition to single - family dwellings, the District contains four architecturally significant churches and several other buildings with religious connections including a convent and rectory. Three architecturally important SUI buildings including two classroom buildings and one hospital building are present as well. Together the District's buildings tell the story of architectural design and vernacular building practices displaying 11 different architectural styles. Four buildings within the District are already listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Congregational Church (30 North Clinton Street), the William Bostick House (115 North Gilbert Street), the Park House /St. Agatha's Seminary (130 East Jefferson Street), and St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church and Rectory (230 East Jefferson Street). The last property contains two contributing resources. Although a number of individual properties in the district are associated with important local business and civic leaders, no significance is asserted under Criterion B. No reconnaissance or intensive level archeological surveys were conducted for properties within the District. As a result, no significance is claimed under Criterion D. The period of significance for this locally significant historic District extends from 1850 to 1954. The first date marks the construction of the earliest architecturally significant resource in the District and the last date marks the 50 -year cut -off for National Register eligibility. North Side Historical Survey Recommendations: The Jefferson Street Historic District is one of four existing or proposed historic districts located in a section of Iowa City known as the "North Side." This area is located in the northern tiers of blocks in the Original Town Plat and contains United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State approximately 50 city blocks. Historic preservation surveys of portions of the North Side were first completed in 1977 and again in 1981 by City of Iowa City planning interns. In 1982 nominations to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) for two contiguous North Side historic districts — one commercial properties and one residential properties — were prepared and submitted to the local historic preservation commission and the SHPO. Both districts were eventually approved at the state level but final submittal to the National Park Service was withheld pending adoption of a local historic preservation ordinance. The nominations were eventually redrafted in 1984 but due to contentious local debate at the time, they were not resubmitted to the SHPO. Following completion of a comprehensive historic preservation plan by the City of Iowa City in 1992, a more complete historical and architectural survey was begun in multiple phases in the North Side. Sections of the North Side were included in each of the following studies: • Dubuque /Linn Street Corridor Survey by Molly Naumann (1996) • Original Town Plat of Iowa City (Phase 1) Survey by Jan Nash, Tallgrass Historians L.C. (1997) • Original Town Plat of Iowa City (Phase II) Survey by Marlys Svendsen, Svendsen Tyler, Inc. (1999) • Goosetown Neighborhood (Phase III) Survey by Marlys Svendsen, Svendsen Tyler, Inc. (2000) • Iowa City Central Business District Survey by Marlys Svendsen, Svendsen Tyler, Inc. (2000) Once these survey efforts were underway, two NRHP nominations were prepared using the multiple property documentation (MPD) and historic district format. To date, the Brown Street Historic District nomination and the Original Town Plat Phase II MPD have been listed on the NRHP. In 2000 a reexamination of the various North Side surveys was completed and recommendations for future NRHP nomination work were made by Marlys Svendsen to guide the efforts of the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission and the City of Iowa City. In addition to the already listed Brown Street Historic District (listed 1994), Svendsen recommended that nominations be considered for several other North Side areas that contained sufficient integrity, architectural significance, and /or historical associations that helped to represent this important Iowa City neighborhood. The North Side was developed over 16 decades beginning in the 1840s. Historic resources survive from throughout this period and are scattered over the entire geographic area. Several generations of development and redevelopment took place throughout all sections of the North Side in subsequent years. As a result, each of the potential North Side historic district areas has a similar period of historical significance extending from the late 1840s or early 1850s through ca. 1950. Architecturally speaking, all of the potential districts recommended contain good representative examples of the architectural styles and vernacular house forms that became popular during this period. For comparison purposes, each district is briefly described below: Jefferson Street Historic District — This four -block section of Jefferson Street contains an important collection of Iowa City churches, residences, and institutional buildings associated with the State University of Iowa Medical School and the University Hospital. The district's buildings are historically significant under the themes of education, religion, and community planning as well as architecturally significant for the good examples of late 19"' and early 20 century institutional and residential building styles. Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District — This well - preserved group of large- scale, single - family residences extends along the north -south routes of two important North Side streets - the brick -paved course of Linn Street and the north -south route of the Old Military Road known today as North Gilbert Street. The district is architecturally significant for the representative collection of architectural styles and vernacular house forms dating from the 1880s to 1920s. The district also contains a good set of examples of the work of one of Iowa City's most important turn of the century architects, O.H. Carpenter. Historically, the district demonstrates the importance of development factors such as street paving and proximity to employment generators in stimulating residential growth in existing neighborhoods. Brown Street Historic District and Ronalds Street Extension — The original Brown Street Historic District was listed in the NRHP in 1994. It qualified for listing under Criteria and A and C for its association with Iowa City's neighborhood settlement patterns; the development of a major transportation corridor and its related sub - themes; its United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 7 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State affiliation with the growth of the State University of Iowa in the decades immediately following 1900; and its collection of representative examples of architectural forms and styles from the period extending from the 1850s through the 1920s. The original district extended along seven blocks of Brown Street and several blocks of the adjoining private drive, Bella Vista Place. A proposed amendment to the Brown Street Historic District includes a four -block stretch of Ronalds Street that was not intensively surveyed until several years after the Brown Street Historic District was listed in the NRHP. The Ronalds Street extension contains similar building stock in terms of form, scale, material, and architectural style. Its historical development occurred during a similar period as the Brown Street Historic District and was prompted by similar factors. These facts make the Ronalds Street extension appropriate for amending to the existing Brown Street Historic District. North Clinton Street Historic Street — This potential district contains well - preserved, large scale residences associated with some of Iowa City's most prominent business and professional leaders from the late 190i and early 201h centuries. In addition the houses are well- executed and well - preserved examples of the architectural styles popular during this era. At the turn of the 21st century, the area adjoins the State University of Iowa Campus. After World War I, several of the houses served as examples of adaptive use as fraternity houses and rooming houses. A number of the occupants of residences in the district had strong links to the State University of Iowa as faculty members and administrators. In addition to these four historic districts, Svendsen recommended two thematic nominations for resources under separate historic contexts. They include a well - preserved, but scattered, collection of University of Iowa fraternity houses and a group of resources connected to the historical development of the Bohemian - American community. Based on the recommendations made in 2000, the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission obtained a Certified Local Government grant in 2003 to nominate three of the identified North Side historic district areas to the NRHP. In addition to the Jefferson Street Historic District included in this nomination, they include the Gilbert-Linn Street Historic District and the amendment to the Brown Street Historic District that increases its boundary with the addition of the Ronalds Street section. The Historical Development of East Jefferson Street: 3 Iowa City was laid out as the new capital city for Iowa Territory in the summer of 1839. Its location 50 miles west of the Mississippi River and its population centers anticipated the state's westward expansion. The Jefferson Street Historic District is located along an east -west stretch of Jefferson Street in the central section of the Original Town Plat. This plat, which appears on page 8 with the Jefferson Street Historic District outlined, included 100 blocks with eight lots per block, 31 out lot blocks, two public squares, three market squares, two public parks, and reserves set aside by territorial legislators for churches and a school. Three of these open space features, now either nonextant or much altered, were originally located near the Jefferson Street Historic District. The most significant was Capitol Square (now the Pentacrest Historic District, NRHP) located southwest of the District on a rise overlooking the Iowa River. Lots anticipated for commercial development measuring 80 feet x 140 feet were laid out facing the square, and a grid system of streets aligned with the compass points stretched in four directions from the square. Jefferson Street had an 80 -foot width with lots facing the street along its east - west course. Proximity to the square initially encouraged commercial building along the north side of the 100 block of Jefferson Street. Among the most important buildings in this block was the Park House (contributing, Photo #9) built in 1852 at 130 E. Jefferson Street opposite the northwest corner of the city park for which it was named. The hotel was frequently used by territorial legislators as seasonal lodging. Like many of the buildings within the District, its use changed over time as the character of the District changed. The Park House closed soon after the capital was moved to Des Moines in 1857 and 3Portions of this section are taken from "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS" listed in the NRHP in 1994 and an amendment to this MPS nomination, "Architectural and Historical Resources of Original Town Plat Neighborhood (Phase II), 1845 — 1945," listed 2000. Additional material was taken from a second amendment to the MPS prepared in 2000 titled "Architectural and Historical Resources of Iowa City Central Business District, 1855 — 1945" that has not been submitted to the National Register of Historic Places for listing. The three documents were authored by Marlys Svendsen. 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However, as the business center of the town gradually established itself further south along Clinton, Washington, College, and Dubuque streets, Jefferson Street fell out of favor as a commercial district. As a result, the Jefferson Street commercial buildings were converted to use as private schools (both non - extant — the Iowa City Academy and Normal School and St. Joseph's Institute, a Catholic boy's school). In later years, all of this portion of the 100 block of E. Jefferson Street was acquired by St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church and in 1893 became the site for construction of St. Mary's Catholic School.Like Capitol Square, the city park located just south of the District between Jefferson Street, Iowa Avenue, Dubuque Street, and Linn Street played an important role in the development of the District. Its primary purpose initially was to serve as an open space on which important buildings such as churches could front. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 10 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 1869 from the State Historical Society of Iowa — Iowa City) During the decades of the 1840s and 1850s churches established by Roman Catholic, Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Protestant (later Christian), and Universalist congregations built on the reserved lots facing the north and south sides of the park. The first building (non- extant) occupied for St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church was constructed in 1841 -43 at the northwest corner of Linn and Jefferson streets. At the end of the Civil War a new building was erected. Father Edmonds, the pastor of St. Mary's Church in 1867 -68 when the new St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church was erected at 230 E. Jefferson Street (Photo #11, contributing, NRHP), has been credited with designing the church .4 An historic view of the church appears to the left. The Methodist Episcopal Church was the second congregation to build a church along Jefferson Street on a church reserve lot. The first building (non- extant) was completed in 1842, enlarged in 1863, rebuilt following a fire in 1884, and destroyed in a second fire in 1906. The present building at 214 E. Jefferson Street (contributing, Photo #8) was completed in 1908. Both of the churches erected on reserve lots south of the park, the Methodist Protestant Church and the Universalist Church, are non - extant. Before the turn of the 20th century, a fifth church was built along Jefferson Street. The Congregational Church (contributing, Photo #7, NRHP) was constructed at 30 North Clinton Street on a non - reserve lot in 1868. Located at the east end of the Jefferson Street Historic District, the church faced Capitol Square. The presence of these five churches in the 19th century helped to attract and retain homeowners in the blocks fronting on Jefferson Street. The role of these churches in the social structure of the neighborhood is born out by an examination of memberships in several of the church - sponsored organizations of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church at the turn of the 20th century. The 1897 city directory shows nine separate societies sponsored by the church. That year, three of the leaders of the Young Ladies' Society were residents of the District while leaders of two men's societies had their homes here as well. Among the most involved were the five members of the John and Catherine Sueppel family (425 E. Jefferson Street, contributing, Photo #3) who served as leaders in four separate organizations. Despite city park's prominent location as the front yard of the town's first churches, it remained largely an unimproved feature during its first half century. The block was never formally landscaped. Instead it contained a collection of native grasses that was rarely cut or maintained. Historic photographs show a horizontal rail fence surrounding the park in the post -Civil War years. Public celebrations were regularly held here, and it likely functioned as an informal gathering spot for visitors to the downtown and students at the nearby academies and university. Public scales were maintained at the southwest corner of the park at the intersection of Iowa Avenue and Dubuque Street giving rise to the regular practice for many years of weighing and selling hay at this intersection. The park along with the prominent spires of the Congregational 4Gerald Mansheim, Iowa City: An Illustrated History (Norfolk, Virginia: The Downing Company), 1989, p. 58. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 11 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Church, the first Methodist Episcopal Church (non- extant), and St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church stand out on the 1868 Bird's Eye View of Iowa City that appears below. Approximate boundaries of the District are shown. In 1890 the city council authorized transfer of the city park block to the State of Iowa for use in conjunction with the State University of Iowa. It was thought at the time that such a move would discourage talk in the Iowa General Assembly of moving the University to Des Moines — an ever present concern in Iowa City. Whether the transfer of the park was actually the cause that achieved the desired effect or not, SUI was not moved. The transfer of park property completed in 1890 was not favored by all Iowa Citians. After SUI made plans to build a new Chemistry and Pharmacy Building on the site but before its construction, women parishioners at St. Mary's Catholic Church from Bird's Eye View of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, 1868 % (from the State Historical Society of Iowa — Iowa City) N protested the building's construction because of the planned felling of trees. Iowa City historian Irving Weber has described the event as Iowa City's first protest. After a brief delay, the bishop of the Dubuque Diocese interceded and the women withdrew so that the work could proceed. During the decade following the property transfer, several SUI buildings were constructed in the former park block. The Chemistry- Pharmacy Building (non - extant) was built at the northeast corner of Dubuque Street and Iowa Avenue in 1890 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 12 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State and the Homeopathic Hospital (non- extant) was constructed at the southeast corner of Jefferson and Dubuque streets in 1894. The first section of the University Hospital (portions extant), was erected east of Linn Street in 1897.5 In 1899 the building complex extended across the vacated Linn Street right -of -way and into the east half of the former park block. Once SUI redeveloped the park with buildings to house classroom and hospital space, this section of the campus became a permanent barrier between the North Side and the downtown. Though the former park site has strong historical associations with the development of the neighborhood, it is excluded from the Jefferson Street Historic District because of integrity issues including the construction of several modern class room buildings, the completion of major additions to the former University Hospital, and razing of portions of the Hospital. A third historically important open space located near, but not within, the Jefferson Street Historic District was Center Market near the east end of the District between Jefferson, Market, Van Buren, and Johnson streets. The impact of this block - square market on the development of the surrounding neighborhood was significant. In Iowa City's early years, its platting allowed a large parcel of ground to be retained in public ownership while serving a succession of public uses. Like city park, Center Market remained unimproved during its early years. Located several blocks east of three Market Street breweries and one block east of the north /south route of the Military Road along North Gilbert Street, Center Market was not well positioned to attract commercial development around its perimeter, however. Modest residences ringed the block instead as a result. As Iowa City's school age population grew at the end of the 19d' century, a specific civic purpose was determined for the still vacant Center Market block — the construction of public schools. Beginning in 1885 a series of school buildings (all non - extant) were erected on the block and successively used for various grade levels. The first building, the Grammar School, was erected at the northwest corner of Johnson and Jefferson streets in 1885 and converted to the 2nd Ward Elementary School in 1903. It was reused as the Administration Building for the Iowa City School District in the early 1920s. The second building, Iowa City's first high school, was built in 1891 at the northeast corner of Van Buren and Jefferson streets and was converted to use as a grammar school in 1903. The same year, the third building — Iowa City's second high school — was constructed at the southwest corner of Johnson and Market Streets. It was converted to Central Junior High School in 1939. In ca. 1915 a fourth and final building was added to the former Center Market block at the southeast corner of East Market and North Van Buren streets. All of the buildings in the former Center Market block had been razed by the time it was acquired for construction of a parking ramp in the 1980s. The presence of this succession of public school buildings along with three Catholic schools — St. Agatha's, St. Joseph's, and St. Mary's — in and near the Jefferson Street Historic District, tended to reinforce the residential use of the District in the decades preceding and following the turn of the 2& century. Proximity to the schools also saw a number of teachers residing in apartment buildings, private homes, and boarding houses along Jefferson Street. Politics and government on the territorial and state levels figured prominently in Iowa City between 1839 and 1857. Territorial legislative assemblies between 1841 and 1845 and state assemblies between 1846 and 1857 brought politicians together to write three state constitutions, to adopt laws including the Code of 1851, to levy taxes, to make expenditures for the public good, and to create a state university headquartered in Iowa City. This last act determined the future course of 'The Original Town Plat on page 8 shows this strip of land as a school reserve. In 1841 the Mechanics' Mutual Aid Association of Iowa City organized and applied to the Territorial Legislature to use this reserve for building a school and library. The Association completed a two -story brick building (non - extant) along the east side of Linn Street north of Iowa Avenue in 1842 but when the Association failed to comply with the terms of the legislative grant, the property reverted to the State of Iowa. The Mechanics' Hall had a succession of uses including Iowa City's first public school in 1853, the first building for the State University of Iowa (1855 - 1858), SUI's Normal Department (1860), and a men's dormitory for SUI (1866). In ca. 1871 the Mechanics' Hall was converted to a 20 -bed hospital managed by the SUI Medical Department with nursing provided by the Sisters of Mercy. In 1885 the Sisters of Mercy established a separate hospital and the building was vacated. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 13 Name Johnson County IA County and State events in Iowa City more than any other development and is more fully described in the historic context for the "University of Iowa (1855 - 1940)" contained in the "Historic Resources of Iowa City" MPS. As the historic context points out, however, the economic benefits of the enabling legislation for the State University of Iowa were slow to be realized as growth of SUI during its first decades was erratic. As a result, property owners in the blocks most closely positioned to SUI's grounds on Capitol Square saw the greatest benefit early on. Among those most favored were property owners along East Jefferson Street. Residences housed SUI professors and staff members while apartment buildings and boarding houses were filled by students and junior faculty. Real estate sales appear to have been steady with Johnson County Property Transfer Records showing frequent sales. City directories both before and after 1900 confirm the occupancy of many houses by families or widows with one or more children attending SUI as well. The 1890s ushered in a period of expansion for SUI in terms of enrollment, faculty, and physical plant. Construction of several University buildings in the former city park block along East Jefferson Street was among the first projects to be completed. Under the successive presidencies of Charles Schaeffer (1887 -1898) and George MacLean (1899 - 1911), a comprehensive plan for the development of the campus was implemented. Architect Henry Van Brunt successfully advocated the use of the Beaux -Arts Style for the design of four major new buildings to flank Old Capitol, the former territorial capitol on Capitol Square. The plan was completed between 1902 and 1924 and Capitol Square was given a new name — the "Pentacrest" (NRHP). At the same time that plans for the Pentacrest were taking shape, disaster struck elsewhere on Capitol Square. In 1901 the old Medical School Building that stood south of Old Capitol was struck by lightning and destroyed by the ensuing fire. In the aftermath, two new buildings for the SUI Medical School were constructed in the 100 block of East Jefferson Street — the Hall of Anatomy (SUI Building #19, Photo #12, contributing) at 119 E. Jefferson Street and the Medical Laboratory Building (SUI Building #18, contributing, Photo #13) next door at 121 E. Jefferson Street. Both were constructed in 1902. Sanborn maps show the Hall of Anatomy originally included an embalming area on the ground level, a lecture hall on the second floor, a dissecting laboratory on the third floor with tiered seating ringing the north wall, and a cremating area in the attic level. The building also housed a 100 -ton freezer for cadaver storage. Built at the same time as the Hall of Anatomy, the Medical Laboratory Building was constructed immediately to the northeast. Sanborn maps show that it originally included classrooms on the ground level, a lecture hall with classrooms and offices on the second floor, and a clinical laboratory and general laboratory the third floor. The Medical School's surgery department was located in another freestanding building to the southwest (non - extant). In 1928 both the Medical School and the SUI Hospital relocated to the west side of the river following completion of the $4.5 million General Hospital. The former Hall of Anatomy and Medical Laboratory Building continued uses in the human sciences with the Hall of Anatomy variously called the Human Anatomy Laboratory and the Biology Building Annex. The Medical Laboratory Building was renamed the Zoology Building and later, the Biology Building. Both buildings received substantial rehabilitations shortly before the turn of the 21 S century. Joseph Hall Bodine (1895 -1954) was among the distinguished zoologists and biologists to occupy offices in the former Hall of Anatomy and Zoology Building. Bodine was notable for his contributions to the physiology and biochemistry of embryonic development and as head of the Zoology Department at SUI beginning in 1929. Construction of the Hall of Anatomy and the Medical Laboratory Building along Jefferson Street came at the end of a decade that had seen considerable growth in the SUI Medical School. As was noted earlier, both the Homeopathic Hospital (non - extant) and first sections of the SUI Hospital were constructed in the former city park site in 1894 and 1897 respectively. The need for two hospitals arose due to a disagreement between homeopaths and allopaths regarding medical privileges. The original SUI Hospital was in the hands of the allopaths and consisted of three sections built in a U- shaped plan. The center section and the southwest wing were completed in 1897 with other wings added in 1908, 1912, and 1914. Two years later in 1916, new hospital procedures regarding infectious diseases saw construction of the last major SUI Medical School building on the east campus — the SUI Isolation Hospital (contributing, Photo #14) located at 325 E. Jefferson Street. The building was free standing at street level but connected to the main hospital by underground tunnels despite its name. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 14 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Continued growth in the SUI Medical School and the SUI Hospital programs after World War I brought another wave of change to the Jefferson Street Historic District. In 1924 construction began on a new 700 - patient hospital and medical school on the west side of the Iowa River. The project was completed in 1928 with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation matched by the Iowa General Assembly. Soon after the new hospital complex opened, the Isolation Hospital was abandoned. A 1 -story wing (non- extant) was constructed to the south replacing several residences previously used as housing for nurses. The building complex was renamed the Music Building and served in this capacity until 1972. It was subsequently used as art studios and in 2003, during completion of this nomination, stood vacant. While public open spaces, churches, schools, collegiate buildings, and hospitals were being established along Jefferson Street from the 1850s through the 1920s, several phases of residential development took shape along the street. The first generation of dwellings included mostly small frame structures located either close to the street or with random setbacks. The earliest view of dwellings in the District is found in the 1868 Bird's Eye View of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa reproduced on page 11. The map shows one and two -story houses widely spaced along the length of Jefferson Street with denser clusters on the south side of the street between Clinton and Dubuque streets and on the north side between Gilbert and Van Buren streets. Only one of the nearly two dozen residences depicted here survives in the District in 2003 — the William Bostick House at 115 N. Gilbert Street (contributing, Photo #1, NRHP). Constructed in 1850, this two -story brick house stood one lot to the south when it was built as a private residence for the Bostick family. It served as Iowa City's city hall from ca. 1875 to 1882 while the new city hall was being constructed. Then, it resumed domestic use when Mary Rohret and her husband George, a retired farmer acquired it. The couple lived here until George's death when Mary had the house moved about 100 feet north to its current location on Gilbert Street in ca. 1909 before constructing a new family residence. Industrial and merchant families built nearly a dozen houses still standing in the Jefferson Street Historic District. The most important industrial family in the neighborhood was the Englerts, who owned a brewery and ice business in Block 59 that fronted on Market Street one block north of Jefferson Street. Members of the Englert family eventually owned three houses in this block. The oldest was a large frame house built in the Queen Anne Style for John and Magdalena Englert in ca. 1885. It originally stood next to the Englert-owned City Brewery that faced Market Street immediately north of where the house stands today. City Brewery was one of three breweries between Gilbert and Dubuque streets along Market Street that thrived during the late 19th century. Sanborn maps from the period document the move of the house to the present site at 320 E. Jefferson Street (contributing, Photo #2). The Englerts resided in this house before and after it was physically moved in 1910 to accommodate business expansion. Nearby Englert family houses included the Clarence and Marie Englert House at 324 E. Jefferson Street and the Mollie Englert House at 119 N. Gilbert Street. Employees of the two other Market Street breweries, the Graff Union Brewery and the Dostal Great Western Brewery, also resided in the District at the turn of the 20th century. Merchant families in the Jefferson Street Historic District included several grocers, a meat market owner, several clothing and shoe store operators, a jeweler, and a hardware storeowner. John and Catherine Sueppel were among the most prominent. The couple and their large family lived in a spacious Queen Anne Style house built in 1876 at 425 E. Jefferson Street (contributing, Photo # 3). John had immigrated to the United States from Germany and held a number of civic positions after arriving in Iowa City, including city treasurer for two years and county treasurer for four years. He and his family were active members in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church located just two blocks west of the family home. Sueppel's professional life saw him own and operate a successful grocery business while also serving as secretary- treasurer for the George Hummer Mercantile Company. After John's death, his wife Catherine took over operation of Sueppel's Grocery while continuing to operate her own business — Catherine Sueppel Clothier and Furnisher. By 1918 the Sueppel House was occupied by the next generation, son Francis and his wife Mary. Francis Sueppel served as secretary of the Iowa City Electric Railway Company, the Mississippi Valley Electric Co., and the Rundell Land Improvement Co., an important local real estate development company. Sueppel family members held the property until 1936. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 15 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Another social pattern that was observed in several instances in the Jefferson Street Historic District in which recently widowed women construct major family residences in the neighborhood. Justine Mueller, widow of Adam Mueller, bought the property at 420 E. Jefferson Street (contributing, Photo #4) in 1904, commissioned an architect to design a house for the lot a short time later, and had a house built for herself and her four children the following year. Adam had been a partner in Mueller Brothers Shoes in downtown Iowa City. After Justine's death, her daughters Mary and Margaret owned the family house until 1956. One worked as a bookkeeper for Mueller Brothers Shoes and the other was a schoolteacher. In a similar case, Mary Rohret tackled an even larger homebuilding project following the death of her husband George Rohret, a retired farmer and carpenter. The Rohret family had previously lived in the two -story brick dwelling located at the northwest corner of Jefferson and Gilbert streets. When a new house was planned in 1908, the former residence was moved to the north half of the lot (115 North Gilbert Street) to make room for a modern American Four - Square house. Construction dates for single - family houses in the Jefferson Street Historic District indicate that most dwellings were built during the decades immediately before and after 1900. This pattern is typical of other North Side neighborhoods and may reflect general growth in Iowa City during the period. In the case of East Jefferson Street, however, it likely reflects the expansion of the State University of Iowa's east campus in the blocks immediately adjacent to the District. Five major buildings connected to the SUI Medical School and SUI Hospital were constructed between Clinton and Gilbert streets between 1894 and 1916. Fifteen new houses were completed in the District during the same period with five more completed during the early 1920s. Another important housing trend during these years responded to the growing need for rental housing, more particularly — student housing. Along East Jefferson Street this need was met in a variety of ways. Nursing students, for example, were housed in the former Robert and Julia Hutchinson House at 318 E. Jefferson Street (contributing). From ca. 1911 through ca. 1920 the building served as the SUI Nurses Home and by 1926 was described in city directories as the SUI Obstetrical Home. Located directly across the street from the SUI Hospital and SUI Isolation Hospital, the house was officially converted to apartments in 1947. The establishment of rooming houses and boarding houses for SUI students was repeated throughout the District. The Chase Rooming House was operated by Marie Chase, a widow, at 22 North Gilbert Street (contributing) in the years immediately preceding and following World War I. During this period the University established informal but strict policies about such establishments restricting rooming houses to same -sex boarders. A variation on this restriction applied to the location of sorority and fraternity houses. The former were located in neighborhoods east of the downtown while the latter were located on N. Dubuque and N. Clinton streets or west of the river. Several houses functioned as sorority houses in the Jefferson Street Historic District through the years, the largest example constructed at 430 E. Jefferson Street (contributing). Its design was that of an oversized American Four- Square with a private apartment for the owners, Janet and Henry Kohrt. The Kohrts served as house - parents during its early years when it was leased to members of the Phi Rho Sigma Sorority as an annex to the main sorority house located a block away at 505 East Iowa Avenue. Another sorority house was located across the street at 431 E. Jefferson (contributing) beginning in the 1920s. Originally built as a private residence for Laura and William Foster, it was used as the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority House and the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority House after World War I. The largest example of rental housing in the District was the former Park House /St. Agatha's Seminary (contributing, Photo #9) at 130 E. Jefferson Street. After St. Agatha's Seminary closed here in 1909 the building became a women's dormitory. Beginning in 1918, the building was converted to flats and renamed for proprietor Albert Burkley as the Burkley Place Apartments. The demand for apartments continued to be brisk after World War I and Burkley added a separate new apartment building to the north at 115 N. Dubuque Street (contributing) named " Burkley Place North." Together the two buildings had nearly 40 flats. Prior to World War II, SUI junior faculty and staff as well as downtown employees occupied buildings such as these. Student use of such apartments was a post -war phenomenon. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 16 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State By the time the Jefferson Street Historic District was fully developed by the late 1920s, the neighborhood consisted of a mix of middle and upper income households in owner - occupied and rental houses and apartments. Students at the State University of Iowa, especially medical students, nursing students, and music students filled rooming houses and apartment buildings. Information in the list below has been gleaned from biographical histories, city directories, obituaries, and other sources and provides a sampling of the District's residents, their occupations or professions, business affiliations, and the location of the houses they occupied. Dates shown are for estimates for building construction: East Jefferson Street 104 E. Jefferson St., Newman Catholic Center, 1988 (St. Mary's Convent wing originally built ca. 1930) 119 E. Jefferson SUSUI Building #19, Hall of Anatomy (Biological Sciences Library), 1902 121 E. Jefferson St/SUI Building #18, Medical Laboratory Building (Zoology Bldg. /Biology Bldg.), 1902 130 E. Jefferson St., Park House /St. Agatha's Seminary, 1852/ca. 1875 214 E. Jefferson St., First Methodist Episcopal Church (First United Methodist Church), 1908 220 E. Jefferson St., St. Mary's Rectory, 1891 230 E. Jefferson St., St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 1867/1907 302 E. Jefferson St., Hugh & Josephine McCabe, retired, ca. 1925 306 E. Jefferson St., Mary Thoman, ca. 1925 318 E. Jefferson St., Robert & Julia Hutchinson, carpenter and city marshall, ca. 1875 320 E. Jefferson St., John & Magdalena Englert, owner, City Brewery, ca. 1885 324 E. Jefferson St., Joseph & Lena Weiss, occupation unknown, 1940 325 E. Jefferson St. /SUI Building #20, State University of Iowa Isolation Hospital, 1916 328 E. Jefferson St., Mary Rohret, widow, 1911 403 E. Jefferson St., Dionysius Speidel, partner, Speidel Brothers Clothing Store, 1905 404 E. Jefferson St., St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1926 405 E. Jefferson St., Thomas & Martina Brown, proprietor, Clinton Street Smoke House, 1906 409 -411 E. Jefferson St., Andrew & Mary Beermaker, occupation unknown, ca. 1883 413 E. Jefferson St., Beermaker rental house, ca. 1892 415 E. Jefferson St., Mrs. F.A. Lucas, widow, ca. 1868 420 E. Jefferson St., Justine Mueller, widow, 1905 424 E. Jefferson St., David & Isabell Abrams, shoe dealer and grocery store owner, 1893 425 E. Jefferson St., John & Catherine Sueppel, owner, Sueppel's Grocery and Catherine Sueppel Clothier and Furnisher, 1876 428 E. Jefferson St., Warren & Anna Irons, no occupation, ca. 1921 430 E. Jefferson St., Janet & Henry Kohrt, / Phi Rho Sigma Annex, 1924 431 E. Jefferson St., Foster, Laura & William, no occupation /Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority House & Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority House, ca. 1894 North Dubuque Street 115 N. Dubuque St., Burkley Place North Apartment Building, ca. 1925 North Gilbert Street 22 N. Gilbert St., Hugh & Margaret Smith, partner, Smith & Cilek Hardware Store 24 N. Gilbert St., Thomas Moore, no occupation, ca. 1905 114 N. Gilbert St., Joseph & Ludmila Barborka , retired jeweler, 1901 115 N. Gilbert St., Wm. Bostick, ca. 1850 and later, George & Mary Rohret, retired farmer 119 N. Gilbert St., Mollie Englert, widow of George Englert, owner, City Brewery, ca. 1900 120 N. Gilbert St., Alois & Esther Smith, brewmaster, Iowa Brewing Co. (former Dostal Brewery), ca. 1908 125 N. Gilbert St., Jacob & Sarah Goldberg, grocery store owner, ca. 1922 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number Page 17 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State North Van Buren Street 21 -25 N. Van Buren St., Unnamed House, ca. 1875 109 N. Van Buren St., William Graf, proprietor, Graf Bottling Works, 1920 117 N. Van Buren St., John Messner, partner, Messner, Koza & Co., meat market, ca. 1911 The Architecture of the Jefferson Street Historic District: The mix of residences, apartment buildings, churches, and collegiate buildings in the Jefferson Street Historic District provides a representative sampling of architectural styles and vernacular forms typical of late 19th and early 201h century neighborhoods in Iowa City. At the same time, this mix of institutional architecture and domestic building stock provides a blend of architectural scale, materials, and designs that is rare within Iowa City. Architects of local and regional prominence are identified with several individual buildings within the District while builders and carpenters associated with many of the vernacular buildings I emain unidentified. Good examples can be found of Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival style residences as well as well preserved examples of vernacular forms such as the American Four - Square. Religious buildings include fine examples of Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, French Second Empire, and a mix of Tudor Revival and Collegiate Gothic designs while collegiate buildings are designed in the Classical Revival and Italian Renaissance Revival styles. A discussion of the architecture of the District begins with an examination of several architect - designed buildings. Churches and SUI owned buildings comprise the major architectural commissions in the Jefferson Street Historic District. The earliest building designed by an architect in the District is believed to be the Congregational Church at 30 N. Clinton Street (contributing, Photo #7, NRHP). A design for the church was commissioned in 1867 from Gurdon P. Randall (1821 -1888) of Chicago. Randall had apprenticed in the offices of Asher Benjamin of Boston before moving west in 1856. His 34 -year practice specialized in schoolhouses, churches, and courthouses throughout the Midwest. The same year that he designed the Congregational Church in Iowa City, he published A Handbook of Designs, Buildings. The Madison County Court House in Winterset, Iowa was completed the same year also but was destroyed by fire in 1875. The Union Park Congregational Church completed in Chicago (1869 and 1871), was among his other church designs.s It is pictured to the right, its front facade a nearly identical, but reverse, image of the Congregational Church in Iowa City.7 (see Photo #7) The Congregational Church is a well preserved example of the Gothic Revival Style of architecture found in religious buildings throughout the country after the Civil War. This building is an example of the side - steeple church form. It has an asymmetrical fror First Baptist Congregational Church, 60 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago 'Wesley I. Shank, Iowa's Historic Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, (Nevada, Iowa: University of Iowa Press), 1999, p. 201. Photo by Stephen Beal from Chicago Landmarks Web Site, available at hftp: / /www.ci.chi.il.us /Landmarks /F /FirstBaptist.html. Accessed on November 5, 2003. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 18 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State containing an octagon broached spire ornamented with small gabled windows located at the northwest corner of the building facing Clinton and Jefferson streets. The front fagade incorporates a smaller turret on the southwest corner that originally terminated in a pinnacle. The Gothic design's distinctive fenestration includes pointed or lancet arched windows in singles, pairs, or trios. The building has a stone foundation and the masonry walls are constructed of a locally produced reddish brown brick. Stone belt courses extend around the building between the raised basement and first floor and at three points around the tower. Brick pointed arches are inset in the walls of the tower as well. Facing the Pentacrest, the Congregational Church provides a dramatic landmark at the west entrance to the Jefferson Street Historic District. First Methodist Episcopal Church, undated Architects for other churches in the District are not as clearly identified. St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church at 230 E. Jefferson Street (contributing, Photo #11) with its Romanesque Revival Style center steeple form was reportedly designed by Father Emonds, pastor at the church at the time of its construction in 1868 -69. The building's large footprint took advantage of the church reserve lot it occupied opposite the park. Like the Congregational Church, it was constructed of reddish brown brick with limestone trim. Its imposing church steeple centered on the front fagade was one of three that marked the skyline of East Jefferson Street by the turn of the 20'h century. When a rectory was added next door at 220 E. Jefferson Street (contributing, Photo #10) in 1891, it was also designed in the Romanesque Revival Style. The First Methodist Episcopal Church stood on another church reserve lot West of St. Mary's Church and Rectory. After several fires and partial reconstructions, the building was destroyed in 1906 in a fire that threatened conflagration in the densely developed neighborhood. Two years later a replacement church building was completed at 214 E. Jefferson Street (contributing, Photo #8). Though no specific architect has been identified for the replacement building that appears at the above, it is possible that the contracting firm for the church, Sheets & Freyder, also served as architect. This long- standing Iowa City building firm traced its roots to the carpentry shops of J.M. Sheets and partners Bernard Gesberg and August Hazelhorst in the mid -19th century. The men eventually merged operations as Sheets & Co. and became noted for their millwork production and contracting services. Business listings in city directories from before the turn of the 20th century through the 1920s listed the firm with "architects" as well as various builder specialties. Frank X. Freyder apparently served as the firm's architect. The firm completed construction and/or design contracts on a number of major commercial and institutional buildings including at least four other Iowa City churches. One of these, the German Methodist Episcopal Church (non - extant), was located at the southeast corner of Gilbert and Jefferson streets. BPhoto from Gerald Mansheim, Iowa City. An Illustrated History (Norfolk, Virginia: The Downing Company), 1989, p. 59. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 19 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State At a quick glance, the massive side - steeple form and rusticated limestone walls of the 1908 First Methodist Episcopal Church suggest that the building is a Richardsonian Romanesque design. Closer examination identifies the church as an example of the Late Gothic Revival Style that was gaining national popularity on college campuses at the turn of the century such as Bryn Mawr, Princeton, West Point, the University of Chicago, and Duke University. Gothic pointed arches in the three entrance bays and the stained glass windows in the tower and sanctuary combine with steeply pitched gable roof peaks, crenellated towers, decorative roof ridge crestings, and tall chimneys to give the church its distinctive Gothic design. As was noted previously, growth of the State University of Iowa Medical School and related hospitals transformed a nearly three -block stretch of the south side of Jefferson Street beginning in the decade of the 1890s. The University employed architect that oversaw that change was the Des Moines firm of Proudfoot & Bird and its successor, Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson. The firm was headed by William T. Proudfoot (1860 -1928) and George W. Bird (1854 -1953) when it relocated to Des Moines in 1896. Harry D. Rawson (1873 -1934) joined the firm in 1910. During the first decades of the 20th century, the firm became established as "Iowa's preeminent early - twentieth- century architectural firm... noted for the high quality of their architectural design, their high level of professional competence, and the large number of completed commissions.i9 Among Proudfoot and Bird's best known SUI commissions are the four academic halls on the Pentacrest that surround Old Capitol — Schaeffer Hall (1902), MacBride Hall (1908), MacLean Hall (1912), and Jessup Hall (1924). The four Bedford stone buildings were designed in the Classical Revival Style with Beaux -Arts elements. When fire claimed the SUI Medical School Building that also stood on Capitol Square as Schaeffer Hall was nearing completion, SUI turned to Proudfoot & Bird to design a new Medical Laboratories Building (SUI Building #18, contributing, Photo #13) and Hall of Anatomy (SUI Building #19, Photo #12, contributing) along the south side of the 100 block of East Jefferson Street. The two buildings were completed between 1902 -1904 and also featured the use of Bedford stone in their Classical Revival designs. Further to the east along Jefferson Street, a complimentary set of hospital buildings was designed by Proudfoot and Bird for the University. The main hospital was designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival Style with red and buff colored brick combined with limestone trim and a red clay tiled roofs to achieve a less academic aesthetic. The main hospital and a series of additions (either non - extant or located outside of the District) were constructed between 1897 and 1914. Construction of the SUI Isolation Hospital in 1916 required a freestanding building, which was located at 325 Jefferson Street (contributing, Photo # 14). Rendered in the same Italian Renaissance Revival Style and polychromatic materials, its exterior remains largely unaltered in 2003. The third architect identified with buildings in the Jefferson Street Historic District was Orville H. Carpenter of Iowa City. Though at least three other buildings designed by Carpenter are already listed on the NRHP, most of what is known about his life and professional career has been uncovered only recently by historian and Iowa City Historic Preservation Commissioner Richard Carlson. Examinations of local newspapers and issues of American Contractor magazine for the years 1897 -1908 and 1897 -1930 respectively have identified at least three residences designed by Carpenter in the District.10 The buildings span the period 1905 -1907 and their designs demonstrate the transition between late Queen Anne Free Classic designs and American Four - Square plans that Carpenter's work was undergoing at this time. Orville H. Carpenter (1865 -1938) was born and grew up in rural Camanche in Clinton County, Iowa about 70 miles east of Iowa City. He attended public schools and one or more business colleges before beginning a career doing survey work for a civil engineering company in western Iowa in 1885. During the next decade he traveled extensively, working for "some of the largest architectural firms in Buffalo, Philadelphia, Chicago, and other large cities. "11 It is not known whether or not 9Shank, p. 127. 10 Richard Carlson, Iowa City Historic Preservation Commissioner, Email interview re: study of Iowa City buildings as recorded in Iowa City newspapers, 1897 -1908, and study of O.H. Carpenter buildings, 1897 —1930, November, 2003. 11Richard Carlson, Iowa City Historic Preservation Commissioner, "Orville H. Carpenter (1865- 1938), Iowa City Architect," United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 20 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Carpenter received any formal training in architecture or engineering. By 1895 he had returned to Clinton County where he was apparently working as an engineer, architect, or both. In late 1898 Carpenter moved to Iowa City to open an architectural practice. A published account of his work in The Commercial Magazine in 1898 featured photographs of five completed residences in Iowa City suggesting that his work had likely commenced in Iowa City sometime before he made the decision to relocate there. The dearth of professional architects in Iowa City at the time was a likely factor in drawing Carpenter to Iowa City. This was coupled with the fact that in Clinton County, several competent architects already had established practices and the local economy was experiencing a decline. Carpenter appears in city directory business listings from 1899 through 1936. A comprehensive review of local newspapers underway in 200312 has identified at least three residences designed by Carpenter in the Jefferson Street Historic District. They include the Justine Mueller House at 420 E. Jefferson Street (contributing, Photo #4), the Falk Rental House at 403 E. Jefferson Street (contributing), and the Thomas and Martina Brown House next door at 405 E. Jefferson Street (contributing). The Mueller House is the earliest completed in ca. 1905 and is also the most elaborate of the three residences. It is a well preserved example of a variation of the popular late 19th century Queen Anne Style that Carpenter used for many of his early Iowa City residential designs. Its solid, hipped -roof mass incorporated classical elements such as a keystone arched Palladian window in the attic gable, modillion style porch brackets, heavy turned balusters, and paneled columns. As such, the house typified other late Queen Anne "Free Classic" residential designs by Carpenter in Iowa City. The other Jefferson Street houses by Carpenter are examples of the American Four - Square plans that he frequently designed in the years leading up to and following World War I. The Falk House and Brown House are two of the earliest Four - Squares that Carpenter is known to have designed. Both feature typical elements of this form incorporated in Carpenter plans including hipped or pyramidal roofs, attic dormers, wide hipped roof front porches, and large double -hung sash in singles and groups. Three other O.H. Carpenter residences near the Jefferson Street Historic District are individually listed on the NRHP — the Benjamin F. and Bertha (Horack) Shambaugh House built at 219 N. Clinton Street in 1902 and moved to 430 N. Clinton Street in 2002, the Arthur Hillyer Ford House completed in 1908 at 228 Brown Street, and the Emma Harvat and Mary Stach House at 332 E. Davenport Street completed a decade later in 1918. The Shambaugh House is an example of the Free Classic Queen Anne form favored by Carpenter for his earlier designs while the Ford House is an example of the Mission Style. The Harvat-Stach House is an eclectic blend of Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, and Prairie School. At least eight Carpenter houses have also been identified in the proposed Gilbert- Linn Street Historic District located several blocks north of the Jefferson Street Historic District. O.H. Carpenter's architectural career included more than residences such as those documented in and around the Jefferson Street Historic District. Commercial and institutional projects including downtown business blocks, fraternal halls, and schools were among his work in Iowa City and in southeast Iowa. Carpenter's architectural practice continued through the 1920s and early 1930s though examples of his work became more rare, perhaps due to his age. In 1938 he died while continuing to reside in Iowa City. As was noted earlier in this section, much if not most of the domestic building stock in the Jefferson Street Historic District was constructed without the benefit of custom, architect - designed plans. The presence of only a handful of professional architects in Iowa City during the 19th century contributed to the dearth of professionally designed dwellings along Jefferson Street. Newspaper advertisements of builders at the turn of the 20th century promote the idea residences constructed by design /build firms. This idea was further encouraged by the tradition in American homebuilding that saw house designs frequently spring from sources other than architects. In some cases, popular house plans passed from generation to November 18, 2003 draft; "O.H. Carpenter," Daily Iowa State Press (Iowa City, Iowa), Special Edition, May 31, 1899, p. 6. 12 Richard Carlson, Iowa City Historic Preservation Commissioner, Email interview re: study of Iowa City buildings as recorded in Iowa City newspapers, 1897 -1908, and study of O.H. Carpenter buildings, 1897 —1930, November, 2003. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 21 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State generation embellished with ornamentation and design features of their richer, architect - designed cousins. In other instances, the favored forms of individual carpenters or masons were modified based on stylistic trends of the day and built for new customers. In the Jefferson Street Historic District, examples of each of these homebuilding trends can be identified. The three houses identified as O.H. Carpenter designs are evidence of the presence of professionally designed dwellings in the District. Although specific architects have not been identified for other houses such as St. Mary's Rectory at 220 E. Jefferson Street (contributing, Photo #10) or the Sueppel House at 425 E. Jefferson Street (contributing, Photo #3), it is likely that professionals contributed to their designs. Two dwellings are examples of the adaptation of a popular house plan passed down from generation to generation. Both the William Bostick House at 115 N. Gilbert Street (contributing, Photo #1, NRHP) and the Robert and Julia Hutchinson House at 318 E. Jefferson Street (contributing) are examples of the adaptation of the I -House form. In both cases the two -story, side - gabled houses were constructed of brick but in the earlier Bostick House built in 1850, the building incorporated Greek Revival Style windows, arches, and entrance treatment. In the Hutchinson House built about fifteen years later, the same house form incorporated the robust ornamentation of the Italianate Style for cornice brackets and porch trim. Robert had first settled in Iowa City in 1839 soon after its founding working as a carpenter and joiner. He was credited with erecting the town's first log house. During the California gold rush he went west but returned a few years later no richer for the trouble. Hutchinson's experience as a carpenter likely encouraged him to chose a house form that was both pleasing and flexible. Other houses constructed in the Jefferson Street Historic District drew inspiration from architectural styles and vernacular forms that swept the country from the 1880s through the 1920s. Homebuilders for these houses turned to pattern books and design catalogues that were readily available from local lumber companies. After the turn of the 20th century, residents may have turned to manufacturers of pre -cut houses such as Aladdin Homes, Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck and Company, and Iowa's own Gordon -Van Tine Company. Another source of vernacular home designs were the plans offered through plan services such as the Home Owners Service Institute or pattern books published by Ray Bennett, Gustav Stickley, Herbert C. Chives, the Radford Architectural Co., or Harris, McHenry & Baker. The case of the Gordon -Van Tine Company headquartered in Davenport, Iowa is worth examining. The company advertised nationally selling construction materials to builders beginning in 1906. By 1910 the company offered house plans and were among the first companies in the country to offer fully pre -cut houses. The company's catalogues allowed the homebuyer to select from among dozens of floor plans, finishes, design features, and equipment choices. The Gordon -Van Tine Company knew of the brisk market for residential construction in other Iowa communities before and after World War I regularly placing advertising in local newspapers and sending traveling salesmen throughout the state. The most popular vernacular house form in the Jefferson Street Historic District was one frequently promoted by the Gordon -Van Tine Company — the American Four - Square. Ten separate buildings using this form were built in the District in the years leading up to and immediately following World War I. The Gordon -Van Tine Company included 18 separate plans in the American Four - Square house form in its 1923 catalogue seeking to capture the interest of homebuilders with such descriptive phrases as "An Impressive Colonial Home," "A Big 6 Room House at a Low Price," "A Big Square Home — Four Bed Rooms," "Substantial Two -Story Home," "An Every Popular Home of Fine Proportions," "Impressive Home — A Space and Money Saver," "A Substantial Seven Room House," and "A Square House with Big Comfortable Rooms. "13 13117 House Designs of the Twenties, Gordon -Van Tine Co., (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. and Philadelphia: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia), 1992. (reprint of Gordon -Van Tine Homes, originally published by the Gordon -Van Tine Co., Davenport, Iowa, 1923), pp. 37, 52, 66, 81, 82, 86, 87, and 99. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 22 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State As noted above, the American Four - Square was the most common house form in the Jefferson Street Historic District. Common characteristics included a two -story, three -bay configuration; hipped roof of various pitches; hipped, shed or gable attic or wall dormer(s) on one or more fagades; porches generally extending across the entire front facade; asymmetrically placed entrance door (common); a cottage window on first floor (common); double -hung windows or groups of windows on upper floors and secondary fagades with either 1/1, 4/1, 5/1 or 6/1 configurations; belt courses separating first and second floors; and differing materials on each level (common). The typical plan for a Four - Square featured four rooms on the first floor usually including an entrance hall with stairs to the second floor, a cased opening between the living room and dining room, and a spacious kitchen. The upper level contained a bathroom and either three or four bedrooms. Examples in the District were built for a range of budgets with the smallest examples containing less than 700 square feet per floor, moderate examples sized from 800 to 900 square feet, and a few large houses containing more than 1,000 square feet per floor. Although the use of pattern book houses in the Jefferson Street Historic District has not been documented, the presence of 10 examples of the American Four - Square form makes it likely that one or more were the result of catalogue or pattern book selections. Contributing and Non - Contributing Resources: The Jefferson Street Historic District contains a total of 44 buildings with 41 contributing primary and secondary buildings. Of these, 22 are key or individually significant (21 primary and 1 secondary). The balance of the District includes 1 non- contributing primary building and 2 non - contributing secondary buildings. Five buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Congregational Church in 1973, the Park House /St. Agatha's Seminary in 1978, St. Mary's Church and St. Mary's Rectory in 1995, and the William Bostick House in 1996. Integrity requirements used to determine contributing and non - contributing designation for both primary and secondary buildings in the Jefferson Street Historic District were developed using National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. Individual building evaluations were consistent with local standards further refined as a part of surveys and multiple property documentation forms completed in 1992 -1994 and 1999 -2000 listed below "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS," prepared 1992, listed NRHP 1994 Amendment to "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS" for "Architectural and Historical Resources of Original Town Plat Neighborhood (Phase II), 1845 — 1945," prepared 1999, listed NRHP 2000 Amendment to "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS" for "Architectural and Historical Resources of Iowa City Central Business District, 1855 — 1945," prepared for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission 2000 (not submitted to the National Park Service) By definition, historic districts are collections of buildings that when considered as a group rather than individually possess a sense of time and place. They may have a shared building type, style, form, or material. They have a common period of significance that may extend over a few years or decades. They consist of contiguous properties or multi -block areas with relatively few intrusions. Integrity for individual buildings as well as the setting as a whole should be high. The Jefferson Street Historic District meets these requirements. Individual buildings were evaluated and ranked according to one of three designations: 1) key contributing, 2) contributing or 3) non - contributing. For single or multi - family buildings (including sorority houses, rectories, convents, rooming houses, and apartment buildings) to be designated as "key contributing," they had to be substantially unaltered and retain their original appearance in shape, proportions, and roofline. Principal fagades had to remain intact and largely unchanged. If synthetic United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 23 of Johnson County IA Countv and State siding has been installed it was considered acceptable if the width matched that of the original surfaces and few architectural features had been compromised by its installation. Original porches were required to be intact, windows had to remain unchanged except for the installation of metal storm windows, and primary entrances had to remain consistent with the original design. Single- family or multi - family buildings designated as "contributing" retain their original form and massing. Examples of acceptable alterations are as follows. Porches may be enclosed but the original columns remain visible or the enclosure is easily reversible with little or no damage to the massing and proportions of the original porch. The majority of windows remain unchanged but if altered, the sizes of window openings conform to those of original openings. Any wings or additions made to a house are subordinate to the original structure and do not cover significant architectural detailing. For secondary structures such as garages, changes considered acceptable for contributing status include the replacement of garage doors. Residential buildings designated as "non- contributing" include all structures built outside of the period of significance —1850 to 1954. Buildings altered to such a degree that the original structure is no longer readily identifiable are also considered non - contributing. Examples of significant changes include a change in roofline, porch enclosures of a non - reversible nature, major additions or modifications of primary facades, and moving of a building outside of the period of significance. The balance of the buildings in the Jefferson Street Historic District fall into the category of institutional buildings. These larger buildings include churches, education buildings, and hospitals and were evaluated and ranked according to the same three designations of key contributing, contributing, or non - contributing. If an institutional building is designated as a "key contributing" resource, its primary facades are substantially unaltered and retain their original appearance in shape, proportions, and roofline. A church, for example, retains its original shape and proportions with original window openings, doors, spires, and other architectural features preserved. Construction materials for foundations, walls, and windows remain original. The use of modern roofing materials is an acceptable alteration. New additions or wings are considered acceptable if they are located along secondary facades, have sympathetic design elements, and are constructed of compatible building materials. Such additions do not preclude a building from being considered a key contributing resource. In general, modifications made more than 50 years ago are accepted as part of the historic appearance of a building. Similar integrity standards apply to other institutional buildings including those built as academic halls and hospitals within the District. Changes to primary entrances, important window openings, and rooflines result in institutional buildings being considered either "contributing" rather than "key contributing" or "non- contributing" depending on the level of change. The final issue of building integrity involves moved buildings. National Register standards generally preclude moved buildings from being considered either key contributing or contributing. The assumption is that a move detracts from a building's significance by destroying its original setting and context. On the other hand, moves made during the period of significance are treated as historic alterations if the settings and context are similar to original locations. The moving of buildings in North Side neighborhoods in Iowa City in the decades prior to World War II has been documented as a common residential development practice. Building alterations considered acceptable for moved buildings include changes in foundation materials, changes in porches built after a move, some entrance modifications, and some changes in building orientation. Moves were considered detrimental if they resulted in the loss of significant architectural elements. A list of buildings in the Jefferson Street Historic District appears on the following page. Buildings are separated into primary (church, education hall, hospital, single - family house, or multi - family building) and secondary (carriage house or garage). If no box is marked under the secondary building columns for a particular address, no garage or carriage house is present. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 24 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State Jefferson Street Historic District — Contributing and Non - Contributing Resources # STREET ORIGINAL/ LONG- DATES PRIMARY BLDG. STATUS SECONDARY BLDG. STATUS ARCH. STYLE - TERM OWNER(s) Contributing Key Non - Contributing Contributing Non - Contributing VERNACULAR FORM 30 N. Clinton St. First Congregational 1868 Key Gothic Revival Church NRHP 115 N. Dubuque St. Burkley Place North ca. 1925 C No Style Apartment Building 22 N. Gilbert St. Smith, Hugh & ca. 1910 C Am. Four - Square Margaret/Chase Roomin_q House 24 N. Gilbert St. Moore, Thomas ca. 1905 C Am. Four - Square 114 N. Gilbert St. Barborka, Joseph & 1901 Key Colonial Revival/ Ludmila Cross Gable 115 N. Gilbert St. Bostick, Wm. /Rohret, ca. 1850 Key Greek Revival/Side- George & Mary NRHP Gabled Two-Story 119 N. Gilbert St. Englert, Mollie ca. 1900 C Gable -Front and Wing 120 N. Gilbert St. Smith, Alois & Esther ca. 1908 Key Colonial Revival /Am. 125 N. Gilbert St. Goldberg, Jacob & ca. 1922 C NC Four-Square Craftsman/ Sarah Am. Four-Square 104 E. Jefferson St. Newman Catholic 1988 NC Modern Movement Center (with St. Mary's (Italian Renaissance Convent win Revival convent win 119 E. Jefferson St Hall of Anatomy 1902 Key Classical Revival SUI Building #19 (Biological Sciences Libra 121 E. Jefferson St Medical Laboratory 1902 Key al SUI Building #18 Building (Zoology Bld . /Biolo Bldg.) 130 E. Jefferson St. Park House /St. 1852/ Key FGothicRevival A atha's Seminary ca. 1875 NRHP 214 E. Jefferson St. First Methodist 1908 Key Episcopal Church (First United Methodist Church 220 E. Jefferson St. St. Mary's Rectory 1891 Key Romanesque Revival NRHP 230 E. Jefferson St. St. Mary's Roman 1867/ Key Romanesque Revival Catholic Church 1907 NRHP 302 E. Jefferson St. McCabe, Hugh & ca. 1925 C Craftsman /Bungalow Josephine 306 E. Jefferson St. Thoman, Mary C Side - Gabled Two 318 E. Jefferson St. Hutchinson, Robert & ca. 1875 Key C Story/Craftsman Italianate/ I -House Julia 320 E. Jefferson St. Englert, John & ca. 1885 Key Queen Anne /Gable- Ma dalena I Front and Win 324 E. Jefferson St. Englert, Clarence & 1940 C C Gable -Front and Wing Marie 325 E. Jefferson St./ SUI Isolation Hospital 1916 1 Key Italian Renaissance SUI Building #20 Revival United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 25 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State # STREET ORIGINAL! LONG- DATES PRIMARY BLDG. STATUS SECONDARY BLDG. STATUS ARCH' STYLE-7— TERM OWNER(s) Contributing Key Non - Contributing Contributing Non - Contributing VERNACULAR FORM 328 E. Jefferson St. Rohret, Mary 1911 Key Am. Four - Square 403 E. Jefferson St. Falk Rental House 1907 Key Am. Four - Square 404 E. Jefferson St. St. Paul's Lutheran 1926 Key Eclectic/Tudor Revival Church & Collegiate Gothic 405 E. Jefferson St. Brown, Thomas & 1906 C Am. Four - Square Martina 409- E. Jefferson St. Beermaker, Andrew & ca. 1883 C Side - Gabled Two - 411 Ma - Story 413 E. Jefferson St. Beermaker rental ca. 1892 C Side - Gabled Two - house Story 415 E. Jefferson St. Lucas, F.A. ca. 1868 C Front - Gabled One Story 420 E. Jefferson St. Mueller, Justine 1905 Key Key Colonial Revival/ 424 E. Jefferson St. Abrams, David & 1893 Key Am. Four-Square/ Front - Gabled Two Isabell Story 425 E. Jefferson St. John & Catherine 1876 Key NC (same Queen Anne /Front- Sueppel House garage as at 415 Gabled Two Story E. Jefferson & 21 -25 Van Buren ) 428 E. Jefferson St. Irons, Warren & Anna ca. 1921 C C Am. Four - Square 430 E. Jefferson St. Kohrt, Janet & Henry/ 1924 Key Am. Four - Square Phi Rho Si ma Annex 431 E. Jefferson St. Foster, Laura & ca. 1894 C Queen Anne William /Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority House & Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority House 21 -25 N. Van Buren St. Unnamed House ca. 1875 C Front - Gabled Two Story 109 N. Van Buren St. Graf, William 1920 C Craftsman /Bungalow 117 N. Van Buren St. Messner, John &Mary ca. 1911 Key Am. Four - Square Summary: In summary, the Jefferson Street Historic District is locally significant under Criteria A and C. Under Criterion A it derives significance from its association with an important era of population growth and intense residential development in Iowa City's North Side residential areas at the end of the 19 r century and the beginning of the 20th century. Iowa Citians built private residences for their growing families while small -scale developers constructed housing to meet the demand of a brisk rental market during these decades. Jefferson Street's organic development followed this pattern of residential development. Additional significance under Criterion A derives from the institutional buildings — both religious and collegiate — that were constructed along Jefferson Street from the 1860s through the 1920s. The street's many churches became social centers for the community and the neighborhood. Growth in importance of the nearby State University of Iowa beginning in the 1890s saw construction of new medical school buildings and hospitals along East Jefferson Street. The resulting mix of institutional buildings and residences gave Jefferson Street a unique character among Iowa City's neighborhoods. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 8 Page 26 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State Under Criterion C the Jefferson Street Historic District is significant as a representative collection of the architectural styles and vernacular house forms that appeared in Iowa City neighborhoods from the 1850s through the 1930s. The juxtaposition of 11 different architectural styles and vernacular forms employed for single - family dwellings, rooming houses, apartment buildings, churches, academic halls, and a hospital testifies to the architectural diversity of the District. The combination of visual qualities and historical associations gives the Jefferson Street Historic District its distinct neighborhood identity and significance. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 9 Page 27 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State 9. Major Bibliographical References: 117 House Designs of the Twenties, Gordon -Van Tine Co. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. and Philadelphia: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1992. (reprint of Gordon -Van Tine Homes, originally published by the Gordon - Van Tine Co., Davenport, Iowa, 1923). Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa. [Publisher unknown] 1917. Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa. Davenport, Iowa: The Huebinger Survey & Map Publishing Co., 1900. Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa: J. J. Novak, 1889. Aurner, Clarence Ray. Leading Events in Johnson County, Iowa History, Volumes 1 and 2. Cedar Rapids: Western Historical Press, 1912. Baxter, Elaine. Historic Structure Inventory, North Side Neighborhood Preservation Study. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa. Institute of Urban and Regional Research, 1977. Bercovici, Konrad. On New Shores. New York: The Century Co., 1925. "Buildings East of the Pentacrest" compiled by Dan Hurd, University of Iowa, Facilities services Group, Design & Construction Services, September 26,2000. Carlson, Richard, Iowa City Historic Preservation Commissioner. Email interview re: study of Iowa City buildings as recorded in Iowa City newspapers, 1897 -1908, and study of O.H. Carpenter buildings in The American Contractor, 1897 —1930, November, 2003. Carlson, Richard, Iowa City Historic Preservation Commissioner. "Orville H. Carpenter (1865- 1938), Iowa City Architect," November 18, 2003 draft. The Census of Iowa for the years 1856, 1873, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1895, 1905, 1915, and 1925 as printed by various State Printers. Census of the United States for 1850 to 2000. City Directories of Iowa City, Iowa. Multiple years. Combination Atlas and Map of Johnson County, Iowa. Geneva, Illinois: Thompson & Everts, 1870. Drury, John. This is Johnson County, Iowa. Chicago: The Loree Company, 1955. Eckhardt, Patricia Ann Lacey. "Proudfoot and Bird, Campus Architects: Building Facilities for Professional Education at the University of Iowa, 1898 - 1910." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Iowa, 1990. Ellis, Edwin Charles. "Certain Stylistic Trends in Architecture in Iowa City." Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Iowa, 1947. Gebhard, David, and Gerald Mansheim. Buildings of Iowa. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, pp. 259 -264. Gerber, John C. A Pictorial History of the University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1988. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 9 Page 28 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State Gottfried, Herbert and Jan Jennings. American Vernacular Design, 1870 — 1940. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1985. History of Johnson County, Iowa containing a history of the county and its townships, cities and villages from 1836 to 1882. Evansville, Indiana: Unigraph, Inc., ca. 1973, 1883. Insurance Maps of Iowa City, Iowa. (New York: The Sanborn Map Company and the Sanborn and Perris Map Company; 1874, 1879, 1883, 1888, 1892, 1899, 1906, 1912, 1920, 1926, 1933, and 1933 updated to 1970). "Iowa City, Iowa ". The Commercial Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, (January 1898). Iowa City, Iowa, Souvenir and Annual for 1881 -82. Iowa City, Iowa: Hoover, Kneedler & Faust, 1882. Iowa City and Her Business Men; Iowa's Most Enterprising City. 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Iowa City: An Illustrated History. Norfolk, Virginia: The Downing Company, 1989. Map of Iowa City, Iowa, with Description of Resources and Natural Resources and Advantages. Des Moines, Iowa: The Iowa Publishing Co., 1910. Naumann, Molly Myers. "Survey and Evaluation of the Dubuque /Linn Corridor, Iowa City, Iowa ". Report prepared for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission, 1996. Nash, Jan Olive. "Survey and Evaluation of the Portion of the Original Town Plat of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa ". (contains proposed MPDF amendment for "Historic Folk Housing of Iowa City, Iowa ") Draft report prepared for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission, April 1997. "O.H. Carpenter," Daily Iowa State Press (Iowa City, Iowa), Special Edition, May 31, 1899, p. 6. Perl, Larry. Calm and Secure on the Hill. A Retrospective of the University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Alumni Association, 1978. Persons, Stow. The University of Iowa in the Twentieth Century. An Institutional History. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1990. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 9 Page 29 Jefferson Street Historic District _ Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State Petersen, William John. "Iowa City — Then and Now." The Palimpsest, Vol. 48, No. 2 (February 1967). Portrait and Biographical Record of Johnson, Poweshiek and Iowa Counties, Iowa. Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1893. Richardson, Jim. The University of Iowa. Louisville, Kentucky: Harmony House Publishers, 1989. Ruger, A. "Bird's Eye View of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa." Chicago: Chicago Lithographing Company, 1868. "Semi- Centennial Edition." Iowa City Republican, October 20, 1890. Shambaugh, Benjamin F. Iowa City: A Contribution to the Early History of Iowa. M.A. Thesis, University of Iowa, Published by State Historical Society of Iowa, 1893. Shank, Wesley I. Iowa's Historic Architects: A Biographical Dictionary. Nevada, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1999. Stevenson, Katherine Cole and H. Ward Jandl. Houses by Mail: A Guide to Houses from Sears, Roebuck and Company. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1986. Stromsten, Frank A. "The History of the Department of Zoology of the State University of Iowa" in Bios. Mt. Vernon, Iowa, March 1950, pp. 8 -30 Svendsen, Marlys. "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa ". National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form prepared for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission, 1992. Svendsen, Marlys. "Survey and Evaluation of the Original Town Plat Phase II Area" and "Architectural and Historical Resources of Original Town Plat Neighborhood (Phase ll), 1845 — 1945," (amendment to the "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS ") prepared for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission, 1999 -2000. Svendsen, Marlys. "Architectural and Historical Resources of Iowa City Central Business District, 1855 — 1945," (amendment to the "Historic Resources of Iowa City, Iowa MPS ") prepared for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission (not submitted to the National Park Service), 1999 -2000. Weber, Irving. Irving Weber's Iowa City — Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Iowa City, Iowa: Iowa City Lions Club, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989 and 1990. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number 10 Jefferson Street Historic District Name of Property 10. Geographical Data Verbal Boundary Description: Page 30 Within the City of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa: Johnson County IA County and State Beginning at the northwest corner of Block 79 in the Original Town Plat at the intersection of North Clinton Street and East Jefferson Street; thence south along the west side of Lot 4 to the south property line of the Congregational Church of Iowa City; thence east along said line approximately 120 feet; thence south approximately 80 feet along the west edge of University of Iowa campus to the south property line of Lot 3; thence east approximately 80 feet; thence north approximately 100 feet to the rear wall of the Medical Laboratory Building (also known as the Zoology Building and the Biology Building); thence east to the east property line of Lot 4 along North Dubuque Street; thence north to the centerline of East Jefferson Street; thence east along said centerline to a point located approximately 100 feet west of the northeast corner of Block 60 extended; thence south along said line to a line along the rear wall of the Isolation Hospital Building (also known as the Music Building); thence east along the rear wall to the east side of North Gilbert Street; then south along the west side Lot 4 of Block 45 to the north side of the alley; thence east along the north side of the alley to the west side of North Van Buren Street; thence north along the west side of said street to the south side of the alley in Block 46; thence west to the east tine of Lot 4; thence north along said line approximately 40 feet; thence west across North Gilbert Street to the east side of Block 59; thence north approximately 40 feet; thence west to the west line of Lot 1; thence south to the south side of the alley; thence west along said alley to the east side of North Clinton Street; thence south along the east side of said street to the point of beginning. Boundary Justification: The boundary for the Jefferson Street Historic District relates to the surviving group of historic resources located along East Jefferson Street, which is situated midway north and south between the Market Street commercial area and the central business district. This section of Jefferson Street includes a mix of residential, church, and collegiate buildings that visually relate the development story of this portion of Iowa City. A nearly two block long stretch of the south side of Jefferson Street that includes academic halls of the University Iowa is excluded from the District because these buildings are not part of the period of significance of the Jefferson Street Historic District or, as in the case of the former SUI Main Hospital, have been so modified as to no longer qualify for the NRHP. The west boundary of the District along North Clinton Street was drawn to exclude portions of the adjoining University of Iowa campus that do not relate to the historic development of the District. Southwest of the Jefferson Street District, the Pentacrest Historic District (NRHP) and Old Capitol NHL block are located. The east boundary of the District was established along North Van Buren Street with the blocks further east noted for their significant loss in building integrity. A key factor in drawing this boundary was the loss of the former Center Market square as a result of construction of a multi -story parking ramp to serve nearby Mercy Hospital. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number Photographs Page 31 Jefferson Street Historic District _ Johnson County IA Name of Property County and State Photograph KeV for Jefferson Street Historic District: (See Photo Map, page 35) Shelley McCafferty, and Jessica Hlubek, photographers 1. Bostick - Rohret House, 115 N. Gilbert Street, looking west 2. John & Magdalena Englert House, 320 E. Jefferson Street, looking north 3. John & Catherine Sueppel House, 425 E. Jefferson Street, looking south southwest 4. Justine Mueller House, 420 E. Jefferson Street, looking north northeast 5. Mary Rohret House, 328 E. Jefferson Street, looking north 6. John & Mary Messner House, 117 N. Van Buren Street, looking west 7. Congregational Church, 30 N. Clinton Street, looking southeast 8. First Methodist Episcopal Church (First United Methodist Church), 214 E. Jefferson Street, looking northeast 9. Park House /St. Agatha's Seminary, 130 E. Jefferson Street, looking northwest 10. St. Mary's Rectory, 220 E. Jefferson Street, looking north 11. St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 230 E. Jefferson Street, looking north 12. SUI Hall of Anatomy, 119 E. Jefferson Street/SUI Building # 19, looking north 13. SUI Medical Laboratory Building, 121 E. Jefferson Street/SUI Building #18, looking southwest 14. SUI Isolation Hospital, 325 E. Jefferson Street/SUI Building #20, looking northwest 15. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 404 E. Jefferson Street, looking northwest United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number Property Owners Jefferson Street Historic District Name of Property Page 32 Johnson County IA County and State Property Owners within the East Jefferson Street Historic District # STREET TITLEHOLDER TITLEHOLDER ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIPCODE CONTRACT BUYER(S) 30 N. Clinton St. Congregational Church of Iowa City 30 N. Clinton St. Iowa City IA 52245 115 N. Dubuque St. Julie K. Hodge 711 S. Gilbert St. Iowa City IA 52240 22 N. Gilbert St. Morrissey Partnership 8002 nd St. Suite 500E Coralville IA 52241 24 N. Gilbert St. Morrissey Partnership 8002 n St. Suite 500E Coralville IA 52241 114 N. Gilbert St. John R. & Erma M. Alberhask 1150 Jefferson St. Iowa City IA 52245 115 N. Gilbert St. Steven & Barbara Van Der Woude 509 Brown St. Iowa City IA 52245 119 N. Gilbert St. 122 Building Co. c/o Van Der Woude 509 Brown St. Iowa City IA 52245 120 N. Gilbert St. John R. & Erma M. Alberhask 1150 Jefferson St. Iowa City IA 52245 125 N. Gilbert St. Stephen M. Baker 927 Duck Creek Dr. Iowa City IA 52246 104 E. Jefferson St. Diocese of Davenport 2706 Gaines Davenport IA 52804 119 E. Jefferson St SUI Buildinq #19 University of Iowa 121 E. Jefferson St SUI Buildinq #18 University of Iowa 130 E. Jefferson St. Parkhouse LC 711 S. Gilbert St. Iowa City IA 52240 214 E. Jefferson St. First Un. Methodist Church 214 Jefferson St. Iowa City IA 52245 220 E. Jefferson St. St. Mary's Catholic Church 220 Jefferson St- City IA 52245 230 E. Jefferson St. St. Marys Catholic Church 220 Jefferson St. Iowa City IA 52245 302 E. Jefferson St. St. Mary's Catholic Church 302 E. Jefferson St. Iowa City IA 52245 306 E. Jefferson St. St. Mary's Catholic Church— c/o Ke stone Prop. M mt. 112 5 Street Pl. Coralville IA 52241 318 E. Jefferson St. Marc B. Moen 123 N. Linn St. Iowa City IA 52245 320 E. Jefferson St. William L. Dull 320 Jefferson St. Iowa City IA 52245 324 E. Jefferson St. Michael N. & Joan M. Hart 848 Jennifer St. Madison WI 53703 325 E. Jefferson St./ SUI Buildinq #20 University of Iowa 328 E. Jefferson St. Steven & Barbara Van Der Woude 509 Brown St. Iowa City IA 52245 403 E. Jefferson St. Morrissey Partnership 800 2" St. Suite 500E Coralville IA 52241 404 E. Jefferson St. St. Paul's Lutheran Church 404 Jefferson St. Iowa City IA 52245 405 E. Jefferson St. Philip Launspach 136 Koser Ave. Iowa City IA 52246 409- 411 E. Jefferson St. John 0. & Joellen S. Roffman 1314 Burry Dr. Iowa City IA 52246 413 E. Jefferson St. John 0. & Joellen S. Roffman 1314 Burry Dr. Iowa City IA 52246 415 E. Jefferson St. Jane E. & Kevin Deets 4656 Fox Lane NE Iowa City IA 52240 420 E. Jefferson St. Steven & Barbara Van Der Woude 509 Brown St. Iowa City IA 52245 424 E. Jefferson St. W.C. Winkel 424 Jefferson St. Iowa City IA 52245 425 E. Jefferson St. Donna M. Launspach PO Box 1306 Iowa City IA 52244 428 E. Jefferson St. Steven L. Droll 3312 Arbor Dr. Iowa City IA 52245 430 E. Jefferson St. Neita V. Cochran 430 Jefferson St. Iowa City IA 52245 431 E. Jefferson St. Donna M. Launspach PO Box 1306 Iowa City IA 52244 21 -25 N. Van Buren St. Andrew Small 25 N. Van Buren St. Iowa City IA 52245 109 N. Van Buren St. Michael J. Haverkamp 109 N. Van Buren St. Iowa City IA 52245 117 N. Van Buren St. Ralph D. Ramer & Larry G. Ramer 117 N. Van Buren St. Iowa City I United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number Maps Page 33 Jefferson Street Historic District Name of Property Johnson County. IA County and State Map Showing Location of Jefferson Street Historic District (Transportation Map, Iowa Department of Transportation, 2002) 8 information, coil 319-356-5151 IOWA CITY CORALVILLE SCALP OF VILES 0 1/41!2 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number Maps Page 34 Jefferson Street Historic District Name of Property Johnson County IA County and State Sketch Map of East Jefferson Street Historic District A N 1i i MERCIT H OSPITAL M AR E-T NOW United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Continuation Sheet Section Number Maps Page 35 Jefferson Street Historic District Johnson County, IA Name of Property County and State Photo Map of East Jefferson Street Historic District N Cheryl Peterson From: Bob Miklo Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 5:07 PM To: Cheryl Peterson Subject: FW: Item for next HPC meeting Attachments: Melrose HistoricDistrict,tiff; MelroseN hood Map.tiff Please put on next agenda. From: Jean Walker [mailto:walkersic @yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 4:27 PM To: Bob Miklo Cc: Jean Walker Subject: Item for next HPC meeting Dear Bob, In 2004, the Melrose Neighborhood, on its own, got the Melrose Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places by hiring architectural historian Marlys Svendsen to do the application, and by volunteering to do some of the research. For its preservation, the Neighborhood needs more protection than the NRHP designation. A year or two ago, I made a request to the Historic Preservation Commission to look into getting the Neighborhood a local designation for its preservation. Since then, one building, 402 Myrtle Avenue, has been demolished and a new rental building put in its place. This is a bad precedent and we urgently need the local designation if the Neighborhood is to be preserved. So I am repeating the request that the HPC work toward getting a local designation for the Neighborhood and I ask that this topic be put on the agenda of the next HPC meeting agenda. I have attached two maps, one showing the boundaries of the Neighborhood and one showing the boundaries of the Historic District within the Neighborhood. Thanks, Jean Walker v .L 4w 0 _V •L O 4w T •w' W O L V, a) U a U .L 0 w O criL N a) ce C (0 Z -ze -z- a a� 0 a o- o rn a c � nL o c CL >. c c a o 0 Y U Z `� J 13 0 0 .0 Lm 0 .0 .0 Ch M_ go's z 0 La 7T) .0 F_ ;LLj ri a. CI uj 3M lu 10 Ad AVO I., ao wom ('iAd) 110 NO�fj� Id d NVI1i00 d Qj . - -LED _3SM03A Re: The University of Iowa's Proposed Parking Lot at Melrose Place To: The Planning and Zoning Commission From: Jean Walker, Melrose Neighborhood Representative April 3, 2012 Concerning the agenda item for your formal meeting on April 5, 2012 about the vacation of the street right -of -way located adjacent to 1 -8 Melrose Place, I would like to convey the following comments from the Melrose Neighborhood. In summary: Because we believe that The University of Iowa will proceed with the parking lot (even though it is against the wishes of the Melrose Neighborhood), the vacation of Melrose Place is not as important an issue for us as is the possible removal /destruction of one of the Neighborhood's historic properties (711 Melrose Avenue) if the UI cannot obtain some of the neighboring property (727 Melrose Avenue) to use as part of the entrance /exit lanes to /from the parking lot. Both 711 and 727 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Therefore, because the City does not have any enforcement power over the Ul, we are asking the City to uphold its stated commitment to the Neighborhood's preservation and to strongly urge the UI, in the spirit of cooperation between the City and the UI, to preserve the historic house and barn at 711 Melrose Avenue. That is, we encourage the City not to stand in the way of the parking lot plan and the vacation of Melrose Place as long as the house and barn are preserved (in that location - see below for details. Background information: This vacation is requested because the UI wishes to construct a large parking lot in the Melrose Neighborhood. Such a structure would be very disruptive to the integrity of our Neighborhood and would not be something that we welcome, especially as it involves the demolition of eight Neighborhood properties. We have expressed our opposition to this parking lot both publicly and to the UI. However, the UI has the power to build this structure over the objections of the Neighborhood and of the City. The City, in various of its publications, has stated that the Melrose Neighborhood is worth preserving. The Neighborhood itself spent extensive time, effort, and funds to have a large portion of the properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places (an effort usually done using the resources of the City rather than of the neighborhoods). The UI's current plan will disrupt the integrity of our Neighborhood through construction of a large parking lot within the Neighborhood borders. In recent years we have seen some improvement in communication of the UI's plans to the Neighborhood. However, this project is an exception. We had recently been told that the UI did not plan to purchase any more properties in the Neighborhood but they then informed us that they were planning to buy two more properties, demolish eight properties, and build a large parking lot in our Neighborhood. We were informed of the planned lot only a few days before it was to go before the State Board of Regents, leaving us little time to express our concerns and to explore other options. In their request to the Regents to purchase two Neighborhood properties to realize their plan, the UI correctly stated that none of the eight homes that they wish to demolish are within the Neighborhood's Historic District. At first the lot was said to be temporary and the Regents were told that it would hold approximately 250 cars. It is now acknowledged to be a permanent structure and was to hold 300 cars. In addition, the survival of one house in the Historic District is now in jeopardy. We are encouraged that the UI has recently included two Neighborhood members in their planning meetings for this parking lot. At those meeting, these neighbors have expressed their concerns, such as those described below. In addition to the disruption to our Neighborhood, we have been concerned, amongst other things (such as view, noise, and light pollution, run -off affecting Brookland Park, overnight parking prior to football games, protection from the effects of additional football parking, environmental impact including replacement of vegetation for esthetics and bird /animal protection) about the effect of the lot's traffic on Melrose Avenue, especially as the entry point was originally confined to Melrose Place, which is awkwardly placed as regards the traffic lights at Hawkins Drive. Therefore, the UI has perceived a need for a second two -lane entrance and exit adjacent to 711 Melrose Avenue. It now appears that there is not enough space for these two lanes on the 711 property unless the historic house there is removed. Therefore the survival of the 711 house at its current location now depends on the owner of the adjacent property allowing some of his property to be used to facilitate the two lanes. We think that support of this plan by the City (through vacation of the Melrose Place right -of -way) could be considered at odds with the stated commitment of the City to preserve the Neighborhood. At the least, we think that the vacation of the City street is premature until it is known whether 711 can be preserved by the owner of 727 facilitating the two lanes needed for the eastern entry /exit. That being said, we are aware of the time constraints the UI has developed for the construction of the lot. We would therefore ask the City to approve the vacation of Melrose Place pending the preservation of 711. Note 1: This request for vacation of Melrose Place is reminiscent of the UI's request for the vacation of Grand Avenue Court, where the UI's plans for the building of the Gerdin Athletic Learning Center were so far advanced that the City had little chance but to vacate the street. (The UI said that when the Center was built'the road would be too close to it'.) We believe that the UI should request street vacations at a point in their planning where they are not totally committed to the project in question, so that the City has a better chance to decide what is in the best overall interest for the City as a whole. Note 2: As regards landscaping, we have been very concerned about the original paucity of replacement vegetation offered by the UI and are pleased that the City has recommended that the number of trees be increased and that the UI has heeded that recommendation. However, we would like to have evergreens in addition to deciduous trees, both for winter esthetics and for bird /animal protection. This parking lot is unique in that it is an unwanted intrusion in the middle of a neighborhood and so we believe that landscaping and other esthetics should have special consideration in this case. Sincerely, Jean Walker 335 Lucon Drive Iowa City MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MARCH 9, 2012 EMMA HARVAT HALL PRELIMINARY MEMBERS PRESENT: Kent Ackerson, Esther Baker, Thomas Baldridge, Andrew Litton, David McMahon, Pam Michaud, Ginalie Swaim, Alicia Trimble MEMBERS ABSENT: William Downing, Dana Thomann, Frank Wagner STAFF PRESENT: Bob Miklo, Chery Peterson OTHERS PRESENT: John Beasley, Tom Frantz, Jean Walker RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: (become effective only after separate Council action) None. CALL TO ORDER: Trimble called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA: Walker said she is the neighborhood representative for the Melrose Neighborhood Association. She said she sent an e-mail to Miklo to be distributed to Commission members. Miklo responded that the e-mail was sent after the agenda was posted, so his intention was to put it on the next month's agenda so that the Commission would have time to review the material. Walker stated that the Melrose Neighborhood is a very vulnerable neighborhood, right beside the University and Kinnick. She said the University gets squeezed for space and so it starts eyeing the other side of Melrose Avenue. Walker said neighborhood volunteers have done as much as possible to protect the neighborhood. Walker said that in 2004, the neighborhood hired Marlys Svensen, an architectural historian, to look at the neighborhood to determine whether it could be put forward for nomination for the National Register of Historic Places. Walker said Svensen researched the area and then delineated an historic district within the neighborhood. Walker said the neighborhood managed to get the nomination done in nine months. She said this does not protect the neighborhood from the University, but it has been good as a statement that the area is worth preserving. Walker said that the City, in many of its publications, has said that things should be done to help preserve the neighborhood. She said, however, that nothing concrete has been done; the neighbors drafted the National Register nomination. Walker said that on the one hand, there is the University, which wants to encroach, but every time something comes up, the neighborhood addresses it. She said that as well as the University, the neighborhood also needs protection from non - University property owners so that big houses are not demolished. Walker said the first precedent for this was on Myrtle Avenue, where there was a house that was demolished last year and replaced with a multi - family dwelling. She said that particular house was probably beyond saving, but it represented a precedent, and so the neighbors feel that a local designation is needed. Walker said she talked to the Commission over a year ago and brought this up. She said that she has been in this business for a decade or more. Walker said she is exhausted and cannot lead the charge but is coming before the Commission to ask its help in getting the local designation. MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MARCH 9, 2012 Trimble said the Commission discussed this at its last meeting and is happy to help. She said the Commission needs the signatures to actually bring the local designation to a vote. Trimble asked if the neighborhood association could discuss this and possibly get signatures. Walker replied that she is the representative of the neighborhood association, but it does not meet regularly. She said the association is updating its database to have e-mail communication with as many property owners as possible. Miklo said that technically, Walker could submit a letter asking that the Commission initiate the historic preservation designation for a local district. Miklo said that would be enough to get the ball rolling. He said the issue with the signatures is that this would be a zoning designation, and if more than 20% of the property owners within the area being designated or within 200 feet of the area object to the designation, then it takes a supermajority, six out of seven City Council members, to designate the area. Miklo said the signatures are not needed to get the ball rolling, but the concern is that there be enough support to take this through City Council. He said that even if there is .a petition with 20% opposed, the City Council can still approve this, but the supermajority vote is a bigger challenge. Walker stated that the University owns about 13% of the property and asked if that would constitute one property owner and one vote. Miklo said the percentage is actually based on the land area owned, not the number of owners. He said it is based on the square footage of property. Miklo said that once the objection reaches 20% of the area within 200 feet surrounding the zone or within the proposed zone, that kicks in the supermajority requirement. Walker asked if someone could send her the type of wording that should be sent out to property owners. Miklo replied that he could provide some suggestions, but it would basically read that there is an interest in creating an historic district here and asking for support. Walker said this is the sort of thing that takes hours of her time, and she is already battling things for the neighborhood in other areas. She said that if someone could make it easy by sending her some wording and an outline of what it means to have local designation and what the burden is on the property owners, she would really appreciate it. Miklo said that the letter should come from the neighborhood, but he could provide some examples from other neighborhoods. He said the City has the letter from the North Side Neighborhood in its files, and he could provide the material about what a local district designation entails. DISCUSS LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR 108 MCLEAN STREET: Peterson said the packet includes a couple of letters regarding the property and two of the National Register documents. She said one document is the site inventory for the house. Peterson said the other document concerns the whole neighborhood. Miklo stated that a landmark designation is actually a zoning designation. He showed a map illustrating the zoning for 108 McLean Street. Miklo said that if a property is designated a landmark, any building permits dealing with the exterior of the property must be reviewed either by staff or the Commission to make sure they meet the guidelines that are based on the Secretary of the Interior Standards. Miklo added that there are also some zoning benefits to having a landmark designation. He said that a landmark designation provides for the possibility of waiving certain zoning requirements in order to encourage the reuse of historic buildings. Miklo said that is one of the reasons the applicant is seeking this status. He said there is a proposal to rehabilitate this building, which was originally constructed as a fraternity house and later converted to the Saint Thomas Moore parish house. MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MARCH 9, 2012 Miklo said the proposal today is to convert it to sixteen one - bedroom apartments. He said in order to do that, the property has to comply with certain zoning requirements in terms of parking spaces, driveways, and similar standards. Miklo said that in order to minimize the effect on the historic property itself and also the natural environment around this property, as it is situated on the edge of a steep ravine, the applicant is seeking relief from some of the zoning requirements pertaining to the site standards for parking lots and driveways. Miklo showed a photograph of the property from the front and back, as well as the ravine on the property. Miklo showed the proposed site plan as reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council. He said one of the issues with this property is that in order to avoid taking down more trees and paving more of the site, the applicant is seeking relief from the driveway standards. Miklo said that giving this a landmark designation will allow, with the approval of the Historic Preservation Commission and the Board of Adjustment, some relief from those standards. Miklo said the Commission would not only be considering giving the property a landmark status but also considering waiving the standards in terms of the driveway. He said the Planning and Zoning Commission has already approved this concept and the City Council has agreed, but in order to fully approve the plan, it would also require Board of Adjustment approval. Miklo pointed out that the nomination specifically deals with the structure of the house itself. He said there is a bridge on the property that was built in the 1940s that is connected to this site. Miklo said there has been no evaluation of the bridge; it is not known if the bridge is a historic structure; and it is not the intent of this nomination to address the bridge itself. Miklo said there is material in the packet indicating that this house is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and therefore eligible as a local landmark. He said that most of the City's landmarks are also on the National Register. Miklo said it is not required to be on the National Register, but the criteria the City uses for nominating a property are very similar. Miklo said staff is recommending approval of the proposed designation and of the zoning waivers. Beasley introduced himself as the attorney for the applicant. He said that he and Frantz represent the applicant and would be happy to answer questions. Frantz said they had taken into consideration all of the current zoning requirements for the adjacent parking. He said there is an existing narrow drive between the oak trees and the building. Frantz said that if they had to widen that out, they would have to take out those oak trees. Beasley said that this is an amazing building. He stated that the group buying the building has worked very diligently to try to balance this beautiful building's outside appearance, trying to maintain as many of those oak trees as they possibly can and trying to maintain the historic nature of this building. Beasley said the reality of it is that they have to be able to make this work financially. He said he believed that the property could have 24 units, but the purchasing group does not want to do that. Beasley said the applicant wants to only have 16 units. He said this is the kind of project that people want to see more of in Iowa City. Beasley said he believes there are applications pending on this property for federal and state historic designations, and that process has already begun. He said that in terms of the working relationship between the City and the applicant to try to maintain the view, the oak trees, and the historic nature of this building, it is a bit refreshing in contrast to some of the recent developments in other neighborhoods. MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MARCH 9, 2012 Beasley said that a plan submitted previously showed a driveway with a loop around the building. He said that after discussion with the City, it was decided to have the plan without the loop and building an additional drive on the east side and leaving the old drive where it is. Beasley said that there will be a few parking spots, but it will be fairly minimal. He said he believes there needs to be 16 parking spots, and there are 12 out there now, so that the additional spaces will be fairly minimal to this site. Beasley said the plan has been put together to try to preserve the oak trees. He said that he thought one would have to come down, but the rest of the grove would stay. Beasley said that one of the Planning and Zoning Commission's conditions would get Terry Robinson, the City Forester, involved to help locate and plant a new tree to replace the one to be removed. Beasley said that the Planning and Zoning Commission is excited about this, and he thought City Council is too. He said he hoped the Commission would work with the applicant to make this happen. Baldridge said he is curious about the plan for 16 units and if they would go all the way up to the third floor. Frantz said there is a full basement and three floors. He said there would be four units on each floor. Swaim said that one of the Commission's objectives as stated in the Preservation Plan is to encourage stewardship of fraternity and sorority houses, so that would be in line with this proposal. She added that if all this goes through, it seems that it would be a wonderful thing if there could be some kind of open house after it is done so that the public could see the possibilities with these buildings. Peterson said the applicant is working with the State Historical Society in Des Moines. Frantz confirmed this and said that would make tax credits available. Miklo distributed a copy of the plan on which the proposed new parking is shown. He added that there is a little bit of a widening of the existing driveway for a fire lane, but otherwise the area that he highlighted on the plan is the existing driveway. Miklo said that if relief is not granted through the zoning provisions that apply to historic properties, it would have to be wider, resulting in more tree destruction and changing the character of the site. Michaud asked how wide the driveway is right now. Miklo replied that it is approximately ten feet wide. Michaud said it is not really a two -car width. Miklo said that is why it requires some zoning relief. Miklo said the driveway on the corner will be widened for the new parking spaces. He said this driveway has functioned as it is for some time. Frantz said that where the drive is really narrow, there is a nice line of sight from both the north and the south. MOTION: McMahon moved to approve a landmark designation for 108 McLean Street. Swaim seconded the motion. Trimble said she has been worried about this building for a long time. She said she is relieved that it will be reused and used well. Michaud asked who the development group consists of. Beasley said that the group wants to be called a community investment group. He said the three principals of the entity are Tom "T.J." Frantz, Mike Frantz, and Dr. Thomas Viner and his wife, Elizabeth. The motion carried on a vote of 8 -0, Downing Thomann and Wagner absent. MOTION: Swaim moved to waive the requirements for widening the driveway at 108 McLean Street. Ackerson seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 8 -0, Downing, Thomann, and Wagner absent. MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MARCH 9, 2012 DISCUSS COMMISSION PRIORITIES FOR 2012: Trimble said she personally would like the Commission, in light of what has happened on Washington Street, with the destruction of the buildings containing The Red Avocado and Defunct Books, to look more closely at designating more historic districts, especially in the areas adjacent to downtown. She said that would be her priority as a member of the Commission. Swaim said she agreed with that and said she believes there would be support beyond the residents in those neighborhoods. Trimble said now is a good time, when people are still focused on what occurred on Washington Street. Michaud said that Casey Cook is a respected appraiser of over 30 years. She said Cook is championing the commercial landowners. Michaud said his group is coming up with a petition opposing the three zoning amendments for capping household size. Michaud asked what the political situation is regarding the appraisal situation. Miklo said he did not know what a person's motivation was for support or opposition to an ordinance. He said that the City Council needs to hear from both sides on the issue, and that is why a public forum is being held. Miklo said the Planning and Zoning Commission will vote on the amendments on Thursday, and the City Council will consider the issue on March 20th. Michaud said that communicating with the Planning and Zoning Commission and with City Council members is extremely challenging right now. She said that a lot of people no longer have land lines and so their phone numbers are unavailable, and also, a lot of people are gone for spring break. Michaud asked if there is any possibility of designating the mental health center at College and Van Buren Streets as a landmark to give it some protection against demolition. Miklo said The Commission would have to look at the survey of historic properties that was done for the area. He said that, as he recalled, the reason the boundaries were drawn as they were is because the building the Red Avocado was in and the one next to it were determined not to meet the eligibility requirements for historic buildings because of the great extent to which they had been remodeled. Miklo said the third building, the one nearest the corner, was considered a contributing structure. Miklo said he would question whether the mental health building in and of itself rises to landmark status. He said that whether it could be part of a larger district is a possibility. Miklo said that with regard to establishing priorities, given the limited staffing and resources, the Commission needs to be very selective as to those priorities. Miklo said that over the past several months the Commission has basically been processing applications. Regarding the Historic Resource Development Program, Miklo said the City currently does not have money budgeted to match the grant application. He said if there is a worthwhile project the Commission wants to pursue, there could possibly be a budget amendment to do it. Miklo said the Commission has until May to apply for the Historic Research Development Program (HRDP) Grant. Baldridge asked about the VanderWoude properties on Jefferson and Gilbert Streets. He said that he has heard that VanderWoude is considering selling them; there are four houses on Jefferson and at least one on Gilbert Street. Trimble said that there has been a survey of that area. Miklo added that that area is actually a National Register Historic District on both sides of Jefferson Street from Clinton to Van Buren Street. Michaud said that if the properties are in a district, they could not be demolished. Miklo said they are National Register properties, not in a local district. He said in that case, unless there are federal funds involved, the properties can be demolished. Swaim said these areas are vulnerable, and that could be one place the Commission begins, with a local designation of that area. MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MARCH 9, 2012 Miklo said that staff would like to hear more ideas from the Commission and then come back with more information at the next meeting to determine if the Commission wants to go forward. He added that some of these areas will be controversial, and there may be a lot of property owners objecting. Miklo said that to be successful, the Commission will have to work very hard to get community support. Swaim said one key is to do this right the first time. Trimble agreed and said that it is important to show support, because she thinks a lot of these will need a supermajority vote of the City Council to pass. Baldridge said that since the Jefferson Street area is on the National Register, the Commission could start out with that premise — that this area has already been designated at one level. Trimble said that would also be true of the Melrose Neighborhood, which is also in danger of encroachment from the University. Miklo said he thought those were the only two districts that are on the National Register but not locally designated, although there may be a few landmarks that are not both. Miklo said it sounds as though the Commission's highest priority is to pursue local designation for existing National Register properties, which would possibly include the Melrose District and the Jefferson Street Historic District. He said staff will look to see if there are any others and explore that a little more at the next meeting. Miklo said the Commission can initiate a district designation on its own without property owner consent or application. Baldridge asked if there is anything the Commission can do to encourage or recognize the activities of the UniverCity Neighborhood Partnership in rehabbing a lot of North Side homes. Miklo said the Planning and Community Development Department implements the UniverCity program with some funding from the University. He said the City Council has indicated that it is very happy with the program and will seek to continue its funding. Miklo said the initial funding came from an I -jobs grant, which was all spent on the first 25 houses. He stated that the goal in the next year is to use local funds to do four or five additional houses. Miklo suggested the program could receive a preservation award. He said another idea would be to mention to City Councilors what a great program this is and that it goes along with City Council and Commission goals of neighborhood stabilization. Swaim said that in terms of the Commission objectives, she thinks this is where the Commission should be putting its effort. Michaud asked about the Mansion on Gilbert and Bowery Streets. Miklo replied that the building is a National Register and local landmark so that it is protected. Peterson read from the Central District Plan of 2008 and the discussion of historic preservation in the Central District. She read about continuing the process of designating Goose Town as a local conservation district. Trimble said she thought that would be a good idea. Peterson read further, "...completing surveys of several neighborhoods to determine the historic quality and district eligibility." She said these included Oak Grove - Kirkwood Avenue Corridor, Lucas Farms Neighborhood, Morningside - City High Neighborhood, and the Rochester Avenue Neighborhood. DISCUSS POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR HISTORIC RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: In terms of doing further survey work, Miklo said that the Historic Resource Development Program in the past has funded survey work and National Register nominations. He said it can also be used for physical activities, such as restoring the City Park cabins. Swaim asked if that is what matching funds are needed for. Miklo confirmed this. Swaim asked what the likelihood is of that happening. Miklo suggested the Commission identify one or two projects it wants to apply for, get some cost estimates and see if funding can be found. MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MARCH 9, 2012 Trimble said that Melrose just had a survey. Miklo confirmed that the neighborhood paid for a survey of the Melrose Neighborhood and that it has been listed on the National Register. Trimble stated that because the survey was recent, not much would have changed. Miklo agreed that the area should not need more survey work. Trimble asked if more survey work would be needed for the Jefferson Street area. Miklo said he did not think so, as it is already listed on the National Register. Peterson read the list of areas that could be considered for survey work as Oak Grove - Kirkwood Avenue Corridor around Plum Grove, Lucas Farms Neighborhood, the Morningside - City High Neighborhood, and Rochester Avenue. Miklo said that survey work has been done on Goose Town already. Baldridge asked what the boundaries of Goose Town would be. Miklo stated that there was never historically an area that was outlined on a map as Goose Town. He said there was a general area of Dodge Street east to the cemetery and Bloomington up to Brown Street where Czech immigrant families lived, although some of their institutions were west of Dodge Street. Miklo said there was a discussion at one time of where the boundary should be between the North Side and Goose Town, and it was determined as being somewhere between Dodge and Governor Streets. Swaim said she feels that the Morn i ngside/C ity High and Rochester Avenue neighborhoods may be fairly stable. She asked where Oak Grove is located. Miklo said that Oak Grove Park is north of Kirkwood Avenue near the railroad tracks at Dodge. Swaim said the Kirkwood Corridor might be the most critical area. Peterson referred to the Commission's last work plan from 2008. She read from the goals, "to improve communication with property owners, revise the Historic Preservation Guidelines, develop guide maps and walking tours." Trimble said that Friends of Historic Preservation is working on a walking tour for the next parade of historic homes to focus on the Civil War era. She said that since the Salvage Barn is being moved, she has found a lot of old records, including copies of walking tours that someone had done before that could be updated and reused. Peterson continued reading from the work plan, "meet with the Campus Planning Committee to discuss the Historic Preservation Plan and goals for the preservation of the University's historic structures, and apply for grant funding to conduct an architectural /historic survey of Manville Heights." Miklo said that some of these things, including the Manville Heights Survey and the Guidelines revision, have already been accomplished. In terms of the HRDP grant, Miklo said the Commission seems to want to focus on two things: a Kirkwood area survey and preservation of the City Park cabins. Swaim asked, in terms of the cabins, if money is needed from the City. Miklo confirmed that the Parks and Recreation Commission is looking for funding and has been made aware of this opportunity. Miklo said there is not a lot of time to put together a proposal. Swaim said she would prefer to fund a Kirkwood area survey. Trimble asked how immediate the funding need is for the cabins. Miklo said that it is really time to make a decision about letting them go or funding the work. Baldridge said he would like to see something done on the log cabins. Trimble said she feels they are both good priorities but thinks the Kirkwood area will hold on longer than the cabins. Swaim agreed and said that getting support for renovation of the cabins would not be difficult. Miklo said that if the consensus of the Commission is to apply for an HRDP for the cabin restoration, staff will work with the Parks and Recreation Department, which is the custodian of the cabins, and ideally the MINUTES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MARCH 9, 2012 Parks and Recreation Department would do much of the work in terms of putting the grant application together with support from the Planning Department. Baldridge agreed that the cabins need attention. He said they are the closest thing the City has to the original buildings constructed by the first settlers. REPORT ON CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY CHAIR AND STAFF: There were no comments. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 9,2012: Miklo said there was a statement regarding the North Side attributed to Ackerson in the minutes, but Ackerson did not make the statement. He asked who made the statement, but Commission members were unsure. MOTION: Ackerson moved to approve the minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission's February 9, 2012 meeting, as written. Michaud seconded the motion. The motion carried on a vote of 6-0 (Downing, Litton, McMahon, Thomann, and Waqner absent). Regarding 108 McLean Street, Baldridge said that on the Iowa Site Inventory Form Continuation Sheet, paragraph eight, it refers to the church being built where the Quonset but was, and that is not accurate. He said the Quonset but was at the parking lot, and there was a house that was eventually acquired and razed at the corner of Grove and Riverside, where the church was eventually built. Regarding the inventory site form for the fraternity house, Michaud asked why the survey was done on the fraternity and sorority houses if they are not going to agree to it. Miklo stated that the Manville Heights Survey included the fraternity house. He said one of the suggestions coming out of that survey, as well as the survey on the North Side, was that there is a wealth of Greek architecture in the City, and it would be appropriate to move to protect it. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m. Minutes submitted by Anne Schulte