HPC Meeting — 2012-01-25
Present: Burl Gilliam (Chairman), R. Lee Derr (Vice-Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Sean Shope, Margaret Telford, Ted Ware Absent: Justin Powers, Shane Wilbanks Liaisons: Monica Hotelling (P&Z Liaison) Staff: David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
HL12-01 — 527 South Dooley Street
Work: Historic Landmark Subdistrict overlay for the William Floyd and Helen Deacon House, a c. pre-WWII Colonial Revival; landmarking required as condition of a garage-reconstruction grant Type: designation Staff rec: Approve the Historic Landmark Subdistrict overlay Discussion: Klempin recounted the Deacon family's role in B & D Mills and called the house 'an excellent local example of a Colonial Revival style house'; the wooden garage had already been reconstructed under the grant and landmarking was needed because the owners are selling. No opposition appeared. Outcome: approved (unanimous) — moved Margaret Telford, second Ashley Anderson
HL12-02 — 521 Estill Street
Work: Historic Landmark Subdistrict overlay for the C. L. and Vera Fay Chambers House (c. 1959), believed the smallest house in the Township at ~680 sq ft Type: designation Staff rec: Approve the Historic Landmark Subdistrict overlay Discussion: Klempin described the post-WWII side-gable house as representative of housing built both to house and to produce rental income; the owners said they 'liked qualifying as the smallest house in the Township.' Outcome: approved (unanimous) — moved Sean Shope, second Margaret Telford
Staff-approved CAs (7)
CA11-61 405 Smith Street; CA11-64 714 West College Street; CA11-65 512 West College Street; CA11-66 414 East Texas Street; CA11-67 304 East College Street; CA11-68 300 South Main Street; CA11-69 313 West Wall Street
Other business: November 16, 2011 workshop minutes approved; after adjournment R. Lee Derr reported on attending the National Trust Conference.
Both landmark overlays were grant-driven and sailed through unanimously in a 19-minute meeting, showing the commission's eagerness to expand landmarking with owner consent.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2012-01-25
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2012-01-25.