HPC Meeting — 2012-04-25
Present: Burl Gilliam (Chairman), R. Lee Derr (Vice-Chairman), Ashley Anderson, Sean Shope, Ted Ware Absent: Justin Powers, Margaret Telford Liaisons: Monica Hotelling (P&Z Liaison) Staff: David Klempin (Historic Preservation Officer), Mary Bush (Historic Preservation Secretary)
Public hearing items
CA12-13 — 310 East College Street ⭐College St
Work: Remove existing one-story rear addition and build a new 1-1/2 story rear addition (kitchen, dining, master suite, utility, 2-car garage down; 3 bedrooms/2 baths up); at the hearing the applicant newly proposed demolishing the original 450 sq ft front of the house and rebuilding a replica on a slab Type: addition, demolition Staff rec: Approve the addition with conditions that all exterior materials, windows, doors and paint colors be approved under a separate CA Discussion: The surprise proposal to tear down the original front met resistance: Ware said 'his decision now is not in favor' because it is a contributing structure to the National Register district and it is 'the Commissioners charge to maintain, reuse and retain some aspect of the original structure'; Klempin confirmed a demolished house would no longer be contributing — 'you could have a plaque stating this is where it was.' The commission approved only the original no-demolition proposal. Outcome: approved with conditions (5-0) — moved Sean Shope, second Ted Ware Conditions: Original proposal only: the small original house remains in front with the addition behind — no demolition; All exterior materials, windows, doors and paint colors under separate CA (per staff recommendation)
CA12-16 — 613 East Texas Street
Work: Construct new 1-1/2 story bungalow-style period house and new two-car garage; renovate the existing Jack Tillery chicken-house outbuilding (roof pitch 6:12 to 8:12, tin roof, Hardie board siding) Type: new_construction, garage_outbuilding Staff rec: Approve with conditions that all exterior materials, windows, doors and paint colors be approved under separate CAs Discussion: Klempin recommended leaving the outbuilding's original siding in place and working with it; Derr asked the garage roof pitch to match the old outbuilding; Shope questioned the porch height. Outcome: approved with conditions (5-0) — moved Sean Shope, second Ashley Anderson Conditions: All exterior materials, windows, doors and paint colors approved under separate Certificates of Appropriateness
HL12-03 — 626 Ball Street (Nash Farm)
Work: Historic Landmark Subdistrict overlay for the 5.42-acre T. J. Nash Farmstead (farmhouse 1869, red barn c. 1907, cistern, cemetery), the last intact farmstead in Tarrant County, with staff-prepared design guidelines and historic paint palettes Type: designation Staff rec: Approve the Historic Landmark Subdistrict overlay so the Commission has input on development of the site Discussion: Klempin called Nash Farm 'really an archaeological site' of the Grape Vine Prairie with a period of significance of 1859-1900; citizen Ross Bannister spoke in favor of landmarking. Outcome: approved (5-0) — moved Ted Ware, second Ashley Anderson
CA12-19 — 626 Ball Street (Nash Farm)
Work: Construct period-appropriate perimeter fence: five feet tall, four-foot woven wire with two strands of barbed wire above on natural cedar posts with bark, around the entire site except in front of the farmhouse's historic picket fence Type: fence Staff rec: Approve, with gate locations to be submitted under a separate CA Discussion: Neighbors Tammy and Ross Bannister questioned gate counts and plan detail; Ware repeatedly framed the commission's charge narrowly: 'Do WE like the fence is not the discussion for tonight's meeting' — only period appropriateness; Heritage Foundation members (Mike Lease, Melva Stanfield, Curtis Ratliff) backed the fence as essential for education programs and animals. Outcome: approved with conditions (5-0) — moved R. Lee Derr, second Ashley Anderson Conditions: Gate type and locations to be brought back before the Commission under a separate Certificate of Appropriateness
CA12-19 — 626 Ball Street (Nash Farm)
Work: Move the historic Soil Conservation Service Office (a Roosevelt-era building, c. 1930s-40s, from 409 East Hudgins Street) to the wooded area north of the Pole Barn at Nash Farm and restore it as a 600 sq ft Learning Center Type: relocation Staff rec: Approve the move-in and restoration following the Nash Farm design guidelines Discussion: Citizen Rahim Quasi questioned the appropriateness of a 1920s-30s building on an 1859-1900 farmstead; Klempin conceded it is 'a non-contributing structure which would be tucked in the woods'; Ware defended repurposing buildings for heritage use. The vote split 3-2. Outcome: approved with conditions (3-2) — moved Ted Ware, second Sean Shope Dissent: R. Lee Derr, Ashley Anderson Conditions: Building to be documented at its current location with photographs and history before the move
Staff-approved CAs (1)
CA12-12 202C West Wall Street (as listed in agenda/minutes; number duplicates the March hearing item)
Other business: March 2012 minutes approved.
The commission blocked an applicant's mid-hearing pivot to demolish a contributing College Street house, and split 3-2 over moving a non-period building onto the landmarked Nash Farm — the year's first real disagreement about period purity versus heritage programming.
📄 Full verbatim minutes: Transcript HPC 2012-04-25
Source: Source Index §Minutes-corpus — WebLink HPC minutes 2012-04-25.