HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-03-26 Regular MeetingAGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
GRAPEVINE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
GRAPEVINE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU
636 SOUTH MAIN STREET, 2ND FLOOR BOARD ROOM
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014, 6:00 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER AND WELCOME
II. CITIZENS COMMENTS
III. WORK SESSION
A. Approved Certificate of Appropriateness as follows:
#CA14-13 for property located at 413 East Texas Street;
#CA14-14 for property located at 851 East Worth Street.
IV. PUBLIC HEARING
A. Commission to hold a public hearing relative to a Certificate of Appropriateness Application
#CA14-15 for property located at 218 Austin Street, legally described as Block 102,
NIA Lot 7 & 8, College Heights Addition, City of Grapevine and take any necessary action.
B. Commission to hold a public hearing relative to a Historic Landmark Subdistrict Application
#HL14-02 for property located at 318 Turner Road, legally described as A946, Tr 30R01
City of Grapevine and take any necessary action.
C. Commission to hold a public hearing relative to a Historic Landmark Subdistrict Application
#HL14-03 for property located at 321 Turner Road, legally described as A946, Tr 30 0 01
City of Grapevine and take any necessary action.
D. Commission to hold a public hearing relative to a Historic Landmark Subdistrict Application
#HL14-04 for property located at 422 Jones Street, legally described as A946, Tr 30 101,
City of Grapevine and take any necessary action.
E. Commission to hold a public hearing relative to a Certificate of Appropriateness Application
#CA14-10 for property located at 626 Ball Street, legally described as Block 1, Lot 1, Nash
Farmstead Addition, City of Grapevine and take any necessary action.
V. DISCUSSION ITEM
A. First National Bank of Grapevine, 1400 South Main Street, c. 1963-1970.
Wells Fargo Bank Proposal to remove all white marble exterior cladding and to
replace it with stucco throughout the entire elevations of all facilities and cultured
("stick -on") stone panels at the entries and 5' high wainscoting at the entire perimeter.
VI. Minutes
A. Commission to consider the minutes of the February 26, 2014 Regular Meeting.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
If you plan to attend this public meeting and have a disability that requires special arrangements at the
meeting, please contact the Department of Historic Preservation at 817-410-3585 at least 24 hours in
advance. Reasonable accommodations will be made to assist your needs.
In accordance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.001 et seq acts of the 1993 Texas
Legislature, the Grapevine Historic Preservation Commission agenda was prepared and posted on
the 21st day of March 2014, at 5:00 p.m.
David Klempin
Historic Preservation Officer
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Scott Williams
Director of Development Services/Building Official
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STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
CITY OF GRAPEVINE
The Historic Preservation Commission for the City of Grapevine, Texas, met in
Public Hearing on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in the Grapevine
Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2nd Floor Boardroom, 636 South Main Street,
Grapevine, Texas, with the following members present to wit:
Burl Gilliam Chairman
R. Lee Derr Vice Chairman
Ashley Anderson Commissioner
Vick Cox Commissioner
Sean Shope Commissioner
Margaret Telford Commissioner
Ted Ware Commissioner
Chuck Voelker Alternate
Shane Wilbanks City Council Liaison
Monica Hotelling Planning & Zoning Liaison
The above constituting a quorum with no member(s) absent.
With the following city staff present:
Paul W. McCallum
David Klempin
Mary Bush
Executive Director,
Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau
Historic Preservation Officer
Historic Preservation Secretary
CALL TO ORDER AND WELCOME
Chairman Burl Gilliam called the Public Hearing to order at 6:00 p.m.
CITIZEN COMMENTS
None
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WORK SESSION
David Klempin passed around the most recent staff approved Certificates of
Appropriateness for the Commission to review.
A. Approved Certificates of Appropriateness as follows:
#CA14-13 for property located at 413 East Texas Street;
#CA14-14 for property located at 851 East Worth Street.
PUBLIC HEARING
Chairman Gilliam opened the Public Hearing for #CA14-15 for the property
located at 218 Austin Street, legally described as Block 102 N 1/2 Lot 7 & 8,
College Heights Addition, Grapevine, Texas to the Grapevine Historic
Preservation Ordinance 91-73 (Appendix G -Grapevine Code of Ordinances).
Chairman Gilliam called on David Klempin to present the case.
BACKGROUND:
Certificate of Appropriateness application #CA14-15 was submitted on February
28, 2014 by the owners, Don Porter and Tom O'Malley, to construct a new 800
square feet addition on the original minimal traditional house and to add a new
665 square feet two -car detached garage in the rear yard. The original house
was built in 1958 and is not currently landmarked. The original front one -car
garage has been enclosed to serve as living space,
The house has overlay siding in poor condition. The owners propose to replace
the roof, windows, doors and siding on the original house and the new detached
garage. The interior will be removed to the studs for new upgraded electrical and
plumbing systems to be installed. Updates to the house will serve modern needs
and requirements. Plans were prepared by Skip Blake of Blake Architects. The
additions and renovation have been designed to be consistent with the minimal
traditional house.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Historic Preservation Commission approve with
conditions Certificate of Appropriateness #CA14-15 for the property located at
218 Austin; Street, Grapevine the following items:
1. Whole house renovation to include replacement of the roof, windows,
doors and siding on the original house with period appropriate materials;
2. Using the same materials to construct new 800 square foot addition to the
original house; and
3. Construct new 2 -car detached garage in rear yard of property;
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as per the attached plans with the condition building permits are obtained from
the Building Department.
The applicants were not present.
Margaret Telford moved to close the public hearing; Sean Shope seconded the
motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
Margaret Telford moved to approve #CA14-15 as presented with conditions; Vick
Cox seconded the motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
Chairman 'Gilliam opened the Public Hearing for #HL14-02 for the property
located at 318 Turner Road, legally described as A946, Tr 30R01, City of
Grapevine, to the Grapevine Historic Preservation Ordinance 91-73 (Appendix G
— Grapevine Code of Ordinances), as amended for the following items. Chairman
Gilliam called on David Klempin to present the case.
BACKGROUND:
On March 17, 2014, property owner Nona Jean Chivers submitted #HL14-02 for
the property located at 318 Turner Road. This 1,040 square feet house was built
in 2003 after a fire destroyed the home of Nona Jean Chivers. With the help of
Grapevine First United Methodist Church, she and her family were able to remain
in Grapevine and live in this new home. Nona was the wife of Herman Chivers,
they had six children.
The house is located to the rear of the lot, down a long driveway. The front facing
gabled house is built in the minimal traditional style. The roof is asphalt shingles
and the siding is wood with wood trim. It features an inset porch and double
window units across the front of the house with six over six panes.
Ella Chivers Jackson was one of the first trustees of the church; she worked for
the W.D. Willhoite family and the H. C. Yancey family.
The agriculturally -based economy of Grapevine each year attracted a steady
influx of seasonal workers including many African-Americans. Capitalizing on this
steady stream of workers, Edward T. Simmons purchased two acres outside the
town limits from Martha Cluck in 1923 to provide housing for four families who
had commuted regularly to Grapevine to work as field hands on local farms. The
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families included the Brewers, Wrights, Redmons and Chivers. The development
became known as The Hill. Some early dwellings on The Hill were moved to this
area and others were constructed by the families themselves. The Hill may be
viewed as having been created in light of Grapevine's agrarian culture.
According to W. D. (Ted) Willhoite, 011ie Brewer was "the Founder of The Hill."
011ie was. married to Effie (Kit) Perry Brewer. In the 1920s, they were able to
purchase a 1% acre parcel of land of the Mart Higgins property on what is now
Dooley Street where they lived for the rest of their lives. They had 15 children
and 50 grandchildren. 011ie lived to be 96 years old; he died in 1960. Kit lived to
be 74 years old; she died in 1954.
At one time, The Hill contained the following structures: Lewis Jones had a little
store and Turner School served the first through eighth grade students of The
Hill. Both of these structures are now gone. In 2008, there were .23 homes,
several vacant lots, two large undeveloped tracts of land as well as the Love
Chapel Church of God in Christ, still remaining on The Hill.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the Historic Overlay #HL14-02 to record the
history of the property and to allow the Historic Preservation Commission to have
input in the development and the preservation of the house per the proposed
design guidelines as presented for 318 Turner Road.
Margaret Telford moved to close the public hearing for #HL14-02; Ted Ware
seconded the motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
Margaret Telford moved to approve #HL14-02 as presented with conditions;
Ashley Anderson seconded the motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
Chairman Gilliam opened the Public Hearing for #HL14-03 for the property
located at 321 Turner Road, legally described as A946, Tr 30001, Leonard,
Archibald F Survey, City of Grapevine, to the Grapevine Historic Preservation
Ordinance, 91-73 (Appendix G -- Grapevine Code of Ordinances), as amended
for the following items. Chairman Gilliam called on David Klempin to present the
case.
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BACKGROUND:
On March 17, 2014, property owner Regina Chivers Baldwin submitted #HL14-03
for the property located at 321 Turner Road. This 440 sq. ft. house was built in
1958 as the home of the George Baldwin family. George and his wife, Mary,
resided here for fifty years. The current owner is Regina Baldwin. The gabled
house features a shallow roof pitch and asphalt shingle roof characteristic of the
minimal traditional style with rectangular roof vents at each end. The house is
sheathed in No. 105 wood siding and features aluminum windows, a popular and
sophisticated feature for the 1950s. A double window unit marks the living and
dining areas of the interior of the house. The interior of the house contains two
bedrooms and a bath, kitchen and a living -dining area.
This house is one of the "Modern Homes" constructed on The Hill as a product of
the Wm. Cameron Lumber Company. R. M. (Bob) Williamson of Dallas,
produced and sold a plan book of house plans with an accompanying photograph
of the front facade of the house for illustration, a set of blueprints for each house
in the plan. book and a list of general specifications for building the houses. Plan
books were used by lumber companies and builders to sell plans and materials
to customers building their own homes. "Modern Home" would be embossed on
the plan book if the builder chose not to put his own name on the plan books.
"Modern Home" plans were for small to medium sized homes for the buyer to
finish. Several "Modern Homes" were constructed on The Hill, a substantial
upgrade t� the houses previously constructed there by the residents; the
"Modern Home" came with no electrical wiring or plumbing. Hill area resident,
Eliza Brewer recalled their mortgage payment was $58 for their "Modern Home"
and they had to finish out the interior. Fee Chambers, John Brewer's maternal
grandfather, introduced the "Modern Home" to residents on The Hill.
Chivers is a prominent name among the African-American families in Grapevine.
In 1930, charter members of Love Chapel Church of God in Christ included Ella
Chivers Jackson, Ellen Chivers, Dorothy Chivers Tarrant and Agnes Chivers
Shelton.
According to W. D. (Ted) Willhoite, 011ie Brewer was "the Founder of The Hill."
011ie was married to Effie (Kit) Perry Brewer. In the 1920s, they were able to
purchase a 1% acre parcel of land of the Mart Higgins property on what is now
Dooley Street where they lived for the rest of their lives. They had 15 children
and 50 grandchildren. 011ie lived to be 96 years old; he died in 1960. Kit lived to
be 74 year's old; she died in 1954.
At one time, The Hill contained the following structures: Lewis Jones had a little
store and the Turner School served the first through eighth grade students of The
Hill. Both of these structures are now gone. In 2008, there were 23 homes,
several vacant lots, two large undeveloped tracts of land as well as the Love
Chapel Church of God in Christ, still remaining on The Hill.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends approval of the Historic Overlay #HL14-03 to record the
history of the property and to allow the Historic Preservation Commission to have
input in the development and the preservation of the house. A set of the
proposed design guidelines for the property are attached.
Margaret Telford moved to close the public hearing for #HL14-03; Vick Cox
seconded the motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
Ashley Anderson moved to approve #HL14-03 as presented with conditions;
Margaret Telford seconded the motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
Chairman Gilliam opened the Public Hearing for #HL14-04 for the property
located at 422 Jones Street, legally described as A946, Tr 30101, Leonard,
Archibald F Survey, City of Grapevine, to the Grapevine Historic Preservation
Ordinance` 91-73 (Appendix G — Grapevine Code of Ordinances), as amended
for the following items. Chairman Gilliam called on David Klempin to present the
case.
BACKGROUND:
On March 17, 2014, property owner Eliza M. Brewer submitted #HL14-04 for the
property located at 422 Jones Stree. This 840 sq. ft. house was constructed in
1950 and is the home of Eliza Mae Brewer, wife of John W. Brewer (deceased in
2005). This house is one of the "Modern Homes" constructed on The Hill as a
product of. the Wm. Cameron Lumber Company. Eliza Mae Brewer moved to
Grapevineln 1945 and married John Brewer in 1946. Mrs. Brewer worked for the
Willingham, Moncrief, Belcher, Yancey and Pair families and also for Mrs.
Cecelia Box. Mrs. Brewer is a long-time member of Love Chapel Church Of God
in Christ, a cornerstone of Grapevine's black community for over 80 years. She
joined the church in 1953 at the age of 26.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the Historic Overlay #HL14-04 to record the
history of the property and to allow the Historic Preservation Commission to have
input in the development and the preservation of the house. A set of the
proposed design guidelines for the property are attached.
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Margaret Telford moved to close the public hearing for #HL14-04; Ted Ware
seconded the motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
Margaret Telford moved to approve #HL14-04 as presented with conditions;
Vick Cox seconded the motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
Chairman Gilliam opened the Public Hearing for #CA14-10 for the property
located at 626 Ball Street, legally described as Block 1 Lot 1, Nash Farmstead
Addition, Grapevine, Texas to the Grapevine Historic Preservation Ordinance 91-
73 (Appendix G -Grapevine Code of Ordinances). Chairman Gilliam called on
David Klempin to present the case.
BACKGROUND:
Certificate of Appropriateness application CA14-10 was submitted on February 28, 2014,
by the City of Grapevine to install public use policy signs next to four entry gates to the
Farm. The proposed sign would be 13" x 21'/2 " and mounted on black painted metal
brackets to the existing cedar fence post to the right of each gate.
The Grapevine Heritage Foundation at the May 15, 2012 meeting approved
period appropriate gate locations for the perimeter fence. The style of the gate is
a boarded gate with woven wire backing and the locations are as per the plans
attached with this agenda packet. The locations include two pedestrian gates and
one service gate for the perimeter fence and the existing south facing picket gate
of the Farmhouse yard. The service gate is in two sections to allow for fire trucks
and service vehicles to access the Farm. These gates were approved at the May
25, 2012 meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission.
Staff recommends approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness of CA14-10 for
Installation of public use policy signs at the four entry gates to the Nash
Farmstead as per the attached plans with the condition that a sign permit be
obtained from the building department.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Historic Preservation Commission approve with
conditions Certificate of Appropriateness CA14-10 for the property. located at
626 Ball Street, legally described as Block 1 Lot 1, Nash Farmstead Addition,
City of Grapevine, Texas to the Grapevine Historic Preservation Ordinance 91-73
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(Appendix -G — Grapevine Code of Ordinances), as amended for the following
items:
Install public use policy signs at four entry gates to the Nash Farmstead
as per the attached plans with the condition a permit is obtained from the
Building Department.
The group discussed the text of the signage questioning the open hours and
other specific points. David Klempin explained the hours open and times will be
decided by only the Grapevine City Council; the commission's approval is sought
for only the period appropriateness of the look of the sign.
Vick Cox moved to close the public hearing; Margaret Telford seconded the
motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
Sean Shope and Ashley Anderson asked to confirm this was not an approval of
context or substance, only the style appropriateness.
Sean Shope moved to approve #CA14-10 as confirmed; Ted Ware seconded the
motion which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
UPDATE
David Klempin said the discussion item on Wells Fargo Bank's plans, to remove
the original Georgia marble exterior facade as designed by architect George
Dahl, had been removed from the agenda at the request of Wells Fargo to allow
them time to work on an alternate submission.
MINUTES ,
Margaret Telford made the motion to accept the minutes from the February 26,
2014 meeting; Vick Cox seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following
vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
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ADJOURNMENT
Sean Shope made the motion to adjourn the meeting. Ashley Anderson
seconded the motion, which prevailed in the following vote:
Ayes: All (Gilliam, Derr, Anderson, Cox, Shope, Telford, Voelker and
Ware)
Nays: None
The meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 28th DAY OF MAY, 2014.
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