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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic
Landmarks Commission
Design Review
Committee Meeting
November 29, 2005
Time: 8:00 a.m. –
9:00 a.m.
Place: HLC office,
2100 Randolph Rd., Charlotte, N. C.
Present:
Amy Hockett, Committee Chair
Matt Benson, Committee Vice-Chair
Richard Alsop, III
Bobby Bookout
Victor Jones
Gray Newman
John Shurley
Dan Morrill, HLC Consulting Director
Stewart Gray, HLC Assistant Consulting
Director
Mary Lynn Morrill, HLC Recording
Consultant
Absent:
None
Visitors:
Don Duffy, Architect (Randolph Scott
House)
Kraig Magos, Architect (Randolph Scott
House)
Chris McDowell, Owner (Randolph Scott
House)
Mark Kelly, Next-Door Neighbor (Randoph
Scott House)
AGENDA
1. Chairman’s Report:
Ms. Hockett welcomed everyone to the meeting
2. Consulting Director’s Report:
Dan Morrill:
Dr. Morrill presented the history
of the Randolph Scott House He specifically noted that it was the home
of noted cinema actor Randolph Scott and was designed by noted Charlotte
architect Louis Asbury..
3. Application for a Certificate of
Appropriateness: Stewart
Gray
Mr. Gray told about the Application
for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the Randolph-Scott House, 1301
Dilworth Road, Charlotte, N. C. and distributed the proposed
remodeling/addition plans.
Mr. Gray noted that the only
original features lost by the rear addition would be two casement
windows. Mr. Benson expressed concern about the original materials
being lost and the level of differentiation of the new addition from the
original portion of the house. Ms. Hockett expressed the view that the
connecting hyphen is sufficiently differentiated. The majority of the
Committee agreed. Staff recommended that the proposed exterior changes
be approved.
Mr. Gray next reviewed the
proposed changes to the interior. He stated that staff recommends that
the plans be approved as presented with the following exceptions: 1)
that the existing flagstone floor on the existing rear vestibule be
retained, 2) that original bathroom features, if any, be retained, 3)
that an architectural feature be constructed to suggest the separation
between the original breakfast nook and the original kitchen, and 4)
that the millwork cabinets in the front two bedrooms not be allowed. .
Mr. Gray stated that he would visit the site to make sure that none of
the bathrooms has original features. If existing features are original,
they should be retained.
Mr. Kelly, who lives adjacent to
the house, stated concern about the massing of the house in relation to
the streetscape. Dr. Morrill suggested that the issue of streetscape
belonged more readily to the purview of the Historic Districts
Commission. The general consensus of the Committee was that the
addition does meet the Secretary of the Interiors Guidelines.
MR. SHURLEY PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED
BY MR. ALSOP TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT A
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BE ISSUED FOR THE RANDOLPH SCOTT HOUSE,
1317 DILWORTH ROAD, CHARLOTTE, N. C., AS SUBMITTED WITH THE FOLLOWING
ADDITIONAL STIPULATIONS: 1) THAT THE EXISTING FLAGSTONE FLOOR ON THE
EXITING REAR VESTIBLE BE RETAINED, 2) THAT ORIGINAL BATHROOM FEATURES,
IF ANY, BE RETAINED, 3) THAT AN ARCHIECTURAL FEATURE BE CONSTRUCTED TO
SUGGEST THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL BREAKFAST NOOK AND THE
ORIGINAL KITCHEN, 4) AND THE CLOSETS BE EXECUTED AS AN INSET RETAINING
EXISTING BASEBOARDS AND CROWN MOULDING, AND 5) THAT ALL CHARACTER
DEFINING FEATURES BEING REMOVED, IF POSSIBLE, BE RETAINED AND STORED.
THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR.
NEWMAN WHO ABSTAINED FROM THE VOTE.
Ms. Hockett
announced that there was no additional business to come before the
Committee, and that this morning’s business will be considered at the
HLC’s December 12th meeting at 6:00 p.m. The meeting
adjourned at 9:00 a.m.
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