Location: 2100 Randolph Rd., Charlotte, N. C.
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.
Present:
Matthew Benson, Committee Chairman
Richard Mattson, Committee Vice-Chairman
Richard Alsop, III
Louis Asbury, IV
Victor Jones
Dan Morrill, HLC Consulting Director
Stewart Gray, HLC Preservation Planner
Mary Lynn Morrill, HLC Recording Consultant
Absent:
John Shurley
Visitors:
Jim Donnelly, Grace A.M.E. Zion
Michael Standley, Grace A.M.E. Zion
Stuart Povall, Grace A.M.E. Zion
AGENDA
Item #1 - Chairman’s Report: Mr. Benson
Mr. Benson welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Item #2 - Director’s Report: Dr. Morrill
Dr. Morrill showed to the group a copy of the spring edition
of Charlotte Home and Garden magazine featuring Mr. Benson’s home and
family.
Dr. Morrill reviewed the Secretary of the Interior’s
Guidelines with the Committee explaining how the rules would apply to Grace
A.M.E. Zion Church’s renovations which are being considered at today’s
meeting.
Item #3 - Applications for a Certificate of Appropriateness:
Mr. Gray
A. Grace A.M.E. Zion Church, 219 S. Brevard St., Charlotte,
N. C.
The owner of the property, Mr. Jim Donnelly, is proposing
changes, as presented in the application which is on file at the HLC office,
to the interior of the church to make the building more suitable for hosting
events. Mr. Donnelly said that the N. C. Dept. of Archives and History is
reviewing the proposed changes for tax credits. The Committee considered the
application, and Mr. Donnelly explained what he regarded as the needed
changes.
DR. MATTSON PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. ALSOP TO
RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR GRACE A.M.E. ZION CHURCH, 219 S. BREVARD
ST., CHARLOTTE, N. C., BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED WITH THE PROVISION THAT THE
POSTS AND GAS PIPING IN THE BASEMENT BE RETAINED, THAT THE COMMUNION RAIL BE
PRESERVED, THAT THE ORIGINAL FLOORING IN THE FRONT TOWERS BE RETAINED AND
THAT RECORD PHOTOGRAPHS BE MADE AND DEPOSITED WITH THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS
COMMISSION SHOWING THE AREA IN WHICH THE BATHROOMS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN
THE SANCTUARY. THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE MOTION WITH THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
FAVOR: ALSOP, ASBURY, BENSON, MATTSON ABSTAIN: NONE OPPOSE: JONES.
Item #4 - Old Business
No old business was presented.
Item #5 - New Business
A. Latta Plantation Log Building
Mr. Gray said that Historic Latta Plantation is proposing to
relocate a late 18th century log building behind the Visitor’s Center. The
application is on file at the HLC office.
MR. JONES PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. ASBURY TO
ACCEPT HLC STAFF’S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COMMITTEE AFFIRM LATTA PLACE,
INC.’S PLANS TO RELOCATE THE CATHEY-DEESE CABIN TO THE LOCATION AS DESCRIBED
BEHIND THE VISITOR’S CENTER AT LATTA PLANTATION. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED THE MOTION.
The meeting adjourned at 9:10 a.m.