Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks
Commission
DESIGN
REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
May 25, 2004
Location: 2100
Randolph Road, Charlotte, N. C.
Time: 6:00 p.m.
- 7:50 p.m.
Present:
Amy Hockett,
Committee Chair
Tattie Bos,
Committee Vice-Chair
Matthew Benson
Bobby Bookout
Victor Jones
Dan Morrill, HLC
Consulting Director
Stewart Gray,
HLC Assistant Cons. Dir.
Mary Lynn
Morrill, HLC Recording Consultant
Absent:
Louis Asbury,
III
Jim Benham
John Misenheimer
John Parker
John Shurley
Visitors:
David B. Dorsey,
1516 E. 8th St., neighbor - Lucas House
Roger & Megan
Zanithsch, 1601 E. 7th St. - owners - Lucas House
Dane A. Suchoza,
architect - Lucas House
AGENDA
1.
Chairman’s Report:
Ms. Hockett
Ms. Hockett
welcomed everyone to the meeting. She asked the Committee
members to let her know as soon as possible their preference for a
meeting time for the next fiscal year. She reminded everyone
that no meetings are held in July at the HLC office.
2.
Director’s Report:
Dr. Morrill
Dr. Morrill
reported that he and Mr. Gray have been working with the new
owners of the Lucas House and that Committee members are to look
at the proposed design plans this evening and to make a
recommendation for consideration by the HLC. He said that
the house currently serves as a restaurant and that the owners are
seeking to make changes that preserve the historic integrity
of the house but that also make it possible to continue to use the
property as a restaurant which follows the government rules and
regulations for safety, sanitation, parking and the handicapped,
and accommodates the neighbors and customers in a satisfactory
manner.
3.
Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the Lucas
House,
1601 E. 7th Street, Charlotte, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs.
Zanitsch, the owners, and Mr. Suchoza, the architect for the
proposed changes, were present in support of the Application for a
Certificate of Appropriateness.
Proposed design
plans and elevations were presented. Secretary of the
Interior’s Guidelines were distributed. Mr. Dorsey, a
neighbor, expressed concerns on behalf of the neighborhood in
regards to use of the common alley, garbage collection, etc.
Committee members asked questions and gave opinions about the
plans.
MR. BENSON
PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. BOS TO RECOMMEND TO THE
HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE JOHN PAUL & ALICE CRAFT
LUCAS HOUSE, 1601 EAST SEVENTH STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C., BE
APPROVED WITH THE FOLLOWING STIPULATIONS: 1) THE ENTRY CANOPY ON
THE SOUTH ELEVATION OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE
RESTAURANT WILL BE LOCATED SHALL BE REMOVABLE 2) A
SUGGESTION OF THE ORIGINAL FRONT ENTRANCE SHALL BE MADE, PERHAPS
BY INDENTING THE PORCH BALUSTRADE AND HAVING A GATE, 3) THE
THREE NEW INTERIOR WINDOWS ON THE SECOND FLOOR MUST BE
MINIMILISTIC IN APPEARANCE, HAVING NO MOLDINGS OR SURROUNDS,
4) ANY ORIGINAL FABRIC WHICH IS REMOVED AND NOT REUSED SHALL BE
IDENTIFIED AND PHOTOGRAPHED AND STORED IN A SAFE, DRY PLACE ON THE
PREMISES, AND 5) THE ROOFS OF THE NEW REAR ADDITIONS SHALL BE
STANDING METAL SEAM, AND THE EXTERIOR SHEATHING MATERIAL OF THE
NEW ADDITIONS SHALL BE STUCCO IN APPEARANCE. THE COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
4.
Old Business
No old business
was presented.
5.
New Business
No new business
was presented.
The meeting
adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
