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Charlotte-Mecklenburg
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES
March 23, 2004
Location: 2100 Randolph Road, Charlotte, N. C.
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 6:35 p.m.
Present:
Amy Hockett, Committee Chair
Tattie Bos, Committee Vice-Chair
Louis Asbury, III
Matthew Benson
Bobby Bookout
Victor Jones
John Misenheimer
John Shurley
Dan Morrill, HLC Consulting Director
Bryan Turner, HLC Projects Manager
Don Yelverton, HLC Consultant Architect
Stewart Gray, HLC Assistant Cons. Director
Mary Lynn Morrill, HLC Recording Consultant
Absent:
Jim Benham
Valerie Lewis
John Parker
AGENDA
1. Chairman’s Report: Ms. Hockett
Ms. Hockett welcomed everyone to the meeting.
2. Director’s Report: Dr. Morrill
Dr. Morrill reviewed the business to be
discussed at the meeting.
3. Application for a Certificate of
Appropriateness for the Charlotte Cotton Mills, 508 W. 5th Street,
Charlotte, N. C. Building "B"
Mr. Turner presented proposed plans for a light
well for Building "B," which can be reversed if desired. It will not be
necessary to remove a beam. The light well, which will cost about $2700,
should make the property more marketable.
MS. BOS PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR.
SHURLEY TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE
APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR A LIGHT WELL FOR
BUILDING "B" AT THE CHARLOTTE COTTON MILLS, 508 WEST 5TH STREET,
CHARLOTTE, N. C., BE ISSUED AS APPLIED FOR. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED THE MOTION.
4. Consideration of the Proposed Plans for the
Grier-Rea House, 7601 Providence Road
Mr. Turner told about the work that is being
done at the property. Dr. Morrill said that the job of the Design Review
Committee is to determine whether or not rehabilitation design plans
meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Guidelines and that the HLC’s
Projects Committee will need to make final recommendations to the HLC
about a proposed design scheme. Mr. Yelverton presented two interior
design schemes, both of which have been approved by the N. C. Dept. of
Archives and History.
MR. MISENHEIMER PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY
MR. BENSON TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT EITHER
OF THE PROPOSED TWO DESIGN PLANS FOR THE GRIER-REA HOUSE, 7601
PROVIDENCE ROAD, CHARLOTTE, N. C., BE APPROVED FOR A CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATENESS, AS BOTH DESIGN SCHEMES MEET THE SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR’S GUIDELINES; AND THAT THE HLC’S PROJECTS COMMITTEE BE
AUTHORIZED TO SELECT EITHER OF THE TWO APPROVED SCHEMES. THE COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
5. Old Business
Mr. Bookout said that he visited the recently
restored Palmer Fire School Building, 2601 E. 7th Street, and that the
building looks beautiful - just like it did fifty years ago when he
participated in events there. He also said that he may have found the
first Charlotte Airport Building which was moved from its original site.
He said that he will let Dr. Morrill know more details.
The Federal Courthouse (the Jonas Federal
Building) on West Trade St. was discussed. Dr. Morrill stated that the
building has been listed
in the National Register of Historic Places. Consequently, every
reasonable effort must be made by the Federal government to assure that
the building is preserved.
The former City Bus Terminal was also
discussed. Mr. Gray reported that Spectrum Properties and Johnson and
Wales are working on plans for the structure and that there are several
possibilities.
6. New Business
Dr. Morrill encouraged everyone to go look at
the old streetcar barn at the corner of Bland St. and South Boulevard.
The building is in the process of being restored, and the facade will
look like it did when the building was first constructed to house the
old city streetcars.
The meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m. as there was
no further business. The Committee is scheduled to meet again April 27,
2004.
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