Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks
Commission
DESIGN REVIEW
COMMITTEE MEETING
AUGUST 24, 2004
Location: 2100 Randolph Road, Charlotte, N. C.
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Present:
Amy
Hockett, Committee Chair
Matt
Benson, Committee Vice-Chair
Victor Jones
Valerie Lewis
John
Misenheimer
John
Shurley
Dan
Morrill, HLC Consulting Director
Stewart Gray, HLC Assistant Consulting Director
Mary
Lynn Morrill, HLC Recording Consultant
Absent:
Louis Asbury, III
Bobby Bookout
Visitors:
Jeff
Pollnow, (Charlotte Cotton Mills)
May
Cheung (Moore-Golden House)
Mark
Gulledge (Moore-Golden House)
AGENDA
1. Chairman’s Report: Ms.
Hockett
Ms.
Hockett welcomed everyone to the meeting.
She thanked the committee members for agreeing to attend Design Review
meetings at 8:00 a.m.
2. Director’s Report: Dr.
Morrill
Dr.
Morrill reviewed the Design Review section of the
HLC’s website and underscored the fact that the HLC uses the
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation which
are posted on the website as a design review
guideline. Dr. Morrill also explained that Kam
Merrell of the Building Standards Department will be scheduling a meeting
to discuss how owners can be more adequately informed of their
responsibilities for securing Certificates of Appropriateness.
3. Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the Charlotte
Cotton Mill, Building A.
Dr.
Morrill reviewed the building’s history. Mr. Gray told about the
proposed project which involves the conversion of part of the building’s
interior into offices. The up-fit would include new interior walls
on the first and second floors in the north half of the building.
Also proposed is a new stairway in the northwest corner of the building.
Currently there is a temporary stairway to that location. Committee
members looked at the proposed plans and discussed the situation regarding
this adaptive reuse project. The Committee looked at the proposed
plans and discussed the situation.
MR.
BENSON PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. JONES TO RECOMMEND TO THE
HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATENESS FOR BUILDING “A” OF THE CHARLOTTE COTTON MILLS, 506 W. 5TH
STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C., BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED. THE COMMITTEE
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
4.
Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the Moore-Golden
House, 1701 E. 8th Street, Charlotte, N. C.
Dr.
Morrill reviewed the history of the house, built in 1910, which Ms. Anita
Brown donated to UNCC in honor of writer Harry Golden who lived there in
his later years. UNCC sold the house to the current owners.
Mr. Gray showed recent photographs and proposed design changes. The
proposed project includes the removal of windows and doors that have been
installed in the original front porch, the addition of a bathroom on the
second story, the addition of a shower stall in an existing bathroom, and
moving some sections of the second-story interior walls to accommodate the
bathroom expansions. The rehabilitation of the house largely
involves structural repairs, asbestos abatement, rewiring, and replacement
of the plumbing. These repairs have already begun and were
authorized under a Minor Works COA.
MR.
MISENHEIMER PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. BENSON TO RECOMMEND TO THE
HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE MOORE-GOLDEN HOUSE, 1701 E. 8TH STREET,
CHARLOTTE, N. C., BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT NO
APPROVAL IS INCLUDED FOR THE ADDITION OF A MASTER BATHROOM OR CHANGES TO
BEDROOM NO. 1 AS DEPICTED IN THE PLANS ACCOMPANYING THE APPLICATION.
THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.
There was no old business.
There was no new business
The
meeting adjourned at approximately 8:40 a.m.