Applications

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Items of Business.

1.  Consider Approval of Minutes of November meeting.

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2.  Davidson Schoolhouse at Rural Hill Plantation

Background.  In 1993, the Historic Landmarks Commission through its then non-profit affiliate applied for a grant from the Knight Foundation to erect a bathroom and assembly room facility for a one-room schoolhouse at Rural Hill Plantation, which the Historic Landmarks Commission restored in the early 1990s.  The amount was $45,000.  The facility has not been constructed. Historic Charlotte, which became an independent agency in 1999,  has the $45,000 in a savings account.  Two principal factors have stood in the way of completing the project.  They have been:  1) political complications arising from the lease of Rural Hill by the Catawba Valley Scottish Society (the Historic Landmarks Commission leases the schoolhouse site), and 2) the issue of what type of bathroom facility would be permissible.  After much discussion, both of those issues have finally been resolved.  All parties now support the construction of the bathroom facility, and it has been determined that a septic system will be necessary.  In short, the facility can now be built.  AB Architecture has developed plans which have been submitted to the Park and Recreation Department of the County.

Historic Charlotte, which has developed its own mission statement which does not include undertaking preservation projects,  has notified Park and Recreation that it wants the County to assume the responsibility for managing the construction of the facility and is willing to release the money as long as the purposes of the Knight Foundation grant are satisfied.  Park and Recreation has agreed to do so but is asking that the Historic Landmarks Commission accept the money from Historic Charlotte so that the project can move forward most expeditiously.  Park and Recreation also plans to work with the Historic Landmarks Commission and the Catawba Valley Scottish Society to determine on-going maintenance of the facility and programming of the site.  This will be a major item of consideration for the Education Committee.  The final design will have to be within budget.  It will come before the Design Review Committee for purposes of formulating a recommendation to the Historic Landmarks Commission.

Item for Action.  You are being asked  to approve a motion to have the Historic Landmarks Commission accept the $45,000 from Historic Charlotte which will be used to assist in the construction of a bathroom/assembly room facility for the one-room schoolhouse at Rural Hill Plantation.

3.  Design Review Committee Items

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The Design Review Committee is recommending the issuance of a number of Certificates of Appropriateness for the Highland Park Manufacturing Company Plant No 3.

MR. MISENHEIMER PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. BOS TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE TEXTURE AND PALETTE OF THE PAVING MATERIALS FOR THE URBAN SPACE BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED IN THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MILL NO. 3, 2901 N. DAVIDSON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.

Staff Recommendation:  Approve Recommendation.

MR. MISENHEIMER PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. BOS TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE PLANS FOR THE EASTERN ENTRANCE ON THE SOUTHWESTERN ELEVATION OF BUILDING SIX BUT THAT BRICK, SETBACK FROM THE FACADE, SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE FULL HEIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL OPENING AS PRESENTED IN THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MILL NO. 3, 2901 N. DAVIDSON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.

Staff Recommendation:  Approve Recommendation.

MR. BOOKOUT PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. AUTREY TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AD-HOC SUBCOMMITTEE, COMPOSED OF DEBORAH COX, JOHN MISENHEIMER, AND DON YELVERTON, TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE GLAZING MATERIAL, MULLION MATERIAL AND CANOPY MATERIAL (INCLUDING COLORS) FOR THE TWO ENTRANCES ON THE SOUTHWESTERN ELEVATION OF BUILDING SIX AND THE ENTRANCE LOBBY AT THE JUNCTION OF BUILDING THREE AND BUILDING FOUR AT THE HIGHLAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MILL NO. 3. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.

Staff Recommendation:  Approve Recommendation.

MS. AUTREY PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. BOOKOUT TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE PLANS FOR THE WESTERN ENTRANCE ON THE SOUTHWESTERN ELEVATION OF BUILDING SIX AS PRESENTED IN THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR HIGHLAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MILL NO. 3, 2901 N. DAVIDSON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.

Staff Recommendation:  Approve Recommendation.

MS. BOS PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. BOOKOUT TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE COMMISSION REQUIRE THAT THE NICHE WALL ON THE SOUTHWESTERN ELEVATION OF BUILDING SIX BE SHEATHED IN WOOD THAT MATCHES THE ORIGINAL IN REGARDS TO THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MILL NO. 3, 2901 N. DAVIDSON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.

Staff Recommendation:  Approve Recommendation.

MR. MISENHEIMER PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. BOOKOUT TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE PLANS FOR THE ENTRANCE LOBBY AT THE JUNCTION OF BUILDING THREE AND BUILDING FOUR AS PRESENTED IN THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MILL NO. 3, 2901 N. DAVIDSON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.

Staff Recommendation:  Approve Recommendation.

MS. BOS PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. MISENHEIMER TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE FENESTRATION DESIGN FOR ALL REPLACEMENT WINDOWS, OTHER THAN IN BUILDING SIX AND EIGHT, AS PRESENTED IN THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MILL NO. 3, 2901 N. DAVIDSON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.

Staff Recommendation:  Approve Recommendation.

MR. BOOKOUT PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. MISENHEIMER TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO APPROVE PLANS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS SIXTEEN, EIGHTEEN AND NINETEEN AS PRESENTED IN THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MILL NO. 3, 2901 N. DAVIDSON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.

Staff Recommendation:  Approve Recommendation.

MS. BOS PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. AUTREY TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE PLACEMENT OF A SINGLE LIGHT IN THE LOWER SASH OF THE EXTENDED WINDOWS ON THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE NORTHERN ELEVATION OF BUILDING FOUR AS PRESENTED IN THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MILL NO. 3, 2901 N. DAVIDSON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N.C. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.

Staff Recommendation:  Approve Recommendation.

MR. BOOKOUT PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. MISENHEIMER TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVE THE PLANS FOR THE NEW WINDOWS IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE NORTHERN ELEVATION OF BUILDING FOUR AS PRESENTED IN THE APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MILL NO. 3, 2901 N. DAVIDSON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C. THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE MOTION WITH THE FOLLOWING VOTE: APPROVE: BOOKOUT, BRADSHER, MISENHEIMER OPPOSE: AUTREY, BOS ABSTAIN: NONE.

Staff Recommendation:  Approve Recommendation.

MR. BOOKOUT PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. AUTREY TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE COMMISSION STIPULATE THAT ONCE BUILDINGS SIXTEEN, EIGHTEEN AND NINETEEN ARE DESTROYED, THE APPLICANT FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MILL NO. 3, 2901 N. DAVIDSON STREET, CHARLOTTE, N. C., MUST SUBMIT A PROPOSAL AS TO HOW THE TOWER OR A SUGGESTION THEREOF SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE NORTHERN ELEVATION OF BUILDING FOUR AND OBTAIN HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION APPROVAL FOR A DESIGN FOR THE TOWER OR THE SUGGESTION. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION.

Staff Recommendation:  Approve Recommendation.

4.  Ratcliffe-Otterbourg House

The Historic Landmarks Commission occupied the Ratcliffe-Otterbourg House as its office in March 1996.  Theretofore, the Commission had its offices at 500 North Tryon St. in the Thies Building.  Bank of America made a substantial donation to allow the Historic Landmarks Commission to move into its own headquarters.  The donation was made to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Preservation Foundation which was then an affiliate of the Historic Landmarks Commission.  The title of the house was put in the name of the Foundation . The County simply transferred its rent payments from Morehead Properties, owners of the building at 500 North Tryon St., to the Foundation.  The current lease expires in March 2003.

In February 1999 the Board of the Foundation, then made up of the membership of the Historic Landmarks Commission, voted to restructure the Foundation and end its affiliated status with the Historic Landmarks Commission.  

A special committee composed of John Parker, Scott Hirsch, and Bernard Felder will be making a recommendation regarding the Historic Landmarks Commission's prospective purchase of the Ratcliffe-Otterbourg House from Historic Charlotte, Inc., the successor to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Preservation Foundation.

  

5.  Survey Committee Items. The Survey Committee met on December 7th to hear Sherry Joines and Sarah Woodward present the final report on the post World War II Survey of the Built Environment of Charlotte-Mecklenburg.  The essential purpose of the survey is to develop a context within which to judge the eligibility of properties for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.  It can also serve the same purpose in terms of local historic landmark designation. Click Here To Read Report of Survey Click Here To List Of National Register Eligible Properties Staff Recommendation:  Receive as Information. The Survey Committee submits the following recommendations for action by the Commission. 1. MR. RITCH PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. BRICKEY TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE EDWARD AND MARY ROZZELLE HOUSE ON THE OLD ROZZELLE FERRY ROAD IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY BE PLACED ON THE HLC’S STUDY LIST. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION. Staff Recommendation:  Approve as Submitted. 2. MS. RICHARDSON PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. RITCH TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE SURVEY AND RESEARCH REPORTS ON THE CHARLOTTE COLISEUM AND OVENS AUDITORIUM, 2700 E. INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE, NC, BE UPDATED AND THAT THE PROPERTIES BE PROCESSED FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MOTION. Staff Recommendation:  Approve as Submitted. 3. MR. RITCH PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MR. MILLER TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO FUND SURVEY AND RESEARCH REPORTS FOR THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES. A. MECKLENBURG COUNTY COURT HOUSE, 700 E. TRADE STREET B. MALLARD CREEK SCHOOL, MALLARD CREEK ROAD C. FORMER TABERNACLE ARP CHURCH, 926 ELIZABETH AVE. D. BRYANT PARK, 2000 BLOCK OF W. MOREHEAD STREET E. ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH RECTORY, MT. HOLLY-HUNTERSVILLE RD. F. ELMWOOD CEMETERY, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Staff Recommendation:  Approve as Submitted. 4. MR. RITCH PRESENTED A MOTION SECONDED BY MS. BRICKEY TO RECOMMEND TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE SURVEY AND RESEARCH REPORT ON THE GRIER-REA HOUSE ON REA ROAD BE UPDATED AND THAT THE PROPERTY BE PROCESSED FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE MOTION WITH OPPOSITION BY AVA AUTREY. Staff Recommendation:  Approve as Submitted.