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March 30, 1994
MEMORANDUM
TO: HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION AND INTERESTED PARTIES
FROM: MOLLY SATTERFIELD
HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION SECRETARY
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLANNING
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF MEETING
Please be advised of a Historic District Commission meeting scheduled for Thursday,
April 7, 1994 at 5:00 p.m. in the City Manager's Conference Room, Second Floor,
City Hall, 500 West Markham. The agenda session will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the same
location.
If you have questions or need additional information, please call met at 371-4790.
Thank you.
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Enclosure
723 West ?Markham Street ' Little Rock, .Arkansas 72201 " Phone (501) 371-4790
City of Little Rock Department of Neighborhoods & Planning
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Qu—apaw Quarter Association
1315 South Scott Street a P.O. Box 165023 a Little Rock; Arkansas 72216 a 501-371-0075 a FAX 501.374.8142
PRESIDENT
The Quapaw Quarter Association's Historic Resources and Public Policy
Renie Rule
Committee recently reviewed the application for a Certificate of Appropriateness to
T. Jack Walsh
April 6, 1994
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in the MacArthur Park Historic District. Committee members sympathize with the
Judith Faust
owners' desire for additional security, and the use of a picket fence certainly is
Eric spencer Buchanan
Ms. Molly Satterfield
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Department of Neighborhoods and Planning
Scott Mosley
723 West Markham Street
Gaza Fams
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Mark Zoeller
uniform. Even with this fence, the pickets are spaced much closer together than the
SECRETARY
Thomas McGowan Dear Molly:
TREASURER
The Quapaw Quarter Association's Historic Resources and Public Policy
Jim McKenzie
Committee recently reviewed the application for a Certificate of Appropriateness to
T. Jack Walsh
build a picket fence around the front yard of the house at 407 East Fourteenth Street
Beth Peck -Colder
in the MacArthur Park Historic District. Committee members sympathize with the
BoAm of DlRE=Rs
owners' desire for additional security, and the use of a picket fence certainly is
Eric spencer Buchanan
appropriate in the historic district. However, the committee encourages the Historic
Susan Gunter
District Commission to ensure that the design of the fence is historically accurate
Sandra Hochstetter
before approving the application.
Felton Iamb
This clearly is a simpler, less "refined" fence; the width of the pickets is not even
Robin Loucks
Based on historic photos (see enclosed photocopies), it seems that late -19th and
Jim McKenzie
early -20th century picket fences in Little Rock most often were constructed of
Cad Mnyhaft
Nixon
Welly Nixon
square pickets, like those approved by the Historic District Commission a few years
Beth Peck -Colder
ago for Charles and Becky Witsell's rehabilitation of the Bragg Cottage at 1011-
Patsle Rogers
1013 Scott Street. The fence at the Bragg Cottage will have pickets that are
Merle Smith
1 1/4 inch square, spaced at 11/2 inch intervals.
Emcunvs RECTOR
I did find a photograph, which I am enclosing, of one cottage where the fence had
pickets similar to the ones proposed for the fence at 407 East Fourteenth Street.
Cheryl Nichols
This clearly is a simpler, less "refined" fence; the width of the pickets is not even
uniform. Even with this fence, the pickets are spaced much closer together than the
3" intervals proposed for 407 East Fourteenth Street.
In addition, all of the picket fences I have seen in historic photographs of Little
Rock have'a "skirt" at the bottom --a board that runs horizontally between the
ground and the pickets. The skirt on the fence at the Bragg Cottage will be
constructed of 1" X 8" treated pine boards. For the sake of historical accuracy, the
skirt seems to be an important element to include in the design of a fence in the
historic district.
Finally, the height of the fence also is an important element for the Historic District
Commission to consider. At first glance, the 4'4" height proposed for the fence at
Molly Satterfield
4/6/94
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407 East Fourteenth Street seemed excessive, but 4' apparently is a standard height (the picket
fence at the Bragg Cottage will be 4' tall).
In summary, we would recommend that the fence at 407 East Fourteenth Street be no more than 4'
in height; that the pickets preferably be square and spaced more closely than the 3" intervals
proposed by the applicants; that a skirt board be incorporated into the fence design; and that the
gate(s) be redesigned to complement the style of fence settled on by the applicants and the Historic
District Commission.
Sincerely,
Cherylichols ,
Executive Director
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