HomeMy WebLinkAbout7-11-1996 Staff ReportLITTLE ROCK HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION
• MINUTES
11 July 1996
Commissioners Present:
John Bush Tommy Jameson Carl Menyhart Julie Wiedower
Commissioners Absent:
Bob Roddey
Staff Present:
Anthony Black V. Anne Guthrie
The roll for the Little Rock Historic District Commission (LRHDC) was called, and there was a
quorum; the minutes of the previous meetings were approved.
The first agenda item was Richard Butler's application for a certificate of appropriateness (COA)
for 419 East 10th Street; as Commissioner Tommy Jameson was project architect, he excused
himself from the subsequent discussion and decision of the agenda item. Butler presented his
application to the LRHDC and reviewed the project's background, such as his purchase of the
property and the events that led to his being fined by the environmental court.
Butler also discussed the proposed plans for the structure's rehabilitation and the research that
had been done on the structure; he stated that after the rehab and tax credit work perhaps the
house would be changed from a noncontributing to contributing structure, as stated in the
National Register nomination and documented in the district's architectural survey. He
introduced Averell Tate, a Little Rock resident who knows a great deal about the city's
architectural history; she confirmed that the proposed plans reflect her memory of the house
between 1904 - 1924. Lynn Zollner, of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Office, stated that
Tate's testimony would assist in getting the structure listed as contributing after the rehab work.
Judy Gardner, representing the Parkplace condominium across the street from the applicant's,
stated that she was not opposed to the structure's renovation, but it had been in a poor condition
for the past four years. She asked that if the LRHDC approved Butler's application, would it be
possible to establish a time frame in which the proposed rehab work is to be performed. There
was discussion about setting a time frame, and Anthony Black stated that a COA may be issued
with conditions.
LITTLE ROCK HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION
ORDER OF AGENDA
11 July 1996
5:00 P.M.
L Roll Call
II. Finding of a Quorum
III. Approval of Previous Minutes
IV. New Business
Agenda Request Item #1
Applicant: Richard C. Butler, Jr.
Address: 419 East 10th Street
Request: Application for Certificate of Appropriateness
[Deferred from the last meeting]
Agenda Request Item 42
Applicant: City of Little Rock and the Renshaw Firm
Address: 524 East Ninth Street
Request: Renovation of fire station into a five -bay station
Agenda Request Item #3
Applicant: City of Little Rock and the Historic Investment
Solutions Team
Address: 7th and Sherman streets
Request: Rehabilitate the Kramer School into 22 affordable
apartments for area artists by utilizing historic and
low-income housing tax credits and other financing
V. Old Business
Hillcrest Local Historic District Designation
VI. Adjournment