HomeMy WebLinkAboutHDC1986-004 Application For Certificate Of Appropriateness 07/10/1986:,; J O H N O. J A R R A R O
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- 1 700 SOUTH SPRING STREET
Q7 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72206
10 JUNE 1986
MR. SAM STRAUSS, CHAIRMAN
MACARTHUR PARK. HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION
CITY HALL
MARKHAM AT BROADWAY
LITTLE ROCK:. ARE:ANSAS 72"22CJ1
RE: SIX -FLEX
511 ROCK:
DEAR MR. STRAUSS.
THE BUILDING WAS PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY FIFE SEVERAL YEARS
AGO. SINCE THAT TIME THE INTERIOR HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO THE
ELEMENTS. MOST OF THE HARDWARE. LIGHT FIXTURES, BATH
FIXTURES. PLASTER AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN LOST.
MR. LARRY ROSENFIELD, THE NEW OWNER OF THE BUILDING, WANTS
TO RENOVATE THE INTERIORS KEEPING AS MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL
TRIM AND CHARACTER AS POSSIBLE.
THE EXTERIORS WILL BE RESTORED TO AS NEAR TO ORIGINAL AS
EVIDENCE WILL ALLOW. LOST OUTRIGGERS WILL BE REPLACED AT
THE SOFFIT, THE CRUMBLING FOUNDATION ON THE NORTHWEST
CORNER WILL BE LEVELED AND REBIRCKED AND MISSING WINDOWS
WILL BE REPLACE TO MATCH EXISTING. ALL EXTERIOR WORE-: WILL
BE DONE IN KEEPING WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
INTERIOR'S STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION.
THE PARKING AREA IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING WILL BE FAV-U
WITH CONCRETE. A DUMPSTER ALSO LOCATED IN THE REAR WILL LE
SCREENED AND THE PROPERTY WILL BE LANDSCAPED.
CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN WITHIN THIRTY -DAYS AFTER APPROVAL
OF THIS APPLICATION BY THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION AND
WILL BE COMPLETED WITH IN FIVE MONTHS.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE COMPLETED PROJECT WILL HAVE
SAVED A SIGNIFICANT CRAFTSMAN STYLE APARTMENT BUILDING ON
THE EDGE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WILL HAVE RETURNED
SIX GOOD QUALITY DOWNTOWN DWELLINGS TO USE.
SINCERELY YOURS,
JOHN D. JARRARD
A A.I.A C5011375-4249 N.C.A.R.B.