City Hall City of Northfield 801 Washington Street Northfield, MN 55057 ci.northfield.mn.us Meeting Agenda Heritage Preservation Commission
Thursday, February 18, 2016 4:30 PM Council Chambers
I. Call to Order and Approval of Agenda
II. Approval of Minutes
1. 16-091 January 21, 2016 HPC Minutes
Attachments: 01-21-16 HPC Minutes
III. Unfinished Business
IV. New Business Items
2. 16-092 Review Northfield Depot Architectural Elements
Attachments: HPC 2-18-16 meeting HPC Attachment
3. 16-093 Selection of consultant for Survey Project
Attachments: WAPSI proposal Northfiled Commercial Survey and Evaluation Proposal I Landscape Research Proposal_Survey Revision Northfield HD Revision Proposal
V. Reports and Discussion Items a) Commissioner Comments and Reports b) Staff Updates and Reports c) Comments from the Chair
VI. Adjournment
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File #: 16-091, Version: 1
DATE: February 18, 2016
TO: Members of the Heritage Preservation Commission
FROM: Barb Neitzel, Recording Secretary
January 21, 2016 HPC Minutes
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Thursday, January 21, 2016 4:30 PM Council Chambers
I. Call to Order and Approval of Agenda
Also Present: Scott Tempel - Planner and Barb Neitzel - Recording Secretary
The January 21, 2016 HPC agenda was approved. Present: 6 - Jim Herreid, Robert Craig, Jason Menard, Peter Carlson, Clifford Clark and Hannah Pahs and Barbara Evans Absent: 2 - Bob Will and Leander Fried
II. Approval of Minutes
1. 16-031 December 17, 2015 HPC Minutes
Attachments: 12-17-15 HPC Minutes
A motion was made by Board Member Carlson, seconded by Board Member Craig, to approve the December 17, 2015 HPC Minutes. The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 - Board Member Herreid, Board Member Craig, Board Member Menard, Board Member Carlson, Board Member Clark and Board Member Evans III. Unfinished Business
IV. New Business Items
2. 16-032 Election of Chair and Vice Chair
A motion was made by Board Member Craig, seconded by Board Member Evans, to retain Cliff Clark as Chair and Jason Menard as Vice Chair of the HPC for FY2016. The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 - Board Member Herreid, Board Member Craig, Board Member Menard, Board Member Carlson, Board Member Clark and Board Member Evans
3. 16-033 Approve 2016 HPC meeting schedule
Attachments: Meeting Schedule 2016
The HPC reviewed the 2016 schedule and determined they would continue to meet on
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the third Thursday of each month at 4:30 p.m. unless rescheduled to confirm a quorum.
4. 16-034 Preparation for upcoming Survey project
The board agreed on the following actions related to the survey project for the Historic District: - College intern will be brought on to assist the consultant and City Planner and act as a point of contact. Staff will check on a possible stipend for this position. - Subcommittee to review the proposals will consist of C. Clark, P. Carlson and J. Menard - Hannah Pahs will send out a list of properties to each commission member to review and determine whether they are a priority V. Reports and Discussion Items
The HPC discussed the proposed liquor store sites and whether they would be adjacent to the historic district.
Staff reported on the proposed hotel project on The Crossings site which will follow C-1 zoning. The HPC should expect a presentation from the developer since it is adjacent to the historic district. a) Commissioner Comments and Reports b) Staff Updates and Reports c) Comments from the Chair
VI. Adjournment
A motion was made by Board Member Craig, seconded by Board Member Herreid, to adjourn the meeting at 5:08 p.m. The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 - Board Member Herreid, Board Member Craig, Board Member Menard, Board Member Carlson, Board Member Clark and Board Member Evans
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File #: 16-092, Version: 1
DATE: February 18, 2016
TO: Members of the Northfield Heritage Preservation Commission
FROM: Scott Tempel, City Planner
Review Northfield Depot Architectural Elements
SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED: The HPC is requested to review and give input on suggested architectural elements for the recently relocated Northfield Depot.
BACKGROUND: In 2008, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) contacted the City and offered to give the depot to the City of Northfield for fire department practice or sell the building to the City for $1 with the condition that the building be moved from its current location on railroad land. The City responded that they would be willing to work with any non-profit or private entity interested in preserving the building. A grassroots effort to “save the depot” led to the founding of the organization, Save the Northfield Depot (STND), which became incorporated and established as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit with the purpose of saving, restoring and reusing the depot building for the benefit of the community. The organization included nine individuals on the board and five working committees with over 50 individuals who had indicated a willingness to assist in the project.
The Commercial Property Purchase and Redevelopment Agreement between the City and STND were signed in July of 2012. Since then, STND has been diligent in their fundraising efforts, as well as planning for the relocation of the building. Staff has worked with STND on various components of the project. At a City Council work session to discuss the purchase agreement on January 13, 2015, STND presented the sketch of the depot unified with the transit hub by an outdoor pavilion. This concept seemed to be generally accepted as a desired ultimate outcome.
The project is proposed to be constructed in phases. The first phase will be the relocation of the main depot building. The next phase will be the reconstruction of the 1940’s baggage room addition on the south side of the building. This part of the structure was not able to be moved. Next will come the pavilion, and at some future date the transit hub. The HPC will be asked to review future phases when proposed.
City staff approved a site plan at DRC on August 4, 2015, conditioned upon the approval of two variances for the building orientation. The variances were approved by the ZBA on August 20, 2015. The HPC reviewed the project at its August 20, 2015, meeting, as the Depot is a locally designated Heritage Preservation Site.
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The Depot building was moved on January 6, 2016, and work is proceeding to construct a basement under the building. Save The Northfield Depot will give a presentation on the project and is requesting HPC input on the following elements:
· Windows · Doors · Station master's bay · North handicapped entrance · Roof caps and iron trim · Cleaning treatment for bricks
ANALYSIS: Review of this project should follow the City of Northfield Downtown Preservation Design Guidelines for Restoration and Renovation. The intent should be to preserve the integrity of the historic building while keeping the project economically feasible. It appears that STND is working diligently to preserve the historic integrity of the building as no major structural or design changes are proposed. The HPC should focus on the architectural details and provide feedback on preservation efforts.
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To: Historic Preservation Commission Scott Tempel, Northfield City Planner
From: Save the Northfield Depot
Re: Review of planned 1888 Depot restorations
The following information is provided for the February 18 th review of the plans of Save the Northfield Depot. Save the Northfield Depot met previously with the HPC on the following dates: August 20, 2015, HPC, General discussion of the project with images of original 1888 depot and history of modifications. September 15, 2015, HPC Sub-Committee . Present: Jason Menard (HPC member), Scott Tempel (City Planner).
At the September 15 th meeting, Jason agreed that at the earlier HPC meeting, the HPC was comfortable with 1) the cottage windows and 2) with our intention to replicate the existing brackets as needed to reflect the original 1888 depot. Since Jason was the only HPC member attending, Jason and Scott noted that when we are ready to make decisions about specific material and purchase, we should return to the HPC.
At this February 18 th meeting we are asking for guidance on elements discussed earlier and others for which we need to make decisions soon. Please see attachment for each of the elements below. 1. Station Master's Bay -- with cottage windows, brackets and matching brick Intention is to recreate the exterior of the 1888 bay as illustrated on the photos until 1944 and original blueprints. Rationale is that the architecture of the original historic building is well documented. The original bay was destroyed and another reconstructed in 1944; it does not reflect the original design. In addition, since the current bay is not moveable, we have the opportunity to restore the exterior to the period before 1944. Area of 1944 bay originally contained a window which will be restored.
2. Roof brackets Intention is to replicate the existing brackets for the south side of the depot. Rationale is that all of the other brackets are in good condition, are unique having been made by local carpenters in 1888, and are structural for roof support.
3. Doors (2 on west, handicapped double door on north) -- all (except basement door) with transom, lower wood panels and upper glass panels
A. West Doors Intention is to restore the west doors to their earlier location, function and general appearance. Rationale is that the two west doors will be restored where originally built to allow access to the depot from the track side for anticipated passenger rail and bike/pedestrian path users. These doors were an integral part of the depot until converted to windows in 1944. The doors originally consisted of panels and no glass. Because of safety, the doors will be custom made using glass in the upper panels.
B. North Double Door Intention is to replace the existing large window on the north side of the depot with double doors. The custom made double doors with upper glass panels will serve as the main, handicapped entrance to the depot-accessed by steps from the east side and ramp from the north side. Rationale is that the main entrance of the depot will be on the north side of the depot which is located mid-block with easy access from all sides of the depot through the pavilion, from handicapped parking, and bus, taxi and pedestrian access. Most of the activity of the complex will occur at this location. This is the only feasible location for a handicapped entrance. In addition, a door on the north side of the depot is shown on the 1917 plans for access to the planned pavilion.
4. Windows A. Ground floor windows Intention is to replace the windows to their earlier location and with their original style, i.e., cottage windows. The wood windows will be aluminum clad on the exterior for durability and low maintenance. Rationale is that existing windows in original locations are in poor condition and are not original. New windows will be required in the restored station master’s bay, the windows restored in the wall of the removed 1944 bay and the rebuilt two south wall windows that were removed with the 1944 addition. B. Basement windows Intention is to add basement windows on all but the west side; landscaping will be used for screening as much as possible. The awning windows are small (25” x 24 1/16”), the same scale as the ground floor windows. Rationale is that although there was no basement in the original building that would have included windows, the building needs a basement for financial viability and the awning style will allow access to fresh air.
5. Roof Metal Work -- iron filigree and corner caps Intention is to recreate the iron filigree and corner caps of the original design. Rationale is that the ironwork is an important component of the architectural design of the original depot.
Items remaining under consideration until more information is available 6. Bricks Intention is to match the bricks used in rebuilding the south wall and station master’s bay as closely as possible to the original bricks which are now dirty from coal burning engines, graffiti and paint to cover the graffiti. Rationale is to maintain the integrity of the historical building. Possible Approaches: 1) Clean using one of various methods (pro: would restore original color and texture; con: may damage the surface, may be expensive, may reveal differences in bricks) or 2) paint (pro: would make it uniform in color and provide some protection to the brick surface; con: would not be the original color and texture). The conditions and match of the 1888 bricks and the old bricks retrieved from the City’s storage believed to be from the old Washington school are yet to be determined.
7. Chimney – restoration is under consideration. Attachment: Images for each of Depot Elements
1. Station Master’s Bay
1896 photo
1888 floor plan
1888 blueprint
2016 Plan 2. Roof Brackets
2015 photo
1886 plans Portion of 2016 prototype made by volunteer
3. Doors (see #1 for door locations)
1888 plans: door with wood panels
1917 plan to add doorway to new pavilion
2016 specs – wood and glass panels 4. Windows - Ground Floor Photos showing cottage windows
North side
South side 2016 Ground floor specs
Windows – Basement
2016 Plan – east side 2016 Basement specs
6. Roof Metal work – iron filigree and corner caps
1888 blueprint
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DATE: February 18, 2016
TO: Members of the Northfield Heritage Preservation Commission
FROM: Scott Tempel, City Planner
Selection of consultant for Survey Project
SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED: The HPC is requested to select a consultant to lead the update of the Historic District Survey.
BACKGROUND: The Minnesota Historic Society has awarded the City of Northfield a $12,000 Certified Local Government (CLG) grant to update the survey information for the Northfield Historic District.
At the December 8, 2015 City Council meeting, the Council agreed to allow the $8,000 required match to be taken from the Planning Division consultant line item in the 2016 Community Development budget to allow the project to move forward.
An RFP for consultant services was issued on January 6, 2016, to consultants listed on the MHS list. It was also published in the Minnesota History Local News E-Newsletter. Four proposals were received before the February 5, 2016, deadline. These proposals are included with this staff report as attachments.
ANALYSIS: At its January 21, 2016, meeting, the HPC authorized a subcommittee to review the project proposals and submit a recommendation to the Commission. The subcommittee was not able to complete its review prior to the submittal of the HPC packet, and it will present its recommendation at the meeting.
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Thomas R. Zahn & Associates LLC Z Y 807 Holly Avenue • Saint Paul Minnesota • 55104 651-221-9765 • [email protected] • trzahn.associates
Proposal
for Consultant Services to Conduct a Review of the Northfield Historic District and an Intensive Survey and Evaluation of the Adjacent Commercial Properties for the Northfield Heritage Preservation Commission and the City of Northfield, Minnesota
Submitted To: Scott Tempel, City Planner City of Northfield 801 Washington Street, Northfield, Minnesota 55057 February 2, 2016
Project Proposal
The City of Northfield is requesting the services of a qualified consultant team to: • Conduct a background review and survey update for the 65 properties within the Northfield Historic District; • Conduct an Intensive Survey for 38 commercial properties in the areas adjacent to the District; • Prepare Minnesota Architecture/History Inventory forms for the 38 surveyed properties; • Revise the historic context for the Northfield Historic District as needed; and • Prepare a Survey Overview Report with recommendations for future designations and preservation actions related to both sets of properties. Thomas R. Zahn & Associates LLC proposes to provide the requested services under contract with the City of Northfield. The services and products will be completed in conformance with: • the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Preservation Planning as outlined in the Federal Register of 9-29-83, pages 44716-44740; and • the requirements outlined by the City of Northfield request for proposal titled: Northfield Historic District Survey Revision, dated December 17, 2015.
The Associates team is available between the beginning of March 2016 and the end of June 2016 to complete the Northfield survey, evaluation and study recommendations.
The fee for the building survey, documentation and support services is not to exceed $ 20,000.
Thomas R. Zahn, Principal Thomas R. Zahn & Associates LLC 1 Project Understanding
The Northfield Historic District building evaluation is intended to update and provide addenda, as needed, to the initial 1978 district designation and the National Register of Historic Places designation in 1979. This review should help the City and the Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) appraise the progress of preservation efforts in the downtown and provide direction for future stewardship of the historic resources both within the current district and in the adjacent commercial areas. (See Appendix I • Northfield Historic District & Adjacent Commercial Areas on page 9.)
The broader, intensive-level survey will supplement the existing District documentation and potentially lead to local designations, or inclusion in an expanded National Register historic district. The 38 subject properties will be evaluated in the contextual framework of the early development and expansion of Northfield’s commercial core. That evaluation will include property histories, descriptions, assessment of design integrity, consideration of potential local or National Register eligibility, and photographic documentation entered into a searchable survey spreadsheet and onto a searchable Minnesota Architectural/History database survey form.
Procedural Outline
Initial Project Meeting The Associates, Principal Thomas Zahn and a Research Associate will meet with City staff and HPC members to discuss the project’s scope, methodology, and the anticipated services and deliverables.
Initial Resource Analysis The Associates will research and review any available written and photographic historic documentation on the Northfield Historic District and the adjacent commercial properties. The resources to be reviewed will be those related to the buildings that are defined by the Northfield Historic District & Adjacent Commercial Areas map developed for the City of Northfield Downtown Preservation Guidelines prepared by the Associates in 2004. (See Addendum I on page 8)
Site Visit and Photographic Documentation The Associates will tour the downtown and the surrounding neighborhoods. This will reacquaint us with the archi- tectural resources to be evaluated and documented in the survey project. Following this initial analysis and tour, the contractors will photograph the 38 properties to be included in the intensive survey component of this project. All photography will be in digital high resolution for formatting and transfer to Archival Grade DVD-R recordable disks. Archival disks of all project photography will be provided to both the City of Northfield and the State Historic Preservation Office for the project files and future resource management planning.
Survey Inventory Development The building survey will include on-site evaluations, documentation by field notes and field photographs, review of any research materials collected and compiled by the City of Northfield and the Northfield HPC, including but not limited to the Northfield Historic District National Register form, the book Northfield: the History and Architecture of a Community (1999), the City of Northfield Downtown Preservation Guidelines (2004), and city contextual studies. Additional research will be guided and informed by: the district’s NRHP nomination form; the City of Northfield property files; the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, the Rice and Dakota County Historical Societies, the Northfield Public Library; and past historic resource studies for and by the City of Northfield.
New information and findings about the disposition of the contributing historic structures within the district will then be added as an addendum to the Northfield Historic District file. Building survey data for the 38 subject properties outside of the district will be entered into the study spreadsheet and onto the Minnesota Architecture/ History formatted individual building inventory forms. The documentation will contain information including, but not limited to:
2 Property Name: Historic buildings are typically named for their significant historic associations. Historic commercial buildings are generally named after the first business or business owners of the property. Civic properties most often retain their original use name.
Inventory No.: Inventory numbers are assigned by the Minnesota SHPO.
PIN, Plat, Block and Lot: The PIN (Property Identification Number), plat, block and lot data are provided by the City of Northfield.
Date of Construction: For buildings within the Northfield Historic District dates of construction would be provided in the National Register nomination. Dates for the 38 commercial buildings outside the District would come from City Records.
Description: The descriptions of the properties were primarily based on the information provided through the field survey and research.
History: The historic narrative will come from existing historic contextual documentation and additional photographic and archival research.
Integrity: A statement of integrity will be prepared for each property based on current conditions. Integrity is evaluated on the close relationship between a property’s historical significance, period of significance, and its ability to convey that significance based upon its current physical disposition.
Condition: Although not typically included on Minnesota Architecture/History Inventory forms, the Associates make an on-site assessment of condition for each property. It should be cautioned that the condition assessment provides only brief observations of condition issues apparent from the exterior at ground level. In all cases, use of the Secretary of the Interiors Standards and Guidelines for the Treatment of Historic Properties should be followed.
(See example of other survey forms prepared by the Associates for Waseca and Mankato, Appendix II on page 10)
City and HPC Meetings Up to four meetings and one presentation will be provided as part of the survey project. The HPC may schedule these for the purposes it deems appropriate. Suggested meeting times and subjects are:
1) Project Start-up Meeting with HPC, March 2016 This meeting would be to meet with City staff and HPC representative to discuss project goals, objectives, schedule, expectations, and deliverables. Research materials collected by the HPC or other groups may be transferred to the consultants at this time. This meeting should be coordinated with the district and adjacent commercial areas tour.
2) Public Meeting (Draft Results), May 2016 The consultants will provide an overview of the survey results at a public meeting organized by the HPC. Findings of the survey and the draft report will be presented. The public will have the opportunity to comment before the report is finalized.
3) Final Presentation of Survey and Recommendations, Early June 2016 After the SHPO review and the final changes have been incorporated, the Associates will present the final study and survey report to the HPC and the Northfield City Council.
Report Production The above information will be organized into a report narrative, organized by building. This may be incorporated into the design guidelines document to provide a seamless product discussing building history, conditions and design guidelines. To illustrate historical themes or building evolution, historic photographs will be included with the documentation where available. Each of the 38 Inventory forms will also be provided for each property. Copies of the report with its recommendations for further action will be provided in PDF format for electronic distribution. 3 Deliverables
• Survey and Inventory Analysis Report with study methodology, findings of the research and field survey, and recommendations for future local and/or NRHP designations. • Review and Analysis of the 65 historic buildings within the Northfield Historic District. • Recommendations for addenda to the Northfield Historic District file. • Searchable Excel Spreadsheet for the 38 properties in the adjacent commercial areas. • Minnesota Architecture/History Inventory Forms for the 38 properties.
Project Budget
Project Management/Meetings Project Design: 4 hrs. @ $75/hr.= $ 300 Project Administration/ Meeting Preparation: 8 hrs. @ $75/hr.= 600 4 hrs. @ $60/hr.= 240 City/HPC/Public Meetings: 6 hrs. @ $75/hr.= 450 2 hrs. @ $60/hr.= 120 $ 1,710 Site Work Survey: 16 hrs. @ $75/hr.= 1,200 16 hrs. @ $60/hr.= 960 8 hrs. @ $35/hr.= 280 Photography: 4 hrs. @ $75/hr.= 300 $ 2,740 Project Research Research: 20 hrs. @ $60/hr.= 1,200 40 hrs. @ $35/hr.= 1,400 $ 2,600 Survey Analysis: Review and Analysis: 20 hrs. @ $75/hr.= 1,500 40 hrs. @ $60/hr.= 2,400 40 hrs. @ $35/hr.= 1,400 $5,300
Survey Forms & Report Production Photography Production: 30 hrs. @ $75/hr.= 2,250 Form Production: 16 hrs. @ $75/hr.= 1,200 4 hrs. @ $60/hr.= 240 Data Entry: 40 hrs. @ $35/hr.= 1,400 Report Production: 20 hrs. @ $60/hr.= 1,200 $ 6,290 Additional Costs Telephone/photography/printing/supply costs: 450 Mileage: 880 miles for survey, meetings and presentation: 484 $ 934
TOTAL Project Cost: $ 19,574 All $75/hr. components will be completed by Principal, Thomas Zahn All $50/hr. components by Bethany Gladhill All $35/hr. components by Peg Reilly
4 Proposed Payment Schedule
Service or Product Amount Completion of initial site visit and resource analysis $ 2,000 Completion of the field survey and initial research 4,000 Completion of survey forms and draft report 8,000 Completion of the final report and deliverables 5,574
TOTAL: $ 19,574
Proposed Project Timeline
Consultant Selected E Initial Site Visit E City & HPC Meetings E E E E Survey Progress Reports E E E Field Survey and Photography Survey Research Inventory Form Preparation Draft Review by City/HPC Forms and Report Completion E Final Survey Report Completed E E Final Survey Findings Presentation E March April June May
Professional References
City of Mankato Project: Intensive Surveys of Select Mankato Historic Properties, 2011 Under contract with the City of Mankato and the Mankato HPC, Thomas R. Zahn & Associates LLC with Associate Bethany Gladhill completed a series of intensive surveys for historic residential, commercial and public buildings located throughout the incorporated City of Mankato. The resulting survey report and forms were then used by the HPC to secure local designations for the selected properties. Contact: Paul Vogel, Director of Community Development, 10 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, MN 56002 507-387-8613 [email protected]
City of Litchfield Project: Intensive Building Survey and Design Guidelines for the Commercial Historic District, City of Litchfield, 2010 Under contract with the City of Litchfield and the Litchfield HPC, Thomas R. Zahn & Associates LLC with Associate Will Stark, completed an intensive survey of the historic buildings within the Litchfield Commercial National Register District. In coordination with the survey Thomas Zahn completed graphic design guidelines for the historic downtown commercial district. Contact: Connie Lies, Litchfield City Council, HPC, 126 Marshall Avenue North, Litchfield, MN 55355-2195 320-693-3716 [email protected]
5 City of Waseca Project: Reconnaissance Survey of Three of the City’s Oldest Residential Neighborhoods and Comprehensive Survey of Waseca’s Historic Central Business District, 2012 Under contract with the City of Waseca and the Waseca HPC, Thomas R. Zahn & Associates LLC with Associate Bethany Gladhill completed three residential neighborhood reconnaissance surveys and an intensive survey of the Waseca central business district. (See submitted Waseca Survey Overview Report) Contact: Joan Mooney, Co-Director Waseca County Historical Society, 315 Second Avenue NE, Waseca, MN 56093 507-835-7700 [email protected]
Bid Principal
Name: Thomas R. Zahn Address: 807 Holly Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104
Firm Name: Thomas R. Zahn & Associates LLC Number of years in business: Thirty Insurer: State Farm Insurance Budzius Insurance Agency Inc. 651-227-5115
Signature of Bidder: Title: Thomas R. Zahn, President Telephone Number: 651-221-9765 E-mail: [email protected] Website: trzahn.associates
6 Thomas R. Zahn Principal & Project Principal Master of Architecture/Urban Planning—University of Minnesota Architecture Graduate Studies—Washington University, St. Louis Bachelor of Arts, Political Science—University of Notre Dame
As the Preservation Planner for the City of Saint Paul from 1982-1986, Mr. Zahn provided staffing services for the preservation programs of over 50 locally designated historic sites and three historic districts comprised of more than 800 structures. In July of 1986 Mr. Zahn formed Thomas R. Zahn & Associates, a design and planning firm dedicated to addressing the planning needs of the preservation community. From 1990 to 1991 Thomas R. Zahn & Associates was under contract with the City of Minneapolis to develop the City’s Preservation Plan. This preservation planning process included the developing of historic contexts for Minneapolis, facilitating a number of Heritage Preservation Commission workshops, and coordinating the City’s preservation efforts with the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
Under contract with the Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation, Mr. Zahn coordinated the Trust’s public education project. Mr. Zahn completed the Wisconsin Historic Resource Handbook, prepared the Historic Wisconsin Preservation Workshop, and developed the scripts for two slide shows representing the goals and objectives of the preservation movement in Wisconsin. In 1992 Mr. Zahn was then selected by the Wisconsin Trust to design and present day-long workshops throughout the State promoting preservation resource management and local preservation initiatives. A year later Mr. Zahn completed a series of preservation primers titled: Historic Resource Management, The Dos and Don’ts of Rehabilitation, Saving Threatened Buildings Through Reuse, Saving Wisconsin’s Rural Landscape, The Economics of Historic Preservation, and Historic Signage in Identifying Wisconsin’s Heritage.
Since the formation of the firm, the Associates have done a wide variety of survey projects. These include, but are not limited to: • the Historic State Owned Buildings Survey & American Youth Hostel Reuse —a survey of the State of Minnesota owned property to evaluate underutilized National Register, or Register eligible, buildings for reuse as American youth hostels; • the Lanesboro, Minnesota Historic Resource Survey—survey coordination for the entire incorporated city; • the Minnesota Black History Survey—a survey of Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Duluth for sites related to African American history; • the Twin Cities SOS!/Minnesota SOS! (Save Outdoor Sculpture!) Surveys—a field survey to document the location, historical data and condition of all public outdoor sculpture in Minnesota. The National Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property sponsored the SOS! effort. The Minneapolis Arts Commission and Public Art Saint Paul were the local coordinating agencies. • the Intensive Building Survey and Design Guidelines for the Commercial Historic District,— a resurvey of Lichfield’s NRHP Commercial Historic District. • the Intensive Survey of the Waseca Central Commercial District — an survey in preparation for an evaluation for NRHP designation for the downtown. • the City of Mankato Historic Properties Survey and Local Designation Inventory Study.
Under Mr. Zahn’s direction, the Associates are currently (2016) completing a intensive survey of 300 residential and commercial properties in the Macalester Park neighborhood, adjacent to Macalester College in Saint Paul, to evaluate the potential for NRHP individual designations and a possible local district designation.
Mr. Zahn serves on the Board of Advisors to the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions and served as an editor of the Alliance Review, the Preservation Commission national newsletter. He is a Past-Chair of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota and has participated in presentations on historic resource management at National Trust Preservation Conferences in Baltimore, Seattle, Cincinnati, Charleston, and Miami.
7 Bethany Gladhill Project Associate, Thomas R. Zahn & Associates LLC Master of Arts in Historic Preservation—Goucher College, Baltimore Winner of McCullough prize for Best Thesis Founding editor of Goucher Historic Preservation Journal Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude—Tufts University, Boston
Ms. Gladhill has served as the Principal Associate in a number of varied roles on recent Thomas R. Zahn & Associates projects. She has completed intensive survey work for the Cities of Mankato and Waseca Minnesota.
Ms. Gladhill has played a key role in the firm’s last four National Register nominations. She researched and prepared the Determination of Eligibility and subsequent National Register nomination for the former Minneapolis Fire Department Repair Shops. Gladhill completed a similar Tax Credit/National Register nomination project for the Minnesota Building, located in downtown Saint Paul, the nomination process for the Christiania Free Church complex near Farmington, and in 2013 helped complete the nomination for the Minnesota Milk Company Building at Western and University Avenues in Saint Paul.
In her work with Thomas R. Zahn & Associates, Gladhill has also specialized in the creation of comprehensive, distinctive Historic Context studies. In 2003, the Associates completed such a study for the City of Lake City. This process included meeting with stakeholders, reviewing existing resources and researching new materials, surveying the city’s structures, and determining and writing the final contexts. In 2006, the firm completed a similar Historic Context Study for the City of Chaska, which has been an instrumental part of the community’s preservation efforts. Working with the Associates in 2010 she completed the development of historic context studies for both the cities of Mankato and Waseca. The Associates’ context studies have often been cited by the State Historic Preservation Office as a “model” for other projects.
Other representative work with the Associates includes co-developing an Interpretive Plan for Fort Snelling’s Upper Post, researching and assisting with the Wahpeton/Breckenridge Design Guidelines, researching and writing site reports for residences in Mankato and in Minneapolis, and background research and contributing reports for design manuals and ordinance revisions in Chatfield and Lake City.
Gladhill’s primary interest is the integration of historic preservation into community planning and development. To this end, she has also coordinated the adaptive use of a Minneapolis warehouse into a non-profit theatre venue, participated in the planning of a Northeast Minneapolis arts district, and worked as the Executive Coordinator for the Neighborhood Revitalization Project in the old “Little Italy” district of northeast Minneapolis, including developing that neighborhood’s NRP Action Plan. She also volunteers extensively with the Ramsey Hill Association and with a historic park group in Saint Paul. Gladhill currently serves as the President of the Summit Avenue Residential Preservation Association.
Peg Reilly Research Associate, Thomas R. Zahn & Associates LLC Social Studies—College of St. Catherine, Saint Paul History Studies—University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus
Ms. Reilly has served as a Research Associate with the Associates in the development and writing of the National Register Nomination for the Minnesota Milk Company plant in Saint Paul. She also worked as Project Associate in the research, writing and editing of the Bloomington Cemetery Historic Evaluation for eligibility to National Register of Historic Places, 2013. She later served as the main researcher and Project Associate for the First Presbyterian Church of Oak Grove Cemetery (now Bloomington Cemetery) National Register nomination and approval.
Ms. Reilly is currently (2016) providing research for an Associates intensive survey of the Macalester Park Neighborhood adjacent to Macalester College in Saint Paul. She is also providing research for 12 properties in the Village of Afton for the preparation of local designations forms for the Afton Heritage Reservation Commission. Ms. Reilly also has extensive experience in community relations; event management; leadership in both non-profit and corporate settings; and community service work as a volunteer serving on numerous boards and task forces in the Twin Cities area. 8 Appendix I • Northfield Historic District & Adjacent Commercial Areas
9 Appendix I I• Examples of Inventory Forms for Waseca and Mankato
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Northfield Historic District Survey Revision Project
A Proposal Submitted to
The City of Northfield, Minnesota
by Landscape Research LLC 765 Hampden Avenue #315 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114
Contact: Carole S. Zellie or Amy M. Lucas
February 5, 2016
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City of Northfield Historic Survey Revision 2/5/2016 1 1.0 Introduction and Project Understanding
We are excited about the potential opportunity to work with the City of Northfield and the Heritage Preservation Commission on the proposed Northfield Historic District Survey Revision Project. We understand the project involves a survey update for the 65 properties within the Northfield Historic District and an intensive level survey for up to 38 properties in the adjacent commercial areas. The project will require:
1. Background review of the “Northfield Historic District” and “Adjacent Commercial Area;” 2. Development of an inventory form based on the Minnesota Architecture/History form recommended by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO); 3. Review and update of the current survey of 65 building evaluations in the Northfield Historic District; new inventory forms will not be required. New information will provided as an addendum; 4. An additional 38 properties in the “Adjacent Commercial Area” will be inventoried and recorded on a Minnesota Architecture/History Form. The form will include The inventory forms will include property history, description (including evaluation of integrity), and evaluation of local and National Register criteria for designation or listing. Additional historic district context development, as needed, will be provided with potential district expansion recommendation. Final products will conform to the standards and guidelines specified in the Minnesota SHPO Guidelines for SHPO Architecture/History Projects.
5. Development of historic contexts to support the evaluation of significance and integrity; 6. Recommendations for future designation of the additional properties; 7. An initial meeting with the Heritage Preservation Commission and a public input meeting will be conducted at a time suggested by the City project manager; 8. Preparation of a final report accompanying inventory forms, to include project background and historic contexts, and a summary of findings and recommendations; 9. Review of the final grant report as requested by staff.
The City of Northfield will provide the consultant with copies of the current Ordinances, existing Northfield historic preservation documents, and any other City documentation deemed necessary for the project. This includes copies of all existing inventory forms and district maps.
The Historic District Survey Revision Project will provide an important update of the historic district properties and the adjacent commercial area. It will also develop information for current and future planning, including Heritage Preservation Commission design review, and assist in historic tax credit and other projects. Resources for historic documentation include the NRHP nomination form and City of Northfield property files. Northfield: The History and Architecture of a Community (1999), City of Northfield Downtown Preservation Design Guidelines (2004), and Northfield’s existing historic contexts will provide background.
City of Northfield Historic Survey Revision 2/5/2016 2 2.0 Landscape Research LLC Consultant Qualifications 2.0 Project Team
Carole Zellie is an architectural historian and urban planner. She founded Landscape Research in 1976 and has served as project manager for many of the firm’s projects for development, architecture, planning, transportation and engineering clients. Carole holds undergraduate degrees in architecture and art history and an M.A. in architectural history from the University of Minnesota. Her M.S. in urban and historical geography is from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Qualifications for History and Architectural History. Amy joined Landscape Research in 2006. Between 1994 and 2006, since earning an M.S. from the School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning at Columbia University, she was a preservation planner with the Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED) department. She has extensive experience with historic designation and design review and meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Qualifications for History and Architectural History. Please see resumes at the end of the proposal for detailed project lists.
3.0 Methodology
Review of existing inventory forms and other data from the City of Northfield is a first step in designing the inventory approach and form. The consultants will review the format of the new form with the HPC and SHPO. An initial step will be fieldwork and photography of all properties in the survey areas, and review of all existing forms. Additional research will be conducted at the Northfield Historical Society, Minnesota Historical Society, and University of Minnesota-Borchert Library. HPC members and staff will be consulted with questions.
4.0 Timeframe and Proposed Budget: $20,000
The project will be completed with the budget and timeframe established by the City of Northfield. The $20,000 budget includes travel, photocopy and related expenses. The following is based on the principals’ rate of $90. This proposal and fee are valid through December 1, 2016.
Task Approximate Timeframe Hours Acceptance of Proposal Approximate date February 22 Initial meeting with HPC and staff 3 March date to be determined Development of new form and templates 10 2/25/16-3/4/16 Review with SHPO and HPC Review of all forms and data 10 2/25/16-3/4/16 Research and context development 15 3/11/16-4/1/1990 Fieldwork and photography 20 2/25/16-3/15/16 (weather depending) Revision, preparation and submittal of draft 50 3/4/16- existing forms Preparation and submittal of new draft 35 3/14/16-5/31/16 forms Draft report preparation and submittal 40 3/14/16-531/16 Public meeting, additional HPC and staff 10 To be determined meetings City review and revisions period 20 5/31/-6/15/16 All final products submitted by Landscape 6/30/16 Research
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5.0 Deliverables
In addition to meetings outlined above, the following will be provided: New design of inventory form Draft survey report, revised forms, and new forms Final forms Final survey report
6.0 Insurance
Landscape Research LLC maintains general liability coverage of $1,000,000.00 per occurrence $2,000,000 in annual aggregate, 1,000,000 of errors and omissions professional liability, and can provide proof of workers compensation exemption as required by Minnesota State Law. Certificates of Insurance from the insurers will be sent to the City of Northfield prior to contract award.
7.0 References
Amy Spong Heritage Preservation Specialist Planning and Economic Development 1400 City Hall Annex, 25 West Fourth Street Saint Paul, MN 55102 P: 651.266.6714 F: 651.228.3220 [email protected]
Sarah Beimers Manager of Government Programs & Compliance, Minnesota Historic Preservation Office Minnesota Historical Society 345 Kellogg Boulevard West St. Paul MN 55102 651-259-3456 [email protected]
Renay Leone Real Estate Planner Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board 2117 West River Road Minneapolis, MN 55411 612-230-6477 direct [email protected]
Submitted by Carole S. Zellie, Principal, Landscape Research LLC
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City of Northfield Historic Survey Revision 2/5/2016 4 L R LANDSCAPE RESEARCH LLC
Cultural Resource Management
Carole S. Zellie Landscape Research LLC
1466 Hythe St. St. Paul, MN 55108 (651) 641-1230 (651) 644-5553 fax [email protected]
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY Carole S. Zellie is an architectural historian and historical geographer. She founded Landscape Research in 1976 and has served as project director and principal investigator for most of the firm's past projects in the Upper Midwest and New England. She has worked with communities, planning agencies, museums, and other institutions on a great variety of research, design, and preservation planning projects. Research and planning for special downtown and neighborhood districts and historic landscapes are a focus of her work. Past experience includes successful collaboration with diverse clients and audiences.
EDUCATION
1989 M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Geography (urban and historical geography) 1975-77 Ph.D. Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Art History (American architecture)
1974 Master of Arts, University of Minnesota. Department of Art History (American and European architecture)
1972 Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota. School of Architecture and Department of Art History
HISTORIC CONTEXT STUDIES, INVENTORIES, AND LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT AND DESIGNATION STUDIES
Unless noted, Carole Zellie served as the principal investigator or project manager for the following. Minnesota Department of Transportation. Phase I and II Architectural History Evaluation for TH 8, Forest Lake to Lindstrom, Minnesota (2007; 2010).
Minnesota Department of Transportation. Phase I and II Architectural History Evaluation for the Proposed Field Street Corridor, St. Joseph, Minnesota (2006).
Fergus Falls Heritage Preservation Commission. City-wide historic context study (2009).
Minnesota Department of Transportation. Historic context study for M&I Railroad, Brainerd to International Falls, Minnesota (2006).
Minnesota Department of Transportation. Historic context study for mining-related resources in the Western Mesabi Mining Range (2004).
Lowry Hill Residents Inc. (LHRI). Historic contexts study of the Lowry Hill neighborhood (2006). East Isles Residents Association (EIRA). Historic contexts study of the East Isles neighborhood (2006). Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association (LHENA). Preparation of historic contexts study of the Wedge neighborhood (2005). Recipient of 2006 Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Award. City of Minneapolis Public Works Department. Bridal Veil Bridge and Falls Historical Evaluation. With URS/BRW (2004). St. Paul Heritage Preservation Commission. Evaluation of existing city-wide cultural resources study and development of six historic contexts and fifteen local designation studies. With URS/BRW (2000-2). Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. Historic contexts studies for various property types and areas including fraternities, religious buildings, public libraries, public schools, neighborhood commercial centers, and North and Northeast Minneapolis (1990-2004).
Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. Harmon Place Historic District Study (2001) and University of Minnesota Greek Letter Chapter House Historic District Study (2003); Minneapolis Public School Historic Context Study (2005).
Brooklyn Park Housing and Redevelopment Department. City-wide historic contexts study, historic resources inventory, and National Register evaluation (1999).
Elk River Economic Development Department. City-wide historic contexts study. Corresponding Phase II evaluation of downtown redevelopment area (2002).
Washington County Department of Land Management. County-wide historic context study and recommendations for preservation planning (1999-2000).
City of Hastings and the Heritage Preservation Commission. City-wide historic contexts study and intensive city-wide historic sites inventory; Seventh Street Historic District study and other selected properties (1993-2009).
City of Northfield and the Heritage Preservation Commission. City-wide historic contexts study and intensive city-wide historic sites inventory (1988-90).
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Architectural and cultural resources investigation of Mississippi River Headwaters reservoirs, including dams, dwellings, and associated structures (1987).
Massachusetts communities including Arlington, Fall River, Lowell, Lawrence, Somerville, Stoneham, and Methuen (1977-1986). Intensive historic district and/or city-wide historic site inventories.
CULTURAL AND DESIGNED HISTORIC LANDSCAPE STUDIES AND MASTER PLANS
Minnesota Department of Transportation. Documentation of the Stillwater Cultural Landscape District (2010). With Chris Faust, photographer.
Minnesota Department of Transportation. Cummins-Grill House (Eden Prairie). Historic Landscape Plan (2007).
Trileaf Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa. Waseca Courthouse Historic Landscape Plan. (2007).
Minnesota Historical Society. Historic Sites Department. Cultural Landscape Report and Planning Recommendations for the Harkin Store, West Newton, Minnesota (2007).
Dakota County Historical Society, Minnesota Historical Society, and City of Hastings. Master plan for development of the LeDuc Historic Site, Hastings, Minnesota (2003-4).
Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office. National Register evaluation for Northrop Mall, University of Minnesota. (2003).
Lakewood Cemetery Association for Halvorson Design, Boston, MA. Cultural landscape report as part of a cemetery Master Plan (2002). With Halvorson Associates, Boston, MA.
Olmsted County Historical Society, Rochester, Minnesota. Cultural landscape master plan for the Mayowood Estate, Rochester (2002-4).
Minnesota Historical Society, Historic Sites Department. Historic landscape report and master plan for the grounds of the Alexander Ramsey House: Reinterpreting the Landscape of the Alexander Ramsey House: A Study of the Designed Historic Landscape and a Master Plan for Restoration (1995).
Minnesota Historical Society, Historic Sites Department. Preparation of The LeDuc Simmons House, Hastings, Minnesota: Historic Landscape Report (1993).
St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board. Cultural landscape study and report, The Voice of Nature: Geographic Features and Landscape Change at Saint Anthony Falls (1989).
Legislative Committee on Minnesota Resources and Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office. Study and report, From Palisade Head to Sugar Loaf: The Cultural Significance of Minnesota's Geographic Features (1988). Also presented at the Midwest Preservation Conference sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. March 3, 1990 and at the Midwest State Historic Preservation Officers' Conference, July 1993.
NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATIONS (representative)
National Register nominations for O’Donnell Shoe Company and Commerce Building, St. Paul (with Amy Lucas); Payne Avenue State Bank, St. Paul; Franklin Junior High, Brainerd, Minnesota; Club Tara and Bergstein Shoddy Mill and Warehouse, Stillwater; Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, Minneapolis; Station 13 Fire Station, Minneapolis; George and Bertha Van Dusen House, Minneapolis; Stevens Square Historic District, Minneapolis; Carr School, Somerville, Massachusetts; Arlington Mills, Arlington, Massachusetts.
DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY, HISTORIC TAX CERTIFICATION, SECTION 106 REVIEW, AND MITIGATION STUDIES
Artspace Projects. Part I certified rehabilitation application for the Northern Warehouse, St. Paul (2010).
United Properties. Determination of Eligibility for Local Heritage Designation for Northrop School (2010).
Aeon Housing. Minneapolis. Preparation of Determination of Eligibility and Part I-III Tax Credit Applications for six Elliot Park properties (2009).
American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO), Duluth, Minnesota. Preparation of Determination of Eligibility Study and Parts I-II Historic7 Tax Credit Application for the Duluth YWCA (2007-8).
Aeon Housing, Minneapolis. Preparation of Determination of Eligibility and Part I-III Tax Credit Applications for O’Donnell Shoe Company, St. Paul (2009-10).
Minnesota Department of Transportation. Phase I and II Architectural History Evaluation for Hastings Bridge Replacement, Hastings, Minnesota (2008; with Will Stark).
East Side Development Corporation. Part I and National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Payne Avenue State Bank, St. Paul (2007).
Common Bond Communities. Preparation of Parts I-III Historic Tax Credit Application for the Commerce Building, St. Paul (2007); Northern Hotel, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (2007).
Central Community Housing Trust. Parts I-II, certified rehabilitation for the Ripley Maternity Hospital buildings, Minneapolis (2004-7); Determination of Eligibility and Tax Credit Application for O’Donnell Shoe Company, St. Paul (2007-9).
Artspace Projects Inc. Brainerd, Minnesota Jr. High School Determination of Eligibility Study; Part I and National Register Nomination (2006-8).
Artspace Projects Inc. Northfield, Minnesota High School Determination of Eligibility Study (2004).
Brighton Development. Parts I-III, certified rehabilitation for the Gaar Scott & Co. Historic Lofts, Minneapolis (2000-2).
Brighton Development. Revised Part II and Part III, certified rehabilitation for the Champion Building (2002).
Pak Development Corp. Part I and Part II Evaluation of the Produce Exchange Building, St. Paul (2002).
Lander Group Inc. Mitigation Report for the River Lake Gospel Tabernacle, Minneapolis (2002); Sears Roebuck Site Development Tax Certification Consultation (2004).
City of New Brighton. Phase I Evaluation of Butcher Spur, Northwest Quadrant Redevelopment Project (2008).
Hibbing Taconite Company. Phase I Evaluation of Project Areas. Hibbing, Minnesota (2008).
Mesabi Nugget Delaware LLC. Literature Search and Phase I Evaluation of Mesabi Nugget, Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota (2008).
Polymet Mining Corporation. Phase I Evaluation for Northmet Project (Erie Mining Company), Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota (2007).
Mittal Steel Company. Literature Search for Historic Mining Landscapes, East Reserve Project, Minorca Mine, Biwabik, Minnesota (2007).
Minnesota Department of Transportation. Phase I and II Architectural History Evaluation for TH 8, Lindstrom, Minnesota (2007).
Minnesota Department of Transportation. Phase I and II Architectural History Evaluation for the Proposed Field Street Corridor, St. Joseph, Minnesota (2006).
St. Thomas University. Mitigation Report for the Milnor Garage, Harmon Place Historic District, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2001). Hennepin County Department of Housing, Community Works, and Transit. Phase I and II evaluation for Humboldt Greenway Project including research on the early Shingle Creek African-American community (1998-2000).
SRF Associates, Inc. SRF Associates. Phase I and II evaluation of properties in the Washington Avenue and East River Road project area on the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis campus (2000). Minnesota Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. National Register District Evaluation (Phase II) for the University of Minnesota Campus Mall, Minneapolis (2003).
INTERPRETIVE PLANS
St. Paul Park and Recreation Department. Interpretive plan for the St. Paul Scenic Byway (2010). With Kathe Flynn Landscape Architecture.
St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board. Thematic research for 2008 program planning.
Hennepin County Housing, Community Works and Transit. Interpretive plan for the Midtown Greenway (2003-7). With Kathe Flynn Landscape Architecture.
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Interpretive plan for Mill Ruins Park, Minneapolis. With URS/BRW and Kathe Flynn Landscape Architecture (2002-2005).
Olmsted County Historical Society, Rochester, Minnesota. Interpretive Plan for Mayowood. With Kathe Flynn Landscape Architecture (2004).
Federal Reserve Bank, Ninth District. Text and illustrations for five interpretive exhibits located on the Federal Reserve Plaza, Minneapolis (1995-1998).
URBAN DESIGN AND RELATED PRESERVATION PLANNING
Washington County. Preliminary cultural resources evaluation for the Red Rock Corridor in Ramsey, Washington, and Dakota counties. Historic context development and evaluation of the proposed transit corridor and station locations (2010).
Hennepin County Housing, Community Works and Transit. Historic context development and evaluation of the Minnehaha- Hiawatha corridor as part of a land use and urban design study (2007-2009).
University of Minnesota Master Planning and Facilities Management Department. Preparation of the University of Minnesota Preservation Plan, including Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris, and Crookston campuses (1997). Recipient of Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Award.
St. Paul Planning and Economic Development Department. Preparation of the Saint Paul Urban Design Cards (1995).
Minneapolis Community Development Agency. AUAR process for the Southeast Minneapolis Industrial Area (1997-98). With Peer Collaborative Inc.
Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP). Urban design framework study for Hennepin Avenue (with Martin/Pitz Associates et. al; 1995). Recipient of MASLA Merit Award.
Dayton's Bluff District 4 Community Council, St. Paul9 , Minnesota. Urban design framework funded by the McKnight Foundation for the Dayton's Bluff Historic District (1993).
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Cultural Resource Management
AMY M. LUCAS Principal Landscape Research LLC
1466 Hythe St. St. Paul, MN 55108 (651) 641-1230 / 612 374-9728 (651) 644-5553 fax [email protected]
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY Amy M. Lucas is a preservation planner. She holds an M.A. from the School of Architecture and Planning at Columbia University and joined Landscape Research in 2006 after twelve years as a planner for the City of Minneapolis. Her experience includes city-wide inventory project management and many types of environmental and compliance assessments. She meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Qualifications for History and Architectural History.
EDUCATION
1993 Master of Science, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture Preservation and Planning (Historic Preservation)
1991 Bachelor of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, (Art History and City Planning)
EXPERIENCE
2006- Principal, Landscape Research LLC
Conducts research and planning for cultural resource projects including inventory and research, historic tax certification and Section 106, and National Register evaluations.
1994-2006 Senior City Planner, City of Minneapolis
Staff to Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission included city-wide preservation consultation, historic resources inventory management, historic plaque program, design review, historic variances, local and national designation studies, grants, contract management, neighborhood and comprehensive plans, walking tours, retreats. 1992 Associate, Paul Madson and Associate Architects 1991 Manager, Kentucky State Historic Preservation Office 1988-1991 Manager, Rockwood Museum of Delaware
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DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY, SECTION 106 REVIEW, HISTORIC TAX CREDIT CERTIFICATION
Commercial Building at 282 E. Sixth Street, St. Paul. Parts I-III historic tax certification (2011, Seestedt’s Carpets).
Pioneer-Endicott Buildings, St. Paul. Parts I-II historic tax certification (2011, PAK Properties).
Cavalry Drill Hall, Fort Snelling. Parts I-III historic tax certification (2010, Boy Scouts of America).
Northern Warehouse, St. Paul. Parts I-II historic tax credit certification (2010; Artspace Projects).
Determination of Eligibility Study, Howe School and Shingle Creek School, Minneapolis, MN (2011; Minneapolis Board of Education).
Determination of Eligibility Study, Northrop School, Minneapolis, MN (2010; United Properties).
Y.W.C.A. of Duluth Determination of Eligibility and Parts I-III historic tax credit certification (2006-12; American Indian Community Housing Organization).
Hotel Northern, Chippewa Falls, WI. Parts I-III historic tax credit certification. (2007; CommonBond).
Commerce Building, St. Paul. Parts I-III historic tax credit certification (2007-11; CommonBond).
O’Donnell Shoe Company Building, St. Paul Determination of Eligibility; parts I-III historic tax credit certification (2007-11; Aeon).
Minnehaha-Hiawatha Corridor Cultural Resources Study (2008-9; Hennepin County Housing, Community Works and Transit).
Winona, Minnesota Bridge Replacement Phase I and II Architectural History Investigation (2009-2010; Mn/DOT).
Chisago County, Minnesota TH8 Phase I and II Architectural History Investigation (2007; 2010; Mn/DOT).
Section 106 Minneapolis CPED reviews including Sumner-Olson Housing, FERC licenses, Hiawatha Light Rail Transit, Midtown Greenway and Lake of the Isles rehabilitation (1994-2006)
DESIGNATION AND NOMINATION STUDIES
National Register Nomination for Central, Washington-Kosciusko, Madison and Jefferson Elementary Schools, Winona (2011) National Register Nomination for O’Donnell Shoe Company Building, St. Paul, MN (2009) National Register Nomination for Commerce Building, St. Paul, MN (2007) National Register Nomination for YWCA, Duluth, MN (2007) Local Designation and National Register Nomination Studies for Shoreham Yards Roundhouse, Minneapolis (2000) Local Designation and National Register Nomination Studies for Pantages (Mann) Theater, Minneapolis (1997) National Register Nomination for Ivy Tower, Minneapolis (1995).
HISTORIC AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT DESIGN GUIDELINES AND ORDINANCES
Waseca, Minnesota Courthouse Historic Landscape Study (2008). Chapter 599 of the Minneapolis City Code of Ordinances “Heritage Preservation Regulations” (2001) Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Design Guidelines for On-Premise Signs and Awnings (2003) Design Guidelines for individual properties including seven Minneapolis libraries, Orpheum Theater, Band Box Diner and Cream of Wheat Building (1994-2006)
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Preparation of master plans for Nicollet and Hennepin Islands, including the Nicollet Island Historic District (1993-6; with Martin/Pitz Associates).
HISTORIC AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT DESIGN GUIDELINES AND ORDINANCES
Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. University of Minnesota Greek Letter Chapter House Design Guidelines (2002-2003); Fire Station #13 Design Guidelines (2003); Harmon Place Historic District Design Guidelines (2001); MacPhail School of Music Guidelines (2001).
City of Hastings, Minnesota. Design guidelines for the Main Street Historic District (2002).
Iowa City, Iowa Planning Department. Conservation district ordinance for application in several central- city neighborhoods (1994-5).
Afton, Minnesota Planning Commission. Preparation of design studies and landscape and architectural conservation ordinance (1994-5).
Main Street of River Falls, Wisconsin. Management plan for the urban forest along the Kinnickinnic River in downtown River Falls (1994).
St. Paul Planning and Economic Development Department. Preparation of the Dayton's Bluff Historic District Handbook (1992). Recipient of St. Paul Heritage Preservation Commission Preservation Award.
Main Street of Menomonie, Inc., Menomonie, Wisconsin. Preparation of an urban design study and master plan for the Business Improvement and Historic Districts. Recipient of Minnesota Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects 1993 Honor Award (1992-3).
HISTORIC STRUCTURE AND RELATED REPORTS (see also mitigation studies)
North Star Council, Boy Scouts of America. Fort Snelling Cavalry Drill Hall (2010) Historic Structure Report (2009).
Sherman Associates. HABS documentation of Coca Cola Plant, St. Paul (2006).
Minnesota Historical Society, Historic Sites. Historic Structure Reports for Henry Sibley, Faribault, and DePuis Houses at the Sibley Historic Site (1998-9). American Swedish Institute. Research report on architectural technology of the Swan Turnblad House (1998). Ramsey County Historical Society. Historic structures report for the Heman Gibbs Farm including house and barn (1993).
Minnesota Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Project coordination for reuse feasibility study at the Thorstein Veblen Farmstead near Northfield, Minnesota (1990). Historic structures report prepared with MacDonald and Mack Architects, Ltd. (1992).
Minnesota Historical Society, Historic Sites. Preparation of historic structures reports for the LeDuc- Simmons House (1988), Barn and Outbuildings (1993).
HISTORIC AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT DESIGN GUIDELINES AND ORDINANCES
Waseca, Minnesota Courthouse Historic Landscape Study (2008). Chapter 599 of the Minneapolis City Code of Ordinances “Heritage Preservation Regulations” (2001) Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Design Guidelines for On-Premise Signs and Awnings (2003) Design Guidelines for individual properties including seven Minneapolis libraries, Orpheum Theater, Band Box Diner and Cream of Wheat Building (1994-2006)
Proposal
NORTHFIELD HISTORIC DISTRICT SURVEY REVISION NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA
Submitted to City of Northfield
Submitted by Summit Envirosolutions, Inc.
1217 Bandana Boulevard North · St. Paul, MN 55108 · Phone (651) 644-8080 · Fax (651) 647-0888 www.summite.com
Proposal
Northfield Historic District Survey Revision
Submitted to:
City of Northfield
Attn: Scott Tempel
Submitted by:
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc.
Contact: Andrew Schmidt
February 2016
Contents
Section 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………...…… 1
Section 2. Work Plan ……….……………………………..…………….…………………… 2
Section 3. Timeline ……..……………………………………………………………….…… 5
Section 4. Qualifications and Representative Projects …………………………………..…… 6
Section 5. Fee Proposal ………………………………………………………………...... ….. 10
Appendix A. Sample Inventory Form
Appendix B. Resumes
Appendix C. Detailed Cost Breakdown Section 1 Introduction
The City of Northfield (City) has requested a re-evaluation of the Northfield Commercial Historic District and evaluation of additional properties in the Adjacent Commercial Areas. Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. (Summit) is pleased to offer a proposal to complete the requested services. Established in 1990, Summit offers a range of environmental services, including cultural resources management. Summit has proven success in providing our clients with high- quality and cost-effective cultural resources consulting, and we are ready to offer you our same level of dedicated services.
Over the past 24 years, Andrew Schmidt has managed large, multi-component historic buildings surveys and National Register of Historic Places (National Register) evaluations for urban and rural areas across the Midwest, in addition to developing statewide historic contexts. Our team of architectural historians has extensive experience completing historic preservation projects, including city and county resource surveys, National Register nominations, historic context development, and historic research. The proposed team exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications for historic preservation projects.
We are committed to providing you with a successful and accurate product, and communication is an important part of our service. Andrew Schmidt, Project Manager, will be the main contact and will keep you informed about the status of your project, as well as track schedules, budgets, and overall progress of the project. Marjorie Pearson will serve as the Principal Investigator and Senior Architectural Historian, providing her extensive expertise in field evaluation, historic research, and report writing and production. Sara Nelson will serve as Project Architectural Historian, and will serve as the main contact and organizer of fieldwork activities in addition to historic research, photography, deliverables and report production.
The Summit team has additional expertise beyond cultural resources management in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Data Management, and Information Technology. Together, our company can assure you the best possible technological systems to complete your project in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Summit carries all required insurance coverage including general liability, aggregate, and workers compensation insurance as required by Minnesota State Law. If a contract is awarded to Summit, we will provide a certification of insurance.
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. 1 Northfield Historic District City of Northfield Survey Revision Section 2 Work Plan
Summit proposes to complete a re-evaluation of the Northfield Commercial Historic District (District), including an assessment of the current historic district and boundaries, evaluation of properties in the Adjacent Commercial Areas, development of an inventory form and completion of forms for the surveyed properties, and specific recommendations regarding revisions to the district boundaries and contributing/non-contributing properties. The District, which encompasses 65 properties in downtown Northfield, is focused on Division Street and East 4th Street. Listed in the National Register in 1979 and designated as a local historic district by the City in 1982, the District represents the oldest buildings in Northfield’s central business district. The adjacent areas include more recent commercial buildings and some residential properties. Because there have been alterations to properties since the original listing and because properties not considered historic 35 years ago may now be historic, a re-evaluation of the District will greatly assist the City and property owners in future planning.
In order to complete the project we have identified four major tasks.
Task 1: Background Research and Meetings
Within two weeks of receiving a contract, Summit will schedule an input/start-up meeting with City staff and members of the Northfield Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) to review the project objectives, discuss the project approach, and ensure agreement on the work plan and schedule. In order to complete all work products by June 30, 2016, it will be important to be in agreement regarding project milestones and critical path items.
Following the input meeting, Summit will review the original National Register nomination, as well as survey files and reports at the HPC and the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) prior to conducting fieldwork. Previous studies, including “Northfield: The History and Architecture of a Community” (1999), “City of Northfield Downtown Preservation Design Guidelines” (2004), and existing historic contexts will be consulted for historical background. The background research will provide an understanding of conditions of properties in the District at the time it was listed as well as alterations since that time. In addition to a review of previous studies, the background research will identify additional research resources for property histories and additional context development.
In preparing for the field work, Summit will develop inventory forms that follow the Minnesota Architecture/History form format. The forms will be tailored to suit the needs of the HPC, and will have fields that match the SHPO inventory database. We are very familiar with the inventory forms and database through the preparation of forms for previous projects and because Summit is currently assisting SHPO staff with inventory database management (see Representative Projects below and Appendix A for a sample inventory form). In addition, if the City maintains a database of historic properties (or wishes to start one), the inventory forms can be exported to Microsoft Access or Excel, and the data from the forms can be downloaded into the database.
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In addition to the background research, Summit will lead a public meeting prior to the field survey in order to describe the project, and to gather historical information from the HPC and property owners. We will work with City staff regarding the scheduling of the meeting and other logistics.
Task 2: Field Survey and Additional Research
The current boundaries of the District and the properties within those boundaries will be assessed in the field to determine current conditions, integrity, and the potential of each resource to contribute to the proposed district. In addition, the 38 properties in the adjacent areas will be included in the field survey to assess and record their current conditions and historic integrity. During the fieldwork, Summit will utilize a data dictionary on hand-held GPS units to create a record for each property inventoried. Each record will include the fields required for the Minnesota Architecture/History inventory forms, and the fields will be completed during the fieldwork. Although some information will be added to the forms after the fieldwork, this method will minimize post-field processing time. In addition, surveyed properties will be documented with the following:
At least two, high-resolution digital photographs (400 dpi) showing the property. Mapped location using a USGS map and an aerial photo base map. Location of the properties will be marked with site numbers.
Additional research will be carried out in local and state repositories to fill in research gaps for the District, to understand downtown Northfield’s development in the mid twentieth century, and to gather information regarding the newly surveyed properties in the adjacent areas. Local research resources include Rice County property records, the Rice County Historical Society, and the Pye Room at the Northfield Public Library. Statewide resources include the Minnesota Historical Society and University of Minnesota libraries.
Task 3: Report and Recommendations
Summit will prepare a narrative survey report that includes chapters describing the research design and methods, results, and recommendations. Tables to be included in the reports will show current National Register-listed and locally designated properties, and all properties inventoried with recommendations summarized. The reports also will include maps depicting the project area and survey results. Recommended historic district boundaries and contributing/non-contributing properties will be illustrated on the maps.
Summit will prepare inventory forms that conform to the SHPO guidelines and will contain at a minimum: the property name or type, address, county, city/township, inventory number, parcel and plat numbers, UTM, Township/Range/Section, Quarter Sections (to at least the quarter of quarter), USGS Quad, photo numbers, survey name, form prepared by, date surveyed, description, resource date (when known), style (when known), and National Register eligible or contributing to the District.
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. 3 Northfield Historic District City of Northfield Survey Revision Summit will submit the draft narrative report and a representative sample of the draft inventory forms. Following receipt of comments from the City and HPC, Summit will submit copies of the final report as follows: one unbound, three bound and one CD-R copy for SHPO; one unbound, five bound and one CD-R copy for the City, and up to 10 additional copies if requested by the City.
Summit will prepare monthly progress reports beginning in March. These reports will provide a written update of Summit’s activities and progress toward completing each task.
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. 4 Northfield Historic District City of Northfield Survey Revision Section 3 Timeline Summit proposes to complete the project to the following schedule. Completion of project milestones is dependent on receiving a notice to proceed by October 1, 2010.
Tasks Completion Dates Notice to proceed March 1, 2016 Input/start-up meeting March 15, 2016 Review existing inventory forms and nomination April 1, 2016 Complete fieldwork and photography April 15, 2016 Public input meeting, with HPC meeting April 21, 2016 Complete additional research April 29, 2016 Prepare and submit draft report and forms May 27, 2016 Submit final deliverables June 30, 2016
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. 5 Northfield Historic District City of Northfield Survey Revision Section 4 Qualifications and Representative Projects
Summit’s team of architectural historians exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications for historic preservation projects. We have assembled a team with extensive experience historical surveys. Resumes are included in Appendix B.
ANDREW SCHMIDT, M.A., Project Manager Andrew Schmidt will serve as Project Manager. Andrew will manage the contract and will be the main contact at Summit. He will provide overall project direction and quality assurance/quality control, and he will manage the project budget and schedule. He will be the main contact and will prepare quarterly progress reports and additional communication as needed.
Over the past 24 years, Andrew has applied historic resources analysis to planning and cultural resources management. He meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for History and Architectural History. He has worked with public agencies and private companies throughout the Midwest and California to develop documents that serve as management tools and fulfill state and federal compliance requirements related to historic and archaeological resources. He has been Project Manager and Principal Investigator for numerous historic resources studies, including survey and documentation of historic districts, evaluation of properties for National Register eligibility, nomination of properties for listing, and development of public interpretation.
MARJORIE PEARSON, Ph.D., Senior Architectural Historian Marjorie Pearson will serve as Senior Architectural Historian for the project. Marjorie will oversee the project in the day-to-day, including directing research and fieldwork, and writing and editing the historic contexts, historic district re-evaluation, and recommendations.
Over the past 40 years, Marjorie has applied her architectural history background to planning and cultural resources management. She meets the Secretary of the Interior’s guidelines for professional qualifications in history and architectural history. Prior to Summit, Marorie served as the Director of Research for the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and was the vice president of Hess, Roise and Company in Minneapolis. She has completed numerous surveys and evaluations of individual properties and historic districts, including the Downtown Owatonna Commercial Historic District.
SARA NELSON, B.A., Project Architectural Historian Sara Nelson will serve as Project Architectural Historian. Sara will conduct background research, survey fieldwork, and photography. She will also contribute to the writing of the historic contexts and historic district re-evaluation.
Ms. Nelson has six years of experience as a historian. At Summit, she was worked on neighborhood-wide historical surveys and National Register nominations. In addition, she has worked as a historical researcher, utilizing local property records, city directories, and aerial photographs. She also has served as temporary staff to the St. Paul Heritage Preservation
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. 6 Northfield Historic District City of Northfield Survey Revision Commission, preparing staff reports recommending properties for local designation potential. Ms. Nelson has been an architectural historian and project coordinator for historical surveys in Duluth, Mason City, and Cedar Rapids.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS The following selected projects demonstrate the capabilities of Summit staff members to complete projects similar in nature to the proposed MnSHPO National Register nominations.
Owatonna Historic District National Register Nomination Form. Under contract with the MnSHPO, Summit completed a National Register nomination form for the Owatonna Historic District. The proposed historic district was previously determined eligible for listing, and this project included re-survey of the properties within the proposed district and re-assessment of the boundaries. Consisting of mainly commercial buildings, the historic district includes 91 properties in and around the Owatonna central business district. The project included historical research and historic context development, field survey and definition of district boundaries, written descriptions of contributing buildings, and a statement of significance. The district was listed in the National Register in 2014. Prepared for SHPO, 2010-2011.
Mandy Skypala, Grants Administrator State Historic Preservation Office Minnesota Historical Society 345 Kellogg Blvd. W. St. Paul, MN 55102-1903 651-259-3458 [email protected]
Duluth East End Neighborhood Historical Surveys, Phases 3-5. Summit completed historical surveys in two East End neighborhoods in Duluth and a third the eastern portion of downtown. Summit prepared historic contexts for the East End, completed reconnaissance and intensive surveys of historic resources in the neighborhoods, and prepared MnSHPO inventory forms for 388 properties, 235 properties, and 298 properties for the three surveys. Accompanying survey reports were prepared for the respective neighborhood surveys, summarizing the study methods, results, and recommendations. Prepared for the City of Duluth, 2011-2012 (Phases 3 and 4) and 2014 (Phase 5).
David Woodward, Chair Duluth Heritage Preservation Commission 407 City Hall 411 West Fourth Street Duluth, MN 55802 218-730-5480 [email protected]
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. 7 Northfield Historic District City of Northfield Survey Revision National Register Nomination Forms for 19 Properties for the Central Corridor LRT Mitigation, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Summit was a historical consultant to the Metropolitan Council for completion of mitigation measures under the terms of a programmatic agreement for the Central Corridor LRT. Summit prepared National Register nominations for 19 properties along the route, and this documentation included for each property a narrative describing the property and its historic significance, current photographs, and other supplemental materials such as historic photographs. To support the nominations, Summit also prepared public outreach materials for owners of historic properties along the route that explain the National Register program and its benefits. The project was completed for the Metro Transit Division of the Metropolitan Council, 2013-2015.
Kathryn O’Brien, Senior Project Manager Metro Transit Division of the Metropolitan Council Metro Blue Line Project Office 5514 W Broadway Ave Crystal, MN 55428 612-373-5301 [email protected]
National Register Nomination Forms and Historical Surveys, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Summit completed four projects in Cedar Rapids under terms of a memorandum of agreement for FEMA-funded flood relief activities: National Register Nomination Form for the Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District, consisting of 47 contributing properties in the downtown area. This work also included revision and expansion of a Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF), “Downtown Development in Cedar Rapids.” The historic district was listed in the National Register in 2015. National Register Nomination Form for the West Side Third Avenue SW Commercial Historic District, consisting of seven contributing properties in a historic streetcar commercial node. Listed in the National Register in 2013. National Register Nomination Form for the Harper and McIntire Company Warehouse, consisting of a single warehouse property dating from the early 1920s. This work also included revision and expansion of a Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF), “Industrial Development in Cedar Rapids.” The warehouse property was listed in the National Register in 2015. Citywide Historic and Architectural Reconnaissance Survey, consisting of a survey and inventory of potentially historic properties in areas of Cedar Rapids not previously surveyed.
All nominations included narratives describing the properties or districts, the historic context and significance, current photographs, and other supplemental materials such as historic photographs. All documentation has been approved by FEMA and the National Park Service. These projects were completed for the City of Cedar Rapids, 2012-2015.
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. 8 Northfield Historic District City of Northfield Survey Revision Anne Russett, Planner Community Development Department City of Cedar Rapids 101 First Street SE Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 319-286-5075 [email protected]
Forest Park Historic District National Register Nomination Form, Mason City, Iowa. Summit completed a National Register nomination form for the Forest Park Historic District under terms of a memorandum of agreement for FEMA-funded flood relief activities. The documentation included a narrative describing the district and contributing properties, the historic context and significance, current photographs, and other supplemental materials such as historic photographs. The district was listed in the National Register in 2014. Completed for the City of Mason City, 2012-2014.
Tricia Sandahl, City Planner City of Mason City 10 First St. NW Mason City, IA 50401 641-421-3626 [email protected]
Historic District Inventory Management, Statewide, Minnesota. Summit is currently assisting the SHPO with management of inventory data for historic districts nominated to the National Register prior to 1986 (including the Northfield Historic District). The project has included a review of the inventory files and database entries for each of the historic districts, geo-referencing the districts’ boundaries and parcel data, confirming addresses, and identifying properties missing from the database and data missing from entries. Recommendations will include methods of gathering missing information and future workflow. Prepared for the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office, 2015-present.
Ginny Way, National Register Historian Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office Minnesota Historical Society 345 Kellogg Boulevard West St. Paul, MN 55102 651-259-3493 [email protected]
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. 9 Northfield Historic District City of Northfield Survey Revision Section 5 Fee Proposal
Summit’s proposed budget for completion of the Northfield Historic District Survey Revision is $19,993.50. A breakdown of project costs is provided in Appendix C. This fee proposal is valid for one year: February 5, 2017.
This fee proposal was determined by estimating the costs to complete Tasks 1-3 in the Work Plan plus direct costs. All administrative overhead is incorporated into the hourly billing rates and will not be separately passed through or otherwise charged. Direct costs, including communications, postage, mileage, hotel and per diem, or equipment rentals are included in the overall cost estimate.
Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. 10 Northfield Historic District City of Northfield Survey Revision Attachment A Sample Inventory Form
MN Architecture-History Inventory Form
Name: Barnes / Ward Ames / YMCA / SL-DUL-1258 Inventory: SL-DUL-0079 Address: 2 E 2ND ST City: Duluth County: St. Louis PIN: 010-0950-00520 Northing: 5182029.00819 TWP: 50N QQQ: NW Easting: 568703.235911 Range: 14W QQ: SW UTM: 15N, NAD 83 Section: 27 Q: NE USGS: Duluth Property Category: Social Date Built: 1916 Current Property Type: Clubhouse Historic Property Type: Clubhouse Architect: F.G. German & Leif Jennsen Builder: George H. Lounsberry Style: Mediterranean Revival
This two‐story hip‐roofed brick building was designed in the Mediterranean Revival style. It spans seven bays along E. 2nd Street and three bays down Lake Avenue. The roof is hipped and clad in tile; the eaves slightly project beyond the façade walls. On the E. 2nd Street façade, the central bay contains the primary entrance and a set of three small sash windows above. Each of the outer three bays is comprised of a segmental‐arch window on the first floor and sash window on the second floor. Originally, a hip‐roofed dormer stood over the central bay and was flanked on either side by two round‐arched dormers.
Alterations to the building include removal of the chimney that projected above the roofline along Lake Avenue and the dormers that spanned the 2nd Street façade. Wood brackets originally ran beneath the eaves, but have been replaced by a modern gutter system. All of the second floor windows, which were originally multi‐pane wood sash frames, have been replaced with steel frame one‐over‐one sash. The segmental‐arched openings along first floor windows have been in‐filled; but the twelve‐over‐sixteen sash windows on the first floor have been retained. Modern steel frame storm windows have been installed. The primary entrance along 2nd Street has also been altered. The original pair of wood‐and‐glass doors has been replaced by a pair of steel commercial doors. A balconet originally stood above the doorway, supported by a pair of Ionic columns that stood on a concrete base. Although the balconet has been retained, the columns have been removed. The concrete base and steps leading to the entrance have been altered for ADA accessibility. The columns were removed and have been replaced by brick pilasters that flare from the wall as they rise. The secondary Lake Avenue entrance was similarly altered.
The Ward Ames Building opened in 1916 as the new boys’ department building of the Duluth YMCA. Constructed as a memorial to Ward Ames, the project was financed by his son Ward Ames, Jr. and business partner Julius Barnes. Ames Sr. founded the Ames‐Brooks Co., a grain firm, after moving to Duluth from Oswego, NY, in 1886. He also served as a director and treasurer for the Duluth YMCA. Ward Ames Jr. was vice‐president at his father’s company, and later a partner in the Barnes‐Ames Co., a grain broker and export firm.1 The Duluth YMCA had been organized in 1882, and a new five‐story building was constructed in 1908 at 2nd Street and 3rd Avenue West to house the men’s department. At that time, the boys’ department was located at 3rd Street and 6th Avenue East.
Upon completion of the new boys’ department building in 1916, the Duluth News Tribune stated,
1 Jill Larson, Intensive Survey of Historic Resources in Duluth’s East End, Phase I, 2007. Survey date: 4/2/2014 Related Survey: Historic Resource’s of Duluth’s East End, Phase V Surveyed by: Summit Envirosolutions – Andrew Schmidt, Marjorie Pearson, Sara Nelson Address Property Name Inventory # 2 E 2ND ST Barnes / Ward Ames / YMCA SL‐DUL‐0079
“Duluth has a lot of things in which it can justly take pride. It has many factors in city life in which it excels. It has pioneered in many lines where other cities have followed. But in none of its possessions has it more cause for pride than in having the largest, most complete and most modern building in the United States wholly devoted to a boys’ department of the Y. M. C. A. It is a memorial to Ward Ames, Sr., who in his life gave to this work, to the Y. M. C. A., and to every movement for the good of Duluth so much of himself. Head of the greatest grain house in America, he was never so busy that he could not leave his office to do work for the good of the city.”2
Frederick G. German and Leif Jensen were the architects for the project. The general contractor was George Lounsberry. The building cost at least $65,000 to construct.3
This property was initially inventoried in 1980 as a part of the St. Louis County Historical Society “Duluth’s Eastern CBD Area” survey and was included in the 1984 citywide Duluth Historic Resources Survey. At the time, it was categorized under Group II Public, defined as “Generally important sites and structures that contribute significantly to the visual and cultural heritage of Duluth. Many Group II sites and structures would also qualify for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. They should be protected from destruction, alteration, or other factors that would diminish their integrity and value.” It was also surveyed in the 1993 Duluth HPC “Old Downtown” survey. Other than a note of its “excellent” condition, no recommendations of eligibility were noted. Since these surveys, the dormers along the roof and end‐wall chimney were removed.
Although the building has undergone alterations that have removed some original architectural features, the Ward Ames Building may be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The property appears to meet Criterion A for its association to events related to the development of Duluth. The YMCA provided opportunities for young men to socialize and be physically active, particularly important in a rapidly growing city with many new residents. The large prominent building demonstrates the growth of Duluth as well as of the local YMCA chapter. Furthermore, the men’s department building of the YMCA, built in 1908, is no longer extant. This building may also meet Criterion B for its association with Ward Ames and his son Ward Ames, Jr. Although the building was designed by Frederick German, a master architect in Duluth, due to alterations, the building does not retain enough of its architectural character to meet Criterion C, for a representative work of a master architect. It is recommended that the Ward Ames Building is eligible for listing in the NRHP and for local designation by the City.
Ward Ames Building. “Exterior view of former YMCA building” ca 1920 (UMN Duluth)
2 http://www.archive.org/stream/allynfamilygenea00list/allynfamilygenea00list_djvu.txt 3 “Gymnasiums,” The American Contractor 37 (April 1, 1916): 40. Address Property Name Inventory # 2 E 2ND ST Barnes / Ward Ames / YMCA SL‐DUL‐0079
USGS Map
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Attachment B Resumes
Andrew Schmidt Director of Cultural Resources
Professional Summary Education
Over the past 24 years, Mr. Schmidt has applied historic resources Master of Arts, History, University of analysis to planning and cultural resources management. He meets California, Santa Barbara. the Secretary of the Interior’s standards for history and architectural history. He has worked with public agencies and Bachelor of Arts, History, Macalester private companies throughout the Midwest and California to College. develop documents that serve as management tools and fulfill state and federal compliance requirements. He has managed cultural Professional Presentations resources investigations that have inventoried and evaluated National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility of historic Historic Railroads: A Corridor and archaeological sites in urban and rural areas. He has served as Approach. Presentation at the annual Principal Investigator for hundreds of historic resources technical MnSHPO Review and Compliance reports for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Seminar, St. Paul, MN, 2013. Preservation Act.
Railroads and Historic Preservation Mr. Schmidt has completed numerous impact analyses for Compliance. Paper presented at the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, as well as Railroad Environmental Conference, finding of effect documentation and memoranda of agreement for University of Illinois at Urbana- Section 106. He has prepared NRHP Nomination Forms and Champaign, 2010. Historic American Building Survey/Historic American
Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) recordation. In addition, he Applying Multiple Statewide Historic has worked with federal and local agencies to develop historic Contexts to a Depression Era resources treatment plans, including assessment of preservation Landscape in Bemidji, Minnesota. and restoration needs, analysis of resource data gaps, and Paper presented at the Transportation development of public interpretation. Research Board, Cultural Resources
Conference, Sheridan WY, 2009. Professional Experience Railroads in Minnesota: New Historic Director of Cultural Resources. Current responsibilities include: Contexts and Eligibility Criteria. Paper oversight of cultural resources department and management of presented at the Transportation Research cultural resources projects; consultation with clients and review Board, Cultural Resources Conference, agencies for compliance with federal and state cultural resources Flagstaff, AZ, 2007. regulations; principal investigator for architectural history; development and management of project budgets; supervision of Conducting a Historic Landscape cultural resources studies; and mentorship of junior staff. Assessment. Educational session at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Principal Investigator. Have overseen numerous cultural Annual Conference, St. Paul, resources reconnaissance surveys, National Register eligibility Minnesota, 2007. evaluations, and mitigations of effects for federal, state, county and local agencies, tribal governments, private developers, Fish Canning at the Los Angeles architects, and utility companies to ensure compliance with federal Harbor: Rise and Fall of an Industry, and state regulations. Author or co-author of over 100 technical 1900-1980. Paper presented at the reports. Society for Industrial Archaeology, Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, 2005.
Andrew Schmidt, Director of Cultural Resources
Federal Agencies. Managed and prepared cultural resources studies for Federal agencies within their jurisdictions, including the Forest Service, Navy, Air Force, Army Corps of Engineers, and General Services Administration.
Roadway and Light Rail Corridor Studies. Managed and prepared dozens of studies for the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), county highway and public works departments, county and regional rail authorities, and engineering firms. Familiar with FHWA and state programmatic agreements and guidelines regarding areas of potential effects, identifying and evaluating historic resources, and determining effects.
Memorandum of Agreement Development. Assisted agencies in the development of project memoranda of agreement and programmatic agreements that establish procedures for completing Section 106 consultation and resolving adverse effects to historic properties.
Historic Resources Management Plans. Assisted federal and local agencies in planning for future management of historic resources. This work included close coordination with agency staff and stakeholders, establishing character-defining features critical for preservation, assessing physical conditions for conservation needs, and recommending best management practices and standard operating procedures. Projects have included a preservation plan for the National Historic Landmark listed Fireboat Ralph J. Scott.
Public Interpretation. Worked with a variety of agencies to assess and develop the public interpretive potentials of historic sites, using a variety of media. Led a team of historians, interpretive designers, landscape architects, and graphic artists in the development of a public interpretation program for the original 3M plant in St. Paul, Minnesota
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Forms. Gathered and prepared information on historic properties for listing in the NRHP according to National Park Service standards, including statewide Multiple Property Documentation Forms in Minnesota and North Dakota and 20 federal buildings for the U.S. General Services Administration.
Publications
“Environmental Review and Historic Resources.” In The Minnesota Preservationist, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2008.
“Public Image / Private Reality: An Analysis of Differentiation in a 19th Century St. Paul Bordello.” In Historical Archaeology, Vol. 39, No. 1. Co-authored with Elizabeth Abel and K. Anne Ketz, 2005.
“Pleasure and Recreation for the People: Planning St. Paul’s Como Park, 1872-1930.” In Minnesota History, Spring 2002.
“Westminster Junction.” In Ramsey County History, Ramsey County Historical Society. Spring 1998, Volume 33, Number 1.
Sifting Through the Ashes: Lessons Learned From the Painted Cave Fire. Book-length publication co- authored with Otis L. Graham, Jr., Daniel Gomes, and Elizabeth Hall Marshall, 1993.
Marjorie Pearson Senior Architectural Historian
Professional Summary Education
For the past 40 years, Dr. Pearson has applied her architectural Ph.D., Art and Architectural History, history background to planning and cultural resources management. City University of New York. She meets the Secretary of the Interior’s guidelines for professional qualifications in history and architectural history. She worked for a M.A., General Studies in Humanities public agency in New York to identify and document historic with a concentration in Architectural properties for designation and protection of the New York City History, University of Chicago landmarks law. As a consultant, she has worked with private companies to prepare applications for and to ensure compliance B.A., General Studies in Humanities with the historic preservation tax credit program. She has also with a concentration in history and worked with public agencies and private companies throughout the literature Upper Midwest and Northwest to develop documents that serve as management tools and fulfill state and federal compliance West Dean Summer School in requirements related to historic and archaeological resources. Dr. Architectural Conservation, Great Pearson has managed cultural resources investigations that have Britain inventoried and evaluated National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility of historic sites in urban and rural areas. She has Attingham Summer School in authored or co-authored numerous historic resources technical Architecture and Decorative Arts, studies for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Great Britain Preservation Act.
Dr. Pearson has completed impact analyses for National Distinctions Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, as well as finding of effect documentation and memoranda of agreement for Section Mid-Career Grant for Historic 106. She has prepared NRHP Nomination Forms, Historic Preservation Professionals, James American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation, (HABS/HAER) recordation, and Historic Structures Reports 1999 (HSR).
Career Achievement Award, Victorian
Society of America, 1999 Professional Experience Centennial Historian of the City of Current responsibilities include: provision of architectural history New York, New York City 100, 1999 services for cultural resources projects; assist with consultation with clients and review agencies for compliance with federal and state cultural resources regulations; and prepartion of cultural resources studies.
Principal Investigator. Directed numerous cultural resources reconnaissance and in-depth surveys, National Register eligibility evaluations, and mitigations of effects for federal, state, county and local agencies, tribal governments, private developers, architects,and utility companies to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations. Author or co-author of numerous technical reports.
MARJORIE PEARSON, SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Forms. Gathered and prepared information for numerous historic properties for listing in the NRHP according to National Park Service standards.
Historic Preservation Tax Credits. Managed and prepared all phases of historic preservation tax credit applications for a variety of clients in Minneapolis and St. Paul, in order to obtain certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures, making them eligible for the 20% rehabilitation credit.
Transportation Studies. Managed and prepared studies for the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), Metropolitan Council, county highway and public works departments, and engineering firms. Familiar with FHWA and state programmatic agreements and guidelines regarding areas of potential effects, identifying and evaluating historic resources, and determining effects.
Federal Agencies. Managed and prepared cultural resources studies for Federal agencies within their jurisdictions, including the Bureau of Reclamation, Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, and General Services Administration.
Memorandum of Agreement Development. Assisted agencies in the development of project memoranda of agreement and programmatic agreements that establish procedures for completing Section 106 consultation and resolving adverse effects to historic properties.
Historic Resources Management Plans. Assisted federal and local agencies in planning for future management of historic resources. This work included coordination with agency staff and stakeholders, establishing character-defining features critical for preservation, assessing physical conditions for conservation needs, and recommending best management practices and standard operating procedures.
Public Interpretation. Worked with a variety of agencies to assess and develop the public interpretive potentials of historic sites, using a variety of media.
Publications
2010 A History of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1962-1999: Paradigm for Historic Preservation. James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation, New York. Presentation in 2011.
2007 Ten Sites by Frank Lloyd Wright: Tentative List Nomination for United States World Heritage List Application. Prepared for National Park Service on behalf of Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.
2006 An Analysis of Nazareth Hall, Northwestern College, St. Paul: Planning for the Future. Getty Campus Heritage Grant.
1999 “Willoughby J. Edbrooke” and “Detlef Lienau.” Entries in American National Biography, ACLS/Oxford, New York.
1996 Entries in The Architecture of the Long Island Country House, W. W. Norton, New York.
1995 Entries in The Encyclopedia of New York City, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.
1992, 1998 Edited Guide to New York City Landmarks, Wiley, New York.
Attachment C Project Costs
COST ESTIMATE
Re-evaluation of the Northfield Historic District
CLIENT: City of Northfield ESTIMATED BY: Andrew Schmidt ADDRESS: Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. DATE: 2/3/2016
ITEM 1 - Background Research and Meetings SUB TASK STAFF RATE HOURS MARK-UP TOTAL
Input/startup meeting Andrew Schmidt $110.00 4.00 1.00 $440.00 Marjorie Pearson $95.00 4.00 1.00 $380.00 SHPO research Sara Nelson $70.00 4.00 1.00 $280.00 Review previous reports and forms Marjorie Pearson $95.00 12.00 1.00 $1,140.00 Aerial photos, maps, etc. Sara Nelson $70.00 8.00 1.00 $560.00 Public meeting Marjorie Pearson $95.00 4.00 1.00 $380.00 Sara Nelson $70.00 6.00 1.00 $420.00 Inventory form prep Sara Nelson $70.00 4.00 1.00 $280.00
ITEM 1 TOTAL: 46.00 $3,880.00
ITEM 2 - Field Survey and Additional Research SUB TASK STAFF RATE HOURS MARK-UP TOTAL
Field prep Sara Nelson $70.00 3.00 1.00 $210.00 Architectural history survey Marjorie Pearson $95.00 18.00 1.00 $1,710.00 Sara Nelson $70.00 18.00 1.00 $1,260.00 Contexts research Sara Nelson $70.00 8.00 1.00 $560.00 Property research Sara Nelson $70.00 12.00 1.00 $840.00 Reviewing and directing research Marjorie Pearson $95.00 8.00 1.00 $760.00
ITEM 2 TOTAL: 67.00 $5,340.00
ITEM 3 - Report and Recommendations SUB TASK STAFF RATE HOURS MARK-UP TOTAL
Historic Contexts Marjorie Pearson $95.00 16.00 1.00 $1,520.00 Building Descriptions Sara Nelson $70.00 40.00 1.00 $2,800.00 Architectural history inventory forms Sara Nelson $70.00 40.00 1.00 $2,800.00 Report text and editing descriptions Marjorie Pearson $95.00 16.00 1.00 $1,520.00 Editing Andrew Schmidt $110.00 4.00 1.00 $440.00 Andrew Schmidt $100.00 6.00 1.00 $600.00 Revisions and production of final report Sara Nelson $70.00 8.00 1.00 $560.00
ITEM 3 TOTAL: 130.00 $10,240.00 ITEM 4 - Expenses EXPENSE DESCRIPTION COST UNITS TOTAL
Lodging 2 rooms for 1 night @ $84/night $84.00 2.00 1.00 $168.00 Per Diem 2 people for 2 days @$36/day $36.00 4.00 1.00 $144.00 Mileage Appx. 300 miles @ $0.505/mile $0.51 300.00 1.00 $151.50 Photocopies Copies $0.20 100.00 1.00 $20.00 Parking Parking during research $10.00 5.00 1.00 $50.00
ITEM 4 TOTAL: $533.50
SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS TASK TOTAL
ITEM 1 - Background Research and Meetings $3,880.00 ITEM 2 - Field Survey and Additional Research $5,340.00 ITEM 3 - Report and Recommendations $10,240.00 ITEM 4 - Expenses $533.50
PROJECT TOTAL: $19,993.50