Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14
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Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS Application Date: May 23, 2018 Applicant: James E. Fisher for Reagan Masonic Lodge, owner Property: 1606 Heights Blvd, Lot 14 and 15, Block 117, Houston Heights Subdivision. The property includes a historic 9,300 square foot meeting hall situated on a 16,500 square foot (150' x 110') corner lot. Significance: Contributing Neo-Classical-style Masonic Hall, constructed circa 1948, located in the Houston Heights Historic District East. The Heights Annex School Building No. 1 is a Bungalow-esque style and was constructed circa 1914. Proposal: Relocation/New Construction – Relocate a noncontributing building outside of a district to a contributing property within a historic district The school building is being relocated from 1419 N Shepherd to the north of the Hall on Lot 15. • The building is one-story, approximately 960 square feet and measures, 24’ wide by 41’ deep by 16’ tall with a 10’ eave height. • The school will be placed approximately 45’ from the front wall, and 40’ from the front porch to the front property line, almost in-line with the covered entryway of the Hall. See enclosed detailed project description and application materials for further details. Public Comment: No public comment received. Civic Association: No comment received. Recommendation: Approval HAHC Action: - 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 1 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East APPROVAL CRITERIA RELOCATION OF A NONCONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE Sec. 33-244: HAHC shall issue a certificate of appropriateness for the relocation of a noncontributing structure within or into an historic district upon finding that the application satisfies the criteria in section 33-242 of this Code as if it were new construction. NEW CONSTRUCTION IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT Sec. 33-242: HAHC shall issue a certificate of appropriateness for new construction in a historic district upon finding that the application satisfies the following criteria: S D NA S - satisfies D - does not satisfy NA - not applicable (1) The distance from the property line of the front and side walls, porches, and exterior features of any proposed new construction must be compatible with the distance from the property line of similar elements of existing contributing structures in the context area; The two-story buildings within the context area have front setbacks that range from 45’ to 52’. The proposed location sets the building front porch at approximately 40’, which is almost in-line with the Hall’s front entryway, and the front wall at 45’. (2) The exterior features of the new construction must be compatible with the exterior features of existing contributing structures in the context area; The building contains wood 1/1 windows, 117 wood lap siding, and rafter tails which are all compatible features in the heights. (3) The scale and proportions of the new construction, including the relationship of the width and roofline, overall height, eave height, foundation height, porch height, roof shape, and roof pitch, and other dimensions to each other, must be compatible with the typical scale and proportions of existing contributing structures in the context area unless special circumstances, such as an atypical use, location, or lot size, warrant an atypical scale and proportions; and objects in the historic district; The building measures approximately 24’ wide and is one-story tall and is proportional to itself and the context area. (4) The height of the new construction must not be taller than the typical height of existing contributing structures in the context area unless special circumstances, such as an atypical use, location, or lot size, warrant an atypical height, except that; The building is one-story tall and measures approximately 16’ to the ridge. The buildings in the context area are mostly two-story, well above the proposed building’s height. (a) Design guidelines for an individual historic district may provide that a new construction with two stories maybe be constructed in a context area with only one-story contributing structures as long as the first story of the new construction has proportions compatible with the contributing structures in the context area, and the second story has similar proportions to the first story; and (b) A new construction shall not be constructed with more than one story in a historic district that is comprised entirely of one-story contributing structures, except as provided for in design guidelines for an individual historic district. 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 2 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East PROPERTY LOCATION HOUSTON HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT EAST N 1606 HEIGHTS 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 3 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East CURRENT PHOTO/RELOCATION SITE 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 4 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East CONTEXT AREA 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 5 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East SITE PLAN PROPOSED N 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 6 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East WEST ELEVATION – FRONT FACING HEIGHTS BLVD PROPOSED 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 7 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East NORTH SIDE ELEVATION PROPOSED 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 8 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East SOUTH SIDE ELEVATION PROPOSED 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 9 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East EAST (REAR) ELEVATION PROPOSED 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 10 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East SANBORN MAPS AND SETBACKS VOL 7, SHEET 730 AND 731 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 11 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East PHOTO CIRCA 1921 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 12 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East PROJECT DETAILS Shape/Mass: The structure is 960 square feet and measures approximately 24’ wide by 40’ deep. Setbacks: The front setback will be approximately 40’ to the front porch, 45’ to the front wall, 16’ from the north side and 14’ from the lodge. Foundation: Pier and beam. Finished floor height to be determined after moving. Windows/Doors: The building contains wood 1/1 windows. All proposed windows to be inset and recessed. See drawings and window/door schedule for more detail. Exterior Materials: The building is clad in 117 wood lap siding. Roof: The building has a hipped roof with open rafter tails and measures approximately 16’ to the ridge and 10’ to the eave. 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 13 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East ATTACHMENT A SCHOOL HISTORY 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 14 OF 15 Houston Archaeological & Historical Commission ITEM D.6 June 14, 2018 1606 Heights Boulevard HPO File No. 160623 Houston Heights East 6/13/2018 CITY OF HOUSTON | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT | HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 15 OF 15 NARRATIVE HISTORY FOR THE HEIGHTS ANNEX SCHOOL No. 1/CLUBHOUSE c1914 (ver. 03/27/2018) For Submission to the Houston Archeological and Historical Commission Prepared by James E. Fisher The Heights Annex School No. 1/clubhouse building currently located at 1419 North Shepherd was constructed by the Magnolia Loan and Building Co.1 prior to May, 1914.2 The structure is located on lots 672 and 673 of the Heights Annex Addition. These lots were established for “…the purpose of holding public schools therenon, and for other public purposes as may be found useful and beneficial and not detrimental to said use for public schools.”3 At that time, the school’s address was 1415 Lowell.4 Lowell Street is now North Shepherd Drive. This school building/clubhouse is located just outside the Houston Heights northwest boundaries, approximately one and one-half blocks south of Block 127 along the southern border of the extreme northwest section of Houston Heights, and four blocks west of Houston Heights Block 149.5 To understand the building’s history, one must look at the history and development of the Houston Heights and two additions along its western boundary, Heights Annex and Brunner.