Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission

Author: Elizabeth Stuart

Atherton Cotton Mill Smokestack

Atherton Cotton Mill Smokestack

Atherton Cotton Mill Smokestack

Atherton Cotton Mill Smokestack

Atherton Cotton Mill Smokestack

Atherton Cotton Mill Smokestack

Atherton Cotton Mill Smokestack


HLC Agenda – March 9, 2020

1.  Consideration of Minutes  Click Here for February 10th Minutes

2.  Chair’s Report: Jeff Parsons

a.  Upcoming Commission Vacancies

3.  Treasurer’s Report: Diane Althouse  March 2020 Project Budget Report

4.  Senior Preservation Planner’s Report: Stewart Gray

a.  Request for Additional Funds for an Expanded Survey and Research Report for the Stafford Property, Charlotte, N.C. 

5.  Design Review Committee Report: Garrett Nelson  Click Here for Design Review Committee Minutes

a.  Atherton Cotton Mill, 2108 South Boulevard, Charlotte, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

Additional Photographs of the Smokestack

Proposed Plans

Atherton Cotton Mill

Atherton Cotton Mill Smokestack

THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTS A SECONDED MOTION TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE SIGNAGE FOR THE SMOKESTACK AT THE ATHERTON COTTON MILL, 2108 SOUTH BOULEVARD, CHARLOTTE, N.C., BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. 

b.  Mayes House, 435 E. Morehead Street, Charlotte, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

John Mayes House

THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTS A SECONDED MOTION TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT IT DELAY THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR DEMOLITION FOR THE MAYES HOUSE, 435 E. MOREHEAD STREET, CHARLOTTE, N.C., FOR 365 DAYS. 

c.  Independence Park, 1400 and 1500 blocks of Park Drive, Charlotte, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

Proposed Plans

Independence Park Grandstand

THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTS A SECONDED MOTION TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT IT APPROVE THE PLANS AS PRESENTED FOR INDEPENDENCE PARK, 1400 AND 1500 BLOCKS OF PARK DRIVE, CHARLOTTE, N.C., WITH THE STIPULATION THAT EXPANSION JOINT MATERIAL BE USED BETWEEN THE HISTORIC STONE WALL, THAT THE STONE WALL BE PROTECTED DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE CONCRETE, AND THAT THE STONE REMOVED FROM THE STONE WALL BE REUSED AT ANOTHER LOCATION IN INDEPENDENCE PARK. 

d.  Violet W. Currie House, 525 N. Main Street, Davidson, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

Proposed Plans

Previously Approved Plans

Violet W. Currie House

THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTS A SECONDED MOTION TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT THE PROPOSED PLANS FOR THE VIOLET W. CURRIE HOUSE, 525 N. MAIN STREET, DAVIDSON, N.C., BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. 

e.  Charles E. Barnhardt House, 3217 Maymont Place, Charlotte, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

Proposed Plans

Previously Approved Plans

Charles E. Barnhardt House

THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTS A SECONDED MOTION TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT IT APPROVE THE PROPOSED PLANS FOR THE MASTER CLOSET FOR THE CHARLES E. BARNHARDT HOUSE, 3217 MAYMONT AVENUE, CHARLOTTE, N.C., AS PRESENTED WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE SOUTH ELEVATION CONTAIN THE ORIGINAL WINDOWS THAT THE ADDITION WILL OBSCURE IN THEIR ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION.

THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTS A SECONDED MOTION TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT IT APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO PLANS FOR THE NEW REAR WING AS PRESENTED FOR THE CHARLES E. BARNHARDT HOUSE, 3217 MAYMONT AVENUE, CHARLOTTE, N.C., AS PRESENTED WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE BE PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING FOR REVIEW: 1) PLANS FOR LANDSCAPING; 2) PLANS FOR THE DRIVEWAY; AND 3) FINAL COLOR AND FINISH SELECTIONS FOR THE ADDITION. 

6.  Survey Committee Report: Len Norman

The Survey Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 18.

7.  Director’s Report: Jack Thomson

8.  Old Business

9.  New Business


February 26, 2020 – 8:00 a.m.

1.  Chair’s Report: Garrett Nelson

2.  Senior Preservation Planner’s Report: Stewart Gray

3.  Atherton Cotton Mill, 2108 South Boulevard, Charlotte, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

Additional Photographs of the Smokestack

Proposed Plans

The applicant is seeking approval for signage attached to the historic smokestack.

Atherton Cotton Mill

Atherton Cotton Mill Smokestack

4.  Mayes House, 435 E. Morehead Street, Charlotte, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

The applicant is applying for a COA for Demolition for the property.  The owner is also exploring preservation options for the property. 

John Mayes House

5.  Independence Park, 1400 and 1500 blocks of Park Drive, Charlotte, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

Proposed Plans

Independence Park Renovation Plan

The applicant is proposing to add concrete paving around an existing ball field and to modify an existing historic stone wall.

Independence Park Grandstand

6.  Violet W. Currie House, 525 N. Main Street, Davidson, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

Proposed Plans

Previously Approved Plans

The applicant is proposing to modify the approved plans for an addition to the rear of the house.

Violet W. Currie House

7.  Charles E. Barnhardt House, 3217 Maymont Place, Charlotte, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

Proposed Plans

Previously Approved Plans

The applicant is proposing a revision to an approved plan which increases the size of an addition on the south elevation of the house.

Charles E. Barnhardt House

8.  Old Business

9.  New Business


The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation is defined as the act or process of making possible a compatible use for a property through repair, alterations, and additions while preserving those portions or features which convey its historical, cultural, or architectural values.

1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces and spatial relationships.

2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided.

3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken.

4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved.

5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.

6. Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence.

7. Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used.

8. Archaeological resources will be protected and preserved in place. If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures will be undertaken.

9. New additions, exterior alterations or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.

10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.


1.  Consideration of Minutes  Click Here for January 13th Minutes

2.  Chair’s Report: Jeff Parsons

3.  Treasurer’s Report: Diane Althouse  February 2020 Project Budget Report

4.  Senior Preservation Planner’s Report: Stewart Gray

a.  Blakeney House, 9118 Blakeney Heath Road, Charlotte, N.C.

b.  Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition of the Machine Storage Building at the Johnston Mill, 3315 North Davidson Street, 401 E. 36th Street, 403 E. 36th Street, and 405 E. 36th Street, Charlotte, N.C.

Photographs of the Machine Storage Building

5.  Design Review Committee Report: Garrett Nelson  Click Here for Design Review Committee Minutes

a.  Hennigan Place, 3603 Tilley Morris Road, Matthews, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

Proposed Floor Plan

Additional Photographs of the Property

Hennigan Place

Hennigan Place

THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTS A SECONDED MOTION TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT IT APPROVE THE PROPOSED PLANS FOR THE HENNIGAN PLACE, 3603 TILLEY MORRIS ROAD, MATTHEWS, N.C., AS PRESENTED WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 1) THE STONE PIERS UNDER THE PORCH WILL BE VISIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR, AND 2) THAT THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE DETAILS AND LOCATIONS FOR THE VENTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION DETAIL FOR THE NON-MASONRY PART OF THE UNDERPINNING TO HLC STAFF AND THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE CHAIR BEFORE THE FEBRUARY 10 MEETING OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION. 

b.  Frank R. McNinch House, 2401 Sharon Lane, Charlotte, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

Proposed Site Plan

McNinch House

McNinch House

THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE PRESENTS A SECONDED MOTION TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT IT CONCEPTUALLY APPROVE THE PLAN AS PRESENTED FOR THE FRANK R. MCNINCH HOUSE, 2401 SHARON LANE, CHARLOTTE, N.C. 

6.  Survey Committee Report: Len Norman  Click Here for Survey Committee Minutes

a.  Ca. 1936 YMCA Building, 416 E. 3rd Street, Charlotte, N.C.

Polaris Map of Property

YMCA Building

THE SURVEY COMMITTEE PRESENTS A SECONDED MOTION TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION THAT IT FUND A SURVEY AND RESEARCH REPORT FOR THE CA. 1936 YMCA BUILDING, 416 E. 3RD STREET, CHARLOTTE, N.C. 

7.  Projects Committee Report: Edwin Wilson  Click Here for Projects Committee Minutes

BOCC Due Diligence Criteria

Due Diligence Report for the Barnhardt House

8.  Director’s Report: Jack Thomson

9.  Old Business

10.  New Business