Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission

Agenda – Survey Committee

September 18, 2019 – 6:00 p.m. 

1.  Chair’s Report: Len Norman

2.  Director’s Report: Dan Morrill

3.  Senior Preservation Planner’s Report: Stewart Gray

4.  Charlotte Modernist Survey

Modernist Additions to the Study List

5.  Beatties Ford Road Corridor Study

The HLC has approved a study of the Beatties Ford Road corridor to identify significant historic resources. Staff recommends that the Survey Committee consider a first phase of the survey to include Washington Heights, University Park, and the buildings that front on Beatties Ford Road between Brookshire Blvd and Interstate 85.

The survey of Washington Heights would include an inventory of all pre-1945 buildings. The survey would also include any post-1945 architecturally or historically significant buildings.

An historic report on the University Park neighborhood would be produced with a general analysis of the housing stock, and would identify architecturally and historically significant properties.

The survey would also inventory all pre-1945 buildings that front Beatties Ford Road, and any post-1945 architecturally or historically significant buildings. The survey would also identify any extant Green Book properties.

Brandon Lunsford, University Archivist and Digital Manager at Johnson C. Smith University, has agreed to perform the work for $5,000.

The work product would be a spreadsheet with the data for Washington Heights and the Beatties Ford Road properties, and a report containing the historical research and the descriptions of individually significant properties.

Map of Proposed Study Area

Map of Washington Heights Survey Area

Map of University Park Area

Map of Study Area Fronting Beatties Ford Road

Brandon Lunsford produced the Historic West End Digital Map

6.  Helper-Walley House, 603 North Main Street, Davidson, N.C.

Map of Property

Helper-Walley House

Revised Survey and Research Report

Below is the revised statement of significance:

Documentation of why and in what ways the property meets the criteria for designation set forth in N.C.G.S 160A-400.5.

a. Special significance in terms of its history, architecture and/or cultural importance:

1. The Helper-Walley House is one of only two remaining hall-and-parlor houses in the town of Davidson.

2. The Helper-Walley House is one of the best extant early examples in Mecklenburg County of the transitional nature of architecture. The original ca. 1896 hall-and-parlor form of the Helper-Walley House was retained while the Craftsman features were applied to the house during a remodel in the 1920s, making clear the two styles of architecture. The Helper-Walley House is an important example of the fact that architectural style is not static.

3. The Helper-Walley House is an important part of the North Main Street corridor of Davidson, which may be viewed as a timeline of Davidson’s architectural development from the antebellum period through the mid-twentieth century.

b. Integrity of design, setting, workmanship, materials, feeling and/or association: The architectural description in this report demonstrates that the property known as the Helper-Walley House meets this criterion.

7.  Old Business

8.  New Business  



August 21, 2019 – 6:00 p.m.

1.  Chair’s Report: Len Norman

2.  Senior Preservation Planner’s Report: Stewart Gray

3.  Ford Motor Company Plant, 1774 Statesville Avenue, Charlotte, N.C.

Map of Property

Recommended Designation 

Report on Ford Motor Company Plant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  Helper-Walley House, 603 North Main Street, Davidson, N.C.

Map of Property

Survey and Research Report

5.  Beatties Ford Road Corridor Study

The HLC has approved a study of the Beatties Ford Road corridor to identify significant historic resources. Staff recommends that the Survey Committee consider a first phase of the survey to include Washington Height, University Park, and the buildings that front of Beatties Ford Road between Brookshire Blvd and Interstate 85.

The survey of Washington Heights would include an inventory of all pre-1945 buildings. The survey would also include any post-1945 architecturally or historically significant buildings.

An historic report on the University Park neighborhood would be produced with a general analysis of the housing stock, and identify architecturally and historically significant properties.

The survey would also inventory all pre-1945 buildings that front Beatties Ford Road, and any post-1945 architecturally or historically significant buildings.

Map of Proposed Study Area

Map of Washington Heights Survey Area

Map of University Park Area

Map of Study Area Fronting Beatties Ford Road

Brandon Lunsford produced the Historic West End Digital Map

6.  Old Business

7.  New Business 


May 22, 2019 – 6:00 p.m.

1.  Chair’s Report: Jeff Parsons

a.  Discussion of SHPO Response to the Former Louise Cotton Mill House, 1104 Pamlico Street, Charlotte, N.C.

SHPO Response Letter and SHPO Comments

Survey and Research Report on the Former Louise Cotton Mill House

2.  Director’s Report: Dan Morrill

3.  Senior Preservation Planner’s Report: Stewart Gray

a.  Update on Huntersville Survey

b.  Update on Forthcoming Designations

4.  Charlotte Modernist Survey

Consultant Susan Mayer has surveyed over 1000 properties in Charlotte and will be presenting her findings to the Committee. 

Charlotte Modernist Survey

5.  Update on the Stafford Slave Cabin, Charlotte, N.C.

Stafford Slave Cabin

Stafford Slave Cabin

Stafford Slave Cabin

Stafford Slave Cabin

6.  Old Business

7.  New Business


April 17, 2019 – 6:00 p.m.

1.  Chair’s Report: Jeff Parsons

2.  Director’s Report: Dan Morrill

3.  Senior Preservation Planner’s Report: Stewart Gray 

a.  Update on Davidson Initiative  

4.  Consideration of Funding a Survey and Research Report for the Ashford House, 241 Hoskins Avenue Drive, Charlotte, N.C.

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Ashford House

Ashford House

Ashford House

Ashford House Reference in the Mecklenburg African American Resources Survey

5.  Update on the Lawrence Orr House, 5025 Lawrence Orr Road, Charlotte, N.C.

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Lawrence Orr House

The History of Lawrence Orr

6.  Consideration of Highest Ranked Properties on the Huntersville Survey

Staff is committed to the use of surveys of historic resources as the fundamental planning tool for determining what properties should be placed at the highest priority.  Accordingly, Staff submits the following seven properties for your consideration and recommends that Staff seek to meet with the owners to ascertain their feelings about historic landmark designation.

Top Seven Ranked Properties from the Huntersville Survey

7.  Consideration of Survey and Research Reports

a.  Nevin School, 3523 Nevin Road, Charlotte, N.C.

Nevin School

Survey and Research Report on the Nevin School

b.  Martin-Worth-Henderson House, 310 Concord Road, Davidson, N.C. 

Martin-Worth-Henderson House

Survey and Research Report on the Martin-Worth-Henderson House

c.  Bonnie E. Cone House, 9234 Sandburg Avenue, Charlotte, N.C.

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Bonnie E. Cone House

Survey and Research Report on the Bonnie E. Cone House

Additional Reading: Historical Essay on the Bonnie E. Cone House

8.  Old Business

9.  New Business

a.  Proposal for Dating Log Buildings

Sloan-Porter House