Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2022 06 20

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SUMMARY: The applicant requests a finding of probable cause for landmark designation to allow for funding of a historic structure assessment for 701 McKinley Avenue. Under Resolution No. 17, Series 2019, a property may be eligible for reimbursement for a historic structure assessment (HSA) from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) if the Historic Preservation Commission finds "probable cause to believe the building may be eligible for landmarking under the criteria in section 15.36.050 of the Louisville Municipal Code." Further, "a finding of probable cause under this Section is solely for the purposes of action on the pre-landmarking building assessment grant request, and such finding shall not be binding upon the HPC, City Council or other party to a landmarking hearing." HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Information from Bridget Bacon, Louisville Historical Museum The Steinbaugh family constructed this house, and family members owned it for over 45 years. For many decades, Pine Street ended at around the intersection of Pine and McKinley where this house is located, and this was one of the last homes one would see on Pine before the street ended. ,A photo showing the house as it looked in the 1977 Count Assessor card. This was during the ownership by James and Dolores Steinbaugh. In 1904, the Colorado Mortgage and Investment Co. Ltd. platted the Louisville Heights Addition in which this house is located. This company transferred ownership of the lots in the subdivision to Dr. Charles Wolfer and John Affolter in two transactions in 1904 and 1905. These lots on what was in earlier times the western edge of the Town of Louisville sat undeveloped for many years after the Louisville Heights Addition was platted. James and August Wintle purchased Lots 1 through 11 of Block 9 (all of the lots on the west side of the 700 block of McKinley) in 1905 from Charles Wolfer and John Affolter. The Wintles built a home on the northernmost corner of the 700 block, at what is now 741 McKinley, and lived there until about 1918-1920. Following the death of James Wintle in 1920, Augusta Wintle then sold all of these lots to Royal Thompson in 1924. In 1932, Royal Thompson sold Lots 6- 11, including 9-11 on which 701 McKinley is located today, to J.J. Steinbaugh.