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<br />Historic Preservation Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />July 20, 2009 <br />Page 2 of 9 <br /> <br />The Acme Place Subdivision was originally platted in 1888. John Connel, the <br />original developer of Acme Place Subdivision, was an agent for the United <br />Pacific Railroad Company, and was also believed to be involved in the <br />establishment of the Acme Mine. <br /> <br /> <br />There were numerous owners of the home between 1894 and 1940; most of <br />these residents held jobs typical to small towns at the time including working at <br />local mercantile stores, a miner, and a railroad worker. Christopher Hutchinson, <br />the first owner, was a miner and immigrant from England. <br /> <br />The families of Steve Melick and William Scrano owned th <br />1918. They were both immigrants to this area (Melick w <br />and Scrano was from Italy). The families of Wintle a <br />home from 1918 to 1940. From 1940 to 1971, the <br />house. <br /> <br />ome from 1902 to <br />m Eastern Europe <br />pier owned the <br />family owned the <br /> <br />McCartney stated, to the best of his knowle <br />in its original location, the home has cultu <br />particularly associated with Louisville a <br />coal miners, and the windows appear to b <br />this, staff recommends the HPC place a sta <br />recommends that the HPC try t with the <br />the home and build an addition thus <br />of the street facing fac;ade. <br /> <br />McCartney did recom <br />information on the <br /> <br />nt of the <br />cause of <br /> <br />wners, gave a presentation <br />e was a complete site review, where <br />g to dete me where the original structure might <br />that the original structure was 14.5 feet by 28 feet. <br />ear the existing structure retained the historical <br /> <br />Johnson <br />residential <br />. Preserv <br />the histori <br />the rear) <br />. Deconstruct the garage, recycle as many of the building materials as <br />possi ble <br />. New structure will be low energy <br />. Maintain existing trees <br /> <br />Whiteman asked if there were any public comments. <br /> <br />David King, 601 Lincoln Avenue, commented that he was happy the garage was <br />going to be removed because it is an eyesore and cuts off his southern exposure <br /> <br />in how he and the owners would design the new <br /> <br />rical structure, remove the non-historic additions, reuse <br />cture on site as a studio or carriage house (most likely in <br />