Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2009 08 17 CANCELLED

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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes July 20, 2009 Page 2 of 9 The Acme Place Subdivision was originally platted in 1888. John Connel, the original developer of Acme Place Subdivision, was an agent for the United Pacific Railroad Company, and was also believed to be involved in the establishment of the Acme Mine. There were numerous owners of the home between 1894 and 1940; most of these residents held jobs typical to small towns at the time including working at local mercantile stores, a miner, and a railroad worker. Christopher Hutchinson, the first owner, was a miner and immigrant from England. The families of Steve Melick and William Scrano owned the home from 1902 to 1918. They were both immigrants to this area (Melick was from Eastern Europe and Scrano was from Italy). The families of Wintle and d °eppler owned the home from 1918 to 1940. From 1940 to 1971, the Rs family owned the house. be lob Johns wind Johnson continued to e residential stt €cture McCartney stated, to the best of his knowle in its original location, the home has cultur particularly associated with Louisville and coal miners, and the windows appear to b this, staff recommends the HPC place a stay recommends that the HPC try to work with the the home and build an addition on the4earthus of the street facing facade. McCartney did recommend the permit on e garage be released as there is no information on the age or history of thl�ding. Whiteman asked for the applint presentation. Andy Johnson, the archite regarding the structure. holes wee:.lad.:nto the dg the original s nificance as it presents tt11e built envir eir orrial location. re is still intact rle ent of the ecause of ermit. Staff also cant to maintain the facade of ining the historic character e property owners, gave a presentation nson stated there was a complete site review, where iding to determine where the original structure might ermined that the original structure was 14.5 feet by 28 feet. d not appear the existing structure retained the historical in how he and the owners would design the new Preserve the hjtrical structure, remove the non historic additions, reuse the historic sf..rcture on site as a studio or carriage house (most likely in the rear) Deconstruct the garage, recycle as many of the building materials as possible New structure will be low energy Maintain existing trees Whiteman asked if there were any public comments. David King, 601 Lincoln Avenue, commented that he was happy the garage was going to be removed because it is an eyesore and cuts off his southern exposure