Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2019 10 21

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SUMMARY: • The applicant is requesting approval of the Landmark application for the property at 816 Lincoln Avenue. • The applicant is requesting approval of an alteration certificate allowing changes to the existing structure and a new building addition. • The applicant is requesting a Preservation and Restoration Grant in the amount of $54,050 in addition to the $5,000 incentive grant, for a total grant award of $59,050. This is above the maximum matching grant of $40,000. Amounts above $45,000 can be considered under Resolution No. 17, Series 2019, Section 12(c), which allows for matching grant amounts to exceed the $40,000 limitation when there is a "showing of extraordinary circumstances relating to building size, condition, architectural details, or other unique condition compared to similar properties," and the applicant matches "at least one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the grant". HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Information from Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator The lots where 816 Lincoln is located in the Pleasant Hill subdivision were first platted in 1894. The Louis Wattelet family purchased the lots in 1903 and in 1909 (Drumm's Map) or 1910 (Boulder County Assessor) and built the house currently located at 816 Lincoln. The Wattelets immigrated to Louisville from France in 1892 and worked in the local coal mines. The Wattelets owned the property until 1917. The house changed hands numerous times over the following century. • The Wattelets sold 816 Lincoln Avenue to William and Maria Thomas in 1917. They owned the property until 1919. • In 1919, the husband's family (Richard and Ellen, children Evelyn, Nettie, and James) purchased the house. Richard worked as a coal mine superintendent. They lived at 816 Lincoln Ave. until 1921 at which time it was purchased by the Hutchinson family. • John and Elizabeth Hutchinson lived there with their five children: Priscilla, John, William, Thomas, and Ella. John Hutchinson was a mine superintendent at the Rex Mine. Following the death of Elizabeth, the Hutchinsons sold the house to the Miller family in 1927. • George and Elizabeth Miller (son Matthew) lived in the house until 1943 when it was sold to Mary Kranker. • Mary Kranker and her husband Anton lived in the house with their four children (Mary Ann, Tony, John, Charles). In 1947, the Kranker family moved to Utah and rented the house. Upon their return to Louisville in 1956, the Krankers moved back into the house at 816 Lincoln. Mary Kranker continued to live in the house until her death in 1996. • Patricia Wilson owned the house from 1996 to 2019. Pleasant Hill Subdivision