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SUMMARY: <br />The applicant requests the following: <br />• Landmark Designation: Landmark designation for the Louisville First Baptist Church at <br />701 Grant Avenue and accompanying $5,000 Landmark Bonus <br />• Alteration Certificate: An alteration certificate allowing changes related to restoration <br />and rehabilitation work to the existing church structure and a building addition on the <br />rear of the church structure. <br />• Grant Request: A $124,047.20 Historic Preservation Fund grant is requested for <br />preservation, rehabilitation and restoration work on the church building. This grant <br />amount exceed the $40,000 maximum grant amount and is requested as an <br />"extraordinary circumstances" grant due unique circumstances related to the costs <br />associated with preserving the church related to the building size, condition of the <br />building and replicating and preserving architectural details. <br />HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: <br />Information from Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator <br />The First Baptist Church in Louisville was founded in <br />1898 with 12 members. Records show that lots 10- <br />11, block 8, of the Pleasant Hill subdivision were <br />purchased by the Church leaders in 1899 to build a <br />church for their growing congregation. Construction <br />on the church began in 1900 and the first meeting <br />was held in the new building on February 10, 1901. <br />To accommodate space for Sunday School classes, <br />additions to the rear of the church occurred in 1946 <br />and 1958. Renovations in 1966 may have <br />included the addition of a concrete foundation and <br />basement. The property was sold in 1971 and the <br />Baptist Church relocated to a new building on <br />South Boulder Road. <br />After the sale in 1971, use of the church <br />transitioned to residential. Warren and Lois Reindl <br />lived in the building from 1971-1976, when they <br />sold 701 Grant to Michael Jenkins. Using funds <br />from a lawsuit with the City, Jenkins further <br />renovated the property. Arlin Lehman purchased <br />the property in 1988 and sold it to Buddy Day in <br />1994. Day was a vocal proponent of historic <br />preservation in Louisville and helped to campaign <br />for the Historic Preservation Tax in 2008. On May <br />15, 2007, he received a historic preservation <br />award for the adaptive reuse work he completed <br />at 701 Grant. In 2010 the property was sold to <br />Alexander Allen Pritchard and sold to the current <br />owner in 2019. <br />4 L 7 --r <br />—� _ <br />9, A <br />r <br />Drumm's Map — 1909 <br />701 Grant Avenue — early 1900s <br />