HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-21-2018 Planning And Zoning CommissionPLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Formal Meeting — 7:00 PM
Emma Harvat Hall
Iowa City City Hall
410 Washington Street
AGENDA:
A. Call to Order
B. Roll Call
C. Public Discussion of Any Item Not on the Agenda
D. Rezoning Item:
Discussion of an application submitted by the Historic Preservation Commission for the
rezoning of approximately 2.2 acres of property located at 530, 604, 612, 614, and 624 S.
Clinton Street & 109 Wright Street from Community Commercial (CC-2) and Planned High
Density Multifamily (FIRM) to Community Commercial (CC-2) and Planned High Density
Multifamily (FIRM) with a Historic District Overlay (OHD) (REZ18-00017)
E. Rezoning / Development Items:
1. Discussion of an application submitted by North Dubuque, LLC for a rezoning of
approximately 73.15 acres of land from Interim Development - Low Density Single -Family
(ID-RS) zone, Low Density Single -Family (RS-5) zone, and Planned Development Overlay
/ High Density Single -Family Residential (OPD/RS-12) zone to Planned Development
Overlay / High Density Single -Family Residential (OPD/RS-12) zone for approximately 50
acres of property and Planned Development Overlay / Highway Commercial (OPD/CH-1)
zone for approximately 23 acres of property. The applicant is also requesting approval of
the preliminary plat of Forest View, a 73.15-acre subdivision, located north of Foster Road,
south of 1-80, west of N. Dubuque Street, east of Mackinaw Drive. (REZ18-00013/SUB18-
00006). Staff recommends that this item be deferred indefinitely.
2. Discussion of an application submitted by Bedrock, LLC for a rezoning of approximately
18.03 acres from Interim Development Multifamily Residential (ID-RM) zone to Planned
Development Overlay/Low Density Single Family Residential (OPD/ RS-5) zone (4.02
acres) and Planned Development Overlay/Low Density Multifamily Residential (OPD-12)
zone (14.01 acres) and a preliminary plat of Cherry Creek Subdivision, a 17-lot, 18.03-acre
residential subdivision located east of S. Gilbert Street & west of Sandusky Drive. (REZ18-
00005 / SUB18-00005) The applicant has requested that this item be deferred to the
July 5 meeting.
F. Consideration of Meeting Minutes: June 7, 2018
G. Planning & Zoning Information
H. Adjournment
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Date: June 21, 2018
To: Planning and Zoning Commission
From: Luke Foelsch, Planning Intern
Re: REZ18-00017 Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District
Background: The Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission has submitted an
application requesting a rezoning for a Historic District Overlay (OHD) zone for the
Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District. The boundary of the proposed
historic district is shown on the attached location map.
The purpose of the OHD zone is to:
1. Promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare of the public by
protecting, enhancing and perpetuating historic landmarks and districts of
historic, architectural and cultural significance;
2. Safeguard the city's architectural, historic and cultural heritage by preserving
historic buildings and neighborhoods;
3. Provide for design review of new construction or alteration of existing resources
to assure compatibility with the existing character of historic neighborhoods and
preserve the historic integrity of the resource;
4. Stabilize and improve property values by encouraging reinvestment in historic
neighborhoods;
5. Foster civic pride in the legacy and beauty of past achievements; and
6. Protect and enhance the city's attractiveness to tourists and visitors, thereby
supporting and stimulating business.
Historic Preservation Commission Review: In November 2017, the Historic
Preservation Commission invited owners of properties within the proposed district to an
informal meeting at which information about the properties and the historic significance
of the district was presented. Historic preservation regulations, zoning incentives, and
financial tools were also discussed (see attached letter regarding the meeting).
On April 12, 2018 the Historic Preservation Commission conducted a public hearing
where they reviewed and evaluated the historic significance of the Clinton Street and
Railroad Depot Historic District. The Commission determined that the district meets the
criteria for local historic district designation and voted unanimously to recommend
approval of the proposed district as a Historic District Overlay (OHD) zone. The
attached Historic Preservation Memorandum provides information regarding the
historical significance of the properties within the proposed district.
If approved, designation of the district as an OHD zone will require Historic Preservation
Commission approval of any significant changes to the exterior of buildings within the
district. Historic designation will also make the properties eligible for special exceptions
(Section 14-213-8 of the zoning code) that would allow the Board of Adjustment to waive
or modify certain zoning requirements to encourage the continued use of historic
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buildings. To further support the preservation of historic buildings, the Riverfront
Crossings Form -Based Development Standards provide for transfer of development
rights. The properties within this historic district would be granted the ability to transfer
development rights to one or more eligible sites within the Riverfront Crossings District
in the amount determined by multiplying the square footage of the sending site lot by
four (4), which is the number of stories allowed in the Central Crossings Subdistrict,
subject to certain maximum height limitations set forth in Section 14-2G-7(G)(1)(d).
Planning and Zoning Commission Review: Local historic districts are created by
zoning overlays and therefore require a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning
Commission to the City Council. The Commission's role is to review the proposed
designation based on its relationship to the Comprehensive Plan, proposed public
improvements, and plans for renewal of the area involved.
The IC2030 Comprehensive Plan encourages the preservation of historic resources and
reinvestment in established neighborhoods to help "preserve the culture, history, and
identity of Iowa City" (p.20). The Historic Preservation element of the Comprehensive
Plan called for an intensive historic architectural survey to determine the remaining
historic properties in the Near South Side neighborhood area (now known as Riverfront
Crossings), wherein the proposed historic district is located. That survey was completed
in 2015 and recommends the creation of a historic district that, although originally larger
than the current proposed boundary, encompasses the structures within the current
proposed historic district. The Historic Preservation Commission chose to trim the
boundary to include only those structures with the highest remaining historic integrity.
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historic building survey report, The
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out of the seven buildings within the
proposed Clinton Street and Railroad
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these buildings being retained. The plan
states that "these buildings provide
character and ambiance to the Study
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identify and take measures to actively
protect" (p.9). This goal is supported by
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research that validates the assertion that
neighborhoods containing a mix of older,
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higher levels of economic and social
activity than areas dominated by larger,
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and T. McMahon).
The Plan also calls for implementation of policy options that encourage preservation of
historic structures. As noted above, to implement this policy the Riverfront Crossings
Form -Based code allows for the transfer of development rights from these historic
properties to other properties that have been identified as being more suitable for
redevelopment within the Riverfront Crossings District.
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Based on these factors, staff finds that the establishment of the proposed Clinton Street
and Railroad Depot Historic District complies with the goals of the Comprehensive Plan
to identify and protect historic resources and the Downtown and Riverfront Crossings
Master Plan's call for implementing policies to preserve the historic building stock.
Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that REZ18-00017, an application to
designate the Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District as a Historic District
Overlay (OHD) zone, be approved.
Attachments:
1. Location Map
2. Informal meeting invitation to property owners
3. HPC memo
4. Site Inventories for 530, 604, 612, 614, 624 Clinton Street and 109 Wright Street
5. Edward T. McMahon Article
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October 31, 2017
John and Joellen Roffman
1314 Burry Dr.
Iowa City, IA 52246
Dear John and Joellen Roffman,
Iowa City
Historic Preservation Commission
City Hall, 4:0 E Washington Street, Iowa City. IA 52240
The Iowa City City Council has adopted the Downtown and Riverfront Crossings Master Plan as
an element of the City's Comprehensive Plan. The plan identifies areas where new development
is planned, as well as areas where preservation of historic properties is the goal. To implement
that plan the City Council also adopted zoning codes that provide incentives to encourage the
continued use of historic buildings. These include flexibility in how zoning laws are applied to
designated properties, such as reduction in parking requirements, waiver or modification of
setbacks and height standards, and in some cases, allowed uses of the property. In the Riverfront
Crossings District development rights may be transferred to allow the continued use of historic
buildings plus additional bonus development square footage may be transferred and added to
other properties. In addition, financial incentives, such as State and Federal tax credits, are
available for renovation of properties listed on the National Register.
Within the Riverfront Crossings area, the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission has
identified a potential Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District. The potential district
includes your properties at 604 S. Clinton St., 612 S. Clinton St., 614 S. Clinton St. and 624 S.
Clinton St. (see attached map). We would like to meet with you to discuss the proposed historic
district. We will be conducting an informational meeting on November 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the
Dale Helling Conference Room in City Hall at 410 E. Washington Street. If you are not able to
attend the meeting, but would like more information, or would like to schedule an individual
meeting, please contact our staff, Bob Miklo bob-miklo(i�iowa-city.org or Jessica Bristow
Jessica-bristow@iowa-city.org or phone 356-5230.
Sincerely,
Ginalie Swaim,
Chairperson, Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission
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A11';fit MEMORANDUM
Date: April 23, 2018
To: Historic Preservation Commission
From: Jessica Bristow, Historic Preservation Planner
Re: Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District
The Historic Preservation component of the Comprehensive Plan encourages the identification
and preservation of properties and neighborhoods that are significant to Iowa City's architecture
and culture. Towards achieving this goal, a historic architectural study of the Southside
Neighborhood of Iowa City was completed in 2015 by Richard Carlson and Marlin Ingalls of the
Office of the State Archaeologist. The study was implemented by the Historic Preservation
Commission in response to the loss of the brick cottages on Dubuque Street and is supported
by the Riverfront Crossings Master Plan goal to identify and proactively protect historic
resources. The study fulfilled a FEMA requirement to mitigate for the demolition of the National
Register eligible Henry Sabin School. The goal was to identify the last historic properties in this
rapidly developing area so that actions could be taken to protect them. The study identified a
potential Historic District along South Clinton Street extending east to include the Rock Island
Railroad depot and adjacent properties (see attached).
The study was shared with the Historic Preservation Commission at their September 10, 2015
meeting and sent to the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). Later, a sub -committee
reviewed the potential Historic District and discussed reducing the boundaries because of the
low historic integrity of the buildings on the west side of Clinton Street and continuity issues for
the house at 709 S. Dubuque Street. The enclosed Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic
District Information document contains details regarding the historic significance of this portion
of the Riverfront Crossings District (this information summarizes the Carlson/Ingalls study).
The proposed historic district is a step toward implementing the Downtown and Riverfront
Crossings Master Plan. The Plan identifies areas where new development is planned, as well
as areas where preservation of historic properties is the goal. The Plan identifies the buildings
within this proposed historic district for preservation. To implement that plan the City Council
also adopted zoning codes that provide incentives to encourage the continued use of historic
buildings. These include flexibility in how zoning laws are applied to designated properties, such
as reduction in parking requirements, waiver or modification of setbacks and height standards,
and in some cases, allowed uses of the property. In the Riverfront Crossings District
development rights may be transferred to allow the continued use of historic buildings plus
additional bonus development square footage may be transferred and added to other
properties. In addition, financial incentives, such as State and Federal tax credits, are available
for renovation of properties listed on the National Register.
The first step in establishing a local historic district is a public hearing before the Historic
Preservation Commission. That hearing has been scheduled for April 12, 2018 at 5:45 p.m.
Following the hearing the Commission will consider a motion recommending approval of the
proposed district. If the Commission decides to approve the district, then an application for a
rezoning to establish a Historic District Overlay Zone will be forwarded to the Planning and
Zoning Commission. The Planning and Zoning Commission will review the proposal for
compliance with the Comprehensive Plan and make a recommendation to the City Council. The
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Council will then hold a public hearing and consider the recommendations of the Historic
Preservation Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission before deciding whether to
establish a Historic District Overlay Zone.
Enclosures:
1. Clinton Street and Railroad Depot District Information Document
2. Map of Carlson/Ingalls' proposed District with Map of current proposed District
3. Map of proposed Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District
4. Site inventory forms for the individual properties
Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District Historic Information
The proposed Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District is located in the Riverfront Crossings
District in Iowa City. It includes the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad passenger depot, a
hotel associated with the depot, and a tree -lined block of nearby residences that provide a historic
connection leading north in the direction of the National Register listed Johnson County Courthouse and
downtown.
Context
When the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad tracks were extended to Iowa City in 1855 and across
the river soon after, the tracks and the rise on which they were located became a boundary and the
demarcation between the working-class and middle-class residences to the north and the working-class
and industrial area to the south. Surrounded to the east and south by industry and manufacturing, the
neighborhood north of the tracks became a vibrant middle-class neighborhood including a mix of
dwellings and institutional uses. St. Patrick's Catholic Church was built by 1879 a few blocks to the
northeast and added a Catholic school in the 1880s. The post -Civil War First Ward School, replaced in
1917 by the Henry Sabin School, was just a block away.
As stated in the 2015 Survey by Richard Carlson and Marlin Ingalls:
South Clinton Street was one of Iowa City's more important residential streets in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. While the city's most expensive homes at
this time were built on Summit Street, Brown Street, and College Green, South Clinton
Street was a popular location for middle class architect -designed residences during this
period.
Architects and Builders
The District's association with prominent architects contributes to its historic significance. Two of the
houses in the District, 612 S. Clinton Street and 614 S. Clinton Street were designed by Orville H.
Carpenter. Both were designed in the Free Classic variant of the Queen Anne Style. Carpenter's own
home, which was located nearby at 529 S. Clinton Street, was demolished in the 1970s or 1980s for a
parking lot. Carpenter worked as an architect in Iowa City from 1898 to 1938. Trained in architecture
and engineering, Carpenter hired builders for his designs instead of building them himself. One of his
most well-known designs is the National Register listed Czechoslovakian Protective Society (CSPS) Hall,
now the Preucil School of Music. The house at 612 S. Clinton was built by well-known local builder Harry
C. Smith who also built the hotel at 624 S. Clinton Street as well as other buildings such as the I.X.L
building and the old City Hall.
The house at 530 S. Clinton Street was also architect -designed, by George F. Barber. Barber was
successful in a large portion of the east -central United States because of his mail order catalogue
promotion of residential architecture plans between 1888 and 1908. At least two of his designs built in
1892-93 still exist in Iowa City, the house at 530 S. Clinton and the house at 935 E. College Street, listed
in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Both of the houses were built in the Queen Anne Style
which was especially popular in the near Southside Neighborhood and in Iowa City in general.
The house located at 604 S. Clinton Street was not designed or built by a known architect or builder but
exhibits a distinct style that, while somewhat rare in Iowa City, is still a hallmark of the era of its
construction. It is the oldest property in the proposed historic district having been built in 1878-79 in the
Stick Style. The Stick Style represents a transition from the popular Italianate Style to the more eclectic
and ornamented Queen Anne style. In the Stick Style, as seen in 604 S. Clinton Street, the heavy
bracketed cornice of the Italianate has evolved to an elaborate beadboard, crown, and bracketed
friezeboard. The patterned bands of vertical boards are the "stickwork" of the style.
The Hotel O'Reilly was built in 1902 by Harry C. Smith, who also built 612 Clinton Street. John W.
Metzinger was identified as the architect of the hotel and 5 other buildings during the period, despite
working primarily as a carpenter. Metzinger is identified as a contractor on 15 projects between 1897
and 1909 but the hotel is his only known remaining building.
Individual Properties
The district's period of significance begins
with the construction of the first house in the
proposed district, 604 S. Clinton Street, the
ca. 1878 J. Walter and May Parvin Lee
House. J. Walter Lee became a dry goods
merchant, furniture merchant, or grocer. He
and his family lived at 604 S. Clinton until
about 1898. Since then the house has been
used mostly as a rental property. In 1915,
newspaper accounts claim that the house
was raised and a new front porch was added.
It appears the block foundation was added at 604 S. Ointon, built co. 1878-79
that time.
The Parvin Lee House is an elaborate 2 % story house with two projecting gables and a complex gabled -
on hip central roof area. The trim is extensive with brackets and a large frieze band, complex window
surrounds and bracketed cutaway corners on the north gable. The windows are mostly one -over -one
double hung windows and the entrance door has a large transom and single side -lights. The house is
individually eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture and may also
be eligible for its relationship to important Iowa City residents. It is a contributing property in the
proposed historic district.
The next house constructed in the area is 530 S Clinton Street, the 1893, Eugene and Olivia Paine
House. Eugene Paine was a coal dealer in Iowa City. He began his business in 1875 and it continued until
1922, three years after his death. The house was occupied by Paine heirs until 1952 when it was divided
into apartments and then sold in 1959. It has been with the current owner since 1962.
The Paine House is a 2 % story brick Queen
Anne with a central hip roof and projecting
gables. Ornamental brick patterns and carved
panels decorate the exterior and molded
concrete or carved stone elements adorn the
window lintels. Both front and rear porches
have been removed and the siding and
window in the front gable have been altered.
Despite these changes, because the original
design is well documented and these
elements could be restored, the house is
individually eligible for listing on the National
Register of Historic Places partly for its
architecture and as a design from the Barber
mail order company. It may also be eligible
because of its relationship to Eugene Paine. It 5305. Clinton Street, bulk in 1893,
is a contributing property in the proposed
historic district.
At the time of the construction of the first
two houses, the passenger and freight depots
for the railroad were located about four
blocks east of the neighborhood. In 1898 the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Passenger
Depot was built at 115 Wright Street to
handle increased passenger traffic. The
station was built in a combination of
Richardsonian and Victorian Romanesque
with two different bricks distinguishing the
base from the body of the depot. Large
115 Wright Street Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Passenger Station,
built 1898. (National Register Listed 1982, local landmark, 1996)
brackets support the wide overhanging clay tile hipped roof. The depot is listed on the National Register
of Historic Places and has had sensitive alterations for its change in use. The building retains its integrity
and contributes to the proposed historic district.
Following the construction of the depot, the neighborhood filled in with additional new construction.
The Johnson County Courthouse was complete and dedicated by mid-1901. As it was under
construction, the Ellen Donohoe House at 614 S. Clinton Street was built, completed in 1899-1900. Ellen
Donohoe, living next door in an earlier house at 612 S. Clinton Street, commissioned O.H. Carpenter to
design the house and an announcement of the completed design was printed in a local paper in June
1899 calling it "an elegant new residence." Donohoe only lived in the house a short time when she had
Carpenter design a new house at 22 E. Court Street. She rented the house at 614 S. Clinton Street to
tenants until she died in 1919. The house has remained a rental property ever since.
The Donohoe House is a 2 Y story free -classic
Queen Anne with a projecting front gable and
south -facing gambrel roof wing. The gambrel
roof also appears in other O.H. Carpenter
designs. The rear -facing gable has cornice
returns. The front gable has a pent (enclosed)
roof. The house has seen significant changes
including siding replacement and front porch
removal but retains its original roofline,
window pattern and some architectural
details. Even though it is not individually
eligible for listing on the National Register of
Historic Places, it is contributing to the
potential historic district.
In addition to residential construction, the
construction of the new passenger depot also
inspired related commercial construction.
Michael O'Reilly, a saloon keeper built the
Hotel O'Reilly in 1901 at 624 S. Clinton
Street. The hotel was built quickly in a less
than six months but did not open until 1902.
The hotel changed names and owners but
remained a hotel until the 1920's when some
of the rooms became apartments. In 1957
the building was converted to 16 apartments.
The solid brick hotel building is three stories
tall with a long sloping roof, front to back.
The front of the building features a two-story
almost full -width veranda with a metal half -
614 S. Clinton, built in 1899-1900.
624 S. Clinton Street Hotel O'Reilly, built 1901.
hip roof. The west facade has a full -width metal cornice. The windows have segmental -arch lintels and
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stone sills with one -over -one double hung windows. The window pattern is irregular, with the exception
of the symmetrical front facade, and was probably determined by the original interior layout. Several
openings and door canopies have been added to the south elevation. They may have been added when
the first apartments were introduced or later during the 1957 apartment conversion. The Hotel O'Reilly
is individually eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, for both its relationship to
the railroad in Iowa City and as an example of commercial hotel architecture, and is contributing to the
potential historic district.
The final addition to the neighborhood was the Frank D and Penena Lindsley House at 612 S. Clinton
Street. This house was originally built in 1907 at 328 S. Clinton and designed by architect O. H.
Carpenter. Mr. Lindsley moved to Iowa City in 1882 to work as an agent for the railroad. In 1948, the
house was purchased by Homer and Mae Beals and moved to 612 S. Clinton Street. The date of the
move is the ending date for the period of significance for the district. The Lindsley house at 612 S.
Clinton retains a high degree of architectural integrity and is perhaps one of the best examples of
Carpenters residential designs. Since it was moved to this location, the house has been a rental
property.
The Lindsley House is a 2 Y2 story gambrel
roof house with a side-gambreled main
roof, a front gambrel projection and a rear
gambrel dormer. Decorative elements
include the semi -circular shell design in the
front gable and a Palladian window in the
north bay projection. A three -sided bay
window projects from the rear of the south
side. The original porch floor, railing and
columns were removed to move the house.
With very few changes before or after the
move, which was historic, the house may
be individually eligible for listing on the
National Register of Historic Places for its
architecture. It is contributing to the
proposed historic district. 612 S. Clinton, built in 1907, moved in 1949
Conclusion
This neighborhood, anchored by the passenger depot on the southern edge, retains a high degree of
integrity as the last remaining vestige of the 1870s to 1910s near southside development and as one of
the last intact residential neighborhoods in the Riverfront Crossings District. Each contributing building
essentially retains the same massing, roofline, and window pattern as it did during its period of
significance; where features are missing, they could be reconstructed. As a group they tell the story of
the development of a middle-class neighborhood that gained prominence through the use of known
architects and prominent builders. They also provide a connection between the passenger station, the
hotel and the residential neighborhood leading north in the direction of the courthouse and downtown.
The Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District will preserve this historic residential context for
the RiverFront Crossings Master Plan.
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C A birthplace or grove. 50 yam•
D A cemetery
Areas of Significance (Enter categories from Instruellaw) Signillicant Dates
consbucam dab
020Architecture 1907 ❑ duxk 0 dice or estimated date
Other dater
190
Signifipant Person ArchRectlBuilder
(Complete i Nadanal Ragbter Criterion B Is marked above) ArddW
NIA Carpenter, Orville Homer
BuRdar
Smith. Harry C.
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Narrative Statement of Significance Q SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
8 Major Bibliographical References
BibllOgreP17Y ®see continuation sheet for dtatlom of the books, articles, and otlrer sources used In preparing
this Pone _
10. Geographic Data
Tenses (OPTIONAL) Eveft
Narf irg
1 15 4612402 2 —
3 — , — 4 — —
❑ See oontinuation sheet for addtlarak UTM references or comments
11. Form Prepared By
nemeJMle Richard J. Carlson
organization Office of the State Atchaeoloaist
date IN27=15
street & number 700 S. Clinton Street
telephony 319 364-0732
city or town Iowa Cry state 9
zip code 62242-1030
AnnlTinmai nnfifMENTATIONtaubmathe foaowhoitai wahtheaompfeUdform)
1. lap'
11sp showing the propeitrs Rid
n in a townhdt or iovmship.
2. Splan: showing position 3. Photographs: reprsseMativk and while Photos. tithe photm are taken as pert of a survey for which the Saaetr Is fo be
ratorofthe rhegaliva ar coes, a photolcetslog sheet needs lo be induced syigh the negsiives/srides and the following
needs to be provided beicw on this particular roven�ry site:
ROIUatid0 sheet # Fremelsbt # Date Taia n 14/ 4fZ015
Rc IdeshsetS Frame/slot# Dale Taken 41272
RI do
sheet S Freme/slot # Date Taken _
®See cominuation sheet or attached photo & s►!de cafalbg sheetfor list of photo roll or stlde entrtes
Photoallllusherons wlUhout negstives ere siw in this sits inverhipry tie.
FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PROPERTIES, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AS WELL
1. Farmstead & Dlshlob (List of structures and burdirhgs, known or estimated year bugs, and coil utlrhg or noncontributing status)
2. Ben:
a. A sketch of the ttamel►roes contigumthn in the form of drawing a typical middle bend of the bam.
b. A photograph of the loft showing the frame contiguretion a" one side.
Cicur whit above awWy opinion Oh NafLOdar rcegra W eggrotegr. LI raw L j my u m w r
❑ This !e s locclydeaignated property or partof a Jac* designated distort
Comments:
Evatuatod by (118mt)MM011
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number QW01
Iowa Site Inventory Foram Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
Assess ues Data
612 S Clhron &. PIN 1015212011, owners Jahn O. and Joellen RaMr ss, zoned multi -residential, County Seat Addition,
N 40' of lot 7, Block I I (Figures 1, 2) (Johnson County, Iowa, Assessor 2015).
Historic Background
This building was ariginslly located at 328 & Clinton Strut, and was built is 1907 for F. D. Linfi ft (Figures 3, 4). It was
designed by O. H. Cacpantey a local Iowa City architect who designed several otherbuilding recorded in the Soulliside
Neighborhood navvy, including two others in the proposed Clinton street and Railroad Depot Historic District (see
Teehaical Report 121). The former Ltndeley house has the highest integrity of de lM materials and workermi p of the
three Carpenter -designed houses in the propose district. It was moved to its current location in 1948 when its Original location
became the site of a building for the Saes, Roebuck & Co. Farm Stan (non -extant) sows Cily Pmw.Cifiaen 1948a:2). This
ertiele notes that the rauthartt othhs two houses removed hr the near farm alma- I rawrmably the Lindsley house--9s to be
moved loam to a lot three black southward on CTlbdm sheet,,, andthat the new building was scheduled to be completed by
October 1. Another house on the site ofthe new building, built in 1869, was tarn down rather than moved. This house was
pictured in the newspaper two weal® later, enough the photograph eaptiou noted erroneously that both houses on the she
were being tom down (Iowa City Press -Citizen 1948b:1).
Franklin David Lindsley (1845-1909) grew up an a form in Knox County, Ohio, then moved with his hinfly to Gels,
Mick where he became an agent for this Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. tie lrmer moved to Mt. Auburn, Iowa, where
he waked as as agent for the Balingtao, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad, and in 1982 moved to Iowa City to take a
simrlar position with 0s same company (Tatar absorbed by the Chicago, Rock ishatd & Pacific} After waking for three
yeas around 1904 in Go coal business Inthe far of Foster & Co. (a Foster& Lh dit), he retained to Whoadutgto work
as an agent for the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City btatubanrmlroad at Iowa City, a position he hold until his death in 1909. He
was married in 1872 to Penang lilts, and the couple had two children who survived to adulthood (Ammer 1913A% 499;
Iowa City city dhactales,1901-1909).
Additional research on the house in its original location was not conducted as part ofthe present report In 1948, a Seas,
Roebuck & Co. Farm Store was planned for the original site of the house. One older house was demolished for this now
construction, but the farmer Lutdsley house was purchased by Bomar and Mae Beale and moved to a lot they owned three
blacks to the south, now 612 & Clinton Street. An earlier house on this site, shown on fire iosmance maps from 1899 through
1912, was removed between 1912 and 1920, and the lot romamed vacant until the Lmdsleyhouse was moved onto it in 1949
(Job==A COMME Iowa,
Au ham s aq Th dor Books, Sanborn -Perris Mop Co 1892,18i99; Sambas Map Co 1906-
1948). hag moved was published in a local newspaper in July 1948 (Figure 5).
Bomar and Mae Beals owned this property from 1949 to 1976, when the estate of Msa Beals sold the property to the
presort owners (Johnson County. Iowa, Anditor's Of bxk T rensfer Bois). The Beata family did not live in the house
themselves; City directories published between. 1949 and 1959 list a aeries of short-term tenants. This trend has presumably
contamed to the present, Mee the building mom divided mho reOtel "MbUntS.
Bntidiag Description
This 2%-OW, gambrel -roofed building sirs ma smooth -faced concrete block fin ndation that appears to dame to ilte time
the building was moved to its present site in 1948 (Figures 5 and 4 It is clad In narrow clapboard siding and has a
composition shuttle roof. The principal gembrels face to the north and south idea, although the fiaa: facade has a two-story
cross$amdarl projectiou on the second story. This projection fiatems the most urmsoal arohitectnal detail on the house, a
central semi-aircula recessed ass ramp decent ofa shell. This shell-lilm recess is situated at the bottom of a dill*
projus ting gable peak. The wiudowa on. &a house are typically 1/1-light windows under simple chuabel drip moldings. The
two windows an the fmat story ofthe flout facade are slightly broader then others on the house, thoughnot quite broad
en** to be characterized as cottage windows. Another decorative facture ofthe house is the onwamay, rectangular bay
window centered on the north Qcade. This bay window harems a Palladian -style wWw above a beaOmcat cnftm and a
row of deatils under rho save. A second three sided bay window (not rectangular) is located at the rear ofthe south heade.
The mar facade has a two-story, cross -gambrel wall dormer. The side and rear gambrel roofh d1hpmlay open cornice remma.
The pate, relft and dock ofthe flout porch are not original to the house, although the roof(maludutg the wide comic a with
a row of danhls beneath it) appears to be original (see Figures 5 and 6). The rest of@e porch is compatible in style with the
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 5245501
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
,,a m% wrlh Imp square Posen replacing the original posts (round posts with composite capitals), and turned spindles in the
railing that appear similar to those in *a original porch. A small near wing is half enclosed, half an open parch with screened
walla.
Aside from the Sion parch and the 1940s foundation, the house appears to have Undergone very few changes since it was
first built. One second -story window on the north facade has been made larger, and the window in the gable peak on the same
facade has been changed from a three-part window to a modern two-part sliding window. Some of the windows on the south
facade may also have been changed to provide agrees windows. On the whole, however, this house retains a high degree of
Integrity of design, materials and wad®amhip.
National Register Eligibility
This unusual gambrel -roofed house has been moved from its original location and modified slightly, but still Towns marry
features characteristic of early twentieth century houses, as well uus unasosl erchltectaml features such as the promimeat shell-
like recess. In its design it is unique in Iowa City, and unlike any other known house designed by its architect, O. H.
Carpenter. The home may be individually eligible for NRHP listing under Criterion C for its architectural features, and
certainly is a contributing resource in the proposed Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District
Conclusions and Recommendations
This house is counted as a contributing resource in the proposed Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District. It is
endangered because of its location in the part of Iowa City designated the River&om Crossings District, in which the city
actively encourages redevelopment.
Major Bibliographical References
Aurner, Clarence Any
1913 Leading Evens in Johnson County Iowa History. Volume 2. Westarn Historical Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Iowa City Pres -Cimum (Iowa City, Iowa)
1948a Plan $50,000 New Building. Iowa Cfty Press-Cft1zO4 June 19,1948.
194810 79-Year-Old House Goes Down. Iowa City Press -Citizen, July 1,1948,
1948c Move House to Make Way for Farm Store Iowa City Press-Citizei, July 20,1948.
Johnson County. Iowa, Assessor
2015 Iowa City Property Records. Johnson County, Iowa, Assessors Office, imcernet web site
"://iow&city.iOw&aasesscrs.com/), accessed April 2015.
Sanborn Map Company New York
1906 Iowa City, Iowa. Sanborn Map Company,
1912 Iowa City, Iowa. Sanborn Map Company, New York
1920 Iowa City, Iowa. Sanborn Map Company, New York
1926 Iowa City, Iowa. Sanborn Map Company, Now York,
1933 Iowa City, Iowa. Sanborn Map Company, New York
1949 Iowa City, Iowa.1933 map updated through 1948. Sanborn Map Company New York.
Sanborn Perris Map Company
1992 Iowa City, Iowa. Senbmm-Parris Map Company, New York.
1999 Iowa City, Iowa. Sanborn -Parris Map Company, New York
Iowa Depertrned of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Shoot
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Site Number 52-05301
RekW District Number
PA
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Cow*, Iowa OIS AVwtyl Baton Viewer 2014 Aerial (Johrom Cow*. lowq Assessor 2015).
Iowa Depertrnent of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Sheet
Peas 5
Frank D. and Peneas UndWw House
Name of Propertv
Site Number wwoi
Related Obbiot Number
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Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Sheet
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Site Number 52.011MI
Related DIsM Number
Figme 4. ndm7 ofsheud,'ke design centered in fiwdfaFjL*. photograph byRichwdJ. Carlson April27. 2015.
Iowa Department of cufturel Af odre
Stage Historical Scoiety of lom sloe Number ?S 0001
Iowa Site Inventory Form ROM D[sM Number
Continuation Sheet
Pace 7
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Fdgans 3. Haaan BatEtfarFraiet�. Lbaoidsy aadhlsfmaUy 8r d909, fa ib h�ad►orr � 8?8S C18dwr &bwt (rmrr
loaded at 6l2 S. Clhdm Shv4 Frmn darner 1913:f97. Aside f maa hapb ga newputpareh and and mbwr
djow to at" windows, thehmae in Arpreaead !station gpsw w he esaeawd& undteredfiam the &me ftphvbFWh
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State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Sheet
Page 8
Site Number SZ45301
Related District Number
A� love Hou-se to Make Way for FC^:i�m Store
F1Vma 6. Former Lindsky home at 3285 Ubdot Street heft moved to firpresent location at 6121 Clbuon Street From
Iowa Chypress-Cittren 1948c9. 71m oriodporchposts ardratltng am not shown to thtsphotograph, but u is not dear
whether they were movedseparatelyfor reassembly an the new site, or had been removal at sane pobuprior to or as pat eV
tha move, Ae original wood shbigle roofhad been replaced by the time Ofthe move by a stardtngseam metal roof, aid the
brick ehtmney had been removed above the roq bm
Site Inventory Form Stab Inventory No. az-053M ® New ❑ Supplemental
Stab Historical Society of Iowa ® Part of a district with known boundaries (enter Inventory no.)
(Deccemtgr 1,1 OR ❑ Contributes tRelationship: ppoototbentia district with unknown boundaries
National Rester Sbdus•(any that apply) ❑ Listed ❑ DedlsW [I NHL [I DOE
[Ig SHE (e�year)
Name PropwV Compliance umber_
Nal
1.
historic name Bien Donohoe House
other names/slts number
street & number 614 S. Clinton Street
dqr or town jg"Cit(
Legal Descnplion:(If Rural)Township Name
Subdivision
❑ vicinity, county Johnson
Township No. Range No. Section Quarter of Quarter
sites _
structures
objects
Total 1
sites
structures
Total
7Ard dame of related project report or multiple property study (Enter °NIA° ethe properly a not pia multiple
� Drat BM Mentor
Carlson and Incalls 20% Technical Retort 121 9-117
B. Function or Ilse
Istortc Functions (Enter ortepodes from Inw ceons) Current Functions (Enter adporlse stem ln*udlone)
01A01/Residence
(enter categonrr born iretructionq
01B/MuRlple Dwelling
05D/QueenAnne foundation 04/Stone
walls 15E/Hardboard
roof 08A/Asohalt Shinales
other
Narrative Description (® SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
Statenterrt of Significance
ApplecaM Moral RegiallorGrIteft Mark Yrepresenting youroperlondellpfbiltyaaerapplylbgreleventNational RepNteradlerle)
Yes ® No ❑ More Research Recommended A Property is associated with sigrtfi®rt everts
❑ Yes ® No ❑ More Research Recommended B Prop" is associated with the Buss of significant persons.
® Yes ❑ No ❑ More Research Recommended C Property has dlcilnedve arohitacbrnd characteristics.
0 Yes 0 No ❑ More Research Recommended D Property yields significant information in archaeology or hlstory.
County Johnson Address Q14 S. Clinton Street
City Iowa Cfir
Site Number 26 -05305
District Number
❑ A Owned by a religious Institution or used QE A reconstructed building, object, or structure.
for religious purposes. F A commemorative property-
0 Removed from Its original location. G Less than 60 years of age or achieved significance within the pest
C A birthplace or grave. 50 yews.
D A cemetery
Areas of Significance (Eder eategodes fmm inarnreuons) Significant Dates
Conahvcibn dads
02IArchlecture im ❑ check V dma or estimated data
Offwdsh e
Significant Person ArchfiectlBuilder
(Complete fi National Register Criterion B 4 marked above) Amhaed
�A Carpenter. Orville Homer
Builder
_ unknown
Narrative Statement of Significance (® SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
9. Malor Bibliographical References
10.
Zow .......Easing _....�. t oMmg zone Eosaag JYWftW
15 622033 4612191 2 —
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11. Form Prepared By
nameftide Richard J. Carlson
orgarive5on Office of the State Arehaeologlet data W712015
street & number 700 S. Clinton Stream telephone 319 384-0732
city or town Iowa City state A zip code 522421030
enniTlnNAL DOCUMENTATION (aubmitthe foaowino aema with the completed form)
1. Map: showing the properly s location in a bwNdgr or township.
2. She plan: showing position of buildings and structures an the she in relation to public road(s).
& Photographs: representative black and white photos. If the photos are taken as part of a survey for which the Sadely is to be
curator of the negatives or color slides, a plhotabdatog shad needs to be Included with the negetiveskildes and the following
needs to be provided below on this particular inventory site:
Rdlislide sheet # Frameslot # Date Taken 411412015
RdUellde sheet # Framefslot # Data Taken 427=5
RolVsiidesheet 6 Framelalot# Date Taken
®See continuation sheet or a-1 1 ad photo & slide catalog sheet for list of photo roll or elide entries.
Photoarilkutrations without negatives are also in this site inventory file.
FOR CERTAIN IONDS OF PROPERTIES, INCLUDE THE FOLLOMNIG AS WELL
1. Farmstead & D1sMct (List of sductums and buidkhps, known or earmated year built and ow&bfdng or nmmmVibuting ssbm)
2. Bent:
a. A sketch of the famellruss odmflguration in the form of drawing a typical middle bent of the bam.
b. A photograph of the loft showing the fame configuration along one side.
cur wj h above survey gWnlon on National Register effpoW. U Yes U lvc
This is a bcafly designated property or part of a boW designated d0b'd
Comments:
evaluated by (name/ptle). ,Date
Iowa Deparbnord of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number U0305
Iowa Site inventory Form Related DMM Number
Continuation Sheet
bone 1
Assessor's Bata
614 S Mean A PIN 1015212010, owners Jahn O. and3bellm Roffman, zoned multi-msidea6sl, Coamy Sat Addfdom,
S 47 ofLod 7. Block 11011gaees 1, 2) (Johnson County, Iowa Assessor 2015).
Histsde Baeirg<aund
Construction of this house was surfed in 1899, but it may not have been coopplated mrM 1900. Lot 7, when the house is
located, was awned between 1891 and 1920 by Jana and Ellen Donohoe. James Donohoe deed hi 1894. A hoses (non.
extuo had hem constructed onthe nmBr hiffaGfLot 7. an die site ofthe I , 612 S. Cliaim Street by I899, and may
have prodded the Donohoes' ownership (Johnsen County, Iowa, Reearder s Oil3oe, Dodd Books 67:175,105:467; The Iowa
CW=189*[5]; Sanborn-Parrish(V Co. 1899).
The pmsenthouse at 614 S. Clinton Street was designed by local Iowa Chy architect O. IL Carpmtr. In Jose 1899, a local
nawopapn reported that'Arcbbd Carpenter has completed plaos fur an elogmt new residence to be erected by Mrs. BHa
Donohoe on
n South Clinton Street' (DaYyIowa State Press 1899a:[5D. A wed[ later. it was reported that Thomas 1Jmlee's
gem dggirrg the collar Sir the borne (Daily Iowa State Press 1899b:15D. No fathrrai ence to the
construction ofthe louse could be located. It is possible tint the house was not completed until 1900, sip Bllm Donohoe
and her family are shill Hated at their previous address on S. Governor Sheet in the 1900 carers. By the time tie 1901 city
directory was compiled, she was Hated as living on S. Cho m Sheet, although no house number wee given (1900 U.S
crosue, lays. Johnson County, Iowa City, Ellen Donohoe miry; Iowa City city dractury,1901)•r
Him Donohue lived only bridly in this house, ice in 1902 she cozaardednod (X H- CaTaft to deign berg a new house
at 22 $ Court Street (pon-wd .She had moved into this bousa by the time ofthe 1904 ck1' directory (Daly Were, State
Piers 1902e:[4],1902b:14]; American Contractor 1902:27,1904low City airy directory). R is not ]crown what caused her to
live only brief in her house on S. Clinton Street bit it evidently was not say dissadsfction wpm the arebirat Ellen.
Donoboe repined ownership ofthe louse at 614 S. Clinton Street lasing it to toasts until her, doe& in 1919 (Jalmsan
County. Iowa, Auditors Olflc% ThmsfrBoo ks; Find A Gave Iemet web site entry for halm Donahoe, St Mchad's
Cemetery, Holbrook, Iowa, at jrts:lfscare findagmve comb act May 6, 2015} The Peter continued to be rented to
tmaft under all subsequent owners: ASie 1. Lenz and her hairs (1920-1930), WilbmrR. Shields and his wile (1930-19461
John C. Organ and his wile (1946). Emil and Della Lecorr (1946). members ofthe Honig Stmfly (1946-1964), Jae* Data
(later Jam Parker) (1964-1972, although she and her husband Edwin Dare bought the property an causreer in 19541 and tit
most recent threw owners (1972 to the grant).
The tenants ofthisproperly landed to have edam$' blebturnover rate. It was ram for an hodisidndto be Hated as atenmt
inmore than tee city directory, and the onlytnmts to be listed in muse then two successive directories were she owners of
the property: John C. Organ and hone L Dre. Caieusly, Jodi C. Organ was listed in city directories at this address a a
resat -in 1936, and Patera an owner in 1940-19466hmt lead recoada show thathe owned the property far no more than a 12-
day rind i i�b y County,p laws, Recorder's tea' lead Books 181:529,192:30; Iowa City city directories,
1946.31�� in the has 1930s and it was not completely paid offuotr7
Band an do number ofpeq* Hated at this address in wily dhectales, the house was rented as a single unit until about
I92L From 1929 to 1934, it wan divided into three apoammerns, but It returned to a single unit tun 1936 until about 1952. It
then hound two tenants in 19K three in 1956, floe In 1958 and five in 1959 (Iowa City city dhaotria61911-1959). The
ham owntioees to be divided soli multiple eporm oats torhay.
c It ahmrldbe noted *0an0&wDonohoe family with an adult named Ellen also built houses on lead also owned on S.
Oftoon Street at around the same thee, se It was necessary to match the newsp%wrefrences cacefnllywith the fight house
and foully, a determioad by Whom in harmanee maps, deeds and census records. Mechsel and Ellen Donohoe had two
house with identical 6004r1 1a built at 416 and 420 S. Clanton Sheet in 1900 gad 1901, but them are betievedto be the
Louses listed in newspgw references as both: by local coctraclor L L Bars Mir % Donohoe* (Daily Iowa State Press,
1900a:[4],1900b:[3],1901:[4]; SmbomMap Co.1906).
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52-05305
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
Paae 2
Ellen Donohoe House Johnson
Name of Property County
Banding Deseriptlon
This 2%-story house consists of a front -gabled section that extends the length of tbe house and a large cross -gabled wing
with a gambrel roof that wdends to the south. The house has a stone foundation under the from section and a rock -faced
concrete block foundation under the rest sections. The harm is clad in Masonite or a sladler hardboard siding. The roof is
covered in composition shingles. The roof on the front facade faaumes a broad gable with a pent roof, while the gable roof on
the rase has open returns. The gambrel roof of the large wing on the south extends down to the first story, and is centered
over a cutaway bay window. A shallower but taller projection on the na rlh facade, two stories tan, is coveted by a small
gabled roof. The caves are fairly wide. Most windows appear to be single or paired 1/1-light windows with replacement sash,
although the fenestration pattern appears to be original. Exceptions to the general pattern include a cottage window an the
fratt (west) facade and a pair of small slapped windows on the north facade that likely represent the location of a staircase.
The from door is a modem replacement A rear porch is clad in headboard siding and has a rock -faced concrete block
foundation.
National Register Eligibnfty
This house retains its otigind massing, rootiine, feMestration pattern, and some architectural damns, and is therefore
courted as a contributing resource in the proposed Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District. However, its integrity
bus been compromised more substantially than is the case with the other contributing buildings in the proposed district. Most
significantly, the original frent porch has been replaced by a modern deck. Other changes include the introduction of
Masonite siding, the probable replacement oftbe window sasb, and the construction of what appears to be a nonodginal
projection to the south at tbe raw of the south -facing gambrel -roofed wing. Nonetheless, fhe building retains a sufficient
number of period elements to count as a contributing resource in the proposed district. It is also important as an example of
the work of architect O. H. Carpenter, demonstrating the range of his architectural vocabulary at the tam of the twentieth
century.
Conclusions and Recommendations
This house is counted as a contrrbutng resource in the proposed Clinton Street and Railroad Depot Historic District. It is
andengesed because of its location in the part of Iowa City designated the Riverflront Crossings District, in which the city
actively encourages redovelopmeat.
Major Bibliographical Refierences
American Contractor, The (Chicago, Illinois)
1902 MAneriean Contractor, November 22,1902.
Daily Iowa Stab Peas (Iowa City, Iowa)
1899a Local News column. Daily Iowa State Press, Jane 19,1899.
1899b Local News column. Daily Iowa State Press, June 26,1899.
1900a Daily Iowa State Press, December 29. 1900.
1900b Year's Gnat Record. Daily Iowa State Press, December 31. 1900.
1901 Good Yen, Goodbye! Da* Iowa Stare Press, December 31, 1901.
1902a News column. Dallylawa State Press, November 11,1902.
1902b Newer column. Daily Iowa State Press, December 13,1902.
Iowa Citizen, The (Iowa City, Iowa)
1994 Found Dead in His Bed. The Iowa Ckkea, February 2, 1994,
Johnson County, Iowa, Assessor
2015 Iowa City Property Records. Johnson County, Iowa, Assessors Office, internet web site
(bitp•Jtiowacity.iownssessarLeomO, accessed April 2015.
Sanborn Map Company
1906 Iowa City, Iowa. Sanborn Map Company, New York.
Sanborn -Perris Map Company New York
1899 Iowa City Iowa. Sanborn Parris Map Company,
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Soo" of Iowa
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Sheet
Name
Site Number 5245305
Related Dietrbt Number
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Figure 2. Plan view cjrthe BDen Donohoe Howse (32-05305), 674 S. C)huon Sleet. Base nWfrom Johmon Cowry, Iowa
GlSpropety Lbbrmadon Viewer 2074 Aerial (Johmon County, laws, Arwww 2015).
Iowa Department of Cultural Aftm
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number z5 -0 ifs
laws Site Inventory Form Related Dletrhet Number
Continuation Sheet
M.
Fifflm 3. Top: View ojwwtfapede looft east Bom m: Via oj'w* wdweat,(apadw &af aoa mt. phgWF4*r by
mod✓. calaom APW I4, 2015 (top) aadAprld27. 2013 (6oavo
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Sheet
Site Number 52-5305
Related DisMct Number
FkM 4. View ofrearfapade lookbW west Note open cornice rheas and roak faced conowe hlockfomrdadwL Phatograplt
by Richardi Carlson; April 14, 2015.
Site Inventory Form
Side Inventory No. 624=0 ❑ New ® Supplemental
State Historical Society of Iowa
❑ Part of a district with known boundartes (enter Inventory no.)peamear
t,
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& Number
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1. Nam of rope
htetoric name Hotel O'RellN
other names/sibe number New West
Hotel: Hotel Andreas: Caln Acartmerds
2. Location
street & number 624 S. Clinton Street
Illy or tonercounty
(I Rural)
Johnson
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(If Urban) Subdivislon CouMv
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HMO of OC.labd pac)act report or muldplo pwpoiV idudy Mwor wx wthe property is not part of muNpie ply axwAnaewr).
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7. Description
Archlhctural Clesslfleaflon (Eaterodagorles from haulohma) Materials (Einar cspegones from kw wtiore)
OTR.eM 19e Early 2& Cw tury foundation 09IB71d[
090glinM walls j
09F05/1kick FrarR roof 06/Aschait Roiled
other
i�arrafJve Description (M SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
L Statement or
pn mace
plicabi: tieae10l Register Mary a %Mark V rap th a yacpbbn deiblbaty niter appoill raleras Nsuard Reghbratarls)
Yes ❑ No ❑ More Research Recommended A Property Is assocated with signiteert everds.
❑ Yes ® No ❑ More Research Recommended B Properly Is associated with the twee of dgdficWA peraone.
® Yes ❑ No ❑ More Research Recommended C Properly has distinctive am hkedund charamdetica.
❑ Yea ❑ No 0 More Research Recommended D Propeiiy. ylWft signHbart lrftmm ti n in ardseobgy or hh tory.
County Johnson Address 624 S. Clinton Street
City. Iowa City
Site Number 52-05052
District Number
❑ A Caned by a religious institution or used E A reconstructed building, object, or structure.
for religious purpose& F A commemorative property.
B Removed from its original location. G Less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past
C A birthplace or grave. 50 years.
D A cemetery
Areas of Significance (Enter aiegortes from Insburxore)
Sign@Icant Dates
Construction dabs
021Arc hitec bj
1$Qj ❑ check If circa or estimated date
omadmee
29/Sodal History
Significant Perm
Archil actlBullder
(Complets if National Reglater Cdledon B Is marked above)
Aninded
N/A
Mefzinger. John W.
Boyden
Smith. Hann C.
_
Narrative Statement of Significance (® SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography ® Sae continuation sheet for dragons of the books adkiss and other sources used In preparing this form
10, Geographle Data
UTIN Refara'ncb owtva
Zone Esmng Nadlong
Zone Eadrq AlarlmD
1 15 622041 4612372
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❑ See corranuation street for additional UTM references or comments
11. Fonn Prepared By
nameltt0e Richard J. Cadeon and Marion R. Ingalls
.. sir.- ...h-_
street & number 700 S. Clinton Slyest
date 4/1/2015
telephone 319 384-0732
city or town lowaCity sty IA zip code 52242
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION (submit the following items wnh the completed form)
FOR ALL PROPERTIES
1. Map: showing the properly s location in a tmWdty or township.
2. Slob plan: showing position of buildings and structures an the site in relation to public road(s).
3. Photog►yehs: representative black and white photos. If the photos are taken as part of a survey for which the Society is to be
asator of the negatives or color slides, a phoWcatelog sheet reeds to be Included with the negativesfalides and the following
needs to be provided below on this particular Inventory site,
Rollatidesheet # ramefsbt# — DatsTaken 170=4
Rolliddeshad# Frame/slot# ^ Date Taken
Rolydids chest # Fremefalot # Date Taken
®See eonfinuation sheet or attached photo & a&de catalog sheetfor got of photo roll or slide entries.
Photos/lbrstrations without negatives are also in this site Inventory file.
FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PROPERTIES, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AS WELL
1. Farmstead & Dlstrfat (Ust metkudures and buildings, known or estimated year bulk, and contributing or non•oonWbusng abdus)
2. Barn:
a. A sketch of the framaltruss ooMiguration in the form of drawing a typical rdddk bent of the tram.
b. A photograph of the loft showing the frame contiguradon dong one olds.
Ur wish above survey oWMW on IVanonat Kaglsrer allglDwq. L_I rUs L_t rvo LI m w Ra
This is a locally deMgnated property or part of a locally designated distrht
Comments.
Evaluated by ftmaWs). Date
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Hlstodcal Society of Iowa Site Number 52-05052
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
Page t
Name of
Assessor's Data
624 Clinton St. PIN 1015212009, iron O. and JOellenRof buM COunty Seat Addlpoa, W 100' Lot 6, Block 11(Figures 1,
2) (Johnson County, Iowa, Assessor 2015).
Histork Background
This fcemrrhotel, now an apartment building, was built in 1901 for Michael O'Reilly. O'ReiIly, who worked at the time
as a saloon loeepar, evidently built the hotel on spegilaUon in response to tha construction ofthe railroad depot across the
shoat to the loath hi 1898, but did not fbad to operate it himself
Michael O Rohlly's purchased the site of the present building m March 1901 and immediately announced his intention to
construct a hotel on do site (Johnson County, Iowa, Recaader's Office, Dead Book 83:340; The Iowa Citlzan 1901a:[5]). in
Aprfl 1901, It was announced that "Harry Smith has the carpenter cimtract and John Osborne &a plumbing contract on the
brickveneer hotel for M. O. Reilly, aura plane by L W. Mwsinge (Construction Now 1901:2941 L W. "Messingie was
almost certainly John W- Metdnge; en Iowa Cily carpenter and contractor who also designed buildings.' 1ba cen 1 was
let for $13,000 (The Iowa Citiatn 1901b:[5]). Smith's contract mat likely hwhided the brick veneer as well as the carpentry
worts since no mention of a separate masonry contract was made in any ofthe resources cansuhed.
In late April, the site for the new hotel was cleared by removing an "old stone hones ... [that] had been standing for more
thanhalf a century and was Still in use until tor. down" (Dagy Iowa &&a hats 1901a:[3]). A month later, the hotel was
described as ibllows:
The flame work of M. O[']Reft's raw hotel hue been ascted as high a the second floor. The indications
are that rooms will be large and well lighted[.] The lobbies, dining hall, kitchen and parmice will All be on
the fast floor. The main entanco ofthe hotel will be towards the west [Dar Iowa State Press 1901b:[4]1.
Lathing ofthe hotel occurred in hone (Daily Iowa State Press 1901c:[4]). By early August it was announced that the hotel
was almost finished:
Michael O'Reilly's lotol now the C. R. L & P. depot is almost finished. The second and third stories ate
done, and the fast will be completed this week. Ilia opening day will be August 20 or thema6cuts, hf
prasant Place do not W. Mr. O'Reilly is in omrsapondma with W. F. Sanderson, until recently landlord
of the St. Nichols, atlh act in Ohio, and the latter will be here this wool; possibly to close a contract with
the owner ofthe new Intel to non it [Daly Iowa State From 1901d:14]].
However, the plan to contract the hotel operation to Sandarson evidently 611 through, and the hotel did not open on
schedule. In January 1902, it was announced that O'Reilly would open the hotel around February 1, and would operate it
himself since he was unable to secede a tenant (The Iowa Citizen 1902:[3]). Finally, the hotel wen opened hd=s 4y on
March 2,1902 O'igae 7). At the time it opened, it was "ported that "[t]he hotel has 30 fine rooms and Mr. O'Reilly will
bald as many more tea coming smnmee, (Daily Iowa state Press 1902:[4]). Time additional roams were apparently never
buhilk since in August 1904 it was reported that the hotel had "28 sleeping rooms fur guests and we begs sample to= for the
display of goods shown by traveling salesman carrying samples." The some 1904 attiele on the hotel also noted that:
The house has all modem co11ve221encs[81 such IS Steam heat, electric and gas W call bells, etc. There are
also bath roams on every floor and wain; both hot and cold, hi away room The hotel is a most homo-Mm
place admirably located and is conducted upon the American plan [which includes three meads as part of
the mom rate]. The rates are $1.50 per duty. Mrs. N. L. White is manager ofthe hotel, and she devotes
' This conclusion is based in part on the 11act that no known architect or builder surnamed Messinger is known to have worked
in lows City at this time, and input cage fact that J. W. Metidsgar had worked an at least two other projects for O'Ratly In
1900 and 1901, in those cases most likely as a contractor, we Daily Iowa Stale Press (1900:[31 1901e:[4]).
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Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
herselfmost successfully to the camfast, pleasure and entertainment ofthose who am brim do emugh to
be either to makent or permanent guests at the O•Rcffiy Hotel [Iowa City Daly Press 1904:[811.
Michael O'Reilly sold the hotel property in 1907 to A. J. Olinger, an absentee landowner who lived in Harrison County,
lows, in 1907, ands Fulton County, Minis, when he sold the prop" a year later in 1908 to Thomas Metcalf (Johnson
County, Iowa, Recorder's Office, Deed Book 99.180, 315 and 397, Dead Book 93:197; Figure 5). Auer Met=V died in
1913, his son Masan Metcalflost the property in a court-o dared sale to the Johnson County Savings Bank, which assigned
the dead to Dan Donovan. Dan Donovan and his wife Margaret sold the hotel property in 1919 to Mary H. McCarthy. She
was the first krog-arm owner ofthe hotel properly, owning it from 1919 until 1943 (Find A Grave internet web site
DdtpJ/www.fmdagrave.cman entry for Thomas Metcaf, buried In Owdend Comotary, Iowa City, Iowa; Johnson County,
Iowa, Recorder's Office, Deed Book 87:48; Deed Book 119:106; Deed Book 178:396)?
The hotel was operated as the Hotel O'Reilly daring most or all ofthe period when Michael O'Reilly, owned it, from 1901
to 1907. It was probably under the next owner, A. J. Olinger, who owned the property from 1907 to 1909, that the hotel's
name was changed to the New West Hotel, a name it retained =01923. In 1923, ender the ownership of Mary McCarthy,
the name was changed to the Hotel Andrews, named after its new landlord, Mr. S. V. Andrews (Iowa City press -Citizen
1923:11). It was reported at the time Andrews assumed his position as landlord in 1923 that he "plans to develop the Hotel
Andrews Imo one offfie best small hotels m the doe. In addition to the regular hotel rooms, he will have a few thoroughly
modem famisbed kitchenette apartments"
The building continued to be known as the Hotel Andrews uadl abort 1935, when it was renamed the Cain Apartments.
The now tame evidemly came ftoraDeB and Tillie Cain, who in 1935 entered into a oonhact to buy the prWe[ty, although
this eventually fell through. The Cams occupied one ofthe apartments m the building from about 1935 to 1942 (Johnson
County, Iowa, Recorder's Office, Deed Book 178:395; Iowa City city directories, 1936-1942).
The 1935 renaming of the building was evidently the culmination of a longterm shift in the business away from a hotel for
MR travelers and towards apa4a<mts fur ksW term tenants. The 1929 city directory lists the Hotel Andrews as having three
apartments (labeled A. B and C), while the city directories of 1930 through about 1946 list fbtr apartments in the Hotel
Andrews and Cain Apartments. It is not clear whether the buulft housed both short-term hotel rooms and longterm
apawnmts throughout this period, or whether the four apartments occupied the entire space formerly devoted to had moms.
As late as 1958, only tar people were listed in the city directory as living at 624 S. Clinton Street However, in the 1959
directory, the building was listed as having 16 spatmeot% 12 ofthem occupied at that rim.
The conversion to 16 apartments was probably made by hladr Thompson, who contracted to purchase the forma hotel
property in 1957, and wbo transtared ibis contract to two partners in an investment company in 1962 (Johnson Comay,
Iowa, Recorder's Office, Dead Book 189:71; Deed Book 229338; Deed Book 231:292). The building appears to have
remained m use ss a 16-unit epartrent building since 1959. The current owners acquired the building in 1993 (Johnson
County, Iowa, Auditor's OWoe, Munster Books).
BuNing Description
This three-story, 8" thick solid brick masonry hotel was built in 1900 acceding to assessor's data but may more closely
data to the fourth quarter of the 19a century (Figures 3-6). It predates the Rock Island passenger Depot across the street. The
building's footprint measures 40' x 68'. The fast floor vermdab measures 36' x 8. A wooden staircase on the eastern end
moasurea 26' x 8' and is three stories in height. Along die southern side is a 57' x 8' wooden deck. which access four gabled
door canopies. These canoples am steeply pitched and supported by wooden brackets (Johnson Cormty, Iowa, Assessor
2015). The gable field is decorated with spindle work giving an Eas0ake/Gothic appearance. The bottom of the gable
decoration is a curved millwork element
The first floor b9ade is 40' across and has a central door flanked by two large plate glass windows. A row flight of three
stops accesses the nearly fall wkkh porch/verandah. The door is of a standard height but it is divided into two sections with
r In 1935, Mary McCarthy and her husband entered into a contract with Dell and Mile Cain (see below) to purchase the
property, but this contract was terminated when the properly was sold to Alfred and Emma Spean in 1943; sea Johnson
County, Iowa, Recorder's Office, Deed Book 178395.
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each having as own vertical windows and wooden panel beneath. Above is a large transom window that lights the entry hall.
The porch boar is cfwood and its foaming sits atop low pilings. The two whadows have aliptrtly carved segmental arch
headers and a stone On. The paschNeaeada's roof is halfhipped and metal The tinder cave has millwork decoration above a
wide cornteo, which is auppert by four wooden posts in fiont and two halfposts on the wad at each end. The posts are topped
wigs amall capitol cap and have en ogeo-like base. The second floor verandah is treat dill* ffum the lower level. It has the
same post and cornice work as the first floor but I is also reduced in sies to match the post setup. The two plate glass
windows are reduced in scale and flank a smalls central door that accesses the second lewlporeh.
The third floor appears to have never had a verandah. It has two window openings having paired, double -hung, single -
paned, lights end theiropening ®slier than the second door's. The slightly arched sgmmtal hoick header is visible. The two
third door windows flank a small central window that possibly relates to a hallway. The western fagade has a full width,
ovea5supig, can iron or other metal canuce decorated with eight moomed hori oteal panels act between nine metal brackets.
The eastam side's window arrangement consists ofsix: anthe tbkd floss, abdomen an the second and five anthe first that
Rank the doorways. All are double -hung with single paned lights, store slip BM6 and having segmental arch headers. The
west side Me a central doer on each floor flanked by two windows. A wooden stakes" provides access to the second floor of
the astern side, which has on symmdrleal window arrangement that relates to an interior slahcsa
National Begbter Eligibility
This building is eligible to 60 National Register under C1l1er1lon A for its relatianehtp to the railroad in Jews city, and
undtr Criterion C for its commercial hotel archilatme. It is also a contributing resource In the proposed Clinton Stte"tand
Railroad Depot liistars: District
Motor Bibliographical Rehrmces'
Cassaoction News
1901 Holds. COlebrtct On News, April 27,1901.
Daily Iowa Slate Prase (Iowa City, Iowa)
1900 Year's Croat Record. Dairy Iowa State Press, December 31,1900..
1901a Daily Iowa Stare Pre a, April 25,1901.
1901b News mbmm. Daffy Iowa State Press, May 29,1901.
1901c New column. Dady Iowa Stair Press, Jane 17,1901.
1901d Dalylawa Shse Press, August 5, 1901.
1902 Hlo-Class Hotel. DaNy Iowa State Prase, March 3, 1902.
Haebmger, IN.
1912 Advertisement The Now WestHotel.HaeUWw'aAwaabilsandGoodRoadAdarqflamIowa Publishing
Company, Ds Moines.
Iowa Citizen. The (Iowa City, Iowa)
19019 ThelawaCit m Mserh29, 1901.
1901b Tfte lawn Clues, April 19, 19el.
1902 77te Iowa CBaen, Jmsary 24,1902.
Iowa City Duly Prase (Iowa City, Iowa)
1904 O'Reilly's Hotel. Iowa City Dai& Prow, Midsummer Industrial Edition, August 5, 1904,
Iowa city Press-Ohmn (Iowa CStn Iowa)
1923 New west to Rank High as HoW Andrews. Iowa City Press-Cititen, February 1, 1923.
Johnson County, Iowa, Assessor
201S Iowa City Property Records. Johnson County, Iowa, Assessors Olticc, Internet web site
(h
t1jrJ/io%,a&y.iowaam%s=.com/j accessed April 2015.
Ssobaa
1906 Iowa City, Iowa. Sanbom Map Company, Now York.
Imm Department of Cufturel Aif drs
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Sheet
Pace 5
Site Number 52-w4
Related Dt4trict Number
Ftgare 2 Plas view ofxoW 07tetlly (52-05052A 624 S cHMM AP94 10M city, aowm gas mapfmw Jokwon comsy.
Iowa GISPmperty l*WMddtoe Vwwer 2014AwW (Jolemw Coaaty, Iowa Araeamr aols).
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Figure 3. Top: View ofwestern fapade loormig east. Barton: View ofsar+h side loaft north NON "Hotel 0Re*- ghost
sign at tog Tfda lettering is modern, sttrce 0 does tot appear on a 19M photograph of the building (sea Figure 8).
photographs by Marlin R brgalb, April9, 2015.
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Site Number 52-HO52
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AdmikemerUfor The New Weal Hael (1912Iowa dly directory). Bottom: FoVp*e (Johnson County, Iowa Assessor
2015).
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Continuation Sheet
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Ca 1906).
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Pane 11
Hotel O'Reilly Johnson
Name of Property Comer
Figre 8. natal O'ReiW focl� norAMI& March 30, 19M The prbtalpal diwWas to the brdlding Ann 1966 have been the
rgdaeened gfthe froupareh ratlirpr Ahe replacement gran wk*w on Ake first story, SONAfacadq WM a dear: mtd &W
replacsmett Qjdw Auger gabled hood over the o tbal door wfth a evrveepcndingly large hood are bath dears. Also am
that Abe faded painted sign MW the top of the soath facade that now reads "Hotel 0Wd &n way not present br 1966.
RbwkdSan Li age newnber
larva CO Do the Mimhe ed ad Cad&dior& "Iowa Clgy--SStral—Resjdanhal" folahw Stew
Site Inventory Form State Inventory No 2b -01074 ❑ New ® Supplemental
State Historical Society of Iowa ❑ Part of a district with known boundaries (enter inventory no.)
(December 1, ISOM Relationship: ❑ Contributing ❑ Noncrontributing
❑ Contributes to a potential distdctwith Yet unknown boundaries
National Reg]star Status: any that apply) U Listed [I De -listed ❑ NHL ❑ DOE
g-Digit SH% Review & Compliance Number
❑Ion -Extant (enter year)-
1. Name of Propetty
historic name _Eueene and Olivia Paine House
other nameslshe number Penninaroth Acartmenla LTD
2. Location
street & number 530 S Ilnto
city or town Iowa City ❑ vicinity, county Johnson
Legal Description: (if Rural)Township Name Township No. Range No. Section Quarter of Quarter
(If Urban) SuhrlhAmim Cnl wdu Sit a rdnr...
one bmo
1 A F1 III WYYII
site buildings 1 _ buildings
❑ structure — _ sites
❑ object = structures — — strucbrres
objects�_ ob acts T
1 _ Total
Name of ro111"d project report or multiple property study Etter "WA•.the Prepay is not part of a rnuftlple Property examine
7�B �k ArchimcbMDate Sass 1
sol Ile 2 e
uncNwn or Lise
Historic Functions (Enter categories from insbucltans) Currant Flelctlons (Enter camgories from inatradbnr
01A01/81nale Residence 01 1302/Aoartment Buildiir
OliDtt]usen Anne tbundation 04C/Ltmestone
walls 3/9 Brick
root 08A/Asohaft
other
Narrative Description (Z SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH
Yes 122 No ❑ More Research Recommended -p P - - -- �' ` ",. " .." MM1 L.Wr �.ara)
ropert h aeeadBAed wtih signMcard events.
Yes ❑ No 19 More Research Recommended B Property le assodated with the dies of signlfmrrt persons.
Yes ❑ No ❑ More Research Recommended C Properly has dislinclive architecture] characteristic..
Yes ❑ No ❑ More Research Recommended D Property Voids significant Irdbrmallon In anhaeology or history.
County Johnson Address 530 S. Clinton Street
City Iowa Ctht
Site Number 52 1 7
DisMd Number
❑ A�Owned by a rengious insittdion or used E A reconsbuded building, objed, or structure.
for religbus purposes. F A oommernorethra prapedy.
B Removed from de original location. G Lare than 50 years of age or achieved signsicanca within the peat
C A birthplace or grave. 50 years.
D A cemetery
Areas of Signlfloance (enter categories from Nstruheons) Sign tD Dates
Consintaffion021Architecture 18 ❑ check t circa or estimated date
Otherdeaee
Significant Peron ArchltecMullder
(Complete IF Ndiorutl Regleter Crltedon B to marked above) Ardh(bd
me F Barber & Con o
Paine, Euoene Buh�erG
unknown
Narrative Statement of Significance (® SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
9. Major Bibliographical Reference;
Bibllography ® See continuation sheet for abhors of the book& amides. and other sources used in preparing
this Torn
10. Geographic Data
t1TM References (OP7I0NAL) Zone Ea3fing
Altuffim
2
1 622040 4612465 —
g — 4 _
❑ Sea continuation sheet for addslonal Urm wee noes or commends
11. Form Prepare! By
narneAffifte and Marlin R Inoalls
organization Office of the State Archaeokholst
date 3/80P1015
street & number 700 . Clinton Street
telephone 319 384-0732
city or town Iowa CIN state L
zip code 52242-1030
1. IMap: showing the property's location in a tcwnkity or township.
2. Sim plan: showing position of buildings and structures on the site in relation to pubic mBd(s).
3. Phofog►spbc: rePreseMative bledt and white photos. If the photos are taken as pan of a survey for which the Society is to be
curator of fire negatlhres or cakrr slides, a photo/catelog sheet need b be included with the negenwahtlldes and the following
needs to be provided below on this particular Im.a�ory site:
Rplyssdesiteet# FranhrJelat# Date Taken 19/30,24L
Rdyssdesheet# Framehbt# Date Taken
Rdl/silde sheet # Framelebt # Date Taken _
®See oorrtinuaton sheet or albedhed phaso & slMa catalog sheet for IIsi of photo roll or side enbias.
Photoslitiusiretorhswithout negatives aro also in this ales rnverdary file•
FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PROPERTIES, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AS WELL
1. Farmstead & D/atrkt: (List of alrudures and bWldinge, known or eatmemed year Buis, and crnddbu6hg or ncacontrbutlrng Mehra)
2. Rem:
a. A sketch of the frameAon russ e5guraton In the fomh of drasMg a typical middle bent of the hem.
b. A photograph of the loft shooing the Nana ooniguraton along one side.
__... �_ —. A —Anna I.ft in fern
Concur with above sunray cpinlon on Nelonal rreg►sfer atgroany: u f m u —
❑ This is a locally desgnated property or part of a locally designated dostnct.
Cornn7ents;
Evaluated by (nemaUG): Date
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number U41074
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
Assessor's Data
5301 Moon St. FIN 10152IM04, owner Pemingroth Apartments LTD, zoned commercial, County Soar Addition, W
I00' of S 5V Lot 5, Block 8 (Figures 1, 2) (Iowa City Assessor 2015).
Historic Background
This house was built in 1892 for Eugene Patoe, a coal dealer. An aanomcemant ofthe planned construction in a local
nawspopertads:
Eugene Paine will aeet a fine house this summer on south Clinton street. D[.] [Biel Ff.] Barber, of
Rnozville, Tenn[. , is the architect. He is also the architect ofthe houses that Captain Price will erect [Iowa
Ckimm 1892:17]].
"D F Barber" is an oaror for George Franklin Barber, the well known pattern book and mail order architect of Knoxville,
Tennessee. Paige's house is pictured in the 1896 edition of Barbels hum cstalogne, The COA*e Soamir (Figures 5-0. It
is not known exactly when the house was completed. No finther Iullor 0 to the construction ofthe house was tbrad in Iowa
Citynewspepen in IS92 or 1893 available in the Newspq=ARCHrVE.com eubsutdon database, eat it was beyond the
soaps of the pmJaet to conduct detailed newspaper research to try to find later refaacas. A data now on the house in the
decoration over the west -facing picture window roads "1993," which is likely the date the house was completed.
In addition to the three (later four) Pryce houscs at the southeast comer ofLinn and Washington Sbats, ono other house
designed by George F. Barber is known to have been built in Iowa City. Ibis was the Linsey House st 935 B. College Street
(extent, NRIIF), also btult in 1893. It is now best known as the Bbom County House for its regular appears= in Berkley
Breathed's syndicated comic a* oftlte 1980s, Bloom County" (Keyes 1993:99-91,142-143; Langton 2015).
Eugene Paine (1839-1919) was a long-time coal dalw in Iowa City. Barn in Vermont, he served in the Civil War in that
state before moving to Iowa. He mauled Olivia Brockway in 1874. According to his obituary, "Mr. Paine entered the coal
business in this city hmmediaialy after locating here and remakded [sic] in that business and was more or less active until the
last. During the only days he was associated with his cousin, S. E. Paine, one time mayor of Iowa City, and labs, continued
the business alone" (Iowa City Citizen 1919:4). Bugene Paine (Figrae 7). who built this reaidence, established bhp Eugene
Paine Coal Company in 1875 at 417 K Burlington Street. His business coedmied until. 1922, three years after Paige's death
in 1919, a total of 47 years. Following Paine at the same location woo Frank and George Zeitbamel runt 1946, when the
business was purchased by J. J. Dane Coal Co. (Weber 1987:215).
After Eugene PohWs death (Ids wife Olivia bad died in 1918), the house on S. Clinton Street continued to be gwmd by
Paineheus until 1959. The house was occupied by one ofthe Paine children, Mrs. Such Olivia Paine Hoffman (1893-1952)
um0 her deelh in 1952 (Johnson County, Iowa, Auditor's Of%e, Tansfer Books; Iowa City Press-Citiaa 1952:11; Iowa
City city directories 1919-1952} Sarah Paine, it 1905 graduate of the State University of Iowa, married Coleman Lovejoy
Hoffman in 1906 and had one child. By 1910 they were divorced, and Sarah and bar son Harry Hoffman were living at 530 S.
Clinton Street with Sarah's parents. Sash Hoffman worked as a high school music teacher, and was eadve inthe Dagltter's
of the American Revolution and offier genealogical societies (Iowa City Press -Citizen 1952.11;1910 U.S. census entry for
Eugene Paine household, Iowa City, Iowa). Shorty abler her death the house was divided into apartments, the use it has had
i Captain Samueb D. Pryce eracted three Barberdes%ned houses at the soutboost c amor of Lion and Washington straw, ]star
expended to for, with the last constructed as the comer building; we lelta from Samuel D. Pryce to George P. Barba dt Co.
dated October 22,1892. ttamcelbed in Geroge F. Barber A Co. (1893:70). Pryor writes intbis letter thet "The centrscton
have nearly completed the three brick veneered tenement houses tlar which I received plans form you the month of April, and
Gray are universally admired, net only far the plessing exterior, but for the convenient interior arrangement.... I have not
fully decided to build on fire corner this season, but if I do so, I will write spin." See also Tars Iowa Cotten 11192:[5]; Iowa
City Daily Chiron 1892:[3); Ssrbom-Perris Map Comp arty IM6,1899:10. Fire insurance maps show these houses to have
had standard footprints for Queen Anne -style louses, with saveral bay widows and other magolar projections frcmr the
central mess. These banes ware replaced in 1924 by the Joseph O'Leary autemobge garage, which retains extent as e
commercial and apartment building (Sveadsen 2001:E58- W9).
Iowa Department of Cullumi Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52-01074
Iowa Site Inventory Form ReletedDistrict Number
Continuation Sheet
ever since 1959. It has been owned by the Peaningroth family since 1967, and by Peoningtoth Apartments, Ltd, since 1990
(Johnsen County, Iowa, Auditor's Office, Transfer Books).
Banding Description
This 2Yz atmy Queen Amtastyle house sits on a high foundation, which is composed of rough -coursed stone at grade level
and three rows of large conuxate blocks above molded to imitate smooth -faced rusticated stone ashlar. The walls of the house
are brick, typically laid in running bond except in the gable fields ands decorative panels. The muffs covered in
composition shingles. The house has a pinwhcel plen, with a central hip-mo&d core from which multiple gabled wings
project. A thick amae or concrete water table surrounds the house between the foundation and first story. The gable fields are
typically brick, but the principal front -fining gable (which faces west) now has wide clapboard aiding and a pair of modem
windows, replacing the earlier gable field with a small Palladian -style window (Figure 5). The window sills. window Hotels,
and decorative elements fat the segmental arches over the doors and windows are all constructed of either stone or molded
concrete. The latter is more IOoaly, considering that a mail order design such as this is not likely to have required specialized
stoats carving, but the exact material could not be confirmed daft the field investigation.
The house is notable for its marry decorative features, in particular the decorative brick panels on the north, south and went
facades; the carved foliate patterns m the panels between the upper window sash and the segmental brick arches above them
in the principal that stay windows on the west and south facades; and the use of large stone or concrete keystones and toms
blacks in the segmentally arched window and door openings on the principal first and second stay windows. The decorative
brick panels occur in three places on the bouse. A large panel is located on the font (west) facade in the second story over
front entrnsce, while a pair of tench smalls panels separated by a brick column is located on oath oftbe north and south
facades between the second story window 1'mtels and third story window sills. These panels are composed of a central
checkerboard with aharnating recessed and projecting header bricks, enclosed within a rectangle of decorative square bricks.
Ewh square brick has one of two decorative pat6ema that alternate around the boundarythe foliate patterns in the panel
between the windows and segmental arches consist of a central stylized floral design with stylized vines with leaves
emmding from it in both dimcetions. The molding over the principal first story window on the west fiucede is the most
elaborate an the house. It is capped by a large masonry panel rather than a segmmgal arch, and this panel, Was the smaller
wooden panels above the other windows, is carved with a stylized floral design different from the one fisted elsewhere an the
boors. In the wood panel below % in the space when the stylized flower design is found elsewhere, is the date "1899" his
not known whether this date is misled to the house orwas added later.
Based on historic images of the house, * principal chaagas have been to the porches and Rent facing gable, with the
changes made between show 1947 and 1966 ¢feyes 1966:105). The original front parch and a smaller rear porch on the
southeast corns have been removed. The font porch has been replaced by a small modem dark, while the rear parch ban not
been replaced, and the two doors leading to it have been scaled A small deck also saves as the present parch on the rear
(east) facade, replacing an earlier patch (not shown in any known photograph, but shown on the floor plan reproduced has as
Figure 5} The other major change, as noted above, has been, die replacement of the original window and siding in the front -
fining gable field with wide clapboard siding and modem (ca.1960s) windows. The shed -roofed derma on the north side of
the same gable appears In have been added at the same time the change to the front-fficing gable field was mede.
Natlosal Register EbgihOny
This properly is eligible under Criterion C ae an excellent example of Queen Arno -style ercdtwune in lows City, and
possibly as a design of the early mail ceder house plan company, George F. Barba & Company of Knoxville, Tennessee. It
may also be eligible under Crirt t icn B for its relationship to Eugene Paine, who may have been an important early
businessman in Iowa City. Finally, it is eligible as a contributing resource in the Clinton StrzoURailroed Depot Historic
District.
Conclusions and Recommendations
This building is endangered due to its location in the Riverfivnt Crossings District, an Lowe City zoning district in whica.
the city specifically encourages redevelopment.
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of loym Site Number M0107a
Iowa Site Inventory Form Kura Dit Id Number
Continuation Sheet
Name
Mglor Biblbgraphled Rotaeaees
Barber, Geatge F., and Company
IM AMWe Vaasa . flaw 0, Pima and How rb Beild Ihm. Gorge F. Barber dt Company, Kna wfik Teoaressee.
18% 7far CooapSaaveiw: Fourth edition. Gemp F. Burbaw Company. Knoxville, Tcmnmsea
Iowa Crnzao, The (lows C,% lows)
1892 7bslavaCiaben, MsOr6,1892.
lows City Ciftam (Iowa Cary, Iowa)
1919 Death CalledEugosePaiaeAgedPioneer. lowaCiiyCdlawr,Seplamber2,1919.
Iowa tfty Dak Cidw (lows CRY, lows)
1392 Iowa Oty Dmly CUfnm, Aagast 12, 1892.
Iowa City Pl=-Cib= (Iowa City, Iowa)
1952 Mine SarehPdm 1lofnanDlsAttu Lung Meeas, low CjVhwj.C May 12,1952.
John= County, love, Asaassa
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2015 Thw Maehme: Blome Caomy Bouae. 7fae Gaagab (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Jarataey 25, 7015; avatlablo on The
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1904 LMCI%Iowa..ThommML-tcalfPebliaha lomCi%lowL
Sanborn Map Campaay,
1926 Iowa City, Iowa. SaobomMap Courpery,Now Yods.
1933 Iowa City, Iowa. Senbom Map Company, New Yesk.
5922 City Company 4
189Iowa , Iola. Saobom Per1s Map Company, New Yodt.
1899 Iowa ftflow. Saobma-Pens Map Company, New Yank.
2001 Sarvey aadRvdeafimv of the Cenral.0mmeas lDn&iL% Iowa City, Iowa. Pmpared far the Iowa City Historic
PramMtioa Commiaaian. by Svendeao Tyler, Ise, Saurak Wisconsin. Copy an file, Iowa State Bich me
Preaa mdm OE4oe, Side Illdmical Society oflowa, Ds Makes,
Waba, Irving
1987 M9rwfcafSWwabour1owaC1WVo1mna4 For the Iowa City hall-ckmen. Publidied bylaw City Lms Cbjk
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State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52-01o7a
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
Figure 3. Top: crew kwk ft eart Botlorn: Somme looking northwest Photographs by Marlin Ingalls, December 30, 2014 (1op)
and March 26, 2015 (boU*.
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Continuation Sheet
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Iowa Assessor 2015).
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Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number
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and Compmry 1896.116). SanbwnJire tastaanoe mop+ indicate that Aye house shown on the right side was snored between
1926 and 1933 (Sanborn Mope Co. 1926.18, 1933.14).
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State Historical Society of Iowa ❑ Part of a district with known boundaries (enter.inventory no.)
(gecernber i, tsss) Relationship: ❑ Contributing ❑ Noncontributing
❑ Contributes to a potential district with yet unknown boundaries
National Register Status:(any that apply) U Listed ❑ De-Iisied ❑ NHL ❑ DOE
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1. Name of Property
historic name J. Walter and May Penh Lee House I
other names/she number_
2. Location
street & number 604 S. Clinton Street
city or town Iowa City ❑ vicinity, county Johnson
Legal Dsscrlption:(N Rural) Township Name Township No. Range No. Section Quarter of Quarter
(Check cnV one
❑ site _ buildings 1 _ buildings
❑ object
❑ structures _ 1 structures
,orbs objects
i 1 Total
Name of related project report or multiple propertyatudy (Erter'WX if the properly Is rat part or a mulliple property examhMon).
Me Fiblork elAtMemrral Data Been Number
caiegorkseom
D1AO1/Resldence
. 111aecsurer �nmwun twour caregwrea hrcm ewo one) �nars (Enter whgenBs from instndfale)
OBE/LATE VICTORIAN/Seck SMe foundation 050ay The
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roof 08A/Asphag Shingle
other
aA rMt[W Dssorlptlon (IM SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS. W141CH MUST BE COMPLETED)
Yes 0 No ❑ More Research Recommended A Property Is asbdalled with slgnMeent evarre.-
Yes ❑ No ® More Research Recommended B Property Is associated with the gees of significant persona.
Yes ❑ No ❑ More Research Recommended C Property has dlWrW a architectural characteristics.
Yes 0 No ❑ More Research Recommended D Property, yields significant hNgrmation In archaeology or history.
County Johnson Address 604 S. Clinton Street Site Number 52-05294
Ctiy Iowa CiN District Number
Criteria Considerations
❑ A Owned by a religious Institution or used E A recarrebuoied building, obJeot, or structure.
for religious purposes. F A commemorative property.
B Removed from its original location. G Less than 50 years of age or actdeved significance within the past
C A birthplace or grave. 60 yeare-
D A cemetery
Areas of Significance (Enter ategodasfrom Instrudore)
Significant Dates
Owntrrsdon dais
02IArahitecture
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SignlScont Person
ArohltedlBullder
(Complets Ir National RegWer Criterion B is marked above)
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Lee. John Waiter
unknown
Narrative Statement of Significance (® SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED)
9. Major Bibliographical References
Biblloaraphir ® See continuation sheet for citations orthe books artldea and other sources used In preparing this form
10. Geographic Data
UTNI References (0anonwy
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1 622036 4612421
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❑ See continuation shest for additional UTM references or oommeMs
11. Forth Prepared By
nameltille Richard J. Carlson and Marlin R. Ingalls
organization Office of the State Archaeolooist
date =012015
street & number 700 S. Clinton Street
telephone 319 384-0732
city or town Iowa CNv
State 16 zip code 52242-1030
1. Afep: showing the pmpsrttls location In a townlctiy or township.
2 Sire (fate showing position of buiMlings and afnncures on the efts In relation to public mad(s). I
3. Piroropraphs: reprseentative black
and white photos If the photos are talten as part of a surrey for which the Socety is to be
curator of the negatives or color slMea, a phafolcatalog sheet needs to bs induced with the reatefidea and the following
needs to be provided below on this partiaar Inventory stte:
RoWslMe sheet # nemelslot # Date Taken 3260201
Ro�eIMe sheet # � Frame/sbt # Dabs Taken
Rolystide sheet # Frema/sM # Date Taken
®See corutkuuation sheet or attached photo & al(de atelog sheet for Est of photo roll or slide entries.
PhotomIlustrations without negatNes are also in this site Invendory itie.
FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PROPERTIES, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AS WELL
1. ' Farmstead 6 District: (List of sins tunes and bndldkngs, known or sstmatee year buiR, and contributing or nonmontrbAft status)
2. Bate:
s. A sketch of the fmmeAross configuration In the forth of drawing a typical middle burnt of the bete.
b. A photograph of the loft showing the frame configuration along one side.
This is a local y designated property or part of a 10GRAe designated
Comments'
Evaluated by (name Wo) fete
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 2�2
Iowa Site Inventory 'Form Related Dishlot Number
Continuation Sheet
Rwe t
Asasssar's Dada
6641 Cltwoe Sir PIN 1015212014, owners Jahn and Jaolleo Roffivan, zoned single Shy/owaar occupied, County Sit
Addfdon, Block 11, Lot S W 7S, Lot25.17 x 90, (Figaras 1, 2) (.Tarrson Cou gy, Iawa. Assessor201$1
Hislodc Bound
The exact construction data of this house is not known, butte svido ns suggests that it was built in 1878 or 1879 for J.
Walter Lee. A smaller house is shown in this location on an 1969 bird'&-cyo view nap ofIowa City. This is consistent with
the mletiveiy low assessed vemee and ales prune for this properly in earlier years, ranging item $150 In 1 S67 to $475 in
I875. The lot was acquired In 1875 by T. S. Parvip and his son-in-law, L Walter Lao. In Jury IFM Pavia sold his dun
in the property to Lee for SM. A you later, in 1879, to had an asae sad vdw of$l,200. Based on these sales
Prices, as well as on the Stick Style architectural style ofda house, it appans most Nbely do the house was built betwem
1878 and 1879. Histasical newspapers from the period should be consulted to determine whdbw this mnettadiou dam
estilte is ocueM and to we If any inflanetion is available about the archhed or hullos (Mager 186e; Iowa City
Assessment Boole for 1967,1675 and 1879, available in the State Hotoricel Society of laws library, Iowa City; Johnson
County, Iowa, Reooider's Ofiice, Deed Book 4099, 613).
Jahn Walter Lee was hum inIllinois in I and moved with his Bmily, to Iowa City in 1844. In 1868 he married May
Pavia. the ohlesi child ofProf ssor Theodore Swan Cr. &) Parvis, an impalast 5gore in early Iowa history. T. S. Pn
hash in New Jersey in 1817, atediod law in Ohio and acasnpaeled Govamar Robert Lucas to the laws Tarltay in 1838 as
his personal secretary. He was involved in a variety of legal and edumtioml initiatives in Iaara's territorial and early fro
history, including donating the books that formed the Stile Library, helping to form one ofthe wheat fully equipped edmols
In the tesltay, and being one af0m ibrmders offie Awsair r f7owa, the c iefpublialbn of 6a Smte Hietoeled Society of
lows. He served as apsofessor of chamieoy and geology at the URWNdty of Iowa from 1859 to 1861, and as the chair ofdre
Dep®msent ofNatural History at the university fiuni 1861 to Itt70. He was also an erdromely active Mason, helping to fo{m
the Grand lodge oflowa in 1844 and serving as its Grand Seotemty cunfmaaa(y omit his den& in 190l (Kreoger 2009).
T. S. Parvm may have lived in the house at 604 S. Clinton Strad briefly in 1878, when he is repeated in the city direclery
to have lived an "Preotis[s] cor[nr ofj CBaton,' but he lair lived in a house a black away at 13 Prentiss Stmd. At the time
of his marrlags to T. S. Paevht's daughtrMV, I Waller Lee waled fbr rho dry goods end grocery firm of o. G Donshilen
&fir. Ho was hdw tha jordorpannr in other dry goods fmu6 hNewin Boweeock, Pratt & Les (1878) and sAwnclup,
Cree & Les (1883) (Anonymous 197320, Iowa City city directories, INS and IBM At othertimas he opaamd seen
independent der goods inerabind. tlunhns merehane or groan lose City ally airecle la. 1875,1890 and IS91;1885 lows
state emus, Johnson County, Iowa Cory, entry AN John Walter Lee).
He and his firmly (iruludmgthree c Man wbo lived to adulthood) lived m 604 S. Clinton Street umdl abed 1899, when
he moved to a am smeIlar home an the same lot at 113 B. Paantbs Street. By 190% the ham at 604 S. Clifton Shed was
ranted to the Azolly ofliames IL Wells, a travelling salesmen (1900 U.S. causes, Iowa, Johnson County, Iowa City, entries
fi)r L Walter Lee and Mamas I-L Wells; I899 rown city city dircc rsyl By 1906. the Lee family, was living in abiago, which
IS probably where L Walter Lee died in 1907. May Parvin Lee aaerdved oaten 1921(Johnson County, Iowa, Reardw s
Office, Deed Book 90.617, Find A Grave kbemd web seine entries for J. Welder Lee and May Parvin Leo, Oddsw Cemetery,
Johnson County, lows, at ffitpsJ w emu/, accessed April 28. 20151
The Lives retained owncrft offt property uoffi I K4 when toy sold
Johan apparently lased the h to tensmisince ham was it 9 o occupied
In S. Johnson and his win stasis W.
oecapled m 1908 by h3m0y D. Davis, 6m principal
ofthe Fftst Ward School, located a block to the nordreest (1904lam City city directory). The lichnsceis sold the property in
1910 16 Allan W. Loma (1860-19291 die wife ofDaniiol Lear, a palorr, who lived ablock away at 4 B. Pmoties Sheet (1910
U.S. menus, lown, Johnson County, Iowa Cry, any fbr Daniel Lenz,1909 lows City city directory). The Leozos evideotly
used the house primarily as a rental during their 20 years of owaer&ip. InallydirectudespublidiedboreartI911 and
1930--geraually published every two yams-4he house was occupied by metes ofthe Lanz fi®ily an(y in 1915 O)aaM
Lens) and 19215-1930 (Arlie L I= In 19M and 1928, Daniel C. A. Levi in 1930) (lows City city dinctorin,1911-19301
In 1915, newspapers reported that the house ofMns. Dan Lam; Sr, at the omrevr of Prentiss and Clinton streets, had bees
raised and a now !hunt porch added (Iowa Cety CM=1915:5). The present tile block ibnadadan and porch wow mod likely
installed at this time.
Iowa Department of Cultural AffalM
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52 5294
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number
Continuation Sheet
P ere 2
City
In 1930, the estate of AM L Leux sold the property to Kate Wickham. Kate Wickham was a public school teacher for
whom the present Kate Wieldmm Elementary School in Iowa City was named. She was also the sister ofBessio W. Johnson,
who had co -owned the 604 S. Clinton Stied property between 1906 and 1910. Kate Wickham did not live in the Clinton
Shed property herself aflm 1930, instead residing in her sister Bessie Johnson's household on Bowery Shed. She instead
leased it to tenants: fist to Mrs. Hams IL Looney, who offered flunished rooms in the building during the 1930s, and than to
Francis R. Bandure and his wife Nara Bllen Bend= in the 1940s (1930 and 1940 U.S. census, Iowa, Johnson County, Iowa
City, Homer S. and Bessie W. Johnson anlriea; Iowa City city directories, 1932-1949} Kate Wiekhmm agreed to sailthe
property to the Bendures in a contract dated 1946, the terms of which were completed in 1950, when the Bandmes owned the
property outright (Johnson County, Iowa, Recorder's OMce, Deed Book 197:332, Deed Book 210.441).
Francis Beadure worked in various jobs at the University of Iowa in the 1940a and 1950s, including cook at the hospital in
1940-1942, dairyman in 1943, cook in 1946, and electrician from 1949 until at least 1959 (Iowa City city directories, 1940—
.
1959;1940 U.S. census, Iowa, Johnson County, Iowa City, Francis Bendure entry). The Bandu es sold the property to &a
present owners in 1989 (Johnson Canty, Iowa, Auditoes Office, Transfer Books).
Building Deseriptlon
This 2A spry wooden flamed residence is ad anthe edge of its lot tear the southeast caner of Clinton and Prentiss streets
(Figures 3, 4). It rests upon a full atom foundrtion. It millwork is extensive, asymmetrical, and robust with complex windows
casings, under cave brackets and a cornea beads with vertical panels and dentds, variations in its cladding The plan is
asymmehleat with veristions in each gable end, hon. sizes, window, bonds in each, Bad motfice finish. The roof overhangs ant
wide, closed, and flat They are highly decorated and supported an two ends in only the nm& gable end by apmdlo•work
braces.lbe wide and complexly decorated frieze band beneath the caves extends below the tops of the second floor
windows.
The fart floor entrance consists of an elaborate pmt having a large transom into, large door flocked by a single dde light.
Both the door Bud the Maii& have glazing above and a single recessed panel below, The surround hBs wide pilasters, with
reeeea panels, large brackets at the top support a flat cornica header, which matches the window headers of the feat floor
beneath the porch, which faces northwest and projects firan a reduced sisal central tower, which is located between two
Banking projecting gables giving the house an ell4haped plan projecting from a central cube. A wide front porch wraps
around three aides with its steps to the entry in the northwest corner. The porch roof iii supported by two colmans an the
mrthmat and three an the northwest are asymmetrical. The porch pillars anPpan a plain cornice and are rectangular with
recessed panels on their flonts and a small channel on their sides. The top and basal have square Doric -like column caps and
bases The path railing also consists of dividedpanels.
The house has two projecting Sables of which the northern we consists of a two stay out -away bay while the western one
has standard canal. Both have comer boards and the window ploc snants give variety to the fagade. Central windows on
both gales have elaborate cornice millwork: The am in the central projection is podimented while those on the gables are a
projecting square frieze. The exterior casings have capital tops and plain sills The side walls and angled cut -away -boy comer
windows have flattops and are singly set while to central gable windows are doubled. All windows appear to be double -
bung and single -paned except for small fixed windows m the gable fields or fie attic level that are hmcet shaped with heavy
aid elaborate headers with full cornice, ftmm. and fascia
The cross gabled roofs center is complex. A large gables on -hip replaces what would have been a pyramidal central roof
section with a gabled our. It is steeply pitched with a large gabled -on -hip third story with Imp fix -paned windows facing
northfac u o. The house's clapboard skied exterior and decorative millwork is original and well maintained. It currently BOMB
Be apartments.
National Register E11110001y
This house is eligible to do National Register of Historic Places under Criteria C for its Stick Style architecture. Mae
research is recommended to establish whether it may also be eligible under Critarion B for its association with Theodore S.
pwvin or J. Welter Lm it is also eligible as a contributing resomce in the proposed Clinton Shoot and Railroad Depot
Historic District
Iowa Depertment of Cultural Affelre
State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 52-05204
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related DMW Number
Continuation Sheet
Pans 3
Cosadoslom and Recommendations
This house, like odmn in the area, am threatened is the long berm by the desigaatiom of thin neighborhood ae part of the
Rhwfront Crossings District, in which the oily encourages redevelopment
Major BibnopWhieal Referenea
Anceymous
1973 1 bfty ofJolmson Cmq, Iowa. Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana Originally published in 1893 in Iowa City,
Iowa; no publiiher identified.
Iowa City Citizen (Iowa City. laws)
1915 A Million Dollar huprovemew Record Made in Iowa City for the Year 1915—Big Bridge, Paving, Residences,
Univmaity. kwa Cfty Citimm November 12, 1915.
Johnson Cowdy, Iowa, Assessor
2015 Iowa City Property Records. Johnson Candy, Iowa, Asseasors Office, interest web site
(htq Jhowaol2y.iowaeuessorsxomQ, amassed April 2015.
Krawar, Wiliam R.
2W9 Patvia, Theodore Sutten. In The BwgraAhteai Dkvtonwy O7owa, Univwft of Iowa presy Iowa City. Web edition
ft:/ uipress.l%uiowa Wdbdi/DftffsPage,asp:?i&2971 amassed April 28,2015. University oflowa Libraries.
Iowa City.
Roger, A.
I= Bwd'r Eye Yuw ofimm City, Johmon Cowdy, Jowa. Chicago LithograpidaB Comp, Chicago.
zi
Iowa Depafterd of Cu@ural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa Sks Number 52-05294
Iowa Site Inventory Form Related Dlabfct Number
Continuation Sheet
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Iowa Deparbnent of Cultural Affairs
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa Site Inventory Form
Continuation Sheet
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Site Number 52-05
Related Dlstrlet Number
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Ingalls, March aQ 2015.
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Continuation Sheet
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Site Inventory Form
State Historical Society of Iowa
7/29/2010 Printed ham Database
❑ Digital Record Only
[-I No Site Form
historic
Ovinion
Opinion of Elialbllav
Opinion of Eligibility
Listed on NRHP
In District
Inventory #: 52.0 888
Criteria Considerations
Source - Year ABCDABCDEFD
SNRC-1982 YNYN NNNNNNN
SHPO.1992 YNYN NNNNNNN
MPS-1962 YNYN NNNNNNN
street & number. I15 Wrfuht St
City: Iowa Ci Vicinity: NR County: Johnson
Legal Description: (If Rural)
(If Urban) Subdivision: B- Lot
6. ClasslflcatlonBlock:
Category of Prop": Number of Resources within Property
Bulldinalsl Contributing: Non -Contributing:
1 0 Buildings
0 0 Sites
0 0 Structures
0 0 Objects
Name of related survey or MPS 1 0 Total
TRANSPORTATION(rail-relatedboin deact
Current Functions
Late Victorian: Romaneseus
Roof Farm: Hip
Materials
Foundation:
Walls: Brick
Roof Clay Tile
Applicable National Register Criteria
Y A: Significant Events
N B: Significant Persons
Y C: Architectural Characteristics
N D: Archaeol gy
(i-Yes N--No M=Wre Research Recommended)
Area of Significance
Architecture
Transoortation
Significant Person: Architect:
unten8 considerations
N A: Religious Institution
N B: Moved
N C: Birthplace or Grave
N D: Cemetery
N E: Reconstructed
N F: Commemorative Property
N G: Less than 50 Years of Age
Significant Dates
CO�WpN�UV an Year:
1898 CFa
Builder
10. Geographic Data
U1TM References:
15.622100."12130 NAD27
Photo/Slide: RoMheet# Frame Slot Year: Photo/Slide: Roll/Sheet# Frame Slot Year.
P 63 1-9 1982
Drawer t t - Renovation- Neumann Monson Architects -19116
hPDFslJohnsont92-02888 - Chic000 Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Passenaer Station NR odi
Site Inventory Form
State Historical Society of Iowa
(Punted from Inventory Datsbass)
name:
Inventory #;52-02888
MR Status-SHPQ - 1882 Oainion of EBolblllty
NPS - 1882 Listed on NRHP
In District:
Review &
street & number: 115 Wriaht St
City: Iowa City Vicinity: NQ County: Johnson
Legal Description: Ilf Rural)
(if Urban) Subdivision: Block: _ Lot:
5. Cleadficetlon
Category of Property: Number of Resources within Property
u8 iWfiafa) Contributing: Mark -Contributing:
1 0 Buildings
0 Q Sites
Q 0 Structures
Q Q Objects
Name of related survey or MPS 1 Q Total
S. Function or Uae
Historic Functions
TRANSPORTATION/rail-misted/train depot
Current Functions
Architectural Classification
Late Matodan: Romanesque
Roof Form: HID
Materials
Foundation:
Walls: Srick
Roof: Clay Tile
Applicable National Register Criteria
Criteria Considerations
Y A: Significant Events
N
A: Religious Instmrtion
N E: Reconstructed
N B: Significant Persons
N
B: Moved
N F: Commemorative Property
Y C: Architectural Characteristics
N
C: Birthplace or Greve
N G: Less than 50 Years of Age
N D: Archaeology
N
D: Cemetery
(Y-Yes N-No M=More Research Recommended)
Area of Significance
Significant Dates
comnnwtlm Ywr:
Architecture
I= ❑ C,04
Transportation
ot1w pp.;
Significant Person: Architect: Builder:
10.0009Dafa
UTM References:
15-622100.46 2130
Photo/Slide Roll/Sheet# Frame Slot Year: Photo/Side Roll/Sheet# Frame Slot Year:
P 62 1--@ 1982
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Iowa Site Inventory
Division of Historic Preservation
Iowa State Historical Department
26 E. Market St., Iowa City, laws 52240
Identification
1. Site Name ba
2. VillaaerrownV21r
3. Street
4. legal
S. UTM Locations to
6. Owner(s) Name _
7. Owner(*) Address
a"" rdsmri
She Number 52-010-123
District Name
Map Reference +f
8. Use: FreseM n. gins B.R. Station
Description
9. Date of conahadim 1898 4rdiltectRuikier
10. Wilding Type:
❑ single-famgy dwelling ❑ Industrial ❑ other Insditudonal ❑ MMOM
❑ multiple -family dwelling ❑ educationai ❑ pubik 0agricultura
❑ commercial
11. Eam•dor Wab: ❑ clapboard ❑ stone (3 brick ❑ board and bamen ❑ sMngles ❑ stucco
❑other concrete
12. Structural System: [I wood frame with irtterlockin joints ❑wood frame with light members (balloon frarrre)
I$masonryload4mwtngwalls 01ronframe [Isteelframewhhwrtdnwalls ❑rdnfomedconcrete
❑other
13. Condition: []excellent ❑ good 139 fair ❑ deteriorated
14. Integrity: to original site ❑ move" so, when)
Notes on alterations, additions (with dates and architect, R known) and any other notable feamnesof building and eke:
15. Related Ou&WMbmp and property: ❑ bans ❑ other farm structures ❑adage house ❑ prage ❑ privy
❑ other
16. Is the bulling endm prldt ❑ no ® yes --If
its orooerty section by section. Fi
17. Sunoundinss of do bukdhrg: ❑ open land ❑ woodland ❑ scattered outbuildings ❑ densdy Wiit-up ❑ commercial
❑ industrial ❑ residential ❑ other
Frame -View,
see National Register file
�� M
RFs Fan +ant
Vitt
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Inventory —Nomination Form
See Instructions In How to Complete National Register Forms
Type all entrles--complete applicable sections
LFor NPS use only
received
?dateentered
1, Name
historic Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Passenger Station
snftr common Rock Island Depot
2. Location
street A number 115 Wright Street _ not for
city, town Iowa City _vicinity of
state Iowa cede county Johnson code
3. Classification
Category
Ownership
Status
Present Use
— district
_ public
— occupied
— agriculture
_ museum
xx building(s)
private
xx- unoccupied
— commercial
_ park
_ structure
— both
— work in progress
_ educational
_ private residence
site
Public Acquisition
Accessible
entertainment
_ religious
object
_ in process
xx yes: restricted
— government
_ scientific
— being considered
_ yes: unrestricted
— industrial
sac transportation
_ no
_ military
_ other:
4. Owner of Property
name Ralph L. Neuzil and Dale Sanderson
street 6 number 617 South
city, town Iowa
City
—vicinity of stab Iowa
5e Location
of
Legal
Description
courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Johnson County Courthouse
street 6 number S . Clinton Street
city, town Iowa City state Iowa 52240
6. Representation in Existing Surveys
title none has this property been determined eligible? —yet —no
date — federal — state — county _ local
depository for survey records
town stole
7. Description
Condition Cheek one Check ono
— exesuant _, deteriorated xXunaltered xx origind $ite
AK good — ruins altered _. moved (late
_ fair — unexposed
b000rtba the present and oripittal fit known) physicalappearance
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, located on the
southern edge of tours City's downtown commercial district, has been one of the
city's principal landmarks since its completion in 1898. Architecturally, this building
is a good example of Victorian eclecticism, and in this particular structure the
Richardsonian and Victorian Romanesque styles predominate. Henry Hobson Richardson's
influence can be most clearly seen in the round arches in the ports cochere on the
station's north side and the large hipped roof with flared eaves and large brackets
that cap the building. Other Richardsonian characteristics include transomed win-
dows arranged in groups in ribbon like fashion and the short tower on the south
facade. On the other hand, the structure's polychromatic exterior finish, which
is provided by the combi Lion of dark red,rock faced St. Joe brick on the base,
tan LaSalle pressed brio;n the body, and the red tiles covering the roof are dis-
tinctly un-Richardsonian and characteristic of the Victorian Romanesque style.
From an examination of early photographs, it appears that the depot has under-
gone very little significant exterior alteration over the years. Early photos
reveal that the decorative brackets, presently painted white, were once a darker
color.
Inside the depot consists of two waiting rooms, restrooms, a ticket office and
communications center, both of which are situated in the two-story tower portion,
and a baggage storage area connected to the. main section of the station by a covered
passageway. The interior arrangement has changed little over the years except for
the: addition of partions in the southwest corner of the waiting room to create two
additional offices. Although some interior features like chandeliers and bronzed
radiators have been removed, others like the variegated floor tile and the beige
ceramic bricktile on the walls remain.
8i
period
Areas of Signhieance—Cheek and justify below
_prehistoric
-archeology-prehistoric
— community planning
— landscape architecture—
religion
— 1400-1498
.— archeology -historic
— conservation
—law
— science
—1500-1599
— agriculture
— economics
— literature
_ sculpture
_ 1ti00-1699
xx architecture
—education
— military
— soclall
=17W-1799
—art
—engineering
—music
humanitarian
XX_ 1Eoo-19"
— commerce
_ explorationfeWoment
— philosophy
—theater
—1900-
— communications
— Industry
— politics/government
,LR transportation
—invention
—other (speeity)
Specific datae I t 4 k1 ButiderlArahiteat
Statement of Significance (in one paragraph)
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Paasenger Station is important not only
because of its contribution to Iowa city's architectural character but because of
its central role in the city's transportation history as well. This edifice's
eclectic architecture, which combines elements of the Richardsonlan and Victorian
Roaitignesque modes; is unique in Iowa City and constitutes a major element of the
city's visual landscape. In a historical sense, the depot, which was the city's
second such facility,has been since its completion in 1898, the central symbol of
the railroad's presence in Iowa City and a major reference point for the thousands
of university students and other citizens who utilized its facilities in coming to
and going from Iowa City.
Iowa City's first railroad passenger depot, which was located three blocks east of
the present one, was constructed in 1855 by the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad,
a predecessor of the Rock Island, and was placed in service on New Years'Eve of
that year when the first train reached Iowa City. For over forty years, this fa-
cility was adequate for the city's needs,but in the 1890's the feeling grew that
Iowa City needed an improved and modern depot.
According to contemporary newspaper accounts, the principal figure in getting the
new depot built was Harry Breene, the local Rock Island agent, who had pleaded
with his superiors for such a facility from the time he first arrived in Iowa City.
Actual construction of the depot, however, was under the superivsion of W.K. Me-
Farlin, the Rock Island's superintendent of maintenance and construction. Press
accounts credit him for giving the city a first class depot and making sure a second
class building would not be constructed. That Iowa City received a far better
station than the average was attested to by an individual with another railroad
company who stated: "It's the handsomest depot of its size in the United States.
Indeed, I never saw its equal, size considered, anywhere in the world."
By the fall of 1898 the new depot had been completed, and on October 4 of that
year the new facility was formally dedicated with some 3,000 Iowa Cityans in
attendance. For the next seventy-two years, the depot was the departure and ar-
rival point for persons serving the nation in five wars, untold numbers of uni-
versity students, famous visitors to the city, and ordinary citizens. In 1970
because of declining passenger traffic and financial losses, the Rock Island ended
passenger service to Iowa City and utilized the depot largely for office space. In
early 1982 two local attorneys purchased the depot and have plans to utilize it as
an office facility.
,9a . Major Bibliographical References
Aurner, Charles Ray, Leading Events in Johnson County, Iowa History ,Cedar Rapids: Wes—
tern Historical Press, 1912)
Iowa City Weekly Republican, May 18, October 5, 1898.
Weber, Irving, Historical Stories About Iowa City (Iowa City: Iowa City Lions Club, 1976).
10a Geographical Data
Acresgeofnominated property 1pce than nnp arras
Quadrangle name Iowa City West Quadrangle scale I/24,000
UNT References ff Al 11511612111 0 0 14161 T12� 11'3101 11 Li I_-1--I--L..l.� 1 LJ1 1 1
Zone Ensting Northing Zone Easting Northing t
C LL.J ��„� 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 D w l--l--i--t..1..J.. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
E L _L_j �= 1� I F 1 I I I I (�J
a LLJ H Li.J LLB I;r I I 1 I I t I
Verbal boundary description and justification
Lots 4 and 5, Block 11, County Seat Addition, Iowa City.
List all states and counties for propertlea overtopping state or eauatp boundaries
site Iowa coft county Johnson code
stale code county code
11. Form Prepared By
nrns4tk James E. Jacobsen, National Register Coordinator
org•nlratlot Iowa SHPO date October 26, 1982
Historical Building
sks" ti numbsr'East 12th and Grand Ave, telephone
city Orto" Des Moines state Iowa 50319
12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification
The evaluated significance of this property within the state le:
national — state xxidocal
As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation AM of 1966 (Public Law 81N
6641 hereby nominate this property for Inclusion In the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated
according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
State Historic Preservation Officer signature
title date
For NPS use only
1 hereby certify that this property Is Included in the National Register
date
Keeper of the National Register
i Attest: date
Chief of Recistretion �n sl* + * <: us ssa e• a
DIVISION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
IM STATE HISTORICAL DEPAMPENT
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES: STATE REVIBI 0 MITTEE.-EVAU ATION IORM
HISTORIC NW: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Passenger Station
COM NAME: Rock Island Depot
LOCATION: 115 Wright Street, Iowa City, Johnson County
O Ralph L. Neuzil and Dale Sanderson, 617-South.Dubuque, Iowa City
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
The Chicago, Rock isiana and Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, located on
the southern edge of Iowa City's downtown commercial district, has been one
of the city's principal landmarks since its completion in 1898. Architecturally,
this building is a good example of Victorian eclecticism, and in this particular
structure the Richardsonian and Victorian Romanesque styles predominate. Henry
Hobson Richardson's influence can be most clearly seen in the round arches in
the Porte cochere on the station's north side and the large hipped roof with flared
eaves and large brackets that cap the building. Other Richardsonian character-
istics include transomed windows arranged in groups in ribbon like fashion and
the short tower on the south facade. On the other hand, the structure's
polychromatic exterior finish, which is provided by the combination of dark red,
rock faced St. Joe brick on the base, tan LOPalle pressed brick on the body,
and the red tiles covering the roof are distinctly un-Richardsonian and character-
istic of the Victorian Romanesque style.
From an examination of early photographs, it appears that the depot has under-
gone very little significant exterior alteration over the years. Early photos
reveal that the decorative brackets, presently painted white, were once a darker
color. .
Inside, the depot consists of two waiting rooms, restrooms, a ticket office and
communications center, both of which are situated in the two-story tower portion,
and a baggage storage area connected to the main section of the station by a
covered passageway. The interior arrangement has changed little over the years
except for the addition of partions in the southwest corner of the waiting
room to create two additional offices. Although some interior features like
chandeliers and bronzed radiators have been removed, others like the variegated
floor tile and the beige ceramic bricktile on the walls remain.
me OF SIGNIFICANCE: local
t
IIAATEG OF SIGNIFICANCE: 1$98
AREAS) OF SIGNIFICANCE: transportation, architecture
STATQ'' 9 OF SIGNIFICANCE:
The Chicago, RockIsland and Pacific Railroad Passenger Station is important
not only because of its contribution to Iowa City's architectural character
but because of its central role in the city's transportation history as well.
This edifice's eclectic architecture, which combines elements of the Richard-
soni.an and Victorian Romanesque modes, is unique in Iowa City and constitutes
a major element of the city's visual landscape. In a historical sense, the
depot, which was the city's second such facility, has been since its completion
In 1898 the central symbol of the railroad's presence in Iowa City and a major
reference point for the thousands of university students and other citizens
who utilized its facilities in coming to and going from Iowa City.
Iowa City's first railroad passenger depot, which was located three blocks
east of the present one, was constructed in 1855 by the Mississippi and Missouri
Railroad, a predecessor of the Rock Island, and was placed in service on New
Years's Eve of that year when the first train reached Iowa City. For over forty
years,, this facility was adequate for the city's needs, but in the 1890's the
feeling grew that Iowa City needed an improved and modern depot.
According to contemporary newspaper accounts,•the principal figure in getting
the new depot built was Harry Ereene, the local Rock Island agent, who had
pleaded with his superiors for such a facility from the time he first arrived
in Iowa City. Actual construction of the depot, however, was under the super-
vision of W.K, McFarlin, the Rock Island's superintendent of maintenance and
construction. Press accounts credit him for giving the city a first class
depot and making sure a second class building would not be constructed. That
Iowa City received a far better station than the average was attested to by
an individual with another railroad company who stated: "It's the handsomest
depot of its size in the United States. Indeed, I never saw its equal, size
considered, anywhere in the world."
By the fall of 1898 the new depot had been completed, and on October 4 of that
year the, new facility was formally dedicated with some 3,000 Iowa Cityans in
attendance. For the next seventy-two years, the depot was the departure and
arrival point for persons serving the nation in five wars, untold numbers of
university students, famous visitors to the city, and ordinary citizens.
In 1970, because of declining passenger traffic and financial losses, the
Rock Island ended passenger service to Iowa City and.utdlized the depotlargely for
nnooffffice space. In early 1982 two local attorneys purchased the depot and have plans
BIBLIOGR to utilize it as an office facility.
Aurner, Charles, Ray, Leadin Events io Johnson.Count Iowa Htstor (Cedar RapidsiWestern
Historical Presa, 191 ;
Iowa City Weekly Republican, May 18, October 5, 1898.
Weber, Irving, Historical Stories About Iowa City (Iowa City: Iowa City Lions Club, 1976).
INFWTION S{IIIriITTEO gyl"""Richardson, 1138 Sunset Court, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
By Edward T. McMahon
Variety in building size and age
yields vibrant communities
Neighborhoods with small-scale historic buildings can be economic
and cultural powerhouses when given a chance to survive and evolve.
i
abNla with Walk historic balhlinp, like H a- I In Waahlatatea, D.C. Punch above their walaht dew.
N A RECENT VISIT to Buf-
Ufalo, N.Y., I was impressed by the
vibrancy of Elmwood Village,
the historic neighborhood surround-
ing Elmwood and Delaware avenues.
It is a walkable, mixed -use neighbor.
hood popular with young people and
characterized by Queen Anne -style
houses, small apartment buildings, and
300-plus small local shops, restaurants,
coffeehouses, ban and art galleries. In
2007, Elmwood Village was named one
of the top 10 great plate in America
by the American Planning Association.
What makes Elmwood Village pan
ocularly impressive is.its energetic strut
life and obvious economic vitality — par-
ticularly in contrast to downtown Buf-
falo, which, despite having Hutch larger
buildings and far more public invest-
ment, seemed relatively lifeless.
Why is it that neighborhoods with
older, smaller buildings often seem mare
vibrant than those with large; newer
ones? Historic preservationists have
long argued that older structures play
a crucial role in contributing to the liv-
ability of cities and the health of local
economies. Mostpnxervationists are fa-
miliar withPane Jacobs's book The Dw&
and Isfe of Grad Assn i as CXa, in which
she argues that large-scale demolition
and replacement of okle; smaller build-
ings with large new structures drains the
life and vitality from urban neighbory
hoods.
But the World has charged a lot since
Jacobs penned her thesis. What role do
older neighborhoods and smaller build.
ings play in 21• century cities? Accord-
ing to a study recently released by the
National That for Historic Preserva-
tions Preservation Green Iab, 'older
buildings draw more shops, restaurants,
entertainment venues, [and] small busi-
VIRGINIA TOWN - CITY JUL, I AUG. 2014 13
nesses owned by women
and minorities and jobs"
than newer neighbor,
hoods. The study, Olds;
Sinaffeb Bsger.• Mearurirg
Hera Lis Meader sf Build-
ings and Blmlo Influamar Err -
ban Vif slily, found that "on
a per -square -foot basis,
small -building corridors
have a larger concentra-
don of jobs, businesses,
and creative -sector em-
ployment than downtown
skyscrapers•"
Researchers exam- �. .
fined block -by -block data
from three cities with hot
markets - Seattle, San I
Francisco and Wash-
ington, D.C. - that also
have extensive areas of
older, fine-grained urban
fabric. In Seattle, they
found that hissmic neigh-
borhoods like Capitol Hill and the In-
ternational District, with smaller, more
age -diverse buildings„ have 36.8 percent
more jobs per square foot than areas in
Seattle thathave newer, larger buildings•
In Washington, D.C, they found that
older neighborhoods like Barrack® Row
and H Street, N.E., draw many more
businesses that are not chainsthan other
neighborhoods that have a predomi-
oance of newer, larger building& And
in San Franciacq they found that older
neighborhoods like Md Market gener-
ate more jobs in small business, which
is the fastest growing sector of the US.
economy.
The research teams, in addition to
the National Trust's Preservation Green
Iab, included the following. Impress
Inc., a Portland, Ore. -based consulting
firm specializing in metropolitan econo-
mies and knowledge -based industries;
Gehl Studio, a Gehl Architects com-
pany with offices in New York and San
Francisco; and Bnsemap, a data science
and visualization consultancy focused
on mapping data in a human context
and matching indicators to action.
The research team empirically
documented the age, the diversity of
age, and the size of buildings in each
of the three cities and then statistically
assessed the relationships among these
characteristics and 40 economic, social,
narraeln Row In Washington, DC drawn more non -chain lanai bualass than other neighborhoods
With larger, newer buildings
cultural and environmental perfor-
mance metrics.
According to the report, xebuaiai
was carried out in six steps:
Researchers gathered data from city,
county state and federal departments
and agencies, and publicly accessible
websites. They looked for data that
would help them measure "tuban vital-
ity" -meaning the regular social, cultur-
al and economic activity that occurs in
an area of the city. These data ranged
from counts of jobs and businesses, to
welkability metrics, to measures of
population density and diversity:
Researchers imposed a 656-by-656-
foot grid over a map of each city. Each
grid square was a little smaller than
two city blocks. Dividing each city into
equally sized grid squares allowed for an
"apples to apples" comparison of areas
throughout the city.
Researchers matched and fitted
the collected data to the grid squares.
Since the data were linked to specific
geographic locations ranging from in-
dividual property parcel numbers to
census blocks, researchers had to make
some adjustments to align statistics to
their grid. -
Researchers excluded grid squares
that were not in mixed use and com-
mercial areas. This was because includ-
14 VIRGINIA TOWN & CITY • JUL. / AUG. 2014
ing strictly residential areas would have
made it difficult to achieve meaningful
comparisons between distinctly different
land use types. Researchers developed
a composite "character store" that
combined three specific building char-
acteristics - building age, diversity of
building age, and granularity (i.e, the
number of buildings per block) - into a
single measure or score.
Researchers ran statistical models to
test the relationships between the char-
acter score of each grid square and 40
urban vitality measures. Ibr example, a
high character score was found to corre-
late with a higherthan-average number
of nonchain businesses.
So what does the study tell us about
how cities work? The Preservation
Green Lab's report provides the most
complete empirical validation to date
of Jacobs's long respected but largely
untested hypothesis that neighborhoods
containing a mix of older, smaller build-
ings of diverse age support higher levels
Of economic and social activity than
areas dominated by newer, larger build-
ings. In a nutshell, the study suggests
that diversity breeds vitality.
While results differed sgghdy from
city to city and from neighborhood to
neighborhood, the overall study sup-
ports the following conclusions:
Older, mixed -use neighborhoods
are more walkable and vibrant In
Seattle and San Francisco, older
neighborhoods with a mixture of
small buildings of various ages
have significantly higher walk score
rankings and transit score ratings
than neighborhoods with large, new
buildings. What's more, researchers
found higher night and weekend
cellphonc usage in areas containing
a mix of old and new buildings.
Nightlife is most alive on streets with
a diverse range of building ages. For
example, areas with older, smaller
buildings had more sidewalk seat-
ing permits, greater cellphone use at
night, and more businesses still open
at 10 p.m. on Fridays.
Older business districts provide of
fordaW flexible space for entreprc-
neurs. In Seattle and Washington,
AC., neighborhoods with Muller,
older buildings have a significantly
higher proportion of new busmewA
as welt as more woman -and minority -
awned busmen ts, than areas with pre-
dominantly large; newer buildings.
The creative economy thrives in
older; mired -use neighborhoods.
In Seattle and Washington, D.C.,
u ,16r. older buildings home great-
er concentrations of creative jobs
peraquare foot of commercial space.
Media production, software puhlish-
ers, and performinl�mts companies
can be found in areas that have a
smaller -scaled historic fabric.
• Older, smaller buildings provide
space for a strong local economy.
Streets with a mix of small old and
new buildings have a significantly
higher proportion of restaurants
that are not chains and retailers. In
all three cities, older, smaller build-
ings host a significantly higher pro-
portion of jobs in small businesses.
• Older commercial and mixed -use
districts contain hidden density, In
Seattle, San Francisco, and Wash-
ington, D.C., streets with a mix of
old and new buildings have a greater
population density and more busi-
nesses per commercial square foot
than streets with large, new buld-
inga In Seattle and D.C., these ar-
eas also have significantly morejohs
per commercial square foot
These findings correlate with those
of urban planner Joseph Mduianod
who has done a series of studies on the
"Smart Math of Mixed -Use Develop-
ment" )br example, in an analysis of
Asheville, N.C., he found that a typical
acre of mixed uses in downtown yields
$360,000 more in tax revenue to the city
government than one acre of strip malls
or big -bent stores.
In 2012, Minicozzi compared the
then -new Asheville Walmart to an
older, five -story mime -use building in
downtown. He found that, while the
Wabnart took up 34 acres, it generated
only $6,500 per acre in annual property
tastes, while the small downtown budd-
ing situated on one -fifth of an acre gen-
erated $634,000 in property tastes per
acre. Furthermore, the small, historic
Elmwood Village In Buffalo has 300-plus small local shops and eearaurauds.
mixed -use building generated far mote
jobs and residents per acre than the
Walmart — which had no residents and
generated only 5.9 jobs per acre versus
73.7 per acre for the mbw&uw project
Mixed -use and commercial districts
made up of small buildings finm differ,
cut eras not only are charming, but they
also play an important role in fostering
social, economic and cultural vitality,
The report documents how these areas
serve as thriving incubators for small
businesses, as centers for neighborhood
services, and as regional destinations for
renautarm6 nightlife and specialty retail.
These at important findings because
many communities are still fighting to
conceive historic neighborhoods in the
face of misomceptione about the value
of older; Muller bWk ings. The efforts
of these communities also are hampered
by outdated zoning regulation, overly
prescriptive bml&% and energy code,
misdirected development incentives and
limited financial took We need to male
it easiv to adaptively muse older build-
ings and think more about how to fit old
and new, together at a human scale -
None of this is meant to imply
that we don't need new buildings. Of
course we do. But it does demonstrate
that arnalle; older buildings and blocks
"punch above their weight class" when
one is considering the full spectrum of
outcomes on the pe�equare400t ba-
sis. Cities need older buildings as well
as new ones, and neighborhoods with
small-scale historic buildings can be eco-
nomic and cultural powerhouses when
given a chance to survive and evolve.
The report also suggests that the
"one -hug tdrmg model of economic de-
velopment" is often not as cost effective
as supporting the bottom up revitaliza-
tion of existing historic neighborhoods
like Elmwood Village in Buffalo. Sue-
ceedhl urban revitalization is seldom
about the one big project More h'kdK it
is about a lot of little projects that work
together synergistically to create a place
where people want to be.
About the author
E anvd T McMahon is a .radar radart fal-
law and the Glades Finar Chabfsr Sartaw-
abk DaWgssast and Emimmamrfal fthcy at
the Urban Land lmdux.
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MINUTES PRELIMINARY
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
J U N E 7, 2018 — 7.00 PM —FORMAL MEETING
E M M A J. HARVAT HALL, CITY HALL
MEMBERS PRESENT: Carolyn Dyer, Ann Freerks, Mike Hensch, Phoebe Martin, Max
Parsons, Mark Signs, Jodie Theobald
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Sara Hektoen, Bob Miklo, Anne Russett
OTHERS PRESENT: John Yapp, John Moreland
RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL:
By a vote of 6-0 (Signs not present for the vote) the Commission recommends approval of
REZ18-00015, an application submitted by Allen Homes, for a rezoning from ID-RS to RM-12
(3.19 acres) and RS-8 (4.83 acres) on 8.02 acres of property located at the southwest comer of
Lower West Branch Road and Taft Avenue subject to the following conditions: 1) General
compliance with the submitted concept plan in terms of number of units and type of housing
proposed, 2) Provision of approximately 12 feet of additional right-of-way along Taft Avenue to
be dedicated at the time of platting, 3) Detailed landscaping plan to ensure adequate buffering
along Taft Avenue and in the proposed RM- 12 area at the time of platting, 4) Creation of an
outlot along Ralston Creek to provide the trail connection at the time of platting, and 5) Provision
of roadway access to the single-family property to the south should it redevelop.
Freerks called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA:
None.
REZONING/DEVELOPMENT ITEM (REZ18-00013/SUB18 00006)•
Discussion of an application submitted by North Dubuque, LLC for a rezoning of approximately
73.15 acres of land from Interim Development - Low Density Single- Family (ID-RS) zone, Low
Density Single -Family (RS-5) zone, and Planned Development Overlay/ High Density Single -
Family Residential (OPD/RS-12) zone to Planned Development Overlay/ High Density Single -
Family Residential (OPD/RS-12) zone for approx. 50 acres of property and Planned
Development Overlay I Highway Commercial (OPD/CH-1) zone for approx. 23 acres of property.
The applicant is also requesting approval of the preliminary plat of Forest View, a 73.15-acre
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subdivision, located north of Foster Road, south of 1-80, west of N. Dubuque Street, east of
Mackinaw Drive.
Miklo stated the staff is requesting this item be deferred until the June 21 meeting. He said that
the traffic study had just been submitted and needed to be reviewed by staff. He noted that the
stormwater management plan was also still being reviewed by the City Engineer and the wetland
determination had not yet been resolved.
Freerks opened the public hearing.
Seeing no one Freerks closed the public hearing.
Hensch moved to defer REZ18-000131SUB18-00006 until the June 21 meeting.
Martin seconded the motion.
A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0.
REZONING/DEVELOPMENT ITEM (REZ18-00005/SUB18-00005):
The application, submitted by Bedrock, LLC for a rezoning of approximately 18.03 acres from
Interim Development Multifamily Residential (ID-RM) zone to Planned Development Overlay/Low
Density Single Family Residential (OPD/ RS-5) zone and Planned Development Overlay/Low
Density Multifamily Residential (OPD-12) zone and a preliminary plat of Cherry Creek
Subdivision, a 17-lot, 18.03-acre residential subdivision located east of S. Gilbert St & south of
Waterfront Dr.
Miklo stated the applicant is requesting this item be deferred until the June 21 meeting.
Freerks opened the public hearing.
Seeing no one Freerks closed the public hearing.
Theobald moved to defer REZ18-00005/SUB18-00005 until the June 21 meeting.
Signs seconded the motion.
A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0.
REZONING ITEM (REZ18-00015):
Discussion of an application submitted by Allen Homes, for a rezoning of approximately 8.02
acres from Interim Development - Single Family Residential (ID-RS) zone to Low Density Multi -
Family Residential (RM-12) zone (3.19 acres) and Medium Density Single -Family Residential
(RS-8) zone (4.83 acres) located at the southwest corner of Lower West Branch Road and Taft
Avenue.
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Signs recused himself from this item and left the room as his company had some interest in this
property.
Miklo introduced Anne Russett, Associate Planner, who recently joined the City staff. Russett
presented the Staff report noting this property was annexed into the City in 2000 and at that time
was zoned to ID-RS (Interim Development - Single Family Residential Zone). Russett showed
an aerial map of the property, most of the area around the property is undeveloped, the area to
the north and to the east is undeveloped in the unincorporated part of Johnson County, the
property to the south is an existing single family home in Johnson County, and the area to the
west, south of Lower West Branch Road, is in the City limits and is an existing single family
neighborhood. Russett showed the zoning map of the area, the current zoning of ID-RS is
typically used for areas where there is not existing City water and sanitary sewer service and
uses that are allowed in this zone are non -urban uses such as row crops. Rezoning at this time
is appropriate because there is access to water and sanitary sewer. In terms of the surrounding
zonings, most of the land in the County is zoned agriculture, the property to the south in the
County is zoned residential, and the area to the west is planned development overlay, also
zoned single family.
The applicant is requesting 4.83 acres be rezoned to the Medium Density Single -Family
Residential Zone (RS-8) and the 3.19 acres of the northeastern portion of the project site to the
Low Density Multi -Family Residential Zone (RM-12). The Future Land Use Map of the
Comprehensive Plan has designated this area for residential development at a density of 2-8
dwelling units per acre. The Northeast District Plan identifies this area for single-family
residential development; however, the plan encourages housing diversity and specifically
envisions the possibility of townhouses and small, multi -family buildings at major intersections
such as Lower West Branch Road and Taft Avenue. Russett noted the applicant has submitted
a concept plan for this property, the plan Russett is showing this evening is a little different than
the one that was provided with the meeting agenda packet. The applicant is proposing 32
residential units, on the western and southern portion of the site they are proposing 11 single
family homes and concentrating the townhomes and higher density area at the comer of Taft
Avenue and Lower West Branch Road. Staff recommends including a condition to the rezoning
that requires general conformance with the number and types of units identified in the proposed
concept to ensure compatibility with the existing neighborhood and development pattern.
In terms of traffic, access and street design, Russett stated Taft Avenue is planned as a future
arterial street and the City would need an additional 12 feet of right-of-way to make those
improvements. Therefore Staff is recommending the following conditions: (1) the additional
right-of-way be dedicated at the time of platting and (2) a detailed landscaping plan also be
provided at platting. Taft Avenue will be an important connection to the industrial area to the
south and future truck traffic is anticipated in this area so a sufficient landscape buffer needs to
be in place. Additionally the Northeast District Plan encourages an interconnected transportation
system and the City's Bicycle Master Plan identifies a future secondary multi -use trail along the
western portion of the project site that will connect with the existing off-street paved path to the
south. Therefore Staff is recommending two additional conditions: (1) a dedication of an outlot to
provide the trail connection at platting and (2) a provision of roadway access to the single-family
property to the south should it redevelop. Russett showed the revised concept plan and pointed
out some of the changes on this plan versus the one provided in the agenda packets are the
applicant has provided the outlot to provide for the trail connection. Additionally there is land to
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the south of the subject property that was dedicated to the City for a park, it has yet to be
conveyed to the City but when it is complete there will be a park and trail connectivity up to
Lower West Branch Road. On the land dedicated to the City, there is also remnants of an
original stone railroad bridge that crosses Ralston Creek and the Northeast District Plan
mentions the possibility of incorporating this bridge into the trail system. Other changes to the
new concept plan include originally there was a connection between lots 5 and 6 which has been
removed, however Staff has requested the applicant add that connection back in to ensure
access for the residents to the park and trails. At the subdivision phase of development the
applicant would be required to meet the City's open space requirements, , Staff has calculated a
needed dedication of 0.37 acres. Depending on the amount of space provided for the trail
connection, the applicant may be able to meet all or a portion of the open space requirements
on -site. If not, fees in lieu of dedication would be appropriate.
Based on the analysis, Staff finds that the proposed rezoning with the identified conditions is
both in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan and compatible with the existing neighborhood
and recommends approval subject to the following conditions: (1) General compliance with the
submitted concept plan in terms of number of units and type of housing proposed, (2) Provision
of approximately 12 feet of additional right-of-way along Taft Avenue to be dedicated at the time
of platting, (3) Detailed landscaping plan to ensure adequate buffering along Taft Avenue and in
the proposed RM- 12 area at the time of platting, (4) Creation of an outlot along Ralston Creek to
provide the trail connection at the time of platting, and (5) Provision of roadway access to the
single-family property to the south should it redevelop.
Freerks clarified in the analysis of the proposed zoning where the number of units that could be
available in the 3.19 acres and the 4.83 acres is worded that the maximum density allowed in
this zone district is 15 dwelling units per acre, and it needs to be worded as "up to that amount"
because the maximum is not guaranteed.
Freerks questioned the sensitive areas and if any waivers would be requested. Russett
confirmed they are not aware of any waiver requests noting the one sensitive area is Ralston
Creek and on the concept plan the applicant is showing the appropriate buffer.
Parsons asked about the flood plain for the creek and the buffer. Russett said the applicant
could address that but the subject property is not within a flood plain. Miklo said the green lines
on the concept plan show the buffer line required for a stream corridor.
Hensch asked about the old stone bridge and if the Historic Preservation Commission has
reviewed it. Miklo said the old stone bridge was identified when the City created the Northeast
District Plan and was called out as something to be preserved which is why that land is called out
as being dedicated as future park land for the City.
Hensch asked what the requirements were for the buffering of Ralston Creek. Russett replied
the buffer must be 15 feet from the center of the stream when its outside of the floodplain.
Hensch asked about the landscaping plan. Russett said in addition to the buffer staff is
recommending the landscaping focus on the RM-12 area to buffer views from surrounding single
family homes. Hensch noted one of his concerns is with all the construction and disturbance of
agricultural area is the silt running into Ralston Creek. Miklo stated that all construction areas
must have an erosion control plan before there is any development activity. Hensch stated he
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June 7, 2018
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just wants to make sure the Creek is protected
Freerks opened the public hearing
John Yapp (Allen Homes) stated the applicants do agree with the Staff recommendations. He
showed some pictures of the subject property. The property is a remnant of the old Lindemann
Farms, Mr. Lindemann decided to stop farming last year and put this property up for sale and
Allen Homes acquired it. Yapp pointed out there is a wide sidewalk already along the north side
of the property that ties into the City's sidewalk and trail system. The proposal is for a mix of
single family and townhouses and Yapp showed a similar townhouse design concept as an
example and noted these townhomes will be different than the townhomes being constructed in
the Lindemann Part 8 subdivision to the west to avoid repetitiveness. Yapp noted they held a
good neighbor meeting and felt the results were positive, a summary was shared with the
Commission in their meeting agenda packets.
John Moreland (property owner to the west) stated he is in support of this project but would like
to make sure the specific number of units allowed on the site are spelled out on the conditional
zoning, it needs to indicate exactly how many townhouses and how many single family. With
regards to the land donated for the park and the old stone bridge, one of the local historians has
done a booklet on that old railroad bridge.
Freerks noted with the conditions that the rezoning is conditional on the proposed concept plan it
will make sure the number of units allowed on the site will stay as proposed.
Freerks closed the public hearing
Hensch moved to approve REZ18-00015, an application submitted by Allen Homes, for a
rezoning from ID-RS to RM-12 (3.19 acres) and RS-8 (4.83 acres) on 8.02 acres of property
located at the southwest corner of Lower West Branch Road and Taft Avenue subject to
the following conditions: 1) General compliance with the submitted concept plan in terms
of number of units and type of housing proposed, 2) Provision of approximately 12 feet of
additional right-of-way along Taft Avenue to be dedicated at the time of platting, 3)
Detailed landscaping plan to ensure adequate buffering along Taft Avenue and in the
proposed RM-12 area at the time of platting, 4) Creation of an outlot along Ralston Creek
to provide the trail connection at the time of platting, and 6) Provision of roadway access
to the single-family property to the south should it redevelop.
Thsobald seconded the motion.
Hensch is in favor of the plan generally but is concerned as past projects have shown why there
is such a need for landscaping plans so need to be sure the landscaping plan is followed through
on and that the areas around Ralston Creek are maintained if not improved.
Freerks added at the platting stage she hopes some attention is paid to outdoor amenities for the
area.
A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0 (Signs not present for vote)
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CONSIDERATION OF MEETING MINUTES: MAY 17, 2018
Parsons moved to approve the meeting minutes of May 17, 2018 with correction.
Signs seconded the motion.
A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0.
PLANNING AND ZONING INFORMATION:
Miklo noted the Commission requested a report on approved landscaping for the University of
Iowa Health Clinic on North Dodge Street and he went back into the files to review what was
presented to the Commission at the time of rezoning. Miklo showed an image of what was
presented by the applicant which shows some representation of landscaping on the Dodge
Street side of the building, however the actual site plan the applicant presented did not show the
landscaping. At that meeting there was considerable discussion regarding the landscaping on
the side that faces the single family homes and the Commission did ask for that plan to be
revised to take out some of the parking and put in additional landscaping. After Commission
approval of the rezoning a site plan was submitted for Staff approval with a slight change in that
the driveway was moved and some parking was removed. Miklo showed the site plan that was
approved by Staff, and there was landscaping shown on that site plan (similar to what was
shown on the elevation images). Miklo showed an aerial photo of the site taken about a year
ago and the landscaping that was shown on the approved site plan does exist however some of
the trees do not have leaves so obviously didn't make it through the winter. Miklo has spoken
with Julie Tallman (one of the City Inspectors) and she will review the site and inform the
property owner of any dead trees that will need to be replaced. So although the final approved
plan was not the same as the elevation drawings, it did meet the Code at that time.
Freerks thanked Miklo for taking the time to review property. She feels this can be a teaching
moment and while she remembers discussing the need for landscaping on this project and
maintaining existing trees, it must have not been conveyed onto the final approvals. She stated
the Commission will need to be more careful and diligent on conveying the need for thorough
landscaping plans.
Dyer noted there is room on the property to add street trees. Freerks asked if there was any way
to have that happen. Miklo said the City and DOT do control the right-of-way so it is something
he could check with the City Forester to see what is possible (there may be utilities or other
reasons why trees cannot be placed there). Dyer asked if the Commission would see a
landscape plan for the rezoning/concept they just approved. Hektoen said what was just
approved was just a rezoning however there will be a plat process that will go before the
Commission.
Miklo noted City Council has offered a consult on the rezoning of Riverfront Crossings at
Burlington, Capitol and Court Streets and the time available would be 3pm or 4pm on Tuesday
July 3. The Commission has a choice to decline the consult or to attend. Parsons noted the
afternoon right before a holiday may be difficult. Freerks stated the Commission was unanimous
about that vote and feels that a plan was put forth stating certain things can be done and that
proposal fit into that plan. Hensch is in favor of meeting with Council and reiterated the vote was
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June 7, 2018
Page 7 of 7
unanimous and feels there is some incorrect assumptions with this situation that should be
addressed. Dyer stated that one issue is the additive nature of the bonuses, you start with a
building that is supposed to be X number of floors and it then is almost doubled due to bonuses
given. Freerks added there is a 10% affordable housing portion of the project and if the project is
reduced than the affordable housing is reduced as well. Martin asked if all Commissioners had
to be present for the consult. Miklo said no, just those that are able to attend.
Miklo introduced Billie Townsend and Larry Baker, two new commissioners beginning terms in
July. He also introduced Luke Foelsch, he is a new planning intern from The University of Iowa
Graduate Urban and Regional Planning Program.
Freerks thanked Theobald for her years of service to the Commission (as she will not be able to
attend the June 21 meeting).
Adjournment:
Theobald moved to adjourn.
Signs seconded.
A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0.