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Home My WebLink About08/22/1990 - Regular Minutes - Historic Preservation CommitteeHISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1990, 7:00 PM CENTRAL PARK CONFERENCE ROOM MEMBERS PRESENT:Gary Halter, Chairman; Joan Lampkin, Lois Beach, Les Hawkins, Jim Gardner, Council Liaison. STAFF PRESENT:Charles Szabuniewicz,Special Facilities Superintendent; Emily Baker, Secretary/Receptionist. L CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Chairman Gary Halter at 7:10 pm. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Les motioned that the minutes be approved; Joan seconded; minutes approved. IIL DISCUSSION OF HISTORICAL HOUSE BROCHURE: The Board reviewed the brochure and several changes were made. Gary suggested we take off both maps and just have an old A &M map where the campus houses were located. It was discussed that we send residents a letter and a brochure to let them know their house will be in the brochure. If they do not consent, we will take their house out of the brochure. IV. DISCUSSION FOR CRITERIA OF HISTORICAL HOMES: Lois said the proposed criteria was very broad and we would have to narrow it down and appoint a committee. Joan Rabins would meet with us to help us do an application. The campus houses would be eligible for a plaque even if they altered the exterior of the house. Charlie asked if we would set up a subcommittee for the criteria or if this committee would take care of it. Gary said once we get a criteria established the Historic Committee can judge whether they meet the criteria. Someone suggested the junior high with the round dome that was to be torn down needed a plaque. Lois said for the next meeting she would bring a proposed criteria. V. OTHER BUSINESS/BOARD CONCERNS: Les passed out a sheet of addresses for past presidents of A &M. Joan asked about the historical marker for Consolidated School. She thought we should get together on the ceremony but Gary said it was still too far away. He said that after it goes to casting it will take about two months before it gets to us. We can appoint a committee to set up the ceremony and invite the people. Gary said we could go ahead and install the marker and then have the ceremony around next year's homecoming. Jim told us about the low track program. He said we would not be able to use the present Amtrak station because of its location. He presented his illustration of the lowtrack plan showing a plaza around it. Charlie showed slides of the Dogtrot Log Cabin. Built around 1850, the cabin with handhewn logs with notches were stacked without nails, the cracks in between were once filled with mud. Joan had thought it could be moved to a better location for a historical house. VL ADJOURNMENT: Gary adjourned the meeting at 9:00 pm. eb Texas Historical Commission Staff (CJB), 9/13/90 27" x 42" Official Texas Historical Marker with post Brazos County (Job #07390) Location: 2118 Welsh, College Station A&M COLLEGE CONSOLIDATED RURAL SCHOOL* THE STATE OF TEXAS GRANTED A CHARTER FOR AN INDEPEN- DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ENCOMPASS THE TEXAS A&M COLLEGE CAMPUS IN 19096 THERE WAS NOT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT TO SUPPORT A SCHOOL,COLLEGE PRESIDENT WILLIAM BIZZELL. AND PROFESSOR MARTIN HAYES,HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL TEACHING,PERSUADED THE LEADERS OF THREE SURROUNDING COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SEND THEIR STUDENTS TO A NEW SCHOOL TO BE LOCATED ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. THE NEW SCHOOL OPENED IN 1920 WITH 304 STUDENTS, IT WAS SUPPORTED BY A&M COLLEGE WITH FUNDING FOR BUILDINGS, TEACHER SALARIES,FURNITURE,AND EQUIPMENT, IT BECAME A MODEL FOR RURAL SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, AND BY 1928 THE SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS OFFI- CIALLY DISSOLVED AND MERGED WITH A&M COLLEGE CON- SOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. BY 1938 THE SCHOOL FACILITIES HAD BECOME OVER - CROWDED B£CAI36E THE COLLEGE WAS NOT ABLE TO IN- CREASE ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INSTITUTIONTHE SCHOOL MOVED AWAY FROM THE A&M CAMPUS TO THI S-OITE IN 1940 WITH THE MOVE CAME THE GENESIS OF THE COLLEGE STATION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. ** 1990) * ** 1/2 inch lettering to contrast with text 1/2 inch lettering 1/4 inch lettering PROPOSED HISTORICAL MARKERS Lincoln Hizh School v /2.Shiloh Community /Cemetery 3. Railroad Station rY' I 4. City Manazer Government in Col leee Station, 5.Easterwood Airport k9(,) 6.Rock Prairie School( L R/7 ) 7.First A &M Consolidated t6(.1",t,r1n--04.-sel: aemper'f. o' f 8.School Architect 9.Bonfire E OF 4 Z41:7 CL RTIS TUNNEI -t, EXECUTIN E DIRECTOR TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION P.O. BOX 12276 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711 '512)463 -6100 September 14, 1990 Dr. Charles Schultz 1200 Goode College Station, TX 77840 RE: A &M COLLEGE CONSOLIDATED RURAL SCHOOL 27 "X42" subject marker w/ post Dear Dr. Schultz: Enclosed is the proposed inscription for the above referenced marker. Please review and verify the information contained in the inscription. In particular, be sure to check all names and dates, and make certain we have used the correct marker location. Please contact other sponsors of this application to discuss the wording of the marker. If you approve the inscription, sign and return your own enclosed card. If you have corrections or changes to suggest, please make a copy of the inscrip- tion and return it to us with the marked corrections. Please do not type a new version of the inscription. We will make changes to meet our style and spacing requirements. Documentation of any changes in this inscription, particularly of names and dates, is required for our permanent file. Note that this is a working copy including filing and foundry instructions. The right -hand margin is uneven on this copy, but will be justified on the finished marker. The marker will not be ordered for casting until the county historical commission and other persons or groups listed below have approved the inscription. You may retain this inscription copy for your files. Sin erely, Cynthia J. Beeman, Historian State Marker Program Enclosure cjb /bb cc: Dr. Ray Chancellor Steve Beachy CITY OF COLLEGE STATION College Station, Texas October 27, 1966 A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE STATION CEMETERY At the close of World War II there was a great deal of discussion by the residents of College Station about a city cemetery. The mayor, Mr. Ernest Langford, appointed a planning committee with Herschell Burgess as chairman to make plans for the location, the financing of the land, and plans for the maintenance of a city cemetery. ICJ — Mr. F. W. Hensel, Head of the Landscaping Department of A &M College, headed a committee for the_location, and a plot of land, one and a half BPS. •- e IL miles south of the College, on Highway 6, was chosen. The city purchased a tract of 31 acres from Victor Boriski. The tract surrounds a four acre_ ,V,R 5 • kA., . cemetery deeded to the Methodist Church in 1870, by W. J. Rector and A!' 4 ri. Josephine E. Rector, his wife. PP The Methodist Conference then turned the four acre tract over to the City of College Station.R /``l At the First Quarterly Conference of the Methodist Church that year, the following resolutions were adopted. 1. The area of Hwy. 6 agreed on by the City and trustees of A &M Methodist Church shall be landscaped as a small entrance park, 4uitable for a burial chapel if the erecting of such a chapel becomes expedient. 2. The property shall be landscaped so as to some extent preserve the identity of the property lines of the area being herewith deeded to the City of College Station. 3. The near relatives of persons now buried in this cemetery shall be given first opportunity to purchase lots adjacent to the graves of said relatives. 4. The property herein discribed shall revert to the A &M Methodist Church if and when it is no ionger maintained and used exclusively for cemetery purposes. 5. All mineral rights on the property herein described shall be reserved by the A &M Methodist Church. The transfer was made and work of landscaping the grounds, construction of roads and walks went on at a rapid - pace. To finance the purchase of the land, and the construction of the necessary improvements, the City of College History of College Station Cemetery October 27, 1966; page 2 Station issued $10, 000.00 in Cemetery - Warrants. They were in denominations of $100. 00 and carried 4% interest coupons. These Cemetery - Warrants were retired in 1952.) On February 1, 1948, the dedication ceremony of the Cemetery was held, attended by the mayor and many residents of College Station. The City started selling lots in 1948. One hundred lots, 800 grave spaces have been sold up to this time. The Cemetery is integrated- -and has been since its beginning. There are eleven infants buried in Baby Land. Several of these are from families of students attending the University. The people of College Station and vicinity are deeply interested in the develop- ment of the cemetery. The A &M Garden Club has given many days of work, and have provided many plants for the beautifying of the grounds. Also, the Garden Club has declared the cemetery as a wild flower preserve. More than 200 varieties of wild flowers have been identified. It is truly a place of beauty during the spring months. The local schools use this preserve in their nature studies. The Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts help with collecting the seeds and planting in other areas. The City Council has been generous in supplying labor through the years. A centrifugal electric pump has been installed in the small lake on the property. Also, irrigation pipes have been added, so there is no drought problem. The council now has a landscape designer adding to the original plans. Many of the, old plantings must be replaced and new ones added to develop the cemetery as the citizens of the community want it to be. The difficulty is our budget will not cover these plans, because a large portion of the land surrounding College Station is state owned - -and yields no tax money. dgs Cii,P4S1 'ti 0 ,,e 11110) 4/4Ne4C ,..Cillil 1 Pommy rR r n mow 2 „timm* T \ f,Z4 taill zY ii...,_ 1:;„ zigul ir";;11 t g...d C A4 N 0 w. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE Below is a list of the addresses of the private homes of Past and Acting Past Presidents of Texas A &M University College) who lived in Bryan - College Station either dur- ing or after their tenure in office. GIBB GILCHRIST 910 Winding Road College Station D. W. WILLIAMS 500 Fairview College Station M. T. HARRINGTON 2405 Burton Bryan EARL RUDDER 115 Lee Street College Station JARVIS E. MILLER 3502 Stillmeadow Dr. Bryan CHARLES H. SAMSON, JR. 2704 Camelot Dr. Bryan FRANK E. VANDIVER Carter Lake Road College Station Alin R. Lued 100 Throckmorton College Station Submitted by: Leslie V. Hawkins 8 -22 -90