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Home My WebLink AboutHistoric Marker Application (Final) - 311 SuffolkCity of College Station Historical Marker Application Packet Revised October 2019 cstx.gov/heritage Thank you for your interest in the College Station Historical Marker Program! The program is a project of the College Station Historic Preservation Committee created to recognize sites, individuals, objects, events, and buildings which are signiﬁcant to the history of College Station, yet do not meet the criteria for historical marker designation at the state or federal level. The goal is to identify and preserve as much information as possible about College Station’s history for future generations. This packet outlines the criteria that must be met to receive approval for a College Station Historical Marker. Table of Contents Structure Criteria ..............................................................................................................................................................2 Subject Criteria ..................................................................................................................................................................3 Documentation, Application Process & Retraction of Designation ...........................................................3 Contact Information ........................................................................................................................................................4 Glossary ................................................................................................................................................................................5 College Station Historical Marker Application ...................................................................................................7 1 Structure/Site Marker Criteria Any structure (house, business, church, non-proﬁt organization) or site over 50 years old and meeting one of the following criteria is eligible for consideration: a. Have historical signiﬁcance to Texas A&M or to College Station. b. Have architectural signiﬁcance. Every house moved from the Texas A&M campus automatically qualiﬁes for a marker and designation as a historical house. Approval for a structure/site marker will be based on several areas of signiﬁcance: 1. Historical: A structure/site which has been the site of signiﬁcant events, or which has hosted the life and labors of important community personalities, whether or not it is of signiﬁcant architectural importance. Was the structure/site associated with an event or a person important to the local scene? 2. Architectural: A structure which is an excellent example of a certain architectural style at a certain time. Is the structure a good example of College Station's architectural style at a given period? Does it display unique architectural detailsf rom that period? 3. Intrinsic: A structure that was designed or constructed by an important architect or builder, or that utilizes a local building material or product. Was it designed by an important loca larchitect, or built by an important local builder? Did the brick, wood, or windows, etc., come from local sources? 4. Social: A structure/site that demonstrates a particular lifestyle in College Station, the Texas A&M community, or Texas. Does the structure/site show a characteristic way in which people lived in this area in the past? Documentation to be included with the application: • the name of the architect and the builder (if known), • a description of the building materials used, • the year built and • any interesting stories associated with the structure/site Preservation and Maintenance The structure must be preserved and maintained in accordance with its historic character. If alterations to the structure impact its historic character, then the Historic Preservation Committee may review and retract the historical designation. The College Station Historic Preservation Committee requests that structure markers be mounted on the front facade of the approved building within 30 days of receipt. The marker should remain with the structure regardless of change in ownership. 2 Subject Marker Criteria An application for a subject marker should meet one or more of the following criteria: l. Enterprise: Must have been in operation at least 20 years although it may have ceased current operations. This includes commercial enterprises, cemeteries, and non-proﬁt organizations. 2. Person: Must have been deceased at least 20 years, and demonstrated to have played a signiﬁcant part in the development of some aspect of College Station’s history, including, but not limited to education, government, business, religion, cultural institutions, ethnic or civic leadership, or other aspects of the community that make that person stand out as an historic ﬁgure. 3. Event: Must have occurred at least 20 years ago. Events slated for historical designation with a marker must be shown to have a lasting impact on the community, or to have been signiﬁcant in some way to the community beyond trivial interest. 4. Topic: The topic must date back at least 20 years and can commemorate a number of historic concerns for College Station. Examples include Aggie Muster, Bonﬁre, or the old zoo, social, political, ethnic, or religious congregations, clubs, neighborhoods, business districts, early activities, early settlers, Native American presence in the area, etc. The primary criteria for granting a marker would be that the topic has played a meaningful part to members of the community in the College Station's past or present. Retraction of a Designated Historical Marker Please be aware that College Station Historical Markers are for historical interest and educational purposes. Obtaining a marker will not affect your ability to alter or add improvements to your property or structurein compliance with city regulations. However, should the city determine the structure or site no longer meets the criteria for which it received historical designation, the College Station Historic Preservation Committee may recommend that the historical designation be retracted. In the event that a designated historical structure is demolished or destroyed, or if it undergoes signiﬁcant redesign in appearance, or in the event that circumstances are such that the historical signiﬁcance of a subject marker is compromised, then the City of College Station may remove the historical designation and remove the supporting materials from the city’s archives. In this case, it is requested that the historical marker be returned to the city. 3 Supporting Documentation Applications should include documentation that provides an accurate, thorough, and lasting record of the historical signiﬁcance behind the proposed historical marker. Please see the last page for a complete list of supporting documentation. Application Process Completed applications are reviewed by the Historic Preservation Committee. After it is reviewed, the applicant will be notiﬁed of the ﬁnal decision. Upon approval, a non-refundable fee for the marker will be required. The current fee can be obtained from the College StationParks and Recreation Department. The City of College Station may on occasion, in its sole discretion, determine that the historical signiﬁcance to the community at large is such that the city may justify expending public funds to purchase the historical marker. Once payment is received, a date will be set for a presentation of the marker at a College Station City Council meeting, and the information provided will be preserved in the city’s archives. The Historic Preservation Committee will determine where the marker will be placed. Contact Information If you have any questions or need help completing your application, please contact: City Secretary’s Ofﬁce 979-764-3500 cso@cstx.gov Mail application: City of College Station c/o City Secretary’s Ofﬁce P.O. Box 9960 College Station, Texas 77842 Drop off application: City Secretary’s Ofﬁce (City Hall) 1101 Texas Ave. College Station, Texas 77842 4 Historic Marker Glossary Revised June 2007 2-Room Plan A plan comprised of two rooms with no interior hallway. The two rooms are often of unequal size and decoration. Alterations Any changes or modiﬁcations made to the property throughout its history Awning Window A window that pivots along the top edge of a sash Board and Batten Vertical siding with wood strips (battens) to hide the seams where other boards are joined Casement Window A side-hinged window that swings open to one side Center Passage Plan A structure with a central corridor, or passageway Concrete Masonry Units A block of hardened concrete, with or without hollow cores, commonly used for foundation and backing walls Double-Hung Window A window having two sashes that slide vertically past each other Façade The architectural front of a building Fixed Window A window with no operable components Gable Roof A roof sloping on two sides to create gables at both ends of the building Gambrel Roof A roof with one low, steep slope and an upper, less-steep one on each of its two sides Hipped Roof A roof which slopes upward from all four sides of a building Hopper Window A window that pivots along the bottom edge of a sash Legal Property Description A statement giving the precise boundaries of a historic property, including the lot and block numbers that can be obtained from the following website: http://www.taxnetusa.com/brazos/ L-Plan A simple plan resembling the shape of the letter ‘L’ Mansard Roof A roof having two slopes on all four sides. The lower slope is steeper and longer than the upper slope. Modiﬁed L-Plan An elaboration of the L-plan form with a cube-shaped central mass and projecting front and side wings Open Plan A plan with a regular structural system but no permanent interior partitions, typical of commercial structures Orientation The relationship of a building to its site. The main façade and entrance of the building may face north, south, east, or west. 5 Historic Marker Glossary Revised June 2007 Parapet A portion of the exterior wall that extends above the line of the roof Pier and Beam Foundation A building system that emphasizes the regular use of vertical and horizontal (or slightly sloping) structural members Sash A window frame that may be ﬁxed or moveable. If moveable, it may slide vertically (double-hung, single-hung), or it may pivot (casement window). Shed Roof A roof type with one sloping plane covering the entire building Shotgun Plan A long, narrow plan comprised of units aligned in a single row, one unit wide and typically one to four units deep Single-Hung Window A window with two overlapping sashes. The lower sash slides vertically in the tracks, and the upper sash is ﬁxed. Site The section of town or general location in which the building lot is located Site Plan A drawing showing the boundaries of the property, the location and size of the nominated building, and any other signiﬁcant site components such as additional structures and landscape features Sliding Window A window with one ﬁxed sash and another that slides horizontally in the tracks Stucco A sturdy type of plaster used on exterior walls, sometimes spread in a decorative pattern T-Plan A simple plan resembling the shape of the letter ‘T’ 6 Historical Marker Application CONTACT INFORMATION APPLICANT'S NAME: ADDRESS: CITY, STATE, ZIP: PHONE NUMBER: EMAIL: This application is for a: Structure Subject STRUCTURE MARKER INFORMATION Structure is a: Home Building If a home, was it formerly located on Texas A&M campus? Yes No Address of Structure: Owner's Name: Current Mailing Address: Phone Number: Email: SUBJECT MARKER INFORMATION This nomination is for: Enterprise Person Event Topic Other: The title of this subject is: What type of property is the proposed marker to be placed on? Public Private Address of marker location: 7 Travis and Brenda Stice 311 Suffolk College Station. 432-312-9838 Travisdstice@gmail.com X X X 311 Suffolk College Station Describe the signiﬁcance of the proposed historical marker with as much detail as possible. You may attach additional pages for your narrative. 8 Please see additional pages included Supporting Documentation Please attach the following information to the application. A. Alterations List any known changes or modiﬁcations made to the property throughout its history. B. Prominent Historical Figures List any prominent historical ﬁgures associated with the property. C. Property Ownership List all known owners of the property. Include original owner and subsequent owners. D. Tenant History List all known tenants of the property throughout its history. E. Narrative History Attach a narrative explanation of the chronological and historical development of the property. F. Drawings • Provide a sketch of the current site plan. Include the proposed location of the historical marker. • Provide a sketch map indicating the nominated property and any related sites. G. Photographs • Provide at least one historic photograph of the property. • Provide at least one current photograph of the property illustrating in its surrounding context. For example, photograph the streetscape in which the building is included. • Provide at least one photograph of each side of the building. H. Additional Information Provide any additional information that supports the application. This may include architectural drawings, letters, oral histories, newspaper/magazine articles, etc. I. References Attach a list of the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form. 9 Brenda and Travis Stice: 2811 Rusk, LLC (432) 559-6019 4906 Rustic Trail Midland, TX 79707 311 Suffolk Avenue - ½ of Lot 34 all of Lot 35 and ½ of Lot 36; Block 5 in the Oakwood Subdivision. Grantor Grantee Date Vol page Frances & Charles Schwartz W.M. Sparks Aug 19, 1932 82 278 W.M. Sparks, J.E. Angell & H.E. Burgess Oakwood Realty Company October 8, 1932 82 523 Oakwood Realty Company Frank Adolphus Hollingshead June 5, 1940 103 452 Frank & Ethel Hollingshead Mariedna & Henry J. Welge June 7, 1941 106 526 Mariedna & Henry J. Welge N.R. Smith (Mechanic’s Lien)November 4, 1941 306 Mariedna & Henry J. Welge Roy & Lola Donahue February 1, 1944 115 156 Roy & Lola Donahue William U. & Sarah Kennon December 22, 1952 157 193 William U. & Sarah Kennon John W. & Lola M. Holcomb March 15, 1961 210 221 John W. & Lola M. Holcomb Michael B. & Carolyn V. Hall August 18, 1998 3226 84 Michael B. & Carolyn V. Hall Robbie F. Fusch May 30, 2000 3823 347 Robbie F. Fusch Barbara E. & Robert E. Schmid November 18, 2003 5730 225 Barbara E. & Robert E. Schmid Travis & Brenda Stice (2811 Rusk LLC) August 29, 2022 18193 246 History of Various Owners of 311 Suffolk Frank Adolphus Hollingshead Frank A. Hollingshead was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on March 15, 1893. Frank was working as a draftsman for Arkansas Light & Power when he entered officer’s training camp and, upon completion, enlisted as an Army Lieutenant on Nov 29, 1917. Frank married Ethel Spragins days later, and the couple moved to Fort Scott, CA where Lt. Hollingshead was to be stationed. The mission of Fort Scott was to defend the military post and San Francisco Bay as home to the Coast Artillery CorpsLt. Hollingshead served in WWI until his discharge on January 2, 1919. In 1920, he joined the U.S. Army Reserves and in 1936 enrolled in Texas A&M College receiving a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and teaching the A&M Coast Artillery Corps. Lt Hollingshead was promoted to Lt. Colonel in April, 1941, sold his home in College Station , Texas and was ordered to Camp Wallace, located at the present site of Jack Brooks Park in Hitchcock, Texas. It was an Army Basic Training Camp that was completed June 1, 1941. There were 399 buildings. From 1941 to 1946 thousands of young men received training in the military skills that they would need to survive and win World War Two . Lt. Col. Frank Hollingshead was promoted to the rank of Colonel on March 11, 1948 and continued his service in the Korean War. Mariedna and Henry J. Welge The couple had only just married in 1940 as seen in this newspaper article: The San Bernardino County Paper dated Sept. 6, 1940 “Miss Mariedna Fisher of Long Beach, CA, exchanged her nuptial vows with Dr. Henry John Welge of College Station, TX… College Station, Texas, is the destination of Dr. Welge and his bride, who will make their home in that community, the bridegroom being a chemist and a professor at Texas Agricultural & Mechanical college, having taught there three years. Mrs. Welge is a native of California, with Sacramento as her birthplace. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High school in Long Beach in 1929, and from UCLA, where she was a member of Phi Mu sorority and active in the Women’s Club in 1934. Her husband was born in St. Louis, and has resided in California ten years. He is a graduate from the University of Illinois, and took work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, receiving his PhD from the latter.” Ten months after their wedding, Mr and Mrs Welge took a vacation to Honolulu, Hawaii returning home to College Station three months before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Dr Welge was 33 years old at the beginning of WWII and his mother was German which may be reasons he did not serve in the war and moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Two years after leaving College Station, in A pril 1946, Henry J. Welge and Philip S. Williams of Tulsa, Oklahoma as assignors to Standard Oil Development Company applied to the US Patent Office for a method to “prevent water encroachment in oil wells.” (Issued Oct 21, 1952) A second example of Dr Welge’s work is a SPE paper printed in Vol. 195, 1952, while he was employed by The Carter Company (later to be known as Exxon) in Tulsa, OK entitled “A Simplified Method for Computing Oil Recovery by Gas or Water Drive”. For all his work in chemistry and petroleum engineering at Texas A&M in College Station and The Carter Company in Tulsa, Henry J. Welge was presented the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal in 1986. An honor distinguished by the achievement in the identification and development of new technology and concepts that enhance the process of finding or producing petroleum. The Medal may be awarded from time to time upon affirmative advice from the Board of Directors of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. His achievement was presented as follows: “For more than 40 years of distinguished work in all aspects of modern petroleum engineering and for pioneering contributions in the field of immiscible displacement in porous media.” Henry J. Welge retired as a consultant. For almost 30 years, Dr. Welge worked for Jersey Production Research Lab (later Exxon Production Labs), The Carter Oil Co (later Exxon Co USA), and Exxon Production Research Co in various petroleum reservoir engineering positions. He retired from Exxon as a Senior Research Chemist in 1972 and did consulting work for H.J. Gruy & Associates for ten years. He began his career as Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. Dr Welge earned a B.S. from the University of Illinois and an M.S. and Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology. He holds six U.S. patents and has published many articles in industry publications. He was a member of the 1952-54 SPE Transactions Committee. Dr. Welge was recipient of the 1984 SPE Reservoir Engineering Award and is a Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Roy and Lola Donahue Prof Donahue’s memoriam by the International Union of Soil Sciences summarizes his work. “Prof. Roy Luther Donahue, soil scientist, agronomist, forester, international consultant, and textbook author, was born in Texas, on 3 November 1908. In 1926 Donahue enrolled at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). During this time, he spent his summers working as a Forest Mapper and Control Chief for the Michigan Department of Conservation Land Economic Survey in Michigan. After receiving his B.S. in Soil Science in 1932, he worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). In 1934-35 he was an instructor in soil science at Michigan State, and in 1935 he was appointed the founding head of the Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University; as a Research Professor of Forest Soils at that school he taught a course in forestry and initiated forest-soils research in the Mississippi Delta. After two years at Mississippi State University, Donahue entered graduate school at Cornell University, majoring in agronomy (forest soils) with minors in geology, meteorology, and forestry. After receiving a Ph.D. degree in 1939 he accepted a position as associate professor of soil science in the Department of Agronomy, Texas A&M College (now University). From 1945 to 1952 Dr. Donahue was an extension agronomist for Texas A&M University, and then served as Chairman of the Department of Agronomy at the University of New Hampshire from 1952 to 1956. He had extensive foreign experience, having worked in Greece, for many years in India, but also at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, and in several African countries. In 1966, he returned to Michigan State University, where he served as a tenured Professor of Soil Science in the Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences until he retired in 1972. Dr. Donahue was a prolific author of agricultural textbooks and reports and honorary or life member of a number of societies, among them the American Society of Agronomy, the Indian Society of Agronomy, the Indian Soil Science Society and the International Union of Soil Sciences. “ His most significant and enduring titles, many of them translated into other languages, include Our South: Its Resources and Their Use (1956, with E.F. Evans); Our Soils and Their Management (sixth edition, 1990, with R.H. Follett and R.W. Tulloch); The Range and Pasture Book (1956, with E.F. Evans and L.I. Jones; Spanish edition published in 1962); Exploring Agriculture (sixth edition, 1984, with J.E. Christiansen; two Spanish editions); Soils: An Introduction to Soils and Plant Growth (seventh edition, 1995, with R.W. Miller, retitled Soils in Our Environment; French and Spanish editions); Soils: Their Chemistry and Fertility in Tropical Asia (1964, with R.V. Tamhane, D.P. Motiramani, and Y.P. Bali; Hindi translation published in 1970); Soil Management in India (second edition, 1962, with H.R. Arakeri, G.V. Chalam, and P. Satyanarayana); Agriculture in India (1963, 3 volumes, with L.S.S. Kumar, A.C. Aggararwala, H.R. Arakeri, M.G. Kamath, and E.N. Moore; each volume translated to all twelve of India's major regional languages); Soil Testing in India (second edition, with G.R. Muhr, N.P. Datta, H. Sankarasubramoney, and V.K. Leley; a portion translated to Turkish, 1967); Soils and Land Use in the Ryukyu Islands (1967, with T. Chinzei, K. Oya, and Z. Koja; in Japanese and English); Agricultural Mechanization in Equatorial Africa (1969, with C.K. Kline, D.A.G. Green, and B.A. Stout); Soils of Equatorial Africa and Their Relevance to Rational Agricultural Development. (1970); Principles of Soil Conservation and Water Management (1984, with H.R. Arakeri); Fertilizers and Soil Amendments (1981, with R.H. Follett and L.S. Murphy); Soil and Water Conservation for Productivity and Environmental Protection (third edition, 1999, with F.R. Troeh and J.A. Hobbs, retitled Soil and Water Conservation: Productivity and Environmental Protection); The Agriculture Dictionary (1991, with R.V. Herren); and Delmar's Agriscience Dictionary with Searchable CD-ROM (1999, with R.V. Herren). John W & Lola M Holcomb John Holcomb received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in Jan 16, 1940 from Texas A&M College. The Master of Education was awarded at Texas A&M in 1954 and Holcomb did doctoral level work in educational administration at the University of Texas. He taught in Pioneer and Brady school districts, supervised vocational agriculture for the Texas Education Agency and Adjustment Administration. As an Associate Professor at A&M, Professor Holcomb spent a summer as a consultant in Coahuila, Mexico sent by the Ford Foundation to divert more students to the study of agriculture. He was later named chief of party for university personnel in the Dominican Republic. Holcomb coordinated and supervised an A&M staff of 25 in the Dominican Republic. He retired as a professor of Agricultural Education in May, 1980. Michael B & Carolyn V Hall In an article in The Battalion dated Monday, July 15, 2002, “Texas A&M College of Science Dean H. Joseph Newton appointed Michael B. Hall, Professor of Chemistry, to work as his right-hand man as Executive Associate Dean, effective Sept.1, 2002. Dr. Hall became a member of the Texas A&M faculty in 1975 and headed the Chemistry Department from 1986 to 1994. Hall has also served as the College of Science’s Associate Dean for Information Technology and Research since 1997. In addition, he wa s the director of A&M’s Laboratory for Molecular Simulation and was a mentor to the University Undergraduate Research Fellows program, Undergraduate Advisor and Head of the Department’s Inorganic Chemistry Division. Contact Information Heritage Programs P.O. Box 9960 College Station, TX 77842979.764.3491 Emailheritageprogram@cstx.gov q