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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/03/2019 - Regular Minutes - Historic Preservation Committee MINUTES Historic Preservation Committee Monday, June 3, 2019 – 4:00 pm Municipal Court 300 Krenek Tap Road College Station, Texas 77842 The City Council may or may not attend the Historic Preservation Committee Regular Meeting. Present: Louis Hodges - √ Marilyn Randall - √ Sherry Frisk - √ Gerald Burgner - √ William Wright - √ Shirley Dupriest - √ Willie Blackmon - x Julie Schultz - √ David Fujimoto - √ Linda Harvell; City Council - √ Tiffany Gonzalez – Historical Records Archivist - x 1. Called to order and announced a Quorum at 4 p.m. by Gerald Burgner. 2. Tiffany Gonzales had a request for absence. Gerald Burgner asked for a motion to approve. Marilyn second the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor. By a unanimous vote, the motion was passed. 3. William Wright, made a motion to approve the May minutes. Shirley Dupriest, seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor and the motion passed unanimously. 4. We had one visitor: Steven C. Beachey. Mr. Beachey, spoke in regards to stories of CS History that need to be told on historical markers. There were four ideas he spoke on. 1.) Getting Historical markers as a subject. If approved through the committee, then they should be approved through the state. If a marker is approved through the state, then it should be placed on a post. A new marker should be in place when the new City Hall is dedicated. 2.) Parkland dedication in Texas needs to be mapped out to show the significance of dedication within the state of Texas. Information can be told through a subject marker. The site he suggested to locate marker would be John Crompton Park. 3.) th A&M United Methodist Church will be celebrating its 100 anniversary on June 23, 2023. Mr. Beachey would like to see a subject marker on that building. The marker will be paid for by the Church. 4.) An Archeological study was done at Veterans & Lick Creek Parks. The researcher was a Principal named Austin Thomas. Evidence of habitation was found at theses parks. He found camp sites – tents. He would like a marker for these sites. They called them the Indians of the Brazos Valley area. 5. For the College Station History book, everyone has been working on their perspective years and getting lots of research done. For Cemetery Project, Sherry Frisk thanked Marilyn Randall and Shirley DuPriest for their research regarding "Outstanding College Station Citizens" buried in the city cemetery on Texas Avenue. Information has been gathered on 118 people on our "master list" and the Historic Preservation Committee will need to decide how many more names will be enough for this beginning effort. Sherry recommended that more African American names and Czech names (those buried in the Salem & Shiloh Cemeteries) be added to our research list and asked for help in identifying those people. With the goal in mind of obtaining a state historic marker for our historic cemeteries, Sherry has continued researching the history of the Washington Chapel Baptist Church and the Washington Chapel Cemetery (now known as Salem), as well as the Rector Chapel and Cemetery (now known as Shiloh). The first objective has been to prove who is actually buried in those cemeteries. Working with information from Bill Page, tombstones in the cemeteries and documentation in the College Station Interment Record Book, lists of names to research were compiled. The conclusion, based on information from the County Clerk's Office and resources in Carnegie Library, is that the approximate total buried in the Salem Cemetery is 126 individuals and that the Shiloh Cemetery contains graves of approximately 196 individuals. Since there are many who are not accounted for in any other way, Sherry would like to see the HPC support some future effort to establish a memorial in their honor. Historical Marker Program applications - No new applications were turned in. The entire application packet is being revised by Gerald and Lou. There were several additions/corrections given by the committee to be included or updated on the application. David Schmitz stated once the application is completed with the changes, it will need to be sent to City Hall to be approved. Once changes are finalized, the application will be available online. College Station Oral History – Tiffany stated they have hired an intern. He is transcribing Blanche Brick’s interview and will then more to transcribing more. She has scheduled an oral history interview with Henry Mayo, and conducted an oral history interview with CSAN member Dr. Robert Woodward. Tiffany has also followed up with George McEachern and is waiting to hear back from him for an interview. Exploring History Lunches list was passed out by Marilyn Randall. We have all months filled with speakers starting in June 2019 to March 2020, except for December 2019. For Project HOLD, Tiffany has scanned newspaper clippings onto Project HOLD. Newspaper clippings are from the Eagle related to obituaries, community commentary, and events in the city. She has received documents from Sherry Frisk and a resident reached out wanting to donate pictures that he found while cleaning his mom’s house. th 6. For upcoming events – There were 2 events brought up. 1.) June 8 at the American Museum th of the GI, there will be a reception of D-Day. 2.) June 14, the City of Bryan will certify local th government training. 3.) June 18, there will be an appreciation dinner at the CSR Meeting room on Graham Rd. 7. There were no reports from the Parks Director. 8. There weren’t any presentations or discussion on future agenda items. 9. Presentations: There was a photo album of Manor East Mall and Townshire presented. 10. Motion made to adjourn by William Wright, seconded by David Fujimoto, and carried by unanimous vote at 6:00PM.