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Home My WebLink About04/10/1991 - Regular Minutes - Historic Preservation Committee HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1991 CENTRAL PARK CONFERENCE ROOM MEMBERS PRESENT: Gary Halter, Chairman; Joan Lampkin, Lois Beach, Les Hawkins, Norma Teetes, Eric Schulte, Jim Gardner, Council Liaison MEMBERS ABSENT: Roger Feldman STAFF PRESENT: David Gerling, Special Facilities Superintendent: Bridgette George, Receptionist /Secretary L CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Chairman Gary Halter at 7:08 PM. IL APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The meeting for March was cancelled due to the presentation ceremony of the first plaque to a historical building at Cafe Eccel. Eric Schulte was also presented with the first plaque for a historical house. M. SWEAR IN ERIC SCHULTE: Eric Schulte was sworn in as a Committee Member by Chairman Gary Halter. IV. HEAR VISITORS: No visitors present. Gary took this time to discuss Henry Detlaw's book Pictorial History of College Station. Henry has donated the rest of his books to the City of College Station and they are currently stored in the City Secretary's office. Gary received a letter stating that they needed to be moved and he would like to see if the Parks Department could find a place to store them. There are about 2000 books left. David Gerling said that he would speak with Connie and get them moved to a safe location. Consideration of distribution will be discussed at the next meeting. V. UPDATE ON ROCK PRAIRIE CHURCH: The historic marker application is proceeding to the county commission at the next meeting on April 22, 1991 at 7:00 PM. Gary doesn't expect any problems with the application. Gary wrote the first draft and the church then went through and suggested rewording some of it. It then came back to the committee and was reprocessed. VL REPORT ON RE- DEDICATION OF OSR: The re- dedication will be Tuesday, April 16th at 9:30 AM at the corner of OSR and Texas. Following the ceremony there will be exhibits and a luncheon at the Brazos Center. Historic Preservation Committee Wednesday, April 10, 1991 Page 2 VII, REVIEW APPLICATIONS FOR HISTORIC MARKERS: Out of all the forms that were mailed out only 11 were returned. We have received 5 historic marker applications. The applications were passed around for committee approval. All of the applications were approved. A policy was passed stating that after approval by the committee, a letter would be mailed to them asking that they send in their $65 so that they can be presented with their plaque at the next Historical Meeting. The addresses follow and are preceded by their plaque number. The plaque numbers are determined by the order in which the application was received. #2 - -502 Kerry: Betty Potter Fry; #3- -607 Old Jersey: Jack Inglis; #4--1004 Ashburn Avenue: Mrs. Manning Smith; #5- -611 Montclair Avenue: Peter McIntyre; #6-716 Park Place: Raymond Rogers (Approved but David will request more information about the history of the house). VIIL OTHER COMMTITEE CONCERNS: Lois accepted a request to be the liaison between this committee and the Heritage Committee in Bryan. She is invited to the next meeting which will be Wednesday, April 17th. They would like all the historic tour houses to be in College Station next Spring. There are two other marker applications that Gary would like the committee to work gathering information on and writing: The College Station Railroad Station and Easterwood Airport. Norma said that she would work on the Railroad Station and Les volunteered to work on Easterwood Airport. Texas A &M University has agreed to let the Railroad marker be placed on their land. A spot has not been designated yet. After gathering all the information needed for the application, the committee will ask A &M where they would like to put the State Marker. The committee will also find out what kind of ceremony, if any, they would like to have. David and Gary will check to see if there is a price difference between the State Marker on a post and without a post. Eric stated that Vera Dowell passed away a few months back and that the family previously tried to donate her house to the University, but A &M has a policy not to allow wooden structures on the campus. Eric suggested turning it into a Bed & Breakfast, at its current location. Gary would like some prior commitment from the City Council for a budget, in order to be able to move houses, like the Dowell house. Les suggested the committee should push the Heritage Village issue. The committee would like to purchase a 5 acre track at Wolf Pen Creek, put some historic houses there and name it Heritage Village. Eric said that Dr. Van Riper told him that the house at 107 Williamson was gone. Lois will go by that location and investigate the situation. She will also contact the City of Bryan and find out what happened to it; whether it was moved or torn down. IX. ADJOURN: Gary adjourned the meeting at 8:05 pm.