HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/01/1995 - Regular Minutes - Historic Preservation Committee HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1995 -- 7:00 P.M.
CENTRAL PARK CONFERENCE ROOM
1000 KRENEK TAP ROAD
HISTORIC COMMITTEE Joan Lamkin, Chairman; Bill Lancaster, Co- Chairman; Greg Keith; Florace Kling;
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mary Jane Hirsch; Deborah Jasek; Gary Halter; Deborah O'Briant; Bill Fox,
Council Liaison
MEMBERS ABSENT: Steven Smith
STAFF PRESENT: David Gerling, Special Facilities Superintendent; Pamela Einkauf, Senior
Secretary
I. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Joan stated that there was a spelling correction in the 2/1/95 minutes,
in the "Update on Black Education" section. The minutes read: 'A// the students that went on to
attend high schoo/ were bused to camp in Bryan, and College Station paid the tuition.' It should
read: '..students that went on to attend high school were bused to Kemp in Bryan...! Joan stated
that they were bused to Kemp School in Bryan. Gary stated that Kemp was the black high school in
Bryan. He said that he thought there was an old phone book around somewhere that had a list of
schools in the back, and there was a separate list entitled Negro Schools. Bill stated that he had a
1935 telephone directory. Deborah made a motion that the minutes be accepted with corrections.
Gary seconded and the minutes were approved.
III. REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR HISTORIC HOMES: David stated that there were no new
applications for review.
IV. "MEMORY LANES" UPDATE: Joan stated that the publicity was starting for Southside Memory
Lanes, and that several people would be interviewed on KYLE, Channel 17 on different dates, to
promote the interviews. Joan informed everyone that orientation for the moderators would be held
on Tuesday, March 7, 1995, at noon, and there were about nine people on the list. Joan stated that
the Southside interviews would be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, March 24, 1995, at the Conference
Center. She stated that the Committee was welcome to attend and there would be plenty of things
to do. Joan asked anyone playing an active role in the interviews, to be there about 8:30 a.m. She
mentioned that when the North Gate Memory Lane interviews were held, some junior high
students were able to help out, but since school would be in session during the upcoming interviews,
those students wouldn't be available to help this time. However, Lisa Burns, the Academic
Coordinator at Willow Branch, would be one of the moderators and she would be bringing some of
the students from her photography program to take pictures and help with the videos.
V. DISCUSSION OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS: Joan asked David to explain the
Distinguished Service Awards handout information. David stated that the handout was received at
the County Historical meeting, and after he had read through the information, he realized that the
deadlines had already passed for the year. He figured that Charles Schultz just wanted to make
everyone aware of awards for next year. Gary stated that the Distinguished Service Awards was an
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ongoing thing done every year. He explained that they give awards at the Annual State Historic
Society Meeting . David asked if the City had ever won anything, and Gary said that College Station
had not. He didn't know about the County or whether they had actually ever nominated anything
for an award. Deborah stated that in looking at the handout, the City had already fulfilled a good
portion of the things on the list -- records and documentation needed to be kept on everything that
would be done. Gary said that College Station had done a lot more than Bryan. Joan asked if the
City, Heritage Society, and County could combine the things they'd done. Gary said yes -- it would be
given as an award for Brazos County. Joan said she had looked at the Heritage Tourism section and
she thought the Committee could easily do a lot on that. She said the Committe would have to
complete five activities in any one section. Mary Jane asked if this was a State Award, and Gary said
yes, to the County. He commented that he thought a first, second, and third place award would also
be given if certain criteria were met. Joan said that not all counties apply for the awards. Gary said
that the first year he became aware that Brazos County had applied any of the awards was last
year.
Joan stated that the following topics would be something the Committee could do: Historic Tourism,
Historical Markers, Local History Archives, Oral History, and Museum Assistance. Joan asked if the
George Bush Library would be considered a museum. Gary said he thought that in one sense it
would. Mary Jane said that its called a museum collection right now. Gary asked if these things
had to be done within the last year. Joan said yes, and that then you could pick another topic for the
next year. David stated that he believed everything had to be done within the calendar year. Joan
said that everything the Committee was currently doing needed to be documented. Gary stated that
the Committee could make a claim on historic photographs. He said the Committee had been
collecting historic photographs for years, and that the pictorial history was an attempt to do exactly
that. A lot of photos collected were never used. Gary said the City could also claim the cemetery.
Joan said it had to be a group of cemeteries. The small cemetery by the Treehouse Apartments was
mentioned. Deborah stated the cemetery in Richard Carter Park would also qualify and counting the
city cemetery would make three.
Gary said it would take years to do some of the things on the list. David said that from what he read
in the handout, it made it sound that everything had to be done from January 1 - December 31, and
then you mark off the things you've accomplished in that year and see if you've done enough in that
section to get an award. Joan said that was her understanding as well, but that it might be a good
idea to discuss it with Charles Schultz. Joan said she would let the County know that the Committee
wanted to move forward and work on the sections mentioned. She suggested that the Committee
members look at the list and see if there was something each one could volunteer for.
VI. A&M 1995 CLASS GIFT: Greg introduced Ashley Cook, the Class Gift Crew Leader on the Old Main
Society. Greg explained that what the Society will do every year is suggest a class gift for the
students' consideration. He was told by the Class of 1995 Co -Chair that the gift the Society had
suggested was on the ballot with a few other things. He was also told by both Class Gift Co- Chairs
that the Society's suggestion was their first choice and the gift they would be pushing for. Some of
the other ideas for gifts were: to bring back the old style Elephant Walk which Greg commented that
a lot of research had been done on; to put some money towards DeWare Field House to make it a
Southwest Conference Gallery and Aggie Archives. Greg said the general feeling is that the 1910
Campus Model is something that's feasible and the students would like to raise $95,000. Greg
handed out some information about the model, along with a letter from Daniel MacGilvray,
Professor of Architecture, to Bob Attra of Attra Architectural Models in Houston. The Class
approached Professor MacGilvray and asked him to find out some information and get some
estimates on what it would cost to do the model.
Greg said the Class would vote on the gift on March 29 and 30, and that the choice would be
announced on April 3, 1995. Greg stated that he knows the time is bad to approach the City for
financial help for several reasons -- one being the fact that the City gave $50,000 in 1994 towards
the 1883 depot. Greg used the Heritage Tours which recently took place, as an example and stated
that the tours could have started off by viewing the model and then going to tour the homes. He
commented that since all the campus homes would probably be portrayed on the model, it would
be a nice idea to show the people on the tour where the homes were originally located before
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taking them on the tour of some of those same homes. Greg said he was concerned about the fact
that the money could be used up rather quickly on the models, especially considering the amount of
detail work on some of the older buildings, such as Old Main and Gathright Hall. Greg asked Ashley
if anyone on her crew had voiced any concerns. She said not thus far. Greg told the Committee that
he really wasn't asking for money, he just wanted the Committee to know what the situation was.
He didn't want the City to miss out on an opportunity to have all the campus homes on the model.
He said the model would be done with or without College Station money, however the campus
homes may not be put on there, if cost becomes a factor. He asked if anyone knew how many
campus homes there were in 1910. Gary said there were 50 or 60 at least, and that there are 43
known campus homes in Bryan /College Station. Greg said he was curious how many of those were
built after 1910. Gary said that he has a 1913 map of campus which shows the location of all
structures including the faculty housing. The map was used in part to help locate the homes after
they were removed from campus. He said he did not know of a 1910 map in the archives. Greg
said he had the chronology and knew which buildings were there in 1910. There are some older
pictures of 1910, but no photos of 1910 campus. Greg said he had a 1912 Longhorn which had
pictures in it, so he had a good idea of what was there. Gary said aerial photos didn't come about
until later. Greg said that some of the photos looked like aerials because they were taken from the
top of Old Main and the water tower. Gary stated that most of the photographs of houses, the most
prominent ones, were those located around the drill field and were very highly photographed for
obvious reasons. There were many houses over in the general area of Sbisa and the power plant
which were smaller houses. None of those smaller homes were ever found in the community or
verified. Most of those were probably three and four room houses that workers, and non - faculty
staff lived in. Greg said he hoped the City would decide to get involved, because even though there
had been a lot of research done, doing the 1910 model would ensure that more research would be
done. Other homes may be discovered to be campus homes.
Gary asked where the model would be displayed. Greg said Ashley had told him the students didn't
want it in the Clayton Williams Alumni Center. Ashley told the Committee that she didn't really know
why, however the Class Gift Co -Chair said they did not want it located there. Gary stated that the
model might be something that could be moved around. Greg said the other four locations where
the model could be located were listed in the handout information, and that he would prefer to
locate it in an historic building. He stated that MSC was his first choice since its an older -- 1950's
Frank Lloyd Wright inspired building. The Visitor's Center in Rudder Tower would not be his first
choice, however the 1883 Depot Gallery once built would be appropriate an place as well. Greg
said he felt the model would be something all Aggies would appreciate, since some of the buildings
on the model were still standing in the 1950's and Goodwin Hall was demolished in either 1988 or
1989. There are only two buildings which provide a link between the campus now and the 1910
campus. They are the Analytical Services Building and Nagle Hall. The two oldest buildings on
campus today are dated 1909. There are several reasons the year 1910 was chosen for the model -
it's a decade increment; Old Main is still up (it burns in 1912); the Mess Hall is still up lit burns in
1911); the Interurban Trolley just started; and the second Aggie bonfire was held. Greg stated that
1910 was a snapshot in time that's very impressive. Greg stated that some of the owners of the
campus homes may be interested in seeing their home on the 1910 model.
Gary asked Greg if the list of buildings for the model was exhaustive, and Greg said there may be a
few omissions. Greg stated that the five professor residences that were made of the same red brick
that Old Main and Gathright were made of, would be included as part of the buildings put on the
model, as well as the President's home. Gary told Greg that if he would get the document list that
Professor Paul Van Ryper prepared for the campus homes marker, it had good information on it that
he could use. Of the 40+ campus homes Professor Van Ryper located, he believes he knows where
about 90% of them were located on campus and when they were built. He also personally
renovated two campus homes himself.
Greg said the model would be made out of high quality acrylic, and a mold would be made. If
someone decides later to do another model -- say a 1950 model -- the mold would already be
made. Also you can create any texture, whether wood or brick, in the acrylic. He stated that the
buildings would be done in the appropriate colors and it would show the grass and trees. Bill stated
that there wasn't much grass or trees back then. Greg stated he knew that the trees were very
small. Greg said he believed there was a lake on campus at one time, where Quality Row was, but
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it was drained in the 1920's. He stated that he felt as though everyone would learn a lot about the
campus during the process. He commented that he did not want the City to feel like they would be
asked to contribute money towards the class gift every year. He felt it was coincidental that it
happened two years in a row.
Joan thanked Greg, and told him she was anxious to know what the outcome of the election would
be. Bill asked what other types of gifts the model was competing against. Greg stated one was a
student leader retreat which would be built on the Riverside Campus Annex. Greg said he felt like a
retreat should be further than five miles away, and that the class gift should be for all Aggies and
current students, not just the student leaders. He said another idea for a gift was for the Class of
1995 to pay for the lighting of the Victory Eagle statue at Cain Park.
VII. OTHER COMMITTEE CONCERNS: David said he would be meeting with the Class of 1994
President regarding the depot and how to proceed since the ISTEA money would not be there. He
said the Class still wants to build the depot, and they will still have to work with A &M just as though
they had gotten the ISTEA money. The decision needed to be made as to how it would be built,
where it will be located, and who will staff it. Those decisions would then have to be approved by
the Board of Regents. David's understanding was that none of the previous class gifts had ever had
to be approved by the Board of Regents, until this one. There is some thought that now the Board
will want to approve all of the class gifts in the future.
Greg said David Godbey would be giving the Old Main Society a presentation on the Old Main Depot
at the next Society meeting, and that everyone was welcome to come. It would be held the Monday
after Spring Break at 9:00 p.m.
Joan told the Committee that she felt that the Committee needed to update their goals, and a list of
the latest marker additions had been included in their packets so that everyone could see what had
been done. One of the things she wanted to do was update the list of proposed state historic
markers. The last list was done in 1990, and so she felt that should be a priority. The first item on
the list was to obtain a marker for 'Lincoln High School', however, that wasn't approved. So the
subject for the marker was changed to "Black Education in the Brazos Valley ", and that application
was just taken to the County Historical Commission for their approval. Joan said the next meeting
for the Commission would be held March 13, at 7:00 p.m., at the County Commissioner's office
during the week of spring break. Joan asked Deborah J. if she would go to that meeting since she
had done the work on the application. Deborah said she would attend.
Joan said that the next marker on the old list was the "Shiloh Community Cemetery ", and a marker
had been gotten for that. The third item was for a "Railroad Depot' marker, and a marker had been
put up for that as well. Item number four was for a "City Manager in Government" subject marker
and nothing had ever been done on that. Gary told the Committee that it had been said that
College Station was the first City in Texas, as a home -rule city, to adopt Council /Manager form of
government. Gary said the information had appeared in some publications, but that he had been
very fairly suspect of that, and he seriously doubted if College Station was the first. He said the
Texas Municipal League and the ICMA (International City Manager's Association) kept very good
records on that, and he would check into it.
Joan said number five on the marker list was for an "Easterwood Airport" marker, however at the
time the topic was originally researched the airport wasn't old enough. Joan said there should be
some material already gathered on Easterwood. The sixth item was for a "Rock Prairie School'
marker, and a marker was put up at the Rock Prairie Church. Number seven was for "The First A &M
Consolidated School ", and a marker had been gotten for that. Number eight was listed as 'School
architect'. Joan asked Gary if he knew what that was for. He said it was for the architect for the old
middle school building (part of it is gone now) which had won a national award. Joan said the
round building is still there. Gary stated that there had been a story on it in either Time or Life
magazine at the time, and it was apparently a new concept in school design. Bill L. said it was called
the "open concept ". Gary said it turned out to not work very well. Mary Jane said that Art Brake 1.6*L91rk
came to College Station because he read that publicity -- came through here, investigated and
stayed as a Math teacher. Gary said that most of that original building is gone, and as far as he
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knew the only thing left was the round building. He asked if the gym -- not the old wooden gym but -
the gym there now -- was part of the original buildings. Bill L. said no. Deborah said the gym was
built in 1941 as part of the same bond election that helped build part of Lincoln School. Both Gary
and Bill L. said that bond election was the wooden gym. Bill L. said the gym that's still there was built
later than that. Deborah asked if could have been built in 1956, since there was a bond election
then. Bill L. said it could have been, but he thought it was built even later than that.
Joan said number nine on that list was for a "Bonfire" marker. She said of the nine topics on the list,
the Committee had gotten markers on five of them. She said if the Committee wanted to pursue the
remaining items on the list, they could or a new list could be made to work from.
Joan said there were a couple of other projects that she would like to see the Committee work on.
One was to start a photo inventory of selected places in College Station, and the other was to start a
clipping activity. Joan suggested doing a photo inventory of the City every five years of particular
sites, though she didn't know which sites should be included. She asked the members to make a list
of sites they thought should be included. Greg asked who the City Archivist was, and Gary said that
there wasn't one. Greg said that the City might want to consider getting an Arichivist. Gary stated
that a library would be needed to hold those type things. He said what he had done over the years
was to give a lot of stuff to the A &M Archives, because there was no assurance that someone at City
Hall wouldn't throw things away and it was always possible to get copies of anything at the
Archives. Gary stated that at that the time he was mayor, there wasn't even a branch library in
College Station, and no one at City Hall except Elrey Ash appeared to have any long -term type of
interest in that type thing. Greg said that as he sees it, the City is at a different stage now and
should consider things like that. Gary stated that it becomes a budget issue. David said storage of
any items clipped and collected would have to be a consideration. Joan said it would also be
interesting for the Committee to collect historic tourist information.
Joan said that she would like for the Committee to decide if it would like to go forward with any of
the suggestions she'd brought up. Bill stated that eventually all of the things she'd mentioned
needed to be looked at. Joan said her list was just a basic list, and for the members to think about
anything more that could be added to the list. Greg suggested the possibility of using a volunteer
Archivist. Gary said that the City had never established an archival policy -- what gets kept, in what
form, and where to store those things that are kept. He said that there are things the City Council is
currently working on that fifty years from now people would think was very historic. A &M has an
archival policy which governs how long certain items are to be kept, and for how long, but they
didn't always. David asked if the A &M Archives have someone who clips articles. Gary said yes --
from newspapers all over the state. Gary said that as far as this applied to the City, there was a
good collection of articles in the City Secretary's office. The problem was that the collection varied
depending upon who was doing the clipping at the time, and what they deemed important. Some
years all that was clipped were the legal notices, while other people would clip everything from city
election information to campaign ads. Gary stated that Deborah Balliew who wrote College
Station, Texas 1998/1988 relied heavily on the City's collection of newspaper clippings. Joan
asked if the City was still clipping newspaper articles. No one knew if Connie Hooks was doing that
or not.
Greg said The Battalion was going to do either a one- or two -page spread on the Old Main Society
the following day in the "Aggie Life" Section. Greg stated that he thought The Battalion was a
very good school newspaper, compared to the newspapers he'd seen from some of the other
universities. Deborah said that at one time College Station named The Battalion as its city
newspaper. She commented that in the late 1930's and 1940's there was a regular "city beat" type
of reporter on the paper. Joan said the paper was thrown to homes in the neighborhoods until the
late 1970's. Gary said it was stopped because the city became larger, and it was difficult to keep
carriers.
Joan said the Committee would need to get a list together for proposed state historical markers.
Joan asked Gary if he would look into the City Manager information, and he said he'd call Gary
Watkins at Texas Municipal League. It should be easy to prove through their records if College
Station was the first Texas City to use Council Manager form of government. Joan looked at October,
1993 minutes and said there was some mention about joint projects with TAMU, markers for North
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Gate businesses, the fire school, and churches. She stated that getting a marker for the fire school
had been discussed several times, as well as the churches in North Gate. She commented that most
of those churches were getting close to the 75 year mark. Gary said he had thought about getting a
marker for the old cemetery on campus, however, that would require A &M's cooperation. David
asked where that cemetery was. Gary told him it is where Luther Street used to cross the railroad
tracks, just on the other side of the tracks. Bill 1. stated that it used to be located on campus about
where bonfire is now, and was later moved to the current site which is still University -owned land.
Gary said if you go to Marion Pugh and turn right onto Luther, you'll come to it. It is hard to see, but
there are still some markers there, and it is occasionally maintained by the University. Joan said a
field trip there would be a good idea. Joan suggested everyone make a list of proposed state
historic markers to be prioritized at the next meeting.
Joan stated that if the Committee did not want to start clipping newspaper articles that was fine, she
just thought it would be nice to get a list together of things to work on. Florace stated that she was a
newspaper clipper and if Joan would give her a list of what she wanted her to clip, she'd be happy
to do it. Bill 1. stated that it would be hard to put a list together because anything that changed the
concept of the city -- a development or anything -- would be of interest later on. Joan mentioned
that Gracie Calbert and Sylvia Martinez at the Conference Center were clippers and keeping records
of a lot of things. Bill L. asked if the schools were clipping things. Joan said it would be a good idea
to find out who was clipping what. Bill 1. said the next question would be where to store everything.
Gary stated that newspaper clippings have a short life span, unless treated properly.
Joan said the College Station historic homes brochure needed to be updated, that there were things
in the brochure which weren't accurate. Joan said that the Committee needed to be aware of the
things the University and the City of Bryan were doing. She stated that next year would be Bryan's
125th Anniversary, and that there would be big celebrations going on every month. Gary said it
might be possible to work with Bryan on some things.
Joan told the Committee that she would be gone again for a while, and that Bill would be in charge
in her absence.
Greg said he felt that he had one more thing of an urgent nature. He stated that he was on the
North Gate Revitalization Committee and there were some exciting things going on as a part of the
revitalization effort. He passed out a handout with a picture of the Campus Theater. Greg's concern
was that the owner of the Campus Theater, Don Ganter, was taking the letters off the theater. Greg
stated that he felt the theater was one of the premier landmarks of North Gate and the letters
should be left up. Greg said he took a tour with his Real Estate Development Class, and that the
theater had been gutted and would be turned into a night spot called Shadow Canyon. The
interior is all cedar and a dance floor has been added. Greg said that the exterior would be painted
some desert colors and all the letters had been removed but two. He wanted to know if it was too
late to write the owner a letter asking him to keep the theater as an historical landmark. Gary said
that Don Ganter would probably put those letters on the inside of the club. Bill L. asked what the
legal aspects were. Bill Fox stated that if an historic overlay district had been created at North Gate,
the Committee would have been able to prevent the owner from making those changes. Bill L. said
that nothing could be done retroactively. Greg said he felt that the issue was important enough that
someone should write Mr. Ganter a letter. Bill F. said he would talk to Hub Kennady the next day.
He stated that he didn't mind co- authoring a letter, but as a council member he would probably
have to have the full blessing of the council before he could do that. He said that since North Gate is
Hub Kennady's project, he would probably want to be the one to contact Mr. Ganter to see if there
would be any reconsideration on his part. Bill F. said that, if Mr. Kennady still felt it necessary to send
a letter from a couple of the council members after he'd talked to Mr. Ganter, then he would be
happy to sign it. Greg said he felt that the Committee should let Mr. Ganter know that it was
concerned. Bill F. said he's surprised that Mr. Ganter didn't try to maintain the theater theme, what
with Planet Hollywood being such big business. Deborah J. said that from what she'd been told,
the original idea for the theater was a Humphrey Bogart /Casa Blanca type theme. Bill F. said he
thought that would have been a fantastic idea. Greg said that Shadow Canyon would be just
another Dixie Chicken only with a dance floor. He thought it would be very successful, because the
only thing North Gate doesn't have is dancing. Greg said that it would be opening within a month.
Gary asked if the exterior of the theater would be altered in any way. Greg said no, but it would be
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painted to resemble a canyon with shadows falling on it. Deborah mentioned that there was also a
coffee house going in at North Gate, which had made the front page of The Eagle that morning.
The name of the shop would be Dead Laz /o's and there would be a coffin and a tombstone inside
the shop. It had also been mentioned that they might post the daily obituaries as well. Gary
commented that the coffee house was a take -off from an episode of the Laverne and Shirley
show.
VIII. ADJOURN: The meeting adjourned at 8:14 p.m.
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College Station Historic Preservation Committee Meeting
Request for College Station Participation in `95 Class Gift
Class Gift Submission Crew
March 1, 1995
OLD MAIN SOCIETY CLASS `95 GIFT SUBMISSION
Museum quality 1910 (November) campus model. The year 1910 is significant because it is a decade
increment, the Interurban Trolley just began operation, the Mess Hall burns in 1911, Old Main burns in
1912, and two buildings that exist today, the Analytical Services building and Nagle Hall (Both 1909),
will provide a link between today's campus and the campus of 1910.
OLD MAIN 1875, GATHRIGHT HALL 1876, FIVE PROFESSOR RESIDENCES 1876, DEPOT
1883, PFEUFFER HALL 1887, AUSTIN HALL 1888, ASSEMBLY HALL 1889, PRESIDENT'S
HOME 1891, ROSS HALL 1891, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SHOPS 1892, POWER PLANT
1893, INFIRMARY 1895, MESS HALL 1897, FOSTER HALL 1899, AGRICULTURE &
HORTICULTURE BUILDING 1900, CHEMISTRY & VETERINARY 1902, BAGLEY HALL 1904
VETERINARY HOSPITAL 1908, NEW NATATORIUM 1908, GOODWIN HALL 1908, SHIRLEY
HOTEL 1909, NAGLE HALL 1909, ANALYTICAL SERVICES 1909
These are the original buildings of A &M. In addition to buildings, the 1910 campus model will include
the Interurban Trolley, the second bonfire (whoop!), the Quality Row lake, other campus landscape
features, a vintage train at the 1883 depot, and various campus homes, some of which still exist today in
College Station.
BEST LOCATIONS:
Memorial Student Center
Leslie L. Appelt `41 Visitor Center in Rudder
1883 Depot Gallery
Cushing Memorial Library
Gift will include a pamplet with a short `95 class history and a guide to the model. This pamplet will be
available in a box near the model.
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February-2 , 1995
Mr. Bob Attra
Attra Architectural Models
3621 W. Alabama
Houston, TX 77027 FAX: 713- 621 -4391
Dear Mr. Attra:
I enjoyed speaking with you on the phone last week, and am delighted at your apparent interest
in the proposed 1910 model of the Texas A &M University Campus. I am sure that your firm has
the capability of doing the work that we need. I hope that the enclosed information gives you an
idea of what we are seeking.
Basically, the class of 1995 is considering using part of their class gift to commission the
building of this model. The class will be voting on their wishes in April, but the ballot needs to
be put together now, and the Class Gift committee needs a rough estimate of the cost of such a
model - -so they'll at least have some idea of what they're voting for. By the way, they've been
raising money for this since they were freshmen, so they have a substantial amount on hand now
and will raise more this year on their Senior Ring Dance and Senior Weekend; so don't feel you
have to "low- ball" your estimate. In fact I would go the other way to be sure we don't have any
surprises if we are given the go ahead after the vote.
To that end, I have sent copies of as many photographs of the old buildings as I could find, just to
give you some idea of the level of detail that you would be dealing with. Some of them (Old
Main, Gathright) are quite ornate; others (Milner Hall, Administration) are basically flat- roofed
blocks; some (Agricultural Building) are in between.
I have also sent a sheet (headed "Old Main Society ") that lists all of the buildings (there are 19 or
20) and some of the details of the idea.
While I don't have a good map (they exist, I just haven't time to put one together) the buildings
are all rather closely grouped, and I estimate that they are included in an area of approximately
2000' square. At a scale of 1 " =20' this would yield a model size about 8' -4" (100 ") square; the
tallest building would be about 5" (assuming a 100' height). If we upped the scale to 1 /16th inch,
the sizes would increase to about 10' square and 6" height. I would yield to your judgment on
this decision, and obviously we will have much time to consider alternatives. For now, I hope
this is enough for you to be able to give us at least a ball park figure (or range).
Naturally, I need the estimate yesterday...actually if you could get something to me by phone or
fax by Wednesday I would greatly appreciate it. If not, the sooner the better!
Thanks for your help and interest; I look forward to hearing back from you soon.
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
GOALS FOR CONSIDERATION
I. New list of proposed State Historic Markers
A. Prioritized list
B. Develop research
C. Prepare application
II. Photo Inventory of selected sites in College Station
A. Generate a list of significant sites
B. Develop Time Schedule
C. Assign photographer
D. Determine storage location
1.) assign Photo Historian
III. Clipping Activity of city events /issues
A. Generate list of significant categories
B. Develop Time Schedule
C. Assign Categories
D. Determine storage location
1.) Assign Clipping Historian
IV. Historical Tourist Information
A. Update Historic Home Brochure
B. Survey already available historic information
C. Develop inventory of historic sites,
structures, buildings, homes that would be of
interest to tourists
D. Become aware of surrounding area - - especially College
Station and TAMU with significant dates or
activities, as well as Brazos County and Bryan -i.e.
Bryan's 125 anniversary in 1996 -- Celebrate Bryan