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DATE: December 10,
2007
TO: Historic Landmark Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Request for an HC-L (Historic-Cultural Landmark Preservation
Designation) at 2368 McFaddin.
FILE: 51-HC
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval of this request.
Eric Newby has applied for an HC-L (Historic-Cultural Landmark
Preservation Designation) for his home at 2368 McFaddin. Mr.
Newby purchased the house in December, 2003 and have worked to
restore the house to its original state.
Mr. Newby states that the house was designed and and built by locally
renowned architect, Henry Conrad Mauer in 1907. It is a good
example of what was then called an A American Four-Square @ based on
the fact that there are four rooms on each floor with no hallways to
minimize wasted space.
The original owner was Rupert Joseph Barry of Barry Brothers
Mercantile in Beaumont. In addition to his family business, Mr. Barry
was a land surveyor and worked for Jefferson County in his later
years. In 1929, the house was sold to Beaumont oil pioneer, F.E.
Carroll. During the time that Mr. Carroll owned the house, it was
rented to the Klein Family. The now Mrs. Butch Hoffer was one of
11 children of the Kleins. In 1947, the house was sold to Bernard
Klein, one of the Klein=s grown children. In 1977, the house was sold
to Frank Daleo of Daleo Compounding Pharmacy on Calder. In
2001, Rick and Lana Pritchett bought the house and began a much
needed renovation.
The house was built of cement blocks to minimize problems with rot,
mildew and termites. Electrical lighting was originally installed
during construction. However, gas lighting was also installed due to
the frequent loss of power from the electric company. Gas also
provided heat through three fired radiators and was supplemented by
five fireplaces, two of which were designed to burn wood and three
designed to burn coal. Another unique feature of the house is the
room-call system that rang the butler=s pantry from any of the four
bedrooms as well as from a button under the dining room table.
In renovating the house, the Newby=s have replaced the roof, installed
9 tons of central air conditioning, replaced the entire kitchen and
begun landscaping the garden to reflect the period in which the house
was built. Mr. and Mrs. Newby are now nearing completion of the
overall renovation.
Exhibits are attached.