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DATE: January 28,
2008
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Request for an HC-L (Historic-Cultural Landmark Preservation
Designation)
FILE: 52-HC
NOTE: On December 10, 2007, the Historic Landmark Commission
recommended approval of 52-HC.
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval.
Gregory Riley has applied for an HC-L (Historic-Cultural Landmark
Preservation Designation) for his house at 1315 Calder. Mr. Riley
recently purchased this property. He states that the property is to be
restored to exacting historical standards with an eye toward A adaptive
re-use @.
The 3,887 sq. ft. house was completed in 1895 by capitalist Iradell
Drew Polk. Mr. Polk was an early Beaumont booster with interests in
fledgling businesses that would become some of the areas most
important. These businesses included real estate, timber, oil and
public utilities. Mr. Polk was a confidant of Patillo Higgins and a
neighbor and friend of W.P.H. McFaddin. The original W.P.H.
McFaddin home was directly across from the subject property. Itasca
A Tassie @ Polk and Mamie McFaddin were lifelong friends.
The house is an eclectic mix of Victorian and Beaux-Arts colonial.
The house is one of the oldest remaining structures on Calder.
Mr. Riley states that the house was remodeled in 1928 and was
owned by the Polk family until approximately 1970. Most of the
original architectural details are intact including four masonry
fireplaces. The house includes a formal parlor, library, five bedrooms
and four bathrooms. The landscape was designed by the noted
landscaper Ralph Edward Gunn. The Gunn landscaping is in a
traditional southern style. Mr. Riley states that most of the original
plantings will be reused in a modern interpretation of the Gunn
theme.
The house will be restored to the 1928 iteration. The 1928 remodel
shows many similarities to the Beaux-Arts colonial McFaddin/Ward
House. Similar elements include the wrap-around porch with
Corinthian columns, upstairs veranda with railings and rooftop widows
walk. Much of the exterior millwork is also very similar to
McFaddin/Ward.
Exhibits are attached.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCES PURPOSES
Being Lots 1-2, Block 9, Calder Addition, City of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Texas, containing 0.32 acres, more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Greg Riley
PROPERTY OWNER: Same
LOCATION: 1315 Calder
EXISTING ZONING: GC-MD (General
Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.32 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Single Family Residential
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Commercial GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling) District
EAST: Commercial GC-MD
SOUTH: Residential GC-MD
WEST: Commercial GC-MD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and
Revitalization
STREETS: Calder Avenue - Secondary
arterial with a 70' wide
right-of-way and a 50' pavement
width; Ewing Street - Local street
with a 70' wide right-of-way and
a 30' pavement width
DRAINAGE: Curb and gutter
WATER: 8" water line
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 8" sanitary sewer line