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DATE: December 17,
2007
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Request for an HC-L (Historic-Cultural Landmark Preservation
Designation)
FILE: 51-HC
NOTE: On December 10, 2007, the Historic Landmark Commission
approved the request.
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 has worked to
restore the house to its original state.
Mr. Newby states that the house was designed 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. 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
STAFF REPORT continued
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.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 33 .
Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCES PURPOSES
Being the east 2 of Lot 18, Lot 19 and the west 2 of Lot 20, Block
20, Averill Addition, City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas,
containing 0.34 acres, more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Eric Newby
PROPERTY OWNER: Same
LOCATION: 2368 McFaddin
EXISTING ZONING: RCR (Residential
Conservation and Revitalization)
District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.34 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: Residential RCR (Residential Conservation and
Revitalization) District
EAST: Vacant RCR
SOUTH: Residential, commercial RCR
WEST: Junior League RCR
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Stable Area
STREETS: McFaddin Avenue - Local street
with a 60' right-of-way and a 27'
pavement width
DRAINAGE: Curb and gutter
WATER: 2" water line
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 6" sanitary sewer line
PROPERTY OWNERS
ADAMS JIMMIE & VERNON O
ALVAREZ RUBEN
BAXSEN PROPERTIES LLC
BECKS JAMES ALLEN
PROPERTY OWNERS continued
BOYD CARLOS G & BETTIE J
CLUM TERESA L
CONERLY RICHARD R
CULLINS WILLIAM
DAVILA JUAN E & PILAR
FARNIE FRANK M JR
FINDLEY MICHAEL S & GAIL
FRANK'S MEDICAL MART INC
GOODMAN FREDERICK H
GOODMAN FREDERICK TRUSTEE
ILES H R LP
JAIMES JUAN (CD)
JAIMES JUAN & ROSA
JAIMES JUAN J ET UX
JAIMES NOEL
JOHNSON AILEEN S
JOHNSON JERRY
JOHNSON LEE
JR LEAGUE OF BEAUMONT INC
LANIER RONALD
NEWBY WALTER E & TAMMY G
TERRY DEBORAH MILTON
THE AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY
WARE DONALD RAY
WILLIAMS LEO MRS ESTATE