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DATE: April 17, 2006
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Request for approval of an HC-L (Historic Cultural-Landmark
Preservation) Designation.
FILE: 49-HC
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval of this request.
Patricia A. Hotalen, the property owner, is requesting an HC-L
(Historic Cultural-Landmark Preservation) Designation for the house
at 2106 Hazel.
The residence was built in 1907 by T.V. Smelker. Mr. Smelker was a
partner in several prominent real estate and insurance companies in
Beaumont in the early 1900's. The house was designed by Henry
Conrad Mauer who was a prominent architect in Beaumont in the
early and mid 1900s. Mr. Mauer=s work influenced the
development of Beaumont in the early oil boom days by designing
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numerous mansions such as the McFaddin-Ward House, Weiss House,
C.T. Heisig House, Hinchee House, Chambers House and a number of
public buildings.
The residence exhibits distinguishable Victorian or Neo-Colonial
characteristics. Architectural elements significant to the early 1900
period residence are the gingerbread, columns, siding, Palladian
window, numerous large windows, porch, tile roof and servants
quarters/carriage house.
The Smelkers made major changes to the house in 1929. While the
house is nearly 100 years old, it still exists much like when the
Smelkers owned it. It has not undergone significant structural
changes since the 1920s. All of the house=s additions and
modifications were made in the early 1900s by the Smelkers.
The house is listed in the 1990 SPARE Beaumont survey and is
considered a contributing structure to the Oaks Historic District.
At its meeting on April 10, 2006, the Historic Landmark Commission
recommended approval of the HC-L Designation.
Exhibits are attached.