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HomeMy WebLinkAbout240716 Agenda Packet____________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 1 Landmark Commission Agenda Meeting – 5:30 p.m. Erickson Conference Room City Hall, 55 W Tompkins St July 16, 2024 AGENDA Call to Order and Attendance Approve Minutes of April 2, 2024 meeting Receive Citizen Comment LC-24-0701 Consider Local Landmark nomination – 2231 Windish Drive LC-24-0702 Consider Certificate of Appropriateness – 774 N Broad Street Adjournment Commission Members, please contact me at 309-345-3652 or lbrooks@ci.galesburg.il.us if you have any questions or are unable to attend. cc: City Manager Deputy City Clerk Executive Secretary Buildings & Grounds File Copy Page 1 of 1 MINUTES GALESBURG LANDMARK COMMISSION ERICKSON CONFERENCE ROOM OF GALESBURG CITY HALL REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY APRIL 2, 2024 AT 5:30 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mark Martin, Bob Miener, Deb Sugai, Greta Woolsey, 4. MEMBERS ABSENT: Suzanne Klohn, 1. OTHERS PRESENT: None. Staff declared a quorum was present. Approve Minutes of March 5, 2024. Member Woolsey made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Member Martin. Minutes were approved by voice vote. Discuss Citizen Comment None. LC-24-0401 Consider Annual Historic Preservation Awards Members discussed that while the National Recognition of Preservation month is in May, it is a difficult time of year to come up with nominees. It would be better to present award near the end of summer or fall. This would allow time to drive the community during nice weather and see active projects. There was also discussion finding “spark plugs” in the community which are people who promote preservation and organizations that are active preservationists. Additional discussion on having experts in various fields of historic preservation come and speak to the Commission as an educational component to learn more about construction techniques when doing preservation renovation projects or installing items such as solar panels. Staff will find the Rules and Procedures booklet created many years ago for the Landmark Commission and share with members. There being no further business, Member Woolsey made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Member Sugai, approved by voice vote the meeting adjourned at 6:25 P.M. ___________________ Steve Gugliotta, AICP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Operating Under Council – Manager Government Since 1957 ____________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 2 TO: Galesburg Landmark Commission FROM: Lucas Brooks, Associate Planner DATE: June 25, 2024 AGENDA ITEM: LC-24-0701, Local Landmark application for 2231 Windish Drive. BACKGROUND: Attached for the Commission’s review is a Local Landmark designation application for 2231 Windish Drive. The property is owned by Church of God in Christ Inc., out of Memphis, TN. The local petitioner is Randy Davis, the pastor of Community Temple Church of God in Christ. Section 151.001 establishes the definitions for architectural significance and historical significance. Listed below are those definitions for the consideration of the commission: ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. (1)The building or structure is the work of or associated with a nationally or locally noted architect, builder or architectural firm; (2)The building or structure is an example of a particular style (whether local or typical) in terms of detail, material, workmanship and with no or negligible alteration to the original structure; (3)The building or structure is one of the few remaining examples of a particular style, use or an example which does not clearly represent a major style and has undergone little or no alteration since its construction; (4)The building or structure is one of a contiguous grouping of such which have a sense of cohesiveness expressed through a similarity of characteristics of a style, period or method of construction and accenting the architectural significance of the area; and/or (5)The detail, material and workmanship can be valued in and of themselves as reflective of or similar to those of the majority of the other visual elements in the area. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. (1)The building has a strong association with the life or activities of a person or persons who have contributed to or participated in the historic events of the nation, state or community; (2)The building or structure is associated with an organization or group (whether formal or informal) from which they have contributed to or participated in the historic events of the nation, state or community; (3)The building or structure or object is associated with an antiquated use due to technological or social changes in the nation, state or community, such as but not limited to a blacksmith shop, covered bridge and hitching post; and/or (4)The object is a monument to or a cemetery of historic personages. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Operating Under Council – Manager Government Since 1957 ____________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 2 Section 151.036 establishes the general criteria to determine the designation of local landmarks. Listed below are those criteria for the consideration of the commission: (A) Historical Significance; or (B) Architectural Significance; and (C) Economic and functional potentials (the economic and functional potentials of the improvement are to be considered); and (D) Other qualities and characteristics (any other qualities and characteristics as in the judgement of the Commission shall be considered for the designation of a landmark). The Commission shall review the application and other supporting documents, then formulate a recommendation on the application to City Council. A simple majority vote by the City Council is necessary for the approval of a landmark designation. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: 1. Local Landmark designation application 2. Aerial – General Location 3. Narrative & Bibliographic References cc: File Copy ATTACHMENT TWO HISTORIC FUNCTION: In 1942, during World War II, the need for hospital beds for the wounded coming back from the South Pacific and North Africa, led to the construction, and opening of the Mayo General Hospital in 1944. Casualties were brought in from all over the world. It was a huge complex with 118 buildings on one level all connected under one roof. It had a capacity of 2,350 beds and saw over 19,000 patients in two and a half years. There were three mess halls that served 9,000 meals a day, a pool, a gym, a theater, a fire department. A railroad siding brought cars of wounded right up to the facility. Three chapels allowed everyone to worship as they chose. Only one chapel building remains and serves as the worship home for Community Temple Church of God in Christ. Many of the older trees on the compound were planted by German prisoners. The property has three of those trees. The war ended in 1945. In September of '46, the hospital was declared surplus and closed. The University of Illinois reopened it as the very first handicapped accessible campus in the United States. Those soldiers who had been nursed back from their injuries needed a place that would accommodate their wheelchairs and other needs when they went to college on the G.I. Bill. The campus remained open for two years before the state decided to close it. The closure spawned a protest by the students who wanted to continue their education in Galesburg. Those protests led to the Urbana-Champaign campus becoming an early leader in handicapped accessible facilities. The state of Illinois turned the groundbreaking campus into a hospital for the mentally ill. It addition housed patients and was designated a state research hospital. Many of us have referred to those buildings as The Research. What many of us don't know is that a lot of groundbreaking work was done at the Thudichum Research Laboratory. Many treatments that became standard were developed on North Seminary Street. Drugs for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and infantile autism were developed and tested there. In April, 1960, Time Magazine reported a presentation by Dr. Harold Himwich, the Galesburg laboratory director, to the American Academy of General Practice. In it Dr. Himwich reported his ground-breaking findings on how drugs affect different parts of the brain. CURRENT FUNCTION: Serves as the worship home for Community Temple Church of God in Christ. A church that has served the Galesburg community with clothing give aways, and other community outreach events. The church has recently undergone a catastrophic perioid as the previous pastor was stricken with Alzheimers/Dementia and has been in a nursing home for the past three years. The congregation dwindled leaving a remnant to keep the church alive. The appointment of a new pastor in December of 2023 has led to a revitalization of the congregation. Returning members and new members are joining together to build the church back up to what it was and greater. The church hopes to utilize the 9600 square feet of the annex building to house a food kitchen and hopes to start a vocational training and familiarization school for high schoolers who are interested in pursuing careers in vocational skills. Bulkeley, H, (2008), Remembering Hawthorne Center, The Register Mail, Remembering Hawthorne Center (galesburg.com) September 20, 1946, saw the end of the Mayo General Hospital in Galesburg, Illinois. This massive, sprawling complex occupied 99 buildings across 155 acres and was one of 60 Army hospitals built during World War II. For safety, the Army distributed its hospitals far from major population centers, and Galesburg was 200 miles from both Chicago and St. Louis. Construction on the $5.5 million project began in May 1943. Seventy-seven brick buildings were completed by December. The complex was named after the Doctors William and Charles Mayo, brothers who had served in the Army’s Medical Reserve Corp and helped their father establish the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. This information was cited from and article about the broadcast This Week In Illinois History: Army Abandons Massive Hospital Complex (September 20, 1946) on Northern Public Radio. This Week In Illinois History: Army Abandons Massive Hospital Complex (September 20, 1946) | Northern Public Radio: WNIJ and WNIU ATTACHMENT 3 Bulkeley, H, (2008), Remembering Hawthorne Center, The Register Mail, Remembering Hawthorne Center (galesburg.com) This information was cited from and article about the broadcast This Week In Illinois History: Army Abandons Massive Hospital Complex (September 20, 1946) on Northern Public Radio. This Week In Illinois History: Army Abandons Massive Hospital Complex (September 20, 1946) | Northern Public Radio: WNIJ and WNIU COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Operating Under Council – Manager Government Since 1957 ____________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 1 TO: Galesburg Landmark Commission FROM: Lucas Brooks, Associate Planner DATE: June 25, 2024 AGENDA ITEM: LC-24-0702, Certificate of Appropriateness for 774 N Broad Street. BACKGROUND: Attached for the Commission’s review is a Certificate of Appropriateness application from the owner of the property, for proposed installation of a 4-foot-tall black iron fence around the exterior of the lot, with gates for the driveway and front walkway, at 774 N Broad Street. This property has been a Local Landmark since 1985. As a local landmark, they are required to apply for a Certificate of Appropriateness. Section 151.069 establishes criteria for landmarks applying for a Certificate of Appropriateness. The Landmark Commission must find that the activity proposed will not adversely affect the significant historical or architectural character and is appropriate and consistent with the established design criteria or will remedy conditions imminently dangerous to life, health or property as determined by the Building Inspector. There are no previous Certificate of Appropriateness requests for this address on file, and the property has won multiple P.A.V.E.R. awards, most recently in 2011. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: 1. Certificate of Appropriateness application 2. Aerial – General location 3. 1990 historic survey sheet 4. Design Criteria for Local Landmarks 5. Proposed Fence & Fence Gate cc: File Copy Page 1 of 1 DESIGN CRITERIA For DESIGNATED GALESBURG LANDMARKS The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure, or site shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any historic material or distinctive architectural features is to be avoided. All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own time. Alterations which have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier appearance are not appropriate. New additions or other real improvements shall be designs which are compatible with the materials, size, scale, color and texture already prevailing in the structure or site. (This shall not be construed to mean that the design shall duplicate the original structure.) If any real improvements must be constructed which are not compatible with the surroundings, they shall not be visible from the public right-of-way. Visibility from the public right-of-way shall be restricted through one of three ways: 1) The real improvement must be located behind an existing structure so as to be hidden from the public right-of-way. 2) The real improvement must be screened from view of the public right-of-way by fencing which is compatible with the structures or site; 3) The real improvement must be screened from view of the public right-of-way by natural vegetation which would provide year-round screening (e.g. evergreens). Changes, which may have taken place in the course of time, are evidence of the history and development of a building, structure, or site. These changes may have acquired significance in their own right and this significance will be recognized and respected. Distinctive stylistic features or examples of skilled craftsmanship which characterize a building, structure, or site shall be preserved. Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced, wherever possible. In the event replacement is necessary and possible, the new material should match the material being replaced in composition, design, color, texture, and other visual qualities. Repair or replacement of missing architectural features should be based on accurate duplications of features, substantiated by historical, physical, or pictorial evidence rather than on conjectural designs or the availability of different architectural elements from other buildings or structures. Exterior paint schemes, storm doors, storm windows, screens, window air conditioners, antennae, landscaping, and similar cosmetic items (not to include siding materials) are not subject to a Certificate of Appropriateness; however, such its as permanently mounted air conditioner units (either central or a wall unit for which a hole is to be cut through the structure) shall not be visible from the public right-of-way.