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HomeMy WebLinkAbout251104 GLC Agenda packet_Redacted ____________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 1 Landmark Commission Agenda Meeting – 5:30 p.m. Erickson Conference Room City Hall, 55 W Tompkins St November 4, 2025 AGENDA Call to Order and Attendance Approve Minutes of October 7, 2025 meeting Receive Citizen Comment LC-25-1101 Consider P.A.V.E.R. nominations of 57 S Cherry St, 748 E Main St, and 1175 N Broad St LC-25-1102 Consider Local Landmark nomination – 325 N Prairie St LC-25-1103 Discuss Additional membership 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 2 MINUTES GALESBURG LANDMARK COMMISSION ERICKSON CONFERENCE ROOM OF GALESBURG CITY HALL REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY OCTOBER 7, 2025 AT 5:30 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mark Martin, Bob Miener, Deb Sugai, Troy Treash, Greta Woolsey, 5. MEMBERS ABSENT: Suzanne Klohn, 1. OTHERS PRESENT: Lucas Brooks, Associate Planner. Staff declared a quorum was present. Approve Minutes of September 2, 2025. Member Treash made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Member Woolsey. Minutes were approved by voice vote. Discuss Citizen Comment LC-25-1001 Discuss Potential P.A.V.E.R. Award Nominees Member Miener brought up 1175 N Broad St, which was not on the list provided in the agenda packet, but has a sympathetic addition that was constructed during Member Miener’s time as the City’s building inspector. The addition was well- planned and matches the siding and soffit measurements of the original building. Member Woolsey took lead on 57 S Cherry St, which is home to Cherry St Brewing Company and received a facade revitalization grant from the City in 2022. The corbels were preserved during the construction work, with new brick and steel siding for the facade. Member Sugai proposed 395 W North St, 440 N Prairie St, and 675 N Broad St, which although not preserved in a historical manner, are well-maintained with efforts put towards upkeep and beautification. Members agreed to refer these properties to a City Commission recognizing citizen property efforts. Member Klohn, although not present for this meeting, has previously talked of 748 E Main St, which largely preserves the Prairie-style architecture of its design. Staff will prepare nomination forms of 1175 N Broad St and 748 E Main St. Member Woolsey has already completed the nomination form for 57 S Cherry St. These three properties will be presented for final approval at the November meeting. Page 2 of 2 There being no further business, Member Treash made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Member Woolsey, approved by voice vote the meeting adjourned at 6:19 p.m. ___________________ Lucas Brooks COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Operating Under Council – Manager Government Since 1957 TO: Landmark Commission FROM: Lucas Brooks DATE: October 28, 2025 AGENDA ITEM: LC-24-1101, P.A.V.E.R. Award nominations of 57 S Cherry St, 748 E Main St, and 1175 N Broad St. The Landmark Commission will make final consideration and vote on approving the P.A.V.E.R. award nominations for 57 S Cherry St, 748 E Main St, and 1175 N Broad St. The nominating forms for 748 E Main St and 1175 N Broad St were prepared by staff, and the form for 57 S Cherry St was prepared by Member Woolsey. The owners of 57 S Cherry St and 748 E Main St are planning to be attendance, while the owner of 1175 N Broad St cannot attend. The descriptions from each nominating form are included below: • 57 S Cherry St: Put new roof on 2 of 3 buildings to preserve the interior and exterior integrity. Removed all the old awning and brick siding that was falling off. Replaced the siding and boarded-up windows in 47 S Cherry and 55 S Cherry upper levels. Put all new windows on the main floor. Sandblasted, tuckpointed, and painted the upper levels of all 3 buildings with accent colors to highlight the brick architecture. Applied new steel and brick siding to the main floor on all three buildings along with a new awning. • 748 E Main St: This home is a prominent example of historic architecture located on a major thoroughfare. The Prairie Style of the home, and the home itself, are well- maintained. • 1175 N Broad St: Sympathetic addition to the rear of the house that continued the siding in the same style and color, and maintained the same soffit extension depth. Completed by the current homeowner in the 1990s. Supporting Documents: 1. Historic Preservation Awards Program nomination form for 57 S Cherry St 2. Historic Preservation Awards Program nomination form for 748 E Main St 3. Historic Preservation Awards Program nomination form for 1175 N Broad St COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Operating Under Council – Manager Government Since 1957 ____________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 2 TO: Galesburg Landmark Commission FROM: Lucas Brooks, Associate Planner DATE: October 28, 2025 AGENDA ITEM: LC-25-1102, Local Landmark application for 325 N Prairie St. BACKGROUND: Attached for the Commission’s review is a Local Landmark designation application for 325 N Prairie St. The property is owned by the petitioners, Heather and Michael Acerra. The property is being nominated for the historical significance of its original inhabitants, the Webster family. James Edwin Webster was a prominent businessman in Galesburg during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He owned a hat and fur shop downtown, and later built an apartment building and the Annex Hotel (both since demolished) at the intersection of Ferris Street and North Prairie Street. His daughter, Inez Webster, attended Lombard College before working for the Galesburg and Knox County Free Kindergarten Home. During World War 1, she volunteered as a canteen worker with the YMCA in France. During the 1920s, Inez Webster worked for the Near East Relief Service running an orphanage near Beirut, Lebanon for Armenian refugees, later working for a large Russian orphanage in modern-day Armenia. Additional supporting material on the Websters, including Inez Webster’s memoir My East can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zmKmP9P0JE3XXJ1w1jI1rCe- mWWicxqC?usp=sharing 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 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Operating Under Council – Manager Government Since 1957 ____________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 2 (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. 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 cc: File Copy October 20, 2025 Dear Galesburg Landmark Committee Members, I appreciate your review of my home, 325 N. Prairie Street for consideration for Landmark status. The primary reasons for which I am requesting this are: 1) architectural significance and 2) the unique contributions of its resident, Inez Webster and her family to Galesburg and the world at large. In terms of architectural significance, after consulting with architectural historian and former Galesburg resident Andrew Elders, we have determined that James Edwin Webster had the house built by Beedle and Grant in 1891. William Wolfe was the likely architect as he was the only one in town and he designed many homes of similar stature in Galesburg at that time. In terms of significant impact on Galesburg and the world, I have attached an article which appeared in the Register Mail in 1917, regarding Inez’s impact on the local community. It highlights her work with the Galesburg and Knox County Free Kindergarten, which cared for 40 children. She served as the house secretary and treasurer, raising money for the institution, and then serving as “field secretary” wherein she would find homes for homeless children and then visit the homes in which they were placed. Inez later went on to work for years with hundreds of Armenian refugee children in Syria and ended her time with the Near East Relief welfare organization running the largest orphanage in the world in Russia. Her memoirs, which have been provided to you electronically, document the life of a true humanitarian and a woman who lived her Christian values in a way which was most unique and particularly adventurous for a woman of her time. I appreciate your assistance in helping me promote her example to our community and our world through the recognition of her birth home, 325 N. Prairie Street.