8 HOMES CURRENTLY IN JEOPARDY

DR. FRANCIS AND FLORENCE MEAD HOUSE
Applicant: CHEL Holdings, Ltd, owner (referral from Development Services)
Location: 3330 Sixth Avenue, Uptown Community, Council District 2
Description: Consider the designation of the Dr. Francis and Florence Mead House located at 3330 Sixth Avenue as a historical resource.
Today's Action: Designate under one or more established HRB Criteria or do not designate.
Staff Recommendation: Designate the Dr. Francis and Florence Mead House as a historical resource under HRB Criterion B for its association with historically significant individuals Dr. Francis and Florence Mead.
Report Number: HRB-07-040

JOHN SINKS HOUSE
Applicant: CHEL Holdings, Ltd, owner (referral from Development Services)
Location: 3340 Sixth Avenue, Uptown Community, Council District 2
Description: Consider the designation of the John Sinks House located at 3340 Sixth Avenue as a historic resource.
Today's Action: Designate under one or more established HRB Criteria or do not designate.
Staff Recommendation: Designate the John Sinks House as a historical resource under HRB Criterion C due to the house’s primarily intact original historic form and fabric evidencing characteristics of the Craftsman style, exclusive of the separate two-story residential structure at the rear of the lot.
Report Number: HRB-07-043

FREDERICK F. THOMAS HOUSE
Applicant: CHEL Holdings, Ltd, owner (referral from Development Services)
Location: 540 Thorn Street, Uptown Community, Council District 2
Description: Consider the designation of the Frederick F. Thomas House located at 540 Thorn Street as a historical resource.
Today's Action: Designate under one or more established HRB Criteria or do not designate.
Staff Recommendation: Designate the Frederick F. Thomas House as a historical resource under HRB Criterion C as an excellent and unique example of Tudor Revival-influenced Craftsman architecture incorporating ashlar stone, rarely used to such a degree in extant residential architecture within the City.
Report Number: HRB-07-041

CLARA SHRIER AND BLANCHE L. EHRENBERG BUILDING
Applicant: CHEL Holdings, Ltd, owner (referral from Development Services)
Location: 516-522 Thorn Street, Uptown Community, Council District 2
Description: Consider the designation of the Clara Shrier and Blanche L. Ehrenberg Building located at 515-522 Thorn Street as a historical resource.
Today's Action: Designate under one or more established HRB Criteria or do not designate.
Staff Recommendation: Designate the Clara Shrier and Blanche L. Ehrenberg Building as a historical resource under HRB Criterion C as an excellent and unique example of Mission Revival style architecture with Italian Renaissance Revival influences and as an example of early 20th century apartment building design in the Banker’s Hill area.
Report Number: HRB-07-046

SOLAR APARTMENT BUILDING
Applicant: CHEL Holdings, Ltd, owner (referral from Development Services)
Location: 504 Thorn Street, Uptown Community, Council District 2
Description: Consider the designation of the Solar Apartment Building, located at 504 Thorn Street, as a historical resource.
Today's Action: Designate under one or more established HRB Criteria or do not designate.
Staff Recommendation: Designate the Solar Apartment Building as a historical resource under HRB Criterion C due to its intact original historic form and fabric evidencing characteristics of Report Number: HRB-07-044

JACOB PRICE SPEC HOUSE
Applicant: CHEL Holdings, Ltd, owner (referral from Development Services)
Location: 2900 Sixth Avenue, Uptown Community, Council District 2
Description: Consider the designation of the Jacob Price Spec House, located at 2900 Sixth Avenue, as a historical resource.
Today's Action: Designate under one or more established HRB Criteria or do not designate.
Staff Recommendation: Designate the Jacob Price Spec House as a historical resource under HRB Criterion C as an excellent example of Italian Renaissance Revival Style architecture.
Report Number: HRB-07-045


WILLIAM AND NELL CRONAN HOUSE
Applicant: CHEL Holdings, Ltd, owner (referral from Development Services)
Location: 2950 and 2950A Sixth Avenue, Uptown Community, Council District 2
Description: Consider the designation of the William and Nell Cronan House located at 2950A Sixth Avenue as a historical resource.
Today's Action: Designate under one or more established HRB Criteria or do not designate.
Staff Recommendation: Designate the William and Nell Cronan House, located at 2950A Sixth Avenue as a historical resource under HRB Criterion C as a good example of Spanish Revival architecture. Staff is also recommending that the rear 1936 duplex unit which was expanded and converted to medical offices in 1954 (currently addressed at 2950 Sixth Avenue) be excluded from the designation.
Report Number: HRB-07-039

GUARDIAN LIFE/SKIDMORE, OWINGS AND MERRILL OFFICE BUILDING
Applicant: CHEL Holdings, Ltd, owner (referral from Development Services)
Location: 2901 Fifth Avenue, Uptown Community, Council District 2
Description: Consider the designation of the Guardian Life/Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Office Building located at 2901 Fifth Avenue, as a historical resource.
Today's Action: Designate under one or more established HRB Criteria or do not designate.
Staff Recommendation: Designate the Guardian Life/ Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Office Building located at 2901 Fifth Avenue as a historical resource under HRB Criterion C as the structure embodies distinctive characteristics of the Modern style of architecture including simplicity of form, function, detailing and materials and under HRB Criterion D for its association with the Master Architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
Report Number: HRB-07-042
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