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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-07-07 HPC Packetillwatei THE BI R TH P L A O E OF MINNE S O TA HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION AGENDA Monday, July 7, 2014 - 7:00 P.M. Council Chambers at Stillwater City Hall, 216 North Fourth Street I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. June 2, 2014 IV. OPEN FORUM The Open Forum is a portion of the Heritage Preservation Commission meeting to address subjects which are not a part of the meeting agenda. The Heritage Preservation Commission may take action or reply at the time of the statement or may give direction to staff regarding investigation of the concerns expressed. Out of respect for others in attendance, please limit your comments to 5 minutes or less. V. CONSENT AGENDA All items listed under the consent agenda are considered to be routine by the Heritage Preservation Commission and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Heritage Preservation Commission member or citizen so requests, in which event, the item(s) will be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately A. Case No. 2014-23 Request for a storefront sign and awning for The Wedge and Wheel at 308 Chestnut Street East. Scott Zahren, owner and Chris Kohtz, applicant. B. Case No. 2014-25 Request to replace and enlarge the existing cooler, freezer, and dry storage area in the rear of the building. CA- General Commercial. 806 Main Street South (Oasis Cafe Inc.). Craig Beemer, owner and applicant. C. Case No. 2014-26 Request to add an outdoor patio and dumpster enclosure for HAF Architecture and LOLO Restaurant at 233 Main Street. CBD — Central Business District. Michael Hoefler, applicant. D. Case No. 2014-27 Request to replace existing tenant marquee sign on both East and West elevation sides of Liberty Village main building at 105 New England Place. Chauncey Peterson, applicant. Liberty Village LLC/Michael Oreck, owner. VI. PUBLIC HEARINGS The Chairperson opens the hearing and will ask city staff to provide background on the proposed item. The Chairperson will ask for comments from the applicant, after which the Chairperson will then ask if there is anyone else who wishes to comment. Members of the public who wish to speak will be given 5 minutes and will be requested to step forward to the podium and must state their name and address. At the conclusion of all public testimony the Commission will close the public hearing and will deliberate and take action on the proposed item. A. Case No. 2014-24 Request for a Design Review to build a new, infill single family residence at 324 Wilkins Street East. RB-Two Family Residential. Chris Meronuck, Creative Homes, Inc., applicant, representing Thomas Weber, owner. VII. DESIGN PERMITS A. Case No. 2014-28 Request for a projecting sign for The Pole Barn at 122 Water Street South (AKA 125 Main Street South). Rochelle Jacobs, applicant. VIII. OTHER BUSINESS A. South Hill Residential Podcast Final Products IX. ADJOURNMENT i I \v ate': THE IIRTHELACE OF MINNESOTA HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING June 2, 2014 7:00 P.M. Chairman Larson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present: Chairman Larson, Commissioners Branjord, Goodman, Johnson, Krakowski, Mino (arrived at 7:01 p.m.), Welty, Council Representative Menikheim Absent: None Staff: City Planner Wittman APPROVAL OF MINUTES Possible approval of May 5, 2014 meeting minutes Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Welty, to approve the minutes of the May 5, 2014 meeting. Motion passed, 7-0. OPEN FORUM There were no public comments. CONSENT AGENDA Case No. DP/2014-17 Request for Design Review for a sign for Sew With Me at 1250 Frontage Road West. Laurie Maki and Mark McCorkel, applicants. Case No. DP/2014-18 Request for Design Review for a sign for Enchante at 224 Chestnut Street. Tomy O'Brien, owner and Sarah Quickel, applicant. Case No. DP/2014-22 Request for Design Review for site alteration of the structure at 226 Main Street South. Gabi Sabongi, owner and Terry Halverson, applicant. Motion by Commissioner Goodman, seconded by Commissioner Krakowski, to adopt the Consent Agenda. All in favor, 7-0. DESIGN REVIEWS Case No. DP/2014-19 Request for Design Review for a 26" by 120" sign for A'Salonna Salon & Spa at 225 East Chestnut Street. Michael Hafner, owner and Ernie Shores, applicant. City Planner Wittman reviewed the case. The applicant is requesting approval of Design Permits for one unlit wall sign and one projecting sign. The 110 square foot wall sign does not conform to the existing zoning regulations of one square foot per linear foot of business frontage. The 3.2 square foot circular projecting sign is proposed to be hung from a new aluminum bracket and internally lit. Staff recommends approval with four conditions that would make the signs conform with the zoning regulations and downtown design guidelines: 1) the frame of the wall sign shall be made of wood and painted cream, to Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting June 2, 2014 match existing facade elements, with black wood trim; 2) the painted dimensional foam letters shall not exceed 21.5 square feet in size; 3) the projecting sign shall not be internally lit; 4) all major revisions to the approved plan shall be reviewed and approved by the HPC. Commissioner Johnson asked the applicant if he would consider reducing background of the wall sign. Todd Follis, St. Croix Signs, said that would not be advisable because the sign face is full of holes and looks awful. The background was added so it would not be a plain image. He would like to see a decorative background. Chairman Larson asked if the light could be concealed in the bracket arm which would be considered externally lit. He would favor this over an internally lit sign. Mr. Follis replied that he could make it work that way. Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Mino, to approve Case No. DP/2014-19 with the following conditions: 1) the frame of the wall sign shall be made of wood and painted cream, to match existing facade elements, with black wood trim; 2) the painted dimensional foam letters shall not exceed 21.5 square feet in size, with a horizontal sign band the width of the building to be painted to match the background of the building; 3) the projecting sign shall not be internally lit but shall be externally lit with lighting directed at the sign; 4) all major revisions to the approved plan shall be reviewed and approved by the HPC; 5) the wall sign, projecting sign, and lighting for the projecting sign shall be presented to staff for approval; 6) the projecting sign shall be installed on the building masonry pier with fasteners in the mortar bed and not into the brick or stone. All in favor, 7-0. Case No. DP/2014-20 Request for Design Review for a sign for KLBB Radio at 102 Main Street North. Sound Properties, owner and Chauncey Peterson, applicant. City Planner Wittman informed the Commission that the applicant is requesting a Design Permit for two wall signs, one on Main Street and one on Myrtle Street. An 11.6 square foot halo -lit sign is proposed to be located above the Main Street door to the upstairs. A 16 square foot unlit sign is proposed for the Myrtle Street facade, to be located above the access to the second story. While the unlit Myrtle Street sign meets the sign ordinance requirements, the sign proposed for Main Street may not. Staff recommends that the Commission review the proposal to determine whether it is consistent with the Victorian nature of downtown Stillwater. Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Krakowski, to approve Case No. DP/2014-20 with conditions: 1) the sign on the Main Street side shall be limited to the buff colored sign band area of the building; 2) the backing plate that houses the transformer shall be of the same shape and silhouette as the sign; 3) all major revisions to the approved plan shall be reviewed and approved by the HPC. All in favor, 7-0. Case No. DP/2014-21 Request for Design Review for the Freight House Mural at 305 Water Street South. JFS - Stillwater LLC, owner and Larry McGough, applicant. City Planner Wittman explained that the applicant is requesting approval of a mural located on the red caboose at the Freight House. It depicts a sheriff holding a bottle, a train with beverage can cars, a deer/elk and folks dancing among cacti. Staff advised the business that a Design Permit is required from the HPC. Guidelines allow murals with individual review, providing they have an historic theme and do not advertise an existing business or company. Staff has found that while the mural includes some historic themes, the depiction of beverage cans (not introduced until the mid-1930s) is not historic and the depiction of cacti is Page 2 of 4 Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting June 2, 2014 not indicative of the vegetation found in eastern Minnesota. The Commission should decide whether the mural should advance for a Special Use Permit. The mural has been completed. Chairman Larson pointed out that the mural advertises Pabst Blue Ribbon and other beers. Its location seems reasonable but the mural does not seem appropriate for the district. Eric Cameron, Freight House General Manager, stated he was not aware that the Freight House had been notified to halt completion of the mural. He explained the thematic elements. Commissioner Welty commented that the mural is inappropriate for the downtown. Motion by Commissioner Mino, seconded by Commissioner Johnson, to deny Case No. DP/2014-21 without prejudice. All in favor, 7-0. Case No. 2013-38 Request for an amendment to Case No. 2013-38 for a trash enclosure for Water Street Inn at 101 Water Street. Chuck Dougherty, owner and Roger Tomten, representative. City Planner Wittman reviewed the request. In the fall of 2013, the property owner requested a design permit for a trash enclosure to be located on a parking lot adjacent to 101 Water Street South. The HPC denied the request as the application was not consistent with a 20-year-old design permit. The applicant appealed the HPC's denial and the City Council tabled the item to allow the applicant to work with neighboring property owners on a potential shared facility. Neighboring property owners are not interested in the shared facility, so a temporary enclosure is proposed to be attached to the west wall of the Water Street Inn, until the planned Inn addition is built. At that time, the trash is proposed to be stored inside. Staff recommends approval with two conditions: 1) the enclosure shall be temporary and no trash shall be kept outside except within the structure as conditioned by the Special Use Permit; 2) the structure shall be completed and used by July 21, 2014. Commissioner Johnson stated he would like to see a drain or drip pan included, so water and grease don't collect or stream across the sidewalk. Motion by Commissioner Welty, seconded by Commissioner Johnson, to approve the amendment to Case No. 2013-38, with conditions: 1) the enclosure shall be temporary and no trash shall be kept outside except within the structure as conditioned by the Special Use Permit; 2) the structure shall be completed and used by July 21, 2014; 3) liquids from the structure shall not drain on the sidewalk; 4) the structure shall be between seven and eight feet high. All in favor, 7-0. OTHER BUSINESS National Alliance of Preservation Commissions Preservation Award City Planner Wittman informed the Commission that a press release went out to area newspapers about the City's award. Legacy Match Funds City Planner Wittman noted that the City received legacy match funds for the Certified Local Government Grant, so the Bergstein Buildings reuse study will be totally funded. ADJOURNMENT Page 3 of 4 Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting June 2, 2014 Motion by Commissioner Mino, seconded by Commissioner Goodman, to adjourn. All in favor, 7-0. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Julie Kink Recording Secretary Page 4 of 4 HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING DATE: July 7, 2014 CASE NO.: 2014-23 APPLICANT: Chris Kotz, Wedge and Wheel REQUEST: Design review of proposed awning and signage to be located at 308 Chestnut Street East ZONING: CBD COMP PLAN DISTRICT: DMU - Downtown Mixed Use PREPARED BY: Abbi Jo Wittman, City Planner REQUEST The applicant is requesting approval of a design permit for the following to be located at 308 Chestnuts Street East: • One wall -mounted storefront sign, running the full length of the building, to read "The Wedge and Wheel" • One navy and blue awning, with proposed signage to read "Cheese Bar" proposed to be placed above the transom windows the full length of the building APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS The structure is located in the Downtown commercial Historic District and must comply with the Downtown Design Manual guidelines. Storefront Sign: While the City zoning ordinance indicates a business may be permitted to have a wall sign and a projecting sign, the Downtown Design Manual only allows one sign that contains the business name or graphic logo per street facing side. The Wedge and Wheel currently has a projecting sign, approved by the HPC in 2013, containing the business logo. Given this, the applicant will either need to amend the storefront sign or remove the projecting sign. The storefront sign is permitted on a ratio of one square foot per one linear foot of business frontage. While the applicant has not indicated the size of the sign, the sign lettering will be well within the maximum square footage requirement. The following guidelines apply to this sign: • The storefront sign should be used to display the primarily name of the business only. Use only one line of lettering if possible, leaving out secondary information. • Use simple, bold lettering with sufficient contrast between the lettering and the background. Awning (including awning sign): The City zoning ordinance indicates one wall, monument, awning and canopy or three dimensional sign is allowed per business. The owner is proposing a wall sign and an awning sign. Furthermore, though the Downtown Design Manual notes signing on awnings is permitted (in place of other sign types) on the end panel or front valance only, the awning should remain one of shelter and protection, rather than signage. The Downtown Design Manual indicates a guideline for awnings is that natural light should be allowed to penetrate into the store interior. While the application indicates the awnings are proposed to conceal the transom windows, the applicant's submission identifies issues with the transom windows and sunlight in this location. Furthermore, the awnings would be consistent with the awnings to the west of this business. • Retractable or operable awning are encouraged. Fixed awnings should mimic the profile of operable units (one to one pitch). • In keeping with this, the awning should be loose and flowing, not stretched tight, subtle and subdued in color, not bright, extending well out over the sidewalk, not a mere window dressing. • The width of awnings should fit the geometry of the building facade. They should not extend across multiple storefronts of different buildings, but should reflect the window or door openings below. • The use of water-repellent or vinyl -coated canvas is in keeping with awnings of the time. Plastic or aluminum awnings or canopies are not appropriate. • The awning valance, or skirt, shall be proportioned to the size of the awning But shall not exceed twelve (12) inches in height. • Use plain or striped fabrics. Large areas of bright colors are inappropriate. FINDINGS The proposed size, location, color and installation of the new signs are consistent with the recommendations in the Downtown Stillwater Commercial Historic District Design Manual. The guidelines indicate all signs must comply with the zoning regulations. The proposal will meet the zoning code regulations if the following request alterations are made: 1. Either the projecting sign or the storefront sign shall be amended so that only one of the signs contains the business name or logo. 2. The signage on the awning shall be removed. 308 Chestnut Street East DP/2014-23 (HPC: 7.7.2014) Page 2 of 3 RECOMMENDATION Upon a finding by the design review committee that the application will meet the standards of design review, secure the purpose of the zoning code, the comprehensive plan and the heritage preservation ordinance, the design review committee may approve the design permit, subject to conditions as it deems necessary. If a finding is made that the permit would violate the standards of design review, it must deny the application. Staff has discussed this with the applicant and therefore recommends approval of DP/2014-23 with the following conditions: 1. The projecting sign shall be amended to read 'Cheese Bar' or similar, as indicated permissible by the applicant. Staff shall review the design modifications for compliance prior to the issuance of a sign permit. 2. The signage reading "The Cheese Shop" on the awning shall be removed. 3. All revisions to the approved plan shall be reviewed and approved by the HPC. 4. No sign may be installed without first obtaining a sign permit. ATTACHMENTS Application Narrative and Photo graphs (4 pages) 308 Chestnut Street East DP/2014-23 (HPC: 7.7.2014) Page 3 of 3 Proposal & Supporting Illustrations The Wedge & Wheel, Chris Kohtz, owner, proposes the following two upgrades improvements to the W&W storefront, located at 308 Chestnut Street East, downtown: 1) Replacement Storefront Sign 2) New Awnings Replacement Storefront Sign First, creation and installation of a new storefront sign/ribbon, running across the top of the building (replacing the previous businesses signage). The new sign will he a weather -resistant matte black insert matching the current storefront paint, Lettering will be light/white-colored raised vinyl. Wording will adhere to Commercial Historic District Guidelines, being only the name of the business, "The Wedge & Wheel". Illustration below. New Awnings Kohtz understands the Commercial Historic District Guidelines desire to maintain the exposure of the existing transom windows. However, after five months of business operations, it has become clear that these windows are: • significantly adding heat and radiation into the store • tasking the building's HVAC beyond abilities o Worst in Winter • damaging goods and products • putting store operations at risk of violating state food handling/safety codes Worst in Winter During the months of January and February when outside temperature was often below zero, we experienced so much intense daylight and radiation into the store via the upper transom windows that ambient temperatures in the shop raised as high as 80 degrees. We operated during the day with the heat off and our one functioning transom window open to bring in cool air. During these months, the sun sat directly in our transom windows and stayed in direct view all day. Infrared radiation on our cheese case actually melted cheese and chocolates on our counters. Previous Remediation Attempt. In an attempt to preserve the facade of the store including the transom windows, earlier this Spring we invested several hundred dollars on the installation of industrial -strength 3M window films to eliminate the infrared incursion. While these films were partially successful in reducing radiation, they only slightly reduced the arnbient temperature gains. The sun, now further north, still gets into the space. As we begin to experience warm summer weather, it is clear that we are still picking up too much radiant heat. Adding new/additional AC is currently unaffordable and is not an environmentally -friendly decision. Current Awnings Two-thirds of the building's current awnings are several decades old. They sag, do not lock into position and are mounted so low as to present a hazard to pedestrians. The Awning at the east end does not match the older awning in angle/shape. The expanse of the oldest awning hardware is almost 30 feet with inadequate structural rigidity. This and its almost horizontal projection mean that the awning cannot be out in winter as it is incapable of supporting the weight of snow and ice. As mentioned in the section above, winter is when we need the protection most. Not all my employees are physically able to crank the awnings. Additionally, we need protection as soon as the sun is up, long before we open, necessitating an awning solution that can remain in place. 6'5". Unusable t Currently exposed; creating heai and radiation Issues for produC.1.: omirs. Wind has also proven to be extremely intense down Chestnut and from the river. The current awning hardware is at risk of failure. It no longer locks in place and can slip quite low over the sidewalk. It vibrates and lifts/falls in strong winds. Aesthetically, they almost completely bock the view of the store from outside. We had the current awnings assessed for repair and viability by three area companies. All stated that the hardware is long outdated and not repairable. Proposal To solve our pressing need to reduce heat penetration both in summer and winter, and to significantly improve the visual appeal of our storefront, we propose the following: The new awnings would be four separate units, non -retractable. Placing four separate units creates visual interest and reflects the window layout of the storefront. The sizes would be S'-0" tali x 3'-0" projection x 6'-8", 6'-7 %" 6'-7 1/8" and 12'-8 %" wide and all would have a 8" straight hem valance. The colors are midnight and navy blue, reflecting our business brand and staying within an acceptable palette for the Commercial Historic District. The signage "Cheese Bar" on the valance will be in white vinyl, permanently affixed to the awning. These awnings will be far more suited to shed snow and frozen moisture, prevent excessive heating and still compliment the facade. in combination with the new signage, the overall result will significantly improve the aesthetic value of a storefront located at the heart of Stiliwater's upcoming redevelopment. HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING DATE: July 7, 2014 CASE NO.: 2014-25 APPLICANT: Craig Beemer, owner and applicant REQUEST: Design review of an exterior addition to the Oasis Cafe located at 806 Main Street South ZONING: Commercial COMP PLAN DISTRICT: Commercial PREPARED BY: Abbi Jo Wittman, City Planner REQUEST The applicant is requesting approval of a design permit for an external food storage system to be located on the rear of the structure. The system will encompass all dry, cold and frozen foods for the restaurant and be made of a 26 gauge corrosion resistant, stucco embossed coated steel material. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS The structure is located in the Downtown commercial Historic District and must comply with the Downtown Design Manual guidelines. The guidelines for utility areas and mechanical equipment note it is important to minimize the visual impact. • Screen exterior trash and storage areas, service yards, loading areas, transformers and air conditioning units from view of nearby streets and adjacent structures in a manner that is compatible with the building and site design. All roof equipment shall be screened from public view. • Use architectural elements to screen mechanical equipment FINDINGS The proposed location of the mechanical equipment is consistent with the Design Manual, placed in the rear of the structure and property. The proposal will meet the zoning code regulations if the applicant obtains a variance from the Planning Commission. RECOMMENDATION Upon a finding by the design review committee that the application will meet the standards of design review, secure the purpose of the zoning code, the comprehensive plan and the heritage preservation ordinance, the design review committee may approve the design permit, subject to conditions as it deems necessary. If a finding is made that the permit would violate the standards of design review, it must deny the application. Staff recommends approval of DP/2014-25 with the following condition: 1. Prior to installation, the improvements must receive a slope setback variance from the Planning Commission. 2. All revisions to the approved plan shall be reviewed and approved by the HPC. ATTACHMENTS Application 806 Main Street South DP/2014-25 (HPC: 7.7.2014) Page 2 of 2 Design Review Plan Preliminary architectural drawings including: • Building elevations (Please see Exhibit Q) ■ Picture or drawing showing adjacent building(s) as appropriate (Please see Exhibits F, G, H & M) Landscape Plan: (Please see Exhibit T & !1) • Work with N.R. Tree Service to clean up area behind New Dry Storage Area and the area described in their quote. ■ Work with Miller Excavating to remove fallen rock and dirt from project area and west end of parking lot. Preliminary Site Development Plan including: • Parking and circulation areas (Please see Exhibit M) ▪ Location of buildings (Please see Exhibit F) • Location and description of signs (Please see Exhibits Q, R & S) A business sign is located on the front of the building. Billboards are located north, south and on the front of the building, • Orientation of windows and doors (Please see Exhibit D) • Entrances and exits (Please see Exhibit D) • Open spaces (Please see Exhibit M) • Pedestrian circulation Will need clarification to address • Adjacent buildings (Please see Exhibit F, G, H & M) • Drainage plan (Please see Exhibit I) Will work with MNDOT & Miller Excavating to build a drain system to redirect water flowing down the cliff to the area behind the new Dry Storage Area, Cooler & Freezer to Manhole #5, • Lighting plan Other than installing fights to the interior of the Dry Storage Area, Cooler and Freezer...we do not have plans of making any changes to the current lighting set-up. • Sign Plan We do not have plans of making any changes to our current signs. i i i i i i i i i i Apparent Easements: Utilities: Typical street, utility, and drainage easements are assumed. A large portion of the subject site is encumbered with a highway easement. 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Gasket shall be "locked" to the skins and run in a continuous piece, completely around Res panel with only one break to provide the optimal seal- 2 0 INSULATION 2,1 Insulation shall be a full 4 inches or 5 Inches thick, UL Class 1 rigid foamed -in -place HFC-245fa polyurethane with a minimum 2.0 Ibsi cubic foot density. Foam polyurethane shall be Injected into the panels by means of a high output, high impingement mixer. 22 The "R" value of the walls, ceilings and doors shall be a minimum of 25 for coolers and 32 for freezers. The "R" value of freezer Floors shall be a minimum of 26- Insulation shall be 95% closed cell structure. Flame spread rating according to ASTM E-84/UL 723 shall be 25 or less. 2.4 The use of R-12 andlor R-22 as a blowing agent Is specifically prohibited. 3.0 FLOOR STYLES: ad Less floor 4" wall walk-ins shall be supplied with PVC extruded floor sealers with semi -flexible edges, which seal to floor without the use of exposed fasteners. Sealer shall encase the wall panel on bath interior and exterior surfaces with a flexible rubber collar a minimum of 3" high from finished building floor. Sealer shalt meet NSF requirements for floor cove molding. Additional less floor options include female bottom rail walls for 4" and 5" thick walk-ins and various height foam seaters for 4" thick walk-ins. Consult factory for detailed specifications. 3.2 With floor walk-ins shall be a full 4 inches thick with one piece foamed -in -place edge caps. Edge caps Include metal formed adhesion edges which result In the edge caps being a foamed integrated member of the floor panels. Glued -in -place edge caps are not acceptable, Floor panels shall be designed to withstand uniformly distributed loads of 800 pounds per square foot. The joint between the floor and wall shall form a NSF approved 45` angle to allow for easy cleaning. 4.0 PEILING PANELS; 4 j. Ceiling panels shall be a full 4 inches or 5 inches thick with one piece foamed -in -place edge caps. Edge caps include metal formed adhesion edges which result in the edge caps being a foamed integrated member of the ceiling panels. Glued -In -place edge craps are not acceptable. 4,2 Metal face skins are to Incorporate seams using a double 90' bond at a maximum width of two feet for additional strength. The joint between the ceiling and wall shall form a 45' angle to allow for easy cleaning. 5.0 FINISHES, 51 The interior and exterior walls and interior ceiling shall be supplied with 28 gauge corrosion resistant stucco embossed coaled steel. The interior floor surface (when applicable) shall be 100 smooth aluminum. Other flnisheds are available. 6.0 DOOR CONSTRUCTION; 11 Entrance door shall be in fitting, flush design_ The door section shall provide a full 4 inches or 5 inches of polyurethane HFC-245fa insulation, construction and finish shall be the same as the adjoining wall panels. 12 The door shall be 4 inches thick, constructed to incorporate heavy duty, molded ABS breaker strip, which is permanently foamed -in -place. Bottom of door shall seal with double sweep gaskets, uniquely designed to provide complete seal between door. threshold, and door jamb. 6.3 Door jamb to be a fully coved, extruded, welded, structural anodized aluminum, rigid frame design tor easy cleaning and maintenance. L4 Threshold plate provided shall be constructed of fiberglass. reinforced plastic (FRP) or extruded aluminum far bearing strength. All doors shall have an anti -sweat heater wire around the entire perimeter of the door opening and under threshold_ The heater wire (standard in bath coolers and freezers) shall provide enough heat to prevent condensation. All conduit for the inner -wiring of the door panel shall be totally concealed in the polyurethane foam panel, exposed conduit is not acceptable. tiji Door section to be field wired to surface mounted junction box on the interior door panel. The door size, location and swing to be as indicated in Specifications Drawings. 6.7 Door hardware shall be highly polished chromium plated steel. Hardware shall include a spring actuated door closer, field adjustable cam lift hinges, one spring hinge & deadbolt locking handle with Independent key/padlock feature and Inside safety release. Ail hardware shall be attached to extra large 1/2 inch thick, nonconducting synthetic tapping plates #ice Digital thermometer calibrated to Indicate interior walk-in temperature shall be provided with each entrance door. Osa Remote incandescent vapor proof gasketed UL listed light fixture, made of cast aluminum with plastic coated glass globe. Mounted, at the intenor handle side of the door section. Locate light switch with ,pilot light adjacent to door, on exterior handle side of door section, with all inner wiring in rigid conduit concealed inside the door section and terminated at a surface mounted junction box on the interior door frame. Fixture shall operate on 115 VAC. 7.0 INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE; jyj, Included with each walk-in shipment is a complete set of Installation instructions covering all phases of panel erection, accessories, and maintenance procedures. $.0 APPROVALS; $� Walk-in construction is approved by NSF international and shall have the NSF seal on the door section. Imo; Walk-in panels shall have a UL flame spread rating of 25. i The door section shall be LiL end CSA approved as an electrically approved assembly. $A City of Los Angeles approved - Consult Factory, City cif Houston approved, Oregon State approved, Stale of Wisconsin Building Product approved, USDA accepted 9.0 WARRANTIES: 9,1, Manufacturer shall provide a written warranty to the owner stating the product is free from defects or workmanship under normal use and service. Warranty shall become effective following the acceptance date and cover the insulated panels for a penod of fifteen years and parts for a period of 18 months. 10.0 QUALITYASSl1RANCF° 10.1 To Insure the finest quality In material and workmanship the above specifications shall be held In full compliance. Please specify the Welk -in cooler or freezer is to be as manufactured by Nor -Lake, Incorporated, Hudson, Wisconsin. 102 Contact Nor -Lake, Incorporated for a copy of the most detailed Specification Manual available in the Foodservice Industry. 11.0 SITE CONDITIONS' 11.1, To assure proper operation, site conditions should be controlled. The walk-in product should be In a well ventilated location. Indoor ambient conditions should be controlled, relative humidity between 30%-60% and maintaining a dew point of 50°F (or less). • , Stand% kw Be Moo C.q,,I me,,tSHOW NORLAKE Revision Date: 03/14 @2014 NOR -LAKE, INC. Printed in the U.S A. 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TREE SERVICE Is net II&J lot damage or any nnura of Vera 4ecurred er moving truce pail curb Poo or right al way liras, ono acsnavvledga wdLInonoas Os pay wooer fasa or ease Is r■painnq damagod property. HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING DATE: APPLICANT: REQUEST: ZONING: CBD PREPARED BY: July 7, 2014 CASE NO.: 2014-26 Michael Hoefler, HAF RED LLC, owner and applicant Design review of rear entrance landscaping improvements and dumpster enclosure to be located at or adjacent to 233 Main Street South COMP PLAN DISTRICT: DMU - Downtown Mixed Use Abbi Jo Wittman, City Planner REQUEST The applicant is requesting approval of a design permit for the following to be located at 233 Main Street South: • Rear entrance landscaping improvements for an outdoor patio dining area; and • A shared trash enclosure facility The overall appearance of the rear entrance will have a more finished look. The dining area will be encompassed by a railing to match the existing, and include low wattage outdoor lighting, square planter boxes with tall grasses and two maple trees. Although the applicant has not proposed a design for the trash enclosure, city staff is recommending the enclosure be similar in size and nature to the existing trash enclosures found near this location. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS The structure is located in the Downtown commercial Historic District and must comply with the Downtown Design Manual guidelines. Rear Patio: The property owner is proposing a (approximately) 430 square foot patio to be located at the rear of the building. The patio will service LOLO, a restaurant located on the main floor of the infill structure. The Downtown Design manual guidelines indicate: • The rear facade entrance should be clean and well maintained and present a welcome appearance. A small sign, awnings, display windows and planter boxes can improve the appearance. • Highlight important architectural features and structures by use of distinctive landscaping. • Visually and physically buffer parking lots from adjacent buildings and pedestrian walkways with groupings of plant materials. • Frame and edge existing and proposed building where feasible with appropriate types of plant material to achieve human scale. • Carefully locate street trees and shrub plantings with the downtown area to buffer and separate walkways from traffic. Create shade where needed for pedestrians establish more clearly defined pedestrian use areas. • Provide canopy trees to shade parked cars, but establish where practical. Tree planting in parking lot islands will reduce heat gain and should be encouraged. Trash Enclosure: The Downtown Design manual guidelines indicate: • Screen exterior trash and storage areas, service yards, loading areas, transformers and air conditioning units from view of nearby streets and adjacent structures in a manner that is compatible with the building and site design. All roof equipment shall be screened from public view. FINDINGS The outdoor dining improvements are consistent with the recommendations in the Downtown Stillwater Commercial Historic District Design Manual. Furthermore, the HPC approved this trash enclosure several years ago, but it was proposed for a location slightly to the south. The enclosure is proposed for this location for ease and access for the business owners who will be utilizing it. RECOMMENDATION Upon a finding by the design review committee that the application will meet the standards of design review, secure the purpose of the zoning code, the comprehensive plan and the heritage preservation ordinance, the design review committee may approve the design permit, subject to conditions as it deems necessary. If a finding is made that the permit would violate the standards of design review, it must deny the application. 308 Chestnut Street East DP/2014-23 (HPC: 7.7.2014) Page 2 of 3 Staff recommends approval of DP/2014-26 with the following condition: 1. All major revisions to the approved plan shall be reviewed and approved by the HPC. ATTACHMENTS Site Plan Lighting Specs Planter Specs 308 Chestnut Street East DP/2014-23 (HPC: 7.7.2014) Page 3 of 3 existing fence isting covered entry / \ /. \ / \ / / \ / \ / \ / •:.existing railing.: • ..for existing ramp sidewalk 00000 existing transformer ne railing around perim:ter of patio match e 'sting EXISTING 45° CONCRETE PATIO co crete raised patio red .ot weatherproof lightin. (6 thus) 4" autumn bl.ze maple tree,- 20' tall (2 thus) new 36" square steel tree grate estate zinc square planter (2 thus) tall grasses EXISTING GREEN SPACE parking stall 9'-0" existing man hole SITE PLAN OF PATIO proposed dumpster enclosure 18'-0" 9'-0" handicap 9'-0" WATER STREET parking stall 9'-0" parking stall 9'-0" 111 HAF GROU P AR C H I T EC T U R E DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION 2 3 3. S O U T H. M A I N. S T R E E T S T I L L W A T E R, M N. 5 5 0 8 2 P H : 6 5 1 . 3 5 1 . 1 7 6 0 HF ARCHITECTS HOEFLER ARCHITECTS L L C ARCHITECTURE P L ANNING INTER IOR S PHONE: FAX: 233 SOUTH MAIN ST. STILLWATER, MN 6 5 1- 3 5 1- 1 7 6 0 6 5 1 - 4 3 0- 0 1 8 0 W W W. H A F A R C H I T E C T S. C O M W W W.FACEBOOK.COM/HAFARCHITECTS HTTP://HAFARCHITECTS.BLOGSPOT.COM H�1F CONSTRUCTION H O E F L E R- C O N S T R U C T I O N- L L C PHONE: FAX: 233 SOUTH MAIN ST. STILLWATER, MN 6 5 1- 3 5 1- 1 7 6 0 6 5 1 - 4 3 0- 0 1 8 0 PROJECT: LOLO OUTDOOR PATIO DATE ISSUE NOTES 08-18-14 HPC SUBMITTAL I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PLAN,SPECIFICATION OR REPORT WAS PREPARED BY ME OR UNDER MY DIRECT SUPERVISION AND THAT I AM A DULY LICENSED ARCHITECT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. signature registration no: MICHAEL HOEFLER 24210 NOTICE: THE DESIGNS SHOWN AND DESCRIBED HEREIN INCLUDING ALL TECHNICAL DRAWINGS, GRAPHICS, AND MODELS THEREOF, ARE PROPRIETARY AND CANNOT BE COPIED, DUPLICATED OR COMMERCIALLY EXPLOITED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITHOUT EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF HAF ARCHITECTS. 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The sign on the East elevation is proposed to be 55 square feet and the sign on the West elevation is proposed to be 45 square feet. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS The Liberty Village Architectural Review and Design Guidelines, approved in 2009, indicate certain areas in Liberty Village where Directory Signs may be permitted. This structure is permitted to have two signs of this nature. The Guidelines indicate each business is permitted to have six square feet. If the individual allotment for the businesses is combined, a total of 48 square feet would be permitted for the second story tenants. FINDINGS The proposed size, approximate location, color and installation of the new signs are consistent with Guidelines. RECOMMENDATION Upon a finding by the design review committee that the application will meet the standards of design review, secure the purpose of the zoning code, the comprehensive plan and the heritage preservation ordinance, the design review committee may approve the design permit, subject to conditions as it deems necessary. If a finding is made that the permit would violate the standards of design review, it must deny the application. Staff recommends approval of DP/2014-23 with the following condition: 1. The East facing sign shall be centered under the gooseneck lights or the double windows. 2. The West facing sign shall be centered above the entrance. 3. Prior to installation, the landlord shall remove all existing, non -conforming signage including unpermitted and expired temporary banners. 4. No additional signage permitted for this business unless permitted through an approved temporary sign permit. 5. All revisions to the approved plan shall be reviewed and approved by the HPC. 6. No sign may be installed without first obtaining a sign permit. ATTACHMENTS DeMars Signs: Signs to be removed DeMars Signs: Proposed Signage 308 Chestnut Street East DP/2014-23 (HPC: 7.7.2014) Page 2 of 2 EMI EFT T'' Bei-tley West elevation...signs to be removed East Elevation. signs to be removed 410 93' Ave." Coon Rapids, MAI 55432 763.786.5545 DATE: 6/19/' 14 SALESMAN: r ,uzo y Pete --scan LOCATION: NOTEg:05 New England Pl. Stillwater, MN CUSTOMER APPROVAL X These plans are the exclusive property of DeMars Signs Inc. and are the result of the Original work of its ernpioyees.They are submitted to your farm fo rthe sole purpose of your approval., assuming the signage will be ma nufactured by DeMars Sig ns inc. Artwork and design may not be distributed outside your firrn without written consent from DeMa rs Signs Inc. Use of thisartwork and/or design without written consent is prohibited; DeMars Signs Inc. reserves the right to pursue legal a ctfon in violation of this agreenient.This may include, but is not limited to:a) Relrn burserne nt for creating above drawing. b) Any associated legal tees. rro'i cssiona PRIME MORTGAGE DOMAGALA. LAW COUNTRY INSURANCE Managed by Bentley Companies 952-512-199.B Office Lofts HA ISON STONE RETIREMENT STRATEGIES ST CROIX VALLEY DDS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INVESTMENT OFFICE SOLUTIONS INC. 96'rx52"x2", 34.6sf, East Elev. .063" welded aluminum, raised letter and vinyl graphic:,, unlit rro1:e55iona Office Lofts PRIME MORTGAGEHANSON STONE RETIREMENT STRATEGIES D OMAGALA YAW ST CROIX VALLEY DDS COUNTRY INSURANCE Managed by Bentley Companies 9.52-512-1998 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INVESTMENT OFFICE SOLUTIONS INC. 116"x56a'x2rr, 45sf, West elevation,. .063" welded aluminum, raised letter and vinyl graphics, unlit 410 93rd Ave!' Coon Rapids, MN 55432 763.786.5545 DATE: 6 / 191 r 14 SALESMAN: Chauncey Peterson LOCATION: Liberty Village 105 New England Pl. NOTES: fi- i l 1 we tpr , N These plans are the exclusive property of DeMars Slgrrs Inc and are the result of the original work af its employees.They are submitted to your farm for the sole purpose of your approval assuming the signagewill be manufactured by Derrlars Signs Inc Artwork and design may not be distributed outside your firm without written consent from DeMars Signs Inc, Use of this artwork andfor design without written consent is prohibited; DeMars Signs Inc. reserves the right to pursue legal action in violation of this agreement This may Inciude,but is not limited to:a) Reimbursement for creating above drawing. b) Any associated legal fees. CUSTOMER APPROVAL X HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING DATE: July 7, 2014 CASE NO.: DR/2014-24 APPLICANT: Chris Meronuck, Creative Homes, representing Thomas Weber, owner REQUEST: Consideration of Design Review of an infill structure to be located at 324 Wilkins Street East, a vacant property located in the Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD) ZONING: RB-Two Family Res. COMP PLAN DISTRICT: LMDR-Low/Medium Density Res. PREPARED BY: Abbi Jo Wittman, City Planner REQUEST AND BACKGOUND The applicant has submitted a Design Permit application for consideration of design review of a proposed single family residence to be constructed at 324 Wilkins Street East, an undeveloped lot located in the Carli and Schulenburg's Addition to the City of Stillwater. In 2005 the previous residence, constructed in the early 1880s, was destroyed by fire. The property is in the Neighborhood Conservation Design District and as such an infill design review permit is required for the new home. Prior to the submittal of the application, City staff provided Creative Homes with the Neighborhood Conservation District guidelines. In late April staff reviewed a proposed design for consistency with the NCD guidelines. Staff advised the applicant of various ways to enhance the design to be consistent with the guidelines including, but not limited to, decreasing the garage mass on the streetscape, creating a larger front porch spanning the distance of the home as well as increasing the four-sided design of this home. DISCUSSION All infill homes in the NCD are required to follow the NCD design guidelines. These design guidelines serve as a common reference for all those involved in the process of new construction in the district including property owners, neighbors, residents, architects, designers, builders, city staff, and the commission. The guidelines are intended to serve as a framework to guide the design process, while allowing for individuality and creativity in architectural design. Twenty-seven guidelines make up the NCD design manual. These guidelines cover three (3) general areas including Neighborhood and Streets, Building and Site, and Architectural Detail. Neighborhood and Streets Massing and scale of a new building should be compatible with neighboring structures. A one-story home is proposed. This is consistent with the one and one and a half story homes in the neighborhood. Respect the existing rhythm of the streetscape. The applicant is proposing to face the home toward North Broadway Street which is consistent with the streetscape. Follow alignment and setbacks predominant on the street and adjacent properties. The setbacks of the home are proposed to be consistent with the zoning regulations as well as the prevailing front yard setback on both Wilkins and North Broadway. Design new roofs to be compatible with forms of existing roofs in the neighborhood. Most of the older homes in the neighborhood have traditional gabled roofs. The front (Broadway) facade includes three gables where the side (Wilkins) includes one. Building height should be considered in choosing roof forms, architectural style, and relating to context. The height of the building is proportionate to the architectural style. Building and site design should respond to natural features. Preserve significant trees. Although this is a flat lot, the applicant is proposing the removal of ten trees on the east side of the home. When retaining walls are necessary, minimize their impact. Respect the site's natural slope in new building design: minimize cut, fill and No retaining walls are proposed. retaining walls. Building Site Locate garage and driveway to respect existing street and neighborhood patterns. There is an existing garage that, while not indicated in the application, will need to be removed as the property may not contain greater than 1,000 square feet of garage coverage. Though the Assessor's records indicate a construction year of 1970, the City's building permit files do not contain verification of this. DR/2014-24: 324 Wilkins HPC: July 7, 2014 Page 2 of 4 If the garage was proposed to access of the existing driveway, the driveway would be consistent with other properties along Wilkins. Minimize garage impact on While the garage and driveway are proposed off of Broadway, which is consistent with other homes in the neighborhood, the three -car mass creates a garage dominance in this neighborhood. new structure massing and street front. The size and mass of the structure should be compatible with the size of the property. The size and mass of the home is compatible though the garage is not. While there is one, three -car garage in the vicinity of the subject parcel, most properties contain detached, two -car garages. Consider front porch elements in the design of infill structures. The applicant is proposing one, 160 square foot porch. Accessory buildings should be compatible with the main building. No accessory building is proposed. As indicated, one garage is located on the property but must be removed prior to the occupancy of the existing home. Design and detail new construction as four-sided architecture. While the applicant is proposing cultured stone on the east facade, this is not carried throughout (at least) the south facade facing Wilkins Street. The Wilkins Street facade contains little elements to help break the massing of the home. Architectural Detail The facade of the structure should be compatible in scale and character to the houses of the streetscape. The homes on the west side of North Broadway are modest homes with little to not decorative elements. The cultured stone and shakes on the front of the structure are consistent with the one home on the east side of Broadway that is able to be viewed from the street. Building elements should be proportional to the scale and style of the building, and its context. Nearly half of the front facade is garage. Additionally, this garage is situated 10' past the front stoop. Use architectural details to create visual interest and support architectural style. This is a contemporary suburban home. The design elements fit with this architectural style though the style does not blend into the existing streetscape. In new building design, consider appropriate materials, textures and colors, and their relationship to other buildings of the neighborhood. The architectural style and materials is in harmony with the home directly across North Broadway from this property. The home, however, was built in 1998 and predated the City's Neighborhood Conservation District. Use masonry and stone The stone on this structure is used as a decorative element DR/2014-24: 324 Wilkins HPC: July 7, 2014 Page 3 of 4 authentically. and is not carried throughout the entire design of the home. ALTERNATIVES The HPC has several alternatives related to these two requests: A. Approve. If the proposed infill design review requests is found acceptable to the HPC, the HPC should move to approve DP/2014-24. Staff would recommend the following minimum condition for approval. 1. All minor modifications to the plans shall be approved in advance by the City Planner. All major modifications shall be approved in advance by the HPC. Determination of the distinction between "major" and "minor" is defined in the Zoning Ordinance. 2. Exterior lighting shall be submitted for approval prior to the issuance of a building permit. B. Approve in part. C. Deny. If the HPC finds that the proposal is not consistent with the approved Neighborhood Conservation District guidelines, then the Commission could deny the request. With a denial, the basis of the action is required to be given. Furthermore, the denial would prohibit the applicant from resubmittal of a substantially similar application within one year. D. Table. If the HPC needs additional information to make a decision, the requests could be tabled until your August, 2014 meeting. The 60-0day deadline for HPC action is August 20, 2014. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Commission consider one of two options: table the application for new submittal of a design consistent with the historic streetscape and architectural design; or deny the application on the basis it is not considerate to the Neighborhood Conservation District guidelines for the preservation of this historic streetscape and neighborhood character. ATTACHMENTS Aerial Design Review Checklist (2 pages) Certificate of Survey Adjacent Home Summary (8 pages) Proposed Elevations and Facade Details (7 pages) Neighborhood Conservation Map Stillwater Neighborhood Survey Map DR/2014-24: 324 Wilkins HPC: July 7, 2014 Page 4 of 4 Pictometry Online http://pol.pictometry.com/en-us/app/print.php?title=324 Wilkins Street East Aerial&date_fmt=... 324 Wilkins Street East Aerial Print Date: 07/03/2014 Image Date:05/03/2011 Level:Neighborhood 1 of 1 7/3/2014 11:12 AM Design Review Application and Checks This Design Review Application and Checklist should be submitted with a City Fla nniTIE Application Form Contact: Stillwater City Planning Office 651-30-8821 City Hall 216 N. 4th St Stillwater, MN 55082 wWw.ci.stillwater rim us ProjectA 3z4 tj; mice S+- E Applicant name address, telephone: 707 G04n,ana '7`rr` Sw ; a-(e 110 'i+i1.1 5S12. GSI`a -L 1. Neighborhood Architectural Styles: a Vernacular ❑ Italianate o Queen Anne o Gothic ❑ Greek Revival o Second Empire „la' American Foursquare ❑ a Other: rVtl�S 2. Prevailing neighborhood streetfront setback: (Guidelines #1, #2, #3) Prevailing setback on block (est.) ZS Average setback on block (est.) ZS Proposed new house setback 30 3 . Is the pattern of homes in your neighborhood 1, 1-1/2, or2 stories high? (Guidelin • #4, #5) Stories 1 1-1/2 2 House on right a ,..'121f ❑ House on left o • ❑ House to rear ❑ ❑ Prevailing on black ❑ �f a Prevailing opposite block rie 0 Proposed new house dye a 4 4. Prevailing Front Porch pattern in your neighborhood: (Guideline #13) Front Porch None ❑ Prevailing on block 0 Prevailing opposite block o Proposed new house Notes: House on right House on left House to rear Stick y 5. Prevailing Garage Location pattern in you rnei . orhood: (Guidelines #10, #11) Front Rear Side Garage Garage Garage House on right o House on left a House to rear a ❑ Prevailing on block Prevailing opposite block ❑ a Proposed new house o 6. Prevailing Garage Size in your neighborhood: (Guidelines #10, #11) I stall 2 stall 3 stall Garage Garage Garage House on right n ,cie` ❑ House on left House to rear / ❑ a Prevailing on block a / u Prevailing opposite block ❑ ❑ Proposed new house ❑ ❑ ,2" 7. Is the proposed garage compatible in form and detail with the design character of the main house? (Guideline # 14) Y�5 8. If the proposed structure/garage location, setbacks, size or general design character does not fit prevailing neighborhood patterns, how do you propose to reduce its impact on the neighborhood and streetscape? itti pvtiia ry¢ fin..o+�¢L, cdd jj4� iL ffff cep-0,, 4-l 'i 5td 1 ([4 Stillwater Conservation District tp 1 of 2) Design Guidelines Design Review Application and Checklist 9. Does the proposed structure work with natural slopes and contours of the property? (Guidelines #6, #7, #8) Structure sited parallel to slope „el' Building deigned to reduce cut and fi1I (minimized red retaining walls) a Landscaping incorporated into grading changes Notes: 10. Are there significant trees on the property? Will any trees be removed or damaged by new construction? (Guideline #9) yap'' Types of trees CL r ❑ Heights I5' o Trunk (-Timm 4 ri Notes: A pp.-c i (�1 a f, Ii red 0 Good Neighbor Considerations 1. Will the proposed structure significantly affect yourneighbor's access to sunlight in adjacent yards, patios or rooms? (Guideline #21) House to right: A-Jc House to left: House to rear: a Notes: How will you mitigate anynegative sunlight impacts on neighbors? I Locate structure on lotto minimize impact o Adjust building height, or portions of building, to minimize impact Q Other: 2. Will the proposed structure significantly affect your neighbors' privacy?(Guidelines #22, #23) House to right: ,1? House to left: /L r House to rear: / Notes: How will you mitigate any negative impacts on neighbors' privacy? o Offset/locate windows to reduce impact • Use obscure glass in window • Locate balconies to minimize impact. jet Use landscaping elements for screening o Other: 3. How is outdoor lighting impact rninimiaed for neighbors?(Guideline #25) Lights are located or directed away from neighboring property O Light fixtures are shielded to prevent glare at neighboring property O Other: To be indnded with this Application and sr-- .e+ Site Plan: include location of proposed building(s) on property, lot area; indicate impervious surface, propertylines, street/ sidewalk location and approximate location of adjarpnt structures. Indicate proposed outdoor deck/patio and landscaping features. ,BufdinEr Plan: dimensions, first floor area square footage. Building Elevations: indicate building height, windows, materials, and color on all elevations. Indicate proposed exterior lighting. zi Photographs of site and streetscape. 2 Regular Planning Department Development Application Form Stillwater Conservation District Design Guicb ices (p 2 of 2) ILO 0 _J EXISTING -- GARAGE J rr L — J --EXISTING SHED //fEVST1NG GARAGE 0 I fr-T L_L1 I 589°22'45" 150.00 EXISTING rouse I I. 1 418.17 '14.33' 0/ /36.0 22.0 -30.0- N• 150.00}.Af 589°22'45"YY 0 0 EAST W1LKIN STREET LOT 5 = 15,000 SQ. FT. HSE/GAR = 2,712 SQ. FT. PORCH = 183 SQ. FT. DRIVEWAY = 912 SQ. FT. Total Impervious = 3,807 SQ. FT. OR 25.4% OF LOT AREA 0) 0 NORTH BROADWAY Address: NORTH BROADWAY PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Lot 3, Block 15, CARL! AND S'CHULENBURG' SCHULENBURG'S ADDITION, Washington County, Minnesota. We hereby certify that this is a true and correct survey of the above described property and that it was performed by me or under my direct supervision and that I am a duly Licensed Surveyor under the laws of the State of Minnesota. That this survey does not purport to show all improvements, easements or encroachments, to the property except as shown thereon. Signed this EIC day of May , 2014. James R Hill, Inc., SCALE IN FEET 30 60 1 inch = 30 feet 90 Bearings are on assumed datum By. DRFLIV \ARY Harold C. Peterson, Minnesota L.S. No. 12294 Notes: 1. Building dimensions shown are for horizontal & vertical placement of structure only. See architectural plans for building & foundation dimensions. 2. No specific soils investigation hos been completed on this lot by James R. Hill, Inc. The suitability of soils to support the specific house proposed is not the responsibility of James R. Hill, Inc. or the surveyor. 3. No specific title search for existence or non— existence of recorded or un—recorded easements has been conducted by the surveyor as a part of this survey. Only easements per the recorded plat are shown. 5. Site improvement and encroachment are from survey provided by client. 0 x900.0 (930.0) tc Denotes set spike Denotes set iron monument Denotes found iron monument Denotes existing elevation Denotes proposed elevation Denotes proposed drainage Denotes top of curb Bench Mark• 9oa.00 _ TNH- Proposed Garage Floor @ Front= Proposed Garage Top of Block= Proposed House Top of Block= Proposed Lowest Floor= Proposed Top of Block at Lookout Window= xxx 4,,J11 James R. Hill, Inc. PLANNERS / ENGINEERS / SURVEYORS 2500 NEST COUNT( ROAD 42, SURE 120, Bl1RH54ILLE, Iiiti 55337 PHONE: {952) 890-5044 FAX: (952) 890-6244 CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY FOR CREATIVE HOMES, INC. Lot 3, Block 15, CARU AND SC'HULENBURG'S ADDITION, Washington County, Minnesota. 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A 04 MIHNE50 f R HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING DATE: July 7, 2014 CASE NO.: 2014-28 APPLICANT: Rochelle Jacobs, The Pole Barn REQUEST: Design review of a projecting sign to be located at 122 Water Street South ZONING: CBD COMP PLAN DISTRICT: DMU - Downtown Mixed Use PREPARED BY: Abbi Jo Wittman, City Planner REQUEST The applicant is requesting approval of one projecting sign to be located at 122 Water Street South. The painted wood sign will read 'The Pole Barn Studio' (as depicted attached). Proposed to be hung from an existing metal bracket, the sign will be (approximately) five square feet. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES One hanging sign, no greater than six square feet, is permitted per business in the CBD. The sign ordinance further indicates projecting signs must be visible from the sidewalk and not be a hazard to pedestrians. If lighted, the sign must be externally lit. The Downtown Design Manual indicates the following guidelines for projecting signs: • A projecting sign with two faces is considered one sign. • The maximum area of the sign and the minimum height above the sidewalk is regulated by the sign ordinance. • Use materials consistent with the period, such as wood signboards and metal brackets. Lighting, too, is addressed in the Manual. The applicable guidelines indicate: • Lighting fixtures should be concealed or integrated into the overall design of the project. The light source should be hidden from direct pedestrian or motorist view. • Unshielded wall pack light fixtures are not appropriate. The Manual further indicates: • Materials: Use painted wood where practicable • Shape: Design the sign shape to fit and fill the available space. If a projecting sign is used, keep it simple in shape, small in size and utilitarian in design • Lettering: Choose a bold and simple type style and use it on all appropriate signs. • Color: o Choose subdued colors and dark tones in keeping with the Victorian tradition. Properly selected combinations of dark brown and green, black, off-white and gold are all appropriate. o Choose tones with sufficient contrast to be clearly legible: dark on light or light on dark. o Support brackets of projecting signs should be black. FINDINGS The proposed size, location and installation of the new sign is consistent with the recommendations in the Downtown Stillwater Commercial Historic District Design Manual. However, the pink portion of the color palette does not keep with the Victorian tradition. The guidelines further indicate all signs must comply with the zoning regulations. The proposal meets the zoning code requirements. RECOMMENDATION Upon a finding by the design review committee that the application will meet the standards of design review, secure the purpose of the zoning code, the comprehensive plan and the heritage preservation ordinance, the design review committee may approve the design permit, subject to conditions as it deems necessary. If a finding is made that the permit would violate the standards of design review, it must deny the application. Staff recommends approval DP/ 2014-28 with the following condition: 1. The two sides of the sign shall be the exact same: light on dark or dark on light. 2. Surfaces where existing sign arms may be removed will be patched to match the existing facade. 3. Lighting, if installed, shall be downcast and shielded from direct pedestrian or motorist view. Staff shall review lighting fixture prior to installation. 4. The sign shall be installed with a clearance of 8' from the sidewalk. 5. All revisions to the approved plan shall be reviewed and approved by the HPC. 6. No sign may be installed without first obtaining a sign permit. ATTACHMENTS Application Proposed Details (3 pages) 122 Water Street South DP/2014-28 (HPC: 7.7.2014) Page 2 of 2 Sign is made from % plywood painted black with letters painted black on one side and on the other it is painted with pink and raised sparkly Wood Letters. The sign is made of the same natural historic materials and I plan to cut the corners in a rounded shape. The sign is 34" x 22" 4000.° 'Fry .41111111 7irwrnisruftim I pai ;1111 E._ -1 _2 I have added flowers like suggested to make may front entrance more appealing. -•� This was on the building when I leased it. I was hoping to use Ft to post my sign. My Building address is 122 Water Street 5 and I am technically in the rear, but trying to make my space look more like the front. I have read the historic sign guidelines and suggestions and have made my sign (myself by hand) just like it would have been done 120 years ago. i iWa ter THE B I R T H r L A r: E fI i MNISOIA HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING DATE: July 7, 2014 REGARDING: South Hill Walking Tour Final Products PREPARED BY: Abbi Jo Wittman Attached are the submitted products from Dan Hoisington. On Monday, June 30th, City staff received the attached narratives from Dan Hoisington. Staff has not had a chance to review the narratives. All final products are due to the SHPO on July 15th. Dan will be at Monday's meeting to discuss his work with you. Stillwater's Historic South Hill Pine Street Loop ORoscoe and Eva Hersey House 416 4th Street South Roscoe Hersey played an important role in the early devel- opment of Stillwater's lumber and mercantile trade. In 1872 he moved to Stillwater and entered the firm of Hersey, Bean and Brown. Hersey built the house in 1879-1880 and lived here for seven years. "Hersey's new residence;' declared the Stillwater Messenger, "looms up majestically, and bids fair to be one of the largest and finest residences in the city." The home is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. © Joseph and Anna Eichten House 215 Pine Street West Joseph and Anna Eichten built this home in 189o. With its turret, decorative shingles, and a carved sunburst panel on the second floor bay, it reflects the late Queen Anne style. The interior featured parquet floors and a ceramic fireplace as well as a copper bathtub. Eichten worked as a wholesale liquor dealer and a saloon owner, but in 1907, changed careers and became president of Connolly Shoe Co. O John and Elizabeth Whiteside House 223 Pine Street West Born in Dublin, Ireland, John Whiteside moved to Stillwater in the early 187os, earning his living as a plasterer special- izing in decorative ceilings. A local newspaper called him a "well-known and most excel- lent workman." Around 1875 Whiteside built this brick home, using motifs from the Gothic cottage architecture made popular by Andrew Jackson Downing. These include the steeply -pitched gabled roof and the narrow windows. Elizabeth died in 1914, followed to the grave a year later by her husband. Austin and Harriet Jenks House • 504 5th Street South Captain Austin Jenks began his Stillwater career rafting logs to "any point on the Mississippi River between St. Paul and Memphis." He constructed a steamer, the Brother Johnathan in 1871, only the second built for the direct purpose of rafting logs on the Upper Mississippi. His interests in the river took him to Illinois, where he lived during the 187os. In 188o he re- turned to Minnesota and began work on this home. It reflects an eclectic mix of nineteenth century architectural styles. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. © Jacob and Cynthia Bean House 319 Pine Street West Built in 1879 by Edward Hersey, it was completed in the Queen Anne style with its tower, wide porch, and two-story bay. Soon after construction, Hersey sold the house to one of his business associates, Jacob Bean, and his wife, Cynthia. Jacob was one of the leading lumbermen in the country, with the St. Paul Daily Globe describing him as "consider- ably more than half a millionaire:' Following a stroke in 1901, Jacob and Cynthia made California their permanent home and turned the house over to their daughter, Ann Bean Lehmicke. O David and Lucetta Grout House 504 6th Street South Welshman David Grout came to the United States in 1861, seeking his fortune. A "practical bookkeeper" by trade, Grout wed Lucetta Gray on New Year's Day 1867 and acquired this property two years later. The home is a fine local example of the Second Empire style, popular in the 186os and 187os in Minnesota. The most prominent features are its mansard roof and the bracketed eaves. Lucetta Grout died shortly after the house was built, after which David moved to Chicago. O Hersey -Atwood House 320 Pine Street West Drawing on the family lumber- ing fortunes, Edward L. Hersey built this home in 1883, designed by architect William H. Willcox. Following the death of his first wife, Hersey wed Mary Haskell in 1894, and soon left Stillwa- ter for St. Paul, and sold the property to George Atwood, also a lumber magnate and founder of the Twin City Forge and Foundry Company. The Atwoods erected a private gymna- sium in the 189os, said to have housed "every mechanical device known to athletics" Victor and Elizabeth Seward House 416 5th Street South This was the home of newspaper publisher Victor Seward and his wife, Elizabeth. In 1873, they purchased the Stillwater Messenger. The Sewards oper- ated the paper for more than three decades In October 1892 a disgruntled former employee murdered Victor as he walked down a Stillwater street, leaving Elizabeth to run the Messenger for another decade - one of the few Minnesota women in that profession before WWI. This Queen Anne style house was built in 1886. St. Mary's Church, School, and Rectory 423 5th Street South In 1865 priest Alois Plut arrived in Stillwater to form a new parish serving German and Swiss Catho- lics. In 1871 brewery owner Joseph Wolf donated funds to acquire this property on Fifth Street, and a new school opened soon after. The church building was completed in 1884, designed by architect George Bergmann, and the parsonage, just north of the church, in 1888. Chestnut Hill Loop A Henry and Nancy Nichols House 208 Chestnut Street West Henry M. Nichols came to Minnesota in 1852 as president of the Northampton (Massachusetts) Colony, a group of around seventy-five people looking to settle in "the New England of the West:' Nichols served as minister at the First Presbyte- rian church in Stillwater from 1853 to 1859. When other opportunities came his way in 1857, local businessmen offered Nichols a new home as an incentive to remain in Stillwater. He chose a plan using Gothic Revival architecture — a style popular between 185o and 187o. Henry Nichols left Stillwater within a few years, accepting a pastorate in Minneapolis. Alexander and Ida Johnson House 119 Chestnut Street West A native of Sweden, Alexander Johnson arrived in Stillwa- ter in 1858, and quickly established himself as one of the city's most successful lumbermen. In 1869, Johnson joined with local investors to establish the McKusick, Anderson, & Company, building a sawmill just across the St. Croix River. He lived on this property beginning in 1879, offering him a clear view of his mill. In i894- 95, Alexander erected this new house. Johnson died on March 20, 1905, eulogized as "a good citizen, a good friend, and a Christian gentleman." B John and Anna O'Brien House 306 Olive Street South Like many of Stillwater's early lumbermen, John O'Brien was born in Maine, coming to Stillwater in 1853. In 1870 John organized a logging company with his brother, soon joined by another partner, James Anderson. This Queen Anne house, designed by architect Frederick Sturnegk, was built in 1884, and described by the St. Paul Globe as "one of the finest and most com- modious private dwelling houses in the city" In 1896 the O'Briens added major additions on the west and north sides. Anton and Rosalia Krenz House 320 Holcombe Street South One of the many German immigrants to Stillwater was Anton Krenz. Anton was a masonry contractor and worked on many of the city's major construc- tion projects. His home, built in 1874, is a testament to his skill as a bricklayer. The house is an excellent example of the Italianate style with its box -like form, the shallow hip roof, and the arched windows with brick hoods, brackets under the eaves, and wooden sills. The house remained in the family until 1955. ©August and Olive Krenz House 316 Holcombe Street South Born in Stillwater in September 1869, and son of Anton, August worked for most of his life as a mail carrier. On his retirement in 1934, the Stillwater Gazette said, "Since January 1, 1900, Gus has carried the mail. So regular were his habits that one could almost set his clock when he went by" A few years after he began that career, Au- gust and Olive moved into this house in 1903. Its look suggests the Stick style, with its wood cross bands, jerkin roof, and patterned shingles. ©John and Sarah Booren House 310 6th Street South John Booren was born in Sweden and came to Stillwater in 1858. John and his wife, Sarah, ran a popular hotel in town, catering to young immigrants. When the Boorens built this home in 1886, they turned to a fellow Swede, August Jackson, a carpenter and contractor. The house reflects the influ- ence of the Queen Anne style, with its slightly protruding window bays on both sides, decorative shingling in the gable ends, and the wrap -around porch. Booren died in 1918. Fred and Mary Yates House 318 6th Street South Fred Yates, a native of Indiana, came north to Stillwater after the Civil War and built a career as a bookkeeper for the city's lumbermen, first working for Jacob Bean, later as Cashier for the St. Croix Lumbermen's Board of Trade and Surveyor of Logs. This house was built in 1889. Its design uses elements of the Stick style of architec- ture, with a steeply pitched cross gable roof, the decorative truss at the apex of the front gable, as well as the raised horizontal and vertical bands. ©Henry Clay and Eva Farmer House 418 6th Street South Henry Clay Farmer began his career as a liveryman, hauling passengers and goods from the railroad depot to homes and local businesses. He shifted his interests to the automobile and opened one of Stillwater's first garages. In 1896 Farmer hired local contractor William Bieging to build this house. It uses several motifs of the Classical Revival style, including the Palladian win- dow in the upper gable end, the refined Ionic columns on the porch, and, to shelter arrivals by horse or engine, a porte-cochere on the south side. Harry R. and Mae Farmer House 411 6th Street South This dwelling was constructed circa 1916 for Harry R. and Mae Farmer. 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You can download it from the city's website, or, if you have a smartphone, use this QR code to stream the tour on YouTube. fflwa ter THE BIRTHPLACE OF MINNESOTA .7 St. Mary's Catholic Church (1884) and School Jet Nver& )12/a. 971. To learn more about Stillwater's past, visit the Washington County Historical Society, 6oa Main St. North, Stillwater www.wchsmn.org To find information about restaurants and accommodations, contact Stillwater Convention and Visitors' Bureau. www.discoverstillwater.com Stillwater Heritage Preservation Commission www.ci.stillwater.mn.us RooF E/oll CLEAN WATER LAND & LEGACY AMENDMENT The activity that is the subject of this brochure has been financed in part with Federal funds from the National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior. However, the contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of the Interior, nor does the mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation by the Department of the Interior. This program receives Federal financial assistance for identification and protection of historic properties. Historic Stillwater The Birthplace of Minnesota South Hill Walking Tours Chestnut Will ®Tine Street Alexander and Ida Johnson House 119 Chestnut Street West A native of Sweden, Alexander Johnson arrived in Stillwater in 1858, and quickly established himself as one of the city's most successful lumbermen. He worked his way up, beginning in the woods as a young man, but he saving enough money so that by 1866, he could form his own lumber company. Three years later, In 1869, Johnson joined with local investors to establish the McKusick, Anderson, & Company, building a sawmill on the St. Croix River across from Stillwater. He diversified his business interests to include additional logging companies, downtown commercial real estate, and a clothing store. Johnson bought this property in 1879, not far from the home of James Anderson, his business partner, at 220 Chestnut Street. Perched on the top of the bluff, Alexander could look out his window and see his company's mill across the river. The home was also located just a few blocks from the Swedish Lutheran Church, where he became a leader in the congregation. In this house, Alexander and his wife, Ida, raised five children. In 1894, Alexander decided to build a new, more fashionable home but he refused to lose his magnificent view across the St. Croix river. So, he tore down the existing house, where he had lived for more fifteen years, and built this home, neatly fit into its lot on the edge of the bluff. The design of the house turns around that view, with its moorish- capped tower on the northeast corner and the spindlework porch that wraps around it. Facing the Chestnut Street steps, the home is entered through an elaborately carved and pedimented entry. Inside the house retains its original woodwork and inlaid wooden floors, testament to the excellent woodworkers and cabinet makers in 19th century Stillwater. A local reporter was impressed with the new house, noting: In this season of general dullness, in a year of financial depression, it is pleasing to note that the building activity in Stillwater has not suffered. [A] very handsome residence, in a fair stage of completion, is being erected on West Chestnut street, at the head of the stairs, by Alex Johnson. Stillwater may indeed be called the City of Beautiful Homes. Two years later, a large barn was added to the property, a structure that remains as the garage today. A little more than a decade after his new house was completed, Alexander Johnson died on March 20, 1905, eulogized as "a good citizen, a good friend, and a Christian gentleman." The house remained in the Johnson family all the way until 1955. Some things have changed since the Johnson built this house. Less than a decade after his passing, the local lumber industry in which Alexander made his fortune, came to an end. But some things remain the same. As the newspaper said in 1894, "Stillwater may indeed be called the City of Beautiful Homes." Anton and Rosalia Krenz House 320 Holcombe Street South At the end of the nineteenth century, one out of every seven people in Stillwater had German heritage. There was a rich local culture — a German newspaper the St. Croix Post — German language churches and parochial schools, a Sons of Hermann Lodge, a Men's Choir, and one of the town's leading bands, led by Professor Schilling. At the Deutscherverein hall, they presented plays and held dances. Some of the town's leading businessmen, like mill owner Frederick Schulenburg, were fellow countrymen. One of those German immigrants was Anton Krenz, who, at age 32, boarded the ship Allemania in Hamburg, Germany, with his wife, Rosalia. After arriving in Stillwater in 1868, Krenz took up his trade as a mason, and worked on many of the city's major construction projects, including the prominent business block built for his fellow countryman Theodore Jassoy. His advertisement in the local paper read: Before building a house, parties should consult A. Krenz, a practical brick and stone mason, as to cost of foundation and other stone or brick walls, chimneys, etc. He guarantees good work at moderate prices. His home, built in 1874, is a testament to his skill as a mason. It is an excellent example of the Italianate style of architecture fashionable in Minnesota between 1860 and 1880. One reason for its sustained popularity was its adaptability. The Italian villa, an impressive, square -towered, irregularly shaped mansion with deep eaves, was based on the northern Italian country houses of Tuscany. Its cousin, the Italianate "bracketed cottage," was a bit less ostentatious, yet stylish enough for a new generation of homeowners. The principal elements are all found here: with its box -like form, the shallow hip roof, The paired brackets under the eaves And the two -over -two arched windows with brick hoods. Many of the original windows remain on the house. In 1880, Krenz put the house up for sale, and the real estate listing gives us a glimpse of the property in those years: The brick Residence and grounds on the corner of Oak and Holcombe streets. The house was built five years ago, is well and tastefully finished, and is in complete repair. Size 24 by 32, two stories high, with addition 16 by 20. Large cistern and cellar, together with barn and outbuildings. Grounds 150 feet square. Choice Shade Trees and Shrubbery. This is a very de-sirable property, and will be sold at a bargain. Bargain or not, the house was not sold, and remained in the family until 1955 Krenz had other interests. The family was active in St. Mary's Church, the German Catholic church located two blocks away. In the 1880s, he joined with a friend to purchase a saloon — one of fifty-seven in town. And he also served as Stillwater street commissioner for a time. At his passing in 1924, the Stillwater Gazette eulogized, "He was a most excellent workman as all of his works bears testimony." That is a fitting description of his house on Holcombe Street. August and Olive Krenz House 316 Holcombe Street South August Krenz was born in 1869, soon after his parents emigrated to the United States from Germany, and he grew up in the family home next door, just to the south. As a young man, he shuffled from job to job, working as a laborer at the Staples Roller Mill, then as a bartender at Charley Brenner's Saloon. In late 1899, as he approached his thirtieth birthday, a temporary position opened at the local post office as a mail carrier, and Gus would never change careers again. A few years after he began his appointed rounds, August felt financially secure enough to marry Olive Ruehle (Reel) in October 1904. A local newspaper announced that August and Olive would "reside in their new home on South Holcombe street." A prominent local contractor, William Bieging [Bee-ging], completed the home at a cost of $1,500. Although his father was a brick mason, Gus's home was built of wood, with elements of the Stick style in its design. These include its wood cross bands, jerkin roof, and patterned shingles in the gable ends. Through the years, August continued to work as a mail carrier, joined for several decades by his younger brother, Leo. In 1934, on his retirement, the Stillwater Gazette published the following tribute, under the heading "A Faithful Mail Carrier." August H. Krenz, after 34 years and nine months of service, is to retire September 30th. Since January 1, 1900, Gus has carried the mail on Route 3, covering that area east of Third to Orleans street, walking approximately 12 miles a day distributing 500 letters and 300 newspapers and magazines daily. So regular were his habits that one could almost set his clock when he went by. Always a cheery good morning and a wish for a happy day. Yes, and never an unkind word for child or animal. Of high character and most honorable, he was a lovable companion and coworker. The couple had only one child, Katherine, who was born shortly after the home was built. Looking forward to his retirement, they built a new, glassed in front porch, but Gus died only a year after he stepped down from the post office. Soon after his passing, Olive converted the house to a duplex so that their daughter, Katherine and her husband, Byron McMillan, could live there. Olive called this home until her death in 1960, and Katherine remained here until 1987. Austin and Harriet Jenks House 504 5th Street South Captain Austin Jenks was one of Stillwater's most colorful characters. He was born in New York State, then, as a young man, moved west with his parents, settling in Albany, Illinois, not far from the Mississippi. The logging industry drew him north to Stillwater, and in partnership with his brother-in-law, David Hanks, he piloted huge log rafts to "any point on the Mississippi River between St. Paul and Memphis." It was tough, physical work. The crews pulled on oars —sometimes forty feet long keeping them in the main channel, away from shoals and islands. Mark Twain wrote about them, I remember the annual processions of mighty rafts that used to glide by Hannibal when I was a boy, an acre or so of white, sweet-smelling boards in each raft, a crew of two dozen men or more, three or four wigwams scattered about the raft's vast level space for storm quarters, and I remember the rude ways and the tremendous talk of their big crews. The pilot was the most important person in this business, having to know the river with all its bends and snags, and a top pilot could earn good money more than $1,000 a month in the 1870s. In 1871, looking to reduce the cost of a large crew, Jenks constructed a steamer, the Brother Johnathan. It was just the second steamer built for rafting logs on the Upper Mississippi, and the growing business helped to secure his financial future. A few years later, after he joined the competing firm of Durant, Wheeler, and Company, it appears that Austin left behind his days as a river captain to settle down as a businessman, traveling between Stillwater and a home in Illinois. He married three times — the last and longest marriage, in 1866, was to Harriet Bennett, his first wife's sister, With Harriet, he had two daughters, Genevra and Grace. By 1879, Jenks's business interests had widened, and he was ready to move permanently to Stillwater. That fall, he returned to town to begin work on a new home on South Hill, ordering up stone from quarries in Frontenac. [Fron-te-nac] It is an unusual home. The basic form reflects the Italian villa style popularized by Andrew Jackson Downing's plan books, with the cruciform plan and tall square tower, but other details are eclectic, including the Gothic influence shown in the gable end trusses and the tall paired windows, combined with a Second Empire style mansard tower roof. The craftsmanship of the interior woodwork illustrates the skill of local carpenters and woodworkers. In addition to his lumbering interests, Captain Jenks invested in a new Grand Opera House on Main Street in 1879. The St. Paul Pioneer Press declared the hall "a noble architectural achievement being a skillful and tasteful combination of Queen Anne, Victorian and Gothic" in other words, like Captain Jenks' house, it combined several architectural styles. Progressing from river pilot to captain to businessman to financier, Jenks became one of the city's most important men. He was president of the town's board of education and served as a bank director. He helped to organize the Stillwater Electric Light Company, and, in fact, his home was one the city's first to be lit by incandescent electric lamps. After his death in 1902, historian A.B. Easton wrote of Jenks: "He loved kindness, for his was a kindly nature. He loved honor for honor, for he was one of nature's noblemen." Looking up, one can almost picture the Captain, standing in the tower, looking out on the river that he loved. David Grout House 504 6th St. S David Grout came to the United States from Wales in 1861, seeking his fortune. In Stillwater, he entered local society quickly, marrying Lisette Carli less than a year after his arrival. Hers was a prominent family. She was the daughter of Lydia Brown, brother of Joe Brown, one of city's founders, and the stepdaughter of Christopher Carli, a prominent physician and one of Stillwater's largest real estate investors. David took up accounting, and gained a reputation as a "practical bookkeeper." As a local newspaper said, "Those wishing anything done in the line of posting books and straightening up entangled accounts would do well to call on D. L. Grout." Lisette, however, died soon after giving birth to a daughter in 1864. A few years later, on New Year's Day, 1867, Grout wed Lucetta Gray at the Halfway House, a hostelry located on the road to Saint Paul. By 1869, with two children underfoot, the Grouts began looking for a lot where they could build a new home. That same year, the new Washington County Courthouse opened on South Hill, and construction was proceeding for a new public school nearby. The Stillwater Republican observed, The grading of Third street, and the consequent opening of streets which connect to it, have had a tendency to create a lively demand for lots in the vicinity. D. L. Grout is erecting a first-class residence on his lot. John Green, contractor, may be finished by November 1st. Green had recently moved to town, and snapped up lots along Pine and Willard Streets for resale. What would a "first class residence" look like in 1869? For the Grouts, it would be a home in the Second Empire style that was popular in the 1860s and 1870s in Minnesota. The style had its beginnings in France under the reign of Napoleon III, but was quickly adopted up in the United States. The mansard roof is the key identifying feature of this style — considered both a fashionable and functional element since it created a fully usable attic space. Other commonly seen details are a bracketed cornice beneath the mansard roof, round arched windows, decorative dormers, and columned porches or porticoes. A local newspaper described the home as "finished in excellent style, with all the modern improvements." Tragedy struck again in the summer of 1871, when Lucetta Grout died. Looking for a new start, David married his third wife, Sarah Kilpatrick, and moved to Chicago. David and Lucetta are buried, side -by -side, in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul. This home went through several different owners over the years, including Henry Cannon, the Comptroller of the Currency under President Chester A. Arthur. One of the most interesting residents was Mildred Comfort, the author of a series of history books for children. A teacher at Stillwater High School in her early years, Comfort turned the local stories that she heard about lumber industry into her most popular book, Winter on the Johnny Smoker. The homes of Stillwater are filled with stories, if we only stop and listen. Edward and Mary Hersey House 320 Pine Street West Drawing on the wealth of the Hersey family lumbering fortunes, Edward L. Hersey built an elegant mansion on the corner of Pine and Sixth Street in 1879, but sold it in early 1881. Then, in the spring of 1883, he purchased land just across the street to erect, as the newspaper said, "a comfortable cottage on the grounds." The Herseys appear to have spent only part of the year in this home traveling throughout Europe and the United States, and maintaining a home in the Cathedral Hill area of St. Paul. This second home was designed by architect William H. Willcox, who had recently moved his office from Chicago to St. Paul, where he formed a partnership with Clarence H. Johnston Jr. In his book, Hints to Those Who Propose to Build, Wilcoxx wrote: Every man's house is a sort of effigy of himself, it reveals his own character, it proclaims his taste and manners, or the want of them; it should be cheerful and devoid of unmeaning and riotous ornamentation in metal and jig -saw carving; nothing false or useless; everything true, simple, and useful. Wilcox's work here fits the contemporary description of it as "a comfortable cottage." For this house, he avoided what he called the "worst vagaries of the Queen Anne fashion which has contorted so many buildings." An early description described it as "just a plain two-story frame, red and green, and with some ladies out on the porch." It suggests the new Shingle style that was especially popular in New England at the time. The style blends together elements of the Stick, the Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival — in fact, the term "Shingle Style" didn't come into use until three-quarters of a century later. But architects of the era used the same basic principles, emphasizing horizontal lines, rather than the dramatic vertical thrust of the Bean house across the street. Other characteristics include: Wood shingle siding Irregular roof lines that create a sense of depth and organic shape. Cross gables and eaves on several levels By 1891, though, Edward and Mary Hersey had ended their marriage, and the home was rented to a new business associate, George Atwood. George arrived in Stillwater in June 1884 to work for the Hersey, Bean & Brown Lumber Company, and quickly took a prominent role. Seven years later, he went into business for himself, leasing the "A" mill from Hersey & Bean. Three years later, in 1894, he was the first lumberman in the valley to bring in logs by rail. One of the St. Croix valley's last great lumbermen, Atwood continued to expand his lumber empire over the years. If a home reveals the character of its owner, as William Wilcoxx argued, then we can know a great deal about George Atwood because of his magnificent gymnasium. The Atwoods erected a private gymnasium on the property in the 1890s, said to have housed "every mechanical device known to athletics," as well as a bowling alley and an observatory. The space included a museum and taxidermy workshop. In 1909, a national gymnastics magazine described it: The most pretentious, most beautiful recreation house in the world is buried away in the hamlet of Stillwater, Minnesota. The finest gymnasium, barring none on either hemisphere, has been erected here by Atwood, the great Northwestern lumber King. Those fortunate enough to have gained admission to this palace, have gone away, wild with enthusiasm for what they saw, while the Stillwater residents simply tap their foreheads at Atwood's Folly. Following George's death in 1938, his amazing collection was sold, and the magnificent gymnasium was torn down by his widow. Fred and Mary Yates House 318 6th Street South Fred Yates, a native of Indiana, came north to Stillwater after the Civil War and built a career as a bookkeeper for the city's lumbermen — working for more than twenty years in the office of the surveyor general of logs. The surveyor general was one of the city's most coveted jobs. Appointed by the governor, the position held enormous power in the St. Croix valley. After logs were cut in the forests of northern Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota, they were floated down the river and gathered at a site just north of Stillwater known as the "Boom". Here they were sorted by marks. Each company had a distinctive mark, registered with the Surveyor's office, and logging camps were issued a stamp hammer a heavy sledgehammer with a cast symbol on its face that was used to stamp the mark into both ends of the log. Once sorted at the boom, the surveyor's office measured the logs and calculated the number of board feet of lumber each contained. Those calculations were the keystone of the industry. Logs were bought and sold, logging contracts made, driving, rafting, and booming charges assessed, and contract laborers paid all on the basis of the scale bill from the surveyor general's office. It was also a lucrative job since the lumbermen paid the surveyor general ten cents a thousand for measuring the lumber and five cents a thousand for scaling logs. In 1883, for example, Stillwater's John Proctor collected more than $13,000 at the St. Croix Boom. That made the job a prize political plum, but the trick was to hire a competent clerk to actually handle the detailed paperwork. Yates's reputation was so great that it was said that he "enjoyed the fullest confidence" of the lumbermen. Yates's reputation for good judgment opened the door to public service, and in 1887, he was elected to the city council for the first time. Active in Republican politics, he later served one term in the state legislature. In 1889, with a stable income and secure in his social standing, Fred and Mary Yates decided that they wanted a new home. They chose a house plan that uses elements of what is called the Stick style of architecture, popular in the 1870s and 1880s. This style emphasized the "frame" of a house — the vertical and horizontal wood elements that framed the exterior walls, and the cross bracing that supplied stability. Note the decorative truss at the apex of the front gable, as well as the horizontal and vertical bands raised from the wall. The open front porch with spindle work is also characteristic of the style. In this house, Mary often hosted parties for neighborhood friends. One can almost picture the warm June evening in 1894 when the Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society held an ice cream social on the lawn, while next door, the Boorens provided refreshments for the young people of the Swedish Lutheran Church. Here, the Yates raised two children, and here, their daughter, Flora, a talented pianist, died. Harry R. and Mae Farmer House 411 6th Street South Things were changing in 1916, when this house was built. Around Stillwater, the lumber industry was on its last legs after the closing of the St. Croix boom. At the same time, the state prison moved from its site on Main Street down to South Stillwater, and the Minnesota Thresher Company, one of the town's largest employers, failed. Population dipped and it was hard to find work. For the Farmer family, things were changing too. On the streets, the automobile had replaced the horse, and his father's livery business and blacksmithing services were needed less every year. Instead, in 1908, Harry purchased a lot on South Second Street and opened the Stillwater Automobile Garage. It was the year that the Model T was introduced, and the Stillwater Messenger reported: Harry R. Farmer will demonstrate the Ford machine to all interested in automobiles. There will be an expert in attendance for overhauling and repairing of machines of all Kinds. [It] will no doubt become a rendezvous for lovers of automobiling. Not surprisingly, two months later, Harry received one of the city's first speeding tickets. These were the days, of course, when a license was so rare that newspapers printed lists of all those issued in the state. Harry married Mae in 1907, and the couple continued to live with his parents. After his father died in 1914, and with one child born and another on the way, it seemed like time for a home of their own. Residential architecture was changing as well, and Harry and Mae's choice of plans reflects the popular ideal of the age. This house was constructed right in the middle of an era when Craftsman -style homes were at their most fashionable — between 1910 and 1930. The look was part of a larger movement, known as Arts and Crafts, which rejected the ornamentation of the Victorian years in favor of simplicity. In the United States, furniture maker Gustav Stickley was its leading advocate, spreading his ideas across the country through his magazine, The Craftsman. Working with architect Harvey Ellis, Stickley designed more than 200 house plans, and soon mail order companies like Montgomery Wards and Sears, Roebuck, and Company made these homes affordable by selling complete kits that could be shipped by rail. The Craftsman home typically has wide, unclosed eaves with exposed rafter ends and triangular shaped braces. Also note the wood shingle siding. After Harry passed away in 1936, Mae continued to live in the house through the mid-1940s. Henry Clay and Eva Farmer House 418 6th Street South When he was a young man, Henry Clay Farmer's father gave him a present: a horse and a baggage wagon. It proved to be the gift that would last a lifetime, because, soon after, Hank, as he was known, began a career as a liveryman, hauling passengers and goods from the railroad depot to homes and local businesses. "The old mare Belle," said a local newspaper, "was a familiar figure on our streets, with young Farmer perched on trunks and baggage." Within a few years, he opened a stable on Second Street with room for sixty-two horses plus "all the modern conveniences" including a ladies' waiting room. "Carriages and buggies new and stylish, he advertised. "No worn out plugs." He also offered blacksmith services. By the turn of the century, according to a local newspaper, he operated "one of the best livery and horse sales firms in the state." There were two skills that Farmer had. First, he was personable and a good manager. One observer wrote: "Mr. Farmer's grasp of detail was unusual; he attended to all the varied matters connected with his business, and was delighted to make things go." Second, he was also good judge of horses, traveling throughout the Midwest in his search for the best. His team of gray geld-ings won first prize as best carriage horses at the Washington County Fair. In 1896 Henry and Eva decided to build a new home, first tearing down the existing building, then hiring local contractor William Bieging to build at a cost of $5,000. The home is a bow to the Classical Revival style, including the cornice with paired brackets and dentils, the refined Doric columns on the porch and the Palladian window in the upper gable end, and, to shelter arrivals by horse or engine, a porte-cochere on the south side. That seems especially appropriate for a man who dealt in horses and had the finest rig in town. The wood siding is unusual with alternating widths to the clapboard, giving an unusual texture and shadow to the house. By the early twentieth century, however, things were changing. The city's trolley system drew customers away from his line, then after the turn of the century, the automobile offered an easy way to get around town, so he began to sell fuel and repair cars. In his later years, Farmer was active in civic affairs, and, headed the privately -owned Stillwater Waterworks in the years before it was acquired by the city. Henry Farmer died in 1914, and was eulogized as a "progressive wide- awake citizen." He was honored by the city waterworks board, which dedicated the H. C. Farmer Sunken Garden in his name. Built in 1934-35, it is located on Second Street, just across from the Lowell Inn. Jacob and Cynthia Bean House 319 Pine Street West In May 1879, the Stillwater Messenger noted "Ground was broken this week pre-paratory to the erection of a handsome and expensive residence by E. L. Hersey on his lots on Pine street, between Fifth and Sixth. When completed it will be one of the finest mansions in our city." That same month, his older brother, Roscoe, purchased lots nearby on Fourth South. It is an impressive home, one of the largest in Stillwater, and reflects the Queen Anne style with its impressive multilayered tower, The detailed two-story bay on the front, And the wide chimney. The wide, wrap -around porch, we know, was added later. We are not sure if Edward and Mary Hersey ever lived in this house, because, in early 1881, he sold it including all the furniture to business partner Jacob Bean. The couple promptly took off for a tour of Europe. But within the house is an elaborate fireplace cover with the initials, E. H., and, if you look to the tower, a weathervane emblazoned with the letter "H". The new owner, Jacob Bean, had come west from Maine with his brother, much like Edward Hersey, but started his career here without those wealthy family connections — first managing lumber camps and saving his money, then buying into the Hersey company, and eventually controlling a half interest. By 1883, when he purchased this house, Jacob was one of the leading lumber magnates in the country, with the St. Paul Daily Globe describing him as "considerably more than half millionaire, and one of the heaviest log dealers in the Northwest." Jacob and Cynthia traveled widely and often spent their winters in California. In 1893 the Beans purchased 104 acres of land in Alhambra, California, eight miles from Los Angeles, where he plowed up the barley fields and and planted acres of orange trees. A writer described his estate as one of the "most beautiful and valuable properties in Southern California." Soon boxcars loaded with oranges were being shipped across the country, from the Bean orchards, and every year, their friends in Stillwater received a crate. By 1900, Jacob was ready to step back from his responsibilities and signed over his Minnesota and Wisconsin properties to his children worth millions at the time. Although Jacob and Cynthia spent most of the year in California, they returned to Stillwater for the marriage of his daughter, Ann, in the summer of 1901. The following summer, another daughter, Ella, held her wedding in the home, and one can almost picture the scene: As the Lohengrin wedding march was played by the Bluff City Mandolin orchestra, the bridal party descended the stairs. The ceremony was impressive, held amid such beautiful surroundings, one would say ideal. The reception hall was artistically decorated in red and green, the dining room in pink and green, with a profusion of cut flowers everywhere. Ann Bean Lehmicke continued to make this her home until her death in 1930, and her husband, Albert, remained here until 1957. One interesting note is that Jacob Bean's son, William, purchased a beautiful home at 306 W. Olive St. from John O'Brien at about the same time, and today those homes are two of Stillwater's finest bed & breakfast inns. John and Anna O'Brien House 306 Olive Street South Like many of the town's early lumbermen, John O'Brien was born in Maine, coming to Stillwater with his parents, Michael and Mary O'Brien, in 1853. In 1870, when John was twenty-one, he joined with his brother to organize a logging company, soon joined by another partner, James Anderson. The firm did well, and by all accounts John was a prosperous man. With a growing family, O'Brien decided to build a home in 1884. The St. Paul Daily Globe reported, "According to the plans and specifications the new structure promises to be one of the finest and most commodious private dwelling houses in the city." Those plans were drawn by Frederick Sturnegk [Stern-ek], a St. Paul architect who had recently opened an office in town. The home is a fine example of the Queen Anne style that had become popular in the 1880s. The interior, with beautifully executed woodwork, expresses the refined tastes of the era. The living and dining room mantels and the inlaid floors stand as a testament to the craftsmanship found in Stillwater in those years. Almost as soon as the paint was dry on the new home, though, the O'Brien brothers decided that John needed to move to the company's primary lumber camp in upper Wisconsin. His wife and family followed. "Many a lady" said the Stillwater Messenger, "has found the winter spent among the waving pines most enjoyable and conducive to health." Whether enjoyable or not, within a few years, however, the O'Briens returned to their beautiful home on Olive Street. In 1896, with a growing family that included and three Swedish servants, John and Anna added substantial additions on the west and north sides of the house, as well as a new porch. O'Brien was a man of many interests. He owned a farm in western Minnesota. In the 1880s he took up the sport of rowing and later became an avid bicycler, placing third in a race at the state fair in 1896. An active member of St. Michael's Church, O'Brien played a prominent role in the Catholic temperance movement. His involvement led to a close friendship with one of America's most prominent religious leaders Archbishop John Ireland and gave him national connections within the church. It led to what was likely the most important single event held in this house a visit from Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore in 1900. A local newspaper described the scene: One of the most notable social events in the history of Stillwater occurred this evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John O'Brien. The spacious residence was beautifully decorated with plants, flowers and ribbons, the colors of the cardinal being everywhere evident in both flowers and other hangings. The verandas and lawn were brilliantly illuminated with electric lights and provided with chairs, rugs and carpeting for the accommodation of the great throng of people that overflowed from the capacious parlors and reception room. By the turn of the century, Stillwater's lumbermen saw that their glory days on the St. Croix were nearing an end as the forests were cut over. With the support of James J. Hill and the Great Northern Railway, John looked to the west, organizing the O'Brien Lumber Company with a sawmill on Flathead Lake near Kalispell, Montana. There, the small company town of Somers grew and O'Brien had the chance to build a new house. Although the Somers business was successful, John O'Brien moved further west to British Columbia, where he again engaged in the lumber business. He died in Vancouver in 1914. He was, his obituary noted, one of "those splendid men, who, years ago made Stillwater famed for the strong and virile character of her manhood." John and Elizabeth Whiteside House 223 Pine Street West In Stillwater's early years, immigrants flocked to Minnesota and among them was John Whiteside, who came to the United States from Belfast, Ireland. He would have found a substantial number of his fellow countrymen when he came here in the 1850s. The city's Irish families, often counted as Canadian in the census, built St. Michael's church in 1853; by 1870 nearly one in five residents had roots in Ireland heritage, and people called this a "Miramichi town" — after a well-known logging town in New Brunswick that was strongly Irish. Many of the Irish immigrants were drawn here by the demand for laborers to work in the logging camps or to row rafts down the Mississippi. Others became craftsmen, small tradesmen, and farmers. A few of the women worked for Yankee families as nursemaids or domestics. John Whiteside earned his living as a plasterer specializing in decorative ceilings, and construction was booming when he first arrived. "Stillwater is all astir," announced the St. Croix Union in 1857. Improvements are going forward all over the city. The sound of the hammer is heard from early in the morning till late in the evening. Carpenters are busy as bees. Houses go up with wonderful rapidity." Whiteside's skill garnered him steady work and the list of his projects is impressive, including the Louis Hospes house and Ivory McKusick's home. A local newspaper called him a "well-known and most excellent workman. A good job it will be, for Mr. Whiteside understands his business." Around 1875, he built this brick home on West Pine Street, living here with his wife, Elizabeth, and three children. It was quickly becoming a fashionable neighborhood, as one newspaper advertisement said, "Lake view; most desirable place for the money in the city." He chose a plan using Gothic Revival architecture — a style popular between 1850 and 1870 and promoted in the United States by Andrew Jackson Downing. During the 1840s and 1850s Downing's books, Cottage Residences and The Architecture of Country Houses, sold widely. For the first time, the middle-class could look at plan books for a house and choose the latest fashion. These include the steeply -pitched gabled roof, the tall, narrow windows, and the scalloped vergeboards. The Whitesides continued to live here for several decades. Elizabeth died in 1914, followed to the grave a year later by her husband. One of their daughters, Jennie, married a photographer, Gustave Halmrast, whose work can still be found in local historical collections. Jennie lived here until 1949. After that, the home was slowly stripped of its architectural features until its recent restoration brought it back to the Gothic cottage envisioned by John Whiteside. Inside, some of his original plasterwork has been carefully preserved. John and Sarah Booren House 310 6th Street South During the nineteenth century, thousands of immigrants came through Stillwater, some looking for work in the lumber industry, others heading through town to farmland to the west. "Several hundred Swedish and German immigrants have come to our city this season," a local newspaper proclaimed, "the majority en route to the settlements of their countrymen on or near the St. Croix." Nearly twenty percent of the city's residents were Swedish — or Oles, as they were often called in the street. Among them were John Booren, who was born in Sweden and came to Stillwater at the age of twenty-one in 1858. Soon after settling in town, he was swept up in the tides of war when he joined the Eighth Minnesota Infantry. Booren's regiment was sent west to patrol the frontier following the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, and later saw service in Tennessee and North Carolina. During that final year of the Civil War, the Eighth claimed to have covered more miles in its service than any other regiment in the Union Army. After the war, his traveling done, John and his wife, Sarah, ran a popular boarding house on Chestnut Street, catering to the young immigrants who worked on as lumberjacks. "Stillwater was hard-boiled in the early days," recalled Paul Caplazi, a longtime resident. The town developed a reputation for its regular street fights, its many prostitutes, and the saloons on every corner — there were 57 in town in 1884. In that environment, a good clean boarding house, run by good Lutherans, might provide a comfortable home for the months when the logging camps shut down, and the Boorens' proved especially popular with their fellow Swedes. When the Boorens decided to build this home in 1886, they turned to a fellow Swede, August Jackson, a carpenter and contractor. The home reflects the influence of the Queen Anne -style, with its slightly protruding window bays on both sides, decorative shingling in the gable ends, and the wrap -around porch. The Stillwater Messenger reported: The painters are putting the last touch -es of work on the interior of John Booren's new residence near the corner of south Sixth and Olive streets. The building is one of the best constructed in the city and makes an elegant home, where the valuable citizen who owns it says he expects to live and die. With a new home, the Boorens stepped away from their hotel business, and John worked as general manager of the Stillwater Hardware company, and in 1892, he received an appointment as local postmaster. That job, though, was tied to the winds of politics, and within a few years, John was replaced. He and Sarah took up the hotel business again, while taking in boarders at home. Looking at the house, it might surprise you to learn that twelve boarders had rooms here in 1900. John Booren died in 1918, but his widow continued to live here until her passing in 1937. Joseph and Anna Eichten House 215 Pine Street West The Second Presbyterian church was one of the first buildings on South Hill, built on Pine Street before the Civil War. After that congregation disbanded, local Baptists purchased the property. A decade later, the Baptists decided to move the church and parsonage closer to the corner of the block. This opened up a lot on Pine Street, which was quickly snapped up by local businessman Joseph Eichten, who had been living nearby. A local newspaper announced, "[He] will proceed at once to erect a handsome residence thereon." Eichten was born in Germany in 1855, coming to Minnesota as a young man in 1869, after which he worked at a variety of jobs. At the time of the home's construction, he had recently returned to Stillwater after living for four years in River Falls, Wisconsin. It was a momentous year for the Eichtens. In late 1889, he purchased a wholesale liquor business on Main Street and opened a saloon. Then, in April 1890, he was elected to the city council. That summer, Joseph decided to build a house that reflected his new financial and social status. We do not know whether the plans came from a local architect or a pattern book, but it reflects the Queen Anne style that was popular in Minnesota from 1880 to 1900. Its hallmarks were an asymmetrical plan and the use of architectural embellishments that gave variety to every wall. The Eichten's home has the typical steeply -pitched hipped roof with lower cross gables, the striking polygonal tower, decorative shingles in the gable ends, and a carved sunburst panel on the second floor bay. The interior was equally stylish, and featured parquet floors and a ceramic fireplace, as well as a indoor toilet and a copper bathtub. Eichten's place in local society continued to grow. He purchased a downtown business block, and was active in the Washington County Agricultural Society, the Elks Club, and the Sons of Hermann Lodge. In 1907, Joseph changed careers, becoming president of the Connolly Shoe Company. Faced with the collapse of the lumber industry, and the resulting loss of jobs and income in the city, several local businessmen founded company, which produced primarily work boots and shoes. The company was successful, finding a fertile market in the western states. It is evidence of Eichten's standing in the community that he was chosen to lead the venture. Once again, a new career led to changes at home, and in 1907, the Eichtens added the large wrap -around porch with neoclassical columns and dentils. For the next twenty-four years, he headed the shoe company. After a long and prosperous life, Eichten died in his home in 1940. His daughter lived there for another decade, after which the house fell on hard times. It has been restored in recent years to again reflect the prominence of its original owner. On October 26, 1852, a crowd gathered in the Methodist Church in Northhampton, Massachusetts. For months, the citizens of the towns along the Connecticut River had read about the glorious prospects found in the new territory of Minnesota. One of the attendees, the Reverend Freeman Nutting, wrote, Minnesota possesses a climate, which for purity is not equalled by any other this side of the Rocky Mountains. It is essentially New England but free from our sudden changes. Nutting proposed to the gathered audience that they join together and form a colony in the west, and a young minister named Henry Martyn Nichols cast his lot with the venture. By the next spring, Nichols had moved with his family to Minnesota, taking up farming near St. Anthony Falls. Ill -suited to tilling the land, he jumped at the offer of William Holcombe of Stillwater to come and serve as pastor to a congregation in the town along the St. Croix. The local reception was warm. His wife, Nancy, wrote to her parents about people who left food and sawed wood at their door: Well, we are settled in Stillwater for the year comfortably, pleasantly and happily. [One neighbor] sent in pies and bread for several days —butter, sugar, coffee, candles, and large salmon and mackerel, another three bushels of potatoes and of onions, [and] another left at our door a barrel of flour. Several local businessmen offered a new home to Nichols as an incentive for Nichols to turn down other jobs. And the pastor, with a growing family, agreed. When one church steward advised him to live on faith, Nichols replied, "I must have crackers, too; faith without works is dead." In February 1857, he wrote in his diary: Delano, McKusick, & McCombs met me on the street & I had a long talk with them. They will oppose my leaving, offer me anything that I want, if only I will stay. [They] will make my salary 1500 dollars & build me a house, or anything, if I will only stay. The minister took them up on the offer and began plans for his new home. But what would it look like? In the end, he chose a plan using Gothic Revival architecture — a style popular between 1850 and 1870 and promoted in the United States by author Andrew Jackson Downing. During the 1840s and 1850s Downing's books, Cottage Residences and The Architecture of Country Houses, sold widely. For the first time, the middle-class could look at plan books for a house and peruse the latest trends. Not only did Henry Nichols choose a fashionable style for his home, Downing's connection between the Gothic home and morality likely struck a sympathetic chord with the minister. Downing presented his houses as homes that represented Victorian virtues such gentility and love of family. "There is a moral influence in a home," he wrote, "more powerful than any oral teachings of virtue." One of Downing's plans was for a simple country cottage much like the Nichols House. His words might have described this home: "It is an illustration of a cottage made ornamental with a very trifling expense," and yet expressing "truthfulness" and "tasteful simplicity." Nichols' home shows some of the style's distinctive features including the verge board trim and the steeply pitched center gable. Henry Nichols left Stillwater within a few years, accepting the pastorate of Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. The end of the story is not a happy one. As staunch abolitionist and temperance man, his sermons made powerful enemies, and his wife, Nancy, wrote, "Friends would not let him walk the streets alone." One night in 1860, Plymouth Church burned to the ground, with the fire likely set by arsonists. The congregation decided to rebuild, but then, in July 1860, he joined his family for a picnic on the shores of Lake Calhoun. Three of the children went swimming, but while playing in the water, they slipped over a steep slope and began floundering. Henry rushed out to rescue them, but soon fell into the depths himself. Nancy, wading after him in her hoopskirt, followed and reached out a hand to her husband, only to sink beneath the waves with him Six of Henry Nichols' extended family would die that afternoon. Looking back, the Stillwater years were the happiest of days for the Nichols family. Today, the house is one of Stillwater's oldest homes and an excellent example of Gothic Revival architecture, reflecting the "truthfulness" of its original resident. Roscoe Hersey House 416 4th Street South From his office near Bangor, Maine, lumber baron Samuel Hersey diligently read the reports from Isaac Staples, his business partner in Stillwater, Minnesota. Their firm, Hersey, Staples, and Company, had become the largest owner of pine lands in the St. Croix delta, the operator of possibly the finest mill in the state, and part owner in boom companies and a general store. Hersey was one of four initial investors, but only occasionally visited Minnesota, leaving the day-to-day operations to Staples. By 1866, the company had been transformed by the addition of younger partner, Jacob Bean, a native of Stillwater, Maine. Nearing the end of a long career, Samuel decided to send his sons west to look after the family investments. Within a few years Roscoe and Edward Hersey settled in Minnesota and took up the business. As a young man, Roscoe had served in the Eighteen Maine Infantry and the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery during the Civil War, and was severely wounded in the battle of Spotsylvania. He mustered out with the rank of colonel, and after the war, headed to Minnesota with his wife, Eva, finally settling in Stillwater in 1872. He quickly made a name for himself, both as a businessman and a politician, winning election as a state senator in 1877. Looking for a new home befitting his station, in May 1879, Hersey purchased three lots on Fourth Street, just off Pine Street, in 1879. The Stillwater Messenger reported: Mr. Hersey contemplates grading these lots the coming summer, and in the fall he will probably lay the foundation for a residence, to be erected and completed next year. This property is in many respects one of the choicest residence sites now available in the city, and Col. Hersey is to be congratulated on their acquisition. Construction proceeded quickly, and by November, the newspaper declared, "Hersey's new residence looms up majestically, and bids fair to be one of the largest and finest residences in the city." The Eastlake/early Queen Anne house is an excellent example of a style made possible by machine -produced decorative woodwork — in this case a St. Croix Valley lumberman's dream in local white pine. A dominant feature of the house are its gable -roofed two-story bays. These have tall, narrow windows, often grouped in threes. Note the exquisite woodwork, including decorative friezes below the windows. sawn scroll brackets, and fluted porch columns, The interior is finished with superb craftsmanship, using cherry and butternut, with a built-in buffet, cabinets, and six tiled fireplaces. One can almost picture the grand times held here. A local newspaper recorded the scene of one birthday celebration for the colonel in 1884: The palatial home of Col. R. F. Hersey was made the scene of much hilarity and merriment. The revelers marched into the ample parlors of their residence. The drawing room and main parlor doors were thrown open, canvass laid, and dancing commenced while Jones's orchestra discoursed the music. At the hour of twelve the whole party sat down to an elegant banquet. Hersey lived here for seven years, moving to the Cathedral Hill area of St. Paul where he live until 1906. Subsequent owners included two wealthy lumbermen A 1926 fire changed the home, destroying the top story. The front bay originally was a three-story tower and belvedere. While reconstruction altered the roof line, from the eaves down, the house is virtually unchanged. It remains one of the city's outstanding houses and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. St. Mary's Church and Rectory 423 5th Street South On February 15, 1865, a newly ordained priest, Alois Plut, arrived in Stillwater to form a new Catholic parish. The city already had one of Minnesota's oldest parishes, St. Michael's, established in 1852. Many of its communicants were Irish laborers who had come to the St. Croix valley from New Brunswick, Canada, to work in the lumber business. But the growing community of German and Swiss immigrants hoped to have their own parish with a priest who could administer the sacraments and preach to them in their own language. Finally, Bishop Thomas Grace chose Plut, a young Austrian, to go to Stillwater, and on a cold winter morning in 1865, the eighteen families gathered to hear Mass spoken in German. Soon they moved into what was described as "a pitifully inadequate" structure a church building that had been used by the Presbyterians, on Third Street and Chestnut. Then, in 1871, brewery owner Joseph Wolf donated funds to acquire property at Fifth and Pine, in the growing South Hill neighborhood. Soon after, a school opened on the site, offering, as a newspaper said, "all branches of education, in various languages" without "any political or religious bias." A new church building would follow — once the parish could raise the money. Over the years, the German Catholics engaged in a friendly rivalry with the larger St. Michael's. In the summer of 1883, when both parishes announced that they would hold fundraising events, the Germans quickly booked the city's music hall for a full month even though the fair would last only two weeks. The move, it seems, was intended to keep St. Michael's from holding their event. Undaunted, St. Michael's parishioners erected what they called a "wigwam" a large temporary hall and scheduled their fair to compete directly with St. Mary's. In the end, both fundraisers went well, and soon after, the German Catholics hired prominent St. Paul architect George Bergmann to complete the plans for a new church. Born in Germany, Bergmann gained a reputation among Minnesota's Catholics for his beautiful churches. His best-known work, though, is probably the house designed for Minneapolis businessman Swan Turnblad, now the home of the American Swedish Institute. Work began that fall, and the next summer, Bishop John Ireland came to Stillwater to formally dedicate the "new and splendid edifice," as a local newspaper described it. "The church is one of the handsomest in point of beauty and altar decoration to be found in the state." A few years later, in 1888, the parish added a brick parsonage, as well as a winter chapel to be used in the coldest months so that the frugal Germans would not have to heat the main sanctuary. Although the chapel is no longer standing, St. Mary's continues to have a presence in the community through its church, its school, and through its chimes. When the church was first built, the steeple had three bells installed, inscribed with the names of the parish's patron saints: Saints Mary, Joseph, and Benedict. The clock came later, purchased in 1904. In 1990 the clock and bells were renovated, and today, you'll hear them ring on the quarter hour. Victor and Elizabeth Seward House 416 5th Street South This was the home of publisher Victor Seward and his wife, Elizabeth. After attending college, Victor moved away from Stillwater to learn the newspaper business, first working at the St. Paul Dispatch, and then starting his own paper in Redwood Falls. Experience in hand, he returned to town in 1873, and, with his brother-in-law, S. S. Taylor, purchased the Stillwater Messenger and began a career as one of the city's most influential men. "He is a lively and newsy chronicler of the events of the day," one contemporary wrote. This Queen Anne style house was built in 1886, only two years after St. Mary's Church was completed across the street. In a neighborhood surrounded by the homes of wealthy lumbermen, the Sewards' home was relatively modest in size, but made to look grand by adding features that never quite fit — the corner tower, the elaborate parade porch, and the belvedere on top offering, as its name implies, a beautiful view. One historian wrote, "In a city filled with architectural eccentricities, this is perhaps the most peculiar of them all." In October 1892, Victor stepped out of his office on Main Street, and began walking down the street, followed in the shadows by George Peters, a recently fired reporter. From behind Seward there came a shout, and, as he turned, Peters pulled a revolver and shot him in the head. The wounded man staggered into the doorway of a nearby store, where the assasin followed him and fired twice at point blank range. After onlookers pinned down Peters, Seward was taken to his home on a stretcher, where he died early the next day. Elizabeth stepped into her husband's footsteps as publisher, proprietor, and editor of the Messenger, assisted by their daughter, Minnie. Elizabeth was "one of a kind" as a reporter called her one of the few women publisher -editors in Minnesota before World War I. She also owned all of the billboards in town, providing a steady income. When Elizabeth died in 1902, her obituary said, "She was a woman of literary tastes and attainments." One of the home's next tenants, Sheriff Adam Marty, was active in the Grand Army of the Republic — the Civil War veterans association. In 1905 he invited the Ladies of the G.A.R. to meet at the home for their statewide convention. The Stillwater Gazette reported: "By afternoon it was a fine gathering, with the women, like the old veterans, being well along in life. The pretty lawn was decorated with large flags and there, many sat to converse and renew friendships." The following year, St. Mary's Catholic church acquired the house, turning it into a convent for the Benedictine nuns who taught at the school across the street. To create more space, new rooms were added on the north side, leaving the tower in an awkward position. In recent years, the house has been restored to its original use as a single-family home, still offering, as Elizabeth Seward said, "Everything needed for comfortable housekeeping."