7.4 LL Designat Endiron House CITY OF SALINA
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2/26/01 4:00 P.M.
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Application #HC01-1 has been filed by Debra J. Redman requesting Local Landmark designation for the
property located at 100 S. College Avenue. The nominated property is legally described as: the East fifty feet
of Lots 4 and 5 and the East fifty feet of the North one-half of Lot 6 on West Place; and Lots 7, 8 and the North
one-half of Lot 9, on College Avenue, all in the Replat of Part of the University Addition to the City of Salina,
Saline County, Kansas. The nominated site is located at the west termination of Iron Avenue at College Avenue,
and is sometimes referred to as the Endiron House.
Back,qround
A Heritage Conservation Designation application for the property at 100 S. College was submitted on December
22, 2000 by its owner, Debra J. Redman. The owner is seeking historic recognition for the property because
of its unique architectural characteristics, because the property was also the site of a previous historic structure
and because of the significant persons who have been associated with the property.
Effect of Desi,qnation
Local landmark designation recognizes properties that are worthy of rehabilitation, restoration and preservation
because of their historic and/or architectural significance to the City of Salina. Designation is designed to be
used in conjunction with any pre-existing zoning and does not affect those uses permitted by the underlying
zoning. The subject property is zoned R-2 (Multi-Family Residential) and comprises 24,242 sq. f. or 0.56 acres.
Specified construction activities affecting protected exterior features of a designated landmark structure would
be subject to review by the Heritage Commission and issuance of a Certificate of Appropriateness would be
required. Landmark designation does not require the restoration or rehabilitation of an existing structure to an
earlier or historic appearance. Ordinary maintenance or repair of exterior features, when completed in identical
material, would not require review by the Heritage Commission. Only the exterior of the structure and site
features would be regulated as the current Conservation Ordinance makes no provision to preserve and protect
interior spaces of a building. No restrictions would be placed on the use, construction or alteration of any
adjacent or surrounding properties.
Findin,qs
On January 31, 2001, the Heritage Commission conducted a public hearing on the application. Legal
notification was provided prior to the hearing. No public comments were received by the City Planning
Department regarding the proposed designation. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Heritage Commission
approved a motion (6-0), accepting the following findings and recommendations:
1. That the nominated landmark possesses significant historical and architectural qualities and meets the
required criteria for designation.
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Historical and Architectural Qualities of 100 S. Colle.qe
The site of the Endiron House was the location of a significant educational institution at the tum of the Century,
the Salina Normal College. Howard Rash, a Salina medical supplier, and several other local businessmen saw
the need for an institution of higher leaming in early Salina. A corporation, the Salina University Company, was
formed in 1883 to support the undertaking of establishing the City's first college. The Normal College was
constructed in 1884 on a vacant 5.6 acre parcel located at the western termination of Iron Avenue. The four-
story school was constructed of limestone and brick, with a six-story central tower. It was the City's most
imposing structure, visible from the Downtown and railway lines to the north of the property. Classrooms
occupied the lower floors and student dormitories occupied the upper story. The Normal School's curriculum
was based on non-sectarian examples in Eastem states and offered primarily business and teacher's education
for men and women. The College became a dominant part of the City's life for twenty years with over 1,000
students graduating from the school. On September 4, 1904, shortly before classes were to begin for the new
school year, a disastrous fire swept through the structure. No loss of life occurred, but within four hours, only
the masonry walls remained standing on the school site. The school was never reorganized or rebuilt, although
Kansas Wesleyan University, established shortly after the Normal College, remained to carry on its tradition.
The property at 100 $. College has been associated with persons who significantly contributed to the
development of the community. David A. Van Trine purchased the lots that contain 100 S. College from the
Salina University Company in 1905. He constructed his house there in 1907. Van Trine organized, built and
became manager of the second independent telephone exchange established in Kansas located at Salina in
1894. The local exchange began with 75 stations. By 1907, the listing had grown to 1,000. That year the
independent and the larger Bell Telephone Company merged becoming the Salina Telephone Company. Van
Trine continued to serve as local general manager, eventually spending 50 years in the local telephone industry.
He also served in several public offices, as a member of the local board of education, city assessor and justice
of the peace for eight years in the Salina township.
Frank Wyatt became the second owner of the house in 1909. Wyatt is known best for establishing Salina's first
large scale factory, the F. Wyatt Manufacturing Company, in 1904. His foundry produced structural steel, farm
implements, wagons and other vehicles. At one time thirty mechanics and a dozen road salesmen were
employed by Wyatt, whose business covered much of the State. The Wyatt factory building still exists in its
original location at 500 N. Fifth Street. Henry C. Simpson, co-proprietor of the Simpson-Hoffman Motor
Company, a Cadillac and Nash dealership located at 239-241 N. Santa Fe, purchased the house in 1914.
Following Simpson's death in 1925, John W. Hahn acquired both the dealership and the house at 100 S.
College. The Hahn family was owner and longest tenant of the property, living there 42 years until 1967.
The house at 100 $. College embodies elements of design, detailing and craftsmanship that render it
architecturally significant. The house is a comfortable and well built representative of the Neo-Colonial style.
The style gained popularity between 1895 and World War I, when designers of domestic architecture were
departing from the lavish and opulently decorated Post-Victorian styles, and returning to the country's Colonial
roots. The Endiron House is the best example of this particular style in Salina. It is distinguished by its use
of simplified classical detailing, rendered in native and accessible building materials. The house makes
generous use of ashlar and carved limestone at its lower story and has a brick second story that features a
portico and verandah on the principal fa(~ade.
CITY OF SALINA
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The Endiron House location is one of four m~jor street terminations unique to the planning of early day Salina.
These sites were occupied by the Normal College on West Iron; Kansas Wesleyan University, established
by the Methodist Church in 1885 on South Santa Fe; St. John's Military School, built by the Diocese of the
Episcopal Church in 1888 on North Santa Fe; and Marymount College, constructed by the Catholic Diocese
on East Iron, near the location of the former Phillip's Academy, in 1922. Location of these school campuses
significantly impacted later development patterns within the City. College Avenue and University Place in west
Salina were named because they bordered the Normal College site on its east and south, respectively. The
Endiron House location, aligned with the street and facing Iron Avenue, also makes it an established and
familiar visual feature within the City.
Architectural Inte,qrity of the Property
The original screened sleeping porches at the rear of the house were enclosed to create apartments for
military personnel during the 1950's. The house was restored to single family use in the early 1980's. The rear
of the structure is now faced with cedar shingles and has a patio door and deck. A modem chimney was also
added to this secondary structure. The original Spanish tile roof of the house was replaced with composition
roofing. The remainder of the structure and site retains a high degree of integrity to its odginal design. The
intedor of the house also retains much of the original wood trim and lighting fixtures. While no individual
architect has been identified as its designer, the structure exhibits distinguishing elements of detailing,
materials and craftsmanship that make it unique within Salina.
Herita,qe Commission Recommendation
The Heritage Commission recommends that the subject property should be designated as a local landmark,
subject to the following provisions:
1. The significant extedor architectural features of the nominated property that should be protected are:
a) Neo-Colonial detailing, consisting of masonry and decorative stone; porch construction of
ashlar stone piers, railing, and posts; second story portico, consisting of masonry piers,
wood porch supports, pedimented gable and pressed tin soffit panel; modillioned roof
cornice and shingled gable ends; porte-cochere construction, consisting of masonry posts
and tile roof; rear porch, consisting of spindlework wood posts, railing and frieze; extedor
entry doors, beveled glass sidelights, transom and window lights.
b) Wrought iron fencing and masonry support piers.
2. The types of construction or alteration, other than those requiring a building permit that cannot be
undertaken without obtaining a certificate of appropriateness are:
a) Installation of additional driveways and parking areas within the front yard area of the
building site.
The maoDed boundaries of the nominated landmark and site Dian of existinc~ conditions are attached.
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City Commission Action
Following review of any additional information presented at the hearing, the City Commission may take the
following alternative actions:
Option 1. Concur with the findings and recommendation of the Heritage Commission and approve on first
reading the attached ordinance designating the nominated landmark.
Option 2 Overturn the recommendation of the Heritage Commission for designation of the nominated local
landmark.
Under the terms of the ordinance if the Heritage Commission is overturned and the landmark designation is
denied, this application could not be reconsidered or resubmitted for a period of one (1) year from the date of
the hearing.
Option 3. Return the application to the Heritage Commission for reconsideration stating the basis for such
action.
Staff Recommendation
Staff would recommend Option No. 1.
Ench Vicinity Map and Site Plan
Minutes of HC Meeting of January 31,2001
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Salina City Heritage Commission
January 31,2001
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~~nd hand two good structures there that could be moved somewhere else.
n, Director of the Salina Regional Health Foundation stated the
s and operates the existing Morrison House. We are looking into
ave contacted not only Habitat for Humanity, but several other
individuals in the"ce.~mmunity to see if they are interested in moving those duplexes.
I do have to tell yoU'~m my conversation with Habitat though that they do not
appear to be interested a'nd..said that is not their practice to accept or move existing
buildings but we are looking ~t~he possibility of trying to relocate those duplexes.
M~s ated I concur with Dr~Nelson's comments that we do have a lack
~ousing in Salin'a~nd I would hate to see these totally
d~re the Foundation v~tl...do the best they can to make reuse
of those buildings. Are there any other commc:~~the Commissioners?
~h oc mmend Tom M~ti~ and the FoUndation and
~ners eadY~~ in the process and
~~ghbor..s a'~p. po. rtunity to see
one of the
nd our
Co~mission were br~ug-ht into the process. I just wanted to say that we a~eciate
that.
VOTE: Motion carried 6-0.
#2.
Application #HC01-1, filed by Debra J. Redman, requestinR designation of the
-property located at 100 S. College Avenue as a Heritage Conservation Landmark.
Mr. Burger gave the staff report that was sent to the Heritage Commission.
Mrs. Douglass asked John was not this house listed in the original Salina Historic
Resources?
Mr. Burger stated yes it was.
Mrs. Douglass asked wasn't there a list of the top 30 properties to be added as
Heritage Conservation Landmarks, and was this property not in that top 30 list?
Mr. Burger stated it did make the top 30 list in the Historic Resources Survey of
1985. It was a priority identified on the survey.
Mrs. Douglass asked are there any comments by the applicant or the applicant's
representative?
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January 31, 2001
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Steve Bender, 515 E. Claflin, I don't really have any comments other that I would
like for you to approve it. I think it is probably one of the best known properties in
Salina. When you drive down that street it kind of overwhelms you. I think the
odginal name was Endiron, wasn't that what it was always called over the years?
Mr. Burger stated through it's early use it was referred to as that yes.
Mr. Bender stated if you have any questions I would try to answer them. Right now
there is renovation being done, bringing the bathrooms back to odginal like the one
in the downstairs is the old pull chain type and trying to leave things as odginal as
they were, some things you can't find anymore unless you have lots and lots of
money.
Mr. Hertzenberg stated I would concur with your assessment looking at the criteria
and I am certainly a layperson at doing this but in my opinion at least 7 of the 8
criteria are met and probably the 8th one is met as well. There wasn't any
conversation about the architect or the builder itself but it is a beautiful home.
Mr. Bender stated yes it is and it is still in real good shape on the inside. Plumbing
has been redone, in fact all the plumbing throughout the bathrooms is being finished
up right now. So within about 2 months it should be in faidy good shape again
except for some outside work, the rails and soffits, we have to find someone who
will go up the ladder, that is a very high house.
Mr. Nelson stated I think that the 8th criteria is what struck me many years ago.
This beautiful house right at the end of Iron and you can't go through it, you have
to go one way or the other, you couldn't just pass it by in a sense and I think the 8th
criteria is well stated.
Mr. Bender stated I don't know of too many people in this town that if you talk about
that house and all you have to say is the end of Iron and everybody knows what you
are talking about and I would bet that if she had an open house over there you
would have 300 or 400 people that just have not been in that house and probably
nobody else has been in that house in the past 20 years. People ask me all the
time because I go in it and they say wow can you get us in that house, we want to
see the inside of the house. So I know there are a lot of people out there that are
interested in it and the applicant would like to see it preserved.
Mr. Mankin asked just as a general piece of information I am wondering if you have
any idea if there is any intention to eventually install tile roof, bdng back the tile roof
like it was at one time.
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January 31, 2001
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Mr. Bender stated I think one of the reasons is the cost. The roof is about 5 or 6
years old. It is in real good shape, it is just so cost prohibitive to put on a tile roof,
if any of you have a big two story roof that ever had a tile roof you are talking
probably $40,000 or $50,000 at least because that is a big roof and then the height
lends problems, I wish they had never taken it off but they did so.
Mrs. Douglass asked do the Commissioners have any other questions of staff or Mr.
Bender.
Mr. Nelson asked approving this doesn't affect the rest of the area, we are approving
the house not an area?
Mrs. Douglass stated just the house.
Mr. Burger stated local landmark designation doesn't have the same type of effects
on the surrounding adjacent properties National or State Register listing does. It is
confined to the subject property.
MOTION:
Mr. Mankin moved to accept the findings and recommendations made by
staff under option one for Application #HC01-1.
SECOND: Mr. Peters seconded the motion.
VOTE: Motion carried 6-0.
#5. Review of the 2000 Heritage Commission Annual Report. ~ ~-
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Mr. Burger gave the staff report and stated this is our report to the C~y-Oommission
on our activities for the past year. You will find that as an.~m each January
meeting. It includes the year 2000 Design Review cases~pp"~~.tely 22_o.f !h.e.m..
Local Landmark'applications designation for tw~. We always finish this
off with a list of goals and objectives for th~s where we h'ke to hear
from the Commissioner's to see if th~here is somet, h_!n~g
that we could include and ~ .h. ave given ,,y.ou a_ _ fa_i _ri _y
comprehensive list there ~ons on anything you see
that might be lacki~~°~_n' t..m_e_n_t
summary with ~~~. w_h~o, js__a_~n
attorney.
whe
..~f"~vould be willing to answer any questions you might have on the report.