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[Landmark Commission on June 1, 2026.]
WE'LL START THE MEETING OFF WITH ATTENDANCE. COMMISSIONER ALLEN.PRESENT. VICE CHAIR PERSON BOURGEOIS. HERE. COMMISSIONER CHASTAIN IS ABSENT.
CHAIRPERSON CLICK. HERE. COMMISSIONER FITZ IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER LANGDALE. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER STETZEL-THOMPSON.
PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SVENDSEN AND THIERRY ARE ABSENT AS WELL AS SHARON LEWIS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH ANY OF OUR CASES TODAY? NO. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY. WE WILL GET TO NEW BUSINESS ITEM 5A NUMBER ONE IS 26LC-012 A REQUEST FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AT 1608 MARKET. THANK YOU. SO AS STATED, THIS IS A 1608 MARKET AVENUE D CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING DOOR AND WINDOW REPLACEMENTS. THERE ARE FIVE PUBLIC NOTICES SENT. NONE OF THOSE WERE RETURNED. SO, TO GIVE A BACKGROUND, IN AUGUST OF 2024 THE STRUCTURE LOCATED DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, INCLUDING DESTRUCTION OF NUMEROUS WINDOWS ON THE EAST FACADE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR ALTERATIONS OF THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING REPLACING DAMAGED AND DESTROYED WINDOWS WITH NEW LOW E IMPACT RATED VINYL CLAD WINDOWS IN A SIX OVER SIX CONFIGURATION, AND REPLACING FOUR FRONT DOORS ON A DAMAGED SIDE DOOR WITH SIX PANEL MOLDED COMPOSITE WOOD DOORS. ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE INCLUDED IN EXHIBIT A OF THE STAFF REPORT.
PLEASE NOTE THE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES, WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT.
SO STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST PARTIALLY CONFORMS TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS.
WHILE THE APPLICANT STATES THAT SOME OF THE WINDOWS TO REPLACE ARE NOT ORIGINAL TO THE HOUSE, PHOTOS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOW THAT SOME OF THE TWO OVER TWO WOOD WINDOWS SEEM TO BE EXISTENT. WOULD THEY BE ORIGINAL OR JUST APPLICABLE TO THE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE? BECAUSE OF THAT POSSIBILITY STAFF RECOMMENDS THE DAMAGED WINDOWS BE REPLACED WITH REBUILT, HISTORICALLY ACCURATE WOOD WINDOWS OR SALVAGED HISTORICALLY ACCURATE WOOD WINDOWS.
THE APPLICANT ALSO PROPOSES TO REPLACE A DAMAGED SIDE DOOR ON LOCATION B WITH A SIX PANEL DOOR, AND REPLACE THE FRONT DOORS FACING THE STREET WITH THE SAME.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE EXHIBITS FOR YOUR REVIEW.
ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER'S WEBSITE, THE DOORS ARE MADE OF ENGINEERED, WOOD MATERIAL, WOOD BASED AND CAN BE CUT, SANDED AND TREATED LIKE WOOD, BECAUSE THIS MATERIAL IS SIMILAR TO WOOD, AND BECAUSE THE DOORS ARE A STANDARD DESIGN, WHICH IS NOT REALLY TYPICAL TO ANY ONE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, THEY'RE FAIRLY NEUTRAL. STAFF RECOMMENDS A. STAFF BELIEVES THAT THESE CONFORM WITH THE DESIGN STANDARDS, SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THE REQUEST BE APPROVED WITH SPECIFIC CONDITION ONE IN STANDARD CONDITIONS TWO THROUGH SIX, WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS. SO HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AS SEEN FROM MARKET STREET. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
HERE WE HAVE THE SIDE FACING WHERE THE NEIGHBOR HOUSE WAS DESTROYED.
YOU CAN SEE THE EMPTY LOT THERE WHERE THE HOUSE WAS.
THE PHOTOS IN THE STAFF REPORT SHOW SOME OF THE FIRE DAMAGE SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRE.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU.
DANIEL. DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. OKAY. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 26LC-012.
OH, I'M SORRY, I WAS READING. I WASN'T EVEN PAYING ATTENTION.
YEAH, I WAS JUST JOKING. SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME IN,
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KICKED IN DOORS, SO THE JAMS ARE IN BAD SHAPE AND TRYING TO REPAIR THEM, YOU KNOW, WOULD COST SUBSTANTIAL LABOR.THEY'RE LIKE EIGHT GRAND. SO I'M JUST TRYING THESE ARE MY HOME CLIENTS AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SAVE THEM SOME MONEY, YOU KNOW? BUT BASICALLY THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. I'M JUST TRYING TO SAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY BY DOING THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER WINDOWS THAT ARE FACING THE STREET.
AND THEN ANYTHING I CAN RESTORE, I'VE DONE MULTIPLE HISTORICAL PROJECTS.
I WILL DO SO. BUT THESE ARE JUST TOO FAR GONE.
THEY'RE YOU KNOW, SMASHED IN. THERE'S NO FIXING THEM.
OKAY. ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO. OKAY. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 26LC-012 AND ASK FOR A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 26LC-012 PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THAT MOTION INCLUDES THE SPECIFIC CONDITION.
CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? THOSE OPPOSED, THE MOTION PASSES. NEXT WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM 5B, NUMBER 1 26LC-011. A REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK AT 1811 20TH STREET.
WE HAD 25 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT ZERO RETURNED. THE NICCOLAI APARTMENT BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1934 BY ADERBANE, LOUIS, ALBERT NICCOLAI AND HIS WIFE, AMELIA FOLTIN NICCOLAI.
THE APARTMENT BUILDING REPLACED A SMALLER TENANT BUILDING THAT WAS MOVED TO 1917 AVENUE O AND A HALF, WHERE IT STILL STANDS. MR. NICCOLAI WAS AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT WHO ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES VIA ELLIS ISLAND IN 1916.
THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF A FORMER EMPLOYER, BREWER W KEY MR. NICCOLAI WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THE SITE, INCLUDING THE CORNER STORE AT 2001 AVENUE O ½, WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1904 BY CARLO VAIANI, ALSO AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES THE PROPERTY IS NOT IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC.
CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FINAL DECISION REGARDING REQUEST FOR GALVESTON LANDMARK AND THAT REQUEST WILL BE HEARD AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 25, 2026, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
IT IS A BRICK APARTMENT BUILDING. IT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT STYLE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON THE REGISTER.
SO THAT'S EXCITING. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE JUST HAVE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU.
ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. NO.
OKAY. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 26LC-012.
AND SO MY WIFE AND I ACTUALLY RESIDE IN THE BUILDING, AND WE MOVED TO GALVESTON A FEW MONTHS AGO AFTER DOING A TWO YEAR RENOVATION ON THE BUILDING. AND WE'RE LOVING IT. AND I'VE BEEN A CONTRACTOR HERE IN GALVESTON FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, AND I REALLY FIND JOY IN BRINGING A LOT OF THE OLD RUNDOWN PROPERTIES BACK TO THEIR GLORY.
AND SO THIS PROPERTY WAS VERY CHALLENGING, BUT WE KEPT THE ORIGINAL FLOORS, THE ORIGINAL CEILINGS, AND PUT A LOT OF TIME AND SWEAT AND TEARS INTO IT.
AND IT REALLY CAME OUT NICE. AND WE RESIDE IN ONE OF THE UNITS TOO.
AND WE'RE THOROUGHLY ENJOYING BEING A PART OF GALVESTON AND BEING A PART OF THE HISTORY. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING THE DESIGNATION BECAUSE WE'RE PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH IT. VERY GOOD. WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S A REALLY COOL BUILDING. THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT, PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. TAKE CARE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO.
OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 26LC-012 AND ASK FOR A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 26LC-011 BASED ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OH I'M SORRY, IT IS ONE ONE I SAID THE WRONG THING.
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I'LL SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY.WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
THOSE OPPOSED, THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM 5B, NUMBER 3 26LC-013.
A REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK AT 1616 BROADWAY.
THERE WERE 15 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT TWO RETURNED THOSE TWO IN FAVOR.
THIS IS THE SALLY TRUEHEART WILLIAMS HOUSE. IT WAS BUILT IN 19 8 IN 1928 TO REPLACE A FAMILY HOME DESIGNED BY NICHOLAS CLAYTON AND LOCATED AT 1606 BROADWAY, WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN DEMOLISHED. AFTER THE PASSING OF HER FATHER, HENRY MARTYN TRUEHEART.
ARCHITECT CAMERON FAIRCHILD WAS HIRED TO DESIGN THE NEW HOUSE IN THE SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE, POPULAR AT THE TIME. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. THE PROPERTY IS IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES FOR NEW GALVESTON LANDMARKS. OTHER REVIEWS THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HEAR THIS REQUEST AT THEIR JUNE 2ND MEETING, AND CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FINAL DECISION REGARDING REQUESTS FOR GALVESTON LANDMARK DESIGNATION, AND THE REQUEST WILL BE HEARD AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 25TH, 2026.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH OUR STANDARD CONDITION. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANK YOU, CATHERINE.
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? A VERY SMALL THING, BUT IT SHOWS SILK STOCKING HISTORIC DISTRICT ON THERE.
WRONG. YEAH. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'LL CORRECT THAT.
IT SHOULD BE EAST END. EAST END. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 26LC-013. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT THE PROJECT? NO.
OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 26LC-013, AND ASK FOR A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT ON 26LC-013 BE APPROVED PER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'LL SECOND. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? THOSE OPPOSED. OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES. LAST WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM.
BUT HE'S. MR. CHASTAIN IS NOT HERE. SO MR. CHASTAIN IS REALLY THE CHAMPION OF THIS.
SO WE CAN JUST BUMP IT TO THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY.
SOUNDS GOOD. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS JUNE 15TH? NO. OKAY. IT'S 4:12 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
GOOD JOB, GUYS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.