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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-03-25 91-139 ORDINANCEUKPn Date April 8„`1991 Item No. 91-139 Mend c Jaber V 1, Article 4, of the Historic 13esexvatias Or3in - Item/Subject: 6tablishisg the Wardwell-1Yitlsy-Grleton Nuble House ]m ted at 97 - 99 Ohio Street as an Historic Landl Responsible Department: Dale Fnforcer®R and Fila Preventian Commentary: The purlwse of this ordinance mrendrent is to establish the ]and and buildings at 97 - 99 Ohio Street IThe Wardvall-Tridrey-Grletm W le House) as an Historic Iandrerk. On March 26, 1991 a public hearing was held by the Historic Prese[vati¢� Camdssion to discuss the proposal. fox Historic Landmark status. Lelarrl Lutz, cmmer of the property, requested the deaignatfon. There was no apinsiticn to the request Tire C ssim frond that lire st=cture rat� the qualification standards for designation and votes 5 - 0 in favor of rem dinci the Wardwell-Trickey- Carletca Double Hous2 be included in the Historic l're_ ation Ordinance as an historic Landmark. MSN e,l Managers Comments: - d a6� caym`o„Tan. ' Associated Information: 1' .w/J)eY.ul.0,llpw iN�aa^iAS:JfKrnautM, • `ff as Budget Approval:� Finv [a Dim Legal Approval: City So iciwr Introduced For ©Passage ❑First Reading Page— of ❑ Referral Data lYekdi 25, 1991 Ilam No. 91-139 Armand lRapte VII, ArG a 4, of the HiStoiic Preservation Oidinan - Item/Subjom: Establishing the Wamhrell-1Tickey 3rleton Double House locates atce 9u]z-r[9m9 O o Street as an Historic TamAerk. Responsible DeCttle ©iforcerent and Fire Prevention Commentary: 'tee purpose of this o novnrc aaeseLrent is to establish the land arca bsildirga at 97-99 bio Street (Ifie Wardwell-gTickeyi3rletm W e House) as an Historic Sa Ewrk. Bep;r�grvmt Have Manager's Commons: err ma"a,' �e4� Associated lnformatiom6 jlry�A Budget Approval: maam" n;,ener Legal Approval: Ciry Sd nru Introduced For - ElPassage Page — of Funding �11, (� 0 Referral W lsl� P.�., � 91-139 Statement of Significance: Double houses made their appearance in Federal Bangor (1) and remained a popular form in the city throughout the heyday of its land boom. Developers sought to make as much money from the land in the city as in the timberlands beyond it, and the City consciously imitated Bostonian forms. Double houses and terraces or rowhouses became less popular with the rise of the Italfanate style in the 1850'x. A number of finley proportioned aide -by -side double houses, which emulated the finest Federal double houses of Boston, were built in Bangor and a handful of them wive. Thx Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House i tremendously important document, however, within Barges and from the standpoint of the architectural history of Maine (2). It represents the type of longitudinally divided, long -facade double houses with an ell, which provides a private facade to each tenement (the flank of the house faces the street), a plan which. is relatively are elsewhere In Maine, and as far as the writer knows, scarcely used elsewhere in New England. (3). One Of the first known examples of the long -facade, longitudinally divided double houses was a brick house like 97-99 Ohio Street (Charles C. Cushman Double House, 189 State Street). (4) It was designed by the architect Benjamin Deane (1790-1867) and displays his characteristically deep eaves. The house has been totally modeled as the c of apaint supplies shop and its upper walls are all that remain of the original structure. The second known a ample was the work of Francis Roberts, joiner -architect (1?6]-185), who was active in early Bangor. A frame example built in thee a year, (Joseph P. Jackson Double House, 18-20 Third Street)(5) has been repeatedly remodeled as an apartment house, damaged by a recent fire, and is now red by cedar shingles. Like the Cushman DoubleHouse, its plan and characteristics have disappeared. The choice of brick over a frame exterior in the Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House reflects the training of Oren Wardwell and Daniel Trickey (1811-?) a masons; in fact, the house has two high -posted beautifully built brick basements, which may be the finest of their a in Bangor. Likewise, its chimneys were s well built that they a n not i need of work (See Part2). Another brick example, very old fashioned and Federal in style for its date (1836), is the John and James Hellion Double House, 20 Walter Street.(6) This has been a run gown apartment house for many years but i w being restored; its Interior lacks the integrity of the subject property. As the 1830's continued, fewer brick residences were acted in Bangor, in an unconscious stylistic appreciation of the city's source of wealth. Most of the other longitudinally divided double houses had clapboard exteriors. They include 166-168 Essex Street(1836), 91-139 10 ' b 100 \\ � f Coe Park ryh me n v Owa 78� as fb ixE3 Dauexie. � 90 NO 0 SJJ sr., s o0'M1a 40 33 s 31 4z; OA Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House 97-99_Ohio _Street Historic. Landmark 91-139 174 Essex Street (1836-1837) both by John F. Lander, housewright; 202 Essex Street (1836, possibly Charles G. Bryant, architect); 149-151 Essex Street, 144 146 Somerset Street; 74-76 Court Street; and 38-40 Everett street, all 1836-1837. More could be added, but this Is a fair list of surviving examples. All these houses a nold neighborhoods which have become multi-unitresidentialdistricts, and none of them has the interior integrity of the Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House. Some have been completely sided with trim removed, two or three have been damaged by fire, and all suffer from the removal of interior detailing and elements. From the standpoint of this unusually` agreeable plan of double house, which seems to be a local manifestation, the Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House is exceptional because, having been maintained as a rental property by major landholders in the city, first William A. and Edward H. Blake and then Thomas U. Coe and his Estate, it was kept virtually unaltered after the installation of front doors, hardwood floors, and two Eastlake cupboards at the turn of the century. Its well preserved interiors feature elegant Greek Revival details, some of which were taken from Asher Benjamin, The Prantlrnt House - as well as original Federal wainscot and features rare in Pretentious houses of this e Furthermore, although little else is known of Oren Wardwell, Daniel Trickey was a participant in the Aroostook War and Rebellion of Lower Canada, and his personal history casts light on this curious chapter in Maines history,(8) Deborah Thompson, PhD Architectural Historian End Notes- (1) Deborah Thompson Bangor Maine 1769 An Arrhitert•r 1 (Orono, ME Univ. of Maine Press, 1988), 30 (1816). (2) Ibid., 140-141 (3) Ibid., 621 n.612 (4) Ibid., 89 (5) Ibid., 48 (6) Ibid., 141 (7) Ibid., 141-142 (8) Ibid,, 621 n.314 91-139 APPLICATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION DESIGNATION TYPE Q Historic District Q Historic Site �] Historic Landmark Applicant LaL d l rt Date a/ 15- h D Mailing Address Ra 61 qqq Telephone Z6-7q7O Cr6wo �ulA o. n4473 Location of Building/site47-49 I,0 l:n �yC�'. Name of Building/Bite (164 T!a)l- r 6u- ^ /w- All I T /na FIP hlouU F If District - List All Properties Proposed Owner of Building/Site (if not applicant) Description of Historic Characteristics/Qualifications SPP A'ffaAd 1 V01 WWWI Historic Preservation Commission Action Approved Denied Date City Council Action _ Approved Denied Date 91-139 Assigned to CouncilorSullivan, March 25, 1991 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) (DrYtlt=rt Mending _Co pier ull, Article 4 S .ilpn-s,of the lags -and Ordinances of the city of Bangor - Establishing the Wardwell -Tricksy- rleton Rouble House lccatal At ST., 99_Mio Street as an Historic I nark, ---- -.-... Be H ondirwd 6y the aty Cour of of Mt C1ry Of Saeger, ae folfowa: THAT Chapter W1, Article 4, Section 5 of the laws and Ordinen25 of the City of Bangor be ani by adding the following thereto: 5.3.36 Wardwell-TrickeyLarleton Rouble House 4he land aael huildings located at 97-99 Min Street and mare specifically described on a plan entity "Wardwell-Trickey-GCle[on Rouble House" on file in the office of the City Clerk. Statarerk of Purpose: the pur{nse of this mrendre t to the no called Historic Preservation ordinance isto Create a runs historic lantcark. A facsimile to the aforazntioned plan being attached hereto. APPLICATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION DESIGNATION TYPE Historic District Q Historic Site Historic Landmark Applicant A.e/,,,/� .! ,7z Date Mailing Address 9 Telephone 51 -797h oto AAa. n4473 ' w•.� � Location of BUilding/Site p 47--451�. Name of Building/Site warn ,�PII- r/-Kai-�.rin In t lKlu h�e fPnUSF If District - List All Properties Proposed Owner of Building/Site �3ame lit not applicant) Description of Historic Characteristics/Qualifications fiPP Ei ffaf�� Sig ppli t ------------------------------------------------------------------- Historic Preservation Commission Action Approved Denied Date CITY Council Action Approved Denied Date Statement of Significance: Double houses made their appearance in Federal Bangor (1) and rened a popular form In the city throughout the heyday of lits land boom. Developers sought to make amuch money from the land in the city as in the timberlands beyond it, and the city consciously imitated Bostonian forms. Double houses and terraces O oHhouses became lees popular with the rise of the ltallanate style in the 1850"x. A number of £inlet' proportioned aide -by -side double houses, which emulated the finest Federal double houses of Boston, were built in Bangor and a handful of them wive. Thw Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House isa tremendously important document, however, within Bangor and from the standpoint of the architectural history of Maine (2). It represents the type of longitudinally divided, long -facade double houses with an ell, which provides a private facade to each tenement (the flank of the house faces the street), a plan which is relatively rare elsewhere in Maine, and as far as the writer knows, scarcely used elsewhere in New England. (3). One of the first known examples of the long -facade, longitudinally divided double houses was a brick house like 99-99 Ohio Street (Charles C. Cushman Double House, 189 State Street). (4) It was designed by the architect Benjamin Deane (1790-1867) and displays hie characteristically deep eaves. The house has been totally modeled as the core of a paint supplies shop and its upper walls are allthat remain of the original structure. The second (mown example was the work of Francis Roberts, joiner -architect (1787-1854), who was active i early Bangor. A frame example built in thee a year, (Joseph P. Jackson Double House, 18-20 Third Strest)(5) has been repeatedly remodeled as an apartment house, damaged by a scent fire, and is now covered by cedar shingles. Like the Cushman Double House, its plan and characteristics have disappeared. The choice of brick over a frame exterior in the Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House reflects the training of Oren Wardwell and Daniel Trickey (1811-?) a buions; in fact, the house has two high -posted beautifully lt brick basements, which may be the finest of their era in Bangor. Likewise, its chimneys were swell built that they a n not i need of work (See Part 2). Another brick example, ery old fashioned and Federal in style for its date (1836), is the John and James Hallman Double House, 20 Walter Street.(6) This has been a run down apartment house for many years but is now being restored; its interior lacks the integrity of the subject property. As the 1830"s continued, fewer brick residences were acted in Bangor, in unconscious stylistic appreciation of the city"ss of wealth. Most of the other longitudinally divided double houses had clapboard exteriors. They include 166-168 Essex Street(1836), 194 Essex Street (1836-1837) both by John F. Lander, housewright; 202 Essex Street (1836, Possibly Charles G. Bryant, architect); 149-151 Essex Street, 144-146 Somerset Street; 74-76 Court Street; and 38-40 Everett. street, all 1836-1837. More could be added, but this is a fair list of surviving examples. All these houses are inold neighborhoods which have becone multi -unite residential districts, and none of them has the interior integrity of the Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House. Some have been completely sided with trim removed, two or three have been damaged by fire, and all suffer from the removal of interior detailing and elements. From the standpoint of this unusually agreeable plan of double house, which seems to be a local manifestation, the Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House is exceptional because, having been maintained as a rental property by major landholders in the city, first William A. and Edward H. Blake and then Thomas U. Coe and his Estate, it w as kept virtually unaltered after the installation of front doors, hardwood floors, and two Eastlake cupboards at the turn of the century. Its well preserved interiors feature elegant Greek Revival details, some of which were taken from Asher Benjamin, The Practical House Carpenter, as well - well as original Federal wanscot and features ra pretentious houses of this e re 1n Furthermore, although little else is known of Oren Wardwell, Daniel Trickey was a participant in the Aroostook War and Rebellion Of Lover Canada, and his Personal history casts light on this curious chapter in Maine's history.(8) Deborah Thompson, PhD Architectural Historian End Notes: (1) Deborah Thompson Bangor. Main, 1769 to 121� An Amhtt, 1 H (Orono, H6 Oniv, of Maine Press, 1988), 30 (1816). (2) Ibid., 140-141 (3) Ibid., 621 n.612 (4) Ibid,, 89 (5) Ibid., 48 (6) Ibid., 141 (7) Ibid., 141-142 (8) Ibid., 621 n.314 W co � Coe Park` ❑© zz sw a 0q0 21 Y Jai S��S 5 Mn'o S az qc h O a Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House 97-99.Ohio Street Historic Landmark M E M O R A N D U M TO: Bangor City Council FROM: Historic Preservation commission DATE: April 20 1991 HE: Historic Designation: 97-99 Ohio Street Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House On March 26, 1991, the Historic Preservation Commission voted 5-0 to recommend that City Council amend the Bangor Historic Preservation Ordinance to include, as a historic landmark, the Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House at 97-99 Ohio Street. The vote to recommend amendment was taken on the application of the property owner, Leland Lutz. The Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House is one of the moat classic and beet preserved examples of the longitudinal double house that was an important and popular architectural style i Bangor in the early 18005. Built in 1836 by Bangor masons Orin Wardwell and Daniel Trickey, the Greek Revival house i constructed of brick, unlike most of the city's double houses, which are wood frame. It has a formal entablatured facade on each of its long sides, one for each of the two dwelling units it contains. This two -facade, longitudinal plan is rare elsewhere in New England. The home's impressive chimneys contribute visually to both the interior and the exterior of the home. The interior of the home is remarkably well preserved and contains the original vase - shaped newell poet and stair rail, fine period brick work and original tram. On the basis of this information, the Historic Preservation Commission has concluded that the Wardwell -Trickey -Carleton Double House satisfies all criteria for inclusion on Bangor's list of historic landmarks. For this reason, the Commission recommends that City Council amend the Historic Preservation Ordinance to designate this property as a historic landmark. 91-139 Assigned to Councilor Sullivan. March 25. 1991 _. CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE) �EJID�1TAIiCEf Me ingaxPte vn, Articl 4 Settron_5 of the laws_,,; l Ordinances of the City of Bangor - Establishing tM 4laedwell-1Yickey-Carletm N le £buse..imafed.at92---99. ahio-Sr t nsan mark............ --_._ Be oMa by CftYy Cmn#4 of City ofBmW. as fy ; MT C aP Imo, Article 4, Sectim 5 of the.laws and Ordinanrn of the City of Bangor by add" the following thereto: 5.3.36 FArdwell-lkickev-Carleton Moble House 1Te land aM buildinas hated at 97-99 Ohio Street and wore s 'f' ll de ibedOn- a _ man entitled "Wardxell-T rickey-Carleten Muble House" file in the office of the City Clerk Stat t of Per[vee: The purE se of this anendrent to the so called Historic A uervatim oNinance isto ¢este a new historic landmark. A facsimile tathe aforam_ntimed pian b'^q attached hereto. ��atian hgards are to be employed it shall be accomplished by arcavation I over with earth and said boards to bg attaglygd to the will with either galls or masonry nails as appropriate. Ro2rd size and nailing ahgUld be in accordance with i �3- Q� 9geninas unprovided far in these standards shall be closed in shall be raguired. A call far inspection at 945-4400, extension statement of Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to specify the minimum standards for securing a vacant building. In City Council March 25,1991 1st Reading City Clerk U 91-139 ORDINANCE ( mu Merd Obapter VYi Article 4t of t'. Historic Preservation Ordinance Establishi'. In City Council April 8, 1991 //lA.tt Vote 8 Yea 1 AHeent - TCw 11man Voting Yes Haldacci,Cohen, Prankel,Saoyer,Saxl,Scenaud, Stona,Sullivan Absent RRagg t Ar� CS Clerk