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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-10-28 85-367 ORDINANCE85-36] ✓ Introduced by Councilor 'Cox, October 28, 1985 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE) Q0XDtLIAI[XXe A rainy Siescric preservation ordinance Be tt orduinad by Gee CTM ComrmR ofd* city WBMW, ae fWam . — THAT Chapter VII, Article 4, Sec. 5.3be amended to add a provision - which reads as (ollnus: 5.3.30 Charles G. Bryant Double House. Me lana an huila£ngs located at 16 5 18 Division Street and mure specifically described on City of Bangor Assess Or'n MAP 39, Parcel 147. Octodaer 26, 1985 Con CICY 1n City Council Wovember 13,1995 Passed vote 9 a%s voting Yee Hrcwn,Cox,Feeu 1, Lebovitx,Mc Cartiklp,6ullivan, T1 y,Wneel/er V ley>' 65-36] 11].10f` ..\�[AM ( T=,) Amending Historic Preservation latnaum] ami /tl G mttan 65-36] The Charles G. Bryant Double House, 16 g 18 Division Street The double house at 16 E 18 Division Street, which was built in 1836 by the important Bangor architect Charles G. Bryant, deserves designs - tion at the municipal and national level as a historic landmark for a number of reasons. The house was built on speculation by the architect as a rental property and is a document of the great Bangor land boom of the 18305 in which fortunes were amassed by speculations in timberlands and urban lots. Bryant joined the entrepreneurs during this boom, and the Division Street house was one of a handful he built on speculation. With the excep- tion of a simple double house in Prentiss Street, it is the only one of this group to have survived with its elements intact. Its handsome trio includes finely proportioned entablatures, pilasters, and the beautiful carved wreaths favored by Bryant. The Bryant Double House is unique in plan, its deeply recessed common Portico recalling the Regency rhythm of solids and voids of the architect's Kent -Cutting Double House in Penobscot Street. The very small scale of this ambitious design is also quite unusual. Many of Bangor�s designated historic landmarks are on the scale of mansions. This small double house was intended as a residence for people of modest means, but it exhibits the same brilliant design as some of the large houses designed by the same architect. Designation of the Bryant Double House as a historic landmark under the Bangor Historic Preservation Ordinance may encourage citizens in the potential historic district of lower Kenduskeag Avenue to rehabilitate their houses with respect for their architectural character. It would also preserve the exterior aspect of a most unusual landmark house. Deborah Thompson, Architectural Historian Member, Bangor Historic Preservation Commission The Bryant Double House, p. 2 Bibliography Thompson, Deborah. Range MI Maine 1169 to 1914: M Architectural History. Demo: University o a ne ress, a press. p. 04. Moody, James B. and Earle G. Shettlerorth, Jr. The Flight of the Grand.. Eagle. Augusta, Maine: Maine Historic Preseavet on—i Commtsstoa, p. 43. To The Honorable City Council At A Public Hearing on September 23, 1985. the Bangor Historic Preservation Commission unanimously approved the designation of the Charlies R. Bryant Double House, 16 & 18 Division Street as a local Historic Landmark. An application for its designation to the National Register of Historic Places is now being prepared. A brief description of the significance of the building by Commission Member, Deborah Thompson is enclosed. I hearby request that the City Council take the necessary steps to designate the Charles G. Bryant house, 16 & 18 Division Street as an Historic Landmark under Chapter VII, Article 4, section 4, under the - ordinances of the City of Bangor. C. �c� an C. Woodcock, Chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission