HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD16126BILL NO. 2020-081
SPONSORED BY Councilmember Ward
ORDINANCE NO. l uj up
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, DESIGNATING 630
BROADWAY STREET AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 8-42 of the City Code, the City,of Jefferson Historic
Preservation Commission (HPC) is required to evaluate properties within
the City for potential designation as historic landmarks; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 8-42 of the City Code, a property is eligible for
landmark designation if the HPC determines that it meets any of the
following criteria:
A. The potential landmark is an identifiable neighborhood or distinct
geographical area which has historic and/or cultural importance to
the City; or
B. The potential landmark is associated with a particular prominent
person, a significant event or historical period; or
C. The potential landmark exhibits a particular architectural style or
school, or are associated with a particular architect, engineer,
builder, designer or craftsman; or
D. The potential landmark contains historic, prehistoric and
archaeological features, evidence and/or artifacts which have the
potential to contribute to the understanding of historic and
prehistoric cultures; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 8-45 of the Code of the City of Jefferson, Stanley and
Melva Fast, owners of 630 Broadway Street, historically known as the
Tanner House, have applied for designation of the building as a local
historic landmark; and
WHEREAS, The Historic Preservation Commission finds that 630 Broadway Street
meets Criteria A, B, and C; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 8-42 of the City Code, the City of Jefferson Historic
Preservation Commission has recommended this property for designation
as a local historic landmark.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The property known as the Tanner House, 630 Broadway Street, is
hereby designated as a local historic landmark.
Section 2. The City Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to cause the
appropriate plaque to be provided to the owners of sites designated as local historic
landmarks.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date
of its passage and approval.
Passed: 1 1 I q Z2L/
Approved: !_10.11 112011
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Presiding Officer 0Mayor Carrie Tergin
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City of Jefferson Historic Preservation Commission
Application for Nomination
Landmark Designation Award
We invite you to nominate your building/structure to be reviewed by the Historic Preservation
Commission and designated as a local Landmark. See attached page for information about this
award.
This form must be completed by the owner of the property nominated and returned no later
than February 28 annually. Please fill out the below information in complete detail. Please
submit a current photo(s) of the property being nominated. If applicable, older photos may also
be submitted.
Return the application to: City of Jefferson, Landmark Designation Award, c/o Rachel Senzee,
320 E. McCarty Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101 or email to If you
have questions please call 573-634-6410.
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Will the owner display the plaque on the building? lfaies O No (if no please explain)
Property information:
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History & Significance, include details such as builder, unique facts of previous owners
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I am the owner of this property and am aware of this application for Landmark Award and agree to
accept the award if nominated by the City of Jefferson Historic Preservation� Commission:
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formats as required under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Plewse allow three business days to process the
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Herman and Carolina Tanner House
630 Broadway
The Tanner family has historically been one of the most important and best known
families in Jefferson City's Munichburg. Brothers Jacob and Charles Tanner, immigrants in the
1850s from Jefferson City's partner city Miinchberg in Bavaria, Germany, purchased and rebuilt
Glover's Mill on the Moreau River in 1856 and operated it until it was destroyed by flood in
1858. The bridge over the Moreau River near that mill site was opened in 1868 (twice replaced)
and has ever since been known as Tanner Bridge, which in turn gave its name to Tanner Bridge
Road, one of the arteries leading south from Jefferson City. The Tanner brothers moved to
Jefferson City and built a brick, general merchandise store in 1858 on the corner of Dunklin and
Jefferson Streets, which led to the establishment of that intersection as the business center of
Munichburg. Jacob bought out his brother Charles who later built a foundry and machine shop to
the south. Jacob's son, Herman Tanner, continued and enlarged the prosperous store to a position
as the leading general store in Munichburg. Herman, married with children, moved from the
Tanner residence attached to the store and built an imposing residence befitting his economic
standing two blocks away, 630 Broadway.
The Schwarzott block, the west side of the 600 block of Broadway, was subdivided and
opened for development in 1887. Herman Franklin Tanner and wife Carolina (Lena)(nee
Schubert) selected the lot at the south end of the block (630 Broadway), which they bought from
Henry and Cillicia Schwarzott. They built their residence in 1894 and occupied in 1895 (a
pregnancy and birth intervened). In the following years six more substantial brick residences,
following HermanTanner's lead, filled in the lots on the rest of the block. The corner lot of the
block went first because it was the most visible, therefore preferable, site for the residence of a
prominent person. In 1912 the Jefferson City Post wrote that when the block is filled in it "will
be the handsomest residence street in the city." Southsiders called the intersection of two of the
Southside's major streets the "Tanner corner."
Herman and wife Caroline, speaking both English and German, raised six children in the
house. Herman died in 1930 and Caroline in 1951, age 91. Daughter Edith (aka Eda), never
married, continued to live in the house until her death in 1966. Youngest daughter Edna married
Larry Sullivan and the couple, who had no children, also lived in the house. Edna, widowed, died
in 1978 and shortly after the property passed out of the Tanner family. Speculation was that the
vacant house would be subdivided into apartments, but happily it was spared that fate by Dean
Allen who acquired the property. In 1990 Mrs. Allen sold it to current owners Stan and Melva
Fast.
The Fasts admired the house for its age and beauty and began addressing water damage
and other issues of neglect from the past century, including rebuilding all four chimneys as they
were originally. They removed paint to restore the original woodwork to its natural beauty and
updated the kitchen and bathrooms. The original configuration of rooms and stairway remained
intact. The building, both interior and exterior, is now in excellent condition.
According to Jeanette DeWyl Kassebaum, niece of Herman Tanner, A.W. Elsner was the
architect who built the Tanner house in 1894, John V. Eveler did the stonework, and Jack Slate
and Fred Buehrle, Jr. did the brick work. The outer walls of the house are twelve inches thick.
Jane Beetem, in her 2002 nomination for placement on the National Register of Historic Places
(as part of the Broadway-Dunklin Historic District), describes the house as "a 2 -story brick
Queen Anne -influenced house with irregular plan and a 2 -bay fagade facing Broadway. This
house is one of the more prominent homes in the neighborhood, due to its well -detailed
architecture and highly visible location." The multi -colored, tile -floored front entrance is
recessed behind an arch of rounded bricks. On the south side of the entrance is a large square
window topped by a half -round stained glass window featuring the Tanners' ancestral Bavarian
blue, and the ensemble is framed by rounded bricks. Its stone sill is supported by concrete
brackets. Above it on the upper level is a double window with stone sill and lintel. Above the
recessed entrance is a highly distinctive tall, single window also framed with rounded bricks,
which opens onto a beautiful, symmetrical -designed, wrought -iron balcony, a signature of
German -influence. The roof cornice on both street sides has decorative brackets highlighted by a
Victorian -era multicolor paint scheme.
The south side, facing Dunklin, has three windows on each floor, all with louvered
shutters and all with stone sills and lintels that match the front fagade. The one-story brick
portion of the back of the house, extends a few feet beyond to the south and adds interest to the
simplicity of the house's otherwise rectangular plan.
The north side, facing the adjacent house on Broadway, has a round stained glass
window close to the recessed front entry, which colorfully lights up the foyer at the base of the
stairway inside the house.
The house's back side has a rebuilt, one-story wooden porch with posts, and -rte. The
house sits on a foundation of cut stone.
Arrangement of the high -ceiling rooms inside the house follows 1890 styles. A foyer
opens to a hall that leads to the back of the house. To the left of the foyer and hall, when
entering, are two parlors connected by an original pocket -door. The front parlor is the larger.
Behind the second parlor are the dining room and kitchen. Original stairs in the foyer with the
original railing and wooden post with ball newel lead to three second floor bedrooms.
On the back side of the property is an outbuilding (it could have been a residential "alley
house"), along an unnamed, ten -foot wide public right-of-way created when the Schwarzott
property was subdivided into lots in order to provide access to the rear of the Broadway Street
properties before cars. A distinctive, concrete "bunker" garage opens from Dunklin Street, so
that only its front, street -level entrance is visible from the exterior. It was created by excavation
into pliable loess when the 300 block of Dunklin Street was put through and lowered in 1925.
Beetem further stated in 2002, "The house has been rehabilitated over a period of years
and is in excellent condition... The house and outbuildings have retained their form, size,
massing, fenestration pattern, materials, craftsmanship, and setting ... Rehabilitation efforts over
the last several years have resulted in the house's current excellent condition."
The Tanner House is worthy of Landmark designation because:
1. The Tanner House is prominent architecturally not only in Munichburg but also in
Jefferson City for its Queen Anne style with architectural details, such as recessed entrance, iron
balcony, stained glass windows, rounded brick windows, and detailed and painted cornices. Its
construction in 1894 was a stimulus for the development of the rest of the historic 600 block of
Broadway and likely other houses nearby.
2. It has been wonderfully preserved by its occupants, both the Tanners and the Fasts, the
present owners. Its exterior is virtually the same as when built 127 years ago, and the interior has
been restored as much as feasible, and upgraded for contemporary living.
3. It is highly visible, on a major, stoplight intersection in Munichburg and Jefferson City.
4. The Tanner House is the only remaining structure to bear visible witness to the Tanner
family, one of the most important early entrepreneurs to develop Munichburg. (The Tanner
machine shop is no longer recognized by that name.) The other named item remaining in the
landscape is Tanner Bridge Road.
5. The Tanner name provides a historic, visible connection to Jefferson City's partner city
Miinchberg, Germany.