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Home My Public Portal AboutORD16422BILL NO. 2023-093 SPONSORED BY Councilmember Mealy ORDINANCE NO. /e/71.22. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, DESIGNATING 612 EAST MCCARTY STREET AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8-44C 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 8-44C of the City Code, a property is eligible for landmark designation if the CJHPC determines that it meets any of the following criteria: 1. Its character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the community, county, state or nation. 2. Its location as a site of significant local, county state or national event. 3. Its embodiment of distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style valuable for the study of a period, type, method of construction or use of indigenous materials. 4. Its embodiment of elements of design, detailing, materials, or craftsmanship that render it architecturally significant. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8-45 of the Code of the City of Jefferson, Stacie and Glenn Mundy have applied for designation of the building as a local historic landmark; and WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission finds that 612 E McCarty Street meets Criterion 1-2, 4, and 6; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8-44 of the City Code, the City of Jefferson Historic Preservation Commission has recommended this property for designation as an historic landmark. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The property located at 612 E McCarty Street, is hereby designated as a 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 Landmarks. Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval. Passed: ,,4 Presiding Offi II IC,2D2 ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: -"en' 014-Aghh--1-‘, City Clerk Approved: " et -u- t6 ; 2oZ. 6z - Mayor Ron F = er DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council THROUGH: Clint Smith, Director of Planning and Protective Services FROM: Historic Preservation Commission Rachel Senzee, Neighborhood Services Supervisor DATE: March 25, 2024 RE: Landmark Award – Nomination – 612 E. McCarty Street The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) received a Landmark Award application for 612 E. McCarty St. This property is already listed as contributing to the School Street Local Historic District. For local landmark status, the HPC determines if applicants meet the designation criteria specified in Sec. 8-44 C of the City Code. The HPC found 612 E. McCarty Street met the following criteria for designation: 1. Its character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the community, county, state or nation. 2. Its location as a site of significant local, county state or national event. 3. Its embodiment of distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style valuable for the study of a period, type, method of construction or use of indigenous materials. 4. Its embodiment of elements of design, detailing, materials, or craftsmanship that render it architecturally significant. The nominated building is located within the Regulatory Floodway. Design standards to preserve cultural resources poses the potential to negatively impact the property owner’s ability to be in compliance with historic design standards, floodway regulations, and local ordinance. That stated, all compliance conditions have already been imposed on the property through its inclusion in the School Street Local Historic District. Enclosed is the Landmark Award application, photos, and relevant property research. Staff recommendation is approval of the designation of 612 E. McCarty St., as a local Landmark. Enclosures 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 Rsenzee@jeffersoncitymo .gov If you have questions please call 573-634-6410. Contact lnfor~ation: (1 Owner: j+llfll L of--~ ~n. ~ Address: 0 /;).__ I.:. m c. Cc..l'tj ( Contact Person: G-/eAV"\ fh..,,"'-J :I I ! S?3 350 -035 7 Phone No. Email Address: rn v"J '1 ~ooo (oC( (@_ ,ei f'.Y'a.i I, C O W\ Will the owner display the plaque on the building?)(ves IZI No (if no please explain) Property Information: Historic Name (if known) _________________ /9o8 Year Built History & Significance, include details such as builder, unique facts of previous owners Attach additional pages if necessary: I am the owner of this property and am aware of this application for Landmark Award and agree to acce t the award ·t nominated by the City of Jefferson Historic Preservation Commission: Date Individuals should contact the ADA Coordinator at (573)634-6570 to request accommodations or alternative formats as required under the Americans w ith Disabilities Act. Please allow three business days to process the request. Cottage Park, later was the Parker/Thomas Subdivision Sunday News and Tribune, April 14 1947 --,· -c-....... Horse Shows, Flower Shows and Baseball Staged At Cottage Place Park Four pictures made dllrlnr a hone attd nower show at Cottace Place Park about the tum of 1 the ctnlury. (From rl1 bl) A winner ~ in front ol th8 Raithel Meat Market. The pande movlnc east on 111«-h between Madison and Monroe Sl Three women winners ln saddle horse event.!!. In fronl of the crand stand at the park. ITho tollowlni: nrllcle on C81.l1c1 , •· ~~ Pnr'k wu ,rrlli.n for tho COie ( ·•1111y Hl!lorkal SOeltlY tor ONlrU H~. Jr.I inent bua\neaa men of that time I evening paper the next day. re,, $4000. The company was in• The ground was enclosed by a corporaled May 14, 1898, with the hJgh board fence, and a nice following oUicers and stockhntn. '. cn-nnrl .,, .. n11 ,u .. • •~_,., _ _., ·-•-· ---·-p.-.-... me ro1to•1ns tutleto on c:ou11c lnent business men of that tlmel evenlns paper the next day ~·!:t,PaM.1:rT:01"'.:::,,'°Ior ~,:: {or $4000. The company was in• The ,round was enclosed by a Hope. Jr.1 corporated May 14, 1898. with the . blah board fence, and a nice ~ following oUlcers and stockhold-• grand stand was erected on lhe Away back in ttiW' eighties-ers: George Hope, Sr., presi-weal and south sides. The park and before that time-there was· dent; John ~le Sr., vice, was very accessible and soon be• a tract of land.about as level as prestdent; lf~ry l!· Prlesmeyr-r •. i:ame a popular place Cor amuse- a table at the comer of McCarty · ser.retary•trelllffer, and Otis H. meats or various kinds. · and Lafayette streeta. It . was Manchester. The new company Baseball In Hs Prime a b o u t a city· block square, 1 was called "The Cottage Place During that time the Jefterson bounded-by McCarty street on Realty Co." City Baseball Club was In Its the north, Lafayett~ street on the These men were realty public i prime, and enga;ed an the teams east. Miller street on the south spirited, tor the company was frnm central MtSSouti Including and the creek at the root of ,.Ho-I' organized with the main pun,oae I Washington. l'uJton, Mexico, bo HW0 • forming the westem In view of providins a good ·and Boonville and Sedalia. The lat• boundary. auitable pJace for a baseball ter was a bitter rival. The Lead- This land was then owned by park, and a place for horse and. ville Colorado Blues were here, Charles L. \YeJls, a prominent flower shows and various other· ala,, the old St. Louis Browns· on c-ltlzen of Cole County who lived types of amusements to be held. Jne or two occnions. tust east of town. f For a number of years it was Chris Von der Abe owned lhe The 014 .Jackson House used as a neighborhood play team, which Included the follow- There was just one building on 11·ound. and afterwards was 1ng star players of that lime: the premises at that Ume. That I fenced ln and for a Ume called Foutz. Carruthers. Bushong, La• was a lwo story frame house,, 'SPorlsman's Park''. All kinds tham, O'Neil. Welch, Gleason, ·1ear the corner of McCarty and of contests took place there, all BoblDSOJl and Charles Comiskey Marshall streets. It was occu• amateur or course. The high who later owned the Chica110 pied by a colored family named school boys played there Ire. Wlute Sox. Tip O'Neil was their Jackson. The head of the fam-quenlly. I have seen Prof. Clarke leading batter and nearly every lly. George Jackson, was very superintendent of schools, and, time he came to bat he lifted deaf, and did odd iobs and sawed Prof Ralph Oldham mingle· with I the ball over Uie left field fence wood for a Uvtng: And how many .. lht-boys and play ball as hard Into Lafa1ette street. On one oc• of us remember that old char-and earnestly as any of those casion lt went into· tbe Ruthven acter Susan Jackson~ better whu had just left their classes tol lot, Just east of Lafayette SL On kna\~n as ••crazy Susan" I There have an hour or two of recrea-thba occasion the teams exchang- was also a young husky colored tion a(ler school. ed batteries, but It made no dif- ooy there \\'ho was deaf and I The old Jefff!rson City Gun ference to the score, for the Jef- dumb. His name was ''Duba" Club. composed of a number ofi Ierson City boys lost .the game Jackson. He was rather popular! business men-some of whom. 28 lo 4. The Cleveland Indians and played ball and marbles were Col. w ... Q. Dallmey•· .. er. Ferd!' also played an exhlbltion game \Y&Ul all tbe white boys in lhe P Dallmeyer, James. L. Ram-here. · neighborhood who came to play I se .. y.·. John Doehla. Hanry Lar-Home plate was located in there. tonolx 1 WW Moore, Jesse W. three corners of the field at dif • The Land Is Sold Heiµj : \V. A. Dallmeyer, John. ferent times and the. ,batters In 1888 Mr. Wells sold the A· Llriliardt and Thomas Thorne,~ batted north, east and• south. ground to Wm. W. Wagner for were active and shot clay pige.J Charles Maus is the on!y living $1250. Mr. Wagner owned il ror ,~ns there at least once a week, member or that leam. iabout ten years and on May 1, the members taklng part and lh.e I On several occnions ft was the 1898, sold il lo a group of prom-scores· were announced in the· (Cof\Unued on . page 12) - • I :41 ?al111'1c """ Oft Ute Record I• H Sh Flower I ciuns and comedians that_ were 1 OrSe OWS, very popular. rt Shows and Baseball I As I remember it. . the first I 11 house that wos built on the I ,, Staged Gt Cottage Park ground, and while the lots were r being sold, was the one at· the c (Continued from page 10) corner oC McCarty and Marshall ., sce~e of fio\Yer and horse shows, streets or 600 East McCarty that would · do credit 1.o much street, which was occupied a •. larger cities. At one of the horse while later by Mr. and Mrs. Joe j \ shows these wei·e some of the Goldman. The olher lots were l young ladles taking part and rid-sold later and homes bUilt on : t iril some ol the finest horses in them as time went on. tbe state at that time: Mrs. La-But. back again to the park-it s v.enia Ware Sutton. Mrs. Celeste was nol. destined to last long as 1 Price Thomas. Mrs. Mayme a place or amusement. The city Ramsey Armstrong. Miss May-was ,rowing and nice building 11' me Root and Mrs. 1\1. F. Over-Jots bkc that were scarce, at street. This parUcular show last-leasl in lho cit.y limits. As a fi-• I ed ror three days. nanclal venture it was a failure . . One ol the sho,vs there was a Most. of the sho,vs were losing ' hllh diving exhibition by Kear-p1•oposlllons, and thAt could not ney Speedy, who dived f~om a 60 continue for very. long, so the feet platform Into a tank of wat-owners decided to dispose oC the er lhree feet deep. Charles Twee-around. It had served lt.s purpose ..i die and the writer watched this ror these [ew years, and was fin-t from the roof or the Tweedie ally sold to Edwa1-d Holtschneid-1 home at High and Marshall streets. er on Sept. 3, 1902, (or $51f11). i . It \V&S also a place lor lree Arter that. il was surveyed and I 1 shows such as Dr. Middleton's sold into building lots. , s Jndian Medicine show. that drew 11. was a beautiful park to,· a I good crowds every nlsht. There small town. and it is a pity thal 1 were two other free shows lhat. It. could not have been held and ft . took place tor a number or years preserved ror II city pal'rk. Today. c up on High street about that It Is only a mcmury. • '1 time. There was Dr. Reece, the That yo·u c:un see wus 45 years c famous denUst and ••painless.. a10, and we who have Uvcd here I tooth extractor, who ••pulled during that period can ht1a·dly , · them out" free of char,re every look back and visualize how . a t nl1ht while in the city. He stay-certain section of town looked 11 eel at the Monroe House and the before ll wos built. up and mod- show took place at the corner or tam improvements were made. 1 Hl1h and Monroe streets. Anolh-Sul that is lhe history or nlJ ; • · er one was Dr. T. M. Saymnn, 11·owin1 cilies and we sec ll In. I who sold the much advertised au sections or our own Lown. • ~yman~s soaps, and that show . As we reflect on these things,: t taot Dtace at the corner of High let us not ror1et the men or for• , and lladlll01l streets. Middleton, mer yeara who plonee1·ed and 1 .._. encl Sa7man all had a, helped to make our Icily what ,, . IID04 "°I oJ entertainen, musi• .la Loda1, u (f 3 ttf-3 t-l '1 -s+ory 612 E McCarty St. This property is in the Parker and Thomas Subdivision. The Parker is Lester Parker and he and Zou owned the property along with the other lots in the subdivision . Of course this house was not there. Also. he sold the property and then bought it back on the courthouse steps. The Parkers sold 13 lots of the subdivision to J. A. Abbott for $20 ,160 in 1905. J. A. and Nellie Abbot failed to pay the note on the property and it was sold on the courthouse steps by the Sheriff. Lester Parker being the highest bidder bought the same 13 lots for $6,550 on December 6, 1906. The Parkers sold lot 21 to Monroe Belch for $500 on June 14, 1907. Belch agreeing to pay for the sidewalk that Lester understands has been ordered by the city council but has. as yet, been constructed. Monroe held the property for four days when he sold it to Chester Crandall. Chester was married that same year. He paid $600. Monroe made a $100 profit in four days. It is my opinion (and I am sticking to it) that the house was built in 1908 by Chester Crandall who was a tailor and a merchant. But he owned the property for just a little over a year. He bought it for $600 and sold it for $3,200 so I think he must have made some improvements. I don't think he lived there. The 1908 directory has no house at 612 E McCarty. Chester Lawson Crandall I looked to see if Chester had purchased other properties in the area at this time as part of a development thing but did not find any. I did find where he and his sisters had shared property that was sold in 1907 for $5,000. He paid each of his sister's $1,250 for quit claims . Anyway, it appears he built the house than sold it a little more than a year after buying it to Junious Murray. Junious worked at a shoe factory as a potman (whatever that is) and lived in the house with his wife Kathleen and children Josephine, George and Francis. It looks like they lived there for about four years when they sold to Annie Zimmerman. Annie paid $3,500 for the property plus 14 shares of stock in Homes Building and Loan ~~l"Y cod J Association in 1912. Annie and her husband William sold the property to Asa Hutson in 1916. I don't know if she lived there. Asa was a reporter for the Globe Democrat. He lived in the house with his wife Edna and son Jack. They live there until about 1925 when Edward and Anise Elliott are living in the house. Edward is an auditing engineer for construction for the Highway Department. The Hutson family still owns the house. In 1929 Ivan and Lucretia Wells and their daughter Betty are renting the house. Ivan is a commercial salesman in shoes and a veteran of WW I and they own a radio. The Wells are there in 1930 but in 1931 Asa Hutson is back living in the house. Asa dies in 1933 but the family holds on to the property until 1936. In the meantime Edward Julian an employee of the Secretary of State is living in the house . And later Charles and Virginia McMurty live there. He is a reporter with the Tribune Printing Co . In 1935 Lester and Bertha Caldwell move in and are living there in 1940 and maybe longer. Lester is a guard at the Missouri State Penitentiary . In the 1940 Census it says that he made $1,650 a year and in the past week he worked 56 hours. Their lodger Blanch Swoloda worked as a stenographer w ith the Driver's License Bureau ASA HUTSO~ DIES; \VAS REPORTER FOR GLOBE 24 YEARS (By Tb'I .\uodat~ Prus.J Jl'lfl'raob CltT, M•~h J .-.ua. llut1011, lo•r II poUllr&l wnlA:r <or tlle St. Lo• la OI0l>o•O.mocnt 11Rd one or Mtaso11rra inoat •l4•1T li:110..-n 11mS,a1Nnt\OD. dltld 1.-i als:ht from lobar pne11mouta. Ho •·Jl.lt 53 JCllrt old laat Thur.day llr. Jfutaoa, wlto ..._ "cOTOHCI" <tYOrJ' •e«aloo of llle Jll,tQ11tl Goa- .,., .A-D1lll7 dace lt09, wbea 110 b«&blo JelfttWon Cit:, corre- 1poadaut (or th• Otobe-Dt'mocrat, llad boc!II Ill alnco IHC Tlaama,. bot hlJ condition dld not be<ome alan:alosr 11nm llolldaY, wlle11 ho ..,.. talion to St. llary•a Hoaplt.l. m. t'<lndlllon .,-ew-IINdllT WOl'M. a11d an axyaou Int. 111 whJcll b• 'll1lll phat'Cd ~tentay, fallod to aid him. The wldnw, )Ira. °e4llll Sbaw HUI IOJ>, lllld a 10~ Jack, ~ II 11111dut at Wtatlntnlter Collec11, Fulton. wuo at the be4Jlde. Mr. Hue.son·• mother, llra. l1ar7 R11~ IOll or C'l.'IIIOrtOW11, at.o lfllffl'rff. J:\Jattnt TbandaT, P'unend snTlcea ..-m be cou- duct,d at !I o'clock ThlUlldal' 111oraJq Crom St. l'lalt>r'• CathoUc l'bu~b. ill J•O'eraoll Cit,-. BariaJ wm M 111 RI"•" .. " Cemet11ry : bnr,. In 1936 Edna Hutson who then was living in Sangamon County, Illinois and her son Jack sell the property to Maniel and Billie Balhorn . He was a machin ist with the Missouri Pacific Railroad. They paid $4,250 . In 1935 the Balhorn 's lived at 609 E McCarty across the street. They may have been friends or at least neighbors of the ~ i i ---Hfs~~c,-cd-ffl Hutson's. It looks like they rented the property out since the Caldwell 's continued to live in the house. Then the property turns over several times quickly. The Balhorn 's sell it in September of 1943 to George and Pauline Rehagen. George was the managerof laundry at the Missouri Hotel. The Rehagen's ~ it less than a month later to Lawrence and Clemetine Hake. Lawrence was a cook at the Manhattan Cafe. In 1943 Richard and Louise Barksdale are living in the house. He is a pharmacist at the Missouri State Penitentiary. Then about one year later in October 1944, the Hake's ~he property to Allen and Rose Enloe. Allen is employed at the Capitol. Then the Enloe's ~it four months later to James and Sarah Lindsey in January 1945. The Lindsey's actually move in . He is a conductor for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. They live there until 1960 when they sell the property to Foster and Lela Mae Wheatley. He was a Jefferson City municipal judge from 1935 to 1946 and was a Cole County Magistrate at the time of the purchase. They lived in the house for about eight years. I found where Foster Wheatley, a single person, sold the property to David and Elizabeth Agniel of St. Clair County, Illinois in July 1968. The person actually living in the house was Marie Agniel. She was born in 1895 and was the widow of Lucien since 1943. She was secretary of the Roscoe Enloe Post No. 5 of the American Legion and secretary of the First Presbyterian Church and she worked at the Public Service Commission. She had two sons but they weren't named David so he might be a grandson or maybe a brother? Marie lives in the house until 1977 or maybe longer. There is a transaction in 1971 in which Marie transfers the property to David and Elizabeth . David and Elizabeth in turn transfer (or something) the property to Theodore and Madonna Agniel in 1978. In 1983, Marie is no longer living in the house. There are renters Michael and Mary Beth Hoey and later William Brame. Probably others but I didn't look them all up. In 1993 David Agniel, a single person now living in St. George, Grenada , West lndies_sald- the property to B & M which is a Missouri partnership in the care of Michael Mccurren . Theodore and Madonna give B & M a quit claim for the property. In 2003 Laney Mccurren, successor trustee and Michael J Mccurren Trust sold to Go Property LLC. In 2005 Go Property sold ~o Carrie Armstrong and Matt Walston. They ~•=:?.'.' began to renovate the house , removing the wood work and plaster walls in the living room exposing the brick. Before finishing their projects they got job offers out of the city ~y_..s.o ~the property in 2011 to Jenny and Tony Smith. By this time the house had sat vacant for 4-5 years. Research by Deborah Goldammer 2/29/24, 12:40 PM Bringing new life to McCarty Street home I Jefferson City News Tr ibune -~e:~~ ~--~- Jenny and Tony Smith have r e novat ed this Jeffer son City house at 612 E. M cCa rty, and the work has been recogni zed with t he first Golden Hammer Award of 2016. The first Historic City of Jefferson Golden Hammer award recipient for 2016 is 612 E. McCarty St. "This home is in an area full of historical and architectural character, which helps us to look back to our heritage and provide us a sense of place," said selection committee Chairman Laura Ward . Current owners Tony and Jenny Smith have restored the home, which is now occupied by a young family. "It is very gratifying to take on a deteriorating house, one that everyone has given up on, and with hard work and vision, bring it back to life," Ward said. "Tony and Jenny have accomplished just this. https://www.newstribune.com/news/2016/may/08/bringing-new-life-mccarty-street-home/ 2/7 2/29/24, 12:40 PM Bringing new life to McCarty Street home I Jefferson City News Tribune "Their commitment to the importance of restoring our historical resources will help to stabilize and revitalize this neighborhood." The home at 612 E. McCarty St. likely was built in 1908 by Chester Crandall, a tailor and merchant, said researcher Deborah Goldammer. But he sold it soon after to Junious Murray. Murray, who worked at the shoe factory as a potman, and his family -wife Kathleen and children Josephine, George and Francis -lived there about four years. Annie Zimmerman bought it about 1912 and sold to Asa Hutson, a reporter for the Globe Democrat, in 1916. Hutson with his wife, Edna, and son, Jack, lived there until about 1925, when they rented it until Hutson returned in 1931. Other renters who called the house home included a construction engineer for the highway department, a Secretary of State employee, Tribune Printing Company employee, a Missouri State Penitentiary guard, a prison pharmacist and a stenographer for the driver's license bureau. Hutson died in 1933, and his family sold the home in 1936 to Missouri Pacific Railroad machinist Maniel Balhorn and his wife, Billie. George Rehagen, manager of the laundry at the Missouri Hotel, and his wife, Pauline, owned the property before Lawrence and Clementine Hake. Lawrence Hake was a cook at the Manhattan Cafe. The Hakes sold to Allen and Rose Enloe, who sold to James Lindsey, a Missouri Pacific Railroad conductor, and wife, Sarah, in 1945. The Lindseys lived there until 1960, when Foster and Lela Mae Wheatley bought it. He was a Jefferson City municipal judge from 1935-46 and was Cole County magistrate. https://www.newstribune.com/news/2016/may/08/bringlng-new-life-mccarty-street-home/ 3/7 2/29/24, 12:40 PM Bringing new life to McCarty Street home I Jefferson City News Tribune Eight years later, Wheatley sold to David and Elizabeth Agniel, who sold to Theodore and Madonna Agniel in 1978. In 1993, the home was sold to B&M partnership and in 2003 to Go Property LLC. Current owners Tony and Jenny Smith bought it 2011 from Carrie Armstrong and Matt Walston. https ://www. newstri bu ne. com/news/20 16/ may /08/bri ng i ng-new-lif e-mcca rty-street-home/ 4/7