What: evaluation of significance for a Monroe Street property containing a 1906 house later converted to offices, rebuilt after a fire and enlarged in the 1980s, with a separate 1980 office building on the same site.
Where it stands: on 2026-09-17, on reconsideration, the Historic District Commission voted to recommend against historic designation for lack of integrity under the new zoning ordinance, with one member opposed, and urged the owner to incorporate part of the original structure into any new design (non-binding).
Next: the evaluation stays valid for five years under the new ordinance.
Details
Staff and the applicant's consultant both said the property does not display integrity. A preservation advocacy group spoke without taking a firm position and argued the original core still has value.
The city attorney advised against designating only part of the site because of split-zoning problems.