2001-60 DESIGNATING A HISTORIC DISTRICT - MACON PLACE

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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM No. 01-81 August 1, 2001 TO: Honorable Mayor Terry M. Howley and City Council Members , FROM: Steve Garma ity Manager A. J.Krieg , ssistant City Manager Steve Van Ste nhuyse,AICP, Planni anag� Kathy J.Miller,AICP,Planner�/� �-��. SUBJECT: Designation of Macon Place as a Local Historic District SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Based on the findings that the area meets the criteria in section 4 (c), (d), (g) and(i) of Chapter 31 of the City Code and the Resolution of the Historical and Architectural sites Commission finding the District meets the criteria, staff recommends approval of the designation of ' "Macon Place"as a historic district. ' BACKGROiJND: A valid petition seeking local historic district designation of Macon Place has been filed with the Historic Preservation Administrator. A written opinion as to the effect of the proposed designation on the surrounding neighborhood, the relationship to the City's Comprehensive Plan and a recommendation of approval of the designation as a historic district was issued by the Director of the Economic and Urban Development Department. A public hearing was held on July 12, 2001, to receive evidence concerning the compliance of the proposed historic district with the criteria required for designation. The Historical and Architectural Sites Commission determined by Resolution that the proposed district meets the following criteria of Section 4: 1. The Macon Place Historic District is identified with a person or persons who significantly contributed to the development of the City, County, State or Nation; (Section 4(c)); Samuel Jack, editor and publisher of the Decatur Review in the 1880's and later a state representative, lived in the district; another residence was the home of Mahlon Haworth, a prominent businessman who developed the automatic corn planter; Rolla McMillan, Macon County's representative in the 81 st Congress from 1944-1950, also built his home in the district. 2. The Macon Place Historic District embodies distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style valuable for the study of a period, type,method of construction or use of indigenous materials (Section 4 (d)); the following architectural styles are found in the district: Queen Anne, Prairie Style,Romanesque, and Colonial Revival.