Title
Ordinance - Third and Final Reading to Consider a Historic Landmark Overlay District Classification for the 1924 High School and the 1940 Rock Gym at 605 E. Broad Street; Art Wright, City Historic Preservation Officer, on behalf of the Mansfield Independent School District, owner (ZC#20-011)
Requested Action
To consider the proposed Historic Landmark Overlay District classification.
Recommendation
The Historic Landmark Commission held a public hearing on August 13, 2020, and voted 4 to 0 to recommend approval.
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on August 17, 2020 and voted 6 to 0 to recommend approval.
Staff recommends approval.
Description/History
Existing Use: MISD Administration Complex
Existing Zoning: SF-7.5/12, Single-Family Residential District
Surrounding Land Use & Zoning:
North - Office/Retail, C-2
South - Single-family residential, SF-7.5/12 and commercial, C-2
East - Office/Retail and church, C-2
West - Single-family residential, SF-7.5/12
Comments and Considerations
The Mansfield Independent School District (MISD) owns two public buildings that are important to the City’s history at 605 E. Broad Street: the old Mansfield High School (1924) and the Old Rock Gym (1940). These educational facilities are now part of MISD’s administration complex.
MISD consented to designate the 1924 High School and the Old Rock Gym as Mansfield historic landmarks. Normally, the Historic Landmark Overlay District would apply to the entire property. In this case, only the two buildings will be included in the Overlay District to avoid disrupting any future plans for the development of the administration complex.
These buildings are listed in the Historic Resources Survey Update, 1998, as Selected Medium priorities. Selected Medium priority resources have less architectural and physical integrity and possibly less historic significance than properties in the High classification, but they are unusual property types or archite...
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