The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission (HDLC) met on September 2, 2026, at 1:00 PM in the City Council Chamber. Seven commissioners were present, constituting a quorum. The meeting covered a landmark nomination, consent agenda items, an appeal of ARC recommendations, several demolition and retention applications, and a ratification of prior actions. Key decisions included landmark nomination approval, denial of a full demolition at 1830 Fern Street, and retention approvals with conditions.
All right, um let's go ahead and do roll call. Please. Roll call. Jenny Green present, Jennifer West, or sorry, Jenny West present, uh Jason King absent, Adara Lewis present, Tim Lupin absent, Ross Carson present, Annie Clark present, Annie Irvin absent, Jim Ashby absent, Greg Hackenberg present, Shawanda Pore absent, and Alan Harden present. We have seven members constituting a quorum. Wonderful. And I wanted to say um welcome to Commissioner Harden uh representing the Garden District. We're very excited to have a new commissioner with us today. Um so thank you. Thank you for volunteering and for your service. Um okay, everyone, so welcome to the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission meeting of September 2nd, 2026. Um we would like to thank you for attending and appreciate your support and cooperation with the HDLC. The HDLC is located in City Hall on the seventh floor at the city's one-stop shop. Our mission is to safeguard the heritage of the city of New Orleans by preserving and regulating historic landmarks, districts, and elements which reflect our cultural, social, economic, political, and architectural history. The full HDLC mission statement can be found online. The HDLC has written guidelines that outline our policies and procedures, and they are available on the city's website. Please um we do ask that if you um prior to submitting that you please determine if your property is in an HDLC district or if your property is an HDLC landmark before beginning any work or repairs on the property. If the worker repairs are visible from the public right-away, the work requires a certificate from the HDLC, which is known as a certificate of appropriateness or a C of A. You must get a C of A prior to beginning work. Once a C of A is issued, changes must be approved before work can commence on these changes. And if you have any questions about our policies or procedures, we have a highly qualified staff ready to assist you. Please pay attention to the following meeting rules. If you plan on speaking and are not the applicant, you must fill out a speaker's card and hand it to the staff before the meeting. All speakers must state their name and address for the record. Our meetings are televised and recorded. There is a two-minute speaking time limit. We ask that you turn all cell phones off or on vibrate and that you conduct phone conversations outside of this room. If your application is a no, is is if your application is denied or there is a no action vote, you have 10 calendar days from the date of this meeting to appeal to city council in writing, and the staff will furnish you with the details of that appeals process. Um thank you. All right, so with that moving forward, um the minutes of Wednesday, August 12th, 2026 meeting. Commissioners, do we have a motion to approve? Thank you, Commissioner Carson. Seconded by Commissioner Green. All those in favor. All those opposed. Um the motion carries. Uh number three, landmark nomination of 8133 Spruce Street. 8133 Spruce Street is a contributing rated structure in the Carrollton Local and National Register Historic District, located on lots 10, 11, and 12 of square two seventy-seven in municipal district seven. The building faces Spruce Street is backed by Pinola Street and is bound by Dublin Street and South Carrollton Avenue. There is a confirmed construction date of 1911 as per the original building permit and architects records. The building permit was issued on February 17th, 1911 for a two-story frame residence to cost $9200. The building was designed by the firm Mackenzie Ellers and Johnson and built by Geyer Brothers. McKenzie Ellers Johnson was a partnership between architects H. Jordan McKenzie, Herbert P. Johnson, and Engineer Walter Ellers. The building appears to have had no major alterations and is largely intact and faithful to its original design. There are two other buildings that that were designed by H. Jordan McKenzie, which have already been designated as landmarks by the HDLC. The Bahey House at 4437 Pater Street in 1982, and 4506 Canal Street, the Christmas House in 2023. The Historic District Landmarks Commission evaluates the significance of a structure based on the four criteria as established by Section 84.22 of the city code, any one of which can make a building eligible for nomination.