ML20024A611

Advises That Benjamin May House Not Eligible for Inclusion in Natl Register of Historic Places.Determination of Eligibility Notification Encl

ML20024A611
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Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	06/03/1983
From:	Youngblood B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Gary R TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
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Executive Vice President and General Manager Texas Utilities Generating Company 2001 Bryan Tower Dallas, Texas 75201

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Comanche Peak - May House Eligibility for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places In accordance with its responsibility under 36 CFR 63, the Nuclear Regulatory Comission requested a deternination of the eligibility of the May House for inclusion in the llational Regis*.er of Historic Places.

On April 12, 1983, the Keeper of the flational Register notified the Nuclear Regulatory Comission that the Secretary of the Interior has determined that the May House is not eligible for inclusion in the National Register with the following coment:

Built in 1882 as a Southern stone "I" house with Italianate features, the Benjamin May House is not eligible for the National Register as a distinctive example of its style, period, and method of construction. Due to the extensive remodelling and enlargement of the house in 1937, it no longer possesses integrity of workman-ship, overall design, setting, feeling, and association. The building's architectural merit has seriously been compromised by the raising of the 2nd story, which entailed the addition of four windows, the noticeable reworking and elimination of original stonework, vertical extension of the front facade, and raising of the roofline. Furthermore, the encasenent of the historic stone house in the larger frame house and the addition of the front porch have obscured t* resource's identity as a significant 19th-century type, style, and method of construction in Texas.

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tir. R. J. Gary JUN 3 1983 The enclosed " Determination of Elioibility Notification" concludes the Nuclear Regulatory Comission's responsibilities with recard to the May llouse under 36 CFR 63.

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' Mr. R. J. Gary Executive Vice President and General Manager Texas Utilities Generating Company 2001 Bryan Tower Dallas, Texas 75201-cc:

Nicholas S. Reynolds. Esq.

Mr. Robert G. Taylor Debevoise & Liberman Resident Inspector / Comanche Peak 1200 Seventeenth Street, N. W.

Nuclear Power Station

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20036 c/o U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Spencer C. Relyea, Esq.

P. O. Box 38 Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels Glen Rose, Texas 76043 2001 Bryan Tower Dallas', Texas 75201 Mr. John T. Collins U. S. NRC, Region IV Mr. Homer C. Schmidt 611 Ryan Plaza Drive Manager - Nuclear Services Suite 1000 Texas Utilities Services, Inc.

Arlington, Texas 76011 2001 Bryan Tower Dallas, Texas 75201 Mr. Larry Alan Sinkin 838 East Magnolia Avenue Mr. H. R. Rock San Antonio, Texas. 78212 Gibbs and Hill, Inc.

393 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10001 Mr. A. T. Parker Westinghouse Electric Corporation P. O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 David J. Preister Assistant Attorney General Environmental Protection Division P. O. Bo'x 12548', Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711 Mrs. Juanita Ellis, President Citizens Association for sound Energy 1426 South Polk Dallas, Texas 75224 9

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tl DETERMINATION OF ELIGlBILITY NOTIFICATION National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Nome of property: Nay Ro:4se Location: SonerveZ Z Cowzty State:

TX Request submitted by: nacf3, g, yomzeblood Date received:

Additional information received:

3_yg g3 Opinion of the State Historic Preservation Officer:

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The Secretary of the Interior has determined that this preperty isT O Eligible Applicable criterio:

O Not Eligible Co m m ents:

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May House Comments:

Built in 1882 as a Southern stone "I" house with Italianate features, the Benjamin May House is not eligible for the National Register as a distinctive example of its style, period, and method of construction. Due to the extensive remodelling and enlargement

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setting, feeling, and association. The building's architectural merit has seriously been compromised by the raising of the 2nd story, which entailed the addition of four windows,

- the noticeable reworking and elimination of originial stonework, vertical extension of the front facade, and raising of the roofline. Furthermore, the encasement of the historic stone house in the larger frame house and the addition of the front porch have obscured the resource's identity as a significant 19th-century type, style, and method of construction in Texas.

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n mu,m, m @3 APR I 2 !933 The Director of the National Park Service is pleased to inform you of our determination pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, and Executive Order 11593 in response to your request for a determination of eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. Our determination appears on the enclosed material.

As you know, your request for our professional Judgment constitutes a part of the Federal planning process. We urge tha't this information be integrated into the National Environmental Policy Act analysis and the analysis required under section 4 (f) of the Department of Transportation Act,if this is a transportation project, to bring about the best possible program decisions.

This determination does not serve in any manner as a veto to uses of property, with or without Federal participation or assistance. The responsibility for program planning concerning properties eligible for the National Register lies with the agency or block grant recipient af ter the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has had an opportunity to comment.

We are pleased to be of assistance in the consideration of historic resources in the planning process.

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