Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request by Owner Travis Hofeldt for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition of the Residence Located at 1505 W. Louisiana Street
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Enhance the Quality of Life in Downtown McKinney
MEETING DATE: November 6, 2025
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Rayna Alam, Historic Preservation Planner
Cassie Bumgarner, Planning Manager
RECOMMENDED HPAB ACTION:
• Staff recommends approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness for demolition of the house at 1505 W Louisiana Street.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• The applicant requests approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness for demolition of the house located at 1505 W Louisiana Street.
• The applicant submitted photographs, engineering reports, and mold reports documenting the deteriorated structural integrity and safety hazards.
• The home was surveyed in the McKinney Historic Resource Survey of 2023 and built circa 1915. It is a Craftsman style home with a medium priority rating.
• Staff has been unable to find significant history of the residence.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The Zoning Ordinance states that owners shall not construct, reconstruct, alter, change, restore, expand, or demolish any exterior architectural feature of a building or structure that is visible from a public right-of-way located in the H - Historic Preservation Overlay district without first obtaining a certificate of appropriateness.
• The criteria for approval mandates that the following standards, guidelines, and criteria be used in a balanced evaluation of the project:
o Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings to assist in the consideration of all applications.
o Checklist of design elements to be reviewed and evaluated.
o Consideration of the preservation priority rating assigned to the property in question.
• The McKinney Historic Resource Survey of 2023 found the home at 1505 W Louisiana Street to be medium priority rating, built circa 1915.
• Definition of medium priority: Contributes significantly to local history or broader historical patterns, but alterations have diminished the resource’s integrity; is a significant example of architecture, engineering or crafted design; is an outstanding example of a common local building form, architectural style or type; is a modern or recent landmark not old enough to be judged in a historical context.