Determination of Eligibility 5/4/16 Mayfair Café Building - 202 S. Washington Street

Determination of Eligibility mayfair café – 202 S washington At the request of a potential purchaser, the SHLC will: Hearing Purpose: Per 17D.040.230, SHLC Determines Eligibility Standards Used: Per 17D.040.230, National Register – 36 CFR 60 Outcome: Eligible or Ineligible for National Register

Downtown boundary area 17D.040.230 Subject property

To Be Eligible Under 36 CFR 60 a Property Must: Meet basic guidelines for age and resource category Be associated with an important historic context Retain historic integrity of those features necessary to convey its significance. Source: National Register Bulletin 15: How To Apply The National Register Criteria for Evaluation

Age and Resource Category Eligible Resource Category: “A property must be classified as a district, site, building, structure or object” The properties qualify as a “Building” Eligible Age: “Ordinarily…properties that have achieved significance within the past 50 years shall not be considered eligible for the National Register.” Source: National Register Bulletin 15: How To Apply The National Register Criteria for Evaluation

Age Criteria The property at 202 S. Washington was built in 1890 and 1911 and meets the 50 year age criteria.

202 S. Washington street

202 S. Washington street

202 S. Washington street

Eligibility: Criterion A or B A. That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or B. That are associated with the lives of significant persons in or past (NPS Bulletin 15). A - The building at 202 S. Washington Street lacks sufficient integrity to be listed under Criterion A for its former association with the saloon and tavern business in Spokane B – The building is not associated with a significant person in Spokane’s history, thus not eligible under B

Eligibility: Criterion C A property important for illustrating a particular architectural style or construction technique must retain most of the physical features that constitute that style or technique. A property that has lost some historic materials or details can be eligible if it retains the majority of the features that illustrate its style in terms of the massing, spatial relationships, proportion, pattern of windows and doors, texture of materials, and ornamentation. The property is not eligible, however, if it retains some basic features conveying massing but has lost the majority of the features that once characterized its style (NPS Bulletin 15). The building at 202 S. Washington Street has lost nearly all of the physical features that were present when constructed. The building has lost two of three stories; its original windows; its original cladding; entries have been moved, etc. This loss of integrity of materials leaves the building ineligible for listing on the National Register under Criterion C for its architecture.

Integrity Location Design Setting Materials Workmanship Feeling Association

Bulletin 15 The evaluation of integrity is sometimes a subjective judgment, but it must always be grounded in an understanding of a property's physical features and how they relate to its significance.

Character Defining Features Loss of two upper stories Covering up of original cladding with fieldstone (later painted) and T111 Main entry relocated All windows replaced – and not in original openings Interior significantly altered Banquettes and booths removed Lighting changed Flooring and wall materials altered “Ultimately, the question of integrity is answered by whether or not the property retains the identity for which it is significant.” (NR Bulletin 15)

NPS Bulletin 15 “Properties eligible under Criteria A, B, and C must not only retain their essential physical features, but the features must be visible enough to convey their significance.” The Mayfair Café no longer retains its essential physical features

NPS Bulletin 15 “A basic integrity test for a property associated with an important event or person is whether a historical contemporary would recognize the property as it exists today.” Doubtful!

Summary Property is an Eligible Resource Category? Yes Property is an Eligible Age? Fit Within a Historic Context? No Integrity?

Staff Recommendation The building at 202 S. Washington is not eligible for listing on the National Register based on the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (36 CFR 60). The property has lost nearly all of its integrity and no longer conveys five of the seven aspects of integrity: design, materials, workmanship, feeling, or association.