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City of Elk River MEMORANDUM TO: Housing and Redevelopment Authority FROM: Stephen Rohlf, Building and Environmental Administrator DATE: October 4, 2004 SUBJECT: Updated Historical Significance Analysis for the North Side of Highway 10 Study Area The City of Elk River's Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) has been asked to update 11111 the analysis of the historical significance of properties north of Highway 10 referred to as the "Study Area". This update only looked at those properties that were not part of the original analysis. The State Historical Preservation Office's and the Sherburne Historical Society's records were reviewed as part of the process. The Sherburne County Historical Society did a survey of historic structures in Elk River in 1998 that included much of the Study Area. With limited time and more importantly limited expertise, those from the HPC who volunteered for this task caution that their findings may not be all definitive. With that said, no single building was found in the expanded Study Area that jumps out as a historical treasure. The subgroup of the HPC offers the following specific comments: 1. The area bordered on the north by 8th Street, the south by 4th Street, the west by Jackson Avenue and the east by Irving Avenue. The area described above encompasses Burrell's Addition. This 1883 plat is one of the oldest in Elk River. Individually the roughly 120 year old houses in this area are not of major historic significance, with much of their architectural integrity gone. However, as a neighborhood they are moderately significant as a representation of the first generation of housing in Elk River. 2. Saint Andrew's Church (566 4th St.). Saint Andrew's Church, built in 1920, represents an established and familiar visual • feature of the neighborhood in which it is situated.