<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3F30aS_1FW3SWo300" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3F30aS_1FW3SWo300" width="2008" height="880" ><figcaption>Map courtesy of the city of Winona Outlined in purple are the new properties proposed to be added to a new Broadway Street residential historic district.</figcaption></figure>Winona city staff are in the early stages of developing a Broadway Street historical district, which would help protect Winona’s historic assets as well as open up historic grant opportunities. Staff are planning to pursue grant funding next spring to aid the creation of the new district.Winona already has three historic districts, two are downtown on Second and Third streets and the third is the Windom Park Residential Historic District, which includes the grand historic homes immediately surrounding Windom Park. The Windom Park historic district was locally designated in 2016 and was nationally designated through the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. While the national designation opens up opportunities for historic tax credits and grants to promote the rehabilitation and re-use of old buildings, the local designation adds safeguards to protect existing historic sites.Under city code, locally designated historic properties are barred from making exterior changes or renovations without city approval. For example, before placing a new window or deck, the property owner must share their plans with the Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC). The HPC may then allow the plan by issuing a certificate of appropriateness if it determines the project does not significantly detract from the home’s historic character. The new proposed Broadway historic district will be an outgrowth of the Windom Park historic district. A study from 2011 that identified the Windom Park area as a potential historical district also identified the now proposed Broadway historical district. The new proposed district would include roughly 70 properties stretching from Grand Street on the west to Lafayette Street on the East and primarily include properties along Broadway Street along with several on Wabasha Street. This new district would designate the selected properties to the National Register of Historic Places. Winona Senior Planner Luke Sims noted that several of the properties included in the new district are already nationally designated, including the First Congregational Church, the Winona Junior High School and High School buildings, the Laird Norton Building, and the Winona Public Library. Sims noted that more than 50% of the impacted property owners of a new historic district must approve of it, and he said the city will do outreach to determine whether or not there is enough support for the district once it's determined whether the properties are eligible.&nbsp;The Broadway historic district is a top priority for the HPC, Sims said, and there is also a time crunch for its creation as the 2011 study supporting its eligibility is getting old. Sims said the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office is currently reviewing the city’s eligibility application for the district. Should the state find it is still eligible, Sims said the city would move on to the nomination process. He estimated that nomination would cost a total of $37,000, including a $5,000 match from the city and the remainder being covered by a grant. Assistant Planner Natalia Uro-De Leon added, “2027 is the upcoming grant cycle and we are pursuing it with a fire. We have a lot of energy; we have a lot of great research we're building upon; we're going to keep going; and we're coming for that grant.”Since the 2011 study, Uro-De Leon noted that one property from the district, the Central Methodist Church Parsonage, has been demolished. Also, 40% of the properties have been repainted, 14% have lost original historical elements such as small windows, gables, and entry awnings, and others have seen renovations and ivy overgrowth that have altered their appearances. “So, as a commission, moving forward with this historic district, we can set forth guidelines that can help us protect the integrity and historical significance of those buildings and their features,” Uro-De Leon said.</div></body>

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