a dispute on where the historic Enfield Drug store is located.
http://www.eccie.net/showthread.php?...post1058516398
Location of Nau's Enfield Drug store by the owners themselves.
http://nausdrug.com/about-us/
Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/def...larksville.pdf
http://propaccess.traviscad.org/clie...prop_id=386095
http://propaccess.traviscad.org/clie...rop_id=110111#
Note the Exemption Code (or the lack thereof). Historical = HT
Clarksville is a dedicated historical district that was determined based upon public and private information provided to the governmental bodies (Federal, State, and Local), which determine the status for the purposes of preservation, grants, and taxing exemptions. It is an administrative process based upon documents and testimonials submitted in proper authenticated formats to assure the integrity and reliability of the information provided.
Nau's ENFIELD Drug Store (the owner of which leases the premises from the actual landowners of the real estate) have NEVER been able to obtain an "Historical" exemption (and neither have the landowners) because they have been UNABLE TO PROVE they were located within the HISTORICALLY identified area known as Clarksville.
Recent administrative squabbling by landowners who "believe" they are in the historical district, but are not, to preserve certain buildings that are to be torn down have failed, because they cannot prove they were a part of Clarksville. Realtors and investors have a monetary interest in marketing the land as being a part of "Clarksville" (which has an historical significance as an "all Black" neighborhood) so they can increase the prices they can ask and people will pay to claim they are a part of that history ... just like Nau's ENFIELD Drug Store.
It's unfortunate, and sad, that developers and business owners would attempt to use the historical significance of the actual area of Clarksville to increase revenues by marketing their status based on false assumptions. They can't get the exemption for tax purposes or grants for developing in an historical area, but they use a fictitious claim to advance their own personal monetary goals.
As can be seen on this board .... their "marketing is working to a degree ... until the unwitting purchasers try to capitalize on the representations made to them prior to acquiring their new ownership.
For those who walked through the Clarksville neighborhood long before the "MoPac Freeway" was constructed it was obvious where "Clarksville" ended based on the appearance of paved roads (you were out of "Clarksville") and the predominantly White residents as one approached West Lynn. Nau's ENFIELD Drug Store on West Lynn was one of the only businesses immediately available once one had left "Clarksville" and in those days Black people were not allowed to sit at the lunch counter in the drug store, which was yet another FACTUAL basis to prove that the drug store was NOT in a "Black community"!!!
