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Jordan House Becoming B&B
House Built By One Of City’s Founders
A grand Victorian house in Buena Vista that dates to the 1890s, known as the Jordan House, is to be converted into a bed and breakfast inn in which outdoor special events will be held.
Buena Vista City Council on Thursday approved a conditional use permit for the applicant, Daniel DeSouza, for two adjacent bed and breakfast inns at 2056 and 2068 Chestnut Ave. The aforementioned Jordan House is at 2056 Chestnut Ave. and the adjacent house at 2068 Chestnut Ave. is a two-story brick structure with a garage on the ground floor and apartments above.
The Jordan House has nine bedrooms, a staircase connecting three floors with 6,000 square feet of floor space. It has a distinctive wrap-around front porch and circular driveway. The home was built in 1898 by Charles Francis Jordan, one of Buena Vista’s founders.
Per the city’s regulations, each of the two houses will have five guest rooms available for short-term rentals, up to 30 days. The houses are to be separate B&Bs but guests will be served breakfast together in the Jordan House’s dining room. Mason and Brook Ludgate are to own the Jordan House while Kevin and Claudia Kleinman are to own the house at 2068 Chestnut Ave.
This is a sizable lot with a large grassy lawn at the southeast corner of Chestnut Avenue and 21st Street. There are nine off-street parking spaces and 16-18 on-street spaces. A freestanding post and panel sign is proposed for the corner that will measure 30 inches tall and 42 inches wide.
The special events portion of the conditional use permit includes several conditions that include limiting attendees to 50, requiring events to end by 10 p.m., and allowing amplified music but prohibiting it from being plainly audible from within closed residences 250 feet away. The CUP for the special events is to be subject to annual reviews by City Council.
This last provision requiring the annual reviews, explained Tom Roberts, the city’s director of community development, was put forth because “We as a city don’t have much experience with special events [venues]. This will allow us to keep tabs on it and make adjustments [to the conditions during the annual reviews]. We don’t anticipate having any issues.”
Stanley Coffey made a motion to approve the CUP with the conditions. The motion, seconded by Ron Cash, passed unanimously.
