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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/10/2014 - Landmark Preservation Commission - Agenda - Regular MeetingLandmark Preservation Commission Page 1 September 10, 2014 Ron Sladek, Chair Doug Ernest, Vice Chair City Council Chambers Maren Bzdek City Hall West Meg Dunn 300 Laporte Avenue Kristin Gensmer Fort Collins, Colorado Dave Lingle Pat Tvede Cablecast on City Cable Channel 14 Alexandra Wallace on the Comcast cable system Belinda Zink Laurie Kadrich Karen McWilliams Josh Weinberg Gino Campana Staff Liaison, CDNS Director Preservation Planner Preservation Planner Council Liaison The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs, and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call 221-6515 (TDD 224- 6001) for assistance. Regular Meeting September 10, 2014  CALL TO ORDER  ROLL CALL  PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA  DISCUSSION AGENDA 1. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 14, 2014 REGULAR MEETING. The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes from the May 14, 2014 regular meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission. 2. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2014 REGULAR MEETING. The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes from the September 13, 2014 regular meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission. Landmark Preservation Commission City of Fort Collins Page 2 3. 220 REMINGTON STREET LANDMARK DESIGNATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this item is to consider the application for Fort Collins Landmark designation of 220 Remington Street, the Bode Property. APPLICANT: Colleen Scholz, Property Owner. 4. 508 REMINGTON LANDMARK DESIGNATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this item is to request the Commission’s consideration of the Walker/MacDowell Property at 508 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark. APPLICANT: James L. MacDowell, III, Property Owner 5. 1306 WEST MOUNTAIN LANDMARK DESIGNATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is a request for the Fort Collins Landmark Designation of the William and Violet Jackson/Robert Bailey Property at 1306 West Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado APPLICANT: Robert Bailey, Owner 6. 1312 SOUTH COLLEGE LANDMARK DESIGNATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Landmark Designation, 1312 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO APPLICANT: Brad March, MaOlPh, LLC  OTHER BUSINESS  ADJOURNMENT Agenda Item 1 Item # 1 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY September 10, 2014 Landmark Preservation Commission STAFF Gretchen Schiager, Administrative Assistant SUBJECT CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 14, 2014 REGULAR MEETING. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes from the May 14, 2014 regular meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission. This item came before the Commission at the August 13th meeting. A request was made to change the minutes to reflect that when Chair Sladek recused himself from the discussion of the Poudre River Historic Structures report, he turned the meeting over to Vice Chair Ernest. Despite a unanimous vote to approve the minutes with the requested change, due to an oversight, the motion was not seconded, so the vote was not official. The requested change has been made, so all that is required is another vote to approve. ATTACHMENTS 1. May 14, 2014 LPC Minutes - DRAFT (DOC) 1 Packet Pg. 3 SUMMARY OF MEETING: The Commission:  Approved April 9, 2014 Minutes.  Heard an update on the Utilities Customer Service Building.  Conducted a Conceptual Development Review for 808 W. Prospect.  Voted to recommend that Council adopt the updated Old Town Design Standards.  Discussed the Poudre River Resources Report. LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION Regular Meeting 300 Laporte Avenue May 14, 2014 Minutes Council Liaison: Gino Campana (970-460-6329) Staff Liaison: Laurie Kadrich (970-221-6750) Commission Chairperson: Ron Sladek CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order at 5:35 p.m. by Chair Sladek. Members present were Ron Sladek, Meg Dunn, Kristin Gensmer, Pat Tvede, Dave Lingle, Alexandra Wallace, Maren Bzdek, Doug Ernest and Belinda Zink (arrived at 5:43 p.m.). Staff present: Historic Preservation Planners Karen McWilliams and Joshua Weinberg and Administrative Staff Gretchen Schiager. EXCUSED ABSENCE: None PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA None 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Sladek requested two minor changes to the minutes. Ms. Tvede moved to accept the Landmark Preservation Commission minutes of April 9, 2014 with the specified changes. Ms. Gensmer seconded. (Motion passed 7-0, with Mr. Lingle abstaining and Ms. Zink not yet present.) [Time Reference: 5:37 p.m.] 2. UTILITIES CUSTOMER SERVICE BUILDING – UPDATE Brian Hergott, Operation Services Mr. Hergott provided an update on the Utility Customer Service Building (CSB) for Block 32. After receiving comments on the Preliminary Design Review from City staff, and from the Landmark Preservation Commission at its March meeting, it was decided that the Butterfly Building will remain in place, and the CSB will be built around it and set back north and west to provide relief between the two structures. 1.a Packet Pg. 4 Attachment: May 14, 2014 LPC Minutes - DRAFT (2306 : Minutes of May 14, 2014) Landmark Preservation Commission May 14, 2014 - 2 - Commission Questions Members asked for clarification on the new configuration and location of the CSB. Mr. Hergott stated that the configuration was the same as the previous design, but the CSB had been moved about ten feet to the North, and slightly to the West, creating a small entry plaza with a diagonal sidewalk. Members expressed appreciation for the efforts to address the Commission’s concerns, and applauded the creation of an entry plaza that celebrates the Butterfly Building. Members asked whether any of the objectives for the site were sacrificed in order to change the orientation of the CSB, to which Mr. Hergott responded that they were still able to meet their objectives. Members inquired about the angled design of the CSB roof, and Mr. Hergott said it was an effort to complement the Butterfly Building. Members were pleased with that idea. Public Input None Commission Discussion None Commission Feedback Mr. Sladek said the general consensus of the Commission is that they are happy with the changes, and glad to see the Butterfly Building as a highlight of the entryway to the plaza. [Time Reference: 5:45 p.m.] 3. CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW: 808 WEST PROSPECT Christian and Robin Bachelet, Applicants Staff Report Ms. McWilliams presented background and contextual information, and reviewed the Land Use Codes applicable to this item. Applicant Presentation Mr. Larson with Vaught Frye Larson Architects (VFLA) at 401 Mountain Avenue, the architect on the project, provided additional background. He explained that the drawings were originally developed, and the project was permitted, in 2008. A structural slab was constructed, and site work was performed, at a cost of approximately one million dollars, but the project was put on hold due to economic shifts. Because of the time lapse, the permit is no longer valid, and the project is now going through a second vetting process with the City. The applicants are seeking the Commission’s feedback with the understanding that they have an existing structural foundation already in place. Ms. Bachelet, 706 South College Avenue, mentioned that CSURF has acquired the property, but the Bachelets will potentially ground-lease it back and act as the developer and long-term operator of the property. Mr. Callan with CSURF at 601 South Howes, property owner, explained that they are working with the Bachelets because of the synergies that exist with the other property they 1.a Packet Pg. 5 Attachment: May 14, 2014 LPC Minutes - DRAFT (2306 : Minutes of May 14, 2014) Landmark Preservation Commission May 14, 2014 - 3 - own in the area, and to improve the neighborhood. At this point, they are not fully committed to a use for the property, and are trying to understand all the issues involved. They are exploring a lot of different options, including the possibility of the University using the site for academic activities or other core campus needs. CSURF also owns the two properties to the east, but does not yet have plans for those properties. Mr. Callan mentioned that in 1999 when the current West Central Neighborhood Plan was developed, this block and area were identified for high density mixed-use development. However, this type of development has not occurred, largely because it is hard to accomplish due to the historic “burdens” in the area. Public Input Per Hogestad, 1601 Sheely Drive, identified himself as representing the Sheely Historic District and the Wallenberg neighborhood. While they are in favor of improving that property, which is currently an eyesore, they are also concerned about saving the historic homes in the area. There are several Craftsman style homes that contribute to the fabric of the neighborhood. Craftsman elements, such as window patterns, rooflines, etc., could easily be incorporated into the design of new developments, even five-story buildings. Commission Questions Members asked whether the Sheely Historic District was happy with the project that was approved previously. Mr. Hogestad said the project could definitely have been improved upon. He believed the architectural language of the design was confused between the small, single-story 1960’s homes on the south side of Prospect and the Craftsman style homes along the north side of the 600-1000 blocks of Prospect. He stated that the Land Use Code is pretty clear on its response to adjacent historic properties. Members asked Mr. Hogestad if he would like to see the design details for a new development focus more on the Craftsman styles on the north side of Prospect, rather than the more modern styles on the south side. Mr. Hogestad stated that it would make sense to look at the pattern and texture of the Craftsman homes in that multiple-block section. Clark Mapes, City Planner, asked whether the previously-approved plan reflected the design on the south side of Prospect, and if so, was that a response to direction provided by the City at the time, and should this new development represent a shift toward the Craftsman style? Mr. Hogestad does not believe any direction to conform to the Historic District was given to the previous developer. One Member recalled that the direction given by the Sheely Drive neighborhood to the developer at that time indicated that 808 West Prospect should look more like Mid-Century Modern, rather than Craftsman. Mr. Hogestad said that it was discussed, but there was no historic designation on the north side at that time. Commission Discussion Mr. Sladek asked for clarification that tonight’s proceeding would not include voting. Ms. McWilliams said that the purpose of a Preliminary Development Review is not to vote, but rather to state preferences, opinions and provide direction. Prior to the project going before the Planning and Zoning Board, the Landmark Preservation Commission will have the opportunity to provide a recommendation and comments. 1.a Packet Pg. 6 Attachment: May 14, 2014 LPC Minutes - DRAFT (2306 : Minutes of May 14, 2014) Landmark Preservation Commission May 14, 2014 - 4 - Members reiterated that the Land Use Code, Section 3.4.7, is very specific as to how new structures should be designed, emphasizing that the guidelines should be followed to the “maximum extent feasible”, exercising “all possible efforts to comply”. Members discussed how the Commission would define the character of the site and surrounding neighborhood, with regard to 3.4.7a, given that there are two different contexts that the building would relate to, and it would be difficult to satisfy both sets of architectural vocabularies. The Members agreed that the Craftsman style was what they should focus on. Members agreed that it would be unreasonable not to allow the existing slab to remain, and that the footprint is a reasonable thing to accept. Members had concerns that the current design shoots straight up, and it would be nice to blend better with the two small houses in front of it. There was some discussion about perhaps limiting the building to three stories rather than four, so as not to tower over the historic houses. There was a suggestion that the Craftsman style might be conducive to making the east wall of the new building look a little lower. Members suggested making changes to the roofline to be more similar to Craftsman style, and add some variety. The use of dormers and attics were suggested. Members pointed out that there are a lot of interesting things the developers could do with Craftsman style. Commission Feedback Mr. Sladek summarized the Commission’s feedback, saying they do not object to the new building being there, or to utilizing the existing foundation. While it is, and should be, a contemporary building, they would like to see some reflection of Craftsman detail incorporated into the design. It would be nice to do some stepping up on the east side from the one and a half story building at 730 West Prospect to the taller building. The building at 730 has nice Craftsman details to draw from, such as six-over-one light windows and shed roof dormers, and it would be easy to pick up on some other elements of Craftsman homes along that street, such as battered piers. Mr. Sladek said the street needs attention, and the Commission looks forward to seeing interesting designs and talking further. [Time Reference: 6:45 p.m.] 4. RECOMMENDATION: ADOPTION OF OLD TOWN DESIGN STANDARDS BY CITY COUNCIL Josh Weinberg, Preservation Planner Staff Report As this topic has already been discussed extensively by the Commission at previous meetings, Mr. Weinberg gave a very brief review of what is being proposed. Commission Questions and Discussion There was discussion about the need to include references and/or credits for photos in the future, and the Members agreed that a general credits page would be sufficient. 1.a Packet Pg. 7 Attachment: May 14, 2014 LPC Minutes - DRAFT (2306 : Minutes of May 14, 2014) Landmark Preservation Commission May 14, 2014 - 5 - Mr. Weinberg mentioned that most of the photographs were already in the possession of the project consultant from when they worked on the original design standards in the 1980’s. Digital copies of all of the images used are available, and any originals can be duplicated and distributed to the local historic archive, if they don’t already have them. Members mentioned that Council had questioned the inclusion of wind turbines and solar panels in text and photos. Mr. Weinberg said they were included as a guideline for how to respond if an applicant wanted to use them in the future, but he would review the document again to ensure alignment with Council directives. Public Input None Commission Deliberation Mr. Lingle moved that the Landmark Preservation Commission recommend to City Council the adoption of the updated Old Town Design Standards. Ms. Tvede seconded. The motion passed 9-0. Mr. Sladek thanked Mr. Weinberg and Ms. McWilliams for their hard work on this project, and asked that they convey the Commission’s thanks to the project consultant, Winter & Company. [Time Reference: 7:00 p.m.] 5. DISCUSSION: POUDRE RIVER RESOURCES REPORT Mr. Sladek recused himself from the discussion as the preparer of the report. Before leaving, he confirmed that the report was not in order of priority, but rather was a linear description of the resources along the river corridor, bank to bank. He suggested the Commission be as specific as possible in any recommendations to the Natural Resources Department. Mr. Sladek turned the meeting over to the Vice-Chair, Mr. Ernest. Staff Report None Commission Discussion The Commission agreed that the seven resources identified in the report as probable or potential candidates for landmark designation, pending additional review, are those they wish to bring to the attention of the Natural Resources Department. Those seven are as follows: 1) Coy Farm Dam 2) Unidentified Concrete Structure 3) Colorado & Southern (BNSF) Railway Bridge 4) Coy Diversion Dam, Headgate & Ditch 5) Union Pacific Railroad Bridge 6) Lake Canal Diversion Dam & Headworks 7) Mason & Hottel Mill Race Headgate 1.a Packet Pg. 8 Attachment: May 14, 2014 LPC Minutes - DRAFT (2306 : Minutes of May 14, 2014) Landmark Preservation Commission May 14, 2014 - 6 - The Members discussed the wording of the letter they would submit to the Natural Resources Department, and the need to be as specific as possible about what the Commission is requesting of the City with regard to these seven structures. These resources should be considered potentially eligible for landmark designation, or otherwise historically sensitive, and need to be documented and reviewed. It was also suggested that the letter should prioritize the structures, based on those known to be significant, versus those that simply need to be reviewed for that purpose. Members asked Mr. Weinberg whether this would require a motion at the June meeting. Mr. Weinberg said the Commission can draft a letter to be forwarded to the Natural Resources Department through staff, and include a request for a response. The Commission can discuss it at the work session, and can then decide whether or not there needs to be a vote on it. Members inquired about the timeline for the river development, and Mr. Weinberg said that since the plans are in progress, they would probably appreciate having input from the Commission as soon as possible. Mr. Ernest and Ms. Tvede offered to draft a letter to the Natural Resources Department, and present it to the Commission for review and action at the next meeting. Mr. Ernest adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Minutes respectfully submitted by Gretchen Schiager 1.a Packet Pg. 9 Attachment: May 14, 2014 LPC Minutes - DRAFT (2306 : Minutes of May 14, 2014) Agenda Item 2 Item # 2 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY September 10, 2014 Landmark Preservation Commission STAFF Gretchen Schiager, Administrative Assistant SUBJECT CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2014 REGULAR MEETING. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to approve the minutes from the September 13, 2014 regular meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission. ATTACHMENTS 1. Draft 2014 August 13 LPC Minutes (PDF) 2 Packet Pg. 10 Landmark Preservation Commission Page 1 August 13, 2014 Ron Sladek, Chair Doug Ernest, Vice Chair City Council Chambers Maren Bzdek City Hall West Meg Dunn 300 Laporte Avenue Kristin Gensmer Fort Collins, Colorado Dave Lingle Pat Tvede Cablecast on City Cable Channel 14 Alexandra Wallace on the Comcast cable system Belinda Zink Laurie Kadrich Karen McWilliams Josh Weinberg Gino Campana Staff Liaison, CDNS Director Preservation Planner Preservation Planner Council Liaison The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs, and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call 221-6515 (TDD 224- 6001) for assistance. Regular Meeting August 13, 2014 Minutes  CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Chair Sladek.  ROLL CALL PRESENT: Tvede, Gensmer, Zink, Lingle, Ernest, Bzdek, Dunn, Sladek ABSENT: Wallace (excused) STAFF: Preservation Planners McWilliams and Weinberg, and Administrative Staff Schiager  PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA None  DISCUSSION AGENDA 1. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 14, 2014 REGULAR MEETING. This item will be approved at the next regular meeting due to a voting technicality. Landmark Preservation Commission 2.a Packet Pg. 11 Attachment: Draft 2014 August 13 LPC Minutes (2349 : Minutes of August 13, 2014) City of Fort Collins Page 2 Time Reference: 5:35 p.m. 2. OLD TOWN YOGA, 237- 243 JEFFERSON STREET – CONCEPTUAL REVIEW OF PAINT COLORS APPLICANT: Chris Bates, Mighty Fine Art OWNER: Jake Van Vonderen, Old Town Yoga; Wally Walberg, property owner Staff Report Ms. McWilliams presented the staff report with details about the project. Paint samples were passed around to the Commission Members. Applicant Presentation Mr. Bates spoke on behalf of the business owners who hired him to paint the exterior of the building to brighten up the store. He said the colors they are looking at seem to be in line with what is already in the area, noting that the tattoo parlor down the street is painted with bright yellows and purples. He said they are under the impression that they could pick colors that weren’t necessarily in the “historic range” as long as they gained approval. They are willing to abide by whatever the Commission suggests. Public Input None Commission Questions and Discussion Chair Sladek stated that this Conceptual Review is an opportunity for the Commission to provide feedback on these colors. A Member commented that while the colors seem a little bit brighter than what she has seen in her research, she approves of the colors and pointed out that paint is temporary. Chair Sladek clarified that generally, the Commission would not like to see any stone, masonry or other items painted, only the woodwork. Members asked how close the proposed colors are to the historic palette for Victorian style. Ms. McWilliams responded that this is difficult to define and that it is easier to find information on colors for houses than for commercial properties. Members asked about whether Staff believed the proposed colors were not historically accurate for the era. Ms. McWilliams responded that when the code was passed regarding paint colors, it was determined that Staff could approve paint colors that were found in the approved historic palettes. Certain palettes had been gathered by previous Staff from paint companies that were mostly residential. Most of the color palettes just show paint throughout the ages, without specifying a particular era. These particular colors do not show up in those palettes, so the decision falls to the Commission. The Members pointed out that when palettes are being created by paint companies, they are not necessarily historically accurate. A Member asked whether the neighbors had been approached about the colors. Mr. Bates responded that the business owner intends to do that, but hadn’t gotten that far yet. He also commented that he had tried to research historic colors, but didn’t find much information. Members discussed the preservation guidelines regarding color, which focus on whether the colors highlight the historic appearance and are appropriate to the period. The guidelines advocate the use of simple colors with one to three accent colors, and suggest obtaining professional advice for preparing surfaces. Members pointed out that their personal preferences are irrelevant as long as the proposal doesn’t violate any of the standards. Some Members expressed concern about differentiating between the two buildings. They questioned whether it was appropriate for the two buildings to share the same palette. Another Member commented that there wasn’t a rationale for that in the guidelines. Other Members noted that since they had no information on the colors of the buildings historically, perhaps differentiating between them wasn’t important. Commission Feedback 2.a Packet Pg. 12 Attachment: Draft 2014 August 13 LPC Minutes (2349 : Minutes of August 13, 2014) City of Fort Collins Page 3 While none of the Members objected to the palette, some Members would like to see differentiation between the buildings, possibly just a reversal of the base and trim colors. Members asked Staff whether the Applicant would be back with a final design, and Ms. McWilliams clarified that the Commission has the option of having the final design approved administratively. Members indicated that they are comfortable with an administrative decision. Time Reference: 6:03 p.m. 3. DESIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM APPLICATION - HEIDI SHUFF OF STUDIO S ARCHITECTURE, LLC APPLICANT: Heidi Shuff, Studio S Architecture, LLC Mr. Lingle recused himself from this item due to a conflict. Staff Report Mr. Weinberg provided the staff report, including background on the Design Assistance Program and the associated guidelines. Applicant Presentation Ms. Shuff said that she is a licensed architect in Colorado. She has focused on residential projects, largely Eastside and Westside historic homes. She stated that she wants to help owners make historic homes more usable by today’s standards. She referred the Commission to her credentials, application and sample projects provided in the packet. Public Input None Commission Questions and Discussion A Member inquired about the Applicant’s experience with historic reconstruction. Ms. Shuff replied that her focus has been more on rehabilitation and adapting properties to current needs, not reconstruction or preservation. She said that she helps clients with sensitive additions and repurposing spaces, while tying into the historic fabric of the neighborhood. Members asked about her project with the house on Oak Street, which she stated was new construction and that she assisted with that design. Members inquired about Ms. Shuff’s familiarity with the Secretary of Interior Standards, and preservation principles. Ms. Shuff said she is very familiar with the standards, and is comfortable using the available resources. She also stated that her husband was on the Landmark Preservation Commission for many years and has been on the approved list of designers for a long time, so preservation is a frequent topic of conversation in their home and daily life. Several Members expressed that they were comfortable with the Applicant’s level of expertise. Commission Deliberation Ms. Tvede moved that the Landmark Preservation Commission find that Heidi Shuff meets the criteria established by the Commission for the Design Assistance Program for consultants under Items 1 & 2. Examples of compliance with the Secretary of Interior Standards for the treatment of historic buildings are included in the specifics of two professional qualifications, a specific example of which is 529 Sycamore Avenue. Ms. Gensmer seconded. The motion passed 7-0. Mr. Lingle returned to the meeting. Time Reference: 6:19 p.m. 4. 227 AND 231 SOUTH HOWES CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REVIEW Stephan Slezak, Property Owner, Amshel Corporation Staff Report Mr. Weinberg provided the staff report, including an overview of the proposed project, the location, and the process. He said that on this item, the Commission has the ability to make a recommendation to the decision maker on a development project. 2.a Packet Pg. 13 Attachment: Draft 2014 August 13 LPC Minutes (2349 : Minutes of August 13, 2014) City of Fort Collins Page 4 2.a Packet Pg. 14 Attachment: Draft 2014 August 13 LPC Minutes (2349 : Minutes of August 13, 2014) City of Fort Collins Page 5 Applicant Presentation Mr. Slezak explained that with the proposed design they are trying to fit into the neighborhood. He said this is a Craftsman style home similar to 223 South Howes. He purchased the 231 property in 1998 and had conceptualized doing something with the Shingle Style garage, which was used for storage at one time, but is now in disrepair. Part of the conceptual design incorporates some of the Shingle Style architecture in the gables and column bases. They would like to move forward with a design that complements the area. They are considering a breakfast and lunch restaurant on the main level, with possible offices or residential space on the second floor. Public Input None Commission Questions and Discussion In response to a Commission question, Mr. Weinberg clarified that only the building is landmarked, not the land itself. Members also obtained clarification from Staff that they are not discussing whether the property should be divided, but only looking at the style and size of the design. Members inquired as to the design of the buildings on the other sides. Mr. Weinberg stated that the designated house next to the property is Italianate architecture. He said he believed the other one on Olive Street is a single-story Victorian cottage with a front porch. Members asked whether the eligibility had been determined for the Olive Street house, and Mr. Weinberg said he would have to find out. The Applicant stated there were two designated buildings in that triangle area, 231 and 223, both of which are two-story. Three of the non-designated buildings are one-story, and the Cortina is six stories. Members asked whether the existing landscaping was something they need to discuss, and whether that landscaping was historic or mature. The Applicant said the street trees are large Ash trees that belong to the city, and will remain. The Ash tree at 231 is staying. The rest of the current landscaping was installed within the past ten years by the Applicant, and other than a row of hedges, most of it will stay. Members discussed access to the garage, and the Applicant said would be from Canyon. Members asked whether the garage was intended to complement house in terms of style, and the Applicant said that it was. Members asked how the Applicant decided on Craftsman style for this property. The Applicant described having seen a similar house in Salem, Oregon that was stunning, and thought it would look nice in that location. Also, the building at 223 South Howes is Craftsman. Chair Sladek asked the Commission if they had any thoughts on how this development would impact other buildings in the area that are designated or eligible. Since the eligibility of the Olive Street house was not known, Mr. Weinberg asked whether the Commission could discuss it hypothetically, if that would impact the decision. Members asked Senior City Planner, Pete Wray, whether the footprint and magnitude of the proposal would be an obstacle to this development, in terms of FAR (Floor Area Ratio) standards or other concerns. Mr. Wray said at this very early stage in the process, Staff had just asked general questions, although it was determined that adding a residential component above the garage would be an addition of a permitted use. Members asked Mr. Weinberg to show the Google Street View of the neighboring property on Olive Street, which he did. Members commented that it was a smaller building than the others and asked about the distance between it and the proposed building. The Applicant said there would be 10 feet between the buildings. Members asked about the height of the building, and Mr. Weinberg stated it was about 20 feet, but would possibly be raised a few feet to complement neighboring buildings. Members mentioned a recurring concern about new construction dominating surrounding buildings. 2.a Packet Pg. 15 Attachment: Draft 2014 August 13 LPC Minutes (2349 : Minutes of August 13, 2014) City of Fort Collins Page 6 One Member felt that Craftsman style would stick out, and that the Victorian style would be a better fit with the properties on either side, referring to LUC 3.4.7, Paragraph 2, which states that new structures shall be designed to be in character with existing historic structures. Craftsman is a couple of decades later than Victorian. Another Member pointed out that there are other examples of multiple styles on same blocks, and that the bigger concern is the scale of it, in context with the house on Olive Street, if that were eligible. Another Member indicated that building material compatibility was a greater concern than size, with brick being predominant in other buildings in the area. Chair Sladek asked Staff for some direction on the process. Mr. Weinberg said that at this point it’s just a Conceptual Review, so the Commission should provide as much feedback as possible to the Applicant about how the project relates to the Code, and then it will come back to the Commission at some point for another Conceptual or Final Review. Mr. Wray stated that there would be a Type II review with the Planning and Zoning Board for this development, and that the Commission’s comments would be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Board, who would be the decision maker. There would also be two neighborhood meetings associated with this development before the application is submitted for the project development plan, followed by additional rounds of review. Members expressed that they would like to see the project as another Conceptual Review, and would not be comfortable seeing it as a Conceptual and Final Review on the same agenda. Regarding any adverse effect to the existing landmarked property, Members commented that the garages served a purpose on the sites and removing those changes the landscape of the site. Even though the actual demolition of the garages isn’t under review, the concern is more about the garage relative to the house and the site as a whole. Chair Sladek agreed, and noted that he had felt uncomfortable making an administrative decision on eligibility solely about the garages. The way the current Code is written, the eligibility of the garages had to be considered individually, and not with regard to the impact on the entire property. He said that because the garages are not individually eligible, the discussion before the Commission is not one of whether or not the garages should stay. The real issue before them is whether or not the proposed new building would have an adverse effect on the surrounding landmarked or eligible properties. Members suggested that the Applicant could perhaps minimize the impact on the smaller house with a setback, taking care not to encroach upon the properties to the east, as there appears to be plenty of space with which to work. The Applicant asked to respond to the comments. He said that the Commission had discussed keeping the landscaping, and then talked about wiping out the landscaping to allow a bigger buffer between 316 West Olive and the proposed new building. The entire north area behind 316 is paved, the entire side yard is paved, and the only landscaping between the properties is what he put in. He said the objective for the Downtown plan is to maximize land use, and a side yard setback doesn’t maximize land use. When talking about compatibility and massing, the Code says massing can be mitigated through articulation. He pointed out that they have balconies and porches and other design features on the project. He feels this is a simple project, and a sensitive footprint. He said that neighbors have commented that the garages are an eyesore, and he is tearing them down to add value to the Downtown area. He pointed out that he served on the Downtown Development Authority for eight years, was Chairman for four years, has a huge vested interest in the Downtown community, and has a good handle on historic preservation, having won the Friends of Preservation award in the past. He said having so much angst over such a simple project is very upsetting to him. Chair Sladek thanked the Applicant for his comments and said that the Commission will be happy to take another look at the project again as it proceeds, and after they have had some time to think about what has been presented. Time Reference: 7:06 p.m. 5. 412 WOOD STREET LANDMARK DESIGNATION Mary Barraza, Property Owner Staff Report Ms. McWilliams provided the staff report. Applicant Presentation 2.a Packet Pg. 16 Attachment: Draft 2014 August 13 LPC Minutes (2349 : Minutes of August 13, 2014) City of Fort Collins Page 7 None Public Input None Commission Questions and Discussion Chair Sladek noted that the property is referred to as the Crane Property in one place in the Staff Report. Mr. Weinberg said that was an error and should be the Barraza Property. One Member pointed out that there is a newer application form since this application was initiated. Ms. McWilliams said they be using the new form going forward, and for this one, would make the changes to the form and have it re-signed by the owner. Members discussed how the name of an historic building is determined. Mr. Weinberg said they are typically named after the owner who is applying, although it is somewhat arbitrary. Sometimes the property might be named after the most prominent historic person who lived there; sometimes the owner has a name in mind; or sometimes the address itself can be the name. Members inquired about why the property wasn’t also nominated under Standard A. The staff report references a pattern of events in the city, and development of housing for working class people. Members said they would like to see a change to the application to check the box for Standard A as well, and add a little language about that. Commission Deliberation Ms. Tvede moved that the Landmark Preservation Commission recommend that City Council pass an ordinance designating the Barraza Property at 412 Wood Street a Fort Collins Landmark according to City Code Chapter 14, under designation Standards C and A. Ms. Bzdek seconded. Motion passed 8-0. Time Reference: 7:23 p.m. 6. HENRY JESSUP/CAL JOHNSON FARM BUILDINGS, 2902 RIGDEN PARKWAY CONCEPTUAL AND FINAL DESIGN REVIEW – CHANGE ROOFING MATERIAL AND PAINT COLORS Mike & Jeri Schwab, Manager, Rigden Farm Master Homeowners Association Staff Report Ms. McWilliams presented the staff report. Applicant Presentation Ms. Schwab addressed the Commission on behalf of the Homeowners Association. She said that following the recent hail storm, the insurance company determined that the roofs needed 100% replacement, and the paint was at about 70%, so they are seeking to repaint and reroof all five structures. The roofs on the house, garage and bunkhouse are currently in wood shake shingles, and the barn and chicken coop are in composite shingles. The home has been in that location for about 14 years, and has had those materials for at least that long, but they are unsure when the changes were made to the barn and chicken coop. The Homeowners Association is interested in gaining uniformity by roofing all five structures in the same material. They have looked at a fire retardant wood shake and also an impact resistant composite shingle. Their preference is the impact resistant shingle. They have chosen a Classic Heritage color called Weathered Wood which they believe maintains the historic character of the buildings. It has a nice fire safety rating, and also has an impact resistance that will help it stand up well to hail. The impact resistant shingles are $29,710 to replace all buildings, and the fire retardant wood shake is $52,883, so there is a significant price difference. In terms of the painting, they have chosen a slightly different color of beige without quite as much taupe in it. They have chosen a deep burgundy from Benjamin Moore’s historical collection as an accent color to be used minimally around the facings of the doors, windows and trim, but not the eaves. Ms. Schwab passed a sample of the roofing and paint colors to the Commission. Public Input None 2.a Packet Pg. 17 Attachment: Draft 2014 August 13 LPC Minutes (2349 : Minutes of August 13, 2014) City of Fort Collins Page 8 Commission Questions and Discussion One Member pointed out that the staff report stated that these buildings were white, but they are actually beige in the photos. The Applicant said they were currently beige, but were white at one time long ago. Members asked for clarification about whether the shingles were all the same wood shingles, historically, which Ms. McWilliams confirmed. She said that the information they have in the office is that currently the wood roofs are wood shingles, not wood shake shingle, and the others are composite. Members discussed whether the change in colors and materials would impact the integrity of the buildings and their significance as landmarked structures. They discussed the pros and cons of using wood roofs in Colorado, including the fact that insurance requires that wood roofs be fire retardant. One Member noted that many jurisdictions have outlawed wood shingles over the last 20 years, and that even the State Historic Fund had made exceptions with regard to grants in those cases. Members confirmed with the Applicant that the ball caps and finials on the roofs would be preserved, noting that would be important. Members and Staff discussed that the barn and chicken coop would likely have originally been wood shingle as well, based on the best estimate of when they were constructed. When discussing the colors, Members agreed that the color choices were fine. Some Members stated a strong preference for wood shingles on all of the structures, based on Standard 2, citing distinctive materials. Others said that while they preferred wood, the cost differential and practical considerations might influence their opinion. Some Members felt that composite shingles were acceptable. There was some discussion about the idea that the house and barn were the signature buildings, and that perhaps those roofs could be replaced with wood shingles, and use composite for the other buildings. Ms. McWilliams confirmed that at the time the buildings were designated, at least two of the five buildings did not have wood shingles. The Applicant said the HOA Board wanted uniformity. Members pointed out that since this is not a restoration project, it doesn’t make sense to require the Applicant to upgrade materials. One Member commented that the reason there are financial incentives available is to do upgrades like this. The Applicant said one of the main financial incentives is a tax credit, but the HOA is a non- profit, so they would not benefit from that. Commission Deliberation Members agreed to break this item into two motions, one for color and one for the roofing. Mr. Ernest moved that the Landmark Preservation Commission approve, on Conceptual and Final Design Review, the use of Philadelphia Cream (HC-30) for the body, and Hadley Red (HC-65) for trim, for the five buildings at the Henry Jessup / Cal Johnson Farm at 2902 Rigden Parkway under applicable Code sections 14-48 and Secretary of Interior Standards for rehabilitations, finding that they meet the standards. Ms. Gensmer seconded. Motion passed 8-0. Ms. Tvede moved that the Landmark Preservation Commission recommend that the Ridgen Farm repairs use all wood shingles on all buildings on the farm under Alteration Code 14-48, Secretary of Interior Standards 5 & 9. Ms. Dunn seconded. Motion failed 2-6 with Gensmer, Zink, Lingle, Ernest, Bzdek and Sladek opposed. Members discussed the application of Standard 6 with regard to matching the old materials, but noted that they would have to be able to document what the original materials were. Members asked to clarify what the original roofing materials were. Ms. McWilliams said we know that currently three of the buildings have wood, and the other two have asphalt, but we don’t know for a fact what the original was. 2.a Packet Pg. 18 Attachment: Draft 2014 August 13 LPC Minutes (2349 : Minutes of August 13, 2014) City of Fort Collins Page 9 Members asked the Applicant whether the insurance company was willing to fund wood roofs. The Applicant answered that insurance would cover $30,739, leaving them short by just over $22,000. The current wood shingle material cannot be replaced, as it is not insurable at all. Chair Sladek suggested that the HOA could take up the issue with their insurance company, particularly if the City was requiring them to use wood. A Member asked what the Commission wanted to achieve, whether it was restoring the historic appearance back to the original materials, the current materials, or something else. Members discussed that this is not a restoration project, but rather a stabilization project. Some expressed that it would be unfair to ask the Applicant to use wood on the barn and outbuildings. Ms. Dunn moved that the Landmark Preservation Commission approve the replacement of damaged wood shingles on the farmhouse, garden shed and garage with fireproof wood shingles, and replace the damaged composite shingles on the on the chicken coop and barn with the Heritage IR shingles. No second. Motion failed. Ms. Zink moved that the Landmark Preservation Commission approve, on Conceptual and Final Design Review, the installation of impact resistant asphalt shingles on all five structures on the Rigden Farms complex, retaining the ball finials and ridge caps. Ms. Bzdek seconded. Motion passed 6-2 with Tvede and Dunn dissenting. Time Reference: 8:06 p.m. 7. DISCUSSION: NAMING OF COY-HOFFMAN OPEN SPACE Staff Report None Commission Questions and Discussion Chair Sladek introduced the discussion. Members discussed what names were being considered by Council. It was mentioned that some Councilmembers had objected to the name “Coy-Hoffman”, feeling that using an individual’s name might imply that the individual donated the land to the City. Members suggested that adding the word “Farm” to the name should alleviate that objection. The name “Winding Rivers” was also among the names being considered by Council. Also being considered was a name referencing an Arapaho name or word. Members noted that using a Native American term should not be done without consulting the appropriate tribe. The Coy-Hoffman Farm or Coy Farm names were initially mentioned as preferences. One Member suggested using “Homestead” rather than “Farm” in the name, pointing out that it was one of the first settlements in the area. Other Members concurred with the use of “Homestead”. Members discussed several strong arguments for the Coy-Hoffman Homestead name idea, first from a geographic standpoint with its proximity to the river and to Downtown; also honoring an important founding family of our city, the pioneers that settled the land, and the farm that supplied Camp Collins; and to recognize some of the lost historic structures. There was additional discussion about what the word “homestead” implies, and Members noted that we have many designations of farms, but not many that recognize homesteads. A comment was also made that if the name includes “Homestead”, it would need to be the “Coy Homestead”, since the Coy family settled here first. The name Coy-Hoffman Farm would also be appropriate. Commission Deliberation Ms. Dunn moved that the Landmark Preservation Commission recommend to Council the name of either “The Coy Homestead Natural Area” or “The Coy-Hoffman Farm Natural Area”. Ms. Bzdek seconded. Motion passed 8-0. Chair Sladek said he would include the arguments suggested by the Commission in his letter to City Council, and should be able to write the letter the following day in order to submit it to Council for consideration at their September 19th meeting. 2.a Packet Pg. 19 Attachment: Draft 2014 August 13 LPC Minutes (2349 : Minutes of August 13, 2014) City of Fort Collins Page 10  OTHER BUSINESS None  ADJOURNMENT Chair Sladek adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m. 2.a Packet Pg. 20 Attachment: Draft 2014 August 13 LPC Minutes (2349 : Minutes of August 13, 2014) Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 1 STAFF REPORT September 10, 2014 Landmark Preservation Commission PROJECT NAME 220 REMINGTON STREET LANDMARK DESIGNATION STAFF Josh Weinberg, City Planner PROJECT INFORMATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this item is to consider the application for Fort Collins Landmark designation of 220 Remington Street, the Bode Property. APPLICANT: Colleen Scholz, Property Owner. OWNER: Colleen Scholz RECOMMENDATION: Staff finds that the Bode Property qualifies for Landmark designation under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Standard C. If the Landmark Preservation Commission determines that the property is eligible under this standard, then the Commission may pass a resolution recommending City Council pass an ordinance designating the Bode Property as a Fort Collins Landmark according to City Code Chapter 14 under Designation Standard C. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The property at 220 Remington Street is significant under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Standard C for embodying distinctive characteristics of an architectural type and period. Specifically, this intact and unmodified early twentieth century dwelling is locally significant as a noteworthy example of modest working class Vernacular Masonry architecture in Fort Collins. If its original date of 1884 is correct, it is one of the declining numbers of very early Fort Collins homes still extant. Its modifications appear to pre-date 1901 and are themselves significant components of the house, reflecting early architectural practices to enhance the utility of small dwellings. No evidence was found to indicate important associations with historic events, patterns of events, or important people. However, it is representative of early residential development on the east side of College Avenue and is one of several historic homes on the same block. ATTACHMENTS 1. Designation Application (DOC) 2. Map (PDF) 3. Photographs (DOCX) 4. 1948 Historic Photograph (JPG) 3 Packet Pg. 21 Revised 08-2014 Page 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 220 Remington Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524 Legal Description: BEG NW COR TR 1 OAKPARK PUD 12-7-69; TH S 00 00' 00" E 196.18 FT TPOB; TH N 90 00' 00" E 140 FT; TH S 00 00' 00" E 53.82 FT; TH N 90 00' 00" W 140 FT; TH N 00 00' 00" E 53.82 FT TPOB Property Name (historic and/or common): The Bode Property OWNER INFORMATION: Name: Colleen Scholz Email: colleen7@frii.com Phone: 970-420-1027 Address: 525 N Whitcomb St. Fort Collins, CO 80521 CLASSIFICATION Category Ownership Status Present Use Existing Designation Building Public Occupied Commercial Nat’l Register Structure Private Unoccupied Educational State Register Site Religious Object Residential District Entertainment Government Other FORM PREPARED BY: Name and Title: Cristina Maguire, Historic Preservation Intern Address: P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 Phone: 970-416-2283 DATE: 08/27/2014 Planning, Development & Transportation Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.41 6.2740 970.22 4.6134- fax fcgov.c om 3.a Packet Pg. 22 Attachment: Designation Application (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 2 TYPE OF DESIGNATION and BOUNDARIES Individual Landmark Property Landmark District Explanation of Boundaries: The boundaries of the property being designated as a Fort Collins Landmark correspond to the legal description of the property, above. SIGNIFICANCE Properties are eligible for designation if they possess significance, which is the importance of a site, structure, object or district to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture of our community, State or Nation. For designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Fort Collins Landmark Districts properties must meet one (1) or more of the following standards: Standard A: Events. This property is associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. It is associated with either (or both) of these two (2) types of events: 1. A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or 2. A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. Standard B: Persons/Groups. This property is associated with the lives of persons or groups of persons recognizable in the history of the community, State or Nation whose specific contributions to that history can be identified and documented. Standard C: Design/Construction. This property embodies the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; represents the work of a craftsman or architect whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality; possesses high artistic values or design concepts; or is part of a recognizable and distinguishable group of properties. Standard D: Information potential. This property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. 3.a Packet Pg. 23 Attachment: Designation Application (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 3 EXTERIOR INTEGRITY Properties are eligible for designation if they possess exterior integrity, which is the ability of a site, structure, object or district to be able to convey its significance. The exterior integrity of a resource is based on the degree to which it retains all or some of seven (7) aspects or qualities: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. All seven qualities do not need to be present for a site, structure, object or district to be eligible as long as the overall sense of past time and place is evident. Standard A: Location. This property is located where it was originally constructed or where an historic event occurred. Standard B: Design. This property retains a combination of elements that create its historic form, plan space, structure, and style. Standard C: Setting. This property retains a character and relationship with its surroundings that reflect how and where it was originally situated in relation to its surrounding features and open space. Standard D: Materials. This property retains much of the historic physical elements that originally formed the property. Standard E: Workmanship. This property possesses evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. This consists of evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering the building, structure or site. Standard F: Feeling. This property expresses the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time. This results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property's historic character. Standard G: Association. This property retains an association, or serves as a direct link to, an important historic event or person. It retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property's historic character. 3.a Packet Pg. 24 Attachment: Designation Application (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 4 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY (Please describe why the property is significant, relative to the Standard(s) above, and how it possesses exterior integrity.) Per Colorado Historical Society Report, 1996: This intact and unmodified early twentieth century dwelling is locally significant as a noteworthy example of modest working class Vernacular Masonry architecture in Fort Collins. If its original date of 1884 is correct, it is one of the declining numbers of very early Fort Collins homes still extant. Its modifications appear to pre-date 1901 and are themselves significant components of the house, reflecting early architectural practices to enhance the utility of small dwellings. No evidence was found to indicate important associations with historic events, patterns of events, or important people. Its architectural importance is insufficient to qualify the property as individual eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places or for Local Landmark designation. However, it is representative of early residential development on the east side of College Avenue and is one of several historic homes on the same block; it would therefore qualify as a contributing element of a National Register or locally designated historic residential district including the 200 block of Remington Street. 3.a Packet Pg. 25 Attachment: Designation Application (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 5 HISTORICAL INFORMATION (Please include city directory research and/or a title search if the property is important for its association with a significant person.) Originally constructed in about 1884, this small dwelling appears to have served as modest working class housing for a succession of tenants throughout the twentieth century. 1 Its original owner and early (late-nineteenth century) history is obscure. The earliest documented residents were Theodore and Elizabeth Bode, who occupied the dwelling in 1902. 2 By 1908 H.A. and Edna Benning lived at 220 Remington; H.A. Benning was a foreman for the Great Western Sugar Company. 3 In 1909, Arthur J. and Louise Whistleman had taken up residence in the dwelling. Mr. Whistleman was a bookkeeper for the Commercial Bank and Trust Company on North College Avenue. 4 One of the longer spans of occupancy was from about 1911 to 1919, when Benjamin F. and Cora Replodge resided here. 5 In the 1920’s the house was lived in by Merle G. and Bernice Wrigley (1922), followed by Charles and Zella Crabill and W. E. Hurdle (1925). 6 In 1927 it was used for a podiatric business called Corrective Foot Fitters (Margaret Beeman and John Sendel), but by 1929 a widow, Alta Hildebrandt, was listed as its occupant. 7 In the 1930’s, the small house was home to Harry C. and Katherine Eaton (1931–1938). 8 By 1940 Forest and Bernice Kennedy had moved in, and the Kennedy family remained here at least until 1968. 9 Throughout the 1990s and 2000s the house was rented to a series of short term tenants, including several Colorado State University students. 10 In July 2014, Colleen Scholz purchased the property from Edward K. Russell. 11 Scholz now requests the property be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark. 1220 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, Larimer County Assessor Property Information, accessed August 28, 2014, http://www.larimer.org/assessor/query/Detail.cfm?PropertyTypeVar=Residential&BuildingIDVar=1&NumVar=R1655900&direct=1. 2 Fort Collins City Directory, 1902, 41. 3 Fort Collins City Directory, 1908, 19. 4 Fort Collins City Directory, 1909–10, 154. 5 Fort Collins City Directory, 1910–11, 94; Larimer County Directory, 1913–14, 75; Larimer County Directory, 1917, 142; Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County Directory, 1919, 168. 6 Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County Directory, 1922, 146; Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County Directory, 1925, 53. 7 Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County Directory, 1927, 60, 216; Fort Collins City Directory, 1929, 227. 8 Fort Collins City Directory, 1931, 65, 204; Fort Collins City Directory, 1933, 54; Fort Collins City Directory, 1938, 55. 9 Fort Collins City Directory, 1940, 59; Fort Collins City Directory, 1964, 303. 10 Historic Building Inventory of 220 Remington Street, Fort Collins, March 31, 1996, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historic Society on file at Fort Collins Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. 11 Edward K Russell, Special Warranty Deed, to Colleen Scholz, July 29, 2014, Larimer County Public Search, accessed August 28, 2014, http://www.larimer.org/clerk/search/showdetails.aspx?CFN=20140041755&MultiLimitField=SendToAppraiser. 3.a Revised 08-2014 Page 6 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: estimate-1884 Architect/Builder: unknown Building Materials: stone, brick with wood frame enclosed rear porch Architectural Style: vernacular masonry Description: (Please include any special features of the property/surroundings, as well as dates and descriptions of any additions or alterations to the buildings or structures.) Per Colorado Historical Society Report, 1996: This small one-story vernacular masonry dwelling is situated on the east side of Remington Street, between Oak and Olive Streets. It is a modest-sized dwelling constructed of brick (painted over), which sits upon a stone foundation, now plastered over. The house is composed of several elements, together creating an irregular floor plan. What appears to be the original portion of the house is cross gabled, or “T” shaped structure, composed of a side gabled front wing, with a perpendicular gabled wing extending behind the front wing. A large centered gable extends from the roof of the front portions of the house. The roofs of the cross-gabled portion of the house are moderately pitched and are clad with asphalt shingles. Overlapping “fish scale” shingles are applied to the face of the front (west facing) gable. The front entry is offset slightly to the right (south) and is covered by a distinctive and substantial gabled wooden canopy supported by massive milled wooden brackets, which must have been added in later years. The cross-gabled portion is symmetrically fenestrated with double hung, one-over-one windows with arched tops and wooden lug sills. Near each end of the front façade are two windows, each with a decorative lintel made of protruding brick header voussoirs which continue partially down the sides of the windows. Each side of the side-gabled front wing of the house is penetrated by similar arched windows without the elaborate protruding brick lintels. Two brick chimneys are found on the cross-gabled portion of the house, including one located at the intersection of the gables, and another on the peak of the end-gabled rear wing, towards the back of the house. A very old addition to the house is attached to its south side; this is a low, flat-roofed brick addition with a small parapet front wall on the west side which contains another entry. This second west entry is also topped with a gabled hood supported by massive wooden brackets. This wing is also equipped with arch topped, double-hung windows. A chimney exits the flat roof of this south addition. There are also two shed-roofed additions at the rear of the dwelling. One is a small shed-roofed utility space attached to the back of the original gabled wing, which is clad with vertical board and batten siding, and lacking doors or windows. Another, more substantial enclosed back porch addition is affixed at the rear of the flat-roofed brick south addition. This enclosed rear porch has a shed roof, and is clad with clapboard siding as well as numerous multi-pane windows. A wedge- shaped concrete basement stairwell extends east from this glazed rear porch, adjacent to the rear porch entry. The house appears to be in good condition (as of 1996). It has a tiny front yard which is landscaped with grass and hedges. It has no back yard, and the area behind this house is asphalt paved. This small house was reportedly constructed in 1884, and the architecture of the “T” shaped portion of the house is consistent with this early date. Sanborn map coverage of this area of Fort Collins was not available until 1901, and by that time the house appears to have the same configuration as at present. Thus, it appears that all the additions on this house are pre-1901 (although some materials replacement may have occurred over 3.a Packet Pg. 27 Attachment: Designation Application (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 7 time). Building permits on record for the 1920-1950 period reveal that the dwelling was remodeled around October 1926 (Permit No.1549), and that is July of 1939 another permit (No.5852) was issued for remodeling of porches and re-flooring. The house was improved repeatedly in the 1940’s. It was remodeled in 1941 (Permit No.655), and in 1943 a permit (No.7277) was issued for basement remodeling and re-roofing of the garage (no longer extant). Composition shingle roofing was applied in 1943, and in 1948 a permit (No.10891) was issued for additional basement remodeling and extension of the garage. Most of these improvements were internal, and the house appears to have retained most, if not all, of its 1901 configuration. 3.a Packet Pg. 28 Attachment: Designation Application (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 8 REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) Colorado Historical Society, Historic Building Inventory, 1996 completed by Jason Marmor Citing: Fort Collins city directories, 1902-1995; Sanborn fire insurance maps, 1886-1925; bound Record of Building Permits 1920-1950; Christian J. Schoeman, Survey of Historic Structures Located Within the Fort Collins Downtown Development Area, 1983. Larimer County Assessor’s Records 3.a Packet Pg. 29 Attachment: Designation Application (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 9 AGREEMENT The undersigned owner(s) hereby agrees that the property described herein be considered for local historic landmark designation, pursuant to the Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. I understand that upon designation, I or my successors will be requested to notify the Secretary of the Landmark Preservation Commission at the City of Fort Collins prior to the occurrence of any of the following: Preparation of plans for reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of the improvements on the property, or; Preparation of plans for construction of, addition to, or demolition of improvements on the property DATED this __________________ day of _______________________________, 201___. _____________________________________________________ Owner Name (please print) _____________________________________________________ Owner Signature State of ___________________________) )ss. County of __________________________) Subscribed and sworn before me this _________ day of ___________________, 201____, by _____________________________________________________________________. Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires _________________________. _____________________________________________________ Notary 3.a Packet Pg. 30 Attachment: Designation Application (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) Young Peoples Learning Center Library Park Oak St Plaza Park «¬287 E Oak St Mathews St E Olive St E Magnolia St W Olive St W Magnolia St Remington St S College Ave W Mountain Ave E Mountain Ave 220 Remington St 1 inch = 200 © feet Site 3.b Packet Pg. 31 Attachment: Map (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) 220 Remington Street, Fort Collins Landmark Designation Western Elevation (Entrance of House) Western Elevation with Neighboring Properties 3.c Packet Pg. 32 Attachment: Photographs (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) Eastern and Northern Elevations Northern and Western Elevations 3.c Packet Pg. 33 Attachment: Photographs (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) Eastern Elevation (Rear of House) Eastern and Southern Elevations 3.c Packet Pg. 34 Attachment: Photographs (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) Southern Elevation Southern Elevation 3.c Packet Pg. 35 Attachment: Photographs (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation) 3.d Packet Pg. 36 Attachment: 1948 Historic Photograph Agenda Item 4 Item # 4 Page 1 STAFF REPORT September 10, 2014 Landmark Preservation Commission PROJECT NAME 508 REMINGTON LANDMARK DESIGNATION STAFF Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner PROJECT INFORMATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this item is to request the Commission’s consideration of the Walker/MacDowell Property at 508 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark. APPLICANT: James L. MacDowell, III, Property Owner RECOMMENDATION: Staff finds that the Walker/MacDowell Property qualifies for Landmark designation under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Standard C. If the Landmark Preservation Commission determines that the property is eligible under this standard, then the Commission may pass a resolution recommending City Council pass an ordinance designating the Walker/MacDowell Property as a Fort Collins Landmark according to City Code Chapter 14 under Designation Standard C. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND: The Walker/MacDowell Property, located at 508 Remington Street, is an outstanding example of the Queen Anne architectural style, popular in Fort Collins during the late-nineteenth century. Already listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing element of the Laurel School National Register District, it is being nominated for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark under Designation Standard C, both for its embodiment of the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; and for its high artistic values and design concepts. Constructed circa 1889, this building’s distinctive features include a notable arched front window with detailed brick patterns, multiple gables each adorned with fish scale and other imbricated shingles, an unusual amount of decorative brick patterns on the walls, including corbelling, a prominent front entry under second floor balcony, and steeply pitched roofs. The building retains a high degree of integrity. A small addition was made to the southeast corner of the home in circa 1965; however, it is nearly invisible from the public street and does not detract from the historic character of this home. The property is located in the Laurel School National Register District, in a residential setting of predominantly late nineteenth and early twentieth century residential properties. Limited alterations to the property and to the surrounding neighborhood have helped to preserve its setting and feeling, and the Walker/MacDowell Property relates to and contributes to the neighborhood’s context. COMMISSION ACTION: The Landmark Preservation Commission shall make a recommendation to Council regarding the request for Landmark designation of the Walker/MacDowell Property, 508 Remington Street. 4 Packet Pg. 37 Agenda Item 4 Item # 4 Page 2 REVIEW CRITERIA: Municipal Code Section 14-5, Standards for determining the eligibility of sites, structures, objects and districts for designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Landmark Districts, provides the criteria for determining the eligibility of a property for Landmark designation. It states, “Properties eligible for designation must possess both significance and exterior integrity. In making a determination of eligibility, the context of the area surrounding the property shall be considered.” Standards for determining significance: A. Events. Properties may be determined to be significant if they are associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. A property can be associated with either (or both) of two (2) types of events: 1. A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or 2. A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. B. Persons/Groups. Properties may be determined to be significant if they are associated with the lives of persons or groups of persons recognizable in the history of the community, State or Nation whose specific contributions to that history can be identified and documented. C. Design/Construction. Properties may be determined to be significant if they embody the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; represent the work of a craftsman or architect whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality; possess high artistic values or design concepts; or are part of a recognizable and distinguishable group of properties. This standard applies to such disciplines as formal and vernacular architecture, landscape architecture, engineering and artwork, by either an individual or a group. A property can be significant not only for the way it was originally constructed or crafted, but also for the way it was adapted at a later period, or for the way it illustrates changing tastes, attitudes, and/or uses over a period of time. Examples are residential buildings which represent the socioeconomic classes within a community, but which frequently are vernacular in nature and do not have high artistic values. D. Information potential. Properties may be determined to be significant if they have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Standards for determining exterior integrity: a. Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred. b. Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan space, structure and style of a property. c. Setting is the physical environment of a historic property. Whereas location refers to the specific place where a property was built or an event occurred, setting refers to the character of the place. It involves how, not just where, the property is situated and its relationship to the surrounding features and open space. d. Materials are the physical elements that form a historic property. e. Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. It is the evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering a building, structure or site. f. Feeling is a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period or time. It results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property's historic character. g. Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. A property retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property's historic character. Context: The area required for evaluating a resource's context is dependent on the type and location of the resource. A house located in the middle of a residential block could be evaluated in the context of the buildings on both sides of the block, while a house located on a corner may require a different contextual area. 4 Packet Pg. 38 Agenda Item 4 Item # 4 Page 3 ATTACHMENTS 1. 508 Remington Photos (DOCX) 2. 508 Remington Nomination (DOC) 3. 508 Remington Application (DOCX) 4. 508 Remington Resolution (DOCX) 5. 508 Remington Site Map (PDF) 4 Packet Pg. 39 THE WALKER/MacDOWELL PROPERTY, 508 REMINGTON STREET Front (West) and Side (South) Elevations, July 2014 Front (West) Elevation, July 2014 4.a Packet Pg. 40 Attachment: 508 Remington Photos (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Side (South) Elevation, July 2014 Side (South) Elevation, July 2014 4.a Packet Pg. 41 Attachment: 508 Remington Photos (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Side (South) Elevation, July 2014 4.a Packet Pg. 42 Attachment: 508 Remington Photos (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Rear (East) Elevation, July 2014 Side (North) Elevation, July 2014 4.a Packet Pg. 43 Attachment: 508 Remington Photos (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 508 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80524 Legal Description: Lot 7, Block 135, Fort Collins Property Name (historic and/or common): The Walker/MacDowell Property OWNER INFORMATION: Name: James L. MacDowell, III Phone: 720-675-9381 Email: james.macdowell@gmail.com Address: 508 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 CLASSIFICATION Category Ownership Status Present Use Existing Designation Building Public Occupied Commercial Nat’l Register Structure Private Unoccupied Educational State Register Site Religious Object Residential District Entertainment Government Other FORM PREPARED BY: Name and Title: Mitchell Schaefer, Historic Preservation Intern Address: City of Fort Collins, Advanced Planning Department, P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80522 Phone: 970-416-2283 Email: mschaefer@fcgov.com Relationship to Owner: None DATE: Prepared 2 September 2014. Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.41 0 970.22 4- fax fcgov.c 4.b Packet Pg. 44 Attachment: 508 Remington Nomination (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 2 TYPE OF DESIGNATION and BOUNDARIES Individual Landmark Property Landmark District Explanation of Boundaries: The boundaries of the property being designated as a Fort Collins Landmark correspond to the legal description of the property, above. The property consists of one Queen Anne, Victorian style home. No other structures or buildings at present exist on the property. SIGNIFICANCE Properties are eligible for designation if they possess significance, which is the importance of a site, structure, object or district to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture of our community, State or Nation. For designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Fort Collins Landmark Districts properties must meet one (1) or more of the following standards: Standard A: Events. This property is associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. It is associated with either (or both) of these two (2) types of events: 1. A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or 2. A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. Standard B: Persons/Groups. This property is associated with the lives of persons or groups of persons recognizable in the history of the community, State or Nation whose specific contributions to that history can be identified and documented. Standard C: Design/Construction. This property embodies the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; represents the work of a craftsman or architect whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality; possesses high artistic values or design concepts; or is part of a recognizable and distinguishable group of properties. Standard D: Information potential. This property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. 4.b Packet Pg. 45 Attachment: 508 Remington Nomination (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 3 EXTERIOR INTEGRITY Properties are eligible for designation if they possess exterior integrity, which is the ability of a site, structure, object or district to be able to convey its significance. The exterior integrity of a resource is based on the degree to which it retains all or some of seven (7) aspects or qualities: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. All seven qualities do not need to be present for a site, structure, object or district to be eligible as long as the overall sense of past time and place is evident. Standard A: Location. This property is located where it was originally constructed or where an historic event occurred. Standard B: Design. This property retains a combination of elements that create its historic form, plan space, structure, and style. Standard C: Setting. This property retains a character and relationship with its surroundings that reflect how and where it was originally situated in relation to its surrounding features and open space. Standard D: Materials. This property retains much of the historic physical elements that originally formed the property. Standard E: Workmanship. This property possesses evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. This consists of evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering the building, structure or site. Standard F: Feeling. This property expresses the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period or time. This results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property's historic character. Standard G: Association. This property retains an association, or serves as a direct link to, an important historic event or person. It retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property's historic character. 4.b Packet Pg. 46 Attachment: 508 Remington Nomination (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 4 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY The house at 508 Remington Street meets the Landmark Designation Significance Standard C for its architectural merits as a nicely detailed, well-preserved example of a Queen Anne style residence. The beautifully intricate brickwork on the exterior walls is particularly detailed. While the 1965 addition to the rear, southeast corner of the home is somewhat uncharacteristic and anachronistic to this home’s original style, it remains hidden from the front street view and does not detract from the historic character of this home. Furthermore, this home is a contributing element of the Laurel School Historical District that was listed in the National and State Registers of Historic Places in 1980.1 1 Laurel School Historic District, State and National Historic Registers by County, History Colorado website, accessed September 2, 2014, http://www.historycolorado.org/archaeologists/larimer-county#fort. 4.b Packet Pg. 47 Attachment: 508 Remington Nomination (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 5 HISTORICAL INFORMATION The Queen Anne style home now located at 508 Remington Street was built, according to Larimer County tax records, in about 1889. Unfortunately, information concerning the builder or the architect is currently unavailable. John H. C. Walker, who is variously listed in the Fort Collins City Directories as a stockman, investor, and "capitalist," resided in the house with his wife Daisy between 1902 and 1909. Documentation concerning the home unfortunately does not exist prior to 1902. Therefore it is possible that the Walkers, or anyone else for that matter, lived at the residence prior to that year. Who the first owner or resident was is unknown. Subsequent residents and owners of the house included contractor Jonas Finger (1913–14, 1927); G. Fred Wiard (1922); real estate developer George Pastor (1925, 1933-36); farmer W.R. Drake (1929–31); Azel VanDyke (1938–40); Colorado A&M professors Lester and Margaret Stimmel (1946–48); and widow Dora Anderson (1952–69). In 1954, during Mrs. Anderson's ownership, the house was listed as a “rooming & boarding house” for students attending Colorado A&M (later Colorado State University), and has apparenlty continued that role ever since. Chad Doverspike and Tara Tyger purchased the residence in 1999 and then sold it to the current owner, James L. MacDowell, III, in May 2014. Since the 1930s several repairs and maintenance efforts have been made to upkeep the home. Onwers replaced the shingled roof in 1936, 1944, and again in 2013. In 1946 Lester Stimmel, then the owner, remodeled the basement and later insulated the home in 1948. Stimmel’s 1946 basement remodel may have altered the entryway on the rear (east) side of the home. In 1965, a shed-roofed enclosed wooden porch set on cinder blocks was added to the southeast corner of the house. Other repairs include the addition of a new fence for the back yard in 1953, new furnaces in 1997, and repairs to the outside walls in 2004. New windows and “hand doors” were installed in 1954, but otherwise building permits indicate the home has retained an excellent degree of its nineteenth-century integrity. It remains a prime example of the Queen Anne home style of the late Victorian era in American architecture. 4.b Packet Pg. 48 Attachment: 508 Remington Nomination (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 6 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: c. 1889 Architect/Builder: Unknown Building Materials: Sandstone foundation, brick walls, wood ornamentation, asphalt shingle roof Architectural Style: Queen Anne, Victorian Description: This vernacular Queen Anne style house is an irregularly shaped, two-story brick structure with multiple gables on its front (west) elevation and single gables on the remaining three elevations. All gables are moderately pitched with boxed eaves. The front (west) and side (south) gable fronts feature decorative coursed and fishscale shingles painted pink, white, and dark purple. The building has a rough cut coursed sandstone foundation that is exposed on all elevations with brick walls set in stretcher bond with two corbelled patterns wrapping around the entire home, one only a few feet above the ground and the other just below the roof eaves. The outter brick layer is primarily painted an off-white cream. The main, front (west) façade includes double gables with the lower gable encompassed by the higher one and sitting slightly to the south of the higher. On the northwest corner of the main façade is a projecting, open, one story porch, which was repaired in 2004, that has a brick closed rail capped by sandstone. The cement porch leads to the front entry way and has a flat wood beadboard ceiling supported by four simple and unadorned wooden posts, which were also added as part of the 2004 repairs. The roof of the porch also serves as the base for the second story, open, and uncovered balcony which is surrounded on the west, north, and partially on the south sides by simple wood carved balusters. The glass panelled front door with a transom light is located within the porch an is accompanied by an ornate, and possibly historical, hanging lamp. Windows are primarily one-over-one single-hung windows. The main window on the front façade is arched and set in an elaborate brick surround with corbelled pilasters and sandstone sill. Second-story windows feature carved wood surrounds. The south elevation bears a single gable decorated to match the front double gables. Below the gable opening and its single-hung window with carved framing rests a decorative checker corbelled brick pattern painted to match the home. Another similar corbelled brick pattern, though somewhat less ornate, is found on the same elevation west of the former. A second upper-story inswing casement window rests directly above the easternmost first-story window. The two lower level single-hung windows on the south elevation are surrounded by simple wood frames and encased by sandstone lintels and sills. The rough-cut sandstone foundation is exposed on the lower portion of the elevation. The south elevation also bears the entryway added as part of the 1965 addition. That entry way faces west as the addition protrudes slightly from the south elevation. Three cement stairs lead up to that entryway with a metal pipe raling painted white. The 1965 addition protrudes from the southeast corner of the structure and is supported by a cinderblock fondation set in stretcher bond. The transite siding surrounds the entire extension on the west, south, and eastern sides forming part of the south and east elevations of the house. As mentioned before, the entry way to the addition from the outside is located on the south elevation of the home and faces west. The south side of the addition includes two inswing casement windows surrounded by a simple wood frames and wooden sills. The east side of the addition bears a single inswing casement window surrounded by a wood frame and a double-hung window also surrounded by a wood frame. The transite siding of the addition ends abruptly, as does the cinderblock foundation, as it meets the original brick and sandstone structure on the east elevation. The shed-roof of the addition slops slightly down to the south and the boxed eaves are covered by one rain gutter extending the length of the addition’s entire south side. Like the rest of the house, the addition’s roof is topped by asphalt roll roofing. The rear (east) elevation bears one gable pierced by a brick chimney set in stretcher bond. Unlike the other elevations, this gable bears few decorative fishscale shingles, which are pained white 4.b Packet Pg. 49 Attachment: 508 Remington Nomination (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 7 and dark brown. The rest of the gable is covered by siding and two second-story windows. The smaller window bears a single-hung window surrounded by a wood frame. The larger is a single- hung window also surrounded by a carved wood frame. The lower level of the east elevation is topped by a hipped roof, that is interupted on the west side by its intersection with the larger structure. The east portion of the first floor includes a small single pane window and a larger single-hung window surrounded by a wood frame which is encased by sandstone lintel and sill. The top of entryway into the east elevation is almost flush with the top of the exposed sandstone foundation so one must walk down from the ground level via a short series of cement steps to reach the doorway. The door includes a transom window surrounded by a wood frame and topped by a sandstone lintel. It seems this entryway was originally a simple door entry that did not require one to walk down to another level. Instead it was likely a door way capped by sandstone. Lester Stimmel’s basement renovations in 1946 seem to have altered that doorway to become an entrance direclty to the basement. The east portion of the north elevation bears a fourth entryway into the home surrounded by a wood frame and topped by a transom light and sandstone lintel. Another single-hung window sits to the west of that door and is also surrounded by a wood frame and encased by sandstone lintel and sill. The north elevation includes a protruding portion of the home that is topped by another gable adorned with fishscale shingles that have been painted white to match the home. On the rear (east) side of the protrusion is what seems to have been another doorway topped by transom light and sandstone lintel, but has since been closed off with horizontal wood boards. The north side of the protrusion includes a gable, one second-story single-hung window surrounded by carved wood frame, and two taller single-hung windows on the first floor that are surrounded by simple wood frames and ecased with sandstone lintel and sill. The front (west) side of the protrusion includes another first floor single-hung window surrounded by wood frame and bears the vernacular sandstone lintel and sill. To the west of the protrusion in the home’s structure is a final single-hung window also set in wood frame with sandstone lintel and sill. The roof is pierced by three brick chimneys; the main exterior chimney is located on the south side and has a corbelled collar. Other details include a simple decorative brick panel on the exterior chimney, and brickwork sill and string courses. The roof is topped with asphalt corning shingles. 4.b Packet Pg. 50 Attachment: 508 Remington Nomination (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 8 REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) Ching, Francis D. K. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. City of Fort Collins city directories, 1902–2005, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. City of Fort Collins building permits, 1936–2014, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. Information from the Fort Collins Midtown Historic District Survey. Larimery County Assessor Property Information, Property Tax Years 2005–07, 2014. Marmor, Jason. City of Fort Collins Architectural Property Reconnaissance Survey Form, Eastside Neighborhood Survey Project, 508 Remington Street, 1998, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. McAlester, Viriginia Savage. A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Michell, Elizabeth, Local Historic Landmark Designation Nomination Form, 508 Remington Street, December 20, 2004, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. ———, photographs taken of 508 Remington Street, 2004, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. 4.b Packet Pg. 51 Attachment: 508 Remington Nomination (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 9 AGREEMENT The undersigned owner(s) hereby agrees that the property described herein be considered for local historic landmark designation, pursuant to the Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. I understand that upon designation, I or my successors will be requested to notify the Secretary of the Landmark Preservation Commission at the City of Fort Collins prior to the occurrence of any of the following: Preparation of plans for reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of the improvements on the property, or; Preparation of plans for construction of, addition to, or demolition of improvements on the property DATED this __________________ day of _______________________________, 201___. _____________________________________________________ Owner Name (please print) _____________________________________________________ Owner Signature State of ___________________________) )ss. County of __________________________) Subscribed and sworn before me this _________ day of ___________________, 201____, by _____________________________________________________________________. Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires _________________________. _____________________________________________________ Notary 4.b Packet Pg. 52 Attachment: 508 Remington Nomination (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 508 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado Legal Description: Lot 7, Block 135, City of Fort Collins Property Name (historic and/or common): Walker / MacDowell Property OWNER INFORMATION: Name: James L. MacDowell, III Phone: 720-675-9381-5411 Email: james.macdowell@gmail.com Address: 508 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 CLASSIFICATION Category Ownership Status Present Use Existing Designation Building Public Occupied Commercial Nat’l Register Structure Private Unoccupied Educational State Register Site Religious Object Residential District Entertainment Government Other FORM PREPARED BY: Name and Title: Mitchell Schaefer, Historic Preservation Intern Address: City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 Phone: 970-416-2283 Email: mschaefer@fcgov.com or jweinberg@fcgov.com Relationship to Owner: None DATE: Prepared 2 September 2014. Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.416.2740 970.224.6134- fax fcgov.com 4.c Packet Pg. 53 Attachment: 508 Remington Application (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 2 TYPE OF DESIGNATION and BOUNDARIES Individual Landmark Property Landmark District Explanation of Boundaries: The boundaries of the property being designated as a Fort Collins Landmark correspond to the legal description of the property, above. SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY Properties are eligible for designation if they possess both significance and integrity. Significance is the importance of a site, structure, object or district to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture of our community, State or Nation. Integrity is the ability of a site, structure, object or district to be able to convey its significance. Significance: Standard A: Events. This property is associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. It is associated with either (or both) of these two (2) types of events: 1. A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or 2. A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. Standard B: Persons/Groups. This property is associated with the lives of persons or groups of persons recognizable in the history of the community, State or Nation whose specific contributions to that history can be identified and documented. Standard C: Design/Construction. This property embodies the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; represents the work of a craftsman or architect whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality; possesses high artistic values or design concepts; or is part of a recognizable and distinguishable group of properties. Standard D: Information potential. This property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Integrity: Location. This property is located where it was originally constructed or where an historic event occurred. Design. This property retains a combination of elements that create its historic form, plan space, structure, and style. Setting. This property retains a character and relationship with its surroundings that reflect how and where it was originally situated in relation to its surrounding features and open space. Materials. This property retains much of the historic physical elements that originally formed the property. Workmanship. This property possesses evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. This consists of evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering the building, structure or site. Feeling. This property expresses the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period or time. This results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property's historic character. Association. This property retains an association, or serves as a direct link to, an important historic event or person. It retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property's historic character. 4.c Packet Pg. 54 Attachment: 508 Remington Application (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 3 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY The property at 508 Remington Street is significant under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Standard C for its architectural merits as a nicely detailed, well-preserved example of a Queen Anne style residence. The beautifully intricate brickwork on the exterior walls is particularly detailed. The building retains a high degree of integrity of location, materials, design, setting workmanship, and feeling. While the 1965 addition to the rear, southeast corner of the home is somewhat uncharacteristic and anachronistic to this home’s original style, it remains hidden from the front street view and does not detract from the historic character of this home. Furthermore, this home is a contributing element of the Laurel School Historical District that was listed in the National and State Registers of Historic Places in 1980.1 Limited alterations to the property and to the surrounding neighborhood have helped to preserve its context. HISTORICAL INFORMATION The Queen Anne style home located at 508 Remington Street was built, according to Larimer County tax records, in about 1889. Unfortunately, little documentation concerning the home is available prior to 1902, and the builder or the architect is unknown. The earliest known resident were John H. C. Walker and his wife Daisy. Walker is variously listed in the Fort Collins City Directories as a stockman, investor, and "capitalist." The Walkers resided in the house until the early ninteen-teens. Subsequent residents and owners of the house included contractor Jonas Finger (1913–14, 1927); G. Fred Wiard (1922); real estate developer George Pastor (1925, 1933-36); farmer W.R. Drake (1929–31); Azel VanDyke (1938–40); Colorado A&M professors Lester and Margaret Stimmel (1946–48); and widow Dora Anderson (1952–69). In 1954, during Mrs. Anderson's ownership, the house was listed as a “rooming & boarding house” for students attending Colorado A&M (later Colorado State University), and has apparenlty continued that role ever since. Chad Doverspike and Tara Tyger purchased the residence in 1999 and then sold it to the current owner, James L. MacDowell, III, in May 2014. Since the 1930s several repairs and maintenance efforts have been made to upkeep the home. Onwers replaced the shingled roof in 1936, 1944, and again in 2013. In 1946 Lester Stimmel, then the owner, remodeled the basement and later insulated the home in 1948. Stimmel’s 1946 basement remodel may have altered the entryway on the rear (east) side of the home. In 1965, a shed-roofed enclosed wooden porch set on cinder blocks was added to the southeast corner of the house. Other repairs include the addition of a new fence for the back yard in 1953, new furnaces in 1997, and repairs to the outside walls in 2004. New windows and “hand doors” were installed in 1954, but otherwise building permits indicate the home has retained an excellent degree of its nineteenth-century integrity. It remains a prime example of the Queen Anne home style of the late Victorian era in American architecture. 1 Laurel School Historic District, State and National Historic Registers by County, History Colorado website, accessed September 2, 2014, http://www.historycolorado.org/archaeologists/larimer-county#fort. 4.c Packet Pg. 55 Attachment: 508 Remington Application (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 4 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: c. 1889 Architect/Builder: Unknown Building Materials: Sandstone foundation, brick walls, wood ornamentation, asphalt shingle roof Architectural Style: Queen Anne, Victorian Description: This vernacular Queen Anne style house is an irregularly shaped, two-story brick structure with multiple gables on its front (west) elevation and single gables on the remaining three elevations. All gables are moderately pitched with boxed eaves. The front (west) and side (south) gable fronts feature decorative coursed and fishscale shingles painted pink, white, and dark purple. The building has a rough cut coursed sandstone foundation that is exposed on all elevations with brick walls set in stretcher bond with two corbelled patterns wrapping around the entire home, one only a few feet above the ground and the other just below the roof eaves. The outter brick layer is primarily painted an off-white cream. The main, front (west) façade includes double gables with the lower gable encompassed by the higher one and sitting slightly to the south of the higher. On the northwest corner of the main façade is a projecting, open, one story porch, which was repaired in 2004, that has a brick closed rail capped by sandstone. The cement porch leads to the front entry way and has a flat wood beadboard ceiling supported by four simple and unadorned wooden posts, which were also added as part of the 2004 repairs. The roof of the porch also serves as the base for the second story, open, and uncovered balcony which is surrounded on the west, north, and partially on the south sides by simple wood carved balusters. The glass panelled front door with a transom light is located within the porch an is accompanied by an ornate, and possibly historical, hanging lamp. Windows are primarily one-over-one single-hung windows. The main window on the front façade is arched and set in an elaborate brick surround with corbelled pilasters and sandstone sill. Second-story windows feature carved wood surrounds. The south elevation bears a single gable decorated to match the front double gables. Below the gable opening and its single-hung window with carved framing rests a decorative checker corbelled brick pattern painted to match the home. Another similar corbelled brick pattern, though somewhat less ornate, is found on the same elevation west of the former. A second upper-story inswing casement window rests directly above the easternmost first-story window. The two lower level single-hung windows on the south elevation are surrounded by simple wood frames and encased by sandstone lintels and sills. The rough-cut sandstone foundation is exposed on the lower portion of the elevation. The south elevation also bears the entryway added as part of the 1965 addition. That entry way faces west as the addition protrudes slightly from the south elevation. Three cement stairs lead up to that entryway with a metal pipe raling painted white. The 1965 addition protrudes from the southeast corner of the structure and is supported by a cinderblock fondation set in stretcher bond. The transite siding surrounds the entire extension on the west, south, and eastern sides forming part of the south and east elevations of the house. As mentioned before, the entry way to the addition from the outside is located on the south elevation of the home and faces west. The south side of the addition includes two inswing casement windows surrounded by a simple wood frames and wooden sills. The east side of the addition bears a single inswing casement window surrounded by a wood frame and a double-hung window also surrounded by a wood frame. The transite siding of the addition ends abruptly, as does the cinderblock foundation, as it meets the original brick and sandstone structure on the east elevation. The shed-roof of the addition slops slightly down to the south and the boxed eaves are covered by one rain gutter extending the length of the addition’s entire south side. Like the rest of the house, the addition’s roof is topped by asphalt roll roofing. The rear (east) elevation bears one gable pierced by a brick chimney set in stretcher bond. Unlike the other elevations, this gable bears few decorative fishscale shingles, which are pained white and dark brown. The rest of the gable is covered by siding and two second-story windows. The 4.c Packet Pg. 56 Attachment: 508 Remington Application (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 5 smaller window bears a single-hung window surrounded by a wood frame. The larger is a single- hung window also surrounded by a carved wood frame. The lower level of the east elevation is topped by a hipped roof, that is interupted on the west side by its intersection with the larger structure. The east portion of the first floor includes a small single pane window and a larger single-hung window surrounded by a wood frame which is encased by sandstone lintel and sill. The top of entryway into the east elevation is almost flush with the top of the exposed sandstone foundation so one must walk down from the ground level via a short series of cement steps to reach the doorway. The door includes a transom window surrounded by a wood frame and topped by a sandstone lintel. It seems this entryway was originally a simple door entry that did not require one to walk down to another level. Instead it was likely a door way capped by sandstone. Lester Stimmel’s basement renovations in 1946 seem to have altered that doorway to become an entrance direclty to the basement. The east portion of the north elevation bears a fourth entryway into the home surrounded by a wood frame and topped by a transom light and sandstone lintel. Another single-hung window sits to the west of that door and is also surrounded by a wood frame and encased by sandstone lintel and sill. The north elevation includes a protruding portion of the home that is topped by another gable adorned with fishscale shingles that have been painted white to match the home. On the rear (east) side of the protrusion is what seems to have been another doorway topped by transom light and sandstone lintel, but has since been closed off with horizontal wood boards. The north side of the protrusion includes a gable, one second-story single-hung window surrounded by carved wood frame, and two taller single-hung windows on the first floor that are surrounded by simple wood frames and ecased with sandstone lintel and sill. The front (west) side of the protrusion includes another first floor single-hung window surrounded by wood frame and bears the vernacular sandstone lintel and sill. To the west of the protrusion in the home’s structure is a final single-hung window also set in wood frame with sandstone lintel and sill. The roof is pierced by three brick chimneys; the main exterior chimney is located on the south side and has a corbelled collar. Other details include a simple decorative brick panel on the exterior chimney, and brickwork sill and string courses. The roof is topped with asphalt corning shingles. 4.c Packet Pg. 57 Attachment: 508 Remington Application (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 6 REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) Ching, Francis D. K. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. City of Fort Collins city directories, 1902–2005, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. City of Fort Collins building permits, 1936–2014, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. Information from the Fort Collins Midtown Historic District Survey. Larimery County Assessor Property Information, Property Tax Years 2005–07, 2014. Marmor, Jason. City of Fort Collins Architectural Property Reconnaissance Survey Form, Eastside Neighborhood Survey Project, 508 Remington Street, 1998, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. McAlester, Viriginia Savage. A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Michell, Elizabeth, Local Historic Landmark Designation Nomination Form, 508 Remington Street, December 20, 2004, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. ———, photographs taken of 508 Remington Street, 2004, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. 4.c Packet Pg. 58 Attachment: 508 Remington Application (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 7 AGREEMENT The undersigned owner(s) hereby agrees that the property described herein be considered for local historic landmark designation, pursuant to the Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. I understand that upon designation, I or my successors will be requested to notify the Secretary of the Landmark Preservation Commission at the City of Fort Collins prior to the occurrence of any of the following: Preparation of plans for reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of the improvements on the property, or; Preparation of plans for construction of, addition to, or demolition of improvements on the property DATED this __________________ day of _______________________________, 201___. _____________________________________________________ Owner Name (please print) _____________________________________________________ Owner Signature State of ___________________________) )ss. County of __________________________) Subscribed and sworn before me this _________ day of ___________________, 201____, by _____________________________________________________________________. Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires _________________________. _____________________________________________________ Notary 4.c Packet Pg. 59 Attachment: 508 Remington Application (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.416.2740 970.224.6134- fax fcgov.com Planning, Development & Transportation RESOLUTION 4, 2014 OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDING LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE WALKER/MacDOWELL PROPERTY 508 REMINGTON STREET, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO WHEREAS, it is a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of sites, structures, objects, and districts of historical, architectural, or geographic significance, located within the city, are a public necessity and are required in the interest of the prosperity, civic pride and general welfare of the people; and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council that the economic, cultural and aesthetic standing of this city cannot be maintained or enhanced by disregarding the historical, architectural and geographical heritage of the city and by ignoring the destruction or defacement of such cultural assets; and WHEREAS, the Walker/MacDowell Property has individual significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standard C for its distinctive architectural characteristics with a high level of historic integrity; and WHEREAS, the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the Walker/MacDowell Property meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in Section l4-5 of the code and are eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner of the property, James L. MacDowell, III, has consented to such landmark designation. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of Fort Collins as follows: Section l. That the property known as the Walker/MacDowell Property and the adjacent lands upon which the historical resource is located, in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: 4.d Packet Pg. 60 Attachment: 508 Remington Resolution (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.416.2740 970.224.6134- fax fcgov.com Planning, Development & Transportation Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 4, 2014 The Walker/MacDowell Property, 508 Remington Street Page 2 Lot 7, Block 135, City of Fort Collins, County of Larimer, State of Colorado. be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter l4 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins Section 2. That the Secretary of the Interior's standards and guidelines for the treatment of historic properties will serve as the standards by which alterations, additions and other changes to buildings and structures located upon the above described property will be reviewed for compliance with Chapter 14, Article III, of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of Fort Collins held this 10th day of September, A.D. 2014. ________________________________ Ron Sladek, Chair ATTEST: _______________________ Secretary/Staff 4.d Packet Pg. 61 Attachment: 508 Remington Resolution (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Young Peoples Learning Center «¬287 Mathews St E Myrtle St E Magnolia St W Myrtle St W Magnolia St Remington St S College Ave WSt Mulberry St E Mulberry 508 Remington St 1 inch = 200 © feet Site 4.e Packet Pg. 62 Attachment: 508 Remington Site Map (2350 : 508 Remington Landmark Designation) Agenda Item 5 Item # 5 Page 1 STAFF REPORT September 10, 2014 Landmark Preservation Commission PROJECT NAME LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE WILLIAM AND VIOLET JACKSON/ROBERT BAILEY PROPERTY AT 1306 W STAFF Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner PROJECT INFORMATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is a request for the Fort Collins Landmark Designation of the William and Violet Jackson/Robert Bailey Property at 1306 West Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado APPLICANT: Robert Bailey, Owner OWNER: Robert Bailey, Owner RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Commission pass a resolution recommending to City Council the landmark designation of this property. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND: The William and Violet Jackson/Robert Bailey Property, located at 1306 West Mountain Avenue, is being nominated for Landmark recognition for its significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Preservation Standard C, for its embodiment of the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, with excellent integrity. The Jackson/Bailey house is a classic example of the Craftsman style, popular in Fort Collins during the early-twentieth century, with many noteworthy architectural details. Constructed in 1922, the building’s distinctive features include varying colors of brick set in a beautiful Flemish bond, exposed roof elements, a prominent front entry, and a substantial front porch. The first of two automobile garages was constructed in 1942; as a simply designed single-car garage, it illustrates a time when many Americans were purchasing personal vehicles for the first time, and contributes to the significance of the property. The second garage, constructed in 1968, is not considered to be a historically significant element of this property, and is not included in this landmark designation. The current owner, Robert Bailey, has made extensive efforts since his purchase of the property in 2001 to restore the exterior and interior of the home, and is pursuing this Landmark designation. The property’s context is that of an early twentieth century residential neighborhood. Limited alterations to the property and to the surrounding neighborhood have helped to preserve its setting and feeling, and the Jackson/Bailey property relates to and contributes to the neighborhood’s context. COMMISSION ACTION: The Landmark Preservation Commission shall make a recommendation to Council regarding the request for Landmark designation of the William and Violet Jackson/Robert Bailey Property, 1306 West Mountain Avenue. 5 Packet Pg. 63 Agenda Item 5 Item # 5 Page 2 REVIEW CRITERIA: Municipal Code Section 14-5, Standards for determining the eligibility of sites, structures, objects and districts for designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Landmark Districts, provides the criteria for determining the eligibility of a property for Landmark designation. It states, “Properties eligible for designation must possess both significance and exterior integrity. In making a determination of eligibility, the context of the area surrounding the property shall be considered.” Standards for determining significance: A. Events. Properties may be determined to be significant if they are associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. A property can be associated with either (or both) of two (2) types of events: 1. A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or 2. A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. B. Persons/Groups. Properties may be determined to be significant if they are associated with the lives of persons or groups of persons recognizable in the history of the community, State or Nation whose specific contributions to that history can be identified and documented. C. Design/Construction. Properties may be determined to be significant if they embody the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; represent the work of a craftsman or architect whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality; possess high artistic values or design concepts; or are part of a recognizable and distinguishable group of properties. This standard applies to such disciplines as formal and vernacular architecture, landscape architecture, engineering and artwork, by either an individual or a group. A property can be significant not only for the way it was originally constructed or crafted, but also for the way it was adapted at a later period, or for the way it illustrates changing tastes, attitudes, and/or uses over a period of time. Examples are residential buildings which represent the socioeconomic classes within a community, but which frequently are vernacular in nature and do not have high artistic values. D. Information potential. Properties may be determined to be significant if they have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Standards for determining exterior integrity: a. Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred. b. Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan space, structure and style of a property. c. Setting is the physical environment of a historic property. Whereas location refers to the specific place where a property was built or an event occurred, setting refers to the character of the place. It involves how, not just where, the property is situated and its relationship to the surrounding features and open space. d. Materials are the physical elements that form a historic property. e. Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. It is the evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering a building, structure or site. f. Feeling is a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period or time. It results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property's historic character. g. Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. A property retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property's historic character. Context: The area required for evaluating a resource's context is dependent on the type and location of the resource. A house located in the middle of a residential block could be evaluated in the context of the buildings on both sides of the block, while a house located on a corner may require a different contextual area. 5 Packet Pg. 64 Agenda Item 5 Item # 5 Page 3 ATTACHMENTS 1. 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Nomination (DOC) 2. 1306 West Mountain Avenue Photos (DOCX) 3. 1306 W Mountain_LandmarkDesig_LPC Resolution (DOCX) 4. COUNCIL ORDINANCE_1306 W Mountain_LandmarkDesig (DOC) 5. 1306 West Mountain Location Map (PDF) 5 Packet Pg. 65 Revised 08-2014 Page 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 1306 West Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado Legal Description: Lot 2, Block 2, Swett’s Addition, City of Fort Collins Property Name (historic and/or common): William and Violet Jackson / Robert Bailey Property OWNER INFORMATION: Name: Robert Bailey Phone: 970-484-5411 Email: ecoregions@cs.com Address: 1306 West Mountain Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 or P.O. Box 512, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 CLASSIFICATION Category Ownership Status Present Use Existing Designation Building Public Occupied Commercial Nat’l Register Structure Private Unoccupied Educational State Register Site Religious Object Residential District Entertainment Government Other FORM PREPARED BY: Name and Title: Mitchell Schaefer, Historic Preservation Intern Address: City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 Phone: 970-416-2283 Email: mschaefer@fcgov.com or jweinberg@fcgov.com Relationship to Owner: None DATE: Prepared 2 September 2014. Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.41 0 970.22 4- fax fcgov.c 5.a Packet Pg. 66 Attachment: 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Nomination (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 2 TYPE OF DESIGNATION and BOUNDARIES Individual Landmark Property Landmark District Explanation of Boundaries: The boundaries of the property being designated as a Fort Collins Landmark correspond to the legal description of the property, above. The property includes the Craftsman bungalow home built in 1922 and the one-car garage located on the northwest corner of the lot, which William G. Jackson constructed in 1942. The two-car garage that Robert Waldron constructed in 1968, which sits to the southeast of the one-car garage and to the northeast of the home, is not considered to be a historically significant element of this property, and is not included in this landmark designation. SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY Properties are eligible for designation if they possess both significance and integrity. Significance is the importance of a site, structure, object or district to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture of our community, State or Nation. Integrity is the ability of a site, structure, object or district to be able to convey its significance. Significance: Standard A: Events. This property is associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. It is associated with either (or both) of these two (2) types of events: 1. A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or 2. A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. Standard B: Persons/Groups. This property is associated with the lives of persons or groups of persons recognizable in the history of the community, State or Nation whose specific contributions to that history can be identified and documented. Standard C: Design/Construction. This property embodies the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; represents the work of a craftsman or architect whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality; possesses high artistic values or design concepts; or is part of a recognizable and distinguishable group of properties. Standard D: Information potential. This property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Integrity: Location. This property is located where it was originally constructed or where an historic event occurred. Design. This property retains a combination of elements that create its historic form, plan space, structure, and style. Setting. This property retains a character and relationship with its surroundings that reflect how and where it was originally situated in relation to its surrounding features and open space. Materials. This property retains much of the historic physical elements that originally formed the property. Workmanship. This property possesses evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. This consists of evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering the building, structure or site. Feeling. This property expresses the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period or time. This results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property's historic character. Association. This property retains an association, or serves as a direct link to, an important historic event or person. It retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property's historic character. 5.a Packet Pg. 67 Attachment: 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Nomination (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 3 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY The property at 1306 West Mountain Avenue is significant under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Standard C for embodying the distinctive characteristics of an architectural type and period. This one-and-a-half story 1922 Craftsman bungalow home is an excellent example of the west-coast Craftsman architectural style, popular in the early twentieth century. Its front-gabled roof, overhanging eaves with exposed roof rafters, false purlins, and iconic 19-by-7-foot porch are only some of the stylistic aspects that make up approximately one-third of all Craftsman homes in America.1 This home retains an abundance of its exterior and interior integrity. The home stands in the very location where it was originally built in 1922, and has excellent integrity of materials, workmanship and design. Limited alterations to the property and to the surrounding neighborhood have helped to preserve its setting and feeling. The current owner, Robert Baily, has made great efforts to restore the home to its 1920s character, and in doing so, provide a living snapshot into the past of the Fort Collins community. HISTORICAL INFORMATION This Craftsman bungalow home was constructed very likely in 1922. In September 1921, William Glenn Jackson, the vice president, advertising manager, and secretary for the Fort Collins Express-Courier (now the Fort Collins Coloradoan), purchased Lot 2, Block 2, of the Swett’s Addition to the city for $500.00.2 On June 3, 1922, Jackson obtained a ten-year loan for $3,000.00 for construction materials.3 Williams hired Walter A. Knight, a building contractor living in Fort Collins, to build the house, and on June 21, 1922, Knight obtained a permit from the city to construct a “Five-room brick bungalow” for $4,000.00.4 Jackson and his wife Violet lived in the home until at least until 1927. The Jackson’s then rented the property. Over the next nearly thirty years, at least seven different tenants lived here. The occupations of those residents ranged from lawyers and editors to gas inspectors and “sheep commissioners.” In 1942, Jackson acquired a building permit to construct a 12’ X 20’ “frame one car garage” on the northwest corner of the lot; the estimated cost of labor and materials was $200.00.5 In 1947, Jackson re-shingled the home.6 Following William Jackson’s death, his widow Violet S. Jackson, sold the Craftsman home in October 1949 to Gordon and Evelyn Heumesser. Jackson’s last tenant, Robert G. Brown, however, continued to live in the residence until 1950. Gordon Heumesser was employed as a steward for the Elks Club, and Evelyn Heumesser worked as a bookkeeper.7 The Heumessers remained here until circa 1963.8 In November 1963, they sold their home to John H. Rust Jr., a machinist, and his wife Dorothy.9 The Rusts financed their new home through the Fort Collins Federal Saving and Loan Association for $12,800.00, and remained here for five years until selling it to Robert “Bob” and JoAnne Waldron in 1968.10 The same year that the Waldrons purchased the home, they also paid $1,000.00 to construct a 22’ x 26’ two-car detached garage on the property.11 Bob Waldron was a World War II veteran and food-service worker at Colorado 1 Virginia Savage McAlester, A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture (New York: Knopf, 2013), 567. 2 Warranty Deed, September 16, 1921, Conveyance No. 41, Abstract of Title to Lot 2, Block 2, Swett’s Addition to Fort Collins, in possession of Robert Bailey, Fort Collins, Colorado. 3 Mortgage Deed, June 3, 1922, Conveyance No. 44, Abstract of Title; Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County Directory, 1922 (Colorado Springs: R. L. Polk Directory Co., 1922), 85. 4 City of Fort Collins Building Permit No. 1027, June 21, 1922. 5 City of Fort Collins Building Permit No. 6968, May 6, 1942. 6 City of Fort Collins Building Permit No. 9851, May 12, 1947. 7 Warranty Deed, October 31, 1949, Entry No. 65, Abstract of Title; Fort Collins City Directory 1952 (Colorado Springs: Rocky Mountain Directory Co., 1952), 131. 8 See Fort Collins city directories, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963. 9 Deed, November 4, 1963, Entry No. 70, Abstract of Title. 10 See Fort Collins city directories, 1964–1968. 11 City of Fort Collins Building Permit No. 12395, June 10, 1968. 5.a Packet Pg. 68 Attachment: 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Nomination (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 4 State University, retiring from this position in 1972. He passed away in December 1999.12 The current owner, Robert Bailey, purchased the home in 2001. Bailey, an ecological geographer and writer, is employed by the U.S. Forest Service.13 Since purchasing his home, Mr. Bailey has made great pains to restore it to its original 1920s Craftsman style both inside and out. “Fortunately,” he stated in an American Bungalow article he published in 2011, “the exterior needed little work.” He did, however, replace old aluminum storm windows with wood frames to fit the period, and in 2007 he paid to tear off the existing roof and replaced it with asphalt corning shingles.14 In an effort to “bring back the spirit of the original construction” Bailey has done extensive interior work including re-installing the original bathroom sink and toilet (which he found in the basement), removing the carpet to refinish and improve the pine flooring, and repainting much of the interior. Even much of Robert Bailey’s furniture fits the beautiful 1920s style of this beautiful brick Craftsman home.15 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: 1922 Architect/Builder: Walter A. Knight, Builder Building Materials: Brick, Wood Architectural Style: Craftsman Bungalow Description: This one-and-a-half story 1922 Craftsman bungalow home retains much of its original integrity of design, workmanship and materials, and stands as a wonderful example of the west-coast Craftsman style. The low pitched, open and front-gabled roof includes overhanging exposed roof rafters and is topped by asphalt corning shingles. The outer brick walls are set in Flemish bond with shiners and rowlocks facing outward. Two distinct bands of darker brick are set in a repeating pattern with only rowlocks exposed and pairs of specialty cut smaller bricks edge all corners of the main house. The lower band of rowlock bricks sits flush with the outer layer of brick as it wraps around the house, including the front porch, and forms the lintels for the basement windows. The higher-placed and corbelled band runs around the house forming the bottom sill of the first-story windows and connects with the cement cap of the porch’s wall structure. An undated addition to the kitchen on the rear (north) elevation sits on the northeast corner of the home and opens to a rear porch. The foundation is unexposed, but the base of the front and rear porches are constructed of cement. The front (south) elevation includes two open, low-pitched gables finished with shingles, one as part of the larger roof and the other covering the porch. The open and covered porch runs only a partial length of the front elevation. Its brick walls are set in Flemish bond capped by cement and lead to the front entryway. The porch’s gabled roof is supported by two brick pillars set in stretcher bond that rise from the porch’s brick walls. These pillars may have been repaired or installed sometime after the original construction, but building permits reveal no information concerning their addition. The porch’s gable has a slightly lower pitch than, and is symmetrical with, the front gable of the home and includes the exposed and overhanding rafters typical to Craftsman homes. Two decorative purlins are found below the soffits on either side of the porch’s gable. The steps leading up to the porch, along with the main entryway, is slightly asymmetrical and located just to the east of the center of the south elevation. The front entryway is protected by a glass door with wood rails and opens inward while an accompanying screen door opens outward. On either side of the front entryway are double-hung sash windows in cream wood frames that the current owner replaced after purchasing the property in 2001. The steps leading up to the porch are made of poured cement and adorned with decorative metal hand rails. 12 Obituary of Robert Waldron, Coloradoan, December 8, 1999. 13 Julie Estlick, “Back to Life,” Lydia’s Style Magazine, September 2008, 34. 14 City of Fort Collins Building Permit No. B0703533, June 5, 2007. 15 Robert Bailey, “The Sustainable Bungalow: Ecological Design in Historical Perspective,” American Bungalow 71 (2011): 72–83. 5.a Packet Pg. 69 Attachment: 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Nomination (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 5 Both of the east and west elevations are simple with little elaboration and continue the Flemish brick bond with the two distinctive dark-brick bands. On the west elevation four single pane windows that are nearly flush with the ground are surrounded by cream wood frames and provide light to the basement. Three double-hung sash windows and one single-pane window for the bathroom make up the first-story windows on the west elevation. Each of these windows is surrounded by cream wood frames. The three larger double-hung windows use the upper band of rowlock-patterned bricks as their sills. The east elevation bears a brick chimney set in corbelled Flemish bond before it pierces the roof, but set in standard, or running, bond there above without any corbelling or decorative patters above the roof line. This elevation bears four separate windows, one located just to the south of the chimney and three to the north. The only window located to the south of the chimney is a double-hung sash window surrounded by cream wooden frames. Like almost all other first-story windows it uses the higher-set band of rowlock bricks as its sill. The first, and smaller, of the three windows located north of the chimney is a double-hung sash window. The second window is comprised of three double-hung windows surrounded by cream wood frames and divided by two cream wooden mullions. The third and northern-most window has its own row of dark bricks for a sill that also bear only rowlocks in a uniform pattern, but is separate from the band that extends around the entire house. This window has four lights arranged in two double-hung windows separated by a single cream wooden mullion. Two, double- pane windows are flush with the ground and, like those on the east elevation, provide light for the basement rooms. The rear (north) elevation includes the same low-pitched gable as the front also finished with shingles, but also includes a wood-frame addition to the brick structure on the northeast corner of the home. The only window on the north elevation that is set in the brick structure is located west of the addition and is a double-hung sash window set in a cream wooden frame and it also uses the higher-set rowlock band of dark bricks as its sill. The partial hipped-roof addition protrudes from the northeast corner of the home and provides additional space within the kitchen. This addition very well may have been a later addition as the current owner informed Historic Preservation department staff that when he restored the wood flooring in the kitchen he found a portion of the wall that is now covered by the restored wood floor. Its outer walls are finished with vertical wood siding without a rake and the roof rafters are open and exposed on the west and east elevations of the addition itself. The northern exposed rafters are hidden by the rain gutter than runs the entire length of the addition’s northern roof. It also bears a door with light pane and a screen door on the outside that lead out to the back porch and backyard. West of the rear entryway on the addition are two double-hung windows surrounded by cream wood frames and separated by a cream wood mullion. The back porch is entirely composed of cement and is surrounded by a simple metal pipe railing. The steps to the porch are found on both the west and east sides and have since cracked away from the rest of the porch structure due to ground settling. The one-car garage included within this landmark designation is located on the northwest corner of the property and was built by William G. Jackson, then the owner of the property, in 1942. The car door faces north and opens into the alley. It is a front-gable structure with overhanging, exposed roof rafters and asphalt corning shingles. The four elevations are covered with light brown drop siding and all edges are protected with cream wood corner boards. The car door is symmetrical with the gable and made up of eight green wood panels and surrounded by a cream wood framework. The entryway is located on the east elevation in the southeast corner and is painted to match the car door. It has two wood panels within rails and is surrounded by cream wood framework. The east elevation includes one four-pane window with cream wood frames and a wooden sill to match. A similar four-pane window is fond on the south elevation and is slightly offset to the west from the center of the gable. The two-car garage on the property built in 1968 by Robert Waldron is located to the northeast of the home and to the southeast of the one-car garage described above. This structure is not considered to be a historically significant element of this property, and is not included in this landmark designation. 5.a Packet Pg. 70 Attachment: 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Nomination (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 6 REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION Abstract of Title of Lot two (2) in Block two (2), of Swett’s Addition to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado; in Larimer County, Colorado, compiled by The Fort Collins Abstract Company. In the possession of Robert Bailey, Fort Collins, Colorado. Bailey, Robert. “The Sustainable Bungalow: Ecological Design in Historical Perspective.” American Bungalow 71 (2011): 72-83. Ching, Francis D. K. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1995. City of Fort Collins building permits, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado and Fort Collins Local History Archive, Fort Collins, Colorado. City Directories of Fort Collins, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado and Fort Collins Local History Archive, Fort Collins, Colorado. Estlick, Julie. “Back to Life.” Lydia’s Style Magazine (September 2008): 32–34. McAlester, Viriginia Savage. A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Obituary of Robert Waldron, Coloradoan, December 8, 1999. 5.a Packet Pg. 71 Attachment: 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Nomination (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Revised 08-2014 Page 7 AGREEMENT The undersigned owner(s) hereby agrees that the property described herein be considered for local historic landmark designation, pursuant to the Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. I understand that upon designation, I or my successors will be requested to notify the Secretary of the Landmark Preservation Commission at the City of Fort Collins prior to the occurrence of any of the following: Preparation of plans for reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of the improvements on the property, or; Preparation of plans for construction of, addition to, or demolition of improvements on the property DATED this __________________ day of _______________________________, 201___. _____________________________________________________ Owner Name (please print) _____________________________________________________ Owner Signature State of ___________________________) )ss. County of __________________________) Subscribed and sworn before me this _________ day of ___________________, 201____, by _____________________________________________________________________. Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires _________________________. _____________________________________________________ Notary 5.a Packet Pg. 72 Attachment: 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Nomination (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) THE ROBERT BAILEY PROPERTY, 1306 NORTH MOUNTAIN AVENUE Front (South) and Side (West) Elevations, July 2014 Side (East) and Rear (North) Elevations, July 2014 5.b Packet Pg. 73 Attachment: 1306 West Mountain Avenue Photos (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Rear (North) Elevation, July 2014 Garages facing North, July 2014 5.b Packet Pg. 74 Attachment: 1306 West Mountain Avenue Photos (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) North and East Elevations, One-car Garage built 1942, July 2014 South and West Elevations, Two-car Garage built 1968, July 2014 5.b Packet Pg. 75 Attachment: 1306 West Mountain Avenue Photos (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.416.2740 970.224.6134- fax fcgov.com Planning, Development & Transportation RESOLUTION 5, 2014 OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDING LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE WILLIAM AND VIOLET JACKSON/ROBERT BAILEY PROPERTY 1306 WEST MOUNTAIN AVENUE, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO WHEREAS, it is a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of sites, structures, objects, and districts of historical, architectural, or geographic significance, located within the city, are a public necessity and are required in the interest of the prosperity, civic pride and general welfare of the people; and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council that the economic, cultural and aesthetic standing of this city cannot be maintained or enhanced by disregarding the historical, architectural and geographical heritage of the city and by ignoring the destruction or defacement of such cultural assets; and WHEREAS, the William and Violet Jackson/Robert Bailey Property has individual significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standard C for its distinctive architectural characteristics with a high level of historic integrity; and WHEREAS, the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the William and Violet Jackson/Robert Bailey Property meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in Section l4- 5 of the code and are eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner of the property, Robert Bailey, has consented to such landmark designation. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of Fort Collins as follows: Section l. That the property known as the William and Violet Jackson/Robert Bailey Property and the adjacent lands upon which the historical resource is located, in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: Lot 2, Block 2 of Swett’s Addition, City of Fort Collins, County of Larimer, State of Colorado. be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter l4 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins 5.c Packet Pg. 76 Attachment: 1306 W Mountain_LandmarkDesig_LPC Resolution (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 5, 2014 The William and Violet Jackson/Robert Bailey Property, 1306 West Mountain Avenue Page 2 Section 2. That the Secretary of the Interior's standards and guidelines for the treatment of historic properties will serve as the standards by which alterations, additions and other changes to buildings and structures located upon the above described property will be reviewed for compliance with Chapter 14, Article III, of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of Fort Collins held this 10th day of September, A.D. 2014. ________________________________ Ron Sladek, Chair ATTEST: _______________________ Secretary/Staff 5.c Packet Pg. 77 Attachment: 1306 W Mountain_LandmarkDesig_LPC Resolution (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) ORDINANCE NO.___, 2014 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE WILLIAM AND VIOLET JACKSON/ROBERT BAILEY PROPERTY, 1306 WEST MOUNTAIN AVENUE, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, AS A FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 14 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14-2 of the City Code, the City Council has established a public policy encouraging the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of landmarks within the City; and WHEREAS, by Resolution dated September 10, 2014, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the "Commission") has determined that the William and Violet Jackson/Robert Bailey Property has significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standard C for its distinctive architectural characteristics with a high level of historic integrity; and WHEREAS, the Commission has further determined that said property meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in Section 14-5 of the Code and is eligible for designation as a Landmark, and has recommended to the City Council that said property be designated by the City Council as a landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner of the property, Robert Bailey, has consented to such landmark designation; and WHEREAS, such landmark designation will preserve the property's significance to the community; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the recommendation of the Commission and desires to approve such recommendation and designate said property as a landmark. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the property known as the William and Violet Jackson/Robert Bailey Property, and the adjacent lands upon which the historical resources are located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: Lot 2, Block 2 of Swett’s Addition, City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark according to City Code Chapter 14. Section 2. That the criteria in Section 14-48 of the City Code will serve as the standards by which alterations, additions and other changes to the buildings and structures located upon the above described property will be reviewed for compliance with Chapter 14, Article III, of City Code of Fort Collins. 5.d Packet Pg. 78 Attachment: COUNCIL ORDINANCE_1306 W Mountain_LandmarkDesig (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published on this ____ day of____, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the ____ day of_____, A.D. 2014. ___________________________ Mayor ATTEST: ______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this ____day of _____, A.D. 2014. __________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk 5.d Packet Pg. 79 Attachment: COUNCIL ORDINANCE_1306 W Mountain_LandmarkDesig (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Oakwood School City Park W Oak St Pearl St C i ty P ar k Dr Lyons St Sylvan Ct Jackson Ave N Roosevelt Ave Leland Ave N Mckinley Ave Sheldon Dr S Mckinley Ave S Roosevelt Ave N Mckinley Ave W Mountain Ave Laporte Ave 1306 W Mountain Ave 1 inch = 200 © feet Site 5.e Packet Pg. 80 Attachment: 1306 West Mountain Location Map (2352 : 1306 West Mountain Avenue Landmark Designation) Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 1 STAFF REPORT September 10, 2014 Landmark Preservation Commission PROJECT NAME LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE SCHLICHTER/AKIN/SMITH HOUSE, 1312 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO STAFF Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner PROJECT INFORMATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Landmark Designation, 1312 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO APPLICANT: Brad March, MaOlPh, LLC OWNER: MaOlPh, LLC, Contract Owner RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Commission pass a resolution to City Council in support of this request EXECUTIVE SUMMARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY The property at 1312 South College Avenue qualifies for Fort Collins Landmark designation under Designation Standards A, B, and C. Under Standard A, this property is eligible for the story it tells of Fort Collins during the early 1920s, a time when wealth and social status was reflected in the architecture of the era. Additionally, this property is eligible under Standard B for its association with prominent individuals in Fort Collins history: L.C. Moore, Edwin A. Schlichter, and Harris Akin. The property is also eligible under Standard C as an excellent example of Italian Renaissance architecture, which was popular during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Historic Context This property is historically and architecturally significant for the story that it tells about the pre- depression 1920s era, following the end of the First World War. This brief period in history saw successful business and agricultural entrepreneurs becoming increasingly affluent. The times allowed increased lot and home sizes, due to increasing numbers of owners potential who, unlike in prior years, were, by 1920, both able and willing to spend money to make a statement in the form of the more stately homes in which they lived. The L.C. Moore subdivision was intended to capitalize on this increased ability and willingness to make residential investments. Unfortunately, this was a short-lived period of affluence as the onset of the depression loomed. The subject property, at 1312 South College Avenue, is a prime example of these times, when property owners were desirous of making a statement, but still had an eye towards frugality. Even subdivision deed restrictions required a substantial but not an unreasonable investment to insure that homes presented the desired image of the times, with the residents wanting to locate in the right neighborhood with the right people. While the houses were built to convey an image, the exterior building materials were relatively simple concrete and stucco. The Italian villa architecture, while 6 Packet Pg. 81 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 2 exhibiting symmetrical lines, is a simple four-by-four, two-story pattern common to the times. While crown molding adorned the first floor interior of the home, the cost was not justified on the second floor, which lacks these embellishments. While the home presented an image, it did not hold its original value when, first the local sheep market crashed in the mid-1920’s and then the world financial market crashed in the late 1920’s. Still, this home’s size, location, style and presentation attracted reasonably well-to-do, yet cost conscious, prominent local residents as second, third and later generation buyers. Progress subsequently saw many of the majestic homes that defined the era converted to fraternity and sorority homes, and then later destroyed for new development. This home, remaining predominantly as a residence, survived largely intact as constructed in 1921. Preservation of the home and the valuable story it tells, a snapshot in time of the community and it’s albeit short-lived social and economic changes, warrants preservation. The subject property is an excellent example of Italian Renaissance Style Architecture, built in the 1920’s and associated with various prominent local 20th century business leaders, notably E.A. Schlichter and Ida O. Gilkison Schlichter, Harris Akin and Charles R. and June Evans. The original development and the changes that Block 2 of the Moore’s First Addition experienced have tracked with significant changes that have impacted the City of Fort Collins over the last 100 years. These areas saw development beginning in the 1910 era, with the growth of the University and the Town. Streetcar service was extended to the area in the 1920’s allowing development in areas outside of the radius of the traditional downtown. This area, now known as Fort Collins’ mid-town neighborhoods, was the focus of Fort Collins’ development from the 1910’s through the early 1950’s. This property was one of many in the area that defined the community. This was one of the first lots sold by L.C. Moore and was intended to showcase his subdivision project. The stucco exterior was common in the neighborhood homes with many of the new homes in the area having used the popular yet economic exterior wall design. The home retains the same symmetrical presentation that led to its elegance when it was built. No known additions or modifications to the footprint of the building have occurred. Changes to the windows and exterior openings have been minor. Likewise, the interior of the structure is largely unaltered from the original construction. At one time, the houses along College Avenue from Elizabeth to Prospect Streets in the Crafts and L.C. Moore subdivisions were cluttered with showplace mansions. The houses gradually became dinosaurs and maintenance faltered during the Great Depression and the Second World War. These large homes which Iined College, particularly after the war, were turned into fraternities and sororities as the College/University grew. Most of the mansions fell into disrepair, were torn down and were gradually replaced by businesses. A number of the homes survive, including the adjoining property at 1304 S. College, built shortly after the 1312 S. College property, as well as homes in the 1400 block of S. College. Survival of a number of these homes in the L.C. Moore Subdivision is likely attributable to Moore placing covenants in all of the deeds limiting the property to residential uses. While these restrictions have been either ignored or limited by court decrees over the years, the initial limitations on the use of sites in Moore’s subdivision saved a number of the structures (sadly excluding the homes owned/built by the Moore family on the west side of College which demolished in the 1960’s to make room for a CSU parking lot). Moore’s far-sightedness in donating property for the Fort Collins High School Campus and park likewise led to the preservation of homes in the area. The location of the high school assured activity in the area as well as streetcar service, allowing for the development of the area. More recently, the sale of the historic high school and renovation of the structure for uses by the University has had a restorative effect in preservation of properties in the area, particularly along Remington Street in Block 2 of Moore’s First Addition and east and south of what was the high school campus in Moore’s Second Addition. The addition of the Max transportation corridor, similar to the addition of the Trolley 80 years past, has raised interest in the areas up and down South College Avenue and in the Midtown area, and has seen development spurred particularly in areas along College and south of Prospect Road. This new development interest in the area intensifies threats to 6 Packet Pg. 82 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 3 the few remaining opulent residential structures that defined the leaders of the community who relocated along South College Avenue in the early 1920’s. HISTORICAL INFORMATION (Please include city directory research and/or a title search if the property is important for its association with a significant person.) Research shows the following overview of residents and developers of the property, City directory and title research are attached as Addendums A and B: In 1921, the subject property was first subdivided as L.C. Moore’s First Addition and would soon become one of the city’s grandest neighborhoods boasting some of the most beautiful houses in Fort Collins. The subdivision boundaries west of College Avenue extended from the Colorado and Southern Railroad on the west, to Lake and Pitkin Streets on the north and south. East of College Avenue, the subdivision extends from College Avenue on the north, past Circle Drive on the south and bounded by Prospect and Pitkin on the east and west (including the subsequent development phases 2 and 3). A prominent Fort Collins businessman, Lewis Clark (L.C.) Moore was active in developing the Laramie Poudre Tunnel and served for a time as the cashier for the First National Bank, the president of the Commercial Bank and Trust, president of the North Poudre Irrigation Company and secretary and treasurer on the State Board of Agriculture. L.C. Moore, W.C. Moore and Mrs. E.J. Moore built large, mansion-type homes to encourage development of the subdivision. Prominent local architect Montezuma Fuller designed the homes of L.C. and W.C. Moore on the west side of College Avenue as well as the house to the south of the subject property at a cost in excess of $7,000. Moore sought homes of grandeur similar to those built by his family to encourage development to the south of the Agricultural College on what was then the outskirts of Fort Collins. Moore uniformly placed deed restrictions against properties in his subdivisions limiting the use of structures to residential purposes and requiring specific minimum cost limits for homes built on lots. This included an original 1921 deed restriction requiring that the cost the home constructed on lots 3 and 4, of Block 2 be more than $7,000. Subdivision lots still remained in L.C. Moore’s estate on his death in 1944. The subject property was developed as a show piece in 1922; one year after Moore subdivided the property. In 1922, Edwin A. Schlichter paid $2,500 for the property and received a deed on August 15, 1922 from Moore. Schlichter borrowed $7,000 from L.C. Moore; the loan was secured by a deed of trust against the property dated on August 15, 1922. The home on the property was built for $7,900 by E.A. and Ida Schlichter. E.A. Schlichter was born November 14, 1879 and came to Colorado in 1902 where he served as a school teacher for School District 11. Ida Gilkison was born September 16, 1880 and married E.A. on June 30, 1904. Ida was one of A.T. (Tom) and Margaret Gilkison’s six children. A.T. and his son, William F., operated Gilkison Mercantile where the Harmony Mill is now located. A.T. Gilkison originally came to Colorado as a prospector in 1866, moving to Larimer County in 1880. E.A. and Ida had two children: Thelma M. born in 1907 and Irwin B. born in 1908. E.A. Schlichter was very successful as the district manager for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Schlichter was active in water matters including the North Poudre Irrigation Company and the Laramie Poudre Tunnel. Three years after building their home, Ida died on April 25, 1925. E.A. remarried Marie E. Schlichter, divorcing in 1927. The house was sold and city directories suggest E.A. left Fort Collins in 1927, along with Thelma and Irwin. On September 2, 1925, Schlichter sold the property to Harris Akin and began liquidating other holdings. The property was conveyed subject to the loan from L.C. Moore that had been taken 6 Packet Pg. 83 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 4 out by Schlichter; the documentary fee reflected on the deed was $13.00 reflecting a purchase price of $13,000. At the time the home was purchased, Akin borrowed ten thousand dollars from Leslie Horsley, repayable in ten years. Even though this was before the national market crash in 1929, the local livestock market was depressed, particularly the sheep market. Harris Akin was born July 9, 1859 as one of six sons of Henry and Eunice Akin and came to Fort Collins in 1879. The Akin family were prominent farmers in the Fort Collins and Wellington areas. Harris met Laura Ellen Stickle when they were both students at the University of Colorado. Laura’s parents traveled west by covered wagon and originally settled in Denver, where Laura was born on May 24, 1862. Both retained a life-long commitment to education - Harris was involved in the founding of School District 16 and Laura was a teacher, instructing her own children and others in the Stout School, also known Highland School at Stout, which now rests at the bottom of Horsetooth Reservoir. Laura died Dec. 16, 1920 by suicide and Harris married wife Martha Akin roughly at the time he purchased the house. In Laura’s will, she left property to Harris as well as her two sons, Victor H, Akin and Howard S. Akin. Harris conveyed the home at 1312 S. College to his wife, Martha Akin, on June 4, 1929, subject to the deed of trust owed to Leslie Horsley. Harris served as a part of a strong republican block that controlled the Larimer County Commissioner seats from 1913 to 1927, with Akin serving as the County Commissioner for District 2 from 1917 to 1929, during which time he resided in the home. With the worsening of the depression, Akin lost his seat to democrat Henri McClelland in the 1928 election when the voters after twelve years of service did not continue Akin in office. On June 4, 1929, Martha B. Akin conveyed the property to J.R. Henderson subject to the lien securing the $10,000 promissory note owed to Horsley, which had originally been taken out by Harris Akin. The deed did not reflect that a documentary fee was paid and it is possible that the property was lost rather than being subject to a foreclosure. Harris Akin died December 3, 1940. The Akin family was central to the development of northern Colorado water and irrigation, including the Laramie-Poudre ditch and tunnel and the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. Two of Harris's brothers, Abraham and Myron, were instrumental in constructing the Laramie-Poudre tunnel which runs two and one-half miles through the mountains, diverting water from the Laramie River drainage to the Poudre River. Abraham (A.T.) Akin testified in Wyoming v. Colorado, which involved a broad series of court cases, dealing with water distribution from the Laramie River <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laramie_River>. A petition for rehearing was granted, which revised the original decision. The case went on for many years with a motion to dismiss denied by the U.S. Supreme Court as late as 1932. Harris’ brother Myron bought and developed the Crafts, also known as the Lake Park Addition, south of Elizabeth Street and east of College Avenue, in the area north of this property. Myron built a small stone house three blocks north of this property with his wife, Elizabeth Mellinger Akin. Elizabeth established the first kindergarten program west of the Mississippi, was the first woman in Fort Collins elected to the Board of Education, and served as a missionary to the local migrant and irrigation workers in the Fort Collins area. Myron Akin was elected an alderman and as mayor of Fort Collins in 1909. Some speculate that Elizabeth Street is in fact named after Elizabeth Akin. In 1930, five years after the home was purchased by Harris Akin, J.R. Henderson conveyed the home to June G. Evans. The property remained subject to the $10,000 obligation from Harris Akin to Leslie Horsley. The deed to Mrs. Evans does not reflect that any money was paid for the property. The Evans’ apparently acquired the home and at the same time may have exchanged other properties with Henderson. Charles Robert Evans and Jesse June Grable Evans lived in the home through the early 1930’s. Charles Evans was a successful local farmer and businessman who was born in Fort Collins and graduated from Colorado Agricultural College. Charles’ father, James C. Evans, was Mayor of Fort Collins in the 1880’s and a State Senator for Colorado from 1885 through 1897, dying in office. Charles and James operated J.C. Evans & Son, formerly the North College Grocery. Charles invested and speculated in oil and real estate and operated what was one of the largest cherry farms in the United States. In March of 1934, Mrs. Evans conveyed the house to Leslie Horsely, perhaps in satisfaction of the $10,000 Akin note. 6 Packet Pg. 84 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 5 It appears that the Evans’ vacated the property in the mid 1930’s and conveyed the home to the Horselys. While the Horselys apparently occupied the house for a short time, they likely leased the house shortly after it was conveyed to the McBrides in the mid 1930’s, who occupied through the mid 1940’s. The Horsleys occupied the property for a time in the late 1940’s, but then vacated and began leasing again until the property was sold to Don Nelson in 1954. During Nelson’s ownership, the Nelson family appears to have resided on the property for a short time but then Nelson rented to a sorority. Fraternity and sorority houses were abundant and leasing to fraternities and sororities was big business. The property was apparently leased for these purposes based on significant demands along College Avenue. From the 1940’s to the 1960’s the house went through a series of occupants. In 1946, Lester B. and his wife, Ida McBride, resided in the home. Lester was the cashier at First National Bank. In 1950, David O. and Augusta Howe occupied the property. David was the manager of Ideal Cement Co. In 1954, Victor B. and Beth Scheffer lived in the house. Victor worked for the US Forest Extension and Beth was on the staff of Larimer County Welfare. In 1956, Don O. and Haleen Nelson purchased and briefly lived in the home. Don O. was a professor at Colorado A & M. The property was conveyed to L.L. Carrick and Odella B. Carrick by the Nelsons in 1958 and the property served as the Lambda Chi Alpha House beginning on July 1, 1958. In 1961, Milton Coy Hoffman and James Hoffman may have had some tie to the house. The house became the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity in the 1960’s and was conveyed to the Alpha Sigma House Corporation in 1959 in consideration of $50,050 (based on $50.05 documentary stamps). In 1959, Dorothy McComb, who lived for many years at 120 Buckeye, filed the first of many lawsuits against Carrick and the Alpha Sigma Fraternity, with an eye towards enforcing the covenant. The suit apparently had some success as in 1961 the house was transferred to Donald Z. Smith and Thomas Gleason for $29,500 (based on $29.50 in documentary stamps). The house was subsequently sold to Donald Z. and Shirley V. Hatten Smith. Don Smith came to Fort Collins in 1939 and graduated from Cache La Poudre High School in 1942. He and Shirley married on March 2, 1946 in Fort Collins. Don was a supervisor and later a partner with the Howe family in the Paramount Laundry and Cleaners and served as secretary/treasurer of the company. The Smiths had four children, Steve, Mark, Ron and Linda Ingrham. In his retirement, Don Smith kept and restored old cars and operated and owned, in partnership, two local car washes, one on North College and one behind what was the Sherwin Williams Maytag store on South College. 6 Packet Pg. 85 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 6 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: 1922 Architect/Builder: L.C. Moore (developer) Building Materials: Stucco Architectural Style: Italian Renaissance Revival Description: The property is largely unchanged from the time of its original construction in 1922. This 4x4 mansion was the first of the homes built east of College Avenue after the L.C. Moore Addition was platted in 1921. The home was of the type which Moore required to define the new neighborhood. Built at an original cost of $7,900, the home met Moore’s cost specifications as defined in the deed to the original owners. The home is eligible for recognition as a Fort Collins Landmark because of its distinctive architectural characteristics. The building, with a rough mix stucco/concrete exterior, has always been white. Stucco was particularly popular in the 1920’s based on its durability, ease of application, insulating qualities and development of concrete based materials in this era. The exterior of the structure remains largely unchanged from the original construction. This home was designed to make a statement, but as opposed to grandiose and opulent, was designed rather simply and while not inexpensive was, as many homes of the era, generally built with economic rather than elaborate materials. The structure’s symmetrical façade with a projecting central bay is highlighted by a semi-circular arched entry vestibule with the entry framed by tapered piers and a curved overhead feature with extending posts. Windows throughout the house were designed to provide abundant interior lighting. The original 15-glass paneled entry door with 10 panel glass sidelights on each side and the 6’ long by 5’ tall picture windows to each side of the entry still contain what appear to be the original beveled glass panels which show the attention to detail which was critical to Moore in showcasing his new subdivision. Each of the original picture windows (lighting the interior dining on the north and living rooms with ornate fireplace on the south) are bracketed by operable 2’ x 5’ sidelights on each side; these window combinations provided balance to the architectural features of the house and further emphasize the prominent front entry and exterior entry stair bordered by short walls on each side. The entry is further accented by a jut in the wall area around the entry and an extension of the overhanging second story gabled roof, intended to further highlight the main entry which on the interior opens to the main interior stair and the two main rooms of the house on the right and left of the front doorway. The 2’ x 5’ sidelights on either side of each picture window were operable to allow air circulation. Historic pictures, circa 1950, suggest that these sidelights were replaced later in the home’s life and that, prior to the 1960’s, the sidelight windows were 2’ x 5’ - 10 pane windows on each side of the picture windows. To add further balance to the home’s appearance, historical photographs of the home show that the picture windows were underscored by juniper plantings (which were removed within the last five years) on each side of the main stairway entry walls and below the windows. In later years, as shown by the 1968 Assessor’s records, the picture windows were covered by retractable striped awnings; the tie-offs for the awnings are still mounted on the window frames. The upper floor at the west/front of the house contains the original triple sets of eight pane windows bracketing the front entry over each first floor picture window and (together with additional four pane windows on the north for the sizable master and on the south for the 2nd bedroom) provide plentiful light to the master and the second of four of the house’s original bedrooms. The exterior and windows at the front upper floor are highlighted by two small second floor pseudo balconies under each of the triple sets of eight pane windows and above the main floor picture windows. The jutted section of the building over the front entry contains two smaller side-by-side four-pane windows, centered on the front of the house, providing light to the master bedroom closet and, on the exterior, further accenting the front entry. The chimney is slightly offset to the south but near the center of the peak of the hipped roof, again adding balance to the architectural design of the home. Off the south side of the house is a 12’ x 14’ sun room accessed on the interior by multi-pane glass paneled double French doors, or on the exterior by a door with the same fifteen light pattern as the 6 Packet Pg. 86 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 7 front entry but without side lights. The sun room is balanced on the north by a simple open porte cochere of roughly the same dimensions as the sun room and with the same pillar design as the pillars at the front entry of the home. The sun room is surrounded on both the east and west with four sets each of out swinging windows. The large pane single windows on the west match the current single pane windows adjacent to the picture windows on the front of house and, from historic pictures, there is question whether these windows are original. On the east are three sets and on the south on each side of the south entry door are two sets of the same 10-pane operable 4’ tall, 1’10” windows. The second story of the south side of the home above the sun room contains a screened door, again using the 15-pane glass door design that allows access to the patio roof to allow use of the roof of the sun porch as a second story deck/patio. This entry appears to be original to the building. Although not original, and not currently in place, in later years, certainly by 1968, historic pictures show that the porch area above the sunroom was surrounded by a roughly 2 ½’ to 3’ railing. While the railing has been removed, the supports for the railing that were mounted to the exterior walls of the house are still in place. To the west of the second story sun room roof patio door (lighting the 2nd bedroom) are a set of four light windows (of the same size and design as the second story windows that light the master bedroom closet area on the interior of the house) above the main entry. East of the second story entry on the south side second story are a single two light window (which provided light for the southeast bedroom closet) and two eight light four foot windows. Facing south off the main floor first story family room, on either side of the sun room, are two four light windows, each window 2’7” x 10”. West of the sun room are three sets of four light windows with the same dimensions, one facing south, one east, to the east of the sun room. Facing north off the northwest corner of the building, in the main floor dining room area, in addition to the 4’ x 5’ picture window with sidelights facing to the front (west) of the house, the room also is illuminated by double 2½’ x 2’ 4” four pane windows and a 15 light door, allowing access to the north side of the house by a concrete stair leading down to the porte cochere area. On the northeast main floor of the house is the kitchen. The kitchen windows have likely been replaced and now consist of single pane 4’ x 3’ (facing north) and 4’ x 2½’ (facing east) windows. At the east/rear of the building is a 12’ x 20’ patio symmetrically extending off the house, inset nine feet from the northeast corner of the main building and 10’ from the southeast corner. The patio, which was likely original, uses 3’ x 2 ½’ six light windows of a different design from the other main house windows, with the back porch windows hinged at the bottom and opening down and into the house (on chains with top latches). Three windows are located on the north and two (one covered) of the same windows on the south. A six light window (also covered over from the interior) faces to the east into the breezeway. On the southeast corner of the patio, accessed at the landing leading from the patio to the basement, is a utilitarian door leading to the garage and breezeway from the rear of the home. Lighting the northeast second floor bedroom and closet are a single two-pane one-window (closet) and two four foot tall eight light windows facing east as well as two four light windows (same design as other four pane windows) facing to the north. At the northwest corner on the north wall of the second story the master bedroom, in addition to light from the four 4” eight pane windows off the front of the house and the two four pane windows over the main entry door which light the master bedroom closet, there are also three four light windows, again of the same design as the other four pane windows, on the north wall of the master bedroom. Off the east/rear patio is a separated double 20’ x 20’ gabled garage (connected by a covered breezeway) containing a chimney, which once either served as a stove or forge. The garage may be original as it appears to have been sized to house cars of the time. While the structure now boasts modern garage doors, there are signs that at one time the frames had hinged panel doors. There is some thought the garage may have been added later as it appears to extend over the main sewer service for the house. The interior of the garage is roughly finished with two sets of six-light each windows at the south and east walls of the garage, with more modern garage doors which were added later, facing north. A door at the southwest corner of the garage aligns with a utility door from the southeast corner of the rear patio area of the house, which house door leads up to the patio area or down to the house’s basement. An arched breezeway exists between the house and garage. The 6 Packet Pg. 87 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 8 arch at the northern entry of the breezeway remains, with an ornamental metal gate, but the southern breezeway entry has been squared off and a door has been added, presumably to curtail accumulation of blowing debris in the breezeway area. The basement area is lit by 3’ x 2’ three-pane windows that are hinged at the bottom, chained and latched at the top, opening into the house. One set of two windows are located at each side of front porch (four windows total), two on the south (either side of sun room) of the house, two on the east (either side of breezeway), and three on the north. The original coal shoot is located at the north side of the house off the east patio. All of the multi-pane main house windows open out and were so designed so as to better catch breezes. As a result, the windows have interior screens and were designed to operate by a unique crank system. The removable cranks can be inserted through holes in the screens by sliding aside small disks to be able to access the cranking mechanisms and operate the windows. REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) Historical reference file, City of Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Division, 281 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80522 Bailey, Danny and Nancy. Interview conducted by Brad March, 6/14/14, Mrs. Bailey’s family having owned one of the houses in Block 1 of the L.C. Moore’s First addition for a period of time before the home was torn down. At one time, the Lamda Chi house, 1325 S. College Ave. Cooper, James. Interview by Katie March, in person; interview at the Elks Club Lodge, Fort Collins, Colorado. Day, Joan. Interview conducted by Brad March, 6/6/14. Sundberg Wayne. Interview conducted by Brad March, 6/6/14. L.C. Moore’s First Addition Subdivision plat; Plat dated July 9, 1921, recorded Book 4, Page 45, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder Records. WC Stover abstract review files, offices March, Olive and Pharris. Arthur March and Arthur March Jr. abstract review files, offices March, Olive and Pharris. <http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_fuller_montezuma.pdf> L.C. Moore House, 1307 S. College Ave., 1907; W.C. Moore House, 1315 S. College Ave., 1907. <http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=5958&CISOBOX=1&REC=3> Directory of Agriculture and Home Economics leaders, June, 1920 Extension Bulletin, Series 1 -169A. <http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_fuller_montezuma.pdf>, Deed from L.C. Moore to E.A. Schlichter, recorded in the Larimer County Records on July 26, 1921 in Book 578, Page 231, Reception No. 225956. 1920 Census. Grandview Cemetery records <http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=3554&CISOBOX=1&REC=1> http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=5958&CISOBOX=1&RE 6 Packet Pg. 88 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 9 C=3 <http://www.lcgsco.org/indexes/divorces/Larimer%20County%20Divorce__1825-1950_BM_filled.pdf>, Larimer County Divorce Applications, Fort Collins City Directory/Register, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1960, 1962 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi - <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-> bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mcbride&GSiman=1&GScty=21905&GRid=47672260& Alrene Ahlbrandt, 7/01 Senior Voice p. 14 Tax Assessor Record. Rural Property Record Cards. Fort Collins Local History Archive, Fort Collins Museum. Tax Assessor Record, Rural Property Record Card, Fort Collins Assessor’s Office, 1962. Tax Assessor Record, Rural Property Record Card, Fort Collins Assessor’s Office, 1984. Tax Assessor Record, Rural Property Record Card, Fort Collins Assessor’s Office, 1985. Fort Collins History Connection. Fort Collins City Directories. Fort Collins Local History Archive, Fort Collins Museum, http://history.poudrelibraries.org/ (accessed various dated 2014), Fort Collins City Directory, 1910-11; Fort Collins City Directory, 1919, 1938, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1957, 69. Assessor’s Records Map compiled by A.L. Marhoff Civil Engineer. Fort Collins and Suburbs; 1929. City of Fort Collins Building Permits. Community Planning and Environmental Services, Building and Inspections Division. Fort Collins History Connection. “Fort Collins History Connection.” Fort Collins Local, History Archive, Fort Collins Museum, http://history.poudrelibraries.org/ (accessed various dated 2014). Harris, Cindy and Thomas Adam. “Fort Collins E-X-P-A-N-D-S.” The City’s Postwar Development, 1945- 1969. Denver, Colorado: Historitecture, LLC, 2011. Swanson, Evadene Burns. Fort Collins Yesterdays. Fort Collins: George and Hildegarde Morgan, 1975. Watrous, Ansel. History of Larimer County: Collated and Compiled from Historical Authorities, Public Reports, Official Records and Other Reliable Sources. Fort Collins: The Courier Printing & Publishing Company, 1911. 6 Packet Pg. 89 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 10 ADDENDUM A - City Directories Research 1917 Harris Akin was a County Commissioner residing on ranch property northeast of the City. 1919 E.A. Schlichter and Ida O. Schlichter resided at 1212 W. Oak with business offices (real estate listed as business) at 133 W. Mountain. 1922 L.C. Moore lived at 1311 S. College and Mrs. E.J. Moore lived at 1319 S. College. 1925 LC Moore continued at 1311 and Mrs. E.J. Moore at 1319 S. College. 1925 E.A. and Ida O. Schlichter with their children Irwin and Thelma, both students, are residents at 1312 S. College, E.A.’s business address was 6 Wilson Block. 1925 Harris Akin, county commissioner, and Martha B. Akin residing at 602 Elizabeth. 1927 Harris Akin, County Commissioner, and Martha B. Akin residing at 1312 S. College. 1927 L.C. Moore continued at 1311 S. College, Mrs. E.J. Moore was no longer shown as residing at 1319 S. College, rather C.H. Sherman was shown as the occupant. E.A. Schlichter and Marie E. Schlichter, (Ida O. passed away and E.A. remarried, the two to subsequently divorce), are shown to reside at 700 Remington with Irwin and Thelma both continued to be shown as students living with them, E.A.’s business address changed to 4-5 Wilson Block. 1929 E.A. Schlichter, apparently having divorced Marie, is shown as living at 2 Long Apartments with Thelma, the directory makes no reference to Irwin, E. A continues to be listed with a business address at 5 Wilson Building. 1931 Neither E.A. Schlichter nor Harris Akin are listed in in the directory, nor is there any trace of E. A. Schlichter thereafter. 1931 Charles R. Evans occupied 1312 S. College with 1312½ S. College shown as vacant, 1318 S. College is the Kappa Delta house. 1933 Charles R. Evans, oil business, occupies 1312 S. College (1312 ½ is not shown as an address); L.C Moore continued to occupy 1311 S. College. 1936 Lester B. and Ida McBride occupy 1312 S. College, Lester is a cashier at First National Bank; L. Clark Moore continues to occupy 1311 S. College; Walter Hadley, the manager of the J.C. Penney company moves into 1304 S. College; Kappa Delta continues at 1318 S. College; Charles R., farmer, and June G. Evans are shown as residing at 425 S. College; Harris and Mabel (Martha?) B. Akin have moved back to town and reside at 1121 W. Mulberry. 1938 The McBrides reside at 1312 S. College and, Lawrence T. McBride, presumably a son, is listed as resident. 1948 Leslie Horsely, wife Cora A. Horsley and Esther C. Horsely (Esther is shown as the Assistant Editor of publications at Colorado A&M) are shown as residing at 1312 S. College; Mable Akin, shown as a widow, resided at apartment 3 at 306 Peterson; Lester (still employed by First National) and Ida McBride at 706 Mathews, Charles R. (farmer) and June McBride resided at 704 Mathews and 1318 S. College is listed as the “Log Cabin House”, with Michael Parl having an interest. 1949 David V. Howe, the manager of Ideal Cement, and Augusta S. Howe resided at 1312 S. College; Don Chapin, who was long tied to Boettcher and Co. resided next door to the north at 1304 S. College; Alpha Gamma Rho was located at 1318 S. College. 6 Packet Pg. 90 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 11 1950 David Howe resided at 1312 S. College, Alpha Gamma continued at 1318. Leslie Horsely is listed as retired, married to Cora Horsley with Ester Horsley, vice president Fort Collins Brick all living at 326 E. Myrtle. 1960 shows 1312 S. College as the Phi Kappa Tau house, 1310 S. College was the Acacia Fraternity, 1311 S. College was occupied by R. Hinman, 1318 S. College as the Farmhouse Fraternity, 1319 to 1325 S. College as the Lambda Chi house. Don Chapin continued to live at 1304 S. College, W.A. Hadley at 1337 S. College. 1962 shows Donald Z. Smith, employed as a supervisor at Paramount Laundry, his wife Shirley V. Smith as living at 1312 S. College, the Farmhouse Fraternity is shown as having moved from 1318 S. College to 633 S. College. 6 Packet Pg. 91 Agenda Item 6 Item # 6 Page 12 ADDENDUM B - Chain of Title research A title search of the property shows the following conveyances. Recording info book pg Date Docmt. Grantor Grantee 514 57 9/3/1925 WD Schlichter EA Akin Harris 580 120 7/23/1929 WD Akin Martha B Henderson JR 595 134 7/25/1929 Ass deed Akin, Harris Akin Martha B 599 399 9/29/1930 WD Henderson JR Evans June G 599 424 10/18/1930 WD Henderson JR Evans June G 627 427 3/24/1934 WD Evans June G Horsely Leslie 739 318 4/12/1942 WD Horsely Leslie Horsely Leslie, etal 792 882 7/22/1945 WD Horsely Leslie, etal Horsely Leslie, etal 981 345 10/19/1954 WD Horsely Leslie etal Nelson Don 1072 467 8/6/1958 WD Nelson Don Carrick LL 1104 422 10/7/1959 WD Carrick LL Alpha Sigma House 1153 34 9/29/1961 WD Alpha Sigma House Smith Donald Z. and Shirley V. ATTACHMENTS 1. 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (DOCX) 2. SITE PHOTOS historic (PDF) 3. 8-12-14 Brad March ltr historical designation request 1 (PDF) 4. 1312 S College Ave_LPC Resolution (DOCX) 5. Photos 1 (PDF) 6. Photos 2 (PDF) 7. Photos 3 (PDF) 8. Photos 4 (PDF) 6 Packet Pg. 92 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 1312 South College, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 Legal Description: Lots 3 and 4, Block 2, L.C. Moore’s First Addition Property Name (historic and/or common): Schlichter/Akin/Smith House OWNER INFORMATION: Name: MaOlPh, LLC Email: BMarch@Bmarchlaw.com Phone: 970-482-4322 Address: 110 E Oak, Fort Collins, CO 80524 CLASSIFICATION Category Ownership Status Present Use Existing Designation Building Public Occupied Commercial Nat’l Register Structure Private Unoccupied Educational State Register Site Religious Object Residential District Entertainment Government Other FORM PREPARED BY: Name and Title: Katie March, Researcher Phone: 970-310-5691 Email: Katiealysamarch@gmail.com Relationship to Owner: Daughter DATE: Prepared 12 August 2014. Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.41 0 970.22 4- fax fcgov.c 6.a Packet Pg. 93 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 2 TYPE OF DESIGNATION and BOUNDARIES Individual Landmark Property Landmark District Explanation of Boundaries: The boundaries of the property being designated as a Fort Collins Landmark correspond to the legal description of the property, above. The property consists of the historic residence, attached garage and surrounding yard. SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY Properties are eligible for designation if they possess both significance and integrity. Significance is the importance of a site, structure, object or district to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture of our community, State or Nation. Integrity is the ability of a site, structure, object or district to be able to convey its significance. Significance: Standard A: Events. This property is associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. It is associated with either (or both) of these two (2) types of events: 1. A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or 2. A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. Standard B: Persons/Groups. This property is associated with the lives of persons or groups of persons recognizable in the history of the community, State or Nation whose specific contributions to that history can be identified and documented. Standard C: Design/Construction. This property embodies the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; represents the work of a craftsman or architect whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality; possesses high artistic values or design concepts; or is part of a recognizable and distinguishable group of properties. Standard D: Information potential. This property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Integrity: Location. This property is located where it was originally constructed or where an historic event occurred. Design. This property retains a combination of elements that create its historic form, plan space, structure, and style. Setting. This property retains a character and relationship with its surroundings that reflect how and where it was originally situated in relation to its surrounding features and open space. Materials. This property retains much of the historic physical elements that originally formed the property. Workmanship. This property possesses evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. This consists of evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering the building, structure or site. Feeling. This property expresses the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period or time. This results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property's historic character. Association. This property retains an association, or serves as a direct link to, an important historic event or person. It retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property's historic character. 6.a Packet Pg. 94 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 3 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY The property at 1312 South College Avenue qualifies for Fort Collins Landmark designation under Designation Standards A, B, and C. Under Standard A, this property is eligible for the story it tells of Fort Collins during the early 1920s, a time when wealth and social status was reflected in the architecture of the era. Additionally, this property is eligible under Standard B for its association with prominent individuals in Fort Collins history: L.C. Moore, Edwin A. Schlichter, and Harris Akin. The property is also eligible under Standard C as an excellent example of Italian Renaissance architecture, which was popular during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Historic Context This property is historically and architecturally significant for the story that it tells about the pre- depression 1920s era, following the end of the First World War. This brief period in history saw successful business and agricultural entrepreneurs becoming increasingly affluent. The times allowed increased lot and home sizes, due to increasing numbers of owners potential who, unlike in prior years, were, by 1920, both able and willing to spend money to make a statement in the form of the more stately homes in which they lived. The L.C. Moore subdivision was intended to capitalize on this increased ability and willingness to make residential investments. Unfortunately, this was a short-lived period of affluence as the onset of the depression loomed. The subject property, at 1312 South College Avenue, is a prime example of these times, when property owners were desirous of making a statement, but still had an eye towards frugality. Even subdivision deed restrictions required a substantial but not an unreasonable investment to insure that homes presented the desired image of the times, with the residents wanting to locate in the right neighborhood with the right people. While the houses were built to convey an image, the exterior building materials were relatively simple concrete and stucco. The Italian villa architecture, while exhibiting symmetrical lines, is a simple four-by-four, two-story pattern common to the times. While crown molding adorned the first floor interior of the home, the cost was not justified on the second floor, which lacks these embellishments. While the home presented an image, it did not hold its original value when, first the local sheep market crashed in the mid-1920’s and then the world financial market crashed in the late 1920’s. Still, this home’s size, location, style and presentation attracted reasonably well-to-do, yet cost conscious, prominent local residents as second, third and later generation buyers. Progress subsequently saw many of the majestic homes that defined the era converted to fraternity and sorority homes, and then later destroyed for new development. This home, remaining predominantly as a residence, survived largely intact as constructed in 1921. Preservation of the home and the valuable story it tells, a snapshot in time of the community and it’s albeit short-lived social and economic changes, warrants preservation. The subject property is an excellent example of Italian Renaissance Style Architecture, built in the 1920’s and associated with various prominent local 20th century business leaders, notably E.A. Schlichter and Ida O. Gilkison Schlichter, Harris Akin and Charles R. and June Evans. The original development and the changes that Block 2 of the Moore’s First Addition experienced have tracked with significant changes that have impacted the City of Fort Collins over the last 100 years. These areas saw development beginning in the 1910 era, with the growth of the University and the Town. Streetcar service was extended to the area in the 1920’s allowing development in areas outside of the radius of the traditional downtown. This area, now known as Fort Collins’ mid-town neighborhoods, was the focus of Fort Collins’ development from the 1910’s through the early 1950’s. This property was one of many in the area that defined the community. This was one of the first lots sold by L.C. Moore and was intended to showcase his subdivision project. The stucco exterior was common in the neighborhood homes with many of the new homes in the area having 6.a Packet Pg. 95 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 4 used the popular yet economic exterior wall design. The home retains the same symmetrical presentation that led to its elegance when it was built. No known additions or modifications to the footprint of the building have occurred. Changes to the windows and exterior openings have been minor. Likewise, the interior of the structure is largely unaltered from the original construction. At one time, the houses along College Avenue from Elizabeth to Prospect Streets in the Crafts and L.C. Moore subdivisions were cluttered with showplace mansions. The houses gradually became dinosaurs and maintenance faltered during the Great Depression and the Second World War. These large homes which Iined College, particularly after the war, were turned into fraternities and sororities as the College/University grew.1 Most of the mansions fell into disrepair, were torn down and were gradually replaced by businesses. A number of the homes survive, including the adjoining property at 1304 S. College, built shortly after the 1312 S. College property, as well as homes in the 1400 block of S. College. Survival of a number of these homes in the L.C. Moore Subdivision is likely attributable to Moore placing covenants in all of the deeds limiting the property to residential uses. While these restrictions have been either ignored or limited by court decrees over the years, the initial limitations on the use of sites in Moore’s subdivision saved a number of the structures (sadly excluding the homes owned/built by the Moore family on the west side of College which demolished in the 1960’s to make room for a CSU parking lot). Moore’s far-sightedness in donating property for the Fort Collins High School Campus and park likewise led to the preservation of homes in the area. The location of the high school assured activity in the area as well as streetcar service, allowing for the development of the area. More recently, the sale of the historic high school and renovation of the structure for uses by the University has had a restorative effect in preservation of properties in the area, particularly along Remington Street in Block 2 of Moore’s First Addition and east and south of what was the high school campus in Moore’s Second Addition. The addition of the Max transportation corridor, similar to the addition of the Trolley 80 years past, has raised interest in the areas up and down South College Avenue and in the Midtown area, and has seen development spurred particularly in areas along College and south of Prospect Road. This new development interest in the area intensifies threats to the few remaining opulent residential structures that defined the leaders of the community who relocated along South College Avenue in the early 1920’s. HISTORICAL INFORMATION (Please include city directory research and/or a title search if the property is important for its association with a significant person.) Research shows the following overview of residents and developers of the property, City directory and title research are attached as Addendums A and B: In 1921, the subject property was first subdivided as L.C. Moore’s First Addition and would soon become one of the city’s grandest neighborhoods boasting some of the most beautiful houses in Fort Collins. The subdivision boundaries west of College Avenue extended from the Colorado and Southern Railroad on the west, to Lake and Pitkin Streets on the north and south. East of College Avenue, the subdivision extends from College Avenue on the north, past Circle Drive on the south and bounded by Prospect and Pitkin on the east and west (including the subsequent development phases 2 and 3).2 A prominent Fort Collins businessman, Lewis Clark (L.C.) Moore was active in developing the Laramie Poudre Tunnel and served for a time as the cashier for the First National Bank, the president of the Commercial Bank and Trust, president of the North Poudre Irrigation Company 1 Interview June 14, 2014, Danny and Nancy Bailey, Mrs. Bailey’s family having owned one of the houses in Block 1 of the L.C. Moore’s First addition for a period of time before the home was torn down. At one time the Lambda Chi house, 1325 S. College Ave. 2 LC Moore’s First Addition Subdivision plat dated July 9, 1921, recorded Book 4, Page 45, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder Records; Second Addition plat dated Sept. 15, 1923, recorded September 15, 1923; and Third Addition plat, dated May 29, 1924, recorded July 16, 1924. 6.a Packet Pg. 96 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 5 and secretary and treasurer on the State Board of Agriculture.3 4 L.C. Moore, W.C. Moore and Mrs. E.J. Moore built large, mansion-type homes to encourage development of the subdivision. Prominent local architect Montezuma Fuller designed the homes of L.C. and W.C. Moore on the west side of College Avenue as well as the house to the south of the subject property5 at a cost in excess of $7,000. Moore sought homes of grandeur similar to those built by his family to encourage development to the south of the Agricultural College on what was then the outskirts of Fort Collins. Moore uniformly placed deed restrictions against properties in his subdivisions limiting the use of structures to residential purposes and requiring specific minimum cost limits for homes built on lots. This included an original 1921 deed restriction requiring that the cost the home constructed on lots 3 and 4, of Block 2 be more than $7,000. Subdivision lots still remained in L.C. Moore’s estate on his death in 1944.6 The subject property was developed as a show piece in 1922; one year after Moore subdivided the property. In 1922, Edwin A. Schlichter paid $2,500 for the property and received a deed on August 15, 1922 from Moore.7 Schlichter borrowed $7,000 from L.C. Moore; the loan was secured by a deed of trust against the property dated on August 15, 1922.8 The home on the property was built for $7,900 by E.A. and Ida Schlichter. E.A. Schlichter was born November 14, 1879 and came to Colorado in 1902 where he served as a school teacher for School District 11.9 Ida Gilkison was born September 16, 1880 and married E.A. on June 30, 1904.10 Ida was one of A.T. (Tom) and Margaret Gilkison’s six children.11 A.T. and his son, William F., operated Gilkison Mercantile where the Harmony Mill is now located.12 A.T. Gilkison originally came to Colorado as a prospector in 1866, moving to Larimer County in 1880. E.A. and Ida had two children: Thelma M. born in 1907 and Irwin B. born in 1908.13 E.A. Schlichter was very successful as the district manager for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Schlichter was active in water matters including the North Poudre Irrigation Company and the Laramie Poudre Tunnel.14 Three years after building their home, Ida died on April 25, 1925. E.A. remarried Marie E. Schlichter, divorcing in 1927.15 The house was sold and city directories suggest E.A. left Fort Collins in 1927, along with Thelma and Irwin.16 On September 2, 1925, Schlichter sold the property to Harris Akin and began liquidating other holdings.17 The property was conveyed subject to the loan from L.C. Moore that had been taken 3 http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=5958&CISOBOX=1&REC=3; Directory of Agriculture and Home Economics leaders, June, 1920 Extension Bulletin, Series 1 -169A. 4 Ansel Watrous, History of Larimer County, 1911 pg. 413. 5 http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_fuller_montezuma.pdf; L.C. Moore was born on January 24, 1866 and lived at 1307 S. College Ave., and W.C. Moore lived at 1315 S. College Ave.; these houses were across the street from Block 2 of the First Addition. Mrs. E.J. Moore lived at 1319 College Avenue.; http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_fuller_montezuma.pdf; William Welscher and George Draper House (The Wellness Center), 1304 S. College, date 1924. 6 WC Stover abstract review files, offices March, Olive and Pharris , N ½ L 1-3, B3 Moore’s 3 rd addition. Will order and decree filed Larimer County Clerk May 3, 1944; 7 Deed from L.C. Moore to E.A. Schlichter, recorded in the Larimer County Records on July 26, 1921 in Book 578, Page 231, Reception No. 225956; documentary fee $2.50. 8 Deed of Trust, Schlichter in favor or Moore; recorded in Book 452, Page 97 of the records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. 9 Watrous, p.430, born 1880 per 1920 census. 10 1920 census and Grandview Cemetery records. 11 Watrous history, pg. 311. 12 http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=3554&CISOBOX=1&REC=1. 6 out by Schlichter; the documentary fee reflected on the deed was $13.00 reflecting a purchase price of $13,000.18 At the time the home was purchased, Akin borrowed ten thousand dollars from Leslie Horsley, repayable in ten years.19 Even though this was before the national market crash in 1929, the local livestock market was depressed, particularly the sheep market. Harris Akin was born July 9, 1859 as one of six sons of Henry and Eunice Akin and came to Fort Collins in 1879. The Akin family were prominent farmers in the Fort Collins and Wellington areas. Harris met Laura Ellen Stickle when they were both students at the University of Colorado. Laura’s parents traveled west by covered wagon and originally settled in Denver, where Laura was born on May 24, 1862. Both retained a life-long commitment to education - Harris was involved in the founding of School District 16 and Laura was a teacher, instructing her own children and others in the Stout School, also known Highland School at Stout, which now rests at the bottom of Horsetooth Reservoir.20 Laura died Dec. 16, 1920 by suicide21 and Harris married wife Martha Akin roughly at the time he purchased the house. In Laura’s will, she left property to Harris as well as her two sons, Victor H, Akin and Howard S. Akin.22 Harris conveyed the home at 1312 S. College to his wife, Martha Akin, on June 4, 1929, subject to the deed of trust owed to Leslie Horsley. Harris served as a part of a strong republican block that controlled the Larimer County Commissioner seats from 1913 to 1927, with Akin serving as the County Commissioner for District 2 from 1917 to 1929, during which time he resided in the home.23 With the worsening of the depression, Akin lost his seat to democrat Henri McClelland in the 1928 election24 when the voters after twelve years of service did not continue Akin in office.25 On June 4, 1929, Martha B. Akin conveyed the property to J.R. Henderson subject to the lien securing the $10,000 promissory note owed to Horsley, which had originally been taken out by Harris Akin. The deed did not reflect that a documentary fee was paid and it is possible that the property was lost rather than being subject to a foreclosure. Harris Akin died December 3, 1940.26 The Akin family was central to the development of northern Colorado water and irrigation, including the Laramie-Poudre ditch and tunnel and the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. Two of Harris's brothers, Abraham and Myron, were instrumental in constructing the Laramie-Poudre tunnel which runs two and one-half miles through the mountains, diverting water from the Laramie River drainage to the Poudre River. Abraham (A.T.) Akin testified in Wyoming v. Colorado, which involved a broad series of court cases, dealing with water distribution from the Laramie River.27 A petition for rehearing was granted, which revised the original decision.28 The case went on for many years with a motion to dismiss denied by the U.S. Supreme Court as late as 1932.29 Harris’ brother Myron bought and developed the Crafts, also known as the Lake Park Addition, south of Elizabeth Street and east of College Avenue, in the area north of this property.30 Myron built a small stone house three blocks north of this property with his wife, Elizabeth Mellinger Akin. Elizabeth established the first kindergarten program west of the Mississippi, was the first woman in Fort Collins elected to the Board of Education, and served as a missionary to the local migrant and irrigation workers in the Fort Collins area. Myron Akin was elected an alderman and as 18 Deed Schlichter to Akin recorded Book 514, page 57 of the records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. 19 Deed of Trust Akin to Horsely secured by Lots 3 and 4, Block 2 Moore’s First Addition recorded Book 523, Page 218 of the records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. 20 Wayne Sundberg interview June 6, 2014. 21 Joan Day interview, June 6, 2014. 22 Laura Akin will, order admitting will to probate and decree of final settlement recorded in Book 505, Page 530 of the records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. 23 City Directories, 1917, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1936, 1948; see Addendum A. 24 Term ended January 1, 1929. 25 C:\documents and settings\hartdl\my documents\County Commissioners 1864-2010.xlsx. McClelland continued to serve to 1941 when, with the onset he was unseated by Republican John G. Nesbit. 26 7 mayor of Fort Collins in 1909. Some speculate that Elizabeth Street is in fact named after Elizabeth Akin.31 In 1930, five years after the home was purchased by Harris Akin, J.R. Henderson conveyed the home to June G. Evans. The property remained subject to the $10,000 obligation from Harris Akin to Leslie Horsley.32 The deed to Mrs. Evans does not reflect that any money was paid for the property. The Evans’ apparently acquired the home and at the same time may have exchanged other properties with Henderson.33 Charles Robert Evans34 and Jesse June Grable Evans lived in the home through the early 1930’s.35 Charles Evans was a successful local farmer and businessman who was born in Fort Collins and graduated from Colorado Agricultural College. Charles’ father, James C. Evans, was Mayor of Fort Collins in the 1880’s and a State Senator for Colorado from 1885 through 1897, dying in office. Charles and James operated J.C. Evans & Son, formerly the North College Grocery. Charles invested and speculated in oil and real estate and operated what was one of the largest cherry farms in the United States.36 In March of 1934, Mrs. Evans conveyed the house to Leslie Horsely,37 perhaps in satisfaction of the $10,000 Akin note. It appears that the Evans’ vacated the property in the mid 1930’s and conveyed the home to the Horselys. While the Horselys apparently occupied the house for a short time, they likely leased the house shortly after it was conveyed to the McBrides in the mid 1930’s, who occupied through the mid 1940’s. The Horsleys occupied the property for a time in the late 1940’s, but then vacated and began leasing again until the property was sold to Don Nelson in 1954.38 During Nelson’s ownership, the Nelson family appears to have resided on the property for a short time but then Nelson rented to a sorority. Fraternity and sorority houses were abundant and leasing to fraternities and sororities was big business. The property was apparently leased for these purposes based on significant demands along College Avenue. From the 1940’s to the 1960’s the house went through a series of occupants. In 1946, Lester B. and his wife, Ida McBride, resided in the home. Lester was the cashier at First National Bank.39 In 1950, David O. and Augusta Howe occupied the property. David was the manager of Ideal Cement Co. In 1954, Victor B. and Beth Scheffer lived in the house. Victor worked for the US Forest Extension and Beth was on the staff of Larimer County Welfare. In 1956, Don O. and Haleen Nelson purchased and briefly lived in the home. Don O. was a professor at Colorado A & M. The property was conveyed to L.L. Carrick and Odella B. Carrick by the Nelsons in 195840 and the property served as the Lambda Chi Alpha House beginning on July 1, 1958. In 1961, Milton Coy Hoffman and James Hoffman may have had some tie to the house.41 The house became the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity in the 1960’s42 and was conveyed to the Alpha Sigma House Corporation in 1959 in consideration of $50,050 (based on $50.05 documentary stamps).43 In 1959, Dorothy McComb,44 who lived for many years at 120 Buckeye, filed the first of 31 Myron and Elizabeth’s house is at 1008 Remington Street; Elizabeth Akin was born June 27, 1859; died March 14, 1934; Watrous history, pg. 356. 32 Deed from J.R.. Henderson to June Evans dated July 31, 1930, recorded Book 599 at Page 399. 33 Deed J.G. Evans to J.R. Henderson of same date as deed to property, deed recorded Book 599 at Page 424. 34 Charles Robert Evans was born September 7, 1870; died December 3, 1958; and Jesse June Grable Evans was born June 17, 1879; died September 24, 1958. 35 City directory research, see Addendum B. 36 Watrous history, pg. 393. 37 Addendum B, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder title research. 38 See, City directories information, Addendum B. 39 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mcbride&GSiman=1&GScty=21905&GRid=47672260& 40 Deed from Nelson to Carrick dated August 5, 1958, recorded Book 1072 at Page 467. 41 8 many lawsuits against Carrick and the Alpha Sigma Fraternity, with an eye towards enforcing the covenant. The suit apparently had some success as in 1961 the house was transferred to Donald Z. Smith and Thomas Gleason45 for $29,500 (based on $29.50 in documentary stamps). 46 The house was subsequently sold to Donald Z. and Shirley V. Hatten Smith.47 Don Smith came to Fort Collins in 1939 and graduated from Cache La Poudre High School in 1942. He and Shirley married on March 2, 1946 in Fort Collins. Don was a supervisor and later a partner with the Howe family in the Paramount Laundry and Cleaners and served as secretary/treasurer of the company. The Smiths had four children, Steve, Mark, Ron and Linda Ingrham. In his retirement, Don Smith kept and restored old cars and operated and owned, in partnership, two local car washes, one on North College and one behind what was the Sherwin Williams Maytag store on South College. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: 1922 Architect/Builder: L.C. Moore (developer) Building Materials: Stucco Architectural Style: Italian Renaissance Revival Description: The property is largely unchanged from the time of its original construction in 1922. This 4x4 mansion was the first of the homes built east of College Avenue after the L.C. Moore Addition was platted in 1921. The home was of the type which Moore required to define the new neighborhood. Built at an original cost of $7,900, the home met Moore’s cost specifications as defined in the deed to the original owners.48 The home is eligible for recognition as a Fort Collins Landmark because of its distinctive architectural characteristics. The building, with a rough mix stucco/concrete exterior, has always been white. Stucco was particularly popular in the 1920’s based on its durability, ease of application, insulating qualities and development of concrete based materials in this era. The exterior of the structure remains largely unchanged from the original construction. This home was designed to make a statement, but as opposed to grandiose and opulent, was designed rather simply and while not inexpensive was, as many homes of the era, generally built with economic rather than elaborate materials. The structure’s symmetrical façade with a projecting central bay is highlighted by a semi-circular arched entry vestibule with the entry framed by tapered piers and a curved overhead feature with extending posts. Windows throughout the house were designed to provide abundant interior lighting. The original 15-glass paneled entry door with 10 panel glass sidelights on each side and the 6’ long by 5’ tall picture windows to each side of the entry still contain what appear to be the original beveled glass panels which show the attention to detail which was critical to Moore in showcasing his new subdivision. Each of the original picture windows (lighting the interior dining on the north and living rooms with ornate fireplace on the south) are bracketed by operable 2’ x 5’ sidelights on each side; these window combinations provided balance to the architectural features of the house and further emphasize the prominent front entry and exterior entry stair bordered by short walls on each side. The entry is further accented by a jut in the wall area around the entry and an extension of the overhanging second story gabled roof, intended to further highlight the main entry which on the interior opens to the main interior stair and the two main rooms of the house on the right and left of the front doorway. The 2’ x 5’ sidelights on either side of each picture window were operable to allow air circulation. Historic pictures, circa 1950, suggest that these sidelights were replaced 45 Longtime president/officer First National Bank. 46 Deed from Alpha Sigma House Corporation dated September 29, 1961, recorded Book 1153 at Page 34. 47 Don Smith was born August 24, 1924 and died March 17, 1993. 48 Deed restriction, $7,000 minimum cost for home, deed from L.C. Moore to E.A. Schlichter, recorded in the Larimer County Records on July 26, 1921 in Book 578, Page 231, Reception No. 225956. 6.a Packet Pg. 100 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 9 later in the home’s life and that, prior to the 1960’s, the sidelight windows were 2’ x 5’ - 10 pane windows on each side of the picture windows. To add further balance to the home’s appearance, historical photographs of the home show that the picture windows were underscored by juniper plantings (which were removed within the last five years) on each side of the main stairway entry walls and below the windows. In later years, as shown by the 1968 Assessor’s records, the picture windows were covered by retractable striped awnings; the tie-offs for the awnings are still mounted on the window frames. The upper floor at the west/front of the house contains the original triple sets of eight pane windows bracketing the front entry over each first floor picture window and (together with additional four pane windows on the north for the sizable master and on the south for the 2nd bedroom) provide plentiful light to the master and the second of four of the house’s original bedrooms. The exterior and windows at the front upper floor are highlighted by two small second floor pseudo balconies under each of the triple sets of eight pane windows and above the main floor picture windows. The jutted section of the building over the front entry contains two smaller side-by-side four-pane windows, centered on the front of the house, providing light to the master bedroom closet and, on the exterior, further accenting the front entry. The chimney is slightly offset to the south but near the center of the peak of the hipped roof, again adding balance to the architectural design of the home. Off the south side of the house is a 12’ x 14’ sun room accessed on the interior by multi-pane glass paneled double French doors, or on the exterior by a door with the same fifteen light pattern as the front entry but without side lights. The sun room is balanced on the north by a simple open porte cochere of roughly the same dimensions as the sun room and with the same pillar design as the pillars at the front entry of the home. The sun room is surrounded on both the east and west with four sets each of out swinging windows. The large pane single windows on the west match the current single pane windows adjacent to the picture windows on the front of house and, from historic pictures, there is question whether these windows are original. On the east are three sets and on the south on each side of the south entry door are two sets of the same 10-pane operable 4’ tall, 1’10” windows. The second story of the south side of the home above the sun room contains a screened door, again using the 15-pane glass door design that allows access to the patio roof to allow use of the roof of the sun porch as a second story deck/patio. This entry appears to be original to the building. Although not original, and not currently in place, in later years, certainly by 1968, historic pictures show that the porch area above the sunroom was surrounded by a roughly 2 ½’ to 3’ railing. While the railing has been removed, the supports for the railing that were mounted to the exterior walls of the house are still in place. To the west of the second story sun room roof patio door (lighting the 2nd bedroom) are a set of four light windows (of the same size and design as the second story windows that light the master bedroom closet area on the interior of the house) above the main entry. East of the second story entry on the south side second story are a single two light window (which provided light for the southeast bedroom closet) and two eight light four foot windows. Facing south off the main floor first story family room, on either side of the sun room, are two four light windows, each window 2’7” x 10”. West of the sun room are three sets of four light windows with the same dimensions, one facing south, one east, to the east of the sun room. Facing north off the northwest corner of the building, in the main floor dining room area, in addition to the 4’ x 5’ picture window with sidelights facing to the front (west) of the house, the room also is illuminated by double 2½’ x 2’ 4” four pane windows and a 15 light door, allowing access to the north side of the house by a concrete stair leading down to the porte cochere area. On the northeast main floor of the house is the kitchen. The kitchen windows have likely been replaced and now consist of single pane 4’ x 3’ (facing north) and 4’ x 2½’ (facing east) windows. At the east/rear of the building is a 12’ x 20’ patio symmetrically extending off the house, inset nine feet from the northeast corner of the main building and 10’ from the southeast corner. The patio, which was likely original, uses 3’ x 2 ½’ six light windows of a different design from the other main house windows, with the back porch windows hinged at the bottom and opening down and into the 6.a Packet Pg. 101 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 10 house (on chains with top latches). Three windows are located on the north and two (one covered) of the same windows on the south. A six light window (also covered over from the interior) faces to the east into the breezeway. On the southeast corner of the patio, accessed at the landing leading from the patio to the basement, is a utilitarian door leading to the garage and breezeway from the rear of the home. Lighting the northeast second floor bedroom and closet are a single two-pane one-window (closet) and two four foot tall eight light windows facing east as well as two four light windows (same design as other four pane windows) facing to the north. At the northwest corner on the north wall of the second story the master bedroom, in addition to light from the four 4” eight pane windows off the front of the house and the two four pane windows over the main entry door which light the master bedroom closet, there are also three four light windows, again of the same design as the other four pane windows, on the north wall of the master bedroom. Off the east/rear patio is a separated double 20’ x 20’ gabled garage (connected by a covered breezeway) containing a chimney, which once either served as a stove or forge. The garage may be original as it appears to have been sized to house cars of the time. While the structure now boasts modern garage doors, there are signs that at one time the frames had hinged panel doors. There is some thought the garage may have been added later as it appears to extend over the main sewer service for the house. The interior of the garage is roughly finished with two sets of six-light each windows at the south and east walls of the garage, with more modern garage doors which were added later, facing north. A door at the southwest corner of the garage aligns with a utility door from the southeast corner of the rear patio area of the house, which house door leads up to the patio area or down to the house’s basement. An arched breezeway exists between the house and garage. The arch at the northern entry of the breezeway remains, with an ornamental metal gate, but the southern breezeway entry has been squared off and a door has been added, presumably to curtail accumulation of blowing debris in the breezeway area. The basement area is lit by 3’ x 2’ three-pane windows that are hinged at the bottom, chained and latched at the top, opening into the house. One set of two windows are located at each side of front porch (four windows total), two on the south (either side of sun room) of the house, two on the east (either side of breezeway), and three on the north. The original coal shoot is located at the north side of the house off the east patio. All of the multi-pane main house windows open out and were so designed so as to better catch breezes. As a result, the windows have interior screens and were designed to operate by a unique crank system. The removable cranks can be inserted through holes in the screens by sliding aside small disks to be able to access the cranking mechanisms and operate the windows. REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) Historical reference file, City of Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Division, 281 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80522 Bailey, Danny and Nancy. Interview conducted by Brad March, 6/14/14, Mrs. Bailey’s family having owned one of the houses in Block 1 of the L.C. Moore’s First addition for a period of time before the home was torn down. At one time, the Lamda Chi house, 1325 S. College Ave.1 Cooper, James. Interview by Katie March, in person; interview at the Elks Club Lodge, Fort Collins, Colorado. Day, Joan. Interview conducted by Brad March, 6/6/14. Sundberg Wayne. Interview conducted by Brad March, 6/6/14. L.C. Moore’s First Addition Subdivision plat; Plat dated July 9, 1921, recorded Book 4, Page 45, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder Records. 6.a Packet Pg. 102 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 11 WC Stover abstract review files, offices March, Olive and Pharris. Arthur March and Arthur March Jr. abstract review files, offices March, Olive and Pharris. http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_fuller_montezuma.pdf L.C. Moore House, 1307 S. College Ave., 1907; W.C. Moore House, 1315 S. College Ave., 1907. http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=5958&CISOBOX=1&REC=3 Directory of Agriculture and Home Economics leaders, June, 1920 Extension Bulletin, Series 1 -169A. http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_fuller_montezuma.pdf, Deed from L.C. Moore to E.A. Schlichter, recorded in the Larimer County Records on July 26, 1921 in Book 578, Page 231, Reception No. 225956. 1920 Census. 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History of Larimer County: Collated and Compiled from Historical Authorities, Public Reports, Official Records and Other Reliable Sources. Fort Collins: The Courier Printing & Publishing Company, 1911. 6.a Packet Pg. 103 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 12 AGREEMENT The undersigned owner(s) hereby agrees that the property described herein be considered for local historic landmark designation, pursuant to the Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. I understand that upon designation, I or my successors will be requested to notify the Secretary of the Landmark Preservation Commission at the City of Fort Collins prior to the occurrence of any of the following: Preparation of plans for reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of the improvements on the property, or; Preparation of plans for construction of, addition to, or demolition of improvements on the property DATED this _________ day of _____________________________, 2014. _____________________________________________________ Owner Name (please print) _____________________________________________________ Owner Signature State of COLORADO ) )ss. County of LARIMER ) Subscribed and sworn before me this _____ day of __________________, 2014, by _____________________________________________________________________. Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires _______________________. ___________________________________________ Notary 6.a Packet Pg. 104 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 13 ADDENDUM A – City Directories Research 1917 Harris Akin was a County Commissioner residing on ranch property northeast of the City. 1919 E.A. Schlichter and Ida O. Schlichter resided at 1212 W. Oak with business offices (real estate listed as business) at 133 W. Mountain. 1922 L.C. Moore lived at 1311 S. College and Mrs. E.J. Moore lived at 1319 S. College. 1925 LC Moore continued at 1311 and Mrs. E.J. Moore at 1319 S. College. 1925 E.A. and Ida O. Schlichter with their children Irwin and Thelma, both students, are residents at 1312 S. College, E.A.’s business address was 6 Wilson Block. 1925 Harris Akin, county commissioner, and Martha B. Akin residing at 602 Elizabeth. 1927 Harris Akin, County Commissioner, and Martha B. Akin residing at 1312 S. College. 1927 L.C. Moore continued at 1311 S. College, Mrs. E.J. Moore was no longer shown as residing at 1319 S. College, rather C.H. Sherman was shown as the occupant. E.A. Schlichter and Marie E. Schlichter, (Ida O. passed away and E.A. remarried, the two to subsequently divorce), are shown to reside at 700 Remington with Irwin and Thelma both continued to be shown as students living with them, E.A.’s business address changed to 4-5 Wilson Block. 1929 E.A. Schlichter, apparently having divorced Marie, is shown as living at 2 Long Apartments with Thelma, the directory makes no reference to Irwin, E. A continues to be listed with a business address at 5 Wilson Building. 1931 Neither E.A. Schlichter nor Harris Akin are listed in in the directory, nor is there any trace of E. A. Schlichter thereafter. 1931 Charles R. Evans occupied 1312 S. College with 1312½ S. College shown as vacant, 1318 S. College is the Kappa Delta house. 1933 Charles R. Evans, oil business, occupies 1312 S. College (1312 ½ is not shown as an address); L.C Moore continued to occupy 1311 S. College. 1936 Lester B. and Ida McBride occupy 1312 S. College, Lester is a cashier at First National Bank; L. Clark Moore continues to occupy 1311 S. College; Walter Hadley, the manager of the J.C. Penney company moves into 1304 S. College; Kappa Delta continues at 1318 S. College; Charles R., farmer, and June G. Evans are shown as residing at 425 S. College; Harris and Mabel (Martha?) B. Akin have moved back to town and reside at 1121 W. Mulberry. 1938 The McBrides reside at 1312 S. College and, Lawrence T. McBride, presumably a son, is listed as resident. 1948 Leslie Horsely, wife Cora A. Horsley and Esther C. Horsely (Esther is shown as the Assistant Editor of publications at Colorado A&M) are shown as residing at 1312 S. College; Mable Akin, shown as a widow, resided at apartment 3 at 306 Peterson; Lester (still employed by First National) and Ida McBride at 706 Mathews, Charles R. (farmer) and June McBride resided at 704 Mathews and 1318 S. College is listed as the “Log Cabin House”, with Michael Parl having an interest. 1949 David V. Howe, the manager of Ideal Cement, and Augusta S. Howe resided at 1312 S. College; Don Chapin, who was long tied to Boettcher and Co. resided next door to the north at 1304 S. College; Alpha Gamma Rho was located at 1318 S. College. 6.a Packet Pg. 105 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 14 1950 David Howe resided at 1312 S. College, Alpha Gamma continued at 1318. Leslie Horsely is listed as retired, married to Cora Horsley with Ester Horsley, vice president Fort Collins Brick all living at 326 E. Myrtle. 1960 shows 1312 S. College as the Phi Kappa Tau house, 1310 S. College was the Acacia Fraternity, 1311 S. College was occupied by R. Hinman, 1318 S. College as the Farmhouse Fraternity, 1319 to 1325 S. College as the Lambda Chi house. Don Chapin continued to live at 1304 S. College, W.A. Hadley at 1337 S. College. 1962 shows Donald Z. Smith, employed as a supervisor at Paramount Laundry, his wife Shirley V. Smith as living at 1312 S. College, the Farmhouse Fraternity is shown as having moved from 1318 S. College to 633 S. College. 6.a Packet Pg. 106 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 15 ADDENDUM B – Chain of Title research A title search of the property shows the following conveyances. Recording info book pg Date Docmt. Grantor Grantee 514 57 9/3/1925 WD Schlichter EA Akin Harris 580 120 7/23/1929 WD Akin Martha B Henderson JR 595 134 7/25/1929 Ass deed Akin, Harris Akin Martha B 599 399 9/29/1930 WD Henderson JR Evans June G 599 424 10/18/1930 WD Henderson JR Evans June G 627 427 3/24/1934 WD Evans June G Horsely Leslie 739 318 4/12/1942 WD Horsely Leslie Horsely Leslie, etal 792 882 7/22/1945 WD Horsely Leslie, etal Horsely Leslie, etal 981 345 10/19/1954 WD Horsely Leslie etal Nelson Don 1072 467 8/6/1958 WD Nelson Don Carrick LL 1104 422 10/7/1959 WD Carrick LL Alpha Sigma House 1153 34 9/29/1961 WD Alpha Sigma House Smith Donald Z. and Shirley V. 6.a Packet Pg. 107 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 6.b Packet Pg. 108 Attachment: SITE PHOTOS historic (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 6.b Packet Pg. 109 Attachment: SITE PHOTOS historic (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 6.c Packet Pg. 110 Attachment: 8-12-14 Brad March ltr historical designation request 1 (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.416.2740 970.224.6134- fax fcgov.com Planning, Development & Transportation RESOLUTION 7, 2014 OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDING LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE SCHLICHTER/AKIN/SMITH HOUSE 1312 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO WHEREAS, it is a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of sites, structures, objects, and districts of historical, architectural, or geographic significance, located within the city, are a public necessity and are required in the interest of the prosperity, civic pride and general welfare of the people; and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council that the economic, cultural and aesthetic standing of this city cannot be maintained or enhanced by disregarding the historical, architectural and geographical heritage of the city and by ignoring the destruction or defacement of such cultural assets; and WHEREAS, the Schlichter/Akin/Smith House has retained a high degree of historic integrity and individual significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standards A, B and C, for its portrayal of a subset of Fort Collins in the early 1920s, a time when wealth and social status was reflected in the architecture of the era; for its association with prominent individuals in Fort Collins history, including L.C. Moore, Edwin A. Schlichter, and Harris Akin; and as an excellent example of Italian Renaissance architecture; and WHEREAS, the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the Schlichter/Akin/Smith House meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in Section l4-5 of the code and is eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner of the property, MaOlPh, LLC, has consented to such landmark designation. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of Fort Collins as follows: Section l. That the property known as the Schlichter/Akin/Smith House and the adjacent lands upon which the historical resource is located, in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: Lots 3 and 4, Block 2, L.C. Moore’s First Addition, City of Fort Collins, County of Larimer, State of Colorado. be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter l4 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins 6.d Packet Pg. 111 Attachment: 1312 S College Ave_LPC Resolution (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 7, 2014 The Schlichter/Akin/Smith House, 1312 South College Avenue Page 2 Section 2. That the Secretary of the Interior's standards and guidelines for the treatment of historic properties will serve as the standards by which alterations, additions and other changes to buildings and structures located upon the above described property will be reviewed for compliance with Chapter 14, Article III, of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of Fort Collins held this 10th day of September, A.D. 2014. ________________________________ Ron Sladek, Chair ATTEST: _______________________ Secretary/Staff 6.d Packet Pg. 112 Attachment: 1312 S College Ave_LPC Resolution (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 6.e Packet Pg. 113 Attachment: Photos 1 (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 6.f Packet Pg. 114 Attachment: Photos 2 (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 6.g Packet Pg. 115 Attachment: Photos 3 (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 6.h Packet Pg. 116 Attachment: Photos 4 (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) Alrene Ahlbrandt, 7/01 Senior Voice, p. 14. 42 WC Stover abstract review files, offices March, Olive and Pharris. 43 Deed from Carrick to Alpha Sigma House Corporation dated October 7, 1959, recorded Book 1104 at Page 422, deed of trust to Poudre Valley National Bank for $16,000, recorded Book 1104 at Page 423 and second deed of trust to Carrick. 44 Together with Marjorie C. Kissock who lived for many years at 1309 Remington. 6.a Packet Pg. 99 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) Grandview cemetery records. 27 Case number 259 U.S. 419 (1922). 28 Case number 260 U.S. 1 (1922). 29 Case number 286 U.S. 494 (1932). 30 Myron Akin was born November 7, 1857; died March 19, 1946. 6.a Packet Pg. 98 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) 13 1920 Census. 14 http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=5958&CISOBOX=1&REC=3. 15 Larimer County Divorce Applications, http://www.lcgsco.org/indexes/divorces/Larimer%20County%20Divorce__1825- 1950_BM_filled.pdf. 16 Fort Collins City directories 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931; Addendum B attached. 17 Sale Lots 3, 4, 5 in Block 16, Crafts Subdivision, and Lot 1, Block 277, Loomis Addition by multiple owners including E.A. Schlichter and Charles J. GIlkison. Deed dated May 15, 1925, recorded Book 512, Page 133, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. 6.a Packet Pg. 97 Attachment: 1312 South College Ave FINAL Fort Collins Landmark Designation (2360 : Landmark Designation 1312 South College Avenue) Packet Pg. 26 Attachment: Designation Application (2336 : 220 Remington Street Landmark Designation)