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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 12
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: October 3, 2000
16 FROM: Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT :
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 130, 2000,Designating the Gill/Nelson Farm, 5529 Timberline
Road, as a Historic Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The owners of the property,Ray and Patty Seaser and Jeff Nowak,initiated this request for landmark
designation for the Gill/Nelson Farm. The farmhouse is significant to Fort Collins as an excellent
example of Italianate architecture. The property also has historical value to the community, for its
association with the agricultural development of the Fort Collins area. The property contains three
buildings, a circa 1890 two story brick house, a circa 1880 stone milk house or bunkhouse, and a
circa 1930 two-car garage. Ordinance No. 130, 2000, was unanimously adopted on First Reading
on September 19, 2000.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 23
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: September 19, 2000
STAFF: Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 130, 2000, Designating the Gill/Nelson Farm, 5529 Timberline
Road, as a Historic Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption o e Ord'n ce o iP ding. t a public hearing held on August
9, 2000;the Landmark Preserva om tonou commended designation of this
property as a landmark for its architectural and historical importance to Fort Collins.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The owners of the property, Ray and Patty Seaser and Jeff Nowak, are initiating this request for
landmark designation for the G' on i ' ificant to Fort Collins as an
excellent example of Italian arc ' lure. p e so has historical value to the
community, for its associate with th gric r evelop nt of the Fort Collins area. The
property contains three buildin a o bric se,a circa 1880 stone milk house
or bunkhouse, and a circa 1930 two-car garage.
History- Originally known simply as the "Gill Place,"this land was acquired by the Gill brothers
in the mid- to late-1800s. In the late 1800s, the 120-acre farm was purchased by John Nelson, a
distant relative of the Gills. Nelson was a local banker who arrived in Fort Collins from Wisconsin
in 1872. Following John's death, the farm was inherited by one of his sons, Alexander Nelson.
Alexander worked as a surveyor for the government,and rented the farm out,occasionally using the
land for pheasant hunting. In the earl 1950s, the property passed on to Lyal Nelson, Alexander's
great-nephew. Upon his deat 19 e l w e ed Lyal's son, Rodney, who sold
the property to Paragon Prope S. The w u ntly divided and developed as Willow
Springs. In 1999,Ray and Patt ease Jeff o purchas the portion of land containing the
original farm buildings, now know as 552 tmber me Road.
The property contains three buildings. The two-story,painted brick farmhouse was constructed circa
1890. Built in the Italianate architectural style, the hipped roof residence features a hipped entry
porch supported by squared columns, a canted bay window on the south elevation, and single and
paired two over two double hung windows, with arched brick lintels and sandstone sills. The
original stone milkhouse or bunkhouse still exists,located directly to the west of the main residence.
This low profile, gable roof building was constructed circa 1880, of irregularly shaped sandstone
blocks. It features a main floor roughly divided into two sections, and a two-room cellar with dirt
floor. The property also contains a circa 1930 two-car garage, with a gable roof, horizontal wood
drop siding, and vertical board sliding vehicle doors.