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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 8
DATE: April 4, 2000
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF:
Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 31,2000, Designating the Fort Collins National Guard Armory,
314 East Mountain Avenue,as a Local Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of
Fort Collins.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The owner of the property,Terry Hamilton,is initiating this request for Local Landmark designation
for the Fort Collins National Guard Armory. The building is significant for its architectural
importance to Fort Collins, as a good example of vernacular masonry civic architecture and as an
example of the work of noted Fort Collins architect Arthur M. Garbutt. The building also has
historical significance to the City,as the oldest,and only remaining National Guard Armory in Fort
Collins. Ordinance No. 31, 2000,was unanimously adopted on First Reading on April 4, 2000.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 10
DATE: April 4, 2000
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF:
Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No.31,2000,Designating the Fort Collins National Guard Armory,314
East Mountain Avenue,as a Local Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption ofthe Ordtrtice octl first Reading ,'At a public hearing held on March
22, 2000, the Landmark Preservation Commission'aanimously'recommended designation of this
property as a local landmark for its architectural and historical importance to Fort Collins.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The owner of the property,Terry Hamilton,is initiating this request for Local Landmark designation
for the Fort Collins National i i : ' nificant for its architectural
importance to Fort Collins, as good ple ` v ' 1 "my civic architecture and as an
example of the work of note ort C ns at '" it ur Garbutt. The building also has
historical historical significance to the Ci :, lie y rem ' g National Guard Armory in Fort
Collins.
History -The Fort Collins National Guard Armory building was designed in 1907 by Fort Collins
architect Arthur M. Garbutt,a protege of Montezuma Fuller. The two story brick building features
a crenelated parapet roofline with coping and an entablature of decorative brickwork. A large,round
arched entranceway is centrally located on the symmetrical facade. To the right of the entrance are
two evenly spaced, one-over-one double hung windows. To the left of the entrance, replacing the
original windows, is a store froakgrtio„ e s fa has a centrally located triple
window with shared stone sills, n ei side a are two evenly spaced double
hung windows.