HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/02/1999 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO.163, 1999, DESIGNATI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER` 17
DATE: November 2, 1999
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 163, I999,Designating the Arthur and Lillian Andrew House,Barn
and Garage, 515-515'/z South Meldrum Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, as Historic Landmarks
Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. At a public hearing held on October
13, 1999,the Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously recommended designation of this
property as a local landmark for its architectural importance.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The owners of the property, Thomas T. and Diane M. Tucker, are initiating this request for Local
Landmark designation for the Arthur and Lillian Andrew House,Bam and Garage,515-515'h South
Meldrum Street. The buildings are significant as representative examples of vernacular residential
architecture typical of the turn of the century.
The wood frame home,built in 1898,features a hipped roof with a projecting pent gable. Character
defining elements include the use of decorative shingles,paired lights in the gable end, and leaded
glass in the upper window sashes on the facade. The screened front porch was built with wooden
half walls topped by Doric columns supporting the hipped porch roof. The porch roof also features
applied rafter tails. A square bay window, with hipped roof,projects from the south elevation. A
two-story addition to the rear of the house was constructed sometime in the 1950s. Because the
addition is set in from the main house,and because of the narrow lot and closely spaced buildings
on both sides, the addition is not visible from the street.
A single car garage, with cinder block foundation, sits to the rear of the house. Features include a
gable roof, wider, six-inch wood dropped siding, and exposed rafter ends. An early hipped roof
addition on the west elevation extended the rear of the garage, and a metal stovepipe juts above the
roof of this addition. The garage door is a non-original overhead car door.
The two-story barn or carriage house,despite its early(c. 1930s)conversion into a dwelling,retains
a great deal of integrity. Significant features include the original narrow horizontal lap wood siding,
vertical divided light wood windows, and a sliding barn door. Alterations to the structure include
a bay window,added in the 1930s when the barn was remodeled, and the probable enclosure of the
east side. Windows are predominately four-light hoppers. The roof is a gable over the two-story
section, with an intersecting shed roof sloping down to a single story on the east side.
City directories list the earliest owners of this property as Arthur L. and Lillian (Lilly) B. Andrew.
The family made 515 South Meldrum their home for more than forty years,from c.1900 through the
early 1940s. Arthur Andrew worked as a contractor and house mover. The family had five children,
Margaret, Albert,Marie, Dale and Ross.
• ORDINANCE NO. 163, 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
DESIGNATING THE ARTHUR AND LILLIAN ANDREW HOUSE,
BARN AND GARAGE, 515-515%z SOUTH MELDRUM STREET,
FORT COLLINS, COLORADO,AS HISTORIC LANDMARKS
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 historic landmarks within
the City; and
WHEREAS,by Resolution dated October 13,1999,the Landmark Preservation Commission
(the "Commission")has determined that the Arthur and Lillian Andrew House, Bam and Garage,
515-515 Y2 South Meldrum Street, Fort Collins, Colorado have importance to the City in that they
represents architectural significance; 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 local
landmark, and has recommended to the City Council that said property be designated by the City
Council as a local landmark; and
. WHEREAS,the owners of the property have 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 historic landmark.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the structures, known as the Arthur and Lillian Andrew House, Barn and
Garage,located on lands in the City of Fort Collins,Larimer County,Colorado,described as follows,
to wit:
Lot 5, Block 85, City of Fort Collins, County of Larimer, State of Colorado
also known as 515-515`/z South Meldrum Street
be,and hereby are,designated as a historic landmark pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City
of Fort Collins.
Section 2. That the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines
for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings (U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Revised 1983) shall serve as the standards by which alterations,additions and other changes to the
buildings and structures located upon the above described property shall be reviewed for compliance
with Chapter 14,Article III, of the Code of the City of Fort Collins.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
November,A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of November, A.D.
1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of November,A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Community Planning and Environmental Services
Advance Planning Department
ity of Fort Collins
RESOLUTION 6, 1999
OF THE
CITY OF FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE
ARTHUR AND LILLIAN ANDREW HOUSE,BARN AND GARAGE,
515 - 5151/z SOUTH MELDRUM STREET, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
WHEREAS, it is a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of
sites, structures, and districts of historical, architectural or geographic significance, located within
the city, are a public necessity and are re(., _d 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 Arthur and Lillian Andrew House,Barn and Garage,515 -5151/z South Meldrum
Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, have architectural importance to Fort Collins, as representative
examples of vernacular residential architecture typical of the turn of the century; and
WHEREAS, the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the Arthur and Lillian
Andrew House, Barn and Garage meet the criteria of a landmark as set forth in Section 14-5 of the
code and are eligible for designation as a local landmark; and
WHEREAS, the owners of the property have consented to such landmark designation.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of
Fort Collins as follows:
Section 1. That the Landmark Preservation Commission recommends to the Council of the City
of Fort Collins that the building and structures known as the Arthur and Lillian Andrew House,Bam
and Garage, located on the lands in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described
as follows, to wit:
Lot 5, Block 85, City of Fort Collins, County of Larimer, State of Colorado
also known as 515 - 5151/z South Meldrum Street
be designated as a Local Landmark in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins.
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Resolution No. 6, 1999
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Section 2. That the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for
Rehabilitating Historic Buildings (U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Revised
1983) shall serve as the standards by which alterations, additions and other changes to the building
and structures located upon the above described property shall 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 13th day of Octobert, A.D. 1999.
Per I3 gestad, Chairman
ATTES .
Secretary/Staff
Community Planning and Environmental Services
Advance Planning Department
City of Fort Collins
LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION
October 13, 1999
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: Local Landmark Designation of the Arthur and Lillian Andrew House, Barn and
Garage, 515 - 515'/z South Meldrum Street, Fort Collins, Colorado
STAFF CONTACT: Karen McWilliams, Preservation Planner
APPLICANT: Thomas T. and Diane M. Tucker, Property Owners.
BACKGROUND: Staff presents, for your consideration, the local landmark designation of the
Arthur and Lillian Andrew House, Barn and Garage, 515 - 515'/2 South Meldrum Street. The
buildings are significant as representative examples of vernacular residential architecture typical
of the turn of the century.
The wood frame home,built in 1898, features a hipped roof with a projecting pent gable.
Character defining elements include the use of decorative shingles, paired lights in the gable end,
. and,leaded glass in the upper window sashes on the facade. The screened front porch was built
with wooden half walls topped by Doric columns supporting the hipped porch roof. The porch
roof also features applied rafter tails. A square bay window, with hipped roof, projects from the
south elevation. The foundation under the main structure is sandstone block, with a poured
concrete foundation, scored to mimic blocks, under the porch. A two-story addition to the rear of
the house was constructed sometime in the 1950s. This addition is clad with the wide siding so
popular at the time. The main entrance to the back apartment is off the rear, protected by a shed
roof hood. A side exit is covered by a metal awning. A small dormer has been added to the
north side of the two-story addition. While window styles in the original house are
predominately one/one double hung, the windows in the addition are instead primarily pairs of
casements. At the rear of the building is a concrete bulkhead cellar. Because it is set in from the
main house, and because of the narrow lot and closely spaced buildings on both sides, the
addition is not at all visible from the street.
A single car garage, with cinder block foundation, sits to the rear of the house. Features include
a gable roof, wider, six-inch wood dropped siding, and exposed rafter ends. An early hipped roof
addition on the west elevation extended the rear of the garage, and a metal stovepipe juts above
the roof of this addition. The garage door is a non-original overhead car door.
The two-story barn or carriage house, despite its early (c. 1930s) conversion into a dwelling,
retains a great deal of integrity. Significant features include the original narrow horizontal lap
. wood siding, vertical divided light wood windows, and a sliding barn door. Alterations to the
structure include a bay window, added in the 1930s when the barn was remodeled, and the
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probable enclosure of the east side. Windows are predominately four-light hoppers. The roof is
a gable over the two-story section, with an intersecting shed roof sloping down to a single story
on the east side.
City directories list the earliest owners of the property as Arthur L. and Lillian (Lilly) B. Andrew.
The Andrew family made 515 South Meldrum their home for more than forty years, from c.1900 .
through the early 1940s. Arthur began working as a transfer agent and laborer, but his
occupation was soon changed to contractor and house mover. The family had five children,
Margaret, Albert, Mane, Dale and Ross. By 1948, the home was owned by Paul and Euladean
Smith. Paul was a student at Colorado A&M, now CSU. Although no details are given, the
directory indicates that a total of eight people live here. By 1954, the property had been
purchased by Val P. and Jean Christy Farrell. Val was a university student, and Jean Christy
worked as a clerk for the Guarantee Reserve Life Insurance Company. Soon after, the house was
sold to Donald W. and Charlotte M. Samson. Donald worked as a carpenter, and Charlotte
worked variously as a hostess at the Ace Gillett Coffee Shop in the Northern Hotel, and as a
service counter clerk for the First National Bank. They had at least two children, Richard, who
attended Northeastern Junior College, and Larry. The Samsons lived here for about twenty years,
before the property was sold in the mid-1970s. From 1979 on, the city directories list the
property as a rental, assigning the number 515'/z to the barn in the mid-1980s.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approving this request for Local Landmark
designation of the Arthur and Lillian Andrew House,Barn and Garage, 515 - 5151/z South
Meldrum Street. Despite the early conversion of the barn into a residence, and the nearly fifty-
year-old addition to the rear of the building, the buildings retain sufficient integrity to convey
their significance as representative examples of vernacular residential architecture typical of the
turn of the century. Secretary of the Interior's Standard No. 4 states: Changes which may have
taken place in the course of time are evidence of the history and development of a building,
structure or site, and its environment. These changes may have acquired significance in their
own right, and this significance shall be recognized and respected.
Historic Preservation Office FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
P.O. Box 580 Date Determined "Eligible"
Fort Collins, CO 80522 Ordinance k
(303) 221-6597 Application within last
12 months? Yes No
Date Recorded
LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION NOMINATION FORM
Date: Augkst 16 looQ
Please type/print all entries
LO_C,ATIpN PARCEL NUMBER:
Address:5.1-5 - St S,A Qnnth Mn1Amm Rtrert
I egg] necrription• T at 5 Rlorlr 85 (!tty of Fnn (Wtinc
Property Name (Historic and/or common): Arthur and T Minn Andrew T-Tnuce! Ram and Garage
• FORM,PREPAREDBY
Name/Title: Karen MrWilliamc Hietnrir Precervatinn Planner
Address: CitIr of Pan rnllinc Advanre Planning nepn ent
Phone: (oT 22d_(,O7R Relationship to(lamer• None
OWNER INFORMATION;
Name: Thomas T. and Diane M. Tucker Phone: (970) 878-4596
Address: 242R4 ronnty Rnad R Meeker Coln RIMI
BOUNDARIES/TYPE OF DESIGNATION
_X_ Landmark(improvement only) _Landmark District(improvement + site/surrounding
environment)
Further explanation of boundary determination:
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CLASSIFICATION
Category: Ownership: Status: Present Use:
X Building — Public X Occupied — Commercial — Entertainment
Y Structure Y Private — Unoccupied — Educational _Government
— Site — Religious — Other:
— Object X Residential
— District Existing Designation:
— National Register
State Register
SIGNIFICAIVgF
Architectural:
— Represents work of noteworthy architect
— Possesses high artistic value
X Represents a type, period, or method of construction
Historical:
_ Associated with significant persons
— Associated with significant event or historic trend
— Contributes to the significance of an historic district
Geographical:
— Related to or part of distinctive area
Unique location
Further Comments: Please sep attach-1 infomation
(Add continuation sheet if needed)
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Please attach a narrative of the historical significance of the property. Include a title search if the property is
important for its association with a significant person.
Further Comments: Please gee att-hed
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. ARCHITECTURAL AND PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Construction Date: 1898 (House)c 1890s(Barn) c 1900s (Garage) Architect/Builder: Unknown
Building Materials: mmel eandstnne and ennerete fnnndatinns
Architectural Style: Vema'nlar Residential _
Special Features/Surroundings: pleasp see artarhed
(Add a continuation sheet if needed. Please include black and white photos of each elevation of the property.)
Describe any additions to the property: Please see attarhed
REFERENCE LIST OR SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Fort Collins City Directories
Larimer County Assessor's Records
Newspaper obituaries for Lillian Andrew, 6/24/42, and Arthur Andrew, 1/24/59
Field survey of property, conducted by K. McWilliams, 8/99
Information provided to owner by previous owners
(Add a continuation sheet, if needed)
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06129/1995 23:31 3038784596 TOM TUCKER PAGE 02
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71re mrderuStied owners)hereby agrees that the property described berem 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
Isndmark Preservation Commission at the City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Office prior to the
occurrence of any of the following:
1. Preparatiah of plans for reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of the improvements on the property, or;
2. Preparation of plane for construction of, addition to or demolition of improvements on the property.
3. I farther understand that if I apply for a building permit for any one of the following:
a. Alteration or reconstruction of or addition to the exterior of any improvement which constitutes all or
part of a landmark atr u m or landmark district;
b. Demolition or relocation of any improvement which coustinacs all or part of a landmark structure or
landmark district;
c. Construction or erection of or addition to any improvement upon any land included in a landmark
district;
d. Or if I proceed with any work not requiring a building permit as set forth in Section 14-47;
the Building Inspector and the Landmark Preservation Commission shall be under the tuts:constraints and
other relttirtmteurs as outlined in Chapter/ 14. Article III of thee Cc&of the City of Fort Collins.
DATED this �� day of S�� e K Jet- 191.
Owner Name(please prim)
Signature
y.��ve wlx
State of Lo% y ) lyQTARY'
County of -a B/ arc o ) )`a �`•
fPUBLIC:
Subscribed and sworn to before me this �aT day or .S'eAn —A r-- 1. r'.....
19c by -7Yea..o v ? T e l.L' r—
Witness my hand and official seal. My mmission puts
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Notary public
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06/29/1995 23:31 3038784596 TOM TUCKER PAGE 01
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The undersigned ow=(s)hereby agrees that the property described herein be considered for local
historic landmark designation,purauant to the Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the
Code of the City of Fort COMM.
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 Historic Preservation Office prior to the
occurrence of any of the following:
1. Preparation of plans for reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of the improvements on the property,or;
2. Preparation of plans for construction of, addition to or demolition of improvements on the property.
3. 1 further understand that if I apply for a building permit for any one of the following:
a. Alteration or reconstruction of or addition to the exterior of any improvement which constitutes all or
part of a landmark structure or landmark district;
b. Demolition or relocation of any improvement which constitutes all or part of a landmark structure or
hutdmark district;
c. Construction or erection of or addition to any improvement upon any land included in a landmark
district;
• d. Or if I proceed with any work not requiring a building permit as set forth in Section 14-47;
the Building Inspector and the Landmark Preservation Commission shall be under the time constraints and
other requirements as outlined in Chapter 14, Article III of the
eCode of the City of Fort Collins.
DATED this J1� day of D�Em 6Er2 1917
1�Ia�G M. `ruelcer
Owner Name(please prim)
%.-?o .
Signature
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State of l_O�D W O )
Cotmry of 't�t O CJl Q ra C o
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1� day of SEP4:F,
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19�4, by b l cn Arc D3—I orLizx. 1yd�M4M1 3
Witness my hand and offtc' My expires
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