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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/06/1999 - FIRST READING ORDINANCE NO. 79, 1999, AMENDING ORD ITEM NUMBER: 29 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: May 4, 1999 . FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Karen McWilliams SUBJECT: First Reading Ordinance No. 79, 1999, Amending Ordinance No. 95, 1992, to Include Those Portions of the Street Railway Car Bam/Trolley Barn not Currently Designated in the Historic Landmark Designation Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. At a public hearing held on March 10, 1999,the Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously recommended amending Ordinance I 95, 1992 to include these additions to the local landmark designation. The North and South Additions date to the period of significance and contribute to the building's architectural and historical importance. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The main section of the Street Railway Car Barn and a portion of the South Addition were designated as a Local Landmark by Ordinance No.95, 1992;however,approximately three-quarters of this addition was situated on land then owned by the railroad,and therefore was not included in the designation. Since that time the City has purchased this land. Facilities Services is requesting that the original designation be amended to include this portion of the South Addition. Also, a second addition, located on the north side of the Car Barn, was intended to be included in d the original designation. Staff has since discovered that there is a question as to whether the legal description accompanying the original designation included this portion of the building. Facilities Services is therefore requesting that this North Addition be included in the amended designation,to reconcile the legal description to that intended. 1 ORDINANCE NO. 79, 1999 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING ORDINANCE 95, 1992, TO INCLUDE THOSE PORTIONS OF THE STREET RAILWAY CAR BARN/TROLLEY BARN NOT CURRENTLY DESIGNATED IN THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION 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 ofhistoric landmarks within the City; and WHEREAS,by Resolution dated March 10, 1999,the Landmark Preservation Commission ("Commission") has determined that the north and south additions to the Street Railway Car Barn/Trolley Barn date to the period of significance and contribute to the building's architectural and historical importance; and WHEREAS,the Commission has further determined that said additions 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 has recommended to the City Council that Ordinance 95, 1992 be amended to include the said property; and WHEREAS,the owner ofthe property,the City of Fort Collins,has consented to such action; and WHEREAS, such action 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 amend Ordinance 95, 1992 to include those portions of the Street Railway Car Barn/Trolley Barn not currently designated in the original local landmark designation. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That Ordinance 95, 1992,shall be and hereby is amended to include the north and south additions to the building known as Street Railway Car Barn/Trolley Barn and any other portions of said Barn not heretofore designated as a historical landmark, which Barn is located on lands in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: The West 170.00 feet of Lots 9 and 10 in Block 33 City of Fort Collins;TOGETHER WITH: The East 36.00 feet of the West 65.30 feet of the North 16.00 feet of Lot 11 of the said block 33; TOGETHER WITH: A portion of the Cherry Street Right of Way,more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the said Lot 9, Block 33;Thence along the north line of the said Lot 9,East 56.30 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING of this description; Thence continuing along the said north line, East 9.20 feet;Thence North 5.80 feet; Thence West 9.20 feet; Thence South 5.80 feet to point of beginning, City of Fort Collins, County of Larimer, State of Colorado, also know as 330 North Howes Street. 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 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 4th day of May, A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of May, A.D. 1999. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of May, A.D. 1999. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Community Planning and Environmental Services Advance Planning Department Citv of Fort Collins RESOLUTION 1, 1999 OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDING AN AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 95, 1992, TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF THE STREET RAILWAY CAR BARN/TROLLEY BARN, 330 NORTH HOWES STREET, NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION. 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 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 North and South Additions to the Old Street Car Bam/Trolley Barn have importance to the City, in that they are an integral part of the Old Street Car Bam/Trolley Barn,date to the period of significance, and contribute to the building's historical and architectural importance; WHEREAS, the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the North and South Additions to the Old Street Car Barn/Trolley Barn 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 City of Fort Collins,being the owner of the Old Street Car BamlTrolley Barn, 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 1. That the Landmark Preservation Commission recommends to the Council of the City of Fort Collins that the North and South Additions to the Old Street Car Barn/Trolley Barn, located at 330 North Howes Street, in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: (See Attachment"A") be designated as a Local Landmark in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins,CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6376 FAX (970) 224-6111 • TDD(970) 224-6002 • E-mail:aplanningCci.fort-collins.co.us A Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 1, 1999 Page 2 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 above described lands 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 Commissi a City of Fort Collins held this 10th day of March, A.D.1999. Chaj�n7an Per Hogestad A= Is Community Planning and Environmental Services Advance Planning Department Citv of Fort Collins LANDMARK PRESERVATION CONIMISSION March 10, 1999 STAFF REPORT REQUESTS: Local Landmark designation amending Ordinance 95, 1992, which designated the Street Railway Car Bam/Trolley Barn, 330 North Howes, to include portions of the building not included in the original designation. These additions date to the period of significance, and contribute to the building's historical and architectural importance. STAFF CONTACT: Karen McWilliams, Preservation Planner BACKGROUND: This designation would amend Ordinance No. 95, 1992, to include those potions of the Street Railway Car Barn/Trolley Barn not currently designated, to reconcile the legal description to that intended, and to include the remaining portion of the South Addition located on land now owned by the City. The primary portion of the Street Railway Car Barn and a portion of the South Addition, situated on land owned by the City, were designated as a Local Landmark by Ordinance 95, 1992; • however, approximately three-quarters of this addition was situated on land owned by the railroad, and was not included in the designation. Since then, the City has purchased this land, and is now requesting that the original designation be amended to include the remainder of the South Addition. Also, a second addition, located on the north side of the Car Barn, was intended to be included in the original designation. Staff has since discovered that there is a question as to whether the legal description accompanying the original designation included this portion of the building. The City is therefore requesting that the North Addition be included in the amended designation, to reconcile the legal description to that intended. The designation will allow the City to apply for Limited Stakes Gambling Funds for stabilization and rehabilitation of the structure. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approving this request to amend Ordinance 95, 1992, to incorporate those portions of the building not included in the original local landmark designation. These additions date to the period of significance, and contribute to the building's historical and architectural importance. • -81 North College avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970)221-6376 FAX i970) 224-6111 • TDD (970) 2-14-6002 • E-mail: aplanning(aci.fort-collins.co.us Community Planning and Environmental Services Advance Planning Department Historic Preservation Office P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 Citv of Fort Collins (970) 221-6597 LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION NOMLNATION FORK[ Date: Mamh In loon Please type/print all entries LOCATION PARCEL NUMBER: Address: 110 Noah Howes Sneer Fnn rnlline Legal Description: plpasP SPP attarhAd lagal nPcrrintinn Property Name (Historic and/or common): Sneer Railway far RnmiflM Tmllev Ram FORM:PREPARED'BY: iName/Title: Karen Mrwilliams Histarir Preservation Planner Address: Cip, of Fnn f nllinc Advance Planning neparrment Phone: (o70) 114-(,M Relationship to Owner- clone OWNER.INFORMATION' Name: City of Fnn('nllinc Inhn Ficrhharh f inr Manager Phone: (970) 221-6505 Address: P n Rnr iRD Fnn(`nllinc rnlnradn RMY nigh BOUNDARIES/TYPE OF DESIGNATION _Landmark(improvement only) —Landmark District (improvement _ site/surrounding environment) Further explanation of boundary determination: Please cee nnnrhed I egal Ileerrinrinn CADOCFlLE\DES[GNAT.ION\TROLLEYB.W PD 'S l \"urth College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins,CO 805212-0580 • (970)221-6376 FAX (970) 224-o1ll • TDD(970)224-6002 • E-mail: aplanningELci.fort-collins.co.us CLASSIFICATION Category: Ownership: Status: Present Use: X Building y Public X Occupied —Commercial _ Entertainment Structure _ Private _ Unoccupied —Educational —Y. Government — Site — Religious _ Other: — Object —Residential _ District Existing Designation: _ National Register — State Register SIGNMCANCE Architectural: Represents work of noteworthy architect Possesses high artistic value y Represents a type, period, or method of construction Historical: Associated with significant persons �L Associated with significant event or historic trend Contributes to the simficance of an historic district Geographical: Related to or part of distinctive area Unique location Further Comments: On Se temhrr 15 1009 thr 9trrrr Rnilwav( nr RamInId Trnllr.!Ram ivac rj&cionared as a Inral landmark nnrc,mnr rn llydinanrr OS 1001 This dreigyrinn . Hold amrnd tho nrdinnn m inrindr rhp nnrrh and south additions of the Street Railwav Car Bam/Old Trolley Barn. (Add continuation sheet if needed) FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Date Dete.fined "Eilzible" Ordinance Application within last 12 months? Yes No Date Recorded C.'DOMLEDESIGNAT.ION\TROLLEYB WPD Page 2 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 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 itnprovemenrs on the property, or; 2. Preparation of plans for construction of, addition to or demolition of improvements on the property. 3. I 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 ail or pan of a landmark structure or landmark district; b. Demolition or relocation of any improvement which constitutes 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 sec 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 Code of the City of Fort Collins. DATED this 1_ day nr Anri 1 , la gg City of Fort Collins. John Fischbach. Ciry Manager Owner Name �. Signature State of )ss. County Subscribed andslvom to before me this /3 day of��fn 19 -•bv tmess my hand and oftitiai seai. NI commission e. tres '-.. ,. o n Notary Public 4 C.TOUILETESIGNAT.IOMTROLLEYB.W PD Wnl q.Y�v(.iWmva Ihavnain�nnn Page i LEGAL DESCRIPTION STREET RAILWAY CAR BARN/OLD TROLLEY BARN 330 NORTH HOWES STREET The West 170.00 feet of Lots 9 and 10 in Block 33 City of Fort Collins. TOGETHER WITH: The East 36.00 feet of the West 65.30 feet of the North 16.00 feet of Lot 11 of the said block 33. TOGETHER WITH: A portion of the Cherry Street Right of Way,more particularly described as follows; Commencing at the Northwest comer of the said Lot 9, Block 33; Thence along the north line of the said Lot 9,East 56.30 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING of this description: Thence continuing along the said north line,East 9.20 feet; Thence North 5.80 feet; Thence West 9.20 feet; Thence South 5.80 feet to point of beginning. N I eONC/F. FL iI TFONbI 1 y BOO ' f � a Anima b4laal I�Ir �a A � \ \ • 4� � I D heIs 0 i�Ala ILI Y. •�.Dy I I - - b i w co � n f*I �C 9 ti 36/ a su rew: ea U ' Q Historic Preservation Office Date Determined "Eligible" 1984 P. O. Box 580 Ordinance x .Fort Collins, CO 805" Application within last (303) 221-6597 12 months? Yes X_ No Date Recorded FOR OFFICE USE LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION NOMINATION FORM Date: July 26, 1992 Please type/print all entries. Address* 330 North Howes Street Legal Description: The westerly 170' of lots 9 and 10, in Block 33, City of Fort Collins, County of Larimer, State of Colorado, Property Name (Historic and/or common)' Street Railway Car Barn/Old Trolley Barn Name/Title: f.arnl Tiinnar/Historic Preservation Specialist Address: P.Q. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 Phone:(Inl)2 1-6597 Relationship to Owner. Pmnl nypp Name: City of Fort Collins Phone- 221-6500 Address: P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins , CO 80522-0580 X Landmark (improvement only) _ Landmark District (improvement + site/surrounding environment) Further explanation of boundary determination: Designation includes only the oortion of car barn structure that is situated on lots 9 and 10 of Block 33. Fort Collins , Colorado. PROM Category: Ownership: Status: Present Use: X Building X Public Occupied Commercial Entertainment Structure Private Unoccupied Educational Government Site Religious Other. Object Residential District Existing Designation: National Register State Register Architectural: Represents work of noteworthy architect Possesses high artistic value Represents a type, period, or method of construction Historical: — Associated with significant persons X 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: See Continuation Sheet #1, Significance. (Add a continuation sheet if needed) Please attach a narrative of the historical significance of the property. Include a title search. Further Comments: See Continuation Sheet #2, Car Barn History and Background. AIt i,`ECl,i AL ANWl I ` e. V:" Oonstruction Dater 1907 Architect/Builder. W.P. Robbe - Stocker Construction Building materials: Brick construction, stone foundation, sills and lintels. Architectural style: Mission Style - Industrial Utilitarian. Special features/surroundings: See Continuation Sheet #3, Architectural and Physical Descriotion. (Add a continuation sheet it nee(la ease include black and white photos of eac a evatton o the property.) Describe any additions to the property: Addition to south western wall and small addition to north western wall , both pre-1920. Also see Continuation Sheet #4, Record of Building Permits, Fort Collins , CO 1920-1992. See Continuation Sheet 45, Bibliography. a continuation sheet it needed) 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 Historic Preservation Office prior to the occurrence of any of the following: 1. Preparation of plans for the reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of the improvements on the property, or; -. ?.-epararion of plans for construction of, aaaition to or demolition of improvements on the property. 3. I 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 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 time constraints and other requirements as outlined in Chapter 14, Article III of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. DATED this � day of ,41 / 1 U s � 119 k tt City Manager caner ame 'pleas pr t Signature ❑ Property owner wishes to withhold consent to local historic designation. State of rcr jo } )ss. County of Lq r , m C ) Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5 �h day of 19 by S t C bye r'e � t T/c. /{7a na 5 P1 Witness my hand and official seal. My commis ionexppires� IJl-1- 9- otary o CONTINUATION SHEET #1, SIGNIFICANCE: The significance of the Street Railway Car Barn is primarily historical and secondarily, architectural. The Old Trolley Barn housed and powered the fleet of 6 trolley cars, which were Ft. Collins ' residents principal means of transportation for 44 years, from 1907 until 1951 . The streetcar was used by citizens to go to shop, to work, to play, and even to get to school. This important Fort Collins historical transportation context conveyed citizens when horses were on the way out and cars were still a new-fangled and very expensive experiment. It operated in the black for the first time during World War II when rubber was very expensive and people were asked to conserve for the war effort. The citizens voted four times to retain the system but on June 3, 1951, it was retired anyway. A bus system was installed that lasted only six months . From then on, until the 1970s, Fort Collins was without a public transportation system. When the trolley system ceased operation in 1951, it boasted the lowest fare in the nation, five cents a ride. The Saturday Evening Post, in an article in 1947 , praised Fort Collins as "the smallest city in the U. S. to still have a trolley system. " It was the last trolley to run commercially in Colorado, and the last Birney car operation on the North American continent. (Peyton and Moorman) Architecturally, the structure is a rare example in Fort Collins of a Mission Style industrial utilitarian building. ( See Continuation Sheet #3 , Architectural and Physical Description. ) CONTINUATION SHEET #2, CAR EARN HISTORY AND BACKGROUND: On the corner of Howes and Cherry Streets sits an imposing municipal structure referred to as the "Trolley Barn" . A large metal sign above the doors identifies it as part of 20th century transportation with the label "Fort Collins Municipal Railway - 1919 " . " The structure and its related street railway system actually date from several years prior to the 1919 date. You can still make out the words underneath which appear to say, "Denver and Interurban Railway Company - 1907 . ) During the summer of 1906, the City of Fort Collins granted a franchise to the Denver and Interurban Railway Company, a wholly- owned subsidiary of the Colorado and Southern Railroad, to build and operate an electric street railway. The Fort Collins operation was to be part of a projected electric interurban system which would link the city with Denver, Greeley, Longmont and several other communities . On June 19, 1907 , ground was broken on West Mountain Avenue, for what became a 9-mile network of track by the end of the following summer. Regularly scheduled passenger service began on January 1, 1908 at 5 cents a ride. The system gained immediate acceptance and ridership was high from the beginning. Of primary importance to the system' s operation was a storage and service structure to be built at the corner of Howes and Cherry Streets . Construction on the barn began shortly after the start of the track laying. The building, fronting on Howes Street, covered 140 feet east to the west and 94 feet north to --he south. W.P. Robbe, a local contractor, laid a stone foundation and the Denver firm of a Mr. Stocker completed the main structure. The Fort Collins Weekly Courier dated July 19 , 1907 provided an excellent description of the building' s interior: "A space about 25x16 feet is reserved for the office, the balance being devoted to the uses of storage and repair of electric cars . There are three deep pits, lined with con- crete, for washing, inspection, and repair to cars . " There were spaces for a machine shop, a blacksmith shop, and a power substation, where alternating current was converted to direct current and sent out through the trolley wires . The barn had a capacity of 12 cars, and was reached by a spur line on Howes Street from West Mountain Avenue. The Denver and Interurban successfully operated the city system until July 11, 1918, when it went into receivership. The inter- urban plan had died. The city was without trolley service until May 29 , 1919 when the city purchased the system and began running the smaller, lighter Birney Safety Cars . The car barn continued to be the "heart" of the street railway operation until June 3, 1951 when Car #22 made its last trip into the barn. The retired . cars were stored in the barn until all but Car #21 were sold and removed to other cities. Car #21 was moved to the Pioneer Museum. The car barn served mainly as a storage structure for four decades . In 1977 , Car #21 returned to its old home and extensive historical renovation of the car was carried on. The street car barn is a significant part of the city' s municipal history. Fort Collins was the smallest city in the United States to own and operate a street car system. When Car #22 made its last run in 1951, the era of electric street railways ended in Colorado, and a Birney street car had made its last scheduled run on the North American continent. The Fort Collins Street Railway Car Barn appears to be the last intact, inside and out, trolley barn in Colorado, Pueblo ' s having been demolished in the early 1980s and Denver' s barns converted for other uses . ( Sundberg from Peyton and Moorman, edited by Tunner) CONTINUATION SHEET S3, ARCHITECTURAL AND PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Architecture - Utilitarian, industrial structure with Mission style details as evidenced by almost flat roof, mission-shaped, curvi- linear, roof parapets with round openings filled with iron grillework. The Mission style is typically a plain structure with very little decorative detailing. Generally the only surface ornamentation is a plain string stone course that bands the building below the windows . This structure is atypical in that it is not stucco nor does it have a tile roof . The style originated in California and the earliest examples date to the 1890s. It spread eastward but remained common only to the southwestern states . Most examples were built from 1905 to 1920 . (McAlester, also Pearce and Blumenson) This rectangular, single story structure is built of red brick on a buff sandstone foundation and has a low-sloped roof. As is often the case with the facades of large buildings of mission style, at the front (west) and east (back) side are low curvilinear, shaped parapets capped with buff-colored rough-cut stone; each has two round openings with decorative wrought iron window grilles. The front parapet has a plaque bearing the words "The Fort Collins Municipal 1919 Railway" . There is a brick addition with steel windows on the southwest corner and another small, windowless addition on the north towards the front. There is nothing in the 1920-1950 City of Fort Collins Building Permits to indicate the age of the additions, so they are presumed to have been built before 1920 . The largest part of the front facade is taken up by large garage-type steel overhead doors installed in the early 1980s . The original doors had a lot of character. They were very tall and composed of several upper glass panes and cross-buck wood trim. Apart from these, there are two regular doors on this facade with stone lintels, and a double-hung four-over-four sash window to the left of the front of the building. A former window opening between the two doors has been filled in with brick. A continuous brick band runs around the entire building (except the additions) at the 3 1/2 foot level. There are 3 brick chimneys on the north, 2 on the east, and one on the south; all but the latter have stone coping at the tops. The southwest addition is built more of a used brick that doesn't quite match the red brick of the main structure. This addition has two windows on the south elevation, both 15 pane steel windows . There is one window, 10 pane steel and an entry door on the east elevation. The south elevation of the main structure has 3 large steel 20-pane windows that the center 6 panes crank out making them casement awning types . There is a large 48 panel, wooden, garage-type door with 16 of the panes given to glass . There is also one fixed, small, single window. The rear of the building has been altered. There is one wooden 30- . paned window, 2 double hung wood sash windows, 4 over 4 panes, and one trolley entry door (where the original cars were brought in off the C & S Railroad) that is currently filled in with concrete block on the bottom four feet and corrugated fiberglass above. Where one other double hung window was removed and bricked, two steel windows were placed one above the other, one is 6-pane and one 8-pane. To the north of that wall, two iron barred small, single pane, fixed windows are side-by-side. (Original tie rods grace the rear of the building and the prepared of this form was once told these were where the streetcar overhead from the front trolley bays was tied off . Several other artifacts of the streetcar line are to be found throughout the barn inside and out. ) Windows on the north elevation are all wooden. They are 3 narrow (single or double-hung? ) four-over-four sash windows, 4 large paired, sixteen-over-twenty windows, and one single sixteen-over- twenty sash window. There is also a large wooden delivery-type door with diagonal wood siding and 18 panes. (Schoeman, edited, corrected, and added to by Tunner) CONTINUATION SHEET #4, RECORD OF BUILDING PERMITS: TROLLEY BARN City of Fort Collins Building Inspection Department. Record of Building Permits. 1920-1992 11/15/27 Permit #1877 - Fort Collins Municipal Railway obtained permit for 330 N. Howes, Lots 9-10-11, Block 33 . For brick flues - Est. cost $100, fee $1 . 10 . 4/15/29 Permit #2343 - City of Fort Collins for 360 N. Howes, Lots 9-10, Block 33 . For repairing roof - Est. cost $500, fee $1 .50 . 5/21/29 Permit #2386 - City of Fort Collins for 330 N. Howes, Lots 9-11, Block 33 . For built up roof and sky lights - Est . cost $425, fee $1 . 50 . 12/10/29 Permit #2520 - City of Fort Collins for 360 N. Howes, Lots 99-10, Block 33 . For repairing - Est. cost $100, fee $1 . 10 . 8/1/31 Permit #3056 - City of Fort Collins for 326 N. Howes, Lot 11, Block 33 . For remodeling - Est. cost $1,200, fee $2 . 20 . 10/13/31 Permit #3131 - City of Fort Collins for 330 N. Howes, Lots 9-10, Block 33 . To re-roof the south side of the building with 150# built-up roofing - Est. cost $350, fee $1 . 15 . 4/26/32 Permit #3276 - City of Fort Collins for 330 N. Howes, Lots 9-10, Block 33 . To re-roof the north west part of the building - Est. cost $200, fee $1 .20 . 2/23/81 Permit #04902 - City of Fort Collins for 330 N. Howes, Lots 9-10, Block 33 . For fencing, chainlink, inside of car barn - Est. cost $856, fee $12 . 20 . This fencing was to chain off the bay where volunteers were working on the Car #21 restoration. CONTINUATION SHEET #5, BIBLIOGRAPHY: Blumenson, John J. -G. Identifying American Architecture. (American Association For State and Local History: Nashville) 1985 . City of Fort Collins Building Inspection Department. Record of Building Permits . 1920-1992 . Fort Collins ' City Directory. 1902-1975 . Kreul-Froseth, Susan. A Study: The Fort Collins Car Barn. (University of Colorado: Dept. of Architecture) 1984 . Larimer County Assessor RAS Master Files . 12-31-91 . McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide To American Houses . (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. : New York) 1984. Peyton, W. S. and Moorman, R. A. "The Last of the Birneys" . American Railroad Journal : 1966 . Pearce, Sarah J. A Guide To Colorado Architecture. (The State Historical Society of Colorado: Colorado) 1983 . Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps . . "Some of Best Friends Are Streetcars" , Saturday Evening Post, 1947 . Schoeman, Christian. Survey of Historic Structures Located Within the Fort Collins Downtown Development Area. (Colorado State University: Dept. of History) 1983 . Sundberg, Wayne. Historic Fort Collins . 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The build- ing was to house the trolley cars and serve as the power house of the street car system. (see figure 1) In 1906, the city council of Fort Collins granted a franchise to the railway company for the construction and operation of street car lines on certain streets within the city. The vote reflected a marked approval of the franchise, with one of the two dissenting votes from a Mr. Philippi, a Fort Collins harness maker. The system was ready for use in early December, 1907, and as noted by a reporter for the Fort Collins Express, "Power has been turned on at the new power house of the Denver and Interurban Railway, and the machines are running every day." The machines were said to have had 400 horsepower each, weigh 40,000 pounds, and carry forty- four passengers. (see figure 2) In 1906, Fort Collins was a booming 5,000 inhabitants, up from 3,000 counted during the turn of the century. A formes "walking city" was taming into a growing municipality, in need of a streetcar system. 2 On July 10, 1918, streetcar service stopped, and the Denver and Interurban Railroad went out of business. The Fort Collins citizens voted 940 to 132 in favor of taking over the system early in 1919. The plaque on the West facade bears the new name given the system at the time of the transfer, "Fort Collins Municipal Railway". In December of 1919, two 75 kw 600 volt, 125 amp, 1160 rpm motor generator sets were installed in the car barn to replace the 500 kw, 55 volt, 750 rpm rotary converter. The Fort Collins Express noted that the car barn was equiped with the finest of lathes, drills, and complete sets of tools. At the barn's functional peak, it housed seven cars. The Municipal Railway reak-Lined unchanged until 1951, when the last car clattered through the streets. Shortly after that time, the car barn was ut=lized as a city storage area, and according to the Morning Star, in 1966, the barn was functioning as a machine shop. SITE HISTORY The Fort Collins Express informed it's readers that the proposed car barn of the interurban Coapany was to be located on a half of a vacant block just west of the stock yards, placing it just outside the city limits. A photograph taken at the start of construction reveals a relatively flat site, with little existing vegetation. A photograph taken sometime between 1930 and 1950 shows at least one tree in the foreground, with a vine covering the west wall in part. (see figures 4 and 5) 'the sole existing buildings were single family dwellings north and west of the site. The homes appear to have been built around the turn of the century. 3 iBUILDING DFSCRIPITON The exterior of the building is dosed of brick, the outside walls do function as bearing walls, built upon a foundation of rubble, capped off with e. fifteen by seventy-two inch rough cut stone, the top is cut in a canted manner, to allcw for drainage from the brick wall. The brick is set in a running bond, with a double course protruding to form a banding at the window sill height, foaming a contincus band, broken only at the stone sills at each window. The brick remains unpainted, exhibiting it's original red color. The main facade on the west side of the building has the original openings for the trolley cars. support- ed by steel columns and lintels. 'Ilse parapet is raised over the openings and forms a curve on each side of a center raised portion. There are circular openings in the parapet serving as a space for decorative iron work. The west facade carries the identifying plaque in the center of the parapet which reads, "The Fort Collins Municipal Railway 1919". The parapet is capped with a stone as formerly described at the foundation and sill and lintel of the building. Many of the original windows are fixed, with wood sashes, mullions, and matins. Windows were added in the south facade, to illuminate the machine shop, which occupied the car barn starting in the early 1950's. These windows are metal., with brick sills. To the southwest, there is a brick addition, most likely constructed while the car barn was functioning as a structure to house trolley d cars. In a photograph dated 1957, the addition appears as it does today, with bricked in window openings, using a lintel and sill of the rough cut stone seen elsewhere in the original const- ruction. The addition alters the symetrical form ed bited by the parapet above the car barn doors. An original door occurs on the north side of the structure. The wood barn-style door resembles the doors pictured in the dated photographs of the west facade, which were hinged on the column side, forming double swing openings for the passage of the trolleys. The parapet on the west side of the building is mirrored on the east elevation as well, with a thirteen foot wide by twelve foot high opening spanned by a steel lintel, centered below the highest point of the parapet wall. The building retains it's symmetrical appearance cn the east elevation in overall form. A door has been filled in as well as varied windows added to the facade. The north side of the car barn remains unaltered except for a ten foot by eight foot lean-to brick addition. An original wood, barn-style door eight feet in width exists near the middle of the facade. 5 TBE IN=OR AND STRUCTURAL SYSTEM The roof is supported by a post and beam system in the interior of the structure, while rafters bear on exterior brick walls to the outside. The interior eight inch by eight inch timbers are spaced cn approximate fifteen foot centers in the east-west dir- ection, and approximately thirteen foot centers in the north- south direction. Tinere are several posts missing, cut off a few feet below the beam cainection above, or canpletely removed. Diagonal bracing of increased length is employed on the adjacent posts when the remval occurs. The built-up beams are made of six two-by-twelves, and span between the posts in the east-west dir- ection. Two-by-twelve rafters rest upon the bean, and span in the north-south direction. The slope is obtained by raising the rafters at the north with the use of one two-by-twelve header placed on tap of the beam, and the rafter resting on that member. Diagonal bracing occurs at each post and beagi, and bridging is evident at midspan between the rafters. The mentere are painted white. The two-by rough decking is also visable and painted. rihe floor is poured concrete, evidently placed at various tunes due to the seemingly varied mixes. The trolley track protrudes above the concrete floor in areas. TI.e or--�znal wa:.:5 are of 'crick, the exterior being three layers in width, with the interior exposed. The surface is also painted. • 6 A stud watt occurs on the north side of the car barn, separating the trolley area from an area serving another function. The wall is paneled and begins at the west side of the structure and runs in the east direction until it becomes flush with a brick wall that continues approximately twenty feet, a jog occurs two feet to the north, and the wall becomes wood frame once again and continues the length of the building to the east call. The wall that divides the east and west halves of the building is of concrete block and is an addition which cccured probably about the time the trolley barn became a machine shop and storage area. The ceiling in the partitioned space to the north is paneled and painted white, and rawi nc the sole area with the ceiling structural system un- exposed. The skylights are of a .gable form, approximately four feet wide by twelve feet long, and extend upward past the flat roof. An original steel lintel spans the trolley entry doors on the west facade, and is supported by steel columns which occur to either side of the door openings. The interior built-up beans rest upon a stone above four courses of brick above the steel column to the north end of the structure, and achieve drainage slope by eventually bearing directly on the steel column, and finally upon a cantilevered steel angle from the column. One eight foot wide by ten foot high wood door can be seen ajoin- ing zae north room, it is one of four originzi dccrs in the car barn interior. The hardware remains on the interior doors. 7 THE SIC3N CANOE The Fort Collins car barn is primarily significant as an example of a structure designed as part of a distinctive streetcar system. Fort Collins has the distinction of being the smallest American city having had an electric municipal railway system. It has also been named the last system in the history of the State of Colorado. The Saturday Evening Post, in an article published in 1947 ex- claimed, "For truely fancy performance in the field of transit, no place on earth can beat Fort Collins, Colorado." The car barn is significant because of it's age and remains a symbol of a mode of transportation that contributed substantially to the development of the history of Fort Collins. i i I� J� r it 13 p W'�� r Ir LL f It �JI I \ � .■�� � 1 '�'1 •mil Y , .I�/ �v��■L�` Cam_•�=I '�,e �d �J `��y � — —' /mow"�_�,,,� t-" _1 ( a F =• r� � �I� l ���J ty_ F-- IL - Ai Figure 1 .'S SOURCES C 2SULTED BOOKS McKee, Harley J. Recording historic Buildings. U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. Seaquist. Diagnosing and Reparing Structure Problems. Sundberg, Wayne. Historic Fort Collins. Swanson, Etradene Burris. Fort Collins Yesterdays. PRESERVATION BRIEN'S U.S. Department of the Interior Technical Preservation Services Div. Look and weeks, "Paint Problems" no. 10. Myers, "Repair of Historic Wooden Windows" no. 9. NEWSPAPERS The Homing Star, April, 1966. The Fort Collins Express, 1908 Peyton, E. S. and Moorman, R. A. American Railroad Journal, "The Iast of the Burneys", i i ICI i•. F ' , :�e� a_ f�.y. - ;, �: "�`' ti} , F ,�„ ..c,� ,� � _. - ._ � „r.. _ � - ;- _, , . a - �, �'� _, � e�a�'' �~ } c _ �_,� we �. �_ � ".�; ,.� � _,�. g Q � � _ s sir �-�i y"�� f� § �' _ Z. � ,."` .„. `y__ _ _ 9 � 'one,�. `.`� � h�"°� �'Av1� �$,�. .'! 4 _-_ � , � � _ , - -� � � '� i �b' �' � � _ +�.Ft' .. a .- 'E&h'S.�?X :a �r'. ' "J a .r;. 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' T� .+t.+sG �� •rl II I ' 1� � i I � i ' �..� � ri•�•. 4+ � A2 !� y � `� f�i'I_ � I 1 ' r' I ;'k• 1 I , ,_ ' I �_. r...� . _ r , �., ., , ,; >.. :�, ,: Landmark Preservation Commission March 10, 1999 Meeting Minutes Page 5 support. She said that the Parks Department is applying for a new roof, wood comice and fascia repair, chimney repointing and capping, and repair of the boxed eaves. The other element is to improve the interpretation of the building. The building was designated in 1973, but you can't access the inside. The Lexan windows and door opening coverings were cleaned with harsh chemicals because of vandalism, and it left them opaque. Ms. Tunner would like to get access to the building, with possibly a period styled steel door. She is also looking into an older wood door. Mr. Hogestad did not support the Lexan currently installed over the door opening. Ms. Tunner stressed that the building needs to be very secure. Mr. Hogestad asked if replacement would be in kind. Mr. Tanner asked if there was documentation of what used to be in the windows. Ms. Tunner said that they have a picture from about when the structure was built in 1880, and it shows two over two windows. With another grant they could come back and redo the masonry and the sashes, the frames are there. Mr. Hogestad suggested that the Design Review Sub-Committee take a look at the site and make suggestions. Mr. Tanner moved that the LPC support the writing of a letter applying for a State Historical Fund grant. Ms. Ore seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. (5-0) 3. Streetcar Barn Restoration, 330 North Howes (City Facility Services • Department) Ms. Aguilera asked if she had a conflict of interest because she is drawing the plans. Mr. Hogestad said yes. Ms. Aguilera left the meeting. Ms. Tunner explained that Facility Services is applying for a State Historical Fund grant to re-roof the north and south additions to the trolley bam and restore the windows and doors on the front fagade. The original doors were big wooden doors with cross bucks and lights on the top. Two people pass doors on the front of the building would also be restored. It's a Mission style building. Ms. Tunner described how the bam had a higher parapet originally in front with a ten- foot roof lantern and they may or may not rebuild it. (The roof lantern is gone.) The Commission asked staff to bring this back on March 24, when the final restoration plans were more defined. Ms. Ore expressed concern about how permanent the digital images were, they may not be as stable and would the photos still be available in the files in the future. OTHER BUSINESS: 330 North Howes, Streetcar Barn — Correction of the Designation to Include All of South Addition and the North Addition (Karen McWilliams. Preservation Planner) Ms. Tunner provided the original designation, which included the main bam and • only a portion of the south addition. She explained the history of the property and the designation and the legal description. Landmark Preservation Commission March 10, 1999 Meeting Minutes Page 6 Mr. Tanner moved that the LPC approve the amendment of Ordinance 95 of 1992 to include the proposed revisions as described. Ms. Milewski seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. (4-0) Ms. Tunner explained that the City had been thinking of tearing down the south addition because it looked so bad. It was covered with paint when the sign shop was in there. It is bigger heavier brick and it does not match the rest of the building. The 1925 fire insurance maps showed that it had existed at that time. Ms. Tunner explained that the brick used was actually found to be street railway pavers. Each brick has a spacer on the four comers, used to lay the pavers and the bricks are marked TRINIDAD. This makes the addition very significant. The meeting adjourned 7:00 p.m. Submitted by Nicole Sneider, Secretary and transcribed from the tape of the meeting.