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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/01/2005 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 016, 2005, DESIGNAT ITEM NUMBER: 19 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 1, 2005 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Karen McWilliams SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 016, 2005, Designating the First Public School / First Catholic Church Building, 115 Riverside Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code. RECOMMENDATION The Landmark Preservation Commission and staff recommend adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. At a public hearing held on January 12, 2005, the Landmark Preservation Commission voted 6-0 to recommend designation of this property as a landmark for its exceptional significance to Fort Collins under Standards (1), (2), and (4). EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The owners of the property, Michael Braskich and Bianca Katz, are initiating this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation of the First Public School /First Catholic Church Building. This property is undisputably one of the most significant properties in Fort Collins, for its association with important events and individuals that have made a significant contribution to local history. Additionally, due to its association with the original settlement of Fort Collins, the property has a very high probability of yielding information, including artifacts, important to the history of Fort Collins. The building was specifically constructed as the first public schoolhouse in Fort Collins, and predates the official establishment of the Fort Collins townsite. It is thus one of the oldest buildings in the city. Despite modifications to the building associated with its use as a private dwelling, the building retains sufficient integrity to convey its significance. The building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, as a contributing element of the Laurel School Historic District. Due to its unique role in Fort Collins' history, the First Public School / First Catholic Church Building warrants the community's highest recognition, and should be designated individually as a Fort Collins Landmark. BACKGROUND The history of public education in Fort Collins began in 1866,in the second story room at "Auntie" Stone's cabin. Mrs. Elizabeth Keays, widowed niece of Auntie Stone, operated the school; she originally intended to teach just her son, but neighborhood parents soon applied to send their children to this one room private school. After the Fort Collins school district was organized in the fall of 1866, the school was relocated to one of the abandoned officers'quarters at the Fort, and the board appointed Mrs. Keays to teach the first term. Four years later, there were 51 school-age February 1, 2005 -2- Item No. 19 children. That year, in 1870,Judge A.F. Howes spearheaded a citizen movement to raise funds for an official school building. Henry Clay Peterson (who was also a school board member) became the contractor and builder of the small, wood frame structure on Riverside Avenue. The cost was approximately $1,100. The building remained a school in Latimer County School District No. 5 until 1897, when the new Remington School was built. Frank Michaud, a prominent member of the Catholic community in Fort Collins,purchased the old school house (for$400) in 1897, upon authorization by the Bishop of Colorado. The schoolhouse was converted into the first Catholic church. Later, the church also acquired two adjoining lots for a rectory, built in 1883-84. By 1900, the population of Fort Collins was 3,153, almost a third of whom were Catholic. Father G. Joseph LaJeunesse purchased new land for a larger,more centrally located church at the corner of Mountain Avenue and Howes Street. This new church, St.Joseph's, was dedicated in August, 1901. After the church left in 1901, the First Public School / First Catholic Church Building became a dwelling, and has remained one to the present day. The current owners are Mike Braskich and Bianca Katz. Ms. Katz is a high school program coordinator for the Poudre School District. Mr. Braskich owns a property management firm, Brass Key Property Management, which he operates from the home. The First Public School /First Catholic Church Building has been fairly altered since its first days as a schoolhouse and church. Alterations include two small additions to the rear, comprised of a hipped roof rear porch addition, between 1884 and 1906, and a shed-roofed rear addition adjoining this earlier addition, done sometime after 1948; an alteration to the front porch to add a closed rail and a frieze with trefoil perforations (sometime after 1884, likely when it was converted to serve as the church); and stuccoing the exterior walls, in 1946. The building, however, retains sufficient integrity to convey its tremendous significance to Fort Collins. In addition to the school/church building, the property contains three outbuildings which are not a part of these designation proceedings. The first is an end-gabled wood frame garage, built in 1942. Behind this garage is a small end-gable wood frame structure. Its original function is unclear; this may have been an outhouse, or a coal shed described in a building permit of 1939. Both buildings contribute to the ambience and historic integrity of the property. In particular, if the smaller outbuilding was indeed a privy,it would be a rare example of an outhouse in Fort Collins,and would qualify for individual Landmark designation. A third,non-historic wood structure is located on the property. Constructed of particle board panels and vertical battens,it is of recent vintage and is non- contributing. Only the First Public School/First Catholic Church Building is being considered for designation at this time. ORDINANCE NO. 016, 2005 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL/FIRST CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILDING, 115 RIVERSIDE 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 January 12,2005 the Landmark Preservation Commission (the"Commission")has determined that the First Public School/First Catholic Church Building has individual significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Designation Standards (1), (2), and (4), for its unique role and outstanding contributions to Fort Collins history as the first public schoolhouse and first Catholic Church in Fort Collins, for its association with important events and individuals that have made a significant contribution to local history, and as one of the oldest extant buildings in the city, predating the establishment of the Fort Collins townsite; 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 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 landmark. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the property, historically known as the First Public School /First Catholic Church Building, located in the City of Fort Collins,Larimer County,Colorado,described as follows, to wit: Southeasterly 45 feet of Lot 18, Block 151, City of Fort Collins also known as 115 Riverside Avenue is hereby designated as a Fort Collins landmark pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. The property contains three outbuildings, which are not a part of these designation proceedings. 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 the 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. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of February, A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of February, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of February, A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Community Planning and Environmental Services Advance Planning Department City of Fort Collins RESOLUTION 1, 2005 OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDING LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL / FIRST CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILDING 115 RIVERSIDE 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 First Public School/First Catholic Church Building has individual significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Preservation Standards (1), (2), and(4), for its association with important events and individuals that have made a significant contribution to local history, for its association with the original settlement of Fort Collins, and for its very high probability of yielding information, including artifacts, important to the history of Fort Collins; and WHEREAS, the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the First Public School / First Catholic Church Building meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in Section 14-5 of the code and is eligible for designation as aTort Collins Landmark; and WHEREAS, the owners of the property, Michael Braskich and Bianca Katz, 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 property, known historically as the First Public School / First Catholic Church Building, located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows,to wit: Southeasterly 45 feet of Lot 18, Block 151, City of Fort Collins also known as 115 Riverside Avenue be designated as a Fort Collins 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)221-6576 FA>C(970)224-6111 ^ TD-D(970)224-6002 - E-mail:aoianningy;fcgovcom Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 1, 2005 First Public School/First Catholic Church Building, 115 Riverside 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 12th day of January, A.D. 2005. W "Bu "Frick, Chairman ATTEST: . r f e etary/Sta f Community Planning and Environmental Services Advance Planning Department City of Fort Collins LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION January 12, 2005 STAFF REPORT REQUESTS: Landmark Designation of the First Public School/First Catholic Church Building, at 115 Riverside Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado STAFF CONTACT: Karen McWilliams, Preservation Planner APPLICANTS: Michael Braskich and Bianca Katz, Owners. Significance and Physical Integrity: The First Public School/First Catholic Church Building at 115 Riverside Avenue meets the criteria for Fort Collins Landmark Designation under Standards (1), (2) and (4). This property is undisputably one of the most significant properties in the City of Fort Collins for its association with important events and individuals that have made a significant contribution to local history. Additionally, due to its association with the original settlement of Fort Collins, the property has a very high probability of yielding information, including artifacts, important to the history of Fort Collins. The building was specifically constructed as the first public schoolhouse in Fort Collins, and predates the official establishment of the Fort Collins townsite. It is thus one of the oldest buildings in the city. Despite modifications to the building associated with its use as a private dwelling, the building retains sufficient integrity to convey its significance. The building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, as a contributing element of the Laurel School Historic District. Due to its unique role in Fort Collins' history, it warrants the community's highest recognition, and should be designated individually as a Fort Collins Landmark. The history of public education in Fort Collins began in 1866, in the second story room at "Auntie" Stone's cabin. Mrs. Elizabeth Keays, widowed niece of Auntie Stone, operated the school; she originally intended to teach just her son, but neighborhood parents soon applied to send their children to this one room private school. After the Fort Collins school district was organized in the fall of 1866, the school was relocated to one of the abandoned officers' quarters at the Fort, and the board appointed Mrs. Keays to teach the first tern. Four years later, there were 51 school-age children. That year, in 1870, Judge A. F. Howes spearheaded a citizen movement to raise funds for an official school building. Henry Clay Peterson (who was also a school board member) became the contractor and builder of the small, wood frame structure on Riverside Avenue. The cost was approximately $1,100. The building remained a school in Larimer County School District No. 5 until 1897, when the new Remington School was built. Frank Michaud, a prominent member of the Catholic community in Fort Collins, purchased the old school house (for $400) in 1897, upon authorization by the Bishop of Colorado. The schoolhouse was converted into the first Catholic church. Later, the church also acquired two adjoining lots for a rectory, built in 1883-84. By 1900, the population of Fort Collins was 3,153, 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:aplanningrmfrgovcom almost a third of whom were Catholic. Father G. Joseph LaJeunesse purchased new land for a larger, more centrally located church at the corner of Mountain Avenue and Howes Street. This new church, St. Joseph's, was dedicated in August, 1901. After the church left in 1901, 115 Riverside became a dwelling, and has remained one to the present day. The current owners are Mike Braskich and Bianca Katz. Ms. Katz is a highschool program coordinator for the Poudre School District. Mr. Braskich owns a property management firm, Brass Key Property management,which he operates from the home. 115 Riverside has been fairly altered since its days as a schoolhouse and church. Alterations include two small additions to the rear, comprised of a hipped roof rear porch addition,between 1884 and 1906, and a shed-roofed rear addition adjoining this earlier addition, done sometime after 1948; an alteration to the front porch to add a closed rail and a frieze with trefoil perforations (sometime after 1884); and stuccoing the exterior walls, in 1946. The building, however, retains sufficient integrity to convey its tremendous significance to Fort Collins. In addition to the school/church building, the property contains three outbuildings. The first is an end-gabled wood frame garage,built in 1942,with asphalt shingle roof, and tongue-and- groove siding. The garage contains a single vehicle bay with double-hinged double doors. Behind the garage is a small end-gable wood frame structure with a square plan and drop siding. The original function is unclear; this may have been an outhouse, or a coal shed described as being repaired in a building permit of 1939. Both buildings contribute to the ambience and historic integrity of the property. In particular, if the smaller outbuilding was indeed a privy, it would be a rare example of remaining outhouses in Fort Collins, and would qualify for individual Landmark designation. Adjacent to the garage is a similar sized, end-gabled wood structure that the previous owners reportedly built over a weekend, as a storage shed; constructed of particle board panels and vertical battens, it is of recent vintage and is non-contributing. Only the schoolhouse/church building is being designated at this time. RECOMMENDATION: Staff highly recommends approving this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation of the First Public School/First Catholic Church Building, at 115 Riverside Avenue, for its exceptional significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standards (1) and (2) and (4). Community Planning and Environmental Services Advance Planning Department Historic Preservation Office PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 970-221-6376 City of Fort Collins Historic Landmark Designation Nomination Form 27 September, 2004 DATE: LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 115 Riverside Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80524 Legal Description: SOUTHEASTERLY 45 FT of LOT 18, BLK 151, FTC Property Name (historic and/or common): First Public School / First Catholic Church OWNER INFORMATION: Name: Michael Braskich and Bianca Katz Phone: (970) 224-9134 Address: 115 Riverside Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80524 CLASSIFICATION Category Ownership Status Present Use Existing Designation ® Building ❑ Public ® Occupied ® Commercial ® National Register ❑ Structure ® Private ❑ Unoccupied ❑ Educational ® State Register ❑ Site ❑ Religious ❑ Object ® Residential ❑ District ❑ Entertainment ❑ Government ❑ Other FORM PREPARED BY: Name and Title: Elizabeth Michell, Historic Preservation Intern Address: City of Fort Collins, Advanced Planning Department, P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80522 Phone: (970) 221-6376 Relationship to Owner: None Revised 09-2004 Page 1 TYPE OF DESIGNATION and BOUNDARIES ® Individual Landmark Property ❑ Landmark District Explanation of Boundaries: The boundaries of the property proposed for designation correspond to the legal description of the property, above. The property contains the historic school/church building, since converted to a residence, and three outbuildings: a historic wood-frame garage; a small, wood-frame historic shed; and a non-historic storage shed. Only the school/church building is being designated at this time. SIGNIFICANCE Properties that possess exterior integrity are eligible for designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Fort Collins Landmark Districts if they meet one (1) or more of the following standards for designation: E Standard 1: The property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of history; ® Standard 2: The property is associated with the lives of persons significant in history; ❑ Standard 3: The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; ® Standard 4: The property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (Please describe why the property is significant, relative to the Standard(s) above.) The building at 115 Riverside Avenue meets the criteria for Fort Collins Landmark Designation under Standards (1), (2) and(4). This property is undisputably one of the most significant property in the City of Fort Collins, for its association with important people and events that have made a significant contribution to local history. Additionally, due to its association with the original settlement of Fort Collins, the property has a very high probability of yielding information and artifacts important to the history of Fort Collins. The building was specifically built as the first public school house in Fort Collins, and predates the official establishment of the townsite of Fort Collins. It is thus one of the oldest buildings in the city. Despite modifications to the building associated with its use as a private dwelling, the house retains sufficient integrity its general form and remains in its original location. The building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, as a contributing element of the Laurel School Historic District; because of its unique role in Fort Collins history, it warrants the community's highest recognition, and should be designated individually as a Fort Collins Landmark. Revised 09-2004 Page 2 HISTORICAL INFORMATION (Please include city directory research and/or a title search if the property is important for its association with a significant person. Attach separate sheets as needed.) The building at 115 Riverside Avenue was built in 1870 as Fort Collins' first public school. However, the history of public education in the city actually began earlier, in 1866, in the second story room at "Auntie" Stone's cabin. Mrs. Elizabeth Keays, widowed niece of Auntie Stone, operated the school; she originally intended to teach just her son, William P. Keays, but neighborhood parents soon applied to send their children to this one room private school. After the Fort Collins school district was organized, the first school board appointed Mrs. Keays to teach the first term of the first public school in Fort Collins. This school was located in one of the abandoned officers' quarters at the Fort. The 1868 Fort Collins school district report to the county suprintendent showed 19 school-age children; this number increased to 35 in 1869, and 51 in 1870. In 1870, Judge A. F. Howes spearheaded a citizen movement to raise funds for an official school house. The fundraising was successful, and Henry Clay Peterson(who was also a school board member)became the contractor and builder of the small, wood frame structure on Riverside Avenue near Peterson Street. The cost was approximately$1,100. Teachers who taught at the new school included Maggie Meldrum (sister of former Lieut. governor Norman H. Meldrum), Alice M. Watrous, and Judge J. W. Barnes. The building remained a school for Latimer County School District No. 5 until 1897, when the new Remington School was built. Frank Michaud, a prominent member of the Catholic community in Fort Collins,purchased the old school house (for $400) in 1897, upon authorization by Joseph P. Machebeuf, the Bishop of Colorado. The schoolhouse became the first Catholic church for the parish in Fort Collins. Later, the church also acquired two adjoining lots for the new rectory, built in 1883-84. By 1900, the population of Fort Collins was 3,153, almost a third of whom were Catholic. Father G. Joseph LaJeunesse purchased new land for a larger, more centrally located church at the comer of Mountain Avenue and Howes Street. This new church, St. Joseph's,was dedicated in August, 1901. After the church left in 1901, 115 Riverside became a dwelling, and has remained one to the present day. Occupants included Fanny Lazarus (1902), ranchman W. H. Ray(1908-09), laborer Olan Lamb (1913-14), laborer W. H. Beers (1917), widow Stena Lund (1919-22), ditch rider G. W. Harrington (1927), blacksmith Warren Rice (1929-33), laborer Earl V. Anderson (1936-38), widow Mrs. B. F. Jewett (1940 -?), packer/janitor Carl L. Steiber(1948-54). The Steibers bought the house in 1953, but apparently rented it out. Other occupants between 1954 and 1960 include J. M. Lohr, W. H. Mack, J. R. Martz, and A. N. Oxford. In 1963, truck driver Lloyd Garcia bought the house and occupied it until 2004; the current owners are Mike Braskich and Bianca Katz. Ms. Katz is a highschool program coordinator for the Poudre School District. Mr. Braskich owns a property management firm, Brass Key Property management, which he operates from the home. 3 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: 1870 Architect/Builder: Henry Clay Peterson Building Materials: Sandstone foundation, wood frame, stucco coating, asphalt shingle roof Architectural Style: Late 19t" century Folk Victorian 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. Attach separate sheets as needed.) This school house converted to a Folk Victorian dwelling is a rectangular, one story wood structure with a front gable roof. It has a sandstone foundation, and stucco over wood frame walls. The fagade (northeast) contains a slightly off-center entrance with symmetrically placed windows on either side. The one story, nearly full width porch has a hipped roof. It rests on a concrete foundation and has a closed clapboard railing. Porch supports are square posts with curvilinear scroll-sawn brackets at the cornice, which features a flat,jigsaw cut trefoil frieze. The fagade windows are one-over-one double- hung windows with wood casings. The northwest elevation contains three, two-over-two double-hung windows. The southeast side has four windows, three of which are two-over-two double hung windows,with a smaller, modern single pane casement window towards the rear. The rear elevation has an enclosed porch with half-hipped roof as well as a lower height lean-to addition. These additions are also stucco-covered. The hipped roof addition feature an asymmetric door and a four-light wood cased window; the shed has a small four-light window. The central dilapidated brick chimney rises from the peak of the roof, offset towards the rear of the buildin€ Three outbuildings on the property include the end-gabled wood frame garage (contributing) with asphalt shingle roof and tongue-and-groove siding. The garage contains a single vehicle bay with double-hinged double doors,built in 1942. Behind the garage is a small end-gable wood frame structure with a square play and drop siding(contributing). The original function is unclear; this may have been the outhouse, or may b the coal shed described as being repaired in a building permit of 1939. Both buildings contribute to the ambience and historic integrity of the property. In particular, if the smaller outbuilding was indeed the privy, it would be a rare example of remaining outhouses in Fort Collins, and may be individually designated. Adjacent to the garage is a similar sized, end-gabled wood structure that the Garcia family buil over a weekend as a storage shed(non-contributing); it is of more recent vintage and has particle board panels and vertical battens. 115 Riverside has been fairly altered since its days as a schoolhouse and church. Based on comparison wit] a drawing of the building from 1884, alterations include: hipped roof rear porch addition on southwest side (between 1884 and 1906); front porch alteration to closed rail and frieze with trefoil perforations (sometime after 1884); repair and reflooring (1933); stucco exterior walls (1946); shed-roofed rear addition that adjoin earlier hipped rear addition, sometime after 1948. However, the school house remains in its original location; it is one of a row of similarly modest residential buildings on the southwest side of the 100 block of Riverside Avenue. Revised 09-2004 Page 4 REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) 1) Colorado Historical Society, Historic Building Inventory, Site No. 5LR697; 2) Fort Collins city directories, 1902-2003; 3) Latimer County Assessor property record for 115 Riverside Avenue; 4) Building Permit Records for 115 Riverside Record (1920-1949), available online through Fort Collins Public Librar} Local History Archives; 5) "First School Building, Fort Collins," typescript by unknown author, on file at City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Office; 6) Evadene Burris Swanson,Fort Collins Yesterdays (For Collins: George and Hildegarde Morgan, 1993), 133; 7)Mrs. Alice P. Stanton, 'Pioneer Landmarks, First Public School," Fort Collins Coloradoan (unknown date); 8)Ansel Watrous, History ofLarimer County, Colorado (Fort Collins: courier Printing & Publishing Company, 1911), 92, 130-31, 227,230, 238-39, 258- 59, 275-76. 3 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Date Determined "Eligible" Ordinance # Application within last 12 months? ❑ Yes ❑ No Date Recorded Revised 09-2004 Page 5 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: 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 an 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 an 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 77o,v1 I kC. 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Si�' f�V�, S. i:� h� .•ii � K, b.. . �� �I � ,� h ^1 � .�.�a R � � � - TM 4� �• �Y ':1 I � � i. ��� � 1 � � �� ?.k� i� �.� �� s � �r�' i �. i ��� �,��° �.� �t �� / , Mq t .y- � I tl i I' q OAHP1403 COLORADO HISTORICAL SOCIETY slrE No.: SLR697 Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation 1300 Broadway Denver,CO 80203 iJFFiC£US .tIN4t" ,EH g hie f6 BEor gl ReBi$t8r DES„t o dale _ in(tals� HISTORIC BUILDING INVENTORY t,,on.d, ,.,_,o "'_-`$,—,,,-fir Contributes to a f3atenbal Natidnal Ragislar listnet es `... rf... . .na nl: i:lig[t11@for Strife FzgglSteC iY6% COUNTY: Larimer CITY: Fort Collins dea �^ initals Ctit0rie 8 Arens of ai8nfffconea: HISTORIC BUILDING NAME: Fort Collins Public School, Catholic Church Period of significance Needsdeta_ dote: initials CURRENT BUILDING NAME: Garcia House LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION: []yes [X]no Date of designation: N/A ADDRESS: 115 Riverside Avenue Designating authority: N/A Fort Collins, CO 80524 Parcel No. 97123-15-004 P.M.: 6th township: 7N range: 69W NE%of SWY.of NEv,of SW V. of section12 OWNER NAME$ADDRESS: Lloyd/Mercedes Garcia UTM REFERENCE Zone: 13 115 Riverside Avenue Easting: 494060 m. E Fort Collins, CO 80524 Northing: 4492650 m. N USGS QUAD NAME: Fort Collins, CO Year: 1960 (Photorevised 1984) [X]7.5' []15' STYLE Late 19tb Century Vernacular Block: 151 Lolls): Southeasterly 45' of Lot 18 Addition: N/A (original Fort Collins townsite) Yearof addition: 1873 BUILDING TYPE: [X]original location (]moved Date of moves(s): N/A MATERIALS: Sandstone foundation, wood frame, stucco coating, HISTORIC USE: public school house; church asphalt shingle roof PRESENT USE: single family dwelling STORIES: 1 SQUARE FOOTAGE: 943 DATE OF CONSTRUCTION-estimate: actual: 1870 Source of information:Watrous (1911),pp. 130, 230, etc. PLAN SHAPE: ARCHITECT: none Source of information:N/A BUILDER/CONTRACTOR: Henry C. Peterson Source of information: Watrous (1911),p. 130 ORIGINAL OWNER: Trustees of the School District \ No. 5 Source of information: First School Building, Fort R Collins, typescript on file at City of For[Collins Historic Preservation Office (author?) F ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS-[X]yes []no Type: Detached garage, 2 unidentified outbIdgs. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: This small, austere, one story, rectangular plan building with a front gable roof represents a schoolhouse converted to a dwelling. It rests on a sandstone foundation and has wood frame walls covered with stucco. It is one of a series of modest residential structures lining the 100 block of Riverside Avenue; all of these face northeast due to the diagonal alignment of Riverside Avenue. The building has a moderately pitched roof, the eaves of which project only slightly; the soffits are boxed. Attached to the facade is a nearly full width enclosed/ screened front porch with a half-hipped roof. The porch rests on a concrete foundation and has a clapboard-clad rail. Square-sided posts with curvilinear scroll-sawn brackets culminate at the cornice, which features a frieze of perforated trefoil elements. The space above the porch rail is fitted with large screens. The facade is symmetrically arranged. A non-historic wooden ramp accesses the centrally located porch entry. The main entry to the dwelling is centered on the front facade. Both the main and front porch entries are equipped with modern glazed storm doors. Flanking the main entry are double-hung, 1-over-1 light windows. The side elevations are each fenestrated with three double hung, 2-over-2 light windows. The house is equipped with a solitary interior chimney that rises from the peak of the roof, offset towards the rear of the building. Attached to the rear(southwest) end of the structure are two small additions: an enclosed rear porch covered by a half-hipped roof; and a small, lower height lean-to addition. These additions are also stucco-covered. This building appears to be in very good, well maintained condition. Alterations noted include the stucco coating on the exterior walls, the installation of storm doors, and the southeastern most rear addition. Three associated outbuildings are situated behind the house adjacent to the alley. These include an end-gabled wood frame garage (contributing) clad with tongue-and-groove siding; its roof is clad with shake shingles. This garage contains one vehicle bay sealed by double-hinged double doors. Adjacent to this detached garage is a similar sized, end-gabled, wood frame building of unknown function (noncontributing). The latter outbuilding is more recent in age, and is clad with particle board panels and vertical battens. Behind these two buildings is a third tiny outbuilding with a square plan and drop siding(contributing). The original function of this diminutive structure is unclear; it may possibly represent a privy or a pumphouse. additional page(s PHOTOGRAPHS(include photographs showing each side of building and any associated buildings) Film roll no.: ES-63 Photographer: Jason Marmor Negative no.: 20 Location of negatives: City of Fort Collins Advance Planning Department CONSTRUCTION HISTORY(include description and dates of major additions,alterations,or demolitions): This small, gabled wood frame structure was erected in 1870. Based on comparison with a drawing of the building made in 1884, a small hipped rear porch on the northwest side was added between 1884 and 1906, and the front porch was apparently altered at an unknown date after 1884,providing it with a closed rail and a frieze decorated with trefoil perforations. These changes may correspond to the conversion of the building from a church to a residence in 1901. In 1933 a new floor was installed in the building. A garage was constructed adjacent to the alley in 1942. The exterior walls were stuccoed in 1946. Sometime after 1948 a shed-roofed rear addition was built onto the southeast side of the structure, adjoining the earlier hipped rear addition. additional page(s HJSMRICAI.BACKGROUND(discuss important persons and events associated with this building): This building, which served as the first public school house in the young community, was originally constructed in 1870,two years before the relinquishment of the Fort Collins Military Reservation by the federal government, and prior to the survey of the townsite of Fort Collins by Franklin Avery in 1873. Judge A. F. Howes initiated a movement to raise funds to build a schoolhouse in Fort Collins in that year(1870). Sufficient money was subscribed for Henry C. Peterson(after whom Peterson Street is named)to construct a small frame building on Riverside Avenue (a roadway in existence prior to Avery's survey)at a cost of approximately$1,100. The building was utilized as a schoolhouse for Latimer County school district No. 5 until the winter of 1879, at which time a substantial new school building-Remington School -was completed. The building was purchased by Frank Michaud and others in 1879 and converted into a Catholic church which was used until 1901, when St. Joseph's Church was completed on the comer of Mountain Avenue and Howes Street. From 1901 to the present the former school and church building has been used as a dwelling. Occupants prior to 1920 included ranchman William H. Ray and his wife Eva(1908), laborer Clan Lamb (1913014), and another laborer, W.H. Beers (1917). Widow Stena Lund lived at 115 Riverside Avenue from approximately 1919 until her death in 1924. The building was vacant in 1925, and from ca. 1926-28, ditch rider George W. Harrington occupied the property with his wife Bessie. Succeeding the Harringtons were blacksmith Warren Rice and his wife Lillie, who lived here from ca. 1929 until the early to mid 1930s. Laborer Earl V. Anderson resided at this address in the mid to late 1930s,however, by 1940 the home was occupied by another widow, Mrs. B.F. Jewett. Later in the 1940s, and until ca. 1954, Carl L. Steiber, a packer for the Fort Collins Flour Mill, and later a janitor for the Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper, resided in this Riverside Avenue dwelling along with his wife Emma. In the late 1950s a few other people lived here briefly. From ca. 1960-63 the building was vacant, and from the latter date to the present it has been owned and occupied by Lloyd Garcia,his wife Mercedes, and their children. Prior to his retirement in the early 1980s,Mr. Garcia was employed as a truck driver for the Ideal Cement Company. additional page(s INFORMATION SOURCES(be specific): 1) Sanborn fire insurance maps of Fort Collins, 1906-1948; 2)Fort Collins city directories, 1902-1985; 3) Larimer County Assessor property record for 115 Riverside Avenue; 4) Ansel Watrous,History ofLarimer County, Colorado (Fort Collins: Courier Printing& Publishing Company, 1911),pp. 91-92, 130, 230, 238-239, 258-259; 5)First School Building, Fort Collins, typescript by unknown author, on file at City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Office; 6) bound Record of Building Permits, 1920-1949, on file at Fort Collins Public Library, Local History Archives; 7)Evadene Burris Swanson, Fort Collins Yesterdays (Fort Collins: George and Hildegarde Morgan, 1993),p. 133; 8) Mrs. Alice P. Stanton, "Pioneer Landmarks, First Public School," Fort Collins Coloradoan, n.d.; 9) Andrew J. Morris, ed., History ofLarimer County, Colorado, Volume I(Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1985), p. 103; Vol. 11, pp. 458-459; 9) "Mrs. J. Lund Dies From Her Injuries,"Fort Collins Express-Courier, May 5, 1924. additional aae(s ��✓!.C..t- ,. . e i tmh,vi' ar 11 wrri �''� �i�t q�I` �'� .�� w'de. � .• xr tire' ��,�{ � 4 Ali>w�pllyr i i r !. ` 3 a { x P SAti r rs 4 n .� pia t9Mlt "f tllJi )< ... irf ,1 { 4n L I { `FIRST', SCHOOL = Thls erected'here for school purpos. was sold t9 tRk at1t4}5G" ' house rat 116 Riverside Ave- es. Built in NH, it was used Church. It u now the hom0 t)P, nue'was.'the first building io as a school nntll187a, when it Lloyd G9Tc�;i:�/," t�b.µ'X•:� x M@ t 4 • N AP G J� • F 4 R ,k t •�.' =l• PY ti�'.I Pi®neerLandars^ FIItsT PUBLIC SCHOOL private school in her aunt's East Oak Street EarAou� , -Following the closing of Camp home. In the summer of 1866 of 207 West Myrtle Street,''^f0rm--� Collu?d•a,ll the departure of ll�e and 1867, the school district was er,professor-at.Colorado:cState soldiers, settlers began to arri.c set off and organized by the University M rk Horned>.o and soon the need for a school appointment of Capt. Asaph Al.Remm tY�aff Street and''`Robb E: was apparent._-, len, W. D. Hayes and H.C. Pet- • Mrs.Elizabeth Keays, a niecclerson as members of.the first Coy of 401•Msthews-St„reet'have, school board. They employed said that they ttehdedschool a of Auntie Stone, opened a small =- . -..-- _ Mrs. Keays to teach for the first at the .Jefferson Street store term. bufldimgin"tht mtdBbs l''S<w": The school was opened in one of the abandoned officers' quar-Occupied as Church ters of the military post as a The first school building,,-.It temporary arrangement. The 115 Riverside-Avenue, says the Watrous History of Lorimer Watrous history, was sold lin. County says: 1879, upon completion .of the Judge Started Movement Remington School to.Frank Eli- chaud and,others andsconv4 bid"In 18 a movement was into a Catholic;chm'e 6i.1t'wa's to started by Judge Howes used as such until-1900 or.1901, Collins. build when St. Joseph's Church was'school house in Fort - '-: Collins. Since there was but lit- ;ddountain t taxable property t the dis- completed at West'Avenue and Howes Street. tririct, a large share of the money needed was raised by subscrip-. At that time.the 'first school tion.A small frame building was building became a-dwelling land erected on Riverside Avenue has ,been Bused as such ,since near the corner of Peterson.then .The'prespnt'owner'.ofthe Street at a cost of $1,100." !well-kept house is Lloyd Garcia. The property at that time in-'',-MRS. ALICE P. k NTON.; eluded four lots. The building ` was built by H. C. Peterson. This building (the second school. building in Fort Collins) was. completed for use in the spring' of Mo. . -7 i It has been learned that this, first school building was soow too small for the number of pu-', Ails and.that a store building still standing at Jefferson and Pine-Streets-(20L.Jefferson).,was also used, even after the front a half of Remington School was in, Iuse. Mrs. Anna Coy Bertram of 4261N t4 oo� --- -- -- i e b. s i 9 i x I , , O e bIL -- - rk uj Zia_ J 09 � Om z n 0o 1 06 _lo iT g m q q N .d � m=mom mo s d; o O 12m. H 0 CD 07 .0 � 0= W= W tn gmgn � .. E C N L S SD C 0. N O 3 t t 00 % T ill'S'P `::TOOL 13C' T� )7pd(:, f J,iT COLLD,,' Location: Lot 18, Block 151 , City of Ford; Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. Address: 115 Rivercidc Avenue, Dort Collino, 8057L,.. Present 0wner: Phr. Lloyd Garcia. Present Occupant: Mr. Lloyd Darca. i'resont TTso: Residence. Gtatemont of Sir�nificanco: This buildin ; was the first public school building to b;; erected in Fort Collins. Education in Fort Collins started in on upstairs room of the house of Mrs. Elizabeth Stone in 1806, where Mrs. Elizabeth Keays taught her son for a few hours por day. goon other residents wished to have their children join the little "school" , and as a result a school for these children was established in the fall of 1866, with classes being held in one of the commissary buildin[ of the fort. By 1870 the town had grown large enough for a proper school building. In this year Judge A.-,. Tlowes started a movement for the erection of a school house, and as tliero was but, little tw:ahlc property in the district, most of the money was raised by subscription. 'port Collins receiveddesignation as School District No. 5 on Ilecember 28, 18'70. To accommodate the pupils, a sma11 wood—frame building was c=;'Iructeu on a cmall plot of land on tho east edge of town at a cost of '�1 100. The buildin', incorporaL::u in the }resent structure located on 115 Ttiversidc, was ercctui by limnry C. Petcrsor;, one of the first white civilians to locate permanently in UILl (;aiq_) Collins. Petersen also burnt the first tcilri of brick anci built the first brick House in Fort Collins in 1873. Aftcr the completion of the building in the. summer of 1cS71 , ile].drum taul;ht the first tear, of school in the new buildinC,. J.n tiie followin„ yo;u• she was sueceoded by lJss Alice I',. ''.Jatrous (later IIrs. A.'d. Patrtorson) . Judl,�, J.W. Barnes who later movr�d to Golden t u„iif there from 18"" t a , , a o 1(',7�. The Oolorado and (2) Central Railroad, lirdcing the town with the outside world, brought new life to the M town, and by 1878 there were 134 pupils crirolled. Rooms in other buildings had to be used to accommodate the overflow. A building site for a new school was selected on tZemington Street in July 1878, and in February 1879 the building u as completed, a very_impressive structure of "Collins" granite and, "Boulder" sandstone. The old school became the first Catholic Church after it was no longer needed for school purposes. In the summer of 1878 Bishop Plachebeu£ of Denver, celebrating; mass in Fort Collins for the first time, authorized the purchase of the old school house by Frank Tiichaud, who led the move amongst the Catholics to buy the building for church purposes. The property was held in Hicaud' s name for several. /ears. Shortly afterwards two adjoinint; lots wore purchased for a rectory, w1dch was built in 1883 8! lifter the school was converted for church use, Bishop Tlachebauf assigned Father Abel as its first pastor. After his departure in 1880, the parish was served from Boulder by Fathers Cummings and Navet. During the years 1883 to 1901 , when a, new church was dedicated, several pastors served there, namely Fathers J. Le Pa.^,e (1883), Gleason and Emblem 0 884,-85), D.. R.obinett (1885-189'1 ), 'Edward Downey (1892) , gain Hobinett (1892- 1898), Volpe (1898/9), and finally, J. La Jcunnose, from 11899. By 1900, the population of Fort Collins ]iad „Town to 3153, of whom just less than a third were Catholic. The locnaion of' th, church on 1'1'ivorside was not very good, so athor La Jeuncsse bou,,hIt land at Tlountain and ITowes Streets for the erection of a larger church. This church, St. Joseph' s Catholic, still in use today though in a fairly altered form, was cledicateri 11 in August 1901 . After the new church had boon taken into use, the old church was convort,-0 into a riw-�l_l.int; house, and has been used as such ever since. (3) The old school housc/church, as it appears today, differsfairl.y much from the original. structure. A drawing in Fort ColiLno Yestcrdays (p. 133) shows a simple sLructurc; the addition of a porch trimmed with a clover—leaf design in the wood, the; changed windows, and the different exterior finish, have altered the old church to a fai.r]_v lar—,e extcnl:. historical. information: TnformaUon on the school house was obtained from the Coul Clerk' s Office, the Transamerica Title Company, the Poudre School District AdministraLion Office, the: Fort Collins Public Library, and the Port Collins Museums us well. a: from the present owners, Mr. and FIr.s. Garcia, during an inspection of the old house. Though there are gaps in the records of the County Clerk, it was fortunately possible to form a fairly good picture as to occupancy of the property over the years by consulting the Fort Col_Lins City Directories. It must be noted here that, although the property was only trancferred from Adolf Stieben to Carl Stieber in March 1953, the latter had been living at 115 Biverside since at least 1943. Furthermore, while SUeber transferred the property to the Garcia;; only in February 1963, the house has been occupied by other people on a share basis since 1955, acid from 1959/60 it stood vacant until "lie present owners moved in. Tho following is an incomplete chain of entries from the County Clerk' s records: (,uitclaim deed, dated 3/13�I:;, i oolc (1360, The Larimcr County Land Imj)rovement Company to Henry C. Peterson. Warranty deed, 3/22/76, Rook G360, Henry C. Peterson to the Trustcos of the, School Oistrict 11o. 5, Lots 3,4, 5, a-id 6, sold for 1 dollar. (4) blarrarty deed, dated 1/6/79, Booc K226, Board of Directors of School District Ho. 5 to"i rank :lichaud. Warranty deed, dated /,./1/82, Book 33, page 133, Prank Michaud to the Catholic Con,-rogation of Tort Collins. Warranty deed, dated 9/18/83, Book 38, page 90, Prank 14ichaud to Joseph 1'. 11schebeuf, Bishop of Denver. blarranty doed, dated 6/28/1901 , Book 160, page 96, PL.C. I-iatz (Bishop of Denver) to (I. La Jeunesse, lots 3,4,5,6,7, and 8, in block 151. rlarraity deed., dated 3/20/1953, Book 945, page 34.7, Adolf Stieben and Christens Stieben to Carl L. Stieber and rmcna. Stieher, lot 18 in block 151 . (there appear,^ to have been a subdivision in 1901 , hence ti,e different lot number for 115 Riverside). rlarra.n.ty deed, dated 2/26/1963, Book 1539, page 762, Car]. L. 3tieber and Lhima S7tieber to Lloyd Carcia and lIiercedc:s Garcia, lot 13, block 151. The followin lint as to occupancy was obtained from Llic 7irectories: 1902 - vacant . 1908/9 - U.11. �3ay, rancliman 1909/10 —vacant 1910/11 - vacarL 1913/14 - Olan Lamb, laborer ( 5) 1917 - :d.H. Boors, laborer 1919 - idrs. Stona -Lund 1922 - same 1925 - vacant, 1927 - O.II. (3essie) Ilarrington, d]-tchrider 1929 - Warren Bice, blaolutnith 1931 - same 1933 - same 1936 - '?arl V. Andorcon, laborer 1938 - same 19/,0 - iirs. B.7. Jewett, widow 19¢8 - Garl L. Stieber, packer (later janitor) 1950 — same 1952 — same 1954. — came 1956 - Lolu^, I'ack, tIar'Lz and Oxford r 1957 - hIack, :IarLz and Orford. 1959 - 71ac1: grid 0x£ord 1960 - vaca.nl. 1962 - vacant 1963 - T,7.oyd Garcia.. Lloyd Garcia and his wife Lave hcen livin;; here over since. 6) Information on the , arly histoxy of the building was obtained lamely from the following publications: 1 ) The Coloradoan, 9/12/1975: 1175 Years Celebrated" (an article on ST. Joseph' s) 2) The Coloradoan, 6/16/1979: L. Chesney: "St. Joseph' s Church Marking Centennial." 3) The Coloradoan, 9/2/1951 : Wayne SundburS: "Early Education in Auntie' s Cabin." 4) Rcycr•aft, rev. R..J.: Seventy Five Years of Service. St. Joseplifs Church, Fort Collins, 1975. 5) Robb, R. : St. Joseph' s Church 1879--1979. St. Joseph' s Church, Fort Collins, 1979. 6) Sundberr-, II.: Hisf;oric Fort Collins. Old Army Press, Port Collins, 1975. 7) Swanson, P:. ,.: fort Collins Yesterdays. S.B. Swanson, Fort Collinc, 1975. S) Watrous, A.: History of Larimor County. The Courier Printing and Publiphing Company, Fort Collin--, 1911 . y) 'rloekly Courier, 1/2/1902: "St. Josephs Handsome Now Church: 13rief Tiistory of St. Joseph' s Upbuildinr�." f �M A l 1 u� F�r R r ti d i i 'x � �Y ` �` j l�. 1,i `C �) �' i __ yg���i� i �I�7W�i��' �. 1�1Y � 't o� I I � I 1[ E u I: L uJ LL q. ml � I 111 i i f" ii I I r I I `4 ( i I I : . L L 5 .J .... ___ __ __ _II O Jp Ui z GI o�� F In ❑ I of G ILI to w ¢c Q �� iv' c01 mn C wl J J C Q I T L. R F z S N I" ¢' m0 ¢U� _z _is 7 1 ¢ QI 1 �I i ¢ Im 4 a W, F OI dj ❑ w W u � _ - � �I I I� w w i. 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Open Thee, Record in a New Window to Print or Bookmark Fort Collins Public Library Local History Archive C) opvrigh'1996-20104 City of Fort Collins, Colorado LaJeunesse, Rev Father — Building Record Owner: LaJeunesse, Rev Father Address: Riverside Date: 1901 Description: five room frame Location Description: N/A Group: East Architect: N/A Builder: N/A Cost: $800 Other information: N/A Primary Source: 1901 Building Summary in Newspaper, 2 Jan 1902 Secondary Source: N/A Open This Record, in a New_Window to Printer Bookmark Fort Collins Public Library Local History Archive ©Copyright 1996 2004 City of Fort Collins, Colorado 1.1+.. //S;l..•n.. ..: F,..rt .-..17:.... .... ....r.....7�:.,�h..«:..t..l.-o..,....�..7 ��nn 7111—'if N�'1l'tnnd Kluver, A. C. —Building Permit Record Permit Number: 3535 Owner: Kluver, A. C. Address: 115 Riverside Date: 1933-09-18 00:00:00 Addition: NIA Lot Modifier: S 112 Lot: 18 Block: 151 Description: Refloor and repair Type Code: 0 Estimated Cost: $100 Permit Cost: $1.1 Open This Record in a New Window tp_Pnnt or Bookmark Fort Collins Public Library Local History Archive (DCopyr ght 9, 96 2004 City of,Fon Collins, Colo,ado .....w.. . ..y.. .v. u. w..... l agQ 1 Vl 1 Kluver, A.C. --Building Permit Record Permit Number: 5949 Owner: Kluver, A.C. Address: 115 Riverside Date: 1939-09-18 00:00:00 Addition: N/A Lot Modifier: N/A Lot: 17-18 Block: 151 Description: Rebuild coal sheds Type Code: 0 Estimated Cost: $50 Permit Cost: $1.15 Onen This Record in a New Window to Print or Bookmark Fort Collins Public Library Local History Archive (PCopyricht 1996-2004 City of Fort Collins, Colorado Kluva, A. C. Building Permit Record Permit Number: 6873 Owner: Kluva, A. C. Address: 115 Riverside Date: 1942-01-22 00:00:00 Addition: N/A Lot Modifier: S2 Lot: 17 Block: 151 Description: Garage Type Code: 0 Estimated Cost: $135 Permit Cost: $1.3 Open This Record in a New-Window to_Prini or Bookmark Fort Collins Public Library Local History Archive C)Copynght 1996-2004 City of Fort Collins, Colorado ✓ . uu , ur" ♦mot u t ragr 1 Vl 1 Steinben, Adolph —Building Permit Record Permit Number: 9054 Owner: Steinben, Adolph Address: 115 Riverside Date: 1946-04-15 00:00:00 Addition: N/A Lot Modifier: S2 Lot: 18 Block: 151 Description: Stucco exterior of house Type Code: 0 Estimated Cost: $250 Permit Cost: $1.45 Open This Record in a New Window to Print or Bookmark Fort Collins Public Library Local History Archive «OCopyngM 1996 2004 City of Fort Collins, Colorado o Stieber, C. — Building Permit Record Permit Number: 10497 Owner: Stieber, C. Address: 115 Riverside Date: 1948-05-05 00:00:00 Addition: NIA Lot Modifier: S2 Lot: 18 Block: 151 Description: Fence Type Code: 0 Estimated Cost: $35 Permit Cost: $1.15 Open This Record in a New Window to Prnni o Bookmark Fort Collins Public Library Local History Archive @Copyr ghi 1996 2004 City of Fort Collins Colorado 1 1�.�4Y� �' S� i r( �-�: ��["���'�'<�� �,� y '�y'�� ���,�al¢": .. `� � Y G,. 6lCIL� ,i m, �, _ .tl d`v �'� S$i��C�l � � �� �51 Yet}+��' . �� �+� 4 it IY�i �T"�- � (5' r .,,, � - ���-' �� ��j. ` , �,:� SIGNIFICANCE(check appropriate categories) THEME($): Architectural significance: Historical significance: [)represents the work of a master []associated with significant person(s) []possess high artistic value []associated with significant event []represents a type,period,or method of []associated with a pattern of events construction [X]contributes to an historic district National Register eligibility: Individual []yes [X]no Contdbutes to a potential district: Cdteda:[]A []B []C []D [X]yes [)no Area(s)of significance: N/A District name: Fort Collins Eastside Period of significance: N/A Historic District STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE(briefly justify the significance checked above): This property was considered a contributing element of the Laurel School Historic District that was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. This property embodies considerable historical significance as the earliest public school building erected in Fort Collins,which pre-dates by several years the official establishment of the townsite of Fort Collins. It thus is also one of the oldest extant buildings in Fort. Unfortunately, however,the historic appearance and integrity of the schoolhouse has been significantly changed by alterations associated with its use as a dwelling, in particular from the addition of stucco coating. Due to loss of integrity,the property cannot qualify as individually eligible for the National Register. Nevertheless, the building remains in its original location and the general form of the building is intact; for these reasons it would qualify for designation as a Local Landmark based upon its unique role in Fort Collins history. The Fort Collins Public School building has been an integral component of the Eastside residential area since 1870, and contributes to the historic architectural character of the area. It therefore would be considered a contributing element of a potential locally designated historic district encompassing the largely residential Eastside neighborhood bounded roughly by Remington Street, E. Mulberry Street, E. Mountain Street, and Riverside Avenue. additional page(s INvENTORY COMPLETED BY: Jason Marmor DATE: July 1998 AFFILIATION: City of Fort Collins Advance Planning Department PHONE:(970)224-6078 ADDRESS: 281 North College Avenue PROJECT NAME: Fort Collins Eastside Fort Collins, CO 80522 Neighborhood Survey Project 339. R.C. Hoffman House (817 Whedbee ) : c. 1920, single, detached, one and a half stories , rectangular, clapboard , medium gable , project- ing eaves with exposed rafters, four bays. 340. F.D. Zabell House (821 Whedbee ) : c. 1921 . single, detached one, story, rectangular, clapboard , medium gable, projecting eaves , rafters exposed, three bays . 341 . G. Charkey House ( 831 Whedbee ) : 1925, single, detached, one story, rectangular, clapboard, medium hipped , projecting rafters , ex- posed eaves , two bays. 342. O.W. Neiswanger (901 Whedbee ) : c . 1921 , single, detached , one story, rectangular, clapboard , medium gable, projecting eaves with exposed rafters , two bays . 343• W.W. Stryker House (905 Whedbee ) : c . 1924, single, detached , one story, T-shaped , clapboard , medium gable, projecting eaves with ex- posed rafters , two bays. 344. W. N. Culbertson House (909 Whedbee ) : c . 1921 , single, detached, one story, square, clapboard , medium gable , projecting eaves with ex- posed rafters , three bays. 345. J .G. Moon House (111 Riverside ) : c. 1908, single, detached , one story, square, clapboar, medium hipped gable , plain, boxed cornice, ghree bays . 346. Old Catholic Church (115 Riverside ) : 1875, converted into a resi- dence in 1905, single, detached, one story, rectangular, stucco, high gable , projecting eaves with exposed rafters , three bays . 347. Carl Espelin House (121 Riverside ) : c . 1907, single , detached , one story, square, clapboard , high hipped gable, plain, boxed cor- nice , three bays , Laurel Historic District 341. C. Charkey House (831 Whedbee) : Clara Chaney 831 Whedbee Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 342. O.W. Neiswanger House (901 Whedbee) : Joanne Clark 901 Whedbee Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 343. W.W. Stryker House (905 Whedbee) : Angelo/Velma Moser 729 Peterson Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 344 . W.N. Culbertson House (909 Whedbee) : Bettie Hervey, et.al. 916 Pitkin Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 345. J.G. Moon House (111 Riverside) : Etta McFie 111 Riverside Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 346 . Old Catholic Church (115 Riverside) : Lloyd/Mercedes Garcia 115 Riverside Fort Collins , Colorado 80521 347 . Carl Espelin House (121 Riverside) : Alan R. Porter P.O. Box 544 Fort Collins , Colorado 80521 348 . Anna Cook House (123 Riverside) : Guadalupe/Jennie Balderrama 1530 Whedbee Fort Collins , Colorado 80521 349 . Blunk House (318 E. Oak) : Theadora Cox P .O. Box 2010 Fort Collins , Colorado 805al µ ft .d. ar � fiti Lfgry.'W IL I t l , 2y 1_ � Flyy I r � � C a . aw } 'N Ic } I