HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/07/2000 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 140, 2000, DESIGNA AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 8
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: November 7, 2000STAFF:
Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 140, 2000, Designating the Howard Carriage House, 131 North
Loomis Avenue, as a Historic Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The owner of the property,John Loudon,initiated this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation
for the Howard Carriage House. This building has great architectural significance to Fort Collins,
as an unusual and locally rare example of a pressed concrete carriage house. The building was the
carriage house for the locally landmarked Howard House, at 145 North Loomis, and contributes to
the historical and architectural significance of the Howard House. Ordinance No. 40, 2000, was
unanimously adopted on First Reading on October 17, 2000.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 16
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: October 17, 2000
FROM: Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 140, 2000, Designating the Howard Carriage House, 131 North
Loomis Avenue, as a Historic Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption the Oronancetn yed . At a public hearing held on
September 27, 2000, the dmarti Co unanimously recommended
designation of this property as a ma tecttance to Fort Collins.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The owner of the property, John Loudon, is initiating this request for Fort Collins Landmark
designation for the Howard Ca o hiR
t architectural significance to
Fort Collins, as an unusual local y e e p d concrete carriage house. The
building was the carriage hou for the cally H ard House, at 145 North Loomis,
10 and contributes to the historica ch nc a Howard House.
History - In 1888 and 1889, Cornelia A. Howard purchased three lots at the western edge of the
Loomis Addition. Colonel Henderson C.Howard built the Howard House at the corner of Loomis
and Laporte Avenues in the early 1890s. Henderson Howard was likely Cornelia's son. The Howard
family lived in the home until 1902, the same year that Howard, a grocer,erected the H.C. Howard
Block at 214 East Mountain Avenue.
The Howard Carriage House was also constructed in the earl 1890s. The 1894 Sanborn Map shows
both the house and the cam'Qsebec
thei u nt cfnOver [he years, the land was
subdivided, and the carriage h a p opeted at 131 North Loomis. The
carriage house has great archi ific a Fort Cas an unusual and locally rare
example of a pressed concret . a building is two-toned, with pink sandstone colored
rough-faced rectangular blocks for the main body, with more square,grey concrete block quoining
at the corners. The die used to form the blocks is of the same pattern as that used on the Virginian
Hotel in Medicine Bow,Wyoming. Unfortunately,the carriage house suffered a fire about five years
ago,which damaged the roof and much of the wooden interior of the masonry structure. The owners
of the carriage house intend to restore the exterior of the building to its original appearance, based
upon existing evidence.