HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/02/2001 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 187, 2000, DESIGNA AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 9
DATE: January 2, 2001
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM: Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 187, 2000,Designating the Hottel/Hoffman House and Ash Pit,
426 East Oak Street, 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 owners of the property, Katherine and Phillip Acott, are initiating this request for Fort Collins
Landmark designation for the Hottel/Hoffman House and Ash Pit. This residence has architectural
significance to Fort Collins as an exceptional example of Victorian/Italianate architecture in Fort
Collins. Additionally, the home is associated with two significant early Fort Collins families, the
Hottels and the Hoffmans. The property also contains one of the only known examples of a circa
1880 ash pit remaining in Fort Collins. Ordinance No. 187,2000,was unanimously adopted on First
Reading on December 19, 2000, designating the Hottel/Hoffman House and Ash Pit as a historic
landmark.
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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 23
DATE: December 19, 2000
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Karen McWilliams
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 187,2000,Designating the Hottel/Hoffman House and Ash Pit,426
East Oak Street, as a Historic Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption the O nanc y At public hearings held on
November 15,2000 and Dece er 13,2 th markion Commission unanimously
recommended designation of t rope dms architectural and historical
importance to Fort Collins.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The owners of the property, Katherine and Phillip Acott, are initiating this request for Fort Collins
Landmark designation for the Hottel/Hoffman House and Ash Pit. This residence has architectural
significance to Fort Collins as eptia x lejofyf
talianate architecture in Fort
Collins. Additionally, the ho �s aseo ated h o grly Fort Collins families, the
Hottels and the Hoffmans. T propert also c to oney known examples of a circa
1880 ash pit remaining in Fort t3cluin .
History -This unique historic home was reportedly built in 1886 for Isaac Hottel who was a relative
of Andrew Jackson Hottel, the home's first resident. Andrew Hottel arrived in Fort Collins in 1876
from Virginia and worked for 16 years as a miller in the Lindell Mill. (The Lindell Mill was situated
in the same location as today's Ranch-Way Feeds building located near Lincoln Avenue on the bank
of the Cache la Poudre River). John F. Hoffman acquired the house on East Oak Street in 1889.
Hoffman, also a native of Virginia, settled in Fort Collins in 1887 and worked for the Lindell Mill.
In 1892, John Hoffman married Miss Frances C. Co the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Coy,
pioneering farmers of the Cach" a Po dz al ey. wo a aftapurchasing the home, Hoffman
erected the Hoffman Feed Milk n River e Ave ue4 nd+ ecam is chief officer. The Hoffman Mill
was a financial success and in 0,J9rh off n e larged th ain building and added a flouring
Mill.
The Hoffmans,with their two children,occupied the East Oak Street residence until John Hoffman's
s death in 1955. The property remained however,under the ownership of the extended family as Mrs.
Hoffman's sister,Mrs. Anna Coy Bertram moved into the home with her husband and occupied the
house until around 1967,the year of Mr.Bertram's death. Lydia Anne Morrison,the daughter of the
original Hoffman owner,and her husband Millard A.Morrison,then acquired the home in 1968 and
resided at the Oak Street address until 1989. During this time,the Centennial-Bicentennial Heritage
Council recognized the house in 1976 as an important architectural and historical property. The
home is still used as a single-family residence today.