The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/20/2011 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 177, 2011, DESIGNDATE: December 20, 2011 STAFF: Karen McWilliams AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 15 SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 177, 2011, Designating the Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage, 2500 South College Avenue, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ordinance No. 177, 2011, unanimously adopted on First Reading on December 6, 2011, designates the Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage, located at 2500 South College Avenue, as a Fort Collins Landmark. The owner of the property, Joanne Gallagher, is initiating this request. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary - December 6, 2011 (w/o attachments) COPY COPY COPY COPY ATTACHMENT 1 DATE: December 6, 2011 STAFF: Karen McWilliams AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 25 SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 177, 2011, Designating the Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage, 2500 South College Avenue, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The owner of the property, Joanne Gallagher, is initiating this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation for the Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage, at 2500 South College Avenue. The residence with attached garage is significant under Designation Standard (2) for its association with Mae, Lewis, and Bill Tiley, Fort Collins developers who platted and developed several post-World War II residential subdivisions, including the South College Heights subdivision where this property is located; and under Designation Standard (3), as an architecturally significant example of a mid-1950s Ranch type home. This property retains a very high level of integrity relative to the seven aspects of integrity: location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, association, and feeling. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The original owners of this home were Lewis and Mae Tiley, and their two children. Moving to Fort Collins at the beginning of the Great Depression, the Tileys were true entrepreneurs. In the 1930s and 1940s, they operated a grocery store at 338 East Elizabeth Street. During the 1940s, the couple purchased and renovated homes, which they then sold for a profit. Most significantly for Fort Collins, both Lewis and Mae Tiley and their son Bill were involved with postwar subdivision development in Fort Collins. In 1956, Mae and Bill partnered with local lumberman turned developer Robert Everitt, to plat the South College Heights subdivision. All three Tileys worked again with Everitt in 1962, to develop the University Acres subdivision. Mae Tiley was involved in real estate beyond Fort Collins, purchasing the Doud House, formerly belonging to the parents of Mamie Doud Eisenhower, in Denver in 1961. Mae was also half of the inspiration for Lemay Avenue in Fort Collins: Bob Everitt and Bill Tiley renamed Hospital Road “LeMae,” after Everitt’s father, Les, and Tiley’s mother, Mae; the street name was, however, mislabeled as Lemay. Constructed in 1956, this residence is also architecturally significant as an excellent example of a mid-1950s Ranch type home. Character-defining features include its larger size as compared to early Ranch homes, the horizontal orientation, picture window, prominent chimney, and attached two-car garage. The flared eaves, color-scheme of the home, bay window on the facade, and numerous diamond pattern windows all contribute to the Tudor appearance of the house. Joanne F. Gallagher, the current owner of the property, purchased the home in 1994. Ms. Gallagher, a former elementary teacher with a Masters degree in Social Work, established Adoption: Advocacy & Alternatives in 1992. The nonprofit adoption placement agency has been located at 2500 South College Avenue since 1994, where Ms. Gallagher serves as both Executive Director and a birth parent counselor. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At a public hearing held on November 9, 2011, the Landmark Preservation Commission voted unanimously to recommend designation of this property under Designation Standard (2), for its historical association with Mae, Lewis, COPY COPY COPY COPY December 6, 2011 -2- ITEM 25 and Bill Tiley, and Designation Standard (3), for its architecture. ATTACHMENTS 1. Historic Landmark Designation Nomination Form 2. Staff Report 3. Resolution 7, 2011, Landmark Preservation Commission, Recommending Landmark Designation of the Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage, at 2500 South College Avenue. 4. Photos ORDINANCE NO. 177, 2011 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE LEWIS AND MAE TILEY/JOANNE F. GALLAGHER RESIDENCE AND ATTACHED GARAGE, 2500 SOUTH COLLEGE 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 November 9, 2011, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the "Commission") has determined that the Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage has significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Designation Standard (2), for its historical association with Lewis, Mae and Bill Tiley; and Designation Standard (3), for its architecture as an excellent example of a mid-1950s Ranch-type home, with a high level of physical integrity; 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 City 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 owner of the property has requested 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 known as the Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage, and the adjacent lands upon which the historical resource is located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: Lot 35, South College Heights Addition, 1st Filing be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter l4 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. Section 2. That the criteria in Section 14-48 of the City Code 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 City Code. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of December, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of December, A.D. 2011. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of December, A.D. 2011. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk