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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/06/2011 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 177, 2011, DESIGNATDATE: 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, and Bill Tiley, and Designation Standard (3), for its architecture. December 6, 2011 -2- ITEM 25 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 Revised 09-2004 Page 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 2500 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO, 80525 Legal Description: Lot 35, South College Heights Addition, 1st Filing Property Name (historic and/or common): Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage OWNER INFORMATION: Name: Joanne F. Gallagher Phone: 970-493-5868 Email: jfgallagher25@comcast.net Address: 2500 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO, 80525 CLASSIFICATION Category Ownership Status Present Use Existing Designation Building Public Occupied Commercial Nat’l Register Structure Private Unoccupied Educational State Register Site Religious Object Residential District Entertainment Government Other FORM PREPARED BY: Name and Title: Grace Dixon, Historic Preservation Intern Address: City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Office, Community Development & Neighborhood Services Department, P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 Phone: 970-224-6078 Email: kmcwilliams@fcgov.com DATE: November 1, 2011 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Revised 09-2004 Page 2 TYPE OF DESIGNATION and BOUNDARIES Individual Landmark Property Landmark District Explanation of Boundaries: The boundaries of the property being designated as a Fort Collins Landmark correspond to the legal description of the property, above. The property contains the historic residence and attached garage. 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: 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 The Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage, at 2500 South College Avenue, is eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark under Designation Standard 2, for its association with Fort Collins developers Mae, Lewis, and Bill Tiley, and the role they played in the growth of Fort Collins, including the platting and developing of several post-World War II residential subdivisions. The Tileys were Fort Collins entrepreneurs, operating a grocery store in the 1930s and 1940s; purchasing and renovating homes in the 1940s; and platting and developing new residential subdivisions in Fort Collins during the postwar period. In addition, this home is located within the South College Heights subdivision, platted by the Tileys. The Tiley Residence also qualifies for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark under Designation Standard 3, for its architectural significance to Fort Collins. Constructed in 1956, this residence is also architecturally significant as an excellent example of a mid-1950s Ranch type home. The building exhibits a high level of physical integrity relative to the seven aspects of integrity: location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, association, and feeling. 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 façade, and numerous diamond pattern windows all contribute to the Tudor appearance of the house. HISTORICAL INFORMATION The original owners of the home at 2500 South College Avenue were Lewis and Mae Tiley, owners of Tiley Real Estate. Lewis Harley Tiley was born in Iowa on March 29, 1894, to parents William and Nellie Tiley. Mae Agnes Churchill Tiley was born on April 3, 1898, in Nebraska, to parents Luther and Blanche Churchill. The couple married on December 9, 1920, in North Platte, Revised 09-2004 Page 3 Nebraska. By the 1930 Census they were living at 338 East Elizabeth Street in Fort Collins, with their two children, seven-year-old Annabell (Anne) and two-year-old King William (Bill). Both Lewis and Mae were quite entrepreneurial. In the 1930s, the Tileys operated a grocery from their home on East Elizabeth, and Mae Tiley owned Tiley’s Dress Shop at 146 South College Avenue. Throughout the 1940s, numerous building permits indicating they were purchasing and remodeling homes. The family lived at 338 East Elizabeth Street through the early 1040s. By 1948 they had moved to 1301 South College Avenue. Both Tileys 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 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 city misspelled the street name as Lemay, however. Lewis Tiley passed away in April 1974, and Mae Tiley died on May 4, 1997. The next owners of this home were Charles O. and Virginia C. Henderson, living here during the 1960s. Charles, also known as “China,” was born in Fort Collins on August 31, 1922. He served in the Navy during World War II and married Virginia Cunningham on May 31, 1948. While living at 2500 South College Avenue, Charles worked first as a flight instructor at Fort Collins Aviation and later as chief pilot and machinist at Forney Industries. Charles also worked as a crop duster, while Virginia was a teacher. They had a daughter, Carrie. Charles Henderson passed away, in Denver, on July 29, 1991. During the 1970s members of the Worthington family lived at this house. In 1972 Gary Worthington, a manager at Interstate Ecco, was in residence. By 1979 Robert and Terry Worthington lived at 2500 South College Avenue. The City Directory listed Robert as the President of Northern Colorado Equipment Company, where Gary Worthington worked as the parts manager. Members of the Caputo family, chiropractors Dr. Jack P. and Dr. Frank P., owned the house during the 1980s. In 1992 Dr. Frank Caputo sold the home to Dowell S. and Garnette M. Stiles. In 1994 the Stileses sold the property to Joanne F. Gallagher, the current owner. 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 and Ms. Gallagher serves as both Executive Director and a birth parent counselor. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: 1956 Architect/Builder: Unknown Building Materials: Blond brick siding Architectural Style: Ranch type, with Tudor influences This Ranch type home with Tudor influences is located on the South College Avenue frontage road, at the intersection of South College Avenue and Harvard Street. Character-defining features of the modern Ranch evident at 2500 South College Avenue include the horizontal orientation, picture window, prominent chimney, and attached two-car garage. The flared eaves, color-scheme of the home, bay window on the façade, and numerous diamond pattern windows all contribute to the Tudor appearance of the house. Oriented to the west, it rests on a concrete foundation. The rectangular-shaped house features blonde brick siding and a side gabled roof with flared eaves. The roof is covered in asphalt shingles. The primary entry, a wooden door with a storm door featuring a large fixed pane window, is nearly centered on the façade. South of the front door is a large picture window, likely looking out from the house’s living room. The home’s numerous multi-light “diamond” windows are very evocative of the Tudor style. Nearly all windows are flanked by wooden decorative shutters painted dark brown. There is a front gabled bay featuring a double hung window just south of the picture window. North of the front door there is a bay window featuring the Tudor diamond pattern; this is one of few windows without decorative shutters. Beside the bay window, on the northwest corner of the façade, there is a second front-gabled bay, this one featuring Revised 09-2004 Page 4 a Tudor diamond pattern window with shutters. The north side of the house features an attached two-car garage with what appears to be a replacement door, two fixed pane windows flanking a secondary entrance, two diamond pattern windows (one with shutters), and a dominant chimney. There also is a second chimney along the ridgeline of the house. A concrete brick wall and large decorative wooden gate are on the north side of the property. There is also a secondary building/shed located at the southwest corner of the home, with cream painted vertical siding and a side-gabled roof covered in asphalt shingles. REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION City of Fort Collins, Public Record Database. http://www.fcgov.com “Colorado Cultural Resource Survey, Architectural Inventory Form, 2500 South College Avenue,” prepared August 30, 2010 by Dr. Mary Therese Anstey, Historitecture, LLC. Fort Collins City Directory. Fort Collins: Mauer & Mauer; Omaha: R.L. Polk & Co.; Colorado Springs and Loveland: Rocky Mountain Directory Co.; Loveland: Johnson Publishing Co., and others. 1957 through 1985. Larimer County Tax Assessor Property Records for 2500 South College Avenue (online). Local History Archives Search: Lewis Harley Tiley, Mae Agnes Tiley, K. Bill Tiley. http://history.fcgov.com [Accessed 22 December 2010]. 1930 US Census: Lewis Harley Tiley. Obituary Charles O. Henderson. Larimer County Genealogical Society. http://www.lcgsco.org/obits/hendch91.jpg - [Accessed 22 December 2010]. Google Search: Joanne Gallagher. http://adoptionaa.org/aboutus.aspx [Accessed 22 Dec 2010]. Advance Planning 281 North College Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6376 970.224.6111 - fax fcgov.com/advanceplanning LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION November 9, 2011 STAFF REPORT REQUEST: Fort Collins Landmark Designation of the Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage, 2500 South College Avenue STAFF CONTACT: Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner APPLICANT: Joanne Gallagher, Owner BACKGROUND: The Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage, at 2500 South College Avenue, is eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark under Designation Standard 2, for its historical significance to Fort Collins. The property is significant for its association with Fort Collins developers Mae, Lewis, and Bill Tiley, and the role they played in the growth of Fort Collins, including the platting and developing of several post-World War II residential subdivisions. The Tileys were Fort Collins entrepreneurs, operating a grocery store in the 1930s and 1940s; purchasing and renovating homes in the 1940s; and platting and developing new residential subdivisions in Fort Collins during the postwar period. Significantly, this home is located within the South College Heights subdivision, platted by the Tileys. The Tiley Residence also qualifies for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark under Designation Standard 3, for its architectural significance to Fort Collins. Constructed in 1956, this residence is also architecturally significant as an excellent example of a mid-1950s Ranch type home. The building exhibits a high level of physical integrity relative to the seven aspects of integrity: location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, association, and feeling. 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 façade, and numerous diamond pattern windows all contribute to the Tudor appearance of the house. The original owners of the home were Lewis and Mae Tiley, owners of Tiley Real Estate. Lewis Harley Tiley was born in Iowa on March 29, 1894. Mae Agnes Churchill Tiley was born on April 3, 1898, in Nebraska. By the 1930 Census the couple was living at 338 East Elizabeth Street in Fort Collins, with their two children, seven-year-old Annabell (Anne) and two-year-old King William (Bill). In the 1930s, the Tileys operated a grocery from their home on East Elizabeth, and Mae Tiley also owned Tiley’s Dress Shop, at 146 South College Avenue. Throughout the 1940s, numerous building permits indicating they were purchasing and remodeling homes. The Tiley family lived at 338 East Elizabeth Street through the early 1940s. By 1948 they had moved to 1301 South College Avenue. Both Tileys and their son Bill were involved with postwar subdivision development in Fort Collins. In 1957 Mae and Bill partnered with local lumberman turned developer Robert Everitt, to plat the South College Heights subdivision. ATTACHMENT 2 All three Tileys worked again with Everitt in 1962, to develop the University Acres subdivision. Mae 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 city misspelled the street name as Lemay, however. 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 and Ms. Gallagher serves as both Executive Director and a birth parent counselor. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Commission find that the Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage, at 2500 South College Avenue, meets both Standards 2 and 3 of Section 14-5 of the Municipal Code, and approve a resolution of the Landmark Preservation Commission recommending to City Council the designation of the Lewis and Mae Tiley/Joanne F. Gallagher Residence and Attached Garage as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Fort Collins Municipal Code. ATTACHMENT 3 ATTACHMENT 4 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