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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/18/2015 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 102, 2015, DESIGNATAgenda Item 18 Item # 18 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY August 18, 2015 City Council STAFF Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 102, 2015, Designating the Schlichter/Akin/Smith Property, 1312 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The owner of the property, MaOlPh LLC, is initiating this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation of the Schlichter/Akin/Smith Property at 1312 South College Avenue. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The Schlichter/Akin/Smith Property at 1312 South College Avenue qualifies for Fort Collins Landmark designation under Designation Standards A, B, and C. Under Standard A, this property is eligible for the story it tells of Fort Collins during the early 1920s, a time when wealth and social status was reflected in the architecture of the era. This property is also eligible under Standard B for its association with prominent individuals in Fort Collins history: L.C. Moore, Edwin A. Schlichter, and Harris Akin. Finally, the property is additionally eligible for recognition under Standard C as an excellent example of Italian Renaissance architecture, which was popular during the first three decades of the twentieth century. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS Recognition of 1312 South College Avenue as a Fort Collins Landmark enables its owners to qualify for federal, state and local financial incentive programs available only to designated properties. Additionally, based upon research conducted by Clarion Associates, the property would likely see an increase in value following designation. Clarion Associates attributed this increase to the fact that future owners also qualify for the financial incentives; the perception that designated properties are better maintained; the appeal of owning a recognized historic landmark; and the assurance of predictability that design review offers. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. At a public hearing held on September 10, 2014, the Landmark Preservation Commission voted to recommend designation of this property under Designation Standard (C), for its architectural significance to the city. On July 16, 2015, the contract purchaser acquired the property, and wishes to have the landmark designation finalized. Agenda Item 18 Item # 18 Page 2 ATTACHMENTS 1. Site Map (PDF) 2. Landmark Designation Application (PDF) 3. Staff Report (PDF) 4. Photographs (PDF) 5. Special Warranty Deed (PDF) 6. LPC Resolution No. 7, 2014 (PDF) Colorado State University Colorado State University Colorado State University «¬287 Peterson St E Lake St Garfield St Edwards St S Mason St W Pitkin St A St Mathews St Edison Dr Buckeye St Prospect Ct Tamasag Dr Mathews St Mathews St Peterson St E Pitkin St W Lake St Remington St S College Ave E Prospect Rd W Prospect Rd 1312 S College Ave 1 inch = 300 feet © Site 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 1312 South College, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 Legal Description: Lots 3 and 4, Block 2, L.C. Moore’s First Addition Property Name (historic and/or common): Schlichter/Akin/Smith House OWNER INFORMATION: Name: MaOlPh, LLC Email: BMarch@Bmarchlaw.com Phone: 970-482-4322 Address: 110 E Oak, Fort Collins, CO 80524 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: Katie March, Researcher Phone: 970-310-5691 Email: Katiealysamarch@gmail.com Relationship to Owner: Daughter DATE: Prepared 12 August 2014. Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.41 0 970.22 4- fax fcgov.c ATTACHMENT 2 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 consists of the historic residence, attached garage and surrounding yard. SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY Properties are eligible for designation if they possess both significance and integrity. Significance is the importance of a site, structure, object or district to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture of our community, State or Nation. Integrity is the ability of a site, structure, object or district to be able to convey its significance. Significance: Standard A: Events. This property is associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. It is associated with either (or both) of these two (2) types of events: 1. A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or 2. A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. Standard B: Persons/Groups. This property is associated with the lives of persons or groups of persons recognizable in the history of the community, State or Nation whose specific contributions to that history can be identified and documented. Standard C: Design/Construction. This property embodies the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; represents the work of a craftsman or architect whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality; possesses high artistic values or design concepts; or is part of a recognizable and distinguishable group of properties. Standard D: Information potential. This property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Integrity: Location. This property is located where it was originally constructed or where an historic event occurred. Design. This property retains a combination of elements that create its historic form, plan space, structure, and style. Setting. This property retains a character and relationship with its surroundings that reflect how and where it was originally situated in relation to its surrounding features and open space. Materials. This property retains much of the historic physical elements that originally formed the property. Workmanship. This property possesses evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. This consists of evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering the building, structure or site. Feeling. This property expresses the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period or time. This results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property's historic character. Association. This property retains an association, or serves as a direct link to, an important historic event or person. It retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property's historic character. 3 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY The property at 1312 South College Avenue qualifies for Fort Collins Landmark designation under Designation Standards A, B, and C. Under Standard A, this property is eligible for the story it tells of Fort Collins during the early 1920s, a time when wealth and social status was reflected in the architecture of the era. Additionally, this property is eligible under Standard B for its association with prominent individuals in Fort Collins history: L.C. Moore, Edwin A. Schlichter, and Harris Akin. The property is also eligible under Standard C as an excellent example of Italian Renaissance architecture, which was popular during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Historic Context This property is historically and architecturally significant for the story that it tells about the pre- depression 1920s era, following the end of the First World War. This brief period in history saw successful business and agricultural entrepreneurs becoming increasingly affluent. The times allowed increased lot and home sizes, due to increasing numbers of owners potential who, unlike in prior years, were, by 1920, both able and willing to spend money to make a statement in the form of the more stately homes in which they lived. The L.C. Moore subdivision was intended to capitalize on this increased ability and willingness to make residential investments. Unfortunately, this was a short-lived period of affluence as the onset of the depression loomed. The subject property, at 1312 South College Avenue, is a prime example of these times, when property owners were desirous of making a statement, but still had an eye towards frugality. Even subdivision deed restrictions required a substantial but not an unreasonable investment to insure that homes presented the desired image of the times, with the residents wanting to locate in the right neighborhood with the right people. While the houses were built to convey an image, the exterior building materials were relatively simple concrete and stucco. The Italian villa architecture, while exhibiting symmetrical lines, is a simple four-by-four, two-story pattern common to the times. While crown molding adorned the first floor interior of the home, the cost was not justified on the second floor, which lacks these embellishments. While the home presented an image, it did not hold its original value when, first the local sheep market crashed in the mid-1920’s and then the world financial market crashed in the late 1920’s. Still, this home’s size, location, style and presentation attracted reasonably well-to-do, yet cost conscious, prominent local residents as second, third and later generation buyers. Progress subsequently saw many of the majestic homes that defined the era converted to fraternity and sorority homes, and then later destroyed for new development. This home, remaining predominantly as a residence, survived largely intact as constructed in 1921. Preservation of the home and the valuable story it tells, a snapshot in time of the community and it’s albeit short-lived social and economic changes, warrants preservation. The subject property is an excellent example of Italian Renaissance Style Architecture, built in the 1920’s and associated with various prominent local 20th century business leaders, notably E.A. Schlichter and Ida O. Gilkison Schlichter, Harris Akin and Charles R. and June Evans. The original development and the changes that Block 2 of the Moore’s First Addition experienced have tracked with significant changes that have impacted the City of Fort Collins over the last 100 years. These areas saw development beginning in the 1910 era, with the growth of the University and the Town. Streetcar service was extended to the area in the 1920’s allowing development in areas outside of the radius of the traditional downtown. This area, now known as Fort Collins’ mid-town neighborhoods, was the focus of Fort Collins’ development from the 1910’s through the early 1950’s. This property was one of many in the area that defined the community. This was one of the first lots sold by L.C. Moore and was intended to showcase his subdivision project. The stucco exterior was common in the neighborhood homes with many of the new homes in the area having 4 used the popular yet economic exterior wall design. The home retains the same symmetrical presentation that led to its elegance when it was built. No known additions or modifications to the footprint of the building have occurred. Changes to the windows and exterior openings have been minor. Likewise, the interior of the structure is largely unaltered from the original construction. At one time, the houses along College Avenue from Elizabeth to Prospect Streets in the Crafts and L.C. Moore subdivisions were cluttered with showplace mansions. The houses gradually became dinosaurs and maintenance faltered during the Great Depression and the Second World War. These large homes which Iined College, particularly after the war, were turned into fraternities and sororities as the College/University grew.1 Most of the mansions fell into disrepair, were torn down and were gradually replaced by businesses. A number of the homes survive, including the adjoining property at 1304 S. College, built shortly after the 1312 S. College property, as well as homes in the 1400 block of S. College. Survival of a number of these homes in the L.C. Moore Subdivision is likely attributable to Moore placing covenants in all of the deeds limiting the property to residential uses. While these restrictions have been either ignored or limited by court decrees over the years, the initial limitations on the use of sites in Moore’s subdivision saved a number of the structures (sadly excluding the homes owned/built by the Moore family on the west side of College which demolished in the 1960’s to make room for a CSU parking lot). Moore’s far-sightedness in donating property for the Fort Collins High School Campus and park likewise led to the preservation of homes in the area. The location of the high school assured activity in the area as well as streetcar service, allowing for the development of the area. More recently, the sale of the historic high school and renovation of the structure for uses by the University has had a restorative effect in preservation of properties in the area, particularly along Remington Street in Block 2 of Moore’s First Addition and east and south of what was the high school campus in Moore’s Second Addition. The addition of the Max transportation corridor, similar to the addition of the Trolley 80 years past, has raised interest in the areas up and down South College Avenue and in the Midtown area, and has seen development spurred particularly in areas along College and south of Prospect Road. This new development interest in the area intensifies threats to the few remaining opulent residential structures that defined the leaders of the community who relocated along South College Avenue in the early 1920’s. HISTORICAL INFORMATION (Please include city directory research and/or a title search if the property is important for its association with a significant person.) Research shows the following overview of residents and developers of the property, City directory and title research are attached as Addendums A and B: In 1921, the subject property was first subdivided as L.C. Moore’s First Addition and would soon become one of the city’s grandest neighborhoods boasting some of the most beautiful houses in Fort Collins. The subdivision boundaries west of College Avenue extended from the Colorado and Southern Railroad on the west, to Lake and Pitkin Streets on the north and south. East of College Avenue, the subdivision extends from College Avenue on the north, past Circle Drive on the south and bounded by Prospect and Pitkin on the east and west (including the subsequent development phases 2 and 3).2 A prominent Fort Collins businessman, Lewis Clark (L.C.) Moore was active in developing the Laramie Poudre Tunnel and served for a time as the cashier for the First National Bank, the president of the Commercial Bank and Trust, president of the North Poudre Irrigation Company 1 Interview June 14, 2014, Danny and Nancy Bailey, Mrs. Bailey’s family having owned one of the houses in Block 1 of the L.C. Moore’s First addition for a period of time before the home was torn down. At one time the Lambda Chi house, 1325 S. College Ave. 2 LC Moore’s First Addition Subdivision plat dated July 9, 1921, recorded Book 4, Page 45, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder Records; Second Addition plat dated Sept. 15, 1923, recorded September 15, 1923; and Third Addition plat, dated May 29, 1924, recorded July 16, 1924. 5 and secretary and treasurer on the State Board of Agriculture.3 4 L.C. Moore, W.C. Moore and Mrs. E.J. Moore built large, mansion-type homes to encourage development of the subdivision. Prominent local architect Montezuma Fuller designed the homes of L.C. and W.C. Moore on the west side of College Avenue as well as the house to the south of the subject property5 at a cost in excess of $7,000. Moore sought homes of grandeur similar to those built by his family to encourage development to the south of the Agricultural College on what was then the outskirts of Fort Collins. Moore uniformly placed deed restrictions against properties in his subdivisions limiting the use of structures to residential purposes and requiring specific minimum cost limits for homes built on lots. This included an original 1921 deed restriction requiring that the cost the home constructed on lots 3 and 4, of Block 2 be more than $7,000. Subdivision lots still remained in L.C. Moore’s estate on his death in 1944.6 The subject property was developed as a show piece in 1922; one year after Moore subdivided the property. In 1922, Edwin A. Schlichter paid $2,500 for the property and received a deed on August 15, 1922 from Moore.7 Schlichter borrowed $7,000 from L.C. Moore; the loan was secured by a deed of trust against the property dated on August 15, 1922.8 The home on the property was built for $7,900 by E.A. and Ida Schlichter. E.A. Schlichter was born November 14, 1879 and came to Colorado in 1902 where he served as a school teacher for School District 11.9 Ida Gilkison was born September 16, 1880 and married E.A. on June 30, 1904.10 Ida was one of A.T. (Tom) and Margaret Gilkison’s six children.11 A.T. and his son, William F., operated Gilkison Mercantile where the Harmony Mill is now located.12 A.T. Gilkison originally came to Colorado as a prospector in 1866, moving to Larimer County in 1880. E.A. and Ida had two children: Thelma M. born in 1907 and Irwin B. born in 1908.13 E.A. Schlichter was very successful as the district manager for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Schlichter was active in water matters including the North Poudre Irrigation Company and the Laramie Poudre Tunnel.14 Three years after building their home, Ida died on April 25, 1925. E.A. remarried Marie E. Schlichter, divorcing in 1927.15 The house was sold and city directories suggest E.A. left Fort Collins in 1927, along with Thelma and Irwin.16 On September 2, 1925, Schlichter sold the property to Harris Akin and began liquidating other holdings.17 The property was conveyed subject to the loan from L.C. Moore that had been taken 3 http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=5958&CISOBOX=1&REC=3; Directory of Agriculture and Home Economics leaders, June, 1920 Extension Bulletin, Series 1 -169A. 4 Ansel Watrous, History of Larimer County, 1911 pg. 413. 5 http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_fuller_montezuma.pdf; L.C. Moore was born on January 24, 1866 and lived at 1307 S. College Ave., and W.C. Moore lived at 1315 S. College Ave.; these houses were across the street from Block 2 of the First Addition. Mrs. E.J. Moore lived at 1319 College Avenue.; http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_fuller_montezuma.pdf; William Welscher and George Draper House (The Wellness Center), 1304 S. College, date 1924. 6 WC Stover abstract review files, offices March, Olive and Pharris , N ½ L 1-3, B3 Moore’s 3 rd addition. Will order and decree filed Larimer County Clerk May 3, 1944; 7 Deed from L.C. Moore to E.A. Schlichter, recorded in the Larimer County Records on July 26, 1921 in Book 578, Page 231, Reception No. 225956; documentary fee $2.50. 8 Deed of Trust, Schlichter in favor or Moore; recorded in Book 452, Page 97 of the records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. 9 Watrous, p.430, born 1880 per 1920 census. 10 1920 census and Grandview Cemetery records. 11 Watrous history, pg. 311. 12 http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=3554&CISOBOX=1&REC=1. 6 out by Schlichter; the documentary fee reflected on the deed was $13.00 reflecting a purchase price of $13,000.18 At the time the home was purchased, Akin borrowed ten thousand dollars from Leslie Horsley, repayable in ten years.19 Even though this was before the national market crash in 1929, the local livestock market was depressed, particularly the sheep market. Harris Akin was born July 9, 1859 as one of six sons of Henry and Eunice Akin and came to Fort Collins in 1879. The Akin family were prominent farmers in the Fort Collins and Wellington areas. Harris met Laura Ellen Stickle when they were both students at the University of Colorado. Laura’s parents traveled west by covered wagon and originally settled in Denver, where Laura was born on May 24, 1862. Both retained a life-long commitment to education - Harris was involved in the founding of School District 16 and Laura was a teacher, instructing her own children and others in the Stout School, also known Highland School at Stout, which now rests at the bottom of Horsetooth Reservoir.20 Laura died Dec. 16, 1920 by suicide21 and Harris married wife Martha Akin roughly at the time he purchased the house. In Laura’s will, she left property to Harris as well as her two sons, Victor H. Akin and Howard S. Akin.22 Harris conveyed the home at 1312 S. College to his wife, Martha Akin, on June 4, 1929, subject to the deed of trust owed to Leslie Horsley. Harris served as a part of a strong Republican block that controlled the Larimer County Commissioner seats from 1913 to 1927, with Akin serving as the County Commissioner for District 2 from 1917 to 1929, during which time he resided in the home.23 With the worsening of the depression, Akin lost his seat to democrat Henri McClelland in the 1928 election24 when the voters after twelve years of service did not continue Akin in office.25 On June 4, 1929, Martha B. Akin conveyed the property to J.R. Henderson subject to the lien securing the $10,000 promissory note owed to Horsley, which had originally been taken out by Harris Akin. The deed did not reflect that a documentary fee was paid and it is possible that the property was lost rather than being subject to a foreclosure. Harris Akin died December 3, 1940.26 The Akin family was central to the development of northern Colorado water and irrigation, including the Laramie-Poudre ditch and tunnel and the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. Two of Harris's brothers, Abraham and Myron, were instrumental in constructing the Laramie-Poudre tunnel which runs two and one-half miles through the mountains, diverting water from the Laramie River drainage to the Poudre River. Abraham (A.T.) Akin testified in Wyoming v. Colorado, which involved a broad series of court cases, dealing with water distribution from the Laramie River.27 A petition for rehearing was granted, which revised the original decision.28 The case went on for many years with a motion to dismiss denied by the U.S. Supreme Court as late as 1932.29 Harris’ brother Myron bought and developed the Crafts, also known as the Lake Park Addition, south of Elizabeth Street and east of College Avenue, in the area north of this property.30 Myron built a small stone house three blocks north of this property with his wife, Elizabeth Mellinger Akin. Elizabeth established the first kindergarten program west of the Mississippi, was the first woman in Fort Collins elected to the Board of Education, and served as a missionary to the local migrant and irrigation workers in the Fort Collins area. Myron Akin was elected an alderman and as 18 Deed Schlichter to Akin recorded Book 514, page 57 of the records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. 19 Deed of Trust Akin to Horsely secured by Lots 3 and 4, Block 2 Moore’s First Addition recorded Book 523, Page 218 of the records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. 20 Wayne Sundberg interview June 6, 2014. 21 Joan Day interview, June 6, 2014. 22 Laura Akin will, order admitting will to probate and decree of final settlement recorded in Book 505, Page 530 of the records of the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. 23 City Directories, 1917, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1936, 1948; see Addendum A. 24 Term ended January 1, 1929. 25 C:\documents and settings\hartdl\my documents\County Commissioners 1864-2010.xlsx. McClelland continued to serve to 1941 when, with the onset he was unseated by Republican John G. Nesbit. 26 7 mayor of Fort Collins in 1909. Some speculate that Elizabeth Street is in fact named after Elizabeth Akin.31 In 1930, five years after the home was purchased by Harris Akin, J.R. Henderson conveyed the home to June G. Evans. The property remained subject to the $10,000 obligation from Harris Akin to Leslie Horsley.32 The deed to Mrs. Evans does not reflect that any money was paid for the property. The Evans’ apparently acquired the home and at the same time may have exchanged other properties with Henderson.33 Charles Robert Evans34 and Jesse June Grable Evans lived in the home through the early 1930’s.35 Charles Evans was a successful local farmer and businessman who was born in Fort Collins and graduated from Colorado Agricultural College. Charles’ father, James C. Evans, was Mayor of Fort Collins in the 1880’s and a State Senator for Colorado from 1885 through 1897, dying in office. Charles and James operated J.C. Evans & Son, formerly the North College Grocery. Charles invested and speculated in oil and real estate and operated what was one of the largest cherry farms in the United States.36 In March of 1934, Mrs. Evans conveyed the house to Leslie Horsely,37 perhaps in satisfaction of the $10,000 Akin note. It appears that the Evans’ vacated the property in the mid 1930’s and conveyed the home to the Horselys. While the Horselys apparently occupied the house for a short time, they likely leased the house shortly after it was conveyed to the McBrides in the mid 1930’s, who occupied through the mid 1940’s. The Horsleys occupied the property for a time in the late 1940’s, but then vacated and began leasing again until the property was sold to Don Nelson in 1954.38 During Nelson’s ownership, the Nelson family appears to have resided on the property for a short time but then Nelson rented to a sorority. Fraternity and sorority houses were abundant and leasing to fraternities and sororities was big business. The property was apparently leased for these purposes based on significant demands along College Avenue. From the 1940’s to the 1960’s the house went through a series of occupants. In 1946, Lester B. and his wife, Ida McBride, resided in the home. Lester was the cashier at First National Bank.39 In 1950, David O. and Augusta Howe occupied the property. David was the manager of Ideal Cement Co. In 1954, Victor B. and Beth Scheffer lived in the house. Victor worked for the US Forest Extension and Beth was on the staff of Larimer County Welfare. In 1956, Don O. and Haleen Nelson purchased and briefly lived in the home. Don O. was a professor at Colorado A & M. The property was conveyed to L.L. Carrick and Odella B. Carrick by the Nelsons in 195840 and the property served as the Lambda Chi Alpha House beginning on July 1, 1958. In 1961, Milton Coy Hoffman and James Hoffman may have had some tie to the house.41 The house became the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity in the 1960’s42 and was conveyed to the Alpha Sigma House Corporation in 1959 in consideration of $50,050 (based on $50.05 documentary stamps).43 In 1959, Dorothy McComb,44 who lived for many years at 120 Buckeye, filed the first of 31 Myron and Elizabeth’s house is at 1008 Remington Street; Elizabeth Akin was born June 27, 1859; died March 14, 1934; Watrous history, pg. 356. 32 Deed from J.R.. Henderson to June Evans dated July 31, 1930, recorded Book 599 at Page 399. 33 Deed J.G. Evans to J.R. Henderson of same date as deed to property, deed recorded Book 599 at Page 424. 34 Charles Robert Evans was born September 7, 1870; died December 3, 1958; and Jesse June Grable Evans was born June 17, 1879; died September 24, 1958. 35 City directory research, see Addendum B. 36 Watrous history, pg. 393. 37 Addendum B, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder title research. 38 See, City directories information, Addendum B. 39 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mcbride&GSiman=1&GScty=21905&GRid=47672260& 40 Deed from Nelson to Carrick dated August 5, 1958, recorded Book 1072 at Page 467. 41 8 many lawsuits against Carrick and the Alpha Sigma Fraternity, with an eye towards enforcing the covenant. The suit apparently had some success as in 1961 the house was transferred to Donald Z. Smith and Thomas Gleason45 for $29,500 (based on $29.50 in documentary stamps). 46 The house was subsequently sold to Donald Z. and Shirley V. Hatten Smith.47 Don Smith came to Fort Collins in 1939 and graduated from Cache La Poudre High School in 1942. He and Shirley married on March 2, 1946 in Fort Collins. Don was a supervisor and later a partner with the Howe family in the Paramount Laundry and Cleaners and served as secretary/treasurer of the company. The Smiths had four children, Steve, Mark, Ron and Linda Ingrham. In his retirement, Don Smith kept and restored old cars and operated and owned, in partnership, two local car washes, one on North College and one behind what was the Sherwin Williams Maytag store on South College. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: 1922 Architect/Builder: L.C. Moore (developer) Building Materials: Stucco Architectural Style: Italian Renaissance Revival Description: The property is largely unchanged from the time of its original construction in 1922. This 4x4 mansion was the first of the homes built east of College Avenue after the L.C. Moore Addition was platted in 1921. The home was of the type which Moore required to define the new neighborhood. Built at an original cost of $7,900, the home met Moore’s cost specifications as defined in the deed to the original owners.48 The home is eligible for recognition as a Fort Collins Landmark because of its distinctive architectural characteristics. The building, with a rough mix stucco/concrete exterior, has always been white. Stucco was particularly popular in the 1920’s based on its durability, ease of application, insulating qualities and development of concrete based materials in this era. The exterior of the structure remains largely unchanged from the original construction. This home was designed to make a statement, but as opposed to grandiose and opulent, was designed rather simply and while not inexpensive was, as many homes of the era, generally built with economic rather than elaborate materials. The structure’s symmetrical façade with a projecting central bay is highlighted by a semi-circular arched entry vestibule with the entry framed by tapered piers and a curved overhead feature with extending posts. Windows throughout the house were designed to provide abundant interior lighting. The original 15-glass paneled entry door with 10 panel glass sidelights on each side and the 6’ long by 5’ tall picture windows to each side of the entry still contain what appear to be the original beveled glass panels which show the attention to detail which was critical to Moore in showcasing his new subdivision. Each of the original picture windows (lighting the interior dining on the north and living rooms with ornate fireplace on the south) are bracketed by operable 2’ x 5’ sidelights on each side; these window combinations provided balance to the architectural features of the house and further emphasize the prominent front entry and exterior entry stair bordered by short walls on each side. The entry is further accented by a jut in the wall area around the entry and an extension of the overhanging second story gabled roof, intended to further highlight the main entry which on the interior opens to the main interior stair and the two main rooms of the house on the right and left of the front doorway. The 2’ x 5’ sidelights on either side of each picture window were operable to allow air circulation. Historic pictures, circa 1950, suggest that these sidelights were replaced 44 Together with Marjorie C. Kissock who lived for many years at 1309 Remington. 45 Longtime president/officer First National Bank. 46 Deed from Alpha Sigma House Corporation dated September 29, 1961, recorded Book 1153 at Page 34. 47 Don Smith was born August 24, 1924 and died March 17, 1993. 48 Deed restriction, $7,000 minimum cost for home, deed from L.C. Moore to E.A. Schlichter, recorded in the Larimer County Records on July 26, 1921 in Book 578, Page 231, Reception No. 225956. 9 later in the home’s life and that, prior to the 1960’s, the sidelight windows were 2’ x 5’ - 10 pane windows on each side of the picture windows. To add further balance to the home’s appearance, historical photographs of the home show that the picture windows were underscored by juniper plantings (which were removed within the last five years) on each side of the main stairway entry walls and below the windows. In later years, as shown by the 1968 Assessor’s records, the picture windows were covered by retractable striped awnings; the tie-offs for the awnings are still mounted on the window frames. The upper floor at the west/front of the house contains the original triple sets of eight pane windows bracketing the front entry over each first floor picture window and (together with additional four pane windows on the north for the sizable master and on the south for the 2nd bedroom) provide plentiful light to the master and the second of four of the house’s original bedrooms. The exterior and windows at the front upper floor are highlighted by two small second floor pseudo balconies under each of the triple sets of eight pane windows and above the main floor picture windows. The jutted section of the building over the front entry contains two smaller side-by-side four-pane windows, centered on the front of the house, providing light to the master bedroom closet and, on the exterior, further accenting the front entry. The chimney is slightly offset to the south but near the center of the peak of the hipped roof, again adding balance to the architectural design of the home. Off the south side of the house is a 12’ x 14’ sun room accessed on the interior by multi-pane glass paneled double French doors, or on the exterior by a door with the same fifteen light pattern as the front entry but without side lights. The sun room is balanced on the north by a simple open porte cochere of roughly the same dimensions as the sun room and with the same pillar design as the pillars at the front entry of the home. The sun room is surrounded on both the east and west with four sets each of out swinging windows. The large pane single windows on the west match the current single pane windows adjacent to the picture windows on the front of house and, from historic pictures, there is question whether these windows are original. On the east are three sets and on the south on each side of the south entry door are two sets of the same 10-pane operable 4’ tall, 1’10” windows. The second story of the south side of the home above the sun room contains a screened door, again using the 15-pane glass door design that allows access to the patio roof to allow use of the roof of the sun porch as a second story deck/patio. This entry appears to be original to the building. Although not original, and not currently in place, in later years, certainly by 1968, historic pictures show that the porch area above the sunroom was surrounded by a roughly 2 ½’ to 3’ railing. While the railing has been removed, the supports for the railing that were mounted to the exterior walls of the house are still in place. To the west of the second story sun room roof patio door (lighting the 2nd bedroom) are a set of four light windows (of the same size and design as the second story windows that light the master bedroom closet area on the interior of the house) above the main entry. East of the second story entry on the south side second story are a single two light window (which provided light for the southeast bedroom closet) and two eight light four foot windows. Facing south off the main floor first story family room, on either side of the sun room, are two four light windows, each window 2’7” x 10”. West of the sun room are three sets of four light windows with the same dimensions, one facing south, one east, to the east of the sun room. Facing north off the northwest corner of the building, in the main floor dining room area, in addition to the 4’ x 5’ picture window with sidelights facing to the front (west) of the house, the room also is illuminated by double 2½’ x 2’ 4” four pane windows and a 15 light door, allowing access to the north side of the house by a concrete stair leading down to the porte cochere area. On the northeast main floor of the house is the kitchen. The kitchen windows have likely been replaced and now consist of single pane 4’ x 3’ (facing north) and 4’ x 2½’ (facing east) windows. At the east/rear of the building is a 12’ x 20’ patio symmetrically extending off the house, inset nine feet from the northeast corner of the main building and 10’ from the southeast corner. The patio, which was likely original, uses 3’ x 2 ½’ six light windows of a different design from the other main house windows, with the back porch windows hinged at the bottom and opening down and into the 10 house (on chains with top latches). Three windows are located on the north and two (one covered) of the same windows on the south. A six light window (also covered over from the interior) faces to the east into the breezeway. On the southeast corner of the patio, accessed at the landing leading from the patio to the basement, is a utilitarian door leading to the garage and breezeway from the rear of the home. Lighting the northeast second floor bedroom and closet are a single two-pane one-window (closet) and two four foot tall eight light windows facing east as well as two four light windows (same design as other four pane windows) facing to the north. At the northwest corner on the north wall of the second story the master bedroom, in addition to light from the four 4” eight pane windows off the front of the house and the two four pane windows over the main entry door which light the master bedroom closet, there are also three four light windows, again of the same design as the other four pane windows, on the north wall of the master bedroom. Off the east/rear patio is a separated double 20’ x 20’ gabled garage (connected by a covered breezeway) containing a chimney, which once either served as a stove or forge. The garage may be original as it appears to have been sized to house cars of the time. While the structure now boasts modern garage doors, there are signs that at one time the frames had hinged panel doors. There is some thought the garage may have been added later as it appears to extend over the main sewer service for the house. The interior of the garage is roughly finished with two sets of six-light each windows at the south and east walls of the garage, with more modern garage doors which were added later, facing north. A door at the southwest corner of the garage aligns with a utility door from the southeast corner of the rear patio area of the house, which house door leads up to the patio area or down to the house’s basement. An arched breezeway exists between the house and garage. The arch at the northern entry of the breezeway remains, with an ornamental metal gate, but the southern breezeway entry has been squared off and a door has been added, presumably to curtail accumulation of blowing debris in the breezeway area. The basement area is lit by 3’ x 2’ three-pane windows that are hinged at the bottom, chained and latched at the top, opening into the house. One set of two windows are located at each side of front porch (four windows total), two on the south (either side of sun room) of the house, two on the east (either side of breezeway), and three on the north. The original coal shoot is located at the north side of the house off the east patio. All of the multi-pane main house windows open out and were so designed so as to better catch breezes. As a result, the windows have interior screens and were designed to operate by a unique crank system. The removable cranks can be inserted through holes in the screens by sliding aside small disks to be able to access the cranking mechanisms and operate the windows. REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) Historical reference file, City of Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Division, 281 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80522 Bailey, Danny and Nancy. Interview conducted by Brad March, 6/14/14, Mrs. Bailey’s family having owned one of the houses in Block 1 of the L.C. Moore’s First addition for a period of time before the home was torn down. At one time, the Lamda Chi house, 1325 S. College Ave.1 Cooper, James. Interview by Katie March, in person; interview at the Elks Club Lodge, Fort Collins, Colorado. Day, Joan. Interview conducted by Brad March, 6/6/14. Sundberg Wayne. Interview conducted by Brad March, 6/6/14. L.C. Moore’s First Addition Subdivision plat; Plat dated July 9, 1921, recorded Book 4, Page 45, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder Records. 11 WC Stover abstract review files, offices March, Olive and Pharris. Arthur March and Arthur March Jr. abstract review files, offices March, Olive and Pharris. http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_fuller_montezuma.pdf L.C. Moore House, 1307 S. College Ave., 1907; W.C. Moore House, 1315 S. College Ave., 1907. http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=5958&CISOBOX=1&REC=3 Directory of Agriculture and Home Economics leaders, June, 1920 Extension Bulletin, Series 1 -169A. http://www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/Guides/Architects_fuller_montezuma.pdf, Deed from L.C. Moore to E.A. Schlichter, recorded in the Larimer County Records on July 26, 1921 in Book 578, Page 231, Reception No. 225956. 1920 Census. Grandview Cemetery records http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=3554&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=5958&CISOBOX=1&REC=3 http://www.lcgsco.org/indexes/divorces/Larimer%20County%20Divorce__1825-1950_BM_filled.pdf, Larimer County Divorce Applications, Fort Collins City Directory/Register, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1960, 1962 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi - bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mcbride&GSiman=1&GScty=21905&GRid=47672260& Alrene Ahlbrandt, 7/01 Senior Voice p. 14 Tax Assessor Record. Rural Property Record Cards. Fort Collins Local History Archive, Fort Collins Museum. Tax Assessor Record, Rural Property Record Card, Fort Collins Assessor’s Office, 1962. Tax Assessor Record, Rural Property Record Card, Fort Collins Assessor’s Office, 1984. Tax Assessor Record, Rural Property Record Card, Fort Collins Assessor’s Office, 1985. 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History of Larimer County: Collated and Compiled from Historical Authorities, Public Reports, Official Records and Other Reliable Sources. Fort Collins: The Courier Printing & Publishing Company, 1911. 12 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: Preparation of plans for reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of the improvements on the property, or; Preparation of plans for construction of, addition to, or demolition of improvements on the property DATED this _________ day of _____________________________, 2014. _____________________________________________________ Owner Name (please print) _____________________________________________________ Owner Signature State of COLORADO ) )ss. County of LARIMER ) Subscribed and sworn before me this _____ day of __________________, 2014, by _____________________________________________________________________. Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires _______________________. ___________________________________________ Notary 13 ADDENDUM A – City Directories Research 1917 Harris Akin was a County Commissioner residing on ranch property northeast of the City. 1919 E.A. Schlichter and Ida O. Schlichter resided at 1212 W. Oak with business offices (real estate listed as business) at 133 W. Mountain. 1922 L.C. Moore lived at 1311 S. College and Mrs. E.J. Moore lived at 1319 S. College. 1925 LC Moore continued at 1311 and Mrs. E.J. Moore at 1319 S. College. 1925 E.A. and Ida O. Schlichter with their children Irwin and Thelma, both students, are residents at 1312 S. College, E.A.’s business address was 6 Wilson Block. 1925 Harris Akin, county commissioner, and Martha B. Akin residing at 602 Elizabeth. 1927 Harris Akin, County Commissioner, and Martha B. Akin residing at 1312 S. College. 1927 L.C. Moore continued at 1311 S. College, Mrs. E.J. Moore was no longer shown as residing at 1319 S. College, rather C.H. Sherman was shown as the occupant. E.A. Schlichter and Marie E. Schlichter, (Ida O. passed away and E.A. remarried, the two to subsequently divorce), are shown to reside at 700 Remington with Irwin and Thelma both continued to be shown as students living with them, E.A.’s business address changed to 4-5 Wilson Block. 1929 E.A. Schlichter, apparently having divorced Marie, is shown as living at 2 Long Apartments with Thelma, the directory makes no reference to Irwin, E. A continues to be listed with a business address at 5 Wilson Building. 1931 Neither E.A. Schlichter nor Harris Akin are listed in in the directory, nor is there any trace of E. A. Schlichter thereafter. 1931 Charles R. Evans occupied 1312 S. College with 1312½ S. College shown as vacant, 1318 S. College is the Kappa Delta house. 1933 Charles R. Evans, oil business, occupies 1312 S. College (1312 ½ is not shown as an address); L.C Moore continued to occupy 1311 S. College. 1936 Lester B. and Ida McBride occupy 1312 S. College, Lester is a cashier at First National Bank; L. Clark Moore continues to occupy 1311 S. College; Walter Hadley, the manager of the J.C. Penney company moves into 1304 S. College; Kappa Delta continues at 1318 S. College; Charles R., farmer, and June G. Evans are shown as residing at 425 S. College; Harris and Mabel (Martha?) B. Akin have moved back to town and reside at 1121 W. Mulberry. 1938 The McBrides reside at 1312 S. College and, Lawrence T. McBride, presumably a son, is listed as resident. 1948 Leslie Horsely, wife Cora A. Horsley and Esther C. Horsely (Esther is shown as the Assistant Editor of publications at Colorado A&M) are shown as residing at 1312 S. College; Mable Akin, shown as a widow, resided at apartment 3 at 306 Peterson; Lester (still employed by First National) and Ida McBride at 706 Mathews, Charles R. (farmer) and June McBride resided at 704 Mathews and 1318 S. College is listed as the “Log Cabin House”, with Michael Parl having an interest. 1949 David V. Howe, the manager of Ideal Cement, and Augusta S. Howe resided at 1312 S. College; Don Chapin, who was long tied to Boettcher and Co. resided next door to the north at 1304 S. College; Alpha Gamma Rho was located at 1318 S. College. 14 1950 David Howe resided at 1312 S. College, Alpha Gamma continued at 1318. Leslie Horsely is listed as retired, married to Cora Horsley with Ester Horsley, vice president Fort Collins Brick all living at 326 E. Myrtle. 1960 shows 1312 S. College as the Phi Kappa Tau house, 1310 S. College was the Acacia Fraternity, 1311 S. College was occupied by R. Hinman, 1318 S. College as the Farmhouse Fraternity, 1319 to 1325 S. College as the Lambda Chi house. Don Chapin continued to live at 1304 S. College, W.A. Hadley at 1337 S. College. 1962 shows Donald Z. Smith, employed as a supervisor at Paramount Laundry, his wife Shirley V. Smith as living at 1312 S. College, the Farmhouse Fraternity is shown as having moved from 1318 S. College to 633 S. College. 15 ADDENDUM B – Chain of Title research A title search of the property shows the following conveyances. Recording info book pg Date Docmt. Grantor Grantee 514 57 9/3/1925 WD Schlichter EA Akin Harris 580 120 7/23/1929 WD Akin Martha B Henderson JR 595 134 7/25/1929 Ass deed Akin, Harris Akin Martha B 599 399 9/29/1930 WD Henderson JR Evans June G 599 424 10/18/1930 WD Henderson JR Evans June G 627 427 3/24/1934 WD Evans June G Horsely Leslie 739 318 4/12/1942 WD Horsely Leslie Horsely Leslie, etal 792 882 7/22/1945 WD Horsely Leslie, etal Horsely Leslie, etal 981 345 10/19/1954 WD Horsely Leslie etal Nelson Don 1072 467 8/6/1958 WD Nelson Don Carrick LL 1104 422 10/7/1959 WD Carrick LL Alpha Sigma House 1153 34 9/29/1961 WD Alpha Sigma House Smith Donald Z. and Shirley V. Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.416.2740 970.224.6134- fax fcgov.com Planning, Development & Transportation LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION September 10, 2014 STAFF REPORT PROJECT: 1312 South College Avenue CONTACT: Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner OWNER/APPLICANT: MaOlPh, LLC, Contract Owner; Brad March, Applicant REQUEST: Fort Collins Landmark Designation of the Schlichter/Akin/Smith House at 1312 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado BACKGROUND: The property at 1312 South College Avenue qualifies for Fort Collins Landmark designation under Designation Standards A, B, and C. Under Standard A, this property is eligible for the story it tells of Fort Collins during the early 1920s, a time when wealth and social status was reflected in the architecture of the era. Additionally, this property is eligible under Standard B for its association with prominent individuals in Fort Collins history: L.C. Moore, Edwin A. Schlichter, and Harris Akin. The property is also eligible under Standard C as an excellent example of Italian Renaissance architecture, which was popular during the first three decades of the twentieth century. The Schlichter/Akin/Smith House is historically and architecturally significant for the story that it tells about the pre-depression 1920s era, following the end of the First World War. This brief period in history saw successful business and agricultural entrepreneurs becoming increasingly affluent. The times allowed increased lot and home sizes, due to increasing numbers of owners potential who, unlike in prior years, were, by 1920, both able and willing to spend money to make a statement in the form of the more stately homes in which they lived. The L.C. Moore subdivision was intended to capitalize on this increased ability and willingness to make residential investments. Unfortunately, this was a short-lived period of affluence as the onset of the depression loomed. The subject property, at 1312 South College Avenue, is a prime example of these times, when property owners were desirous of making a statement, but still had an eye towards frugality. Even subdivision deed restrictions required a substantial but not an unreasonable investment to insure that homes presented the desired image of the times, with the residents wanting to locate in the right neighborhood with the right people. While the houses were built to convey an image, the exterior building materials were relatively simple concrete and stucco. The Italian villa architecture, while exhibiting symmetrical lines, is a simple four-by-four, two-story pattern common to the times. While crown molding adorned the first floor interior of the home, the cost was not justified on the second floor, which lacks these embellishments. While the home presented an image, it did not hold its original value when, first the local sheep market crashed in the mid-1920’s and then the world financial market crashed in the late 1920’s. Still, this home’s size, location, style and presentation attracted reasonably well-to-do, yet cost conscious, prominent local residents as second, third and later generation buyers. Progress subsequently saw many of the majestic homes that defined the era converted to fraternity and sorority homes, and then later destroyed for new development. This home, remaining predominantly ATTACHMENT 3 - 2 - as a residence, survived largely intact as constructed in 1921. Preservation of the home and the valuable story it tells, a snapshot in time of the community and it’s albeit short-lived social and economic changes, warrants preservation. The subject property is an excellent example of Italian Renaissance Style Architecture, built in the 1920’s and associated with various prominent local 20th century business leaders, notably E.A. Schlichter and Ida O. Gilkison Schlichter, Harris Akin and Charles R. and June Evans. The original development and the changes that Block 2 of the Moore’s First Addition experienced have tracked with significant changes that have impacted the City of Fort Collins over the last 100 years. These areas saw development beginning in the 1910 era, with the growth of the University and the Town. Streetcar service was extended to the area in the 1920’s allowing development in areas outside of the radius of the traditional downtown. This area, now known as Fort Collins’ mid-town neighborhoods, was the focus of Fort Collins’ development from the 1910’s through the early 1950’s. This property was one of many in the area that defined the community. This was one of the first lots sold by L.C. Moore and was intended to showcase his subdivision project. The stucco exterior was common in the neighborhood homes with many of the new homes in the area having used the popular yet economic exterior wall design. The home retains the same symmetrical presentation that led to its elegance when it was built. No known additions or modifications to the footprint of the building have occurred. Changes to the windows and exterior openings have been minor. Likewise, the interior of the structure is largely unaltered from the original construction. At one time, the houses along College Avenue from Elizabeth to Prospect Streets in the Crafts and L.C. Moore subdivisions were cluttered with showplace mansions. The houses gradually became dinosaurs and maintenance faltered during the Great Depression and the Second World War. These large homes which Iined College, particularly after the war, were turned into fraternities and sororities as the College/University grew. Most of the mansions fell into disrepair, were torn down and were gradually replaced by businesses. A number of the homes survive, including the adjoining property at 1304 S. College, built shortly after the 1312 S. College property, as well as homes in the 1400 block of S. College. Survival of a number of these homes in the L.C. Moore Subdivision is likely attributable to Moore placing covenants in all of the deeds limiting the property to residential uses. While these restrictions have been either ignored or limited by court decrees over the years, the initial limitations on the use of sites in Moore’s subdivision saved a number of the structures (sadly excluding the homes owned/built by the Moore family on the west side of College which demolished in the 1960’s to make room for a CSU parking lot). Moore’s far-sightedness in donating property for the Fort Collins High School Campus and park likewise led to the preservation of homes in the area. The location of the high school assured activity in the area as well as streetcar service, allowing for the development of the area. More recently, the sale of the historic high school and renovation of the structure for uses by the University has had a restorative effect in preservation of properties in the area, particularly along Remington Street in Block 2 of Moore’s First Addition and east and south of what was the high school campus in Moore’s Second Addition. The addition of the Max transportation corridor, similar to the addition of the Trolley 80 years past, has raised interest in the areas up and down South College Avenue and in the Midtown area, and has seen development spurred particularly in areas along College and south of Prospect Road. This new development interest in the area intensifies threats to the few remaining opulent residential structures that defined the leaders of the community who relocated along South College Avenue in the early 1920’s. - 3 - COMMISSION ACTION: The Landmark Preservation Commission shall make a recommendation to Council regarding the request for Landmark designation of the Schlichter/Akin/Smith House, 1312 South College Avenue. REVIEW CRITERIA: Municipal Code Section 14-5, Standards for determining the eligibility of sites, structures, objects and districts for designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Landmark Districts, provides the criteria for determining the eligibility of a property for Landmark designation. It states, “Properties eligible for designation must possess both significance and exterior integrity. In making a determination of eligibility, the context of the area surrounding the property shall be considered.” Standards for determining significance: A. Events. Properties may be determined to be significant if they are associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. A property can be associated with either (or both) of two (2) types of events: 1. A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or 2. A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. B. Persons/Groups. Properties may be determined to be significant if they are associated with the lives of persons or groups of persons recognizable in the history of the community, State or Nation whose specific contributions to that history can be identified and documented. C. Design/Construction. Properties may be determined to be significant if they embody the identifiable characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; represent the work of a craftsman or architect whose work is distinguishable from others by its characteristic style and quality; possess high artistic values or design concepts; or are part of a recognizable and distinguishable group of properties. This standard applies to such disciplines as formal and vernacular architecture, landscape architecture, engineering and artwork, by either an individual or a group. A property can be significant not only for the way it was originally constructed or crafted, but also for the way it was adapted at a later period, or for the way it illustrates changing tastes, attitudes, and/or uses over a period of time. Examples are residential buildings which represent the socioeconomic classes within a community, but which frequently are vernacular in nature and do not have high artistic values. D. Information potential. Properties may be determined to be significant if they have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Standards for determining exterior integrity: a. Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred. b. Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan space, structure and style of a property. c. Setting is the physical environment of a historic property. Whereas location refers to the specific place where a property was built or an event occurred, setting refers to the character of the place. It involves how, not just where, the property is situated and its relationship to the surrounding features and open space. d. Materials are the physical elements that form a historic property. - 4 - e. Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. It is the evidence of artisans' labor and skill in constructing or altering a building, structure or site. f. Feeling is a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period or time. It results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property's historic character. g. Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. A property retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property's historic character. Context: The area required for evaluating a resource's context is dependent on the type and location of the resource. A house located in the middle of a residential block could be evaluated in the context of the buildings on both sides of the block, while a house located on a corner may require a different contextual area…. ATTACHMENT 4 ATTACHMENT 5 Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.416.2740 970.224.6134- fax fcgov.com Planning, Development & Transportation RESOLUTION 7, 2014 OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDING LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE SCHLICHTER/AKIN/SMITH HOUSE 1312 SOUTH COLLEGE 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 Schlichter/Akin/Smith House has retained a high degree of historic integrity and individual significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standards A, B and C, for its portrayal of a subset of Fort Collins in the early 1920s, a time when wealth and social status was reflected in the architecture of the era; for its association with prominent individuals in Fort Collins history, including L.C. Moore, Edwin A. Schlichter, and Harris Akin; and as an excellent example of Italian Renaissance architecture; and WHEREAS, the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the Schlichter/Akin/Smith House meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in Section l4-5 of the code and is eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner of the property, MaOlPh, LLC, has consented to such landmark designation. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of Fort Collins as follows: Section l. That the property known as the Schlichter/Akin/Smith House 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: Lots 3 and 4, Block 2, L.C. Moore’s First Addition, City of Fort Collins, County of Larimer, State of Colorado. be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter l4 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins ATTACHMENT 6 Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 7, 2014 The Schlichter/Akin/Smith House, 1312 South College 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 10th day of September, A.D. 2014. ________________________________ Ron Sladek, Chair ATTEST: _______________________ Secretary/Staff - 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 102, 2015 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE SCHLICHTER/AKIN/SMITH PROPERTY 1312 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 historic landmarks within the City; and WHEREAS, by Resolution dated September 10, 2014, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) has determined that the Schlichter/Akin/Smith Property located at 1312 South College Avenue in Fort Collins as more specifically described below (the “Property”) is eligible for Landmark designation for its high degree of exterior integrity, and for its significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standard A (Events) as contained in Section 14- 5(2)(a) of the City Code, B (Persons/Groups) as contained in Section 14-5(2)(b) of the City Code, and under Landmark Standard C (Design/Construction) as contained in Section 14-5(2)(c) of the City Code; and WHEREAS, the Commission has further determined that the Property meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in City Code Section 14-5 and is eligible for designation as a landmark, and has recommended to the City Council that the Property be designated by the City Council as a landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner of the Property has 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 the Property as a landmark. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the foregoing recitals are incorporated herein by the City Council as findings of fact. Section 2. That the Property located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: Lots 3 and 4, Block 2, L.C. Moore’s First Addition be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter 14 of the City Code. - 2 - Section 3. That the criteria in City Code Section 14-48 as they may from time to time be amended, will serve as the standards by which alterations, additions and other changes to the buildings and structures located upon the Property will be reviewed for compliance with City Code Chapter 14, Article III. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of August, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of September, A.D. 2015. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1st day of September, A.D. 2015. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Alrene Ahlbrandt, 7/01 Senior Voice, p. 14. 42 WC Stover abstract review files, offices March, Olive and Pharris. 43 Deed from Carrick to Alpha Sigma House Corporation dated October 7, 1959, recorded Book 1104 at Page 422, deed of trust to Poudre Valley National Bank for $16,000, recorded Book 1104 at Page 423 and second deed of trust to Carrick. Grandview cemetery records. 27 Case number 259 U.S. 419 (1922). 28 Case number 260 U.S. 1 (1922). 29 Case number 286 U.S. 494 (1932). 30 Myron Akin was born November 7, 1857; died March 19, 1946. 13 1920 Census. 14 http://history.fcgov.com/waterways/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ph&CISOPTR=5958&CISOBOX=1&REC=3. 15 Larimer County Divorce Applications, http://www.lcgsco.org/indexes/divorces/Larimer%20County%20Divorce__1825- 1950_BM_filled.pdf. 16 Fort Collins City directories 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931; Addendum B attached. 17 Sale Lots 3, 4, 5 in Block 16, Crafts Subdivision, and Lot 1, Block 277, Loomis Addition by multiple owners including E.A. Schlichter and Charles J. GIlkison. Deed dated May 15, 1925, recorded Book 512, Page 133, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder.