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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/20/2016 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 140, 2016, DESIGNATAgenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 20, 2016 City Council STAFF Cassandra Bumgarner, Historic Preservation Planner SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 140, 2016, Designating the Schroeder/McMurry Property Located at 701 Mathews Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This item is a quasi-judicial matter and if it is considered on the discussion agenda, it will be considered in accordance with the procedures described in Section 1(e) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures adopted in Resolution 2015-091. The purpose of this item is to designate the Schroeder/McMurry property, located at 701 Mathews Street, as a Fort Collins Landmark. The owner of this property, Housing Catalyst, formerly the Fort Collins Housing Authority, is initiating this request. The 1920 Craftsman-style residence and garage are eligible for recognition as a landmark due to its historic integrity and significance to Fort Collins under Designation Standard B, Persons/Groups, and Standard C, Design/Construction. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The Schroeder/McMurry Property is an excellent example of a Craftsman-style residence and garage. Constructed in 1920, the residence exhibits many character-defining architectural features, including the wooden brackets, exposed rafter ends, and low, shed dormer. The detached garage is also contributing and has key Craftsman features, such as exposed rafter ends. Both structures’ overall integrity remains intact. The Schroeder/McMurry Property is located on the west side of the 700 block of Mathews Street, which has retained its overall historic character and pattern of development. The property is already listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places as a contributing property in the Laurel School National Register Historic District. Housing Catalyst has requested that the City of Fort Collins designate four of its properties as Fort Collins Landmarks: 519 East Mulberry Street, 608 and 608 1/2 South Grant Avenue, 701 Mathews, and 717 and 717 1/2 West Mulberry Street. Housing Catalyst is proposing to sell several of its residential housing units, and to apply the funds from the sales toward the acquisition of replacement units. As a federally funded entity, Housing Catalyst is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to comply with applicable federal regulations, including compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Upon review by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the subject properties were determined to be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. As the sale of these eligible properties to private individuals would result in the properties no longer being subject to federal oversight, the sale has been determined to have an “adverse effect.” One way that the finding of adverse effect may be mitigated is for the Agenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 2 properties to become designated at the local level, and subject to local review. This solution will result in a finding of no adverse effect on the sale of the properties, and complies with both SHPO and HUD regulations. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS Recognition of this property as a Fort Collins Landmark enables its owners to qualify for local financial incentive programs available only to landmark designated properties. Based upon research conducted by Clarion Associates, the property will likely see an increase in value following designation. Clarion Associates attributed this increase to the fact that current and future owners qualify for financial incentives; the appeal of owning a recognized historic landmark; and the assurance of predictability that design review offers. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION This item will appear before the Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) on December 14, 2016. The results of the LPC meeting will be included in a read before memo for City Council on December 20, 2016. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location map (PDF) 2. Landmark Designation application, with photos (PDF) 3. Staff report to Landmark Preservation Commission (PDF) Remington St E Laurel St Mathews St E Plum St 701 Mathews © Location Map 1 inch = 109 feet ATTACHMENT 1 Revised 08-2014 Page 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 701 Mathews Street Legal Description: North 50 feet of Lot 2, Block 137, Fort Collins Property Name (historic and/or common): The Schroeder/McMurry Property OWNER INFORMATION: Name: Housing Authority of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado Address: 1715 W Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521 Contact: Darcy McClure, Project Manager, dmcclure@housingcatalyst.com, (970) 416-2839; Julie Brewen, CEO, jbrewen@housingcatalyst.com, (970) 416-2917. 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: Cassandra Bumgarner, Historic Preservation Planner Address: City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 Contact: cbumgarner@fcgov.com; 970-416-4250 Relationship to Owner: None. DATE: 11/22/2016 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 ATTACHMENT 2 Revised 08-2014 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 a historic residence and historic garage. SIGNIFICANCE: 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. For designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Fort Collins Landmark Districts properties must meet one (1) or more of the following standards: 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. EXTERIOR INTEGRITY: Exterior integrity is the ability of a site, structure, object or district to be able to convey its significance. The exterior integrity of a resource is based on the degree to which it retains all or some of seven (7) aspects or qualities: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. All seven qualities do not need to be present for a site, structure, object or district to be eligible as long as the overall sense of past time and place is evident. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY: Describe why the property is significant and how it possesses exterior integrity. The Schroeder/McMurry Property, located at 701 Mathews Street, is listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places as a contributing property in the Laurel School National Register Historic District. The property is significant under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Significance B, for its association with H. W. Schroeder and Montezuma Fuller; and Standard C, for its identifiable design, construction, and Craftsman style, and for its long use to serve the public affordable housing needs in Fort Collins. Both the residence and garage on the property embody the characteristics of the 1920s Craftsman style. The residence and garage were designed by well-known Fort Collins architect Montezuma W. Fuller (building permit by M. W. Fuller on permit #579 issued 08/19/1920) and built by local master carpenter Revised 08-2014 Page 3 Herman W. Schroeder. Fuller was the first licensed architect in Fort Collins. Both the house and garage were designed and constructed using the same materials. This residence was home to two area families who had strong ties to the livestock industry in the community. The Schroeders were involved in the local sheep industry and the McMurrys were livestock dealers and ranchers with extensive land holdings in the area during the late 1930s -1960. Sheep played a key role in the agricultural development of Fort Collins and Larimer County. The 1927 Polk Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County Directory noted "Fort Collins is known throughout the country as the greatest sheep feeding district in the United States, there being about one million sheep fed in this district annually." The exterior of this house is essentially unchanged since its original construction. The only apparent changes are to the doors on the front and rear, the installation of mechanical equipment along the north side of the house, and the addition of window wells for the apartment on the west elevation. The majority of the windows in the house appear to be original. The only exterior change to the garage is the use of plywood to cover the window openings. The property retains a preponderance of exterior integrity, as follows: Standard A: Location. Integrity of location is defined as "the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred." The dwelling is in the location, on this property, where it was originally constructed. Standard B: Design. Integrity of design is defined as "the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of a property." The house is clearly identifiable as a Craftsman bungalow dwelling. The residence’s original form, massing, scale, and proportion are wholly discernible. Standard C: Setting. The setting remains substantially intact. The Schroeder/McMurry property is located in an area of historically single-family dwellings. The 700 block of Mathews Street still retains numerous late 19th century and early 20th century houses, including the individually designated Little- Baker Property at 725 Mathews Street. The character of these houses and the neighborhood has been retained. The area is characterized by a streetscape of mature landscaping, detached sidewalks, front porches, and tree lawns along lot frontages. Standard D: Materials. This property retains much of the historic physical elements that originally formed the property. The original construction materials remain intact and highly visible. Standard E: 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. Standard F: Feeling. Integrity of feeling is defined as "a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time." The property’s physical characteristics and its environment evoke strong feelings relating to what life was like in Fort Collins during the early decades of the twentieth-century. Standard G: Association. Integrity of association is defined as "the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property." The property has a strong association with early twentieth-century life in Fort Collins. Revised 08-2014 Page 4 HISTORICAL INFORMATION The original owners of the residence, Frederick J. and Emma Schroder, previously lived at 701 Remington. In 1904, Frederick owned and operated the F. J. Schroeder Grocery and Bakery at 162 N. College Avenue. By 1908, he was a partner/stockman in Schroeder and Trimble, a livestock company operated by Frederick and Charles W. Trimble. Frederick and Charles’s office was located in the Elks Building. By 1910, Frederick was a partner in another livestock company called Schroeder and McMurry. He remained a partner between 1910 and 1919, during which time he had an office at 154 N. College with partner Burton A. McMurry. Local contractor and builder Herman W. Schroeder built an 8-room pressed brick residence for Frederick J. and Emma E. Schroeder in 1920 (no apparent relation). Herman was a well-known builder/contractor responsible for building a number of homes in the community, including 608 Remington, 419 Mathews (his own home) and 633 Mathews. His workshop was located at 201 E. Mountain Avenue and he served a number of years as a City Alderman. The building permit for the garage at this address was pulled by M. W. Fuller, who may have been Montezuma W. Fuller, the first licensed architect in Fort Collins. If Fuller did pull the garage permit, in all likelihood, he was also responsible for the design of both house and garage. In the same year that the residence was built, Schroeder became a partner in Schroeder, Reinholtz & Yule. They were sheep dealers with an office at 126 S. College Avenue. He remained a partner until his death in 1922. Frederick’s career in livestock in Fort Collins spanned nearly 15 years. Even after Fredrick’s death, Emma Schroeder continued living in the home until 1937. After her death, rancher Ralph W. and Blanche V. McMurry, along with his mother Harriet J. (Hattie) McMurry, purchased the property. Ralph McMurry was the son of Burton A. McMurry, Frederick Schroeder’s former partner. Burton had died shortly after Frederick in 1924 while on a livestock trip to Chicago. Ralph, Blanche and Hattie McMurry lived at this address until Ralph sold his interest in the house to his mother, who continued to live there until 1960. After Ralph's death, his widow Blanche lived with Hattie at the Mathews Street house. Hattie then bought 1519 Remington and lived there until her death in 1968 at the age of 93. The McMurrys were well-known ranchers in the area and had extensive land holdings, including the current location of Collindale Golf Course; east of 1-25/north of Harmony Road; and in the Bellvue, CO area. The family owned and managed their land through the McMurry Farms and Investment Company. They came to Fort Collins around 1910. Before they purchased the Mathews Street house, the McMurrys lived in a farmhouse on property they owned in the vicinity of today's Harmony Road. In 1960, Hattie McMurry sold the Mathews Street house to John and Alma May, who owned it until 1968. During the May's ownership, CSU students began renting the basement apartment. John May was a graduate student at CSU in 1964 and became a pathologist at CSU by 1966. In 1968, the Mays sold the property to Mrs. Lilla Plowden. Elizabeth Slusher lived there while a student and later purchased the property. She also rented out the basement to a series of CSU students. After her marriage, Elizabeth Slusher Johnson sold the property in 1979 to realtors Gerald Brumit and Marty Falk, who then sold to the Fort Collins Housing Authority the same year. The Fort Collins Housing Authority retained ownership for over 40 years and used the property as a domestic, multi-unit dwelling. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: 1920 The 1 and ½ story masonry residence faces east and sits on an elevated concrete foundation. The walls are primarily made of blonde brick, but there are stucco walls under the gable ends. The gable roof is comprised of asphalt composition shingles. Revised 08-2014 Page 5 The façade (east elevation) has an enclosed, projecting porch with an aluminum door and gabled cover. The door has 8-paned glass sidelights on each side. The concrete stoop up to the door has 6 concrete steps with two concrete pillars with concrete caps and wrought-iron railings along both sides of the steps. Also on the façade are a trio of 1-over-1 double hung windows and one free-standing 1-over-1 double hung window. Darker brick soldier courses topped with a row of stretchers form the window lintels and sills are a row of headers for all windows. A row of soldier course brick is along the top of the elevated concrete foundation around all faces of the structure. The roof gable is stucco with a small rectangular attic window/vent and three vertical wood siding panels. The gable is supported by 5 wood knee braces. The south elevation has four 1-over-1 double hung windows and one 4-over-4 double hung window. A low, shed dormer with three rectangular windows is also on the south face. The basement apartment on this face has four 1-over-1 double hung windows. The west elevation has a door that provides access to the basement apartment. The door is covered by a shed roof, with asphalt composition shingles. There is one 1-over-1 double hung window and one casement window. There are two 1-over-1 double hung windows for the basement apartment in the elevated concrete foundation protected by corrugated metal window wells. The gable is stucco with a 1- beside-1 window and three vertical wood siding panels. The gable is supported by 5 wood knee braces. The north elevation has two triple 1-over-1 double hung windows and a 1-over-1 double hung window. Two 1-over-1 double hung windows, one on either side of the chimney, are currently obscured by ivy growing up the wall. A shed roof covers three rectangular single pane windows and a short blonde brick chimney intersects the roof at the top middle point. A taller blonde brick chimney with a soldier course at the top intersects a small gable projection on the north side of the roof. There are four 1-over-1 double hung windows for the basement apartment in the elevated concrete foundation on the north elevation. The pressed brick garage (22’ x 20’) sits on a concrete foundation with a gabled roof that has open, overhanging eaves with exposed rafters, asphalt composition shingles, and a brick chimney. The materials and design of the garage match the residence. The north elevation has two wooden overhead garage doors and an open gable with wood shingle siding on the gable wall. Nine brackets support the gable over the overhead garage doors. The east elevation has two windows with plywood covering the openings and a wooden door. A matching blonde brick chimney is on the east elevation of the garage roof. The south elevation has two windows with plywood covering the openings and wood shingle siding on the gable wall. The west elevation has two windows with plywood covering the openings—one window is in the gable wall and framed in wood, while the other is below on the main south wall with brick lintel and sill. The brick on garage is blonde brick, with a darker color of brick soldier courses on window lintels and sills. The lower three rows of brick around three sides of the building are of the darker color. Construction History: Original construction in 1920 included 8 rooms with partial basement. The contractor for the house was listed as Herman W. Schroeder, who was a local carpenter. The garage was built at same time as house with building permit #579 on August 19, 1920 at a cost of $1,000 for labor and materials. M. W. Fuller, possibly Montezuma W. Fuller well-known local architect, took out the garage permit. If Fuller pulled the garage permit, in all likelihood, he designed the garage and the house, as well and Herman Schroeder built both. In 1937, a building permit (#4632 on 3/16/1937) was issued to shingle the side of the house (this may have been the shingling on the garage gable walls or an error on the building permit in noting "shingle side of house" rather than the roof). Photos in 1948 and 1979 show a 12-pane wood front door that was replaced by 1995 with a metal door. The basement apartment was put Revised 08-2014 Page 6 into use about 1966. A building permit in 1980 (#4081 on 10/24/1980) was for interior remodels for the main floor apartment and a basement apartment. Although the apartment existed before 1980, the 1980 building permit may have been issued to the Housing Authority to make this apartment "official" under zoning and building codes. Wood was added to cover the garage windows. See attached copies of photos from Larimer County Assessor's Records (photos dated 1948, 1949). REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) “Ancestry.” http://www.ancestry.com/ “Find A Grave.” http://www.findagrave.com/ This form was created with the information provided to Staff from the following Architectural Inventory Form: Sherry Albertson-Clark, Architectural Inventory Form for 701 Mathews Street, Resource number 5LR463.21, September 10, 2016. Revised 08-2014 Page 7 Front, east elevation Revised 08-2014 Page 8 South elevation Revised 08-2014 Page 9 West elevation Revised 08-2014 Page 10 North elevation Revised 08-2014 Page 11 Garage, east elevation (façade) Revised 08-2014 Page 12 Garage, west elevation Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 1 STAFF REPORT December 14, 2016 Landmark Preservation Commission PROJECT NAME 701 MATHEWS - APPLICATION FOR FORT COLLINS LANDMARK DESIGNATION STAFF Cassandra Bumgarner, Historic Preservation Planner PROJECT INFORMATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This item is to consider the request for a recommendation to City Council regarding landmark designation for The Schroeder/McMurry Property, a 1920 Craftsman-style bungalow and detached garage at 701 Mathews Street. APPLICANT: Housing Authority of the City of Fort Collins 1715 W Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521 OWNER: Housing Authority of the City of Fort Collins 1715 W Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521 RECOMMENDATION: As all seven aspects of integrity are intact and the history of the property supports designation under Standards B and C, staff finds that The Schroeder/McMurry Property at 701 Mathews Street qualifies as a Fort Collins Landmark. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND The Schroeder/McMurry Property at 701 Mathews Street consists of a Craftsman-style bungalow residence with a detached, contributing garage in the same style. The Craftsman style of architecture was immensely popular between 1905 and 1930. Constructed in 1920, the home exhibits several character-defining features of the Craftsman style such as gabled roof with wide, eave overhang, exposed rafter ends, decorative brackets under the gables, and one story. Both the builder and architect of 701 Mathews Street are significant in Fort Collins’ history. The builder of the home, H. W. Schroeder was a well-known builder in early-twentieth century Fort Collins. He built his home at 419 Mathews and several other residences in the neighborhood, including 425, 527, and 633 Mathews. Furthermore, he worked on several other residential and public buildings such as the Remington School annex, the Grout barn, and the old hospital at 301 East Magnolia. Furthermore, there is evidence that Montezuma W. Fuller designed the residence and garage. Montezuma Fuller was a well-known and prolific architect in and around the Fort Collins area from 1881 until his death in 1925. He built primarily residences, schools, business blocks, and churches. He designed and/or built over 70 structures in Fort Collins alone. Additionally, two of the families who lived in the home had strong ties to the livestock industry in the community. F. J. Schroeder was involved in the local sheep industry and the McMurrys were livestock dealers and ranchers with extensive land holdings in the area during the late 1930s -1960. Sheep played a key role in the agricultural development of Fort Collins and Larimer County. ATTACHMENT 3 Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 2 The Schroeder/McMurry Property is listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places as a contributing property in the Laurel School National Register Historic District. The current owners of this property have submitted an application requesting consideration for Fort Collins local landmark designation. COMMISSION ACTION Chapter 14, Article II of the Municipal Code, “Designation Procedures,” requires that the Commission shall determine if the Schroeder/McMurry Property meets the criteria of a Fort Collins landmark. 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. According to Sec. 14-22(a), “If all owners of the property to be designated consent in writing to such designation, the Commission, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present, may adopt a resolution recommending to the City Council the designation of the landmark or landmark district. . .” 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. Significance is achieved through meeting one (1) or more of four (4) standards recognized by the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service. These standards define how properties are significant for their association with events or persons, in design or construction, or for their information potential. Section 14-5(2) contains the 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. Exterior integrity is the ability of a site, structure, object or district to be able to convey its significance. The exterior integrity of a resource is based on the degree to which it retains all or some of seven (7) aspects or qualities established by the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. All seven (7) qualities do not need to be present for a site, structure, object or district to be eligible as long as the overall sense of past time and place is evident. Section 14-5(4) contains the standards for determining exterior integrity: Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 3 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. 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 of 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: Section14-1 provides the definition of context: “Context shall mean the totality of interrelated conditions in which a site, structure, object or district exists. The context of an area is the sum of the existing buildings and spaces, and the pattern of physical development in the area. It can also be a measurement of the scarcity or profusion of a particular resource type.” STAFF EVALUATION Applications must contain a description of the property proposed to be designated; detailed information on the reasons why the property should be designated; and reasons why the boundary should be determined as described in the application. Staff has reviewed the application, and finds that all required elements are present in the application. Staff finds that the Schroeder/McMurry Property at 701 Mathews Street qualifies for Fort Collins Landmark designation under Designation Standard B because of its association with Herman W. Schroeder and Montezuma Fuller. Herman W. Schroeder was an influential resident in early Fort Collins history, constructing and repairing public and private buildings throughout the city. In addition to his work on the development of Fort Collins’s built environment, Schroeder was also politically and socially active. Montezuma Fuller was the first licensed architect in Fort Collins. He has an extensive history in Fort Collins and the surrounding area as an architect. Staff also finds that the Schroeder/McMurry Property at 701 Mathews Street qualifies for Fort Collins Landmark designation under Designation Standard C as an excellent example of a Craftsman-style bungalow residence. The exterior of both the residence and garage both have remained essentially unchanged since construction. The property continues to meet all seven aspects of integrity: materials, association, design, feeling, location, workmanship, and setting. As the seven aspects of integrity are intact and the history of the property supports designation under Standards B and C, staff finds that the Schroeder/McMurry Property at 701 Mathews Street qualifies as a Fort Collins Landmark. SAMPLE MOTIONS If the Commission finds that the Schroeder/McMurry Property meets one or more of the criteria for Fort Collins landmark designation, the Commission shall adopt the following motion: That the Landmark Preservation Commission pass a resolution recommending that City Council designate the Schroeder/McMurry Property at 701 Mathews Street as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 4 Municipal Code Chapter 14, based on the property’s significance under Standard B for its association with builder H. W. Schroeder and architect Montezuma Fuller; and Standard C as an excellent example of a Craftsman-style residence and its exterior integrity based on all seven aspects of integrity. If the Commission does not find that the Schroeder/McMurry Property meets the criteria for landmark designation, it shall adopt a motion noting which designation standard(s) it does not qualify under, in accordance with Municipal Code Section 14-21, and state its reasoning. ATTACHMENTS -1- ORDINANCE NO. 140, 2016 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE SCHROEDER/MCMURRY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 701 MATHEWS STREET, 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 December 14, 2016, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) has determined that the Schroeder/McMurry Property located at 701 Mathews Street 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 B (Persons/Groups) and 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 its exterior integrity; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the recommendation of the Commission and desires to follow such recommendation and designate the Property as a landmark; and WHEREAS, designation of the Property as a landmark is necessary for the prosperity, civic pride, and welfare of the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That the Property located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: NORTH FIFTY FEET OF LOT 2, BLOCK 137, FORT COLLINS be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter 14 of the City Code. -2- Section 3. That 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, as currently enacted or hereafter amended. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of December, A.D. 2016, and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of January, A.D. 2017. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 3rd day of January, A.D. 2017. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk