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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/21/2019 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 072, 2019, DESIGNATAgenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY May 21, 2019 City Council STAFF Cassandra Bumgarner, Historic Preservation Planner Brad Yatabe, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 072, 2019, Designating the Kamal/Livingston Property, 608 West Laurel 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 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 2018-034. The purpose of this item is to consider the request for landmark designation of the Kamal/Livingston Property, 608 West Laurel Street, for its early mid-century vernacular architecture with Colonial Revival details. This is a voluntary designation at the property owner’s request. The Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously recommends approving this landmark designation. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The Kamal/Livingston Property is eligible for Fort Collins Landmark Designation under City Code Section 14- 22(a)(3), Design/Construction, as an excellent example of a vernacular, mid-century residence and garage with Colonial Revival details with a preponderance of all seven aspects of integrity. The workmanship of the Colonial Revival details sets the property apart from other vernacular buildings constructed during this period and add to the architectural significance of the property. Beautiful Colonial details on the property include the symmetrical façade with a highly accentuated front door, flanked by two full size windows that mimic the look of sidelights; multi-pane glazing of the windows; and, historic porch railing, visible as far back as the 1950 Larimer County Tax Assessor photo, in the Chinese Chippendale pattern. The Kamal/Livingston Property is a great example of a residence and garage that have beautiful Colonial details while retaining the simple vernacular form. 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. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its April 17, 2019, regular hearing, the Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously (8-0) adopted a resolution recommending adoption of an ordinance by Council for landmark designation. Agenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 2 PUBLIC OUTREACH The Landmark Preservation Commission held a public hearing on this item at its April 17, 2019, meeting. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location Map (PDF) 2. Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 2, 2019 (PDF) 3. Landmark Designation Application (PDF) W Laurel St S Loomis Ave S Whitcomb St Meridian Ave 608 West Laurel Street © Fort Collins Landmark Designation 1 inch = 82 feet ATTACHMENT 1 ATTACHMENT 2 Revised 08-2014 Page 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 608 West Laurel Street, Fort Collins, CO 80521 Legal Description: Lot 18, Block 4, West Lawn, Fort Collins Property Name (historic and/or common): Kamal/Livingston Property OWNER INFORMATION: Name: Richard Livingston Company/Organization (if applicable): N/A Phone: (425)-922-2494 Email: Dick_Livingston@msn.com Mailing Address: 608 West Laurel Street, Fort Collins, CO 80521 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 Division, P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 Phone: (970) 416-4250 Email: preservation@fcgov.com DATE: March 20, 2019 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 ATTACHMENT 3 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. Historic resources on the property consist of the 1949 residence and 1949 detached, one-car garage. Non-contributing to the designation are the open carport (undated), and two wooden sheds (undated). SIGNIFICANCE and INTEGRITY Properties are eligible for designation if they possess both significance and exterior 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. 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 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. Standard A: Location. This property is located where it was originally constructed or where an historic event occurred. The historic residence and garage have not been moved since construction. Standard B: Design. This property retains a combination of elements that create its historic form, plan space, structure, and style. The residence and garage have not had any additions since construction. The residence and garage both exemplify the simple massing and uncomplicated form of the original design, reflective of trends of Colonial Revival architecture. These buildings retain a very high degree of integrity of design. Standard C: 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. This property is located in a historically residential area. While some of the residences have been converted to commercial uses, these are operated out of the original homes. Furthermore, this residence was constructed facing Colorado State University across Laurel Street, which it still does. As for setting of the buildings on the lot, the relationship between the house and garage have been undisturbed by the addition of two sheds and carport at the rear of the lot. These are behind the historic buildings and while there is an impact on the setting of the property, overall the property retains a high degree of integrity of setting. Revised 08-2014 Page 3 Standard D: Materials. This property retains the historic physical elements that originally formed the property. The property retains much of its original exterior materials, including the garage door, Chinese Chippendale railing, red, Flemish bond brick, and storm and screen windows. The windows have been changed out to vinyl windows and the historic shutters were removed at an unknown date (post-1969). Two panels were removed on the historic porch railing at an unknown date (post-1969) as well. Despite these loses of historic fabric, the home retains overall a high level of integrity of materials. The majority of historic fabric is present in both the garage and residence. 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. The workmanship of this property is visible in the Colonial Revival details on both the residence and garage. This workmanship sets the property apart from other vernacular buildings constructed during this period and add to the architectural significance of the property. The residence has an elaborate, symmetrical entry way with multi-paned windows flanking a multi-paneled door. Above and below windows and doors are decorative surrounds that add to the decoration of the residence, indictive of the Colonial Revival style. The garage also exhibits examples of workmanship, such as the multi-paned, wood garage door. The Flemish bond brickwork on both the residence and garage additionally add to the high level of workmanship of the property. Overall, the Kamal/Livingston Property retains a very high degree of integrity of workmanship. Standard F: 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. The house retains its original mid-twentieth-century appearance and feeling to a high degree because of its high preponderance of materials, design, and workmanship. Standard G: 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. Because of its high level of integrity of workmanship and design, this property clearly retains its association with middle-class home ownership in the 1950s. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY The Kamal/Livingston Property is eligible for Fort Collins Landmark Designation under Standard C for being an excellent example of a vernacular, mid-century residence and garage with Colonial Revival details with a preponderance of all seven aspects of integrity. The workmanship of the Colonial Revival details sets the property apart from other vernacular buildings constructed during this period and add to the architectural significance of the property. Beautiful Colonial details on the property include the symmetrical façade with a highly accentuated front door, flanked by two full size windows that mimic the look of sidelights; multi-pane glazing of the windows; and, historic porch railing, visible as far back as the 1950 Larimer County Tax Assessor photo, in the Chinese Chippendale pattern. The Kamal/Livingston Property is a great example of a residence and garage that have beautiful Colonial details while retaining the simple vernacular form. HISTORICAL INFORMATION Caroline E. Mantz created the Westlawn Subdivision, which was platted in 1920.0F 1 In the Title Search, Caroline Mantz acquired what would be Lot 18 of Block 4 on May 28, 1920. This particular lot was sold several times before any buildings were constructed. In March of 1924, Charles L. Preusch acquired the property with the following note attached to the 1 “Post World War I Urban Growth, 1919-1941,” Fort Collins Historic Contexts, Archives at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, https://history.fcgov.com/contexts/post.php. Revised 08-2014 Page 4 deed: “This lot is sold for residence purposes only and no dwelling shall be erected thereon that costs less than $2000 when completed, and no part of said dwelling shall be nearer the front line of said lot than 20 feet without written consent of seller.” At the time of this note, the grantor was Caroline Mantz.1F 2 The property continued to exchange hands throughout the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. The Westlawn Addition first appears in the December 1925 – October 1943 Sanborn Maps. At the time of the creation of this map, lot 18 was still vacant. The ownership of lot 18 was combined with lots 19 and 20, which fronted South Whitcomb Street.2F 3 In March of 1948, Morris J. Blake and Eva M. Blake sold the property to Park B. Herrick and Rachel W. Herrick with the same restrictions that Carolina Mantz had set for Charles L. Preusch.3F 4 The building permit for construction of the residence and garage at lot 18, which became 608 West Laurel, was pulled on March 2, 1949 by Olds & Redd Construction Company. The description of proposed work included “brick residence, 2 baths, detached garage, full basement, basement partially finished—one family residence only.”4F 5 In August of 1949, Park and Rachel Herrick got a mortgage for the property. The Herricks were the first owners of the property after the house and garage were constructed. Park Herrick was an agent for Prudential Life Insurance Company. The Herricks sold the property to Ben and Marie Huey in 1960. The Huey family owned the property for three years before selling to Roy and Adele Juhl. While the Juhl family owned the property, they rented the home to Ed C. Chapman, a chief accountant for Colorado State University and his wife Florence, a saleswoman for Randall Shop. After only a year of ownership, the Juhl family sold to Leslie W. Smith in 1964. Smith owned the property for eight years before selling the property to Adel S. Kamal. Adel S. Kamal met Jean Nockels after she moved to Fort Collins in 1962. Jean was working for Catholic Community Services and Colorado State University as a laboratory assistant in Plant Sciences. Jean had a son from a previous marriage, Richard Livingston, who was born in 1946. Adel and Jean married in London in 1967. Adel was an entomology professor who worked for Colorado State University. Later in life, Adel developed Parkinson’s and a cardiac condition. Jean became his primary caretaker until Richard, her son, moved in at the end of 1999 to assist. Adel passed away in 2000 and Jean continued living in the home until her passing in 2016.5F 6 Since Jean’s passing, her son Richard has been the primary occupant and owner of the property. He is seeking landmark designation for the property. 2 Deed Book 481:47, March 27, 1924, County Clerk and Recorder, Fort Collins, CO 3 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, Sanborn Map Company, 1925-1943, Maps, 4 Deed Book 849:493, March 12, 1948, County Clerk and Recorder, Fort Collins, CO, http://0- sanborn.umi.com.catalog.poudrelibraries.org/splash.html. 5 Building Permit no. B11012, Community Development and Neighborhood Services, Fort Collins, CO, March 2, 1949, http://database.history.fcgov.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/bp/id/11963/rec/1. 6 “In Memory: Jean Nockels Kamal,” December 9, 2016, https://source.colostate.edu/memory-jean-nockels-kamal/. Revised 08-2014 Page 5 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: 1949 Architect/Builder: Olds & Redd Construction Company Building Materials: Brick Architectural Style: Mid-Twentieth Century Vernacular with Colonial Details Description: The lot is narrow and long, typical of many Old Town Fort Collins lots. The house is situated toward the front of the lot with the garage immediately behind the residence. There is a driveway on the west side of the property that goes behind the house. The garage faces west. In line with the driveway is a non-contributing carport. Behind the carport on the rear of the property are two wooden sheds, non-contributing. There is non- historic fencing that separates the back yard from the driveway. The residence at 608 W. Laurel Street is a one-story, brick, rectangular, front gabled, mid- twentieth century vernacular house with colonial details, constructed in 1949. The brick on the entirety of the residence is laid in Flemish bond pattern. The rectangular form is only interrupted by a three-bay window on the west elevation. Around the entire residence is a decorative, wood cornice. All of the windows on the property are vinyl, six-over-six light, and have historic, wood storms unless otherwise noted. Leading from the public sidewalk, there are two concrete walkways that lead to the front of the residence. There is a half- width concrete and brick pad centered on the façade. There is no covering, but the pad acts as a large stoop or uncovered porch. On the street side of the stoop, there is a historic, decorative, Chinese Chippendale railing, which appears in the 1950 Tax Assessor photos. Also on the west side of the entry, there is a metal railing attached to the façade. The white, stucco gable end has a small, half round vent centered on the façade. There are two rows of decorative, wood shingles that line the bottom of the gable end. Centered on the façade is the entry, flanked by two windows. Above both the windows and door are decorative panels that make the entry appear to the be the full height of the façade. Additionally, above the door is a non-historic light fixture. Below the windows are two additional decorative panels and a row of header bond brick. The entry has a storm door that swings out to the right and a wood, multi-paneled front door. There is a concrete path that splits from the front walkway down the east elevation to the back of the residence. The east elevation has three windows and a side entrance. The window closest to the south elevation and window closest to the north elevation are both the same dimensions as the windows on the façade. The decorative panels on this elevation are smaller than the panels on the façade. There is a shorter window between the more southern window and side entry that does not have a panel below it. All of the windows have a single row of header bond brick below them. The side entry has a panel both above and below the storm door. There are two concrete steps leading to side entry. Also on this façade are two basement windows. The basement window to the south has a storm and the basement window to the north has a screen. Both are wooden and the windows are also wooden with three vertical lights. Additionally, they have window wells with metal grates. On the roof, the skylight into the kitchen is visible. The east elevation has a k-style gutter. The rear elevation has three windows, all with panels above and below as well as a row of header bond brick. The window in the middle is slightly shorter and slimmer than the Revised 08-2014 Page 6 other two. Additionally, this window does not have the original decorative panel below it. Instead, there is a plain piece of painted wood. There is one basement, two vertical light wood window with a wooden screen. The gable end on this elevation is also stucco with a small vent in the top of the gable. There is electrical work that was completed in 2018 on the rear elevation.6F 7 The west elevation has a standard window like on the other elevations with a panel above and below with a single row of header bond brick. There are two basement windows on this elevation as well, which are both three vertical light, wood windows with wood storms. This window also has a window well. The main feature of this elevation is the bay window, which is closer to the façade. Above and below the windows of the bay are decorative panels. The two side windows are six-over-six light, but the middle window is fixed and has a five by four pattern. This elevation also has k-style gutters. Behind the residence is a historic, front gable, one car garage. The garage door faces to the west. The garage has matching stucco ends to the residence with Flemish bond patterned brick. The west elevation has a rounded window in the gable end. The garage door is a six by four paneled wooden door. The two panels in the center of the top row have some glass. On the south elevation of the garage, there is a single door, which has glass in the top portion and then three horizontal panels on the bottom. The south elevation also has k-style gutters. The north elevation of the garage has a single, wood six-over-six window. There are no panels above or below this window, but it does have a single row of header brick below the window. On the north elevation, there is a single, boxed skylight. There are three non-contributing buildings on the rear of the property. There is a wooden carport, open on three sides. There is hard plastic roofing that connects the carport to one of the wooden sheds. This shed has a door that faces south and has a gambrel roof. The other non-contributing building is a shed immediately to the east. This front gable shed also has a single door that faces south. 7 Building Permit no. B1804717, Community Development and Neighborhood Services, Fort Collins, CO, June 21, 2018, http://citydocs.fcgov.com/?cmd=convert&vid=2&docid=3218188&dt=PERMITS. Revised 08-2014 Page 7 REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) Deed Books. Larimer County Court House. Fort Collins, CO. Fort Collins History Connection. Fort Collins Museum of Discovery and Poudre River Public Library District. Fort Collins, CO. https://history.fcgov.com/. Local History Archive. Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. Fort Collins, CO. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. Sanborn Map Company, 1925-1943. Maps. http://0- sanborn.umi.com.catalog.poudrelibraries.org/splash.html. Revised 08-2014 Page 8 MAPS and PHOTOGRAPHS Map 1: 608 W Laurel outlined in red. Revised 08-2014 Page 9 Photo 1: Tax Assessor Photograph, 1950 Photo 2: Tax Assessor Photograph, 1969 Revised 08-2014 Page 10 Photo 3: Historic Residence, Façade, South Elevation. Photo 4: Historic Residence, East Elevation Revised 08-2014 Page 11 Photo 5: Historic Residence, North Elevation Photo 6: Historic Residence, Northwest Elevation Revised 08-2014 Page 12 Photo 7: Historic Residence, Southwest Elevation Photo 8: Historic Garage, Southwest Elevation Revised 08-2014 Page 13 Photo 9: Historic Garage, South Elevation Photo 10: Historic Garage, North Elevation Revised 08-2014 Page 14 Photo 11: Non-contributing carport and two sheds Photo 12: Historic Residence, Façade, South Elevation AGREEMENT The local undersigned historic landmark owner(s) designation, hereby agrees pursuant that the to property the Fort described Collins herein Landmark be considered Preservation for Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. theof I understand Landmark that Preservation upon designation, Commission I or my at successors the City of Fort will be Collins requested prior to to the notify occurrence the Secretary of any of the following: property, Preparation or; of plans for reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of the improvements on the Preparation of plans for construction of, addition to, or demolition of improvements on the property DATED this I I tv\ day of __ � __ r_· 1 ...... \ ______ , 201...:t_. {!__,c_ M,4/ L iv,#9 �h.. oWnerName (please print) State of Co\ Of Qd_() ) )ss. County of L QJr \ � ) Subscribed and sworn before me this \ l 'tY\ day of _� __ r _,· \ ___ , 201_:l_, Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires----------- Revised 08-2014 Notary KIANA SADE CARTER Notary Public State of Colorado Notary ID# 20144039424 Mv Commission Exoires 03-07-2023 Page 16 -1- ORDINANCE NO. 072, 2019 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE KAMAL/LIVINGSTON PROPERTY, 608 WEST LAUREL 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 City Code Section 14-1, the City Council has established a public policy encouraging the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of historic landmarks within the City; and WHEREAS, by resolution adopted on April 17, 2019, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) determined that the Kamal/Livingston Property at 608 West Laurel Street in Fort Collins, as more specifically described in the legal description below (the “Property”), is eligible for landmark designation pursuant to City Code Chapter 14, Article II, for the buildings’ high degree of integrity, and for its significance to Fort Collins under City Code Section 14-22(a)(3), Design/Construction, for the Property’s representation as a great example of a mid-century vernacular property with Colonial Revival details; and WHEREAS, the Commission further determined that designation of the Property will advance the policies and purposes set forth in City Code Sections 14-1 and 14-2 in a manner and extent sufficient to justify designation; and WHEREAS, the Commission recommends that the City Council designate the Property as a Fort Collins landmark; and WHEREAS, the owners of the Property have consented to such landmark designation and desire to protect the Property; 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 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: -2- LOT 18, BLOCK 4, WEST LAWN, CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COUNTY OF LARIMER, STATE OF COLORADO be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with City Code Chapter 14. 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 IV, as currently enacted or hereafter amended. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of May, A.D. 2019, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of June, A.D. 2019. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Chief Deputy City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of June, A.D. 2019. __________________________________ Mayor Pro Tem ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk