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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/06/2017 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 079, 2017, DESIGNATAgenda Item 11 Item # 11 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY June 6, 2017 City Council STAFF Cassandra Bumgarner, Historic Preservation Planner SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 079, 2017, Designating the Continental Oil Company Property Located at 225 Maple 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 2017-017. The purpose of this item is to designate the Continental Oil Company Property located at 225 Maple Street as a Fort Collins Landmark. This building currently houses FoCo Café. The Operation Services Department of the City of Fort Collins is initiating this request on behalf of the City as the owner. The Continental Oil Company Property consists of a warehouse/office building, shop/garage, and a pump house. Each of these buildings is eligible for recognition as a Landmark due to its historic integrity and significance to Fort Collins under Designation Standard A, for its association with the early industrial growth of the early twentieth-century occurring near the railroads and river; and Standard C for its early twentieth-century design characteristics. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The Continental Oil Company Property is significant under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Standard A, for its association with industrial growth of the early twentieth-century, and Standard C, for its identifiable early twentieth-century design characteristics. Both the warehouse/office building and shop/garage were built in approximately 1913. The pump house was built in the fall of 1949. Together, these buildings were essential to the success of the oil dealer depot. The buildings retain a strong preponderance of exterior integrity under all seven aspects of integrity. 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 The Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) considered this item at its April 19, 2017 Regular Meeting. The item was adopted unanimously (8-0). Agenda Item 11 Item # 11 Page 2 ATTACHMENTS 1. Location map (PDF) 2. Landmark Designation application, with photos and signed owner consent (PDF) 3. Staff Report (w/o attachments) (PDF) 4. Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution (PDF) Maple Street Howes Street 0 40 80 160 240 Feet ± Mason Street ATTACHMENT 1 Landmark Preservation Commission April 19, 2017 &RQWLQHQWDO2LO&RPSDQ\3URSHUW\ 0DSOH6WUHHW Revised 08-2014 Page 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 225 Maple Street Legal Description: Please see the legal description attached hereto as Exhibit A. Property Name (historic and/or common): The Continental Oil Company Property OWNER INFORMATION: Name: City of Fort Collins, Colorado Address: P. O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 Contact: Brian Hergott, Facilities Project Manager, bhergott@fcgov.com, 970-221-6804. 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 Nonprofit 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: 04/05/2017 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 property contains a historic warehouse/office building, shop/garage building, and pump house. Please see the legal description attached hereto as Exhibit A. 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 Continental Oil Company Building is significant under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Significance Standard A, for its association with the early industrial growth of the early twentieth-century near the railroads and river; and Standard C for its early twentieth-century design characteristics. The building retains a strong preponderance of exterior integrity under all seven aspects of integrity, A through G. Tatanka Historical Associates completed a 2009 report, “Historic Preservation Analysis: Continental Oil Company 225 Maple Street” that accurately describes the buildings on the property. The following analysis is based primarily on this document. Revised 08-2014 Page 3 Warehouse/Office Building: Constructed in the early twentieth century (approximately 1913), this commercial building has remained largely intact. Two non-historic entries on the west elevation replaced earlier doors at these locations. The large wood sliding door at the central entry on the west elevation is still present inside the building, in what appears to have been its original location. In addition, an early if not original dock door on the east elevation is still visible. The shed addition on the south may not be originals to the building, but was constructed by 1925. Other than these alterations, the exterior of the building retains its original size, appearance, brickwork, windows, roof, and other features of architectural significance. Shop/Garage Building: This early twentieth-century building was constructed around 1913. While it retains its basic appearance and historic brickwork and windows, it has been altered by the construction of a large modern addition to the west. This addition appears to have been completed in 1974. The overhead garage doors are old, but do not appear to be original to the building. Pump House: This small building immediately south of the warehouse/office building was constructed in the fall of 1949. The building permit is specifically for a ten foot by fourteen foot masonry pump house with a corrugated iron roof. Non-Extant Buildings and Structures: In addition to these three structures, the bulk plant site also contained standpipes and aboveground oil tanks throughout the first half of the twentieth century. 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 building 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 structure’s original form, massing, scale, and proportion are wholly discernible. The design still reflects industrial architecture. Standard C: Setting. The setting remains substantially intact. 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. The structure retains a high level of workmanship. 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." This building still evokes the feeling of an industrial site. 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 sustains a strong association with its past as a commercial, industrial site. HISTORICAL INFORMATION Isaac Eder Blake formed the Continental Oil and Transportation Company in Ogden, Utah in 1875. The company imported kerosene in railroad tank cars to sell to pioneers who previously relied on candles and Revised 08-2014 Page 4 whale oil to light their homes. In the early years of the company, Blake also constructed the first oil pipeline in California.0F 1 By 1885, Standard Oil took over Continental Oil and Transportation. At the time of purchase, Continental had become the largest marketer of petroleum products in the Rocky Mountain region. Despite the merger, Continental continued to use their logo, the Continental soldier, and name. While Standard Oil controlled Continental, E. W. Marland struck oil in Ponca City, Oklahoma. This sparked a surge of profitable oil exploration and production in the mid-continental region.1F 2 The Supreme Court pre-emptively struck down what could have been a monopoly in 1913 when it ordered Standard Oil to surrender Continental Oil and Transportation Company. Around this same time, Continental Oil and Transportation Company developed their property in Fort Collins. This particular oil dealer depot on Block 32 served as a wholesale distributor of refined oil products. The company owned these lots next to the Colorado & Southern railroad tracks as well as some property east of the alleyway, where they had a small warehouse and several tanks. The first mention of Continental Oil Company at the corner of Howes and Maple was in the 1917 city directory; however, the original section of the garage was likely built in 1913.2F 3 By 1925, Continental Oil found itself in the central business district, which extended from Willow Street to Howes Street, down to Mountain Avenue, and along both sides of College Avenue to Olive Street.3F 4 Most of the businesses along Mason Street and north of Jefferson Street were either industrial or transportation related.4F 5 Oil dealer depots, such as Continental Oil Company’s site in Fort Collins, were found along major rail lines because they relied on the trains to bring bulk oil to their operations. For this reason, bulk oil dealers built close to railroads. In Fort Collins, there were nine oil dealer depots, one of which was Continental Oil. The siding, a low-speed track section, serviced Continental Oil on the east side of the property. The siding that serviced Continental Oil also served RISCO, an ice manufacturing plant. The frequency of tank car shipments varied depending on demand, but when the tank car arrived, they would use the small loading dock by the warehouse door to unload. Employees lowered the drums into the basement with the freight elevator. When Robert Fugate owned the plant, he stored packaged produces on the main floor. His shipments of box cars and tank cars of petroleum products came from refineries in Casper, Wyoming.5F 6 The Continental Oil Company headquarters moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1929 after a merger with Marland Oil Company and became known as Conoco. The company constructed the sheet iron pump house in 1936 for approximately $100.6F 7 This is most likely the sheet iron addition to the main office/warehouse. The site also contains the brick pump house constructed in the fall of 1949.7F 8 In 1974, Conoco constructed a bulk station warehouse next to the existing garage. This warehouse, used for storage, was similar in size to the existing garage and measured 24 feet by 30 feet with a height of 12 feet.8F 9 This was an addition to the existing garage. 1 “Our History,” ConocoPhillips, accessed at http://www.conocophillips.com/who-we-are/our-legacy/history/Pages/1909-1875.aspx. 2 Ibid. 3 Courier’s Larimer County Directory 1917 (Colorado Springs, Colorado: R. L. Polk Directory Co., 1917), 72; Tatanka Historical Associates, “Historic Preservation Analysis: Continental Oil Company 225 Maple Street,” July 15, 2009, 4. 4 “Post World War I Urban Growth, 1919-1941,” History Connection, http://history.poudrelibraries.org/archive/contexts/post.php 5 Ibid. 6 Arthur R. Mitchell “Oil Dealer Depots,” Railmodel Journal (March 1997), 10-15. 7 Building Permit 4162, January 30, 1936, http://history.poudrelibraries.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/bp&CISOPTR=16002&CISOBOX=1&REC=4. 8 Building Permit 11500, November 14, 1949, Building Permit Book 155, available at the City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Office. 9 Building Permit 21172, January 25, 1974, http://citydocs.fcgov.com/?cmd=convert&vid=2&docid=101302&dt=PERMITS; Plot Plan, January 25, 1974, http://citydocs.fcgov.com/?cmd=convert&vid=2&docid=101314&dt=SITE+PLANS. Revised 08-2014 Page 5 During the company’s era of ownership of the lots at the corner of Howes Street and Maple Street, circa 1913-1979, industrial commerce in the immediate area expanded.9F 10 Despite ownership change in 1980, the site continued to operate as a bulk oil supplier from the early-twentieth century through the early- twenty first century. In 1980, Fugate Oil Company operated on 225 Maple, which also operated as a bulk oil depot. In November of 1981, owner Robert Fugate had another garage constructed in line with the other two that faced Maple Street. This last garage was larger than the other two at 30 feet by 35 feet with a height of 16 feet.10F 11 Fugate Oil Company continued to operate at this location until 1993. Haiston Oil Company began operating at 225 Maple in 1994, although evidence suggests that Fugate continued to run the operations.11F 12 Haiston Oil continued operations at this location through 2005.12F 13 The end of railroad service to these bulk oil dealers led to the demise of these sites close to the railroads. The construction of superhighways, such as I-25, increased demand, larger design of trucks, and increasing use of gasoline pipelines all contributed to the end of railroad service. When Haiston Oil closed, the site remained vacant until the City of Fort Collins purchased it in 2008.13F 14 In 2014, the City began leasing the former office building to a nonprofit restaurant, The FoCo Café, where patrons set the price for their locally and sustainably sourced meals prepared and served by volunteers in a pay-what-you-can setting. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: Est. 1913, 1936 Architect/Builder: Continental Oil Company Building Materials: Brick, metal, and sandstone Architectural Style: Early twentieth-century industrial storage facility The Tatanka Historical Associates’ completed architectural description in 2009 from the “Historic Preservation Analysis: Continental Oil Company 225 Maple Street” accurately describes the buildings on the property. The following description is based primarily on this document. Location and Grounds: The Continental Oil Company Property at 225 Maple Street is located in the northwest area of Fort Collins’ downtown commercial district. Specifically, it is on the southeast corner of the intersection of Maple Street and North Howes Street (Block 32, Lots 22-28). The property is bordered on the east by an alleyway, on the west by Howes Street, on the north by Maple Street, and on the south by an adjacent industrial shed building, now owned and used by the City of Fort Collins, that was formerly associated with the bulk oil plant operations. Warehouse/Office Building: The primary building on the property is the warehouse/office building, which is located in the northeast corner of the site.14F 15 The entrance façade of this small, one-story, rectangular, masonry building is on the west elevation. It has a raised basement with poured concrete foundation walls. The exterior walls above the basement level are constructed of cream-painted brickwork laid in common bond coursing, with every sixth course consisting of alternating stretchers and headers. 10 These dates come from research through the city directories, available only at history.poudrelibraries.org or at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Archives. 11 Building Permit 7274, November 23, 1981, http://citydocs.fcgov.com/?cmd=convert&vid=2&docid=101308&dt=PERMITS. 12 Arthur R. Mitchell “Oil Dealer Depots,” Railmodel Journal (March 1997), 9-17. 13 These dates come from research through the city directories, available only at history.poudrelibraries.org or at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Archives. Online city directories end with the 2005 Cole Directory. 14 Purchase Order Number: 8857218, December 2, 2008, http://citydocs.fcgov.com/?cmd=convert&vid=10&docid=1362196&dt=PURCHASE+ORDER. 15 This building is now used as the restaurant FoCo Café. Revised 08-2014 Page 6 The side-gabled roof is finished with green corrugated metal panels. Short parapet walls along the north and south gable ends are capped with sandstone blocks. The parapet ends project slightly from the roofline at the building’s four corners, where they are supported by brick corbel tables. A brick exterior wall chimney rises up the north elevation, terminating a short distance above the parapet wall. Internal bracing for the brick end walls, apparently with tie rods, is found within the attic. These terminate in decorative star irons that are mounted on the gable end walls just below the parapet. A small louvered attic vent is found at the peak of each end wall. An extension of the roof’s western slope covers an open dock that runs along most of the west elevation. Metal brackets that are bolted to the building’s brick wall support the roof extension. The dock has a raised concrete floor that is reached by way of concrete steps on its north and south ends; however, these have been blocked off. The building is now accessible by a wooden ramp or wooden stairs, both of which are on the west elevation and led to the dock. Heavy metal angle irons protect the leading edge of the dock floor. Projecting southward from the south end of the dock is a ramp with inset metal plates that appear to have been designed for barrels to be rolled up and down on their sides. Three entries are found along the west elevation of the building. The northern entry provides access to the original office area and holds a commercial door with metal frames. The southern entry is centered on the façade and includes a set of two metal-framed sidelights.15F 16 Inside of this entry is the original wood sliding door with two sets of four lights. Projecting from the south end of the building is a small wood frame shed addition that rests upon a raised concrete foundation. This storage room is finished with a shed roof and it is clad in corrugated metal panels. Its west elevation holds an entry that contains an old wood panel door with six lights. The east elevation of the building holds the loading dock opening. There is a large double door with a pair of four light, one panel single doors. Fenestration on the building is all original. The raised basement holds several pairs of two-light hoppers with wood frames; there are two pairs on the east elevation and two pairs on the north elevation. The main floor holds a combination of four-over-four and six-over-six double hung sash windows, along with a pair of six-light casements. All of these are set in painted wood frames and have sandstone sills. The interior of the building consists of a main floor and full basement. The basement has a concrete floor and exposed concrete foundation walls. It is reached by way of a set of wooden stairs with metal pipe handrails. Heavy timbers that support the center of the building are exposed in the basement. An old freight elevator manufactured by the Denver firm of Nock & Garside is present within the building. This elevator is in excellent condition, appears to be intact and operable, and is likely to be one of the oldest and best preserved in the city. The elevator was used to move oil drums back and forth from the main level to the basement storage area. The main floor exhibits original wood floors, exposed brick walls, wood trimwork, and brick segmental arches above the windows. Shop/Garage Building: This building is located to the west of the office building. Its original portion now forms the eastern segment of the building, which has been expanded toward the west. The square original shop or garage faces toward the south. It rests upon a concrete foundation and its exterior walls are constructed of painted brickwork laid in common bond coursing. The roof slopes downward toward the north and is surrounded on the south, east and west by a low brick parapet wall. The parapet is capped by a single course of overlapping tiles that form a visual pattern of standing ridges. The south elevation holds the building’s two identical side-by-side entries, each of which has a single- width overhead metal garage door that is mounted on an angle from top to bottom. This angle appears to 16 A poured concrete ramp with metal railing was constructed in 2014. The details can be found in Fort Collins Building Permit No. B1402700. The ADA access ramp is unattached to the entry. Revised 08-2014 Page 7 provide greater interior overhead clearance for the doors when they are open. The doors have wood surrounds and the remainder of the façade is ornamented with brick banding. The east elevation of the original building holds two sets of large sixteen-light windows with stone sills. Each consists of a central eight-light pivoting window, with four-light fixed windows above and below, all of them set into metal frames. The north elevation of the building consists of a blank brick wall with wood planking horizontally mounted on the lower exterior. West of the original shop/garage are two concrete block additions that may have been constructed in two phases. The first addition occurred in 1974 and the second in 1981. These additions hold two modern man-door entries and three overhead garage doors, all on the south elevation. No windows are present, and the additions have two levels of flat roofs. The interior of the shop/garage building consists of concrete floors and no historic features of note. Pump House: This small rectangular building is located directly south of the office building built in 1949. It faces west and rests upon a concrete foundation. The exterior walls are constructed of brickwork laid in common bond coursing, with every seventh or eighth course constructed of headers. The roof is front- gabled and finished with corrugated metal panels. A metal ventilator is centered on the ridgeline. The façade holds the building’s only entry, which consists of an old wood panel door. The south elevation has a screened vent opening along the floor level, along with a four-light window with painted lights and a concrete sill. The east elevation has the same vent and window as on the south. The interior of the storage shed consists solely of a concrete floor, finished walls, shelving, and covered windows. Revised 08-2014 Page 8 REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) City of Fort Collins building permits, 2014, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. City of Fort Collins city directories, 1917, City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. Conoco Phillips. “Our History.” Accessed March 27, 2015. http://www.conocophillips.com/who-we- are/our-legacy/history/Pages/default.aspx Fort Collins Public Library, Local History Archive (online). “Sugar Beets, Streetcar Suburbs, and the City Beautiful, 1900-1919.” History Connection. Accessed March 27, 2015. http://history.fcgov.com/archive/contexts/sugar.php. Larimer County Tax Assessor Records. Tatanka Historical Associates, “Historic Preservation Analysis: Continental Oil Company 225 Maple Street.” July 15, 2009. City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. Tunner, Carol, “North College Avenue Historical Research for the North College Avenue Study.” December, 1993. City of Fort Collins, Historic Preservation Department, Fort Collins, Colorado. Revised 08-2014 Page 9 Revised 08-2014 Page 10 Revised 08-2014 Page 11 Revised 08-2014 Page 12 Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 1 STAFF REPORT April 19, 2017 Landmark Preservation Commission PROJECT NAME 225 MAPLE STREET - 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 Continental Oil Company Property, a collection of twentieth-century industrial buildings that are significant for their connection to the oil industry in Fort Collins and architecture. APPLICANT: Kenneth Mannon, Operations Services Director OWNER: City of Fort Collins RECOMMENDATION: Approval EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND The Continental Oil Company Property is significant under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Standard A, for its association with industrial growth of the early twentieth-century, and Standard C, for its identifiable early twentieth- century design characteristics. Both the warehouse/office building and shop/garage were built in approximately 1913. The pump house was built in the fall of 1949. Together, these buildings were essential to the oil dealer depot. The current owner of this property, the City of Fort Collins Operation Services Department, has submitted an application requesting consideration for Fort Collins local landmark designation. COMMISSION ACTION Chapter 14, Article II of the Municipal Code, “Designation Procedures,” provides the process and standards for designation of a property as a Fort Collins Landmark. The Commission shall adopt a motion providing a recommendation on eligibility to City Council. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY The Continental Oil Company Building is significant under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Significance Standard A, for its association with the early industrial growth of the early twentieth-century near the railroads and river; and Standard C for its early twentieth-century design characteristics. The building retains a strong preponderance of exterior integrity under all seven aspects of integrity, A through G. ATTACHMENT 3 Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 2 Tatanka Historical Associates completed a 2009 report, “Historic Preservation Analysis: Continental Oil Company 225 Maple Street” that accurately describes the buildings on the property. The following analysis is based primarily on this document. Warehouse/Office Building: Constructed in the early twentieth century (approximately 1913), this commercial building has remained largely intact. Two non-historic entries on the west elevation replaced earlier doors at these locations. The large wood sliding door at the central entry on the west elevation is still present inside the building, in what appears to have been its original location. In addition, an early if not original dock door on the east elevation is still visible. The shed addition on the south may not be originals to the building, but was constructed by 1925. Other than these alterations, the exterior of the building retains its original size, appearance, brickwork, windows, roof, and other features of architectural significance. Shop/Garage Building: This early twentieth-century building was constructed around 1913. While it retains its basic appearance and historic brickwork and windows, it has been altered by the construction of a large modern addition to the west. This addition appears to have been completed in 1974. The overhead garage doors are old, but do not appear to be original to the building. Pump House: This small building immediately south of the warehouse/office building was constructed in the fall of 1949. The building permit is specifically for a ten foot by fourteen foot masonry pump house with a corrugated iron roof. Non-Extant Buildings and Structures: In addition to these three structures, the bulk plant site also contained standpipes and aboveground oil tanks throughout the first half of the twentieth century. 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 building 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 structure’s original form, massing, scale, and proportion are wholly discernible. The design still reflects industrial architecture. Standard C: Setting. The setting remains substantially intact. 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. The structure retains a high level of workmanship. 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." This building still evokes the feeling of an industrial site. 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 sustains a strong association with its past as a commercial, industrial site. HISTORICAL INFORMATION Isaac Eder Blake formed the Continental Oil and Transportation Company in Ogden, Utah in 1875. The company imported kerosene in railroad tank cars to sell to pioneers who previously relied on candles and whale oil to light Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 3 their homes. In the early years of the company, Blake also constructed the first oil pipeline in California. By 1885, Standard Oil took over Continental Oil and Transportation. At the time of purchase, Continental had become the largest marketer of petroleum products in the Rocky Mountain region. Despite the merger, Continental continued to use their logo, the Continental soldier, and name. While Standard Oil controlled Continental, E. W. Marland struck oil in Ponca City, Oklahoma. This sparked a surge of profitable oil exploration and production in the mid-continental region. The Supreme Court pre-emptively struck down what could have been a monopoly in 1913 when it ordered Standard Oil to surrender Continental Oil and Transportation Company. Around this same time, Continental Oil and Transportation Company developed their property in Fort Collins. This particular oil dealer depot on Block 32 served as a wholesale distributor of refined oil products. The company owned these lots next to the Colorado & Southern railroad tracks as well as some property east of the alleyway, where they had a small warehouse and several tanks. The first mention of Continental Oil Company at the corner of Howes and Maple was in the 1917 city directory; however, the original section of the garage was likely built in 1913. By 1925, Continental Oil found itself in the central business district, which extended from Willow Street to Howes Street, down to Mountain Avenue, and along both sides of College Avenue to Olive Street. Most of the businesses along Mason Street and north of Jefferson Street were either industrial or transportation related. Oil dealer depots, such as Continental Oil Company’s site in Fort Collins, were found along major rail lines because they relied on the trains to bring bulk oil to their operations. For this reason, bulk oil dealers built close to railroads. In Fort Collins, there were nine oil dealer depots, one of which was Continental Oil. The siding, a low- speed track section, serviced Continental Oil on the east side of the property. The siding that serviced Continental Oil also served RISCO, an ice manufacturing plant. The frequency of tank car shipments varied depending on demand, but when the tank car arrived, they would use the small loading dock by the warehouse door to unload. Employees lowered the drums into the basement with the freight elevator. When Robert Fugate owned the plant, he stored packaged produces on the main floor. His shipments of box cars and tank cars of petroleum products came from refineries in Casper, Wyoming. The Continental Oil Company headquarters moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1929 after a merger with Marland Oil Company and became known as Conoco. The company constructed the sheet iron pump house in 1936 for approximately $100. This is most likely the sheet iron addition to the main office/warehouse. The site also contains the brick pump house constructed in the fall of 1949. In 1974, Conoco constructed a bulk station warehouse next to the existing garage. This warehouse, used for storage, was similar in size to the existing garage and measured 24 feet by 30 feet with a height of 12 feet. This was an addition to the existing garage. During the company’s era of ownership of the lots at the corner of Howes Street and Maple Street, circa 1913- 1979, industrial commerce in the immediate area expanded. Despite ownership change in 1980, the site continued to operate as a bulk oil supplier from the early-twentieth century through the early-twenty first century. In 1980, Fugate Oil Company operated on 225 Maple, which also operated as a bulk oil depot. In November of 1981, owner Robert Fugate had another garage constructed in line with the other two that faced Maple Street. This last garage was larger than the other two at 30 feet by 35 feet with a height of 16 feet. Fugate Oil Company continued to operate at this location until 1993. Haiston Oil Company began operating at 225 Maple in 1994, although evidence suggests that Fugate continued to run the operations. Haiston Oil continued operations at this location through 2005. The end of railroad service to these bulk oil dealers led to the demise of these sites close to the railroads. The construction of superhighways, such as I-25, increased demand, larger design of trucks, and increasing use of gasoline pipelines all contributed to the end of railroad service. When Haiston Oil closed, the site remained vacant until the City of Fort Collins purchased it in 2008. In 2014, the City began leasing the former office building to a nonprofit restaurant, The FoCo Café, where patrons set the price for their locally and sustainably sourced meals prepared and served by volunteers in a pay-what-you- can setting. Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 4 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: Est. 1913, 1936 Architect/Builder: Continental Oil Company Building Materials: Brick, metal, and sandstone Architectural Style: Early twentieth-century industrial storage facility The Tatanka Historical Associates’ completed architectural description in 2009 from the “Historic Preservation Analysis: Continental Oil Company 225 Maple Street” accurately describes the buildings on the property. The following description is based primarily on this document. Location and Grounds: The Continental Oil Company Property at 225 Maple Street is located in the northwest area of Fort Collins’ downtown commercial district. Specifically, it is on the southeast corner of the intersection of Maple Street and North Howes Street (Block 32, Lots 22-28). The property is bordered on the east by an alleyway, on the west by Howes Street, on the north by Maple Street, and on the south by an adjacent industrial shed building, now owned and used by the City of Fort Collins, that was formerly associated with the bulk oil plant operations. Warehouse/Office Building: The primary building on the property is the warehouse/office building, which is located in the northeast corner of the site. The entrance façade of this small, one-story, rectangular, masonry building is on the west elevation. It has a raised basement with poured concrete foundation walls. The exterior walls above the basement level are constructed of cream-painted brickwork laid in common bond coursing, with every sixth course consisting of alternating stretchers and headers. The side-gabled roof is finished with green corrugated metal panels. Short parapet walls along the north and south gable ends are capped with sandstone blocks. The parapet ends project slightly from the roofline at the building’s four corners, where they are supported by brick corbel tables. A brick exterior wall chimney rises up the north elevation, terminating a short distance above the parapet wall. Internal bracing for the brick end walls, apparently with tie rods, is found within the attic. These terminate in decorative star irons that are mounted on the gable end walls just below the parapet. A small louvered attic vent is found at the peak of each end wall. An extension of the roof’s western slope covers an open dock that runs along most of the west elevation. Metal brackets that are bolted to the building’s brick wall support the roof extension. The dock has a raised concrete floor that is reached by way of concrete steps on its north and south ends; however, these have been blocked off. The building is now accessible by a wooden ramp or wooden stairs, both of which are on the west elevation and led to the dock. Heavy metal angle irons protect the leading edge of the dock floor. Projecting southward from the south end of the dock is a ramp with inset metal plates that appear to have been designed for barrels to be rolled up and down on their sides. Three entries are found along the west elevation of the building. The northern entry provides access to the original office area and holds a commercial door with metal frames. The southern entry is centered on the façade and includes a set of two metal-framed sidelights. Inside of this entry is the original wood sliding door with two sets of four lights. Projecting from the south end of the building is a small wood frame shed addition that rests upon a raised concrete foundation. This storage room is finished with a shed roof and it is clad in corrugated metal panels. Its west elevation holds an entry that contains an old wood panel door with six lights. The east elevation of the building holds the loading dock opening. There is a large double door with a pair of four light, one panel single doors. Fenestration on the building is all original. The raised basement holds several pairs of two-light hoppers with wood frames; there are two pairs on the east elevation and two pairs on the north elevation. The main floor holds a combination of four-over-four and six-over-six double hung sash windows, along with a pair of six-light casements. All of these are set in painted wood frames and have sandstone sills. The interior of the building consists of a main floor and full basement. The basement has a concrete floor and exposed concrete foundation walls. It is reached by way of a set of wooden stairs with metal pipe handrails. Heavy timbers that support the center of the building are exposed in the basement. An old freight elevator manufactured Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 5 by the Denver firm of Nock & Garside is present within the building. This elevator is in excellent condition, appears to be intact and operable, and is likely to be one of the oldest and best preserved in the city. The elevator was used to move oil drums back and forth from the main level to the basement storage area. The main floor exhibits original wood floors, exposed brick walls, wood trimwork, and brick segmental arches above the windows. Shop/Garage Building: This building is located to the west of the office building. Its original portion now forms the eastern segment of the building, which has been expanded toward the west. The square original shop or garage faces toward the south. It rests upon a concrete foundation and its exterior walls are constructed of painted brickwork laid in common bond coursing. The roof slopes downward toward the north and is surrounded on the south, east and west by a low brick parapet wall. The parapet is capped by a single course of overlapping tiles that form a visual pattern of standing ridges. The south elevation holds the building’s two identical side-by-side entries, each of which has a single-width overhead metal garage door that is mounted on an angle from top to bottom. This angle appears to provide greater interior overhead clearance for the doors when they are open. The doors have wood surrounds and the remainder of the façade is ornamented with brick banding. The east elevation of the original building holds two sets of large sixteen-light windows with stone sills. Each consists of a central eight-light pivoting window, with four-light fixed windows above and below, all of them set into metal frames. The north elevation of the building consists of a blank brick wall with wood planking horizontally mounted on the lower exterior. West of the original shop/garage are two concrete block additions that may have been constructed in two phases. The first addition occurred in 1974 and the second in 1981. These additions hold two modern man-door entries and three overhead garage doors, all on the south elevation. No windows are present, and the additions have two levels of flat roofs. The interior of the shop/garage building consists of concrete floors and no historic features of note. Pump House: This small rectangular building is located directly south of the office building built in 1949. It faces west and rests upon a concrete foundation. The exterior walls are constructed of brickwork laid in common bond coursing, with every seventh or eighth course constructed of headers. The roof is front-gabled and finished with corrugated metal panels. A metal ventilator is centered on the ridgeline. The façade holds the building’s only entry, which consists of an old wood panel door. The south elevation has a screened vent opening along the floor level, along with a four-light window with painted lights and a concrete sill. The east elevation has the same vent and window as on the south. The interior of the storage shed consists solely of a concrete floor, finished walls, shelving, and covered windows. Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 6 Agenda Item 3 Item # 3 Page 7 STAFF EVALUATION Staff finds that the Continental Oil Company Property qualifies for Fort Collins Landmark designation under Designation Standards A and C for its history relating to the oil industry in Fort Collins and twentieth-century industrial architecture. The structure continues to uphold a preponderance of integrity: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. SAMPLE MOTIONS If the Commission finds that the Continental Oil Company 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 Continental Oil Company Property as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Municipal Code Chapter 14, based on the property’s significance under Standards A and C for its history relating to the oil industry, twentieth-century industrial architecture, and preponderance of exterior integrity. If the Commission finds that the Continental Oil Company Property does not meet the criteria for landmark designation, it shall adopt a motion to this effect, and state its reasoning. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location Map - Updated (PDF) 2. 225 Maple Designation (DOC) 3. Staff Presentation - 225 Maple Landmark Designation (PDF) 4. 1976 aerial_225 Mathews_from Railmodel Journal March 1997_p.9 (DOCX) 5. Exhibit A - Legal Description(PDF)       #!# #  # ## # ## "#"## -1- ORDINANCE NO. 079, 2017 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 225 MAPLE 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 April 19, 2017, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) has determined that the Continental Oil Company Property located at 225 Maple Street in Fort Collins as more specifically described in the legal description attached hereto as Exhibit A (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) and Standard C (Design/Construction) as contained in Section 14-5 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 in the legal description attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference, 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 6th day of June, A.D. 2017, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of July, A.D. 2017. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of July, A.D. 2017. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk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