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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/21/2020 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 090, 2020, DESIGNATAgenda Item 7 Item # 7 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY July 21, 2020 City Council STAFF Jim Bertolini, Historic Preservation Planner Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner Brad Yatabe, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 090, 2020, Designating the Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property, 331 South Loomis Avenue, 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 Section 1(f) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures adopted in Resolution 2019-064. The purpose of this item is to designate the Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property located at 331 S. Loomis Avenue as a Fort Collins Landmark. The property is eligible for recognition as a Landmark due to its significance to Fort Collins under Designation Standard 3, Design/Construction and their historic integrity. The property is owned by Housing Catalyst, which is seeking Landmark designation to resolve federal compliance requirements with the State Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation under the National Historic Preservation Act. Landmarking will facilitate the intended sale of the properties out of the Housing Catalyst inventory. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property is significant under Standard 3: Design/Construction as a strong example of modest Free Classic Queen Anne architecture in the Loomis Addition neighborhood of northwest Fort Collins. The main house was constructed in approximately 1907 and appears to have undergone an historic modification to the porch in 1925. It possesses several of the defining characteristics of the style within the neighborhood, including a wrap-around porch with classical columns, a gable-on-hip roof with distinctive featuring, shingling, and windows in the gable end, a canted bay window set on its south elevation, and narrowly-spaced wood lapboard siding. Although having minor alterations, including vinyl window replacements and an addition onto the rear (northwest) corner in place of an historic garage, it possesses good integrity to its original construction. The property would also contribute to a potential Loomis Addition Historic District if one were to be designated in the future. 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 Agenda Item 7 Item # 7 Page 2 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 At its June 17, 2020, meeting, the Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) adopted a motion on a vote of 7- 0 (1 recused) to recommend that City Council designate the Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with City Code Chapter 14, based on the property’s significance under Standard 3, Design/Construction and its exterior integrity based upon all seven aspects of integrity. PUBLIC OUTREACH Public outreach was limited to interaction with the property owner (Housing Catalyst) and presentation/approval at a regular meeting of the LPC. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location Map (PDF) 2. Nomination Form (PDF) 3. Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 4 (PDF) 4. Photos (PDF) S GRANT AVE S LOOMIS AVE W OLIVE ST S WHITCOMB ST W MAGNOLIA ST W MULBERRY ST 331 S. Loomis Avenue Area Location Map Printed: June 03, 2020 Legend 330 S. Loomis Ave. Designated Historic Properties 010203040 Meters CITY©Scale000 OF FORT COLLINS 1:2, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM MAP PRODUCTS These map products and all underlying data are developed for use by the City of Fort Collins for its internal purposes only, and were not designed or intended for general use by members of the public. The City makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness, and in particular, accuracy in labeling or displaying dimensions, contours, property boundaries, or placement of location of any map features thereon. 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ATTACHMENT 1 Historic Preservation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 970.416.4250 preservation@fcgov.com fcgov.com/historicpreservation 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION Address: 331 S. Loomis Avenue Legal Description: Lot 16 and S 20 ft of Lot 13, Less W 60 ft of both, Block 278, Loomis Addition Property Name (historic and/or common): Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property OWNER INFORMATION Name: Preston Nakayama, Project Manager Company/Organization (if applicable): Housing Authority of the City of Fort Collins Phone: 970-416-2910 Email: pnakayama@housingcatalyst.com Mailing Address: 1715 W. Mountain Ave, 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 Nomination form adapted from Colorado OAHP form completed by Stephanie Slaughter and Megan Daniels, SWCA Environmental Consultants, December 10, 2019. The form’s text and information has been reproduced here with minor edits for clarity and accuracy. Name and Title: Jim Bertolini, Historic Preservation Planner Address: 281 N. College Ave., Development Review Center Phone: 970-416-4250 Email: jbertolini@fcgov.com Relationship to Owner: N/A ATTACHMENT 2 2 DATE: May 22, 2020 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 (hereinafter the “Property”) consists of the legally defined parcel (9713-28-916) is clearly delineated by an urban lot bounded on the north and west sides by a wood privacy fence and the sidewalks along the streets. The lot includes the historic house and its surrounding grounds. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and INTEGRITY Properties are eligible for designation if they possess both significance and integrity. Significance is the importance of a site, structure, object or district to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture of our community, State or Nation. For designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Fort Collins Landmark Districts properties must meet one (1) or more of the following standards set forth in Fort Collins Municipal Code Section 14-22(a): Standard 1: 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: a) A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or b) A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. Click here to enter text. Standard 2: 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. Click here to enter text. Standard 3: 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. 3 The Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property is significant under Standard 3: Design/Construction as a strong example of modest Free Classic Queen Anne architecture in the Loomis Addition neighborhood of northwest Fort Collins. The main house was constructed in approximately 1907, and appears to have undergone an historic modification to the porch in 1925. It possesses several of the defining characteristics of the style within the neighborhood, including a wrap-around porch with classical columns, a gable-on-hip roof with distinctive featuring, shingling, and windows in the gable end, a canted bay window set on its south elevation, and narrowly-spaced wood lapboard siding. Although having minor alterations, including vinyl window replacements and an addition onto the rear (northwest) corner, it possesses good integrity to its original construction. The property would also contribute to a potential Loomis Addition Historic District if one were to be designated in the future. Standard 4: Information Potential This property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Click here to enter text. Period of Significance is the discrete chronological period (or periods) during which a historic property gained its significance. Additions or alterations to a property that have significance in their own right can warrant the extension of a Period of Significance. Period(s) of Significance: 1907, c.1925 Integrity is the ability of a site, structure, object or district to be able to convey its significance. The integrity of a resource is based on the degree to which it retains all or some of seven (7) aspects or qualities set forth in Fort Collins Municipal Code Section 14-22(b): 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 1: Location is the place where the resource was constructed or the place where the historic or prehistoric event occurred. The house has not been moved from its original location. Standard 2: Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan space, structure and style of a resource. The overall design of 331 S. Loomis is intact, retaining the distinctive hip-on-gable with decorative shingling, windows, and window inset. The Classically-detailed wrap-around porch, a somewhat uncommon but distinguishing feature of this type of residence, remains in its historic configuration with a canted entry step leading from the northwest corner of Loomis Avenue and Magnolia Street. Based on the differentiated porch foundation, it seems likely that the porch was reconfigured in 1925 into its current form, with Classic columns and a lapsided half-wall. Based on city-wide building permits in Fort Collins from the 1920s-1940s, adding or improving porches appears to be a common occurrence, especially to middle-class dwellings that began with more modest design but 4 were improved as the incomes of their occupants increased. There are modern alterations that detract somewhat from the property’s historic integrity, including the replacement of the windows (presumably wood) with vinyl replacements, and demolition of the attached garage on the northwest corner in 1980, and construction of a new addition in its place. However, the addition is relatively compatible with the overall design of the property. Windows retain the one-over-one pattern that is fairly distinctive for properties of this style and likely to have been installed originally at 331 S. Loomis. Overall, the property possesses sufficient significance and historic integrity to be listed as a Fort Collins Landmark. Standard 3: Setting is the physical environment of a resource. Setting refers to the character of the place; it involves how, not just where, the resource is situated and its relationship to the surrounding features and open space. The setting of the Woods-Gilkison-Dunn property is generally intact. While there is some infill development in the immediate vicinity to the west and south, including new construction and altered historic-age dwellings, generally, homes around the corner of Loomis Avenue and Magnolia Street are from the historic period for the Loomis Addition (1880-1930) and reflect the overall historic character of the neighborhood, including setbacks with planted grass lawns and ample shade trees. Standard 4: Materials are the physical elements that form a resource. The property retains strong integrity of materials, including retaining wood siding, wood decorative features such as shingle siding, porch columns, and siding, and a stone foundation. Losses of integrity of materials include the replacement of doors and windows with modern units, including vinyl windows. Standard 5: 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. The property retains strong integrity of workmanship overall to its early-twentieth century construction. The stone foundation, wood lapboard siding, decorative shingling, and wood features on the porch are indicative of local craftsmanship during the early- twentieth century. The primary loss of historic workmanship is the loss of the historic windows, presumably wood, likely during the 1980 conversion to a duplex. Standard 6: Feeling is a resource’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular time. It results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the resource's historic or prehistoric character. The property retains excellent integrity of historic feeling. The preponderance of historic materials, design, and workmanship, and the intact setting of a moderate-density historic neighborhood in the Loomis Addition allow the property to convey a strong sense of a family home in the early-twentieth century. Standard 7: Association is the direct link between an important event or person and a historic or prehistoric resource. A resource 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. 5 Based on the overall intact design, materials, and workmanship, the property retains strong integrity of association as a Victorian-style building constructed in the early twentieth century in Fort Collins. HISTORICAL INFORMATION 331 S. Loomis is in the Loomis Addition west of Old Town Fort Collins. This historic neighborhood is bounded by Whitcomb Street to the east, Washington Avenue on the west, Laporte Avenue to the north, and Mulberry Street at the south, containing approximately 15 blocks of wide, paved streets lined with mature trees and both H-shaped and T-shaped alleys. These types of alleys allowed for narrow, deep lots, creating a sense of urban density while also providing space for yards. The Loomis Addition is one of the earliest planned expansions of the city, platted in 1887, and was an important focus for residential development to the mid-1960s. Both the Loomis Addition and the Capitol Hill addition to the north were platted in 1887 and represent the expansion of the city westward along what were at the time the primary east-west corridors of Fort Collins’ urban area, Laporte and Mountain Avenues. While their initial phase of construction occurred between 1887 and 1893, the bulk of new home construction took place in the first two decades of the 1900s. This was part of national movements that encouraged increased percentages of home ownership among Americans, construction of smaller homes affordable to working and middle class buyers, and city beautification via landscaping and decorative home architecture. The first decade of the 1900s, the period during which the Woods-Gilkison-Dunn property was constructed, was the most active, with 115 of the 311 homes in the neighborhood constructed in that decade. While the new Arts and Crafts movement dominated the design styles that builders placed in the Loomis Addition, they did incorporate the Free Classic Queen Anne, popularized by the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, which combined the asymmetry and variable textures of the Victorian Era with Classical detailing. The property at 331 S. Loomis is representative of the modest versions of that style constructed for working and middle class residents.0F 1 331 S. Loomis is located on Lot 16 and a portion of Lot 13 of Block 278 in the Loomis neighborhood. In 1902, Myron H. Akin acquired the entire Block 278 from Thomas K Robertson. Akin sold the block to Mary A. Harris in February 1905. Myron Akin was born in 1857 in Lockport, Illinois, where he got his education and worked in various railroad jobs. In 1881, he moved to Colorado where he took up a job as an operator for the Union Pacific in Fort Collins. Myron married schoolteacher Elizabeth Jane Mellinger in 1890, and they had three children: Julia, Eunice, and Wayne. Akin had previously bought land in the Fort Collins vicinity, where he farmed and ranched, building irrigation ditches across his property. Akin was an owner of the Akin Livestock Company and was a major trader in livestock in the region, including sheep. He also promoted and organized the Laramie-Poudre Reservoirs and Irrigation Company. From 1909 to 1910, Myron served as mayor of Fort Collins. Mr. Akin was involved in numerous ventures, mostly in the livestock industry, although he did dabble in the real estate business dealing with resident properties and farms. This period was likely in the early 1900s when his name commonly appears in the title records for Fort Collins and Laramie County, acquiring blocks in the city, then selling the lots to individuals. Myron Akin died in 1946 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. 1 City of Fort Collins, Loomis Addition Historic Context, prepared by Humstone Consulting, (Fort Collins, CO: 2015), 31, 85. 6 Mary Harris was married to Jesse Harris, the horse breeder and trader who worked with Myron Akin and got him into the livestock trading business. Mary was born in 1848 in Ferrisburg, Vermont, and married Jesse in 1872. The two had eight children, six of whom lived to adulthood. By 1885, they had moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, and Jesse was one of the earliest residents and businessmen in the Fort Collins area. He owned the Inverness Ranch, a horse ranch north of town. Jesse served as mayor of Fort Collins from 1911 to 1912, and is known for the “Jesse Harris Spring,” which he donated to the Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University) in 1901. Jesse died in November 1919. Mary survived him for an additional 17 years; she died in 1936. Both are buried in Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. Mary Harris sold Lots 12, 13, and 16 to Andrew J. Hood, a carpenter, that same month, February 1905. Later in 1905, Hood sold Lots 12 and 13 to Frank T. Woods. At some point, Woods also acquired Lot 16, although it is not clear when this transaction occurred. In 1907, Charles J. Gilkison bought Lots 13 and 16 from Woods. Although the Larimer County Assessor’s records indicate the house at 331 S. Loomis was built around 1897, the title search indicates there was one owner for the entire block up to early 1905 when the individual lots on which the house is located were sold. Similarly, the city directories for 1902 through 1907 have no residents at this location, indicating the house had not yet been built. These same directories indicate that none of the early owners of the property (i.e. Akin, Harris, and Hood) lived at the property in the years they owned it. Frank T. Woods and his wife, Martha Rose Gilkison, lived at 331 S. Loomis in 1907, although it appears their stay was brief. Frank was born in 1877 in Colorado, and married Rose in 1898. They had three children before she died in 1919 at the age of 41. In 1907 when the Woods lived at 331 S. Loomis, Frank worked in insurance. He jumped around employment, working for the Larimer County Fruit and Honey Association in 1900, as a rancher in 1910, and in real estate in the 1920s and 1930s. Frank died in 1959 and was buried next to his wife, Rose, in the Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. However, it appears that by October of 1907, Charles J. Gilkison and his wife Frances W. had moved into the property. Charles was a graduate of, and later professor at, Colorado Agricultural College. Sadly, in October of that year, Mrs. Gilkison passed away of typhoid fever, possibly as a complication of giving birth to the couple’s third child. Services were held in the home on October 6th, 1907, led by CAC President Barton Aylesworth.1F 2 Between 1907 and 1922, the Gilkisons owned the property, first Charles starting in 1907, then William F. acquired the property from 1918-1922. By 1909, William F. Gilkison and his family had moved into the house, apparently renting it from Charles – William was also a professor for Colorado Agricultural College. Charles appears to have left the community, later remarried, and begun silver mining near Nederland.2F 3 However, the Gilkison’s also continued to occupy the home, as Mrs. W.F. Gilkison hosted the occasional meeting of her various clubs out of the home, including the Current Event and Travel Club and the Priscilla Club.3F 4 Charles, William, and Rose Gilkison were siblings, children of Appleton Thomas (Tom) and Margaret J. Gilkison. Tom Gilkison was born in Michigan in 1847 and moved to Colorado in 1866, where he met and 2 “Death of Mrs. C.J. Gilkison,” Fort Collins Weekly Courier, October 9, 1907, p4, accessed through Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC), www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org, May 27, 2020. 3 “Men Frame Up Job on Chas. Gilkison,” Fort Collins Weekly Courier, June 23, 1916, p3, “Married in Boulder,” Fort Collins Weekly Courier, December 8, 1911, (CHNC). 4 “Happenings in Society, Clubs and Churches,” Fort Collins Courier, January 5, 1920, p4 and January 19, 1920, p4, (CHNC). 7 married Margaret. In the early years of their marriage, they worked at a farm to save their money so they could buy a mule team and try their luck in the goldfields in the mountains. By 1880, they had been successful, striking gold and selling their gold mine. They invested their money in land in the Fort Collins area, where they ensured all six of their children obtained an education at the Colorado Agricultural College. Tom founded A.T. Gilkison and Company, a mercantile, where his son William worked as a manager and later owner. Tom died in 1917, struck by a hit-and-run driver as he was crossing the street on his way to visit his son. In 1922, Robert Mauzey bought the property from William Gilkison, and rented the house to his children, son Preston and daughters Goldie and Ruth. Arthur and Margaret Sheely apparently rented a room at the house in 1922 as well. Preston was an apiarist, and Goldie and Ruth were students. There is little additional information about the Mauzeys. Arthur worked in auto supplies and there is little additional information about Arthur and Margaret. In 1924, Ellis S. Dunn acquired 331 S. Loomis from Robert Mauzey, where he lived with his wife, Sophia. Ellis Dunn was born in 1871 in Nebraska. He married Sophia in 1892, and they had four children. Ellis worked a variety of jobs in Nebraska; he was a station agent in Kenesaw, Nebraska, in 1900; a farmer in Newton, Nebraska, in 1910; and a manager of the Farmers Co Op store in Pleasant, Nebraska, in 1920. Sometime between 1920 and 1924, the Dunns moved to Fort Collins, where they bought the house at 331 S. Loomis Avenue in 1924. Sophia was born in 1873, also in Nebraska. The Dunns lived at 331 S. Loomis until their deaths. Ellis died in 1939, at which point Sophia inherited the house, although no records were found in the Clerk and Recorder’s books recording this transfer of ownership. From 1939 to her death in 1958, Sophia rented rooms including to Hershel H. Davis, a station attendant at Sheps Deni Tire and Service Station, and his wife, Aline, in 1948. In 1954, Sophia was listed as the only resident at the house. Sophia died in 1958 and her son, Claude acquired the property, likely as an inheritance, although no records tracing this change in ownership was found in the title records. That same year in 1958, Claude sold the property to Alice Southwick. Alice Southwick is one of the few women listed in the city directories as the primary resident rather than her husband, Carl. In 1958 when she bought 331 S. Loomis, Alice was working as a seamstress at Stinett Cleaners. Alice was born in 1897 in Kansas, where she met her husband, Carl. The date of their marriage was not listed, but they had three children and were living in Kansas in 1925. By 1930, they had moved to the rural town of Rio Grande, Colorado, where they were farmworkers. The family moved to Fort Collins sometime after 1940. The city directory for 1964 indicates the house was rented to Dolores Mendoza; no information is available for Ms. Mendoza. That same year, Alice is listed as living at 331 S. Loomis and as the widow of Carl; however, Carl apparently died in 1968 and was buried in Portland, Oregon. By 1971, Alice was living at the house along with two renters, Minnie Williams and Louis D. Martinez. Millie Williams was a widow, and there is no information about Louis Martinez. Alice died in 1982 and is buried at Roselawn Cemetery in Fort Collins. In 1977, Mrs. Southwick sold the property to Stephen Ferreira, who then sold the house to Gerald Brumit and Martin Falk, who then sold the property to the Fort Collins Housing Authority on the same day, November 2, 1978. 8 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: c.1907 Architect/Builder: Unknown Building Materials: Wood/lapboard; stone Architectural Style: Queen Anne (Free Classic variant) Description: The house is a one-story duplex that is irregular in plan, comprised of the original house with front porch and a one-story square plan addition attached to the northwest corner of the house. Overall, the addition appears to have been constructed to match the massing and materials of the original house while still being distinguished by its window configuration and foundation. The house stands at the northwest corner of South Loomis Avenue and West Magnolia Street. The house is set on a corner at the intersection of South Loomis Avenue and West Magnolia Street with small, grassy yards to the south, east, and west containing sporadic mature trees near the property perimeter. There are no associated buildings or objects on the lot containing the building. A clothesline consisting of two support poles connected by wires is on the west side of the building, but there are otherwise no features. The original foundation is square-cut stone laid in regular courses with a basement below. The front porch stands on concrete block, and the addition stands on a concrete slab. The original house is clad in wood horizontal clapboard siding with corner boards and frieze boards. The roof plan is complex with a primary hip roof with cross gable and cross hip and lower hip. The eaves are closed and overhanging. All windows, except in the dormer and basement, are replacement vinyl windows set in the wood sill, casing, and lintel. The doors are also vinyl. The house exhibits elements of the Queen Anne style in its roof configuration, massing, dormer, and front porch. The principal elevation (east) faces east toward South Loomis Street and contains a wrap-around porch with hip roof. Four free classic columns support the architrave and rest on an enclosed railing clad in wood horizontal clapboard siding. The porch and entrance are accessed from the southeast corner leading to the intersection. Below the porch a large one-over-one window is offset to the north and a horizontal fixed sash window is offset south of the entrance. The south elevation faces West Magnolia Street with a symmetrical composition. The cross gable dormer is centered in the elevation with a slight projecting bay. Tall one-over-one sash windows are centered on either side of the bay with wood lintels and window casings. Characteristic of the Queen Anne style, a pent roof encloses the cross gable with a triangular section extending forward in the top of the gable. The gable is clad with wood shingles and detailed with a diamond in the triangular section. A side-by-side fixed sash window with diamond pattern is in the center of the gable. Three openings are evenly spaced in the basement level, of which two are tripartite wood windows and the center contains venting. The west elevation faces the driveway accessed from West Magnolia Street. It is comprised of the rear of the original house and the addition, which extends beyond the west elevation of the original house volume. Two one-over-one sash windows with wood casing and lintels are in the original house elevation; the north window is smaller than the south window. A second entrance is in the west elevation of the addition accessed by a concrete stoop directly from the driveway. The north elevation is comprised of three distinct masses stepping back from the addition toward the principal elevation of the original house. The north elevation of the addition contains paired one-over-one sash windows in its center. Single one-over-one sash windows with wood lintels and 9 casings are centered in the two masses of the original house. A smaller one-over-one sash window is in the east-facing elevation where the east mass of the north elevation steps back from the center mass. Window openings are in the basement level in line with each window in the north elevation. The glazing is removed or covered with plywood. Another driveway accessed from South Loomis Avenue is adjacent to the north elevation. The Larimer County Assessor’s records indicate the house was built sometime around 1897, although archival research documents no residents at 331 S. Loomis until 1907. Additionally, the lots on which the house is built were not owned by one person until 1907. A building permit dating to 1925 indicates work was done on the foundation, although the specific nature of the work is not noted. Based on the permit date, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps from the same year, and the concrete block foundation on the porch, it is likely that the porch was added or remodeled at that time into its current configuration. In 1942, a second permit was issued for reshingling the roof of the house. A historic photograph dating to 1948 also indicates the presence of a brick chimney on the north slope of the roof near the western part of the house. The property originally included a two-car garage that was accessed through an enclosed porch located on the northwest corner of the building, clearly visible in the 1948 photograph. By 1968, the chimney was removed. The Fort Collins Housing Authority acquired the property in 1978, and in 1979 and 1980 the house was remodeled, undergoing numerous changes. The single-family dwelling was converted to a duplex with one unit on the north side of the house and one unit on the south side of the house. The enclosed porch was replaced with the addition still present, which provides access to the north unit. Two sets of stairways were added, providing access to the now-divided basement. The garage was demolished in 1980 and replaced with the existing addition as part of that conversion. Although the northwest corner addition is relatively new, it was built to blend with the architectural style of the original building including siding similar to the original clapboard and the roofline that blends with the original house. Additional work has been done to the house since 1980; however, this work is largely composed of reroofing and maintenance of the plumbing, heating, and electrical systems, as well as replacement or maintenance of the interior appliances. REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION Find-a-Grave 1919 Martha Rose Woods, died January 17, 1919, buried at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colorado. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com. Accessed February 5, 2020. 1936 Mary Harris, died September 24, 1936, buried at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colorado. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com. Accessed February 5, 2020. 1939 Ellis S. Dunn, died 1939, buried at Prairie Home Cemetery, Dill, Nebraska. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com. Accessed January 14, 2020. 1946 Myron H. Akin, died 1946, buried at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colorado. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com. Accessed February 5, 2020. 1958 Sophia E. Dunn, died 1958, buried at Prairie Home Cemetery, Dill Nebraska. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com. Accessed January 14, 2020. 10 1959 Frank Woods, died April 24, 1959, buried at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colorado. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com. Accessed February 5, 2020. 1968 Carl W. Southwick, died 1968, buried at Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory, Portland, Oregon. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com. Accessed February 5, 2020. 1982 Alice F. Southwick, died 1982, buried at Roselawn Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colorado. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com. Accessed February 5, 2020. City of Fort Collins Public Records, 2020 Building Services/Zoning Permits, 1964 – 2011. Available at: http://citydocs.fcgov.com/. Accessed January 14, 2020. Fort Collins City Directories, Listings for 331 S. Loomis Avenue., 1902 – 1977. Available at: https://history.fcgov.com/collections/buildings. Accessed December 12, 2019. Local Biographies. Gilkison, A.T. “Tom”, available at: http://fchc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/pl/id/655/. Accessed February 5, 2020. Humstone, Mary M. Rheba Massey, and Carly-Ann Anderson 2015 Loomis Addition Historic Context. Prepared for the City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Program, Certified Local Government Gran Number CO-14-016. Prepared by Humstone Consulting, Fort Collins, CO. Available at: https://fchc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/rb/id/8970. Accessed January 13, 2020. Kansas State Census Collection 1925 Kansas Territory Census, Roll KS1925_161, Line 10. Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas. Larimer County Assessor, Real Estate Appraisal Cards and Photographs, Parcel 97113-28-016, County Assessor’s Website and Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Archives, 1948 – 2019. Larimer County, Clerk and Recorder’s Office, Title Records (Lots 13 and 16, Block 278, Loomis Addition) Warranty Deed, Thomas K. Robertson to Myron H. Akin, Block 278, March 1, 1902, Book 162, page 521. Warranty Deed, Myron H. Akin to Mary A. Harris, Block 278, February 23, 1905, Book 195, page 561. Warranty Deed, Mary A. Harris to Andrew J. Hood, Lots 12, 13, and 16, February 23, 1905, Book195, page 554. Warranty Deed, Andrew J. Hood to Frank T. Woods, Lots 12 and 13, September 16, 1905, Book 206, page 413. Warranty Deed, Frank T. Woods to Charles J. Gilkison, Lots 13 and 16, April 13, 1907, Book 234, page 192. Warranty Deed, Charles Gilkison to William F. Gilkison, March 28, 1918, Book 264, page 295. Warranty Deed, William F. Gilkison to Robert L. Mauzey, March 21, 1922, Book 440, page 300. Warranty Deed, Robert L. Mauzey to Ellis S. Dunn, September 17, 1924, Book 455, page 215. 11 Warranty Deed, W. Claude Dunn to Alice Southwick, August 13, 1958, Book 1073, page 166. Warranty Deed, Alice Southwick to Stephen Ferreira, November 2, 1978, Book 1903, page 644. Warranty Deed, Stephen A. Ferreira to Gerald L. Brumit and Martin E. Falk, November 2, 1978, Book 1903, page 645. Warranty Deed, Gerald L. Brumit and Martin E. Falk to Housing Authority of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, November 2, 1978, Book 1903, page 646. Robert L. Mauzey Family Tree. Available at: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1030/?name= Robert_Mauzey&event=_fort+collins-larimer-colorado-usa_70436&count=50&event_x=_1- 0&name_x=ps_s&pcat=42&qh=m67wCcmNXy3%2BtGvjMWgmdw%3D%3D. Accessed January 14, 2020. U.S. Bureau of the Census 1900 Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. T623, 1,854 Rolls. National Archives, Washington D.C. 1910 Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. T624, 1,178 Rolls. National Archives, Washington D.C. 1920 Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. T625, 2,076 Rolls. National Archives, Washington D.C. 1930 Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. T626, 2,667 Rolls. National Archives, Washington D.C. 1940 Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. T627, 4,643 Rolls. National Archives, Washington D.C. 12 MAPS and PHOTOGRAPHS 13 14 331 S. Loomis Avenue, east elevation. Facing west. Photographed by S. Slaughter. Taken on 12/10/2019. 331 S. Loomis Avenue, east and south elevations. Facing northwest. Photographed by S. Slaughter. Taken on 12/10/2019. 15 331 S. Loomis Avenue, south elevation. Facing north. Photographed by S. Slaughter. Taken on 12/10/2019. 331 S. Loomis Avenue, south and west elevations. Facing northwest. Photographed by S. Slaughter. Taken on 12/10/2019. 16 331 S. Loomis Avenue, west elevation, 1980 addition to left. Facing east. Photographed by S. Slaughter. Taken on 12/10/2019. 331 S. Loomis Avenue, oblique view of the north elevation. Facing southeast. Photographed by S. Slaughter. Taken on 12/10/2019. 17 331 S. Loomis Avenue, oblique view of north elevation. Facing southwest. Photographed by S. Slaughter. Taken on 12/10/2019. 331 S. Loomis Avenue, north and east elevations. Facing southwest. Photographed by S. Slaughter. Taken on 12/10/2019. 18 331 S. Loomis Avenue, view of yard on west side of lot. Facing northwest. Photographed by S. Slaughter. Taken on 12/10/2019. 331 S. Loomis Avenue, detail of front porch. Facing north. Photographed by S. Slaughter. Taken on 12/10/2019. 19 331 S. Loomis Avenue, detail view of pent roof-enclosed cross gable with decorative shingles on south elevation. Facing north. Photographed by S. Slaughter. Taken on 12/10/2019. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Property: 331 S. Loomis St. (Lot 16, S 20ft Lot 13, less W 60 ft of both, Block 278, Loomis Addition) The designation undersigned as a Fort owner, Collins or owners, landmark of the pursuant Property to the hereby Fort submit Collins the Landmark Property for undersigned Preservation owner, Ordinance, or owners, Chapter certify 14 of that the all Code signatures of the City necessary of Fort Collins. to consent The to the designation of the Property are affixed below. I Fort understand Collins Historic that upon Preservation designation, staff I or prior my to successors the occurrence will be of requested any of the to following: notify City of on Preparation the Property of plans or interior for reconstruction spaces readily or visible alteration from of any the public exterior street, of the alley, improvements park, or other public place; and/or the Preparation Property. of plans for construction of, addition to, or demolition of improvements on DA TED this ----"'-'---=+---- day of_.........___..,._""'""+---------' 20 c:)() --\-������.......:,,,_,,;.,..........:,-����::a.....:._�e...=:..· �t_�V\ ... - Owner ,Sj · \-- al, ....____ t'" == � ature.::.� " State of {<'.';o I() Y-cldo )ss. County of ---"-�_4_r- _,·_�_�-=-.,. ____ _ Subscribed and sworn before me this �nc/ day of _/\J_l_C1�tl/ _____ , 20 .__J .dQ., Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires _:=6..,,..(_l-'1 g::;...,,,../--'-,;)_·_{J_--',;.1_;;..... L/ _. _ _ i!w,eWJ = ;g/.,4{cN tary� V 8 BARBARA H KING NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY ID 19964000264 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MARCH 8, 2024 RESOLUTION 4, 2020 OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDING LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE WOODS-GILKISON-DUNN PROPERTY AT 331 S. LOOMIS STREET AS A FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 14 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS WHEREAS, it is a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of sites, structures, objects, and districts of historic, architectural, archeological, or geographic significance, located within the city, are a public necessity and are required in the interest of the prosperity, civic pride and general welfare of the people; and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council that the economic, cultural and aesthetic standing of this City cannot be maintained or enhanced by disregarding the historic, architectural, archeological and geographical heritage of the City and by ignoring the destruction or defacement of such cultural assets; and WHEREAS, the property on Lot 16 and S 20 ft of Lot 13, Less W 60 ft of both, Block 278, Loomis Addition, located at 331 S. Loomis Street in Fort Collins (the “Property”) is eligible for Landmark designation for the Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property’s significance to Fort Collins under Standard of Significance 3, Design/Construction, contained in City Code Section 14-22(a); and high degree of integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, as described in City Code Section 14-22(b). WHEREAS, the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the Property meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in Section l4-22 of the code and is eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner of the Property has consented to such landmark designation. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of Fort Collins as follows: Section 1. That the foregoing recitals are incorporated herein by the Landmark Preservation Commission as findings of fact: 1. That the designation of this property will advance the City of Fort Collins’ Policies and Purposes for Landmark Preservation; and 2. That the property is significant under Standard 3, Design/Construction, as a strong example of Free Classic Queen Anne architecture in Fort Collins; and ATTACHMENT 3 City of Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 4, 2020 2 3. That the property retains a strong preponderance of integrity in all seven aspects: Location, Design, Materials, Workmanship, Setting, Feeling and Association; and 4. That the owner’s desire to protect this historic property and its resources will be furthered by the property’s status as a Fort Collins Landmark and the accompanying protections and review mechanisms such designation confers; and Section 2. That the Property located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: LOT 16 AND S 20 FT OF LOT 13, LESS W 60 FT OF BOTH, BLOCK 278, LOOMIS ADDITION ALSO HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS 331 SOUTH LOOMIS STREET, CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COUNTY OF LARIMER, STATE OF COLORADO be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter l4 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. Section 3. That the criteria contained in Chapter 14, Article IV of the City Code will serve as the standards by which alterations, additions and other changes to buildings and structures located upon the above described property will be reviewed. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of Fort Collins held this 17th day of June, A.D. 2020. ________________________________ Alexandra Wallace, Acting Chair ATTEST: _______________________ Secretary/Staff 1 Application for Fort Collins Landmark Designation – 331 S. Loomis Street – Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property Jim Bertolini, Historic Preservation Planner City Council, July 21, 2020 ATTACHMENT 4 • Construction: • Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property, 1907 • Standards of Significance: • 3 (Design/Construction) • Free Classic Queen Anne architecture in Loomis Addition 2 331 S. Loomis Street – Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property Charles J. Gilkison William F. Gilkison 3 331 S. Loomis Street – Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property East façade and south elevation showing canted bay window and distinctive south gable. South and rear (west) elevations. -1- ORDINANCE NO. 090, 2020 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE WOODS-GILKISON-DUNN PROPERTY, 331 SOUTH LOOMIS AVENUE, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, AS A FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 14 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS WHEREAS, pursuant to 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 June 17, 2020, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) determined that the Woods-Gilkison-Dunn Property, 331 South Loomis Avenue, 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 Property’s high degree of all seven standards of integrity under City Code Section 14-22(b)(1-7), and for the Property’s significance to Fort Collins under Standard of Significance 3, Design/Construction, contained in City Code Section 14-22(a)(1) and 14- 22(a)(3); 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 owner of the Property has consented to such landmark designation and desires 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 in accordance with the Commission’s determinations referenced above; 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. -2- Section 2. That the Property located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: LOT 16 AND S 20 FT OF LOT 13, LESS W 60 FT OF BOTH, BLOCK 278, LOOMIS ADDITION ALSO HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS 331 SOUTH LOOMIS STREET, CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COUNTY OF LARIMER, STATE OF COLORADO is hereby 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 July, A.D. 2020, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th of August, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th of August, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk