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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/17/2019 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 149, 2019, DESIGNATAgenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 17, 2019 City Council STAFF Reyana Jones, Historic Preservation Specialist Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Planner Brad Yatabe, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 149, 2019, Designating the Frank J. Ulrich Property, 516 Laporte 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 the procedures described in 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 Frank J. Ulrich property located at 516 Laporte Avenue as a Fort Collins Landmark. This is a voluntary designation at the property owner’s request. The property owner is 516 Laporte, LLC, of which Dale Eggleston is a member. The Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously recommends approving this landmark designation. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The Frank J. Ulrich Property is an unusual example of a Craftsman Bungalow. Constructed in 1924, the residence exhibits many character-defining architectural features, including exposed rafter ends, ribbon- coursed shingles in the gable ends, multi-light windows, and prominent front porch using natural materials. The detached garage is contributing to the property because it exhibits Craftsman architectural details similar to the house and for its association with the house’s first owner, Frank Ulrich. Alterations to the house and garage are minimal or are historic changes that occurred during the period of significance, and so do not damage the property’s overall historic integrity. Furthermore, the Frank J. Ulrich Property is located on the north side of the 500 block of Laporte Avenue, which has retained its historic character and residential pattern of development. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS Recognition of this property as a Fort Collins Landmark enables its owners to qualify for local financial incentive programs available only to Landmark designated properties. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At a public hearing held on November 20, 2019, the Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously adopted a motion on a vote of 7-0 to recommend that City Council designate this property based on its significance under Standard 3, Architecture, and its exterior integrity based upon all seven aspects of integrity established by the National Park Service. Agenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 2 PUBLIC OUTREACH A public hearing on this item was held at the November 20, 2019, meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location map (PDF) 2. Application (PDF) 3. Staff Report (PDF) 4. Photos (PDF) 5. Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 5 (PDF) N Whitcomb St N Sherwood St Laporte Ave © 516 Laporte Ave. 1 inch = 112 feet Site ATTACHMENT 1 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION Address: 516 Laporte Ave. Legal Description: Commencing 50 feet south of south-east corner of lot 10, block 62, Fort Collins, west 40 feet, north 165 feet, east 40 feet, and south 165 feet Property Name (historic and/or common): Frank J. Ulrich Property OWNER INFORMATION Name: Dale K. Eggleston Company/Organization (if applicable): 516 Laporte LLC Phone: (970) 566-5566 Email: jdmegg@aol.com Mailing Address: 1201 Parkwood Dr., Fort Collins, CO 80525 CLASSIFICATION Category Ownership Status Present Use Existing Designation Building Public Occupied Commercial Nat’l Register Structure Private Unoccupied Educational State Register Site Religious Object Residential District Entertainment Government Other FORM PREPARED BY Name and Title: Reyana Jones, Historic Preservation Specialist Address: 281 N. College Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80524 Phone: (970) 221-6206 Email: preservation@fcgov.com DATE: September 13, 2019 ATTACHMENT 2 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 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 1924 house, 1923 garage, and non-historic dog house (parcel no. 9711129016). 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. 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. 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. The Frank J. Ulrich Property is significant under Standard 3, Design/Construction, as an excellent example of a Craftsman Bungalow. Built in 1924, this single-story dwelling exhibits Craftsman architecture’s characteristic large front porch and exposed rafter ends, the latter feature repeated on the detached garage. Many of the sash windows have multi-light upper portions, another Craftsman detail. Craftsman buildings also tend to use natural materials, as reflected in the porch’s prominent knee wall made of uncut stone. This porch was remodeled in 1944, a historic alteration to the house; its broad, flat roof and rock knee wall and piers make the home a distinct variation of the Craftsman Bungalow along Laporte Avenue. Packet Pg. 21 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Standard 4: Information Potential This property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. 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 and garage on the Frank J. Ulrich Property have not been moved. Standard 2: Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan space, structure and style of a resource. The design of the Frank J. Ulrich house, constructed in late 1924, has not changed since 1968, based on a tax assessor sketch. It also still matches the dimensions listed on the 1924 building permit, 24X34 feet. Although the original porch was remodeled in 1944, it does not detract from the house’s integrity because its distinct design represents a historic alteration executed by the home’s first owner, Frank Ulrich. The house still features exposed rafter ends, and many of the sash windows still have multi-light upper portions, indicative of the Craftsman design. The 1923 garage also has Craftsman details, like its exposed rafter ends, shingled gables, and multi-light windows. It has two additions that were likely constructed in 1924 and 1927 for Frank Ulrich, according to building permits for a “back porch” and “garage repairs,” respectively. These additions are visible in the 1968 tax assessor photo and sketch. The 1968 photo also shows a small door hood over the east door of the garage that is no longer there.1 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. This property retains its residential setting on Laporte Avenue. It is also still open onto the alley to its east rather than being obscured by a fence. There are also still mature trees to the west of the house, as pictured in the 1968 tax assessor photo. Standard 4: Materials are the physical elements that form a resource. The house and garage retain integrity of materials overall. The house’s wood siding appears to be original and is consistent across the building. Most of the windows on the house appear to be historic, excluding the lower portion of one window on the north 1 Building Permit no. 532, July 29, 1924, Building Permits, Fort Collins History Connection: An Online Collaboration between FCMoD and PRPLD, https://fchc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/bp/id/3969. The permit book containing this record is missing from the City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services; Building Permit no. 1864, November 1, 1927, Permit Books, City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services, Community Development Building, Fort Collins, CO; 1968 Tax Assessor Card: 516 Laporte Ave., Tax Assessor Card Collection, Local History Archive at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, Fort Collins, CO. Packet Pg. 22 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 elevation, an egress window on the east elevation, and possibly basement windows on the west elevation that have been obscured by plastic awnings. Additionally, on the west elevation, the right window of the paired center windows appears to have had its glass partially replaced, but the window itself is intact. The front and side doors of the house are modern doors. The roof now has impact-resistant asphalt shingles; the original roofing material is just noted as “shingles” on the building permit for the house. The garage‘s dropboard siding appears to be original. The windows also appear original, but the glass of some of the windows on the east side appears to have been replaced, based on the inconsistency of the number of panes in like windows. There appears to be an opening for a door and small window on the rear elevation, but these have been boarded up. 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. Several details on this house and garage evoke the workmanship of the builder. For example, the house and garage both features architectural elements of exposed rafter ends and square, ribbon coursed shingles in their gable ends. The house also has an unusual front porch with a knee wall of uncut stone and square columns. 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. This house evokes the feeling of a Craftsman Bungalow from the early to mid-twentieth century through its retention of design, materials, and workmanship. Though the porch was remodeled in the 1940s, its prominence is suggestive of the porches of other Craftsman-style bungalows. This feeling is reinforced by the similarity between the garage and house’s architectural details. 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. The relative size of the house and garage speaks to the property’s association with their first owner: Frank J. Ulrich. Frank Ulrich was a well-known automobile painter in town. Interestingly, the unusually large garage was constructed before the house on the lot. The continued prominence of the garage on this property speaks to this association. Packet Pg. 23 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 HISTORICAL INFORMATION Frank J. Ulrich was born in Indiana in 1876. By his twenties, Frank lived in Wisconsin and worked as a carriage painter. 2 In Ontario, Canada, he married his wife, Maude (Minnie) Taylor.3 By 1910, Frank and Maude lived in Salt Lake City, Utah with their daughters, Nina and Thelma, where Frank continued his work as a carriage painter. Their son, Frank Taylor Ulrich, was born in 1914.4 The family moved to Fort Collins by 1919 and lived on Mason Street, where Frank Sr. transitioned professionally to automobile painting, advertising regularly in the Fort Collins Courier.5 In 1923, he was also in charge of painting the Fort Collins streetcars, which were purchased by the City in 1919.6 As Frank Ulrich transitioned from carriages to cars in his professional work, the automobile era similarly rolled into Fort Collins by the 1920s. Fort Collins began paving College Avenue in the late 1910s to make travel by car easier.7 Automobile infrastructure, like gas stations, garages, and car dealerships, popped up around town, as did professional opportunities related to the auto industry, like the work Ulrich did in car painting. As more people purchased cars, garages began to replace carriage houses in new residential areas, like in the 1920 Westlawn Subdivision, but also in the older parts of town, including the area where 516 Laporte Ave. would be located. On June 1, 1923, Ulrich purchased lot 10, block 62 of the original Fort Collins plat from Levi Cunningham, who ran a business as a concrete contractor.8 Ulrich worked with Cunningham to build a sizable garage on the same lot several months later. The frame garage was 20x20 feet with a concrete foundation, wood floors, drop siding, and a shingled roof.9 Ulrich took out another building permit to construct another garage at 516 Laporte Ave. in early 1924; this structure appears toward the rear of the lot on the 1925 Sanborn Map,10 and it was demolished at an unknown date. In July 1924, a building permit shows that Ulrich intended to build a “back porch” on a structure at 516 Laporte Ave.; because the house did not exist on the lot by that time, it is possible that this permit referred to the rear addition to the garage, but it cannot be 2 “1900 United States Federal Census,” Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, http://www.search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=734549<br/>48&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt. 3 “Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928,” Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. 4 “1920 United States Federal Census,” Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, http://www. search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=625804<br/>74&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt. 5 No Title. Fort Collins Courier, July 2, 1919. 6 “City Street Cars Are Being Painted,” Fort Collins Courier, August 17, 1923. 7 “Fort Collins History and Architecture: Post-World War I Urban Growth, 1919-1941,” Fort Collins History Connection: An Online Collaboration between FCMoD and PRPLD, https://history.fcgov.com/contexts/post.php. 8 Warranty Deed, Levi Cunningham to F.J. Ulrich, June 1, 1923, Book 462, Page 154, Title Books, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, Fort Collins, CO.; Fort Collins, Loveland and Larimer County Directory: 1922 (Omaha: R.L. Polk, 1922) in City Directory Collection, Local History Archive at the Museum of Discovery, Fort Collins, CO. 9 Building Permit no. 165, September 6, 1923, Permit Books, City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services, Community Development Building, Fort Collins, CO. 10 1925 Sanborn Map, Fort Collins, CO, ProQuest, http://0- sanborn.umi.com.catalog.poudrelibraries.org/co/0996/dateid-000009.htm?CCSI=1820n. Packet Pg. 24 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 certain.11 Another permit for “garage repairs,” applied for by O.E. Long for Ulrich, was issued in 1927; there are no other details listed on the document.12 Toward the end of 1924, Ulrich constructed the 24x34 foot frame bungalow on the property for $3000.13 He and his family lived at 516 Laporte Ave. into the 1940s. Ulrich continued to run his successful auto painting business, and he held the position of Deputy Sheriff for the County in the 1930s.14 In July 1944, Ulrich remodeled his house’s front porch using uncut stone, the appearance it retains today.15 Frank Ulrich’s house is a Craftsman Bungalow. The Craftsman style evolved from late nineteenth- century Britain’s Arts and Crafts Movement. The Arts and Crafts Movement emerged during the Second Industrial Revolution as a reaction to mass-production; it favored the hand-crafted works of artisans. In America, around the turn of the century, Gustav Stickley championed this movement, selling blueprints for “Craftsman” homes. Stickley was exposed to “bungalow” designs when he traveled to Bengal, India, and this building form influenced many of his and other architects’ designs; the bungalow is “the most common expression of Craftsman style architecture.”16 In contrast to ornamented Victorian houses of the same era, Craftsman designs focus on simplicity and functionality. In 1945, the Ulrichs sold their property to Grant C. Miller and his wife, Effie. M. Burgess.17 Grant worked as a sanitary inspector for the City and in Poudre Canyon many years, specializing in water sanitation, according to the 1930 census.18 Effie and Grant did not live in the house at 516 Laporte Ave., according to City Directories, but their daughter, Harriet, did. Harriet Miller married Rodney Southwick in 1926.19 She and Rodney lived in Wyoming for several years, but Harriet moved back to Fort Collins in the late 1940s, and she worked as a bookkeeper at Colorado A&M.20 Harriet transferred the property back to parents in 1949.21 She passed away in 1952.22 11 Building Permit no. 532, July 29, 1924, Building Permits, Fort Collins History Connection: An Online Collaboration between FCMoD and PRPLD, https://fchc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/bp/id/3969. The permit book containing this record is missing from the City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services. 12 Building Permit no. 1864, November 1, 1927, Permit Books, City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services, Community Development Building, Fort Collins, CO. 13 Building Permit no. 752, November 28, 1924, Permit Books, City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services, Community Development Building, Fort Collins, CO. 14 “City and County Peace Officers,” Photograph, Image ID#H06503, Fort Collins History Connection: An Online Collaboration between FCMoD and PRPLD, https://fchc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ph/id/14621/rec/2. 15 Building Permit no. 7856, July 1, 1944, Permit Books, City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services, Community Development Building, Fort Collins, CO. 16 “Bungalow,” History Colorado, https://www.historycolorado.org/bungalow. 17 Warranty Deed, F.J. Ulrich to Grant Miller, et al., August 28, 1945, Book 793, Page 393, Title Books, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, Fort Collins, CO. 18 “1930 United States Federal Census,” Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6224&h=113266409&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ofc755&_phstart=successSource. 19Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61366&h=383461&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ofc767&_phstart=successSource. 20 R.L. Polk Directory Company, Polk’s Fort Collins City Directory: 1948 (Omaha: R.L. Polk and Co., Inc., 1948) in City Directories Collection, Local History Archive at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, Fort Collins, CO. Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 The Millers rented the property at 516 Laporte Ave. until they sold it in 1961. Their tenants, among others, included: Rex Leslie McCaulley, a press operator at Don-Art Corporation, and his wife, Barbara; Henry J. Meyer, a grain operator for the Great Western Sugar Company, and his wife, Millie Feit; Marvin S. Hoflund, owner of Marv Hoflund Service Station, and his wife, Marjorie; and Robert R. Lechleitner, a teacher at Colorado State University, and his wife, Frances. The Millers sold to Valesca L. Saunders in 1961.23 Less than one year later, Valesca sold to Robert Tingey, who resided in the residence with his wife, Nellie, until his death in 1969.24 The Poudre Valley National Bank of Fort Collins served as executor in the sale of Tingey’s property after his death, and Dean W. and Georgia Ackerman purchased the property for $9,000.25 Less than six months later, the Ackermans sold to Richard R. and Betty L. Patrick for $13,350.26 Richard worked as a mechanic, and Betty worked as a licensed nurse.27 The Patricks lived in the house at 516 Laporte Ave. until they sold the property to Robert W. and Frances M. Richburg in 1972.28 The Richburgs rented the property until they sold it in 1974 to Glenn O. and Agnes Marjorie Eggleston, who also used it as a rental, the use that persists to today.29 Agnes Marjorie passed away in 1989, and Glenn passed away in 1990.30 In September 1999, Dale K. Eggleston acquired the property through personal representative deeds and, through a bargain and sale deed, transferred the property to himself and Mary F. Eggleston, trustees of the Dale K. Eggleston Trust.31 In 2007, the Dale K. Eggleston Trust granted the Mary F. Eggleston Trust a 50% interest in 21 Warranty Deed, Harriet L. Southwick to Grant Miller, et al., April 16, 1949, Book 872, Page 55, Title Books, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, Fort Collins, CO. 22 Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60525&h=6847999&ssrc=pt&tid=2818208&pid=262060750291. 23 Warranty Deed, Grant and Effie M. Miller to Valesca L. Saunders, May 15, 1961, Book 1141, Page 272, Title Books, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, Fort Collins, CO. 24 Warranty Deed, Valesca L. Saunders to Robert S. Tingey, January 29, 1962, Book 1163, Page 387, Title Books, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, Fort Collins, CO; City Directories Collection: 1962-1969, Local History Archive at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, Fort Collins, CO. 25 Executor Deed, Estate of Robert S. Tingey to Dean W. and Georgia Ackerman, January 05, 1970, Book 1424, Page 792, Title Books, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, Fort Collins, CO. 26 Warranty Deed, Dean W. and Georgia Ackerman to Richard R. and Betty L. Patrick, June 08, 1970, Book 1434, Page 394, Title Books, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, Fort Collins, CO. 27 Johnson’s: 1971, Fort Collins, Colorado City Directory (Loveland: Johnson Publishing Co., 1971) in City Directories Collection, Local History Archive at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, Fort Collins, CO. 28 Warranty Deed, Richard R. Patrick to Robert W. and Frances M. Richburg, August 12, 1972, Book 1516, Page 854, Title Books, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, Fort Collins, CO. 29 Warranty Deed, Robert W. and Frances M. Richburg to Glenn O. and Agnes Marjorie Eggleston, May 08, 1974, Book 1600, Page 705, Title Books, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, Fort Collins, CO. 30 Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. 31 Personal Representative Deed, Estate of Agnes Marjorie Eggleston to Dale K. Eggleston, September 30, 1999, Instrument # 20000001388, Larimer County Records Search, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder; Personal Representative Deed, Estate of Glenn O. Eggleston to Dale K. Eggleston, September 30, 1999, Instrument # 20000001389, Larimer County Official Records Search, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder; Bargain and Sale Deed, Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 the property.32 Shortly after, both the Dale K. Eggleston Trust and Mary F. Eggleston Trust transferred the property to 516 Laporte, LLC, the current title holder.33 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: 1923 (garage); 1924 (house) Architect/Builder: Levi Cunningham (garage); Unknown (house) Building Materials: Frame, concrete Architectural Style: Craftsman Bungalow Description: The Frank J. Ulrich House, a single-story, front-gabled Craftsman Bungalow, faces south on Laporte Avenue. Wood novelty siding clads this residence, which rests on a concrete foundation, and asphalt shingles sheathe its roof. The house has wide overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends. The footprint is nearly rectangular. The 24x26 foot forward portion of the house has a basement; the smaller rear portion consists of a 12x8 foot section to the west and a 10X8 foot enclosed porch to the east. The property’s garage sits just north of the house, slightly offset to the east. A wood fence encircles part of the back yard, including the rear portion of the garage. An alley runs along the east side of the property. The house’s façade (south elevation) features Craftsman details. The prominent porch, remodeled in 1944,34 uses uncut stones in its knee wall and stair. The porch surfaces are parged with concrete. Square columns sit atop the stone knee wall to support a nearly flat roof with exposed rafter ends. The gable end is visible just above the porch’s roof; it has a gable vent and decorative, ribbon-coursed square shingles. Paired nine-over-one, wood sash windows flank either side of the centered, non-historic front door. The east elevation has paired nine-over-one, wood sash windows, like those on the porch, toward its south side. Just beneath these paired windows is a casement egress window, installed in 2010. North of the paired windows is a one-over-one, wood sash window. Beneath that window is a three-light, wood basement window. On the north side of this elevation, the enclosed porch is slightly set back. The roof is discontinuous between the main portion of the house and the enclosed porch on this elevation; the roof over the enclosed porch extends from the ridge at a steeper angle than the rest of the roof, its south edge tucked beneath the eaves of this elevation’s south portion. The enclosed porch has a non-historic door with a gabled door hood 32 Special Warranty Deed, Dale K. Eggleston Trust to Mary F. Eggleston Trust, May 30, 2007, Instrument # 20070040604, Larimer County Official Records Search, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. 33 Special Warranty Deed, Dale K. Eggleston Trust to 516 Laporte LLC, June 20, 2007, Instrument # 20070047899, Larimer County Official Records Search, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder; Special Warranty Deed, Mary F. Eggleston Trust to 516 Laporte LLC, June 20, 2007, Instrument # 20070047900, Larimer County Official Records Search, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. 34 Building Permit no. 7856, July 1, 1944, Permit Books, City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services, Community Development Building, Fort Collins, CO. Packet Pg. 27 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 supported by robust wood brackets. There is a six-light window just above the door, and a six- over-six, wood sash window abutting this window to the left. The north elevation of the house has a gable vent and three windows. To the east, on the enclosed porch, are paired three-over-one wood windows; the lower portion of the right window was removed and replaced from the inside with what appears to be a metal storm with two sections. There is also a nine-light wood window to the west. The west elevation has three pairs of nine-light wood windows like the one on the north elevation. The right window in the center pair appears to have had some of its glass replaced, having three lights on the left and one larger light to the right rather than nine lights in a square. There are also two basement windows on this elevation, but they are obscured by coverings made of wood and corrugated plastic. The garage has wood dropboard siding, a concrete foundation, and its roof has asphalt shingles. Its roof has wide overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends. The garage consists of an original, front-gabled 20x20 foot portion, a rear, a hipped-roofed addition, and a shed-roofed attachment to that addition. The south elevation of the garage features a non-historic overhead garage door. To its right is another door made of wood. Although this wooden door is old, it is not the original door according to tax assessor photos. The gable end is decorated with ribbon-coursed square shingles like the front gable of the house. The garage’s east elevation likely once had tripled four-light, wood windows on the main portion of the building, but some of the glass has been replaced. The left window retains its four lights, the center window has just one large light, and the right widow has one light on its left side and two on its right. The north side of this elevation features a shed-roofed addition that projects east from the main building and also to the north. It appears that this shed-roofed portion was constructed in two phases, based on differences in roofing and siding interruption. Frank Ulrich took out a building permit in 1927 for “garage repairs,”35 but it is unknown whether that included the construction of this shed-roofed section. The south shed roof has overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends, whereas the north portion does not. A stovepipe pokes out of the south shed roof as well. The north portion has a pair of single-light, square windows. The garage’s north elevation consists of a hipped roof addition, likely constructed in 1924 based on building permits and the 1925 Sanborn Map,36 and the north side of the shed addition. The hipped roof addition has overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends. There is a six-light, wood window in its center. To the left of this window, there appears to be a small boarded-over window and boarded-over door opening. To the left of these elements is a four-light wood window, and the shed-roofed addition is just to its left. 35 Building Permit no. 1864, November 1, 1927, Permit Books, City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services, Community Development Building, Fort Collins, CO. 36 Building Permit no. 532, July 29, 1924, Permit Books, City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services, Community Development Building, Fort Collins, CO; 1925 Sanborn Map. Packet Pg. 28 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 The garage’s west elevation includes tripled four-light, wood windows on the building’s main portion as well as the west side of the hipped-roofed addition. There is a pair of four-light, wood windows on the addition. In addition to the historic garage, there is a non-historic dog house on the property. It is made of wood and has a gabled roof with asphalt shingles and overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends. The wood inside is stamped with the year 1998. Packet Pg. 29 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION Building Permit Book Collection. City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation Services. Community Development Building. Fort Collins, CO. Building Permit Collection. Fort Collins History Connection: An Online Collaboration between FCMoD and PRPLD. https://history.fcgov.com/collections/building-permits. City Directory Collection. Local History Archive at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. Fort Collins, CO. “City and County Peace Officers.” Photograph. Image ID#H06503. Fort Collins History Connection: An Online Collaboration between FCMoD and PRPLD. https://fchc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ph/id/14621/rec/2. Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006. Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61366&h=383461&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ofc767&_phstart= successSource. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/findagraveus/. Fort Collins Courier Database. Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Colorado State Library. https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=cl&cl=CL1&e=-------en-20--1--img- txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0--&sp=FCC “Fort Collins History and Architecture: Post-World War I Urban Growth, 1919-1941.” Fort Collins History Connection: An Online Collaboration between FCMoD and PRPLD. https://history.fcgov.com/contexts/post.php. Landmark Web Official Records Search. Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. https://records.larimer.org/LandmarkWeb/Home/Index. “Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928.” Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. http://www. search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontariomarr1858- 1899_<br/>ga&h=1837547&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt. Sanborn Maps Collection: Fort Collins. Proquest. http://0- sanborn.umi.com.catalog.poudrelibraries.org/co/0996/dateid-000009.htm?CCSI=1820n. Tax Assessor Card Collection. Local History Archive at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. Fort Collins, CO. Title Books Collection. Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. Fort Collins, CO. United States Census Collection. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/35/. Packet Pg. 30 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 MAPS and PHOTOGRAPHS37 37 All photos taken by Reyana Jones, 2019. Map 1: 1925 Sanborn Map. The Frank J. Ulrich Property is outlined in blue. Packet Pg. 31 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Map 2: Location Map Packet Pg. 32 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Map 3: Satellite View Packet Pg. 33 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 1: Façade (South Elevation) Photo 2: Façade (South Elevation)- Gable Packet Pg. 34 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 3: Façade (South Elevation) – Front Door Photo 4: Façade (South Elevation) – East Windows Packet Pg. 35 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 5: Façade (South Elevation) – Porch details Photo 6: West Elevation and South Elevation Packet Pg. 36 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 7: West Elevation – South windows Photo 8: West Elevation – Center windows; muntins different on right window Packet Pg. 37 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 9: West Elevation – South covered basement window Photo 10: North Elevation and East Elevation Packet Pg. 38 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 11: North Elevation – East windows Photo 12: North Elevation – Close-up of replaced window Packet Pg. 39 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 13: West Elevation – West window Photo 14: East Elevation and South Elevation Packet Pg. 40 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 15: West Elevation – Egress window (south side) Photo 16: West Elevation – 1/1 sash window Packet Pg. 41 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 17: West Elevation – North basement window Photo 18: West Elevation – Enclosed Porch Entry Packet Pg. 42 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 19: Garage – South elevation Photo 20: Garage – South elevation door Packet Pg. 43 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 21: Garage- East elevation and south elevation Photo 22: Garage- East elevation tripled windows Packet Pg. 44 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 23: Garage- East elevation windows on shed-roofed portion Photo 24: Garage- North elevation Packet Pg. 45 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 25: Garage- North elevation east window Photo 26: Garage- North elevation west window Packet Pg. 46 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 27: Garage- North elevation boarded openings Packet Pg. 47 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 28: Garage- West elevation and south elevation Photo 29: Garage- West elevation windows Packet Pg. 48 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Photo 30: Dog house Photo 31: 1968 Tax Assessor Photo Packet Pg. 49 STAFF REPORT December 17, 2019 City Council PROJECT NAME FRANK J. ULRICH PROPERTY, 516 LAPORTE AVE - APPLICATION FOR FORT COLLINS LANDMARK DESIGNATION STAFF Reyana Jones, Historic Preservation Specialist Karen McWilliams, Historic Preservation Manager PROJECT INFORMATION APPLICANT: Dale Eggleston, Owner PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This item is to consider the request for a recommendation to City Council for landmark designation of the Frank J. Ulrich Property. COMMISSION’S ROLE AND ACTION: One of the Commission’s responsibilities is to provide a recommendation to City Council on applications for the designation of a property as a Fort Collins Landmark. Chapter 14 of the Municipal Code provides the standards and process for designation. At the hearing, the Commission shall determine whether the following two (2) criteria are satisfied: (1) the proposed resource is eligible for designation; and (2) the requested designation will advance the policies and the purposes in a manner and extent sufficient to justify the requested designation. Following its review, and once the Commission feels it has the information it needs, the Commission should adopt a motion providing its recommendation on the property’s Landmark eligibility to City Council. RECOMMENDATION: Staff has determined that the Frank J. Ulrich Property is eligible for Fort Collins Landmark designation, having significance under Standard 3, Design/Construction and retaining all seven Aspects of Integrity. Staff recommends that the Landmark Preservation Commission approval a motion to Council recommending landmark designation. STAFF EVALUATION OF REVIEW CRITERIA STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE and EXTERIOR INTEGRITY Staff has determined that the Frank J. Ulrich Property is eligible under Standard 3, Design/Construction. Standards of 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: ATTACHMENT 3 Standard 1: Events The resource is associated with events that have made a recognizable contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the community, State or Nation. A resource can be associated with either or both of two (2) types of events: * A specific event marking an important moment in Fort Collins prehistory or history; and/or * A pattern of events or a historic trend that made a recognizable contribution to the development of the community, State or Nation. N/A Standard 2: Persons/ Groups The resource 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. N/A Standard 3: Design/ Construction The resource 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 resources. The resource may be significant not only for the way it was originally constructed or crafted, but also for the way it was adapted at a later period, or for the way it illustrates changing tastes, attitudes, and/or uses over time. This property includes an excellent example of a Craftsman Bungalow. The 1924 house features characteristic Craftsman architectural details such as exposed rafter ends, windows with multi-light upper portions, and a prominent front porch made of a natural material- uncut stone. The large detached garage picks up some design elements from the house as well, notably the exposed rafter ends. YES Standard 4: Information potential The resource has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. N/A Standards of Integrity 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 established by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service: 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 16TLocation is the place where the resource was constructed or the place where the 16Thistoric or prehistoric event occurred. The house and garage have not been moved. YES Standard 2: 16TDesign 16TDesign is the 16Tcombination of elements that create the form, plan space, structure and style of a resource. The design of the Frank J. Ulrich house, constructed in late 1924, has not changed since 1968, based on a tax assessor sketch. Although the original porch was remodeled in 1944, it does not detract from the house’s integrity because its distinct design is compatible with Craftsman style, and it is historic in its own right, executed by the home’s first owner, Frank Ulrich. The house still features exposed rafter ends, and many of the sash windows still have multi-light upper portions, indicative of the Craftsman design. The 1923 garage also retains its character-defining Craftsman details, like its exposed rafter ends, shingled gables, and multi-light windows. It has two additions that were likely constructed in 1924 and 1927 for Frank Ulrich, according to building permits for a “back porch” and “garage repairs,” respectively. These additions are visible in the 1968 tax assessor photo and sketch. YES Standard 3: Setting 16TSetting is the physical environment of a resource. Setting refers to 16Tthe character of the place; it involves how, not just where, the resource is situated and its relationship to the surrounding features and open space. This property retains its residential setting on Laporte Avenue. It remains open onto the alley to its east rather than being obscured by a fence. There are mature trees to the west of the house, as pictured in the 1968 tax assessor photo. YES Standard 4: Materials 16TMaterials are the physical elements that form a resource. The house and garage retain integrity of materials overall. The house’s character-defining materials, wood siding and windows, are mostly intact. The wood siding appears to be original and is consistent across the building. Most of the windows on the house appear to be historic, excluding the lower portion of one window on the north elevation, an egress window on the east elevation, and possibly basement windows on the west elevation that have been obscured by plastic awnings. The front and side doors of the house are modern doors. The garage‘s dropboard siding appears to be original. The windows also appear original, although the glass of some of the east windows appears to have been replaced, altering the number of lights. There appears to be an opening for a door and small window on the rear elevation, but these have been boarded up. YES Standard 5: Workmanship 16TWorkmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts 16Tof 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. 41TSeveral details on this house and garage evoke the workmanship of the builder. For example, the house and garage both features architectural elements of exposed rafter ends and square, ribbon coursed shingles in their gable ends. The house also has an unusual front porch with a knee wall of uncut stone and square columns. YES Standard 6: Feeling Feeling is a resource’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period or time. It results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the resource's historic or prehistoric character. 41TThis house evokes the feeling of a Craftsman Bungalow from the early to mid-twentieth century through its retention of design, materials, and workmanship. Though the porch was remodeled in the 1940s, its prominence is suggestive of the porches of other Craftsman-style bungalows. This feeling is reinforced by the similarity between the garage and house’s architectural details. 41TThis property also promotes the feeling of its neighborhood along Laporte Avenue. Many of the houses in the area, like the one on the Frank J. Ulrich Property, are single-story, modest bungalows. The Frank J. Ulrich Property is representative of the kind of homes in this neighborhood. YES Standard 7: Association 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. The relative size of the house and garage speaks to the property’s association with their first owner: Frank J. Ulrich. Frank Ulrich was a well-known automobile painter in town. Interestingly, the unusually large garage was constructed before the house on the lot. The continued prominence of the garage on this property speaks to this association. YES ALIGNMENT WITH CITY CODE AND PURPOSE Policy (a) It is hereby declared as a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of sites, structures, objects and districts of historical, 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. The designation of the Frank J. Ulrich Property promotes the policies adopted by Council specifically by protecting, enhancing and perpetuating significant resources in the City through the protection, recognition and incentives offered landmarked resources. YES Policy (b) It is the opinion of the City Council that the economic, cultural and aesthetic standing of this City cannot be maintained or enhanced by disregarding the historical, architectural, archeological, and geographical heritage of the City and by ignoring the destruction or defacement of such cultural assets. Designation of the Frank J. Ulrich Property will promote the City’s economic standing directly, through property, use and sales taxes and revenue; and indirectly through the promotion of heritage tourism. The City’s cultural standing is promoted by residents and visitors better understanding our history and the people who shaped it. The City’s aesthetics are promoted through the protection and recognition of a distinct architectural variation of the Craftsman Bungalow and a complementary, prominent garage. YES Purpose (a): Survey, identify, designated, preserve, protect, enhance and perpetuate those sites, structures, objects and districts which reflect important elements of the city’s cultural, artistic, social, political, architectural, archeological, or other heritage; Designation of the Frank J. Ulrich Property meets Purpose (a) by designating, preserving, protecting, enhancing and perpetuating the important historic resources on this property. YES Purpose (b): Foster civic pride in the beauty and accomplishments of the past; This request meets Purpose (b) by fostering civic pride in the beauty and accomplishments of the past. YES Purpose (c): Stabilize or improve aesthetic and economic vitality and values of such sites, structures, objects and districts; This request meets Purpose (c) by improving aesthetic and economic vitality and values through stabilizing and restoring and rehabilitating the property, which in turn stabilizes the neighborhood and promotes the neighborhood’s history and character. YES Purpose (d): Protect and enhance the City's attraction to tourists and visitors; This request meets Purpose (d) by protecting and enhancing the City's attraction to tourists and visitors by promoting the history and the character of the neighborhood. YES Purpose (e): Promote the use of important historical, archeological, or architectural sites, structures, objects and districts for the education, stimulation and welfare of the people of the City; This request meets Purpose (e) by promoting the use of important architectural resources for the education, stimulation and welfare of the people of the City. YES Purpose (f): Promote good urban design; This request meets Purpose (f) by promoting good urban design through the retention of neighborhood character and for the resources’ unusual and interesting Craftsman architecture and design. Interestingly, the large garage was constructed before the house using Craftsman elements like exposed rafter ends and decorative shingles in the gable ends, and those design elements were replicated on the house. YES Purpose (g): Promote and encourage continued private ownership and utilization of such sites, structures, objects or districts now so owned and used, to the extent that the objectives listed above can be attained under such a policy; This meets Purpose (g) by continuing the private ownership and utilization of these resources. YES Purpose (h): Promote economic, social and environmental sustainability through the ongoing survey and inventory, use, maintenance, and rehabilitation of existing buildings. This meets Purpose (h) by promoting economic sustainability through the taxes and revenue generated and the use of financial incentive programs; environmental sustainability through the continued use of the resource, preserving embodied energy and existing materials; and social sustainability through peoples’ ability to tangibly experience history and architecture. YES FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDATION FINDINGS OF FACT: In evaluating the request for a recommendation to City Council regarding landmark designation for the Maneval/Mason/Sauer Property, staff makes the following findings of fact: 1. That all owners of the Frank J. Ulrich Property have consented in writing to this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation of the property; 2. That the Frank J. Ulrich Property has significance to Fort Collins under Significance Standard 3, Design/Construction, as supported by the analysis provided in this staff report; 3. That the Frank J. Ulrich Property has integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association to convey its significance as supported by the analysis provided in this staff report; 4. That the designation will advance the policies and purposes stated in the code in a manner and extent sufficient to justify the requested designation, as supported by the analysis provided in this staff report. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Commission adopt a motion to Council recommending the landmark designation of the Frank J. Ulrich Property. SAMPLE MOTIONS SAMPLE MOTION FOR APPROVAL: I move that the Landmark Preservation Commission recommend that City Council adopt an ordinance to designate the Frank J. Ulrich Property, 516 Laporte Ave., as a Fort Collins Landmark, finding that this property is eligible for its significance to Fort Collins under Standard 3, Design/Construction, as supported by the analysis provided in the staff report dated November 20, 2019, and that the property clearly conveys this significance through all seven aspects of integrity; and finding also that the designation of this property will promote the policies and purposes of the City as specified in Chapter 14 of the Municipal Code. SAMPLE MOTION FOR DENIAL: I move that the Landmark Preservation Commission recommend that City Council does not adopt an ordinance to designate the Frank J. Ulrich Property, 516 Laporte Ave., as a Fort Collins Landmark, finding that this property is not eligible because of a lack of significance or the failure of the property to convey its significance through its integrity, and/or finding that the designation of this property will not promote the policies and purposes of the City as specified in Chapter 14 of the Municipal Code. ATTACHMENTS 1. Staff Report 2. Location Map 3. Landmark Designation Application 4. Owner Consent Signature Page 5. Photos/Presentation 6. LPC Resolution 1 Application for Fort Collins Landmark Designation – 516 Laporte Ave./Frank J. Ulrich Property Yani Jones, Historic Preservation Specialist City Council – December 17, 2019 Maps 2 Street Map Aerial View ATTACHMENT 4 • Construction: • 1923 (garage); 1924 (house) • Standard 3: Design/Construction: • Craftsman Bungalow • Exterior Integrity: • Location, Design, Setting, Materials, Workmanship, Feeling, and Association 3 516 Laporte Ave. – Frank J. Ulrich Property Façade, South Elevation 4 1968 516 Laporte Ave. – Frank J. Ulrich Property Historic Garage 5 516 Laporte Ave. – Frank J. Ulrich Property ATTACHMENT 5 -1- ORDINANCE NO. 149, 2019 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE FRANK J. ULRICH PROPERTY, 516 LAPORTE 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 November 20, 2019, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) determined that the Frank J. Ulrich Property at 516 Laporte 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 its significance to Fort Collins under Landmark standard of significance 3 (Design/Construction), contained in City Code Section 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, 516 Laporte, LLC, of which Dale Eggleston is a member, 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; and WHEREAS, designation of the Property as a landmark is necessary for the prosperity, civic pride, and welfare of the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That the Property located in the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, described as follows, to wit: -2- COMMENCING 50 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF LOT 10, BLOCK 62, FORT COLLINS, WEST 40 FEET, NORTH 165 FEET, EAST 40 FEET, AND SOUTH 165 FEET, ALSO KNOWN BY STREET AND NUMBER AS 516 LAPORTE AVENUE, CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COUNTY OF LARIMER, STATE OF COLORADO be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with City Code Chapter 14. Section 3. That alterations, additions and other changes to the buildings and structures located upon the Property will be reviewed for compliance with City Code Chapter 14, Article IV, as currently enacted or hereafter amended. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 17th day of December, A.D. 2019, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of January, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 7th day of January, A.D. 2020. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Dale K. Eggleston to Dale K. Eggleston and Mary F. Eggleston, Trustees of the Dale K. Eggleston Trust, September 30, 1999, Instrument # 20000001390, Larimer County Official Records Search, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. Packet Pg. 26 Packet Pg. 25