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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/21/2020 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2020, DESIGNATAgenda Item 8 Item # 8 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. 091, 2020, Designating the Benton-Schultz Duplex Property, 1016-1018 Morgan Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This item is a quasi-judicial matter and if it is considered on the discussion agenda, it will be considered in accordance with 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 Benton-Schultz Duplex located at 1016-1018 Morgan Street 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 property at 1016-1018 Morgan Street is eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark under Standard 3 Design/Construction as a rare example of a Ranch-style duplex in Fort Collins constructed by Fort Collins builder Harvey Schultz. Built adjacent to the University Acres subdivision, platted between 1958 and 1964, the building is one in a collection of low-slung apartment buildings and duplexes constructed in the late 1960s, designed to blend with the surrounding, Ranch-style, single-family development of the subdivision. University Acres itself banned any uses other than single-family dwellings upon its original platting between 1958 and 1964. However, as Fort Collins and Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Colorado State University) grew during this period, so did its need for housing for temporary employees, working class households, and students. Housing was typically provided by converting existing single-family homes for use as multi-family dwellings, or the construction of new apartment buildings. The property at 1016-1018 Morgan Street is a unique example of a duplex built to meet those needs while blending with its single-family development context. The property is a rare architectural piece, combining both Ranch and Contemporary stylistic features more common in single-family homes, as well as unique features, including an inset, central entranceway between the two residential units, and the overall Contemporary styling of the low-slung roof. The property retains strong integrity with the only significant modification of the finished basement level in 1980 to transition the property to a triplex. Agenda Item 8 Item # 8 Page 2 CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS Recognition of this property as a Fort Collins Landmark enables its owners to qualify for local financial incentive programs available only to Landmark designated properties. Based upon research conducted by Clarion Associates, the property will likely see an increase in value following designation. Clarion Associates attributed this increase to the fact that current and future owners qualify for financial incentives, the appeal of owning a recognized historic landmark and the assurance of predictability that design review offers. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its June 17, 2020, meeting, the Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) unanimously adopted a resolution to recommend Council designate the Benton-Schultz Duplex 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. 5 (PDF) 4. Photos (PDF) MORGAN ST GARFIELD ST E ELIZABETH ST GREEN ST ROBERTSON ST WILLIAMS ST 1016-1018 Morgan St. Area Location Map Printed: June 03, 2020 Legend 1016-1018 Morgan St 0 7 14 21 28 Meters CITY©Scale500 OF FORT COLLINS 1:1, 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. THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS MAKES NO WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR WARRANTY FOR FITNESS OF USE FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THESE MAP PRODUCTS OR THE UNDERLYING DATA. Any user of these map products, map applications, or data, accepts them AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS, and assumes all responsibility of the use thereof, and further covenants and agrees to hold the City harmless from and against all damage, loss, or liability arising from any use of this map product, in consideration of the City's having made this information available. Independent verification of all data contained herein should be obtained by any users of these products, or underlying data. The City disclaims, and shall not be held liable for any and all damage, loss, or liability, whether direct, indirect, or consequential, which arises or may arise from these map products or the use thereof by any person or entity. Note: "Eligible to be Designated" indicates properties that could be designated as historic individually OR as part of potential City Landmark Districts. In some cases, the eligiblity of those districts has not been formally evaluated. "Unlikely to be Designated" indicates properties that, upon field research, do not appear to have significance. However, in-depth research could overturn that field assessment in a limited number of cases. 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: 1016-1018 Morgan Street Legal Description: BEG AT PT WH BEARS N 89 38 E 839.56 FT, S 0 22 W 355.63 FT FROM NE COR OF SE 1/4 OF 13-7-69, TH S 0 22 W 60.73 FT, ALG ARC 494.24 FT RAD CUR, 14.28 FT, L/C S 1 11 36 W 14.27 FT, S 89 38 E 110.21 FT, N 0 22 E 75 FT, N 89 Property Name (historic and/or common): Benton-Schultz Duplex 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 26, 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 (9713400931) clearly delineated by an urban legal description and 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. The property at 1016/1018 Morgan Street is eligible for designation as a City of Fort Collins Landmark under Standard 3 Design/Construction as a rare example of a Contemporary and Ranch-style duplex in Fort Collins constructed by Fort Collins builder Harvey Schultz. Built adjacent to the University Acres 3 subdivision, platted between 1958 and 1964, the building is one in a collection of low-slung apartment buildings and duplexes constructed in the late 1960s on this block, designed to blend with the surrounding, Ranch-style, single-family development of the subdivision. University Acres itself banned any uses other than single-family dwellings upon its originally platting between 1958 and 1964. However, as Fort Collins and Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Colorado State University) grew during this period, so did its need for housing for temporary employees, working class households, and students. That was typically provided by converting existing single-family homes for use as multi-family dwellings, or the construction of new, Modern-style apartment buildings. The property at 1016-1018 Morgan Street is a unique example of a duplex built to meet growing housing needs while providing the design and suburban experience of tract developments that were popular for homeowners at the time. The property is a rare architectural piece, combining both Ranch and Contemporary stylistic features more common in single-family homes, as well as unique features, including an inset, central entranceway between the two residential units, and low-slung roof overall Contemporary styling. 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: 1964 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 property remains in its original location. Standard 2: Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan space, structure and style of a resource. The original design of the Contemporary/Ranch-style Duplex is intact, including the low- pitch, front-gabled roof, H-floorplan, inset and centered front and rear porches, “California”-style windows, and lapsiding above a sandstone veneer on the exterior walls. The exterior design of the property appears unchanged from its original construction. 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 property sits on the 1000-block of Morgan Street, immediately adjacent to the University Acres subdivision. The area is a transitional zone between the single-family 4 residential neighborhood and the commercial zone around Poudre Valley Hospital and the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Lemay Avenue. Surrounding buildings range from one to three stories (mostly tri-level residences or walk-up apartments). The streetscape remains intact to its c.1960 character, with wide, curvilinear streets with no markings, narrow concrete sidewalks, and generally large setbacks from the street. Standard 4: Materials are the physical elements that form a resource. The property retains strong integrity of materials, retaining historic aluminum siding, sandstone veneer siding, and simple wood trim features. Windows appear to have been replaced with vinyl units, and the metal storm doors appear modern. It is possible the main access doors for both units have been replaced as well. 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 possesses strong integrity of workmanship to the 1964 construction by Harvey Schultz, a prolific builder in the University Acres area. Typical of post-war housing construction, materials were standardized, including aluminum siding, wood framing, stone or brick veneers, and typically aluminum windows. 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 overall historic property retains strong integrity of feeling, displaying a strong collective sense of the property as a post-war duplex constructed in a transitional zone between commercial and single-family uses. While the property is now a triplex with a third basement level unit, it still evokes the sense of post-war development in Fort Collins. 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 historic property possesses strong integrity of association, being a clear and well- preserved reflection of post-war multi-family residential construction in Fort Collins, in addition to being a well-articulated example of the Contemporary/Ranch-style Duplex. It has clear integrity of association to its historic period in the mid-1960s. 5 HISTORICAL INFORMATION 1016/1018 Morgan Street is adjacent to the University Acres housing subdivision, constructed near the end of the addition’s development period. It was built in 1964 by Harvey Schultz, a prolific builder in the University Acres project and in post-World War II Fort Collins in general.0F 1 While University Acres itself was exclusively single-family residential homes, it appears that some builders and property owners collaborated to construct a series of small multi-family projects on the block bounded by Morgan Street on the west, Garfield Street on the south, Robertson Street on the east, and East Elizabeth Street on the north. These projects were small, being some office buildings, duplexes, and three apartment buildings all constructed in the mid/late-1960s as University Acres to the south was fully built out. The block remains extremely well-preserved, with most buildings being a strong reflection of mid-twentieth century modern residential or suburban office design. 1016/1018 Morgan Street is unique among this collection, as most of the other buildings on the block reflect either firmly Ranch or Neo-Mansard styling while the Benton- Schultz Duplex is a unique fusion of Contemporary and Ranch style that. While the style is common throughout University Acres’ single-family homes, it is a comparatively rare combination of stylistic features in Fort Collins, and especially in the surrounding neighborhoods. University Acres Area The University Acres neighborhood was built on the old Agronomy Farm run by the Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University) as a residential neighborhood to provide post-World War II housing for a fast-growing mid-twentieth century Fort Collins. The subdivision is generally bounded on the north by E. Elizabeth Street, on the east by S. Lemay Avenue, on the south by E. Prospect Road, and on the west by Stover Street, although several properties outside of these boundaries, such as the houses along the west side of Stover Street and the First United Methodist Church, are considered part of the subdivision. In 1957, prominent local real estate developers Mae Tiley and Bob Tiley purchased the land on which the subdivision is located from the Colorado Agricultural College, and subsequently developed the University Acres subdivision together with another prominent local real estate developer, Bob Everitt. The streets in the neighborhood are named primarily after past presidents of Colorado State University (CSU). Morgan Street in particular was named after William E. Morgan, who was the president of CSU when the neighborhood was developed. Mae Tiley was a real estate developer in mid- and late twentieth century Fort Collins. Mae was born in Nebraska about 1897, but by 1922, she lived in Loveland with her husband, Lewis, who was a grocer. Sometime between 1925 and 1930, the Tileys moved to Fort Collins, where they owned a house at 338 Elizabeth Street near what would become the University Acres subdivision. Lewis continued as a grocer, and by 1933, Mae ran Tiley’s Dress Shop. The substantial need for housing specifically for veterans in post-World War II Fort Collins encouraged the Tileys to jump into the real estate industry. Bill Tiley, born in 1927, was the youngest son of Lewis and Mae Tiley. He followed in the footsteps of his parents and became an important real estate developer in Fort Collins, first working on post-World War II housing subdivisions with his parents and Bob Everitt, eventually becoming co-developer of a number of Fort Collins properties and neighborhoods including among others South College Heights, University Acres, Thunderbird Estates, the Lemay Medical Building, the Century Mall (which included the city’s first McDonald's franchise), the Moot House restaurant, and developments surrounding Collindale and Southridge Golf Courses. 1 Anna Simpkins, Midcentury Suburban Fort Collins: University Acres, (report, Colorado State University [student project]), May 2019, p20. 6 Bob Everitt was a lumberman turned successful businessman, known as an influential developer, banker, philanthropist, and advocate for the City of Fort Collins and CSU. As a long-time Fort Collins resident (he and his wife, Joyce, moved to Fort Collins from Oklahoma in 1953), his company, Everitt Companies, developed more than 20,000 home lots in northern Colorado and more than 100 buildings or projects. Everitt was awarded the Collins Award in 1980 and named the Coloradoan newspaper’s Most Influential Person in 1984, and was the first inductee into CSU’s Real Estate Hall of Fame; together with Joyce, he was awarded the Founders Award by CSU in 2003. Everitt continued to play an important role in the development of Fort Collins until his death in 2016. 1016/1018 Morgan Street was built as a duplex and, while not a part of the formal University Acres development, was constructed at the same time immediately adjacent (across Morgan Street to the east) to the neighborhood. Its form and style, and builder, all contain design and material connections to the larger University Acres subdivision. The first owner according to the initial building permit, was Lee Benton. According to the city directories, [Oliver] Lee Benton and his family lived at 1018 Morgan Street in 1966, shortly after the duplex was constructed. Oliver Lee Benton was born in 1923 in Attica, Kansas, and lived in Kansas until 1942, when he graduated high school and moved to Colorado Springs. In 1948, he married Mary Louise Summers, and they moved to Fort Collins in 1950. Mr. Benton was interested in electronics and worked as a television repairman. He was active in the Boy Scouts and the First United Methodist Church that was part of the University Acres neighborhood. In 1966, the 1016 unit was vacant. By 1968, the 1016 unit housed a student, Robert E. Benest about whom nothing is known, but the 1018 unit was not listed, indicating Benton and his family had moved away. In 1971, both units housed families, the Chenoweth family and the Miller family, both of whom rented the units. Nicolas Chenoweth, who was self-employed, lived in the 1016 unit with his wife, Annemarie. John T. Miller, the news director at Radio KUAD, lived in the 1018 unit with his wife Nancy, who was a secretary, and their two children, Penny and Theodore. The city directories for 1973 and 1977 indicate both units were occupied by single individuals who were renters. In 1973, the renters were Keith Boehm (Unit 1016) and Alexander D. Ojerio (Unit 1018), and in 1977, the renters were Tony Theisen (Unit 1016) and Kelsey McEwen (Unit 1018). Nothing is known about Boehm, Ojerio, and McEwen, but Theisen was a student at the time. Residents since 1977 have also been renters. Permits for the house issued by the city were also searched. A building permit for the house indicated that the entire house was owned by Lee Benton in 1964/1965. A later permit for work in the basement in 1971 named the owner as Stephan H. Cramlet, who rented the building to tenants. Stephan Cramlet was a U.S. Air Force Veterinarian who received U.S. government-sponsored laboratory animal medicine training/experience at the CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in the 1970s. A search of the title documents at the Larimer County Courthouse Offices yielded no information about Benton either buying or selling the property. Books covering the years 1965 through 1971 were searched but provided no information. Likewise, an internet search of the clerk and recorders records did not yield additional information about Mr. Cramlet. The property was purchased in 1980 by the Fort Collins Housing Authority for use as low-income housing. Some interior work was done at the time including work on the heating, plumbing, and electrical systems. Contemporary/Ranch Duplex and Harvey Schultz The Benton-Schultz Duplex is a comparatively rare example of design in Fort Collins, especially in the context of post-World War II housing development in southeast Fort Collins. As noted previously, the University Acres subdivision was exclusively comprised single-family, detached dwellings as part of the restrictive covenants filed along with the nine subdivision plats. This 7 became a standard component of other housing developments in this part of Fort Collins, such as Highland Acres, Indian Hills, and South College Heights. Duplexes were rare in Fort Collins’ post- war housing construction, with developers seeming to prefer larger projects like the apartment buildings constructed along Mathews and Peterson Streets to the northwest during this period. Where owners and builders took on smaller projects, they typically involved rehabilitating older buildings into multi-family dwellings, such as several of the larger properties along Remington Street. New, stand-alone duplexes seem to be comparatively rare, and a response to the desire to balance post-war home ownership ideals with affordability for working class Fort Collins residents. Stylistically, the Benton-Schultz Duplex is one of a collection of ten duplexes or single-story apartment buildings constructed on this block facing Morgan and Garfield Streets adjacent to the University Acres subdivision. The use of Ranch and Contemporary styling in this grouping, as well as keeping the buildings at one or two stories, allowed them to blend somewhat seamlessly into the larger Contemporary and Ranch-styled landscape of the University Acres neighborhood. On the east side of the same block, Modern Ranch or Neo-Mansard office buildings, and the paired H H Apartment complex at the northeast corner (built in 1968) provided a transitional space into the commercial and medical corridor along Lemay Avenue. While the Benton-Schultz Duplex is not unique in that regard, it is the only building on the block to combine the Ranch stylings typical of its neighbors with certain Contemporary elements, like the broad, low-pitched gabling on its front and rear elevations. The Ranch style has come to define the post-World War II housing landscape, and is represented by wide, usually single-story residences that are typically single-family with either gabled or hipped roofs with low pitches. While their siding varies, they usually incorporate an attached garage and large windows, with a comparatively simplistic configuration of doors and windows and a small entrance porch. The Ranch was a combination of other architectural styles, namely the low-slung ranch houses of California cattle operations (the namesake of the style) as well as Cape Cod-style homes of the northeast that incorporated rusticated or multi-textured materials and decorative windows. The Ranch had touches of Modernism, mostly in large intersection planes (like chimneys, carports, and wall planes that extended out from the sides, often with swooping triangular forms, especially in carport and patio roofs.1F 2 The Contemporary style, while very similar to the Ranch, is distinguished by a more dominant use of geometrical shapes, usually angular, and usually in the roof design. The Benton-Schultz Duplex possesses a modest Contemporary roof form compared to the more dramatic, and dominating front-gabled or intersecting-gabled forms common elsewhere in University Acres and Fort Collins, which often have glass curtain walls in all or a portion of the gable ends. Contemporary buildings often incorporate materials designed to evoke a sense of natural setting, like rough wood plank siding or formed concrete walls. Local examples are often subdued versions of this, such as the Benton-Schultz Duplex’s sandstone veneer along the bottom half of the exterior walls.2F 3 Mid-twentieth century Fort Collins builder Harvey Schultz, the builder of the Benton-Schultz Duplex, was a prolific builder throughout the 1940s-1960s in Fort Collins. Most of his earlier projects were constructions of infill homes in older neighborhoods in Fort Collins, but he also built several homes in University Acres and the 1954 Miller Brothers addition along Westview 2 Utah Division of State History, Utah’s Historic Architecture Guide, by Thomas Carter and Peter Goss (Salt Lake City: 2018), 42-43, https://issuu.com/utah10/docs/architectural_guide_booklet, accessed May 28, 2020. 3 Utah Historic Architecture Guide, 48. 8 Avenue, south of City Park. Schultz’s building palette was reflective of the styles of the time, including Minimal Traditional, Ranch, and Contemporary-style residences throughout Fort Collins between University Acres and City Park. The majority of his known builds at the time of this nomination were Ranch-style or Bi-level homes, most of which were in the University Acres subdivision. Below is a list of known homes attributed to Schultz: Address Building Style / Type Neighborhood/Su bdivision Year Constructed 1116 (1122) Laporte Ave. Minimal Traditional Mountain View 1946 617 W. Magnolia St. Minimal Traditional Loomis 1951 930 Laporte Ave. Ranch Capitol Hill 1952 1632 Remington St. Contemporary I.C. Bradley 1953 1517 Westview Ave. Contemporary Miller Brothers 1954 1528 Westview Ave. Contemporary Miller Brothers 1954 1301 Stover St. Ranch University Acres 1959 1316 Morgan St. Ranch University Acres 1959 824 Buckeye St. Ranch University Acres 1959 825 E. Pitkin St. Ranch University Acres 1959 1320 Lory St. Ranch University Acres 1960 1324 Green St. Ranch University Acres 1960 1317 Lory St. Tri-Level University Acres 1962 1200 Stover St. Tri-Level University Acres 1963 1016-1018 Morgan St. Contemporary/Duplex Adjacent to University Acres 1964 1104 Ellis St. Tri-Level University Acres 1964 912 Garfield St. Tri-Level University Acres 1964 900 Edwards St. Ranch University Acres 1965 912 Edwards St. Ranch University Acres 1965 Of Schultz’s projects in Fort Collins, the Contemporary home at 1632 Remington Street is his most articulated, using unique rolled-steel casement windows, decorative clustered roof supports, and a rear-sloping shed roof. The duplex at 1016-1018 Morgan Street appears to be his only known multi-family project at this time, perhaps designed to appear like a single-family home both from Schultz’s prior experience in home-building and a desire on the part of the Benton’s and other property owners to minimize intrusions to the neighboring University Acres development by keeping their projects low-slung and similarly-styled. Summary The Benton-Schultz Duplex at 1016-1018 Morgan Street is a unique and significant example of a Contemporary-style Duplex with Ranch features in Fort Collins. It reflects both the adoption of Modern architectural styles by Fort Collins builders and homeowners in the mid-twentieth century, but also an architecturally-sensitive response to the need for multi-family housing, both owned and rented, in Fort Collins as its population grew significantly between the 1940s and the 1980s. 9 ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: 1964-1965 Architect/Builder: Builder: Harvey Schultz Building Materials: Aluminum Siding / sandstone veneer Architectural Style & Type: Contemporary / Ranch / Duplex Description: The house is a one-story triplex family dwelling constructed as a duplex circa 1965 and featuring elements of the Contemporary style. The roof plan is roughly rectangular, and the building footprint is H-shaped with recessed entries in the front and rear of the house. Two low-pitch front-facing gables are adjoined in the center with a flat roof that shelters the recessed entries. The eaves are of wood, boxed and widely overhanging. The exterior is clad with aluminum siding above a horizontal patterned sandstone veneer. The windows are vinyl and presumably replacements of the original. The foundation is concrete with a full or partial basement for the lower dwelling unit. The principal elevation (west) faces west toward Morgan Street and is asymmetrical in composition with two distinct masses below, low set on either side of a recessed patio. The north mass is smaller with a tripartite window with center fixed sash and outer sliding sashes set into the sandstone veneer. The south mass contains a one-by-one sliding window and a tripartite window with center fixed sash and outer sliding sashes set into the sandstone veneer. Three entrances are recessed into the house between the front gabled masses, one each on the sheltered elevation of the north, center, and south masses. A staircase leads to a basement apartment in front of the larger, south mass. A decorative, cast iron fence anchored to a poured concrete sill lines the stairwell. The south elevation contains a broad, sandstone veneer endwall chimney. A single one-by-one sliding window is located west of the chimney and set into the sandstone veneer. East of the chimney, four one- by-one sliding windows are evenly spaced and rest on top of the sill of the sandstone veneer. The rear (east) elevation mirrors the principal elevation with two distinct masses below low-pitch gables on either side of a recessed rear entry. The north mass is smaller with a tripartite window with center fixed sash and outer sliding sashes set into the sandstone veneer. Two one-by-one sliding windows are evenly spaced and rest on top of the sill of the sandstone veneer in the east elevation of the larger south mass. Three one-by-one sliding windows are located in the north elevation of the south mass within the recessed entry. A rear door is offset in the east elevation of the center mass. The house was built in 1964 as a duplex, 1016 and 1018 units, and completed in 1965. The basement was finished, with a family room, storage, and bathroom added in 1971. The building was acquired by the Fort Collins Housing Authority in 1980 and the work in the interior was conducted, including modifying the property into a triplex, construction of interior walls for the basement apartment, general repairs to the ground floor units, and updating the heating and electrical systems. The roof on the 1018 unit was replaced with aggregate surface in 1992. Additional work on the house is confined to maintenance of interior systems such as heating and plumbing. 10 REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION Anstey, Mary Therese, and Adam Thomas 2011 Fort Collins Postwar Development, 1945–1969, Survey Report. Prepared for Advance Planning Department, City of Fort Collins, but Historitecture. Available at: https://www.fcgov.com/historicpreservation/pdf/postwar-survey.pdf. Accessed January 2020. 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Available at http://www.ancestry.com. Accessed January 2020. 1933 Fort Collins City Directory, 1933. Available at http://www.ancestry.com. Accessed January 2020. United States, Bureau of the Census 1930 Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Census Place: Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado; Page 5A; Enumeration District 0048; FHL microfilm 2339980. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Available at: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi- bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6224&h=101878425&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=uFL36&_phsta rt=successSource. Accessed January 30, 2020. 12 MAPS and PHOTOGRAPHS 13 14 1016/1018 Morgan Street, west elevation; Facing east, Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 1016/1018 Morgan Street, south and west elevations; Facing northeast; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 15 Morgan Street, oblique view of south elevation; Facing east-northeast; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 1016/1018 Morgan Street, oblique view of the south elevation; Facing west-northwest; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 16 1016/1018 Morgan Street, north and west elevations; Facing southeast; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 1016/1018 Morgan Street, oblique view of north elevation; Facing east; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 17 1016/1018 Morgan Street, oblique view of north elevation; Facing west; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 1016/1018 Morgan Street, east elevation; Facing west; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 18 1016/1018 Morgan Street, south and west elevation; Facing northwest; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 1016/1018 Morgan Street, view of basement apartment entrance and cast-iron fence; Facing north; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 19 1016/1018 Morgan Street, entrance to basement apartment; Facing south; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 1016/1018 Morgan Street, recessed entry on west elevation; Facing east; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. 20 1016/1018 Morgan Street, recessed entry on east elevation; Facing west; Photographed by S. Slaughter; Taken on 12/10/2019. RESOLUTION 5, 2020 OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDING LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE BENTON-SCHULTZ DUPLEX AT 1016-1018 MORGAN 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 in the following described parcel BEG AT PT WH BEARS N 89 38 E 839.56 FT, S 0 22 W 355.63 FT FROM NE COR OF SE 1/4 OF 13-7-69, TH S 0 22 W 60.73 FT, ALG ARC 494.24 FT RAD CUR, 14.28 FT, L/C S 1 11 36 W 14.27 FT, S 89 38 E 110.21 FT, N 0 22 E 75 FT, N 89, located at 1016-1018 Morgan Street in Fort Collins (the “Property”) is eligible for Landmark designation for the Benton-Schultz Duplex’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 unique example of a Contemporary-style Duplex in Fort Collins; and ATTACHMENT 3 1 Application for Fort Collins Landmark Designation – 1016-1018 Morgan Street – Benton-Schultz Duplex Jim Bertolini, Historic Preservation Planner Landmark Preservation Commission June 17, 2020 ATTACHMENT 4 • Construction: • Benton-Schultz Duplex, 1964 • Standards of Significance: • 3 (Design/Construction) • Contemporary/Ranch Duplex 2 1016-1018 Morgan Street – Benton-Schultz Duplex 3 1016-1018 Morgan Street – Benton-Schultz Duplex West façade of 1016-1018 Morgan Street, showing inset entry. South and rear (east) elevations. -1- ORDINANCE NO. 091, 2020 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE BENTON-SCHULTZ DUPLEX PROPERTY, 1016-1018 MORGAN STREET, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, AS A FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 14 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS WHEREAS, pursuant to City Code Section 14-1, the City Council has established a public policy encouraging the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of historic landmarks within the City; and WHEREAS, by resolution adopted on June 17, 2020, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) determined that the Benton-Schultz Duplex, 1016-1018 Morgan Street, in Fort Collins, as more specifically described in the legal description below (the “Property”), is eligible for landmark designation pursuant to City Code Chapter 14, Article II, for the 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: BEG AT PT WH BEARS N 89 38 E 839.56 FT, S 0 22 W 355.63 FT FROM NE COR OF SE 1/4 OF 13-7-69, TH S 0 22 W 60.73 FT, ALG ARC 494.24 FT RAD CUR, 14.28 FT, L/C S 1 11 36 W 14.27 FT, S 89 38 E 110.21 FT, N 0 22 E 75 FT, N 89 ALSO HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS 1016-1018 MORGAN 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