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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/19/2019 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 027, 2019, DESIGNATAgenda Item 12 Item # 12 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 19, 2019 City Council STAFF Cassandra Bumgarner, Historic Preservation Planner Brad Yatabe, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 027, 2019, Designating the Farrington Property, 322 Edwards Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This item is a quasi-judicial matter and if considered on the discussion agenda, it will be considered in accordance with the procedures described in Section 1(e) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures adopted in Resolution 2018-034. The purpose of this item is to consider the request for landmark designation of the Farrington Property, 322 Edwards Street, for its Classic Cottage architecture. This is a voluntary designation at the property owner’s request. The Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously recommends approving this landmark designation. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The Farrington Property at 322 Edwards Street is significant under Standard C for its architectural significance to Fort Collins. Like many of the houses constructed during this time (1890-1910) the house at 322 Edwards Street is small with a single-story and has minimal decorative embellishment but still evokes a Victorian feel. The house, in suite, is a good example of a Classic Cottage home that many middle-class families embraced around the turn of the 20th century because of its more simplistic, less expensive design. Indicative of a Classic Cottage style, the home has a single story, moderate-pitched gabled roof with a triangle-shaped eyebrow dormer, open front porch, and boxed eaves. The residence and three associated outbuildings qualify for landmark designation under Standard C as an excellent example of a Classic Cottage residence with a preponderance of all seven aspects of integrity. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS Recognition of this property as a Fort Collins Landmark enables its owners to qualify for local financial incentive programs available only to Landmark designated properties. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its December 19, 2018, regular hearing, the Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously (6-0) adopted a resolution recommending adoption of an ordinance by Council for landmark designation. Agenda Item 12 Item # 12 Page 2 PUBLIC OUTREACH The Landmark Preservation Commission held a public hearing on this item at its December 19, 2018, meeting. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location Map (PDF) 2. Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution (PDF) 3. Landmark Designation Application (PDF) E Elizabeth St E Pitkin St Mathews St Peterson St Garfield St Edwards St © Local Landmark 322 Edwards Designation 1 inch = 137 feet ATTACHMENT 1 ATTACHMENT 2 pg. 1 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 322 Edwards Street, Fort Collins, Colorado Legal Description: East 45 feet of Lot 17, Block B9 in Sub Crafts Resub Property Name (historic and/or common): Farrington Property OWNER INFORMATION: Name: Adrian MacDonald, Alan MacDonald, and Elizabeth MacDonald Phone: (617) 462-5367 Email: adrian.s.macdonald@gmail.com 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: Eva M. Garner, Historian (Centennial Archaeology) Address: 413 Thrasher Street, Fort Collins, Colorado Phone: (970) 402-7340 Email: emdonkin@gmail.com Relationship to Owner: Historical Consultant DATE: December 3, 2018 Packet Pg. 18 ATTACHMENT 3 pg. 2 TYPE OF DESIGNATION and BOUNDARIES ☒ Individual Landmark Property ☐ Landmark District Explanation of Boundaries: The boundaries of the property being designated as a Fort Collins Landmark correspond to the legal description of the property, above. The property consists of a circa 1900 Classic Cottage, a 1920s garage, a tool/tac shed, and a 1930s machine shed. SIGNIFICANCE Properties that possess exterior integrity are eligible for designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Fort Collins Landmark Districts if they meet one (1) or more of the following standards for designation: ☐Standard 1: The property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of history; ☐Standard 2: The property is associated with the lives of persons significant in history; ☒Standard 3: The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; ☐Standard 4: The property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (Please describe why the property is significant, relative to the Standard(s) above.) 322 Edwards Street is historically significant under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Standard 3 for how the property embodies distinctive characteristics of a late-Victorian Classic Cottage. After the arrival of the railroad in the 1870s, Fort Collins saw a significant period of growth and development. In response, a number of residential neighborhoods were quickly established throughout the city starting as early as 1880. The Crafts Resubdivision, in addition to 322 Edwards Street, display the socio-cultural makeup of the ever-growing middle-class at that time. The first owners were middle-class individuals who moved to Fort Collins, presumably for the growing economic opportunities. The property was likely rented for a period between 1900 to 1918, and almost certainly housed middle-class individuals who worked in the sugar beet industry, as maintenance workers, laborers, and small business owners. Continuing this trend, the longest known residents of the home (1919-1962) were presumably small business owners who owned and operated a mechanic shop. It can, therefore, be assessed that the history of the property aligns with overreaching trends of residential development and key architectural styles that emerged and continued at that time among the middle-class. Packet Pg. 19 pg. 3 Architecturally the property is a good example of middle-class residences in Fort Collins from 1890 to 1910. Like many of the houses constructed during this time (1890-1910) the house at 322 Edwards Street is small with a single-story and has minimal decorative embellishment but still evokes a Victorian feel. The house, in suite, is a good example of a Classic Cottage home that many middle-class families embraced around the turn of the 20 th century because of its more simplistic, less expensive design. Indicative of a Classic Cottage style, the home has a single story, moderate-pitched gabled roof with a triangle-shaped eyebrow dormer, open front porch, and boxed eaves. Furthermore, the small embellishments with decorative wood shingles and clapboard siding give the house an overall asymmetric shape, multi-textured feel, and picturesque details demonstrating Victorian styling. Although the home has undergone some alterations to correspond with modern living practices and amenities, the home is relatively unchanged and is felt to maintain integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association thereby further qualifying the property under Standard 3 Fort Collins Landmark Designation. HISTORICAL INFORMATION (Please include city directory research and/or title search if the property is important for its association with a significant person) Coinciding with the arrival of the Colorado and Central Railroad in the late 1870s and slightly later the Greeley, Salt Lake, and Pacific Railroad (GSL&P) in the early 1880s, Fort Collins saw a significant period of growth and development. Growth was further accelerated by the budding agriculture in the region, the institutionalization of Colorado State Agricultural College (Colorado State University) in 1879, sandstone quarries, and the rise of the sugar beet industry in the 1890s. Resulting from the influx in population, residential subdivisions were platted in portions of Fort Collins to delineate between housing, commercial, and industrial areas. One of the earliest subdivisions was the Lake Park Addition, platted in 1881. By the mid-1890s residential growth continued to include the Harrison Addition, A.L. Emigh Subdivision, the Loomis Addition, and the West Side Addition.0F 1 A large section of the southeast quarter of the original 1870s town plat, now known as the Laurel School Neighborhood or the Midtown Historic District, was initially platted, with the partial aid of the Larimer County Land Improvement Company (1872), an organization that worked to encourage immigration and settlement in Fort Collins by purchasing, acquiring, selling, transferring, and disposing of land, by Abraham L. Emigh in 1881 as the Lake Park Addition.1F 2 In 1877 Lizzie C. Emigh transferred the northern one-half of the Lake Park Addition to Henry A. Crafts, a well-known newspaperman and developer. Henry A. Crafts subsequently transferred the tract as a gift to Elizabeth McKee D. Crafts, seemingly in that same year. In 1890 Elizabeth Mckee D. Crafts along with K.D. Craft resubdivided east portions of the Lake Park Addition to established the Crafts’ Resubdivision. The extant 322 Edwards Street falls within the boundaries of the 1890 Crafts’ subdivision. The Crafts’ subdivision and immediate areas were predominately occupied by “a middle-class farming community.”2F 3 The Crafts’ Resubdivision appealed to many because individuals with a fixed, low income could purchase lots on installment and at low rates of interest.3F 4 In-suite, 1 Fort Collins History Connection, “The Railroad Era, Colorado Agricultural College, and the Growth of the City, 1877-1900.” 2 Fort Collins Courier, “Lake Park,” September 8, 1881. 3 National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form for the Fort Collins Midtown Historic District, 1980. 4 Fort Collins History Connection, “The Railroad Era, Colorado Agricultural College, and the Growth of the City, 1877-1900.” ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 20 pg. 4 buildings were typically “small, one-story brick or frame cottages rectangular in shape” and had few decorations but were “unmistakably late Victorian.”4F 5 Development in the beginning (1880s- 1890s) was spread out with no real symmetry; some blocks had multiple dwellings while others were sparsely populated with just a few dwellings surrounded by farmland. By the turn of the 20 th century many blocks were fully developed, larger plots were subdivided to further accommodate growth, and schools, grocers, and churches occurred in higher frequencies to serve the growing needs of the community. After a slow period of growth in the 1910s, sparked by a local depression, the 1920s and 1930s saw an influx in construction as more and more single-dwelling homes erupted within the community.5F 6 Today the area consists mostly of historic buildings (1890s – 1950s) punctuated with modern businesses, especially near College Avenue, newer homes, and historic homes that have undergone significant changes over the years. 322 Edwards Street, Fort Collins, Colorado The earliest property record found for 322 Edwards Street (east 45 feet of Lot 17 in Block 9 of the Sub Crafts Resub) dates to June 9, 1908. Grantor/Grantee records available at the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder’s office demonstrate that at that time Henderson C. Howard deeded both 320 Edwards Street (Lot 16) and 322 Edwards Street (Lot 17) to his son Ross D. Howard.6F 7 City directories indicate that Henderson C. and Cathryn (Dalby) Howard, along with their son lived at 638 College Avenue at the time of the transfer.7F 8 Although a tenant for 322 Edwards Street could not be established, early records show that Perry and Julia Harrington lived at 320 Edwards Street as early as 1902,8F 9 and it appears that for significant part of the Howards’ ownership of both addresses they leased the residences to various occupants.9F 10 Historical data shows that Henderson Calvin (H.C.) Howard was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania on September 16, 1839 to Thomas Howard and Margaret Clark McLain Howard. H.C. Howard served as a Union soldier in the 11 th Pennsylvania Reserves during the Civil War and earned a Medal of Honor for his efforts during the Peninsular Campaign of 1862. He married Cathryn Dalby on March 4, 1879 in Pennsylvania. They had their only child, Ross Dalby Howard in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on May 15, 1882.10F 11 In 1890 the Howards moved to Fort Collins and enrolled Ross in public school until his graduation in 1896.11F 12 After grade school Ross D. Howard was listed on a Battalion Roster for Company C in 1899, 1900, and 1901.12F 13 The 1902 Fort Collins City Directory lists Ross D. Howard as a student residing with his parents,13F 14 and a local newspaper article published in 1903 notes that Ross D. Howard graduated in 1901 from the mechanical engineering department at Colorado State Agricultural College and was offered a position in Buffalo, New York.14F 15 In the 1904 Fort Collins City Directory, however, Ross D. Howard was listed as a draftsman living in Fort Collins,15F pg. 5 Larimer County.16F 17 Both Henderson and Ross were buried at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins; Henderson C. Howard in 1919 and Ross D. Howard in 1942. The next property record found through historical research shows that Ross D. Howard sold 322 Edwards Street to Asa W. (A.W.) Farrington on September 8, 1919,17F 18 and city directories illustrate that A.W. Farrington and Mary E. Farrington, owned, and lived on the property until 1962 when A.W. Farrington died. Census data further shows that A.W. Farrington was born in January of 1892 in McCracken, Kansas. His parents were Edwards A. Farrington of Iowa and Phebe M. Farrington of New York. He had three sisters, two older and one younger. 18F 19 A.W. Farrington married Mary E. Farrington on July 3, 1912 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mary E. Farrington was born on April 27, 1882 in Sutton, Nebraska to German immigrants, and she died in 1961 of heart complications, roughly one year before her husband of nearly 50 years.19F 20 1940 and 1930 census data shows that they had one son Edmond R. Farrington, who was born in 1916. Shortly after the birth of their son in 1916, A.W. was drafted to the United States Military for World War I. He was exempted from service, however, because of his dependents (son and wife); he never served. During their ownership, A.W. and Mary Farrington constructed a garage in 1924, a storage shed, and a 1936 machine shed. Although historical data could not confirm that A.W. and Mary Farrington operated a business on the property it is thought that towards the middle of the 1920s the Farringtons started to extend the property to include an auto mechanic garage and shop. Automobiles and auto travel became a mainstay in the area during the early-to-mid 1900s, and as a result, Fort Collins and the surrounding areas saw major improvements in road and bridge development and an influx in tourism and greater automobile use. Horse-related livery and industry were quickly replaced by “numerous garages, automobile sales and repair firms, filling stations,”20F 21 and a large collection of independently owned repair and service companies. By the mid-1940s the automobile had taken hold.21F 22 Coinciding with this growth, Mary E. Farrington pulled a building permit on September 9, 1924 for a frame garage that was seemingly constructed for A.W. Farrington’s listed trade as a mechanic. A large service pit, the somewhat atypical two-car garage size, and the large swing- out carriage doors allude to the use of the garage as a mechanic/automobile service shop. Presumably to help build A.W. Farrington’s trade, a machine shed was constructed at the back of the property in 1936. It is though that this building was added to the property to provide additional workspace and/or storage for specialized machinery and/or equipment necessary in automobile repairs and services. However, information pertaining to the specific use of the building was not obtained. 17 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKN-K5Y : 13 March 2018), Ross Dalbey Howard, 1917-1918, Larimer County, Colorado, United States. 18 Warranty Deed, September 9, 1918, Book 394, Page 509. 19 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4C-LQH : accessed 27 November 2018), Asa W Farrington in household of Edmond A Farrington, Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United States. 20 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X748-WSK : accessed 28 November 2018), Mary E Farrington in household of Asa W Farrington, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United pg. 6 City directories from the 1920s through to the 1950s show A.W. Farrington as living at 322 Edwards Street and working as a mechanic or mechanical engineer. A World War II draft card indicates that at the age of 50 A.W. Farrington was self-employed and resided on Edwards Street. By 1959 A.W. Farrington was retired but still resided at 322 Edwards Street.22F 23 Permits pulled for the property were primarily in Mary E. Farrington’s name and it appears the she took and active role in her husband’s trade and/or business and subsumed the overall household operations. Documentation of her employment was not located. A gap in ownership exists from the time of A.W. Farrington’s death in 1962 and April 1973 when Ralph Mills and Ronald A. Mills deeded Lot 16 (320 Edwards Street) and the west 5 feet of Lot 17 (322 Edwards Street) to Ronald A. Mills and Marilyn R. Mills.23F 24 The next record found shows that on January 1, 1981, Ronald A. Mills obtained a Quit Claim Deed from Ralph R. Mills, Thomas Terry Tucker for 322 Edwards Street. At this time Ronald A. Mills gained sole ownership. 24F 25 On July 2, 2003, Ronald A. Mills deeded 322 Edwards along with two additional properties to Wendy Irving-Mills, seemingly as a rental property.25F 26 In March of 2018 Adrian MacDonald, in addition to Alan and Elizabeth MacDonald, purchased the parcel from Wendy Irving-Mills.26F 27 Adrian MacDonald, along with Alan and Elizabeth MacDonald currently retain ownership of the parcel, and Adrian MacDonald requests that the site be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark. No additional archival research regarding ownership was recovered. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: Circa 1900 Architect/Builder: Unknown Building Materials: Brick, Sandstone Architectural Style: Free Classic Queen Anne Description: The Asa W. and Mary E. Farrington Property includes a Classic Cottage Style home (Feature 1), a 1920s garage (Feature 2), a tool/tac shed of an undetermined age (Feature 3), and a 1930s machine shed (Feature 4). The lot is in the 300 block of Edwards Street in the Crafts Resub Addition. The property has paved concrete sidewalks, street parking on Edwards Street, a road verge or medium separating the sidewalk from the active roadway, and alley access (Fort Collins Alley #2323) at the back, north end, of the property. There is minimal private parking in front of the 1930s garage (Feature 2) via a narrow gravel driveway. Due to the small size of the lot, landscaping is minimal and consists of flower beds along the south and north elevations of the house, rock beds in front of the west wall of both the 1920s garage (Feature 2) and tool/tac shed (Feature 3), a backyard lawn, a pathway that leads from the alley to the back, north elevation of the house, and a privacy fence that divides sections of the property from the neighboring lots and public alleyway. Residential Architectural Description The Classic Cottage Style house (Feature 1) is located at the front of the property and has a single-story and partial basement (cellar) that is accessible at the back, north end of the house. 23 1957 Fort Collins City Directory. 24 Warranty Deed, April 4, 1973, Reception No. 54714. 25 Quit Claim Deed, January 1, 1981, Reception No. 394717. 26 Quit Claim Deed, July 2, 2003, Reception No. 20030082588. 27 Warranty Deed, March 6, 2018, Reception No. 20180013349. pg. 7 The home has a rectangular footprint and measures roughly 36 ft (N/S) x 33 ft (E/W). There are no additions and the house maintains its original, circa 1900 form and shape. A dimensional lumber roof with a moderate-pitched front gable covers the house. The house also has a triangle- shaped eyebrow dormer on the south-facing façade, boxed eaves enclosed with wood fascia, and wide band trim. Overlaying the roof are composition shingles that were last replaced in 2010. Under the eave of the west elevation is a soffit vent allowing for attic ventilation. The installation of new gutters and downspouts, in addition to tuck paint, were completed in the last 10 years. Illustrated in images dating from the 1940s to 1990s is the presence of a ridge chimney; however, by documentation in 2018, the chimney had been removed. A modern heating system is exhibited by a metal ventilation pipe that extends from the slope of the roof. Furthermore, an electrical box located on the north elevation, as well as a plumbing vent pipe projecting from the western slope of the roof demonstrate modern utilities. Walls of the house are predominately red brick laid in a running bond pattern; however, decorative wood shingles or clapboard cover the central, south-facing wall of the triangle, eyebrow dormer. Windows on the main level are almost solely single-hung with metal rails and fixed upper sashes. Both the upper and lower sashes are bounded with aluminum stiles and wood jambs, and it seems that nearly all wooden headers and brick moldings associated with the windows have been consciously preserved. Modern screens cover all windows on this main level. A singular, fixed window, located on the large triangle-shaped eyebrow dormer, is set in a wood frame, and appears historic in age. Above the windows of the main level are segmental arch lintels, and below the windows are thick, 1.5 to 2-inch stone sills. The front, south-facing wood panel salvage door is historic but not original to the home.27F 28 On the upper half of the door is a fixed window set in a wood frame. The back, north door is metal with a fixed window on the upper one-third; this window has wood muntin bars that divides the sash into six panels giving the door an overall historic look and feel. Remodel plans created in 2017 show that a kitchen window, located on the north end of the east elevation, was shorten to create more workable space inside. As part of construction some portions of the outside wall just below the extant window were damaged. However, contractors made considerable efforts to salvage brick from an interior project to repair exterior damages and consciously preserved the stone sill, wooden headers, brick moldings, and segmental arch lintels. These actions, in turn, helped to maintain the overall historical integrity of the east, exterior wall.28F 29 Also proposed in 2017 was a new steel angle lintel at the cellar door and work to level the west portion of the north wall at the cellar. Presently, a thick plywood hatch door with a dimensional lumber frame provides outdoor access to the cellar. Found on both the north and south elevations are two small entry porches. The back porch is centrally located and configured with a dropped hipped roof covered in composition shingles. Lining the north plane is a modern gutter system. The porch is open and supported with two 4 x 4-inch columns mounted in wood blocks at the base. Decking is dimensional lumber. A set of three stairs drop from the deck and corrugated metal sheets boarder the deck foundation. Remolding in 2017 replaced the stairs and floor boards to meet city code.29F 30 The front porch is also centrally located and configured with a drop hipped roof covered with composite shingles. Like the back porch a gutter system lines the horizontal extent of the porch, the foundation of the deck is covered with corrugated metal sheets, and a set of three stairs drop from the deck. Decking is newly replaced (2017) dimensional lumber. Enforcing the deck are four turned spindles and square porch headers, and the porched is enclosed with a classic spindle rail. Railing 28 Meirose, Dave, 322 Edwards St. New Floor Plan. (Fort Collins: Wildwood Construction, 2017), 1. 29 Meirose, Dave, 322 Edwards St. New Floor Plan. (Fort Collins: Wildwood Construction, 2017), 1. 30 Meirose, Dave, 322 Edwards St. New Floor Plan. (Fort Collins: Wildwood Construction, 2017), 1. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 24 pg. 8 continues downward on either side of the stairs. The exposed sandstone foundation of the house is exhibited on all elevations. Positioned on the east elevation is a cast-iron coal chute once used for coal deliveries and coal storage. No markings were visible on the exterior of the door and the chute mimics that of others in the region. Four cellar windows, two on the west elevation and two on the east elevation, are single-pane hopper set in wood frames. Stone and brick window wells tightly encircle each cellar window. The house is indicative of a Classic Cottage style home because of its more simplistic, less expensive design. The home has a single-story, moderate-pitched gabled roof with a triangle- shaped eyebrow dormer, open front porch, and boxed eaves, all of which further represent a Classic Cottage, and the small embellishments with decorative wood shingles and clapboard siding give the house an overall asymmetric shape, multi-textured feel, and picturesque details demonstrating Victorian styling. Outbuildings Architectural Description Contributing to the overall history of the property are three associated outbuildings all in a vernacular style: Feature 2; Feature 3; and Feature 4. Feature 2, a 1920s two-car garage, is located at the east boundary line of the property, near the northeast corner of the home. The garage has a rectangular footprint measuring approximately 20 ft (E/W) x 21 ft (N/S). The front- gabled, dimensional lumber roof is covered with composition sheets that were replaced in 2017.30F 31 The eaves are open with exposed rafters. Walls are clad with simple drop horizontal siding. A grouping of three fixed windows with wooden glazing bars, wood casings, and wood frames are on the west elevation. An additional set of windows are on the east wall of the building, and like the windows on the west wall, these windows are fixed, enclosed with wood frames, have wooden glazing bars, and wood casings. All windows are historic and thought to be original to the building. A historic, wood-paneled door with a fixed single-pane window on the upper portion allows pedestrian access to the garage on the west elevation. Two sets of swing-out carriage garage doors have tongue-and-groove paneling, diagonal “Z” braces, and are mounted with metal hinges. These doors open to the narrow gravel driveway off the south elevation of the building. The entire garage sits on a poured concrete foundation. Just north of the 1920s garage is a rectangular-shaped shed that measures about 12 ft (N/S) x 10 ft (E/W). The entire building sits on a poured concrete foundation. Walls are clad with a beveled hewn log veneer. A small portion of the north elevation wall is repaired with modern dimensional lumber. Windows are located on the west, east, and north elevations and include three fixed single-panel sashes enclosed in wooden frames. Covering the windows on the east and north elevations are metal mesh screens that are secured to the wood casings around each window. Entry to the shed is on the west elevation and is provided by a wood paneled door that appears to have been added to the building sometime after original construction. Covering the building is a shed roof with exposed rafters and slight eave overhangs. Protecting the dimensional lumber roof are tin corrugated metal sheets. Although pulled permits and accessor information did not allude to an estimated construction date, based on the tight placement of the building under the north eave of the garage, it is thought that the shed was added to the property sometime after the garage was constructed in the 1920s. And, based on the tin roof, fixed single-panel sashes, and wooden frames enclosing each window it is probable that the shed was added to the property sometime in the 1930s when a machine shed was built at the back of the property. 31 Irving-Mills, Wendy, Seller’s Property Disclosure (Residential), (Fort Collins: Downtown Real Estate Partners, LLC., 2017), 1. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 25 pg. 9 A 1930s rectangular-plan machine shed (Feature 4) is at the back, northeast corner of the property adjacent to the alley. It is roughly 27 ft (N/S) x 18 ft (E/W). The building has a moderate-pitched front gabled roof with a north-facing façade and close eaves. The dimensional lumber roof, slightly exposed on the south and north ends near the eaves, is covered with a tin roof. Wall cladding on the east and west elevations are board-and-batten. The north and south elevations are flush horizontal boards with visible nail finishes. There is minimal wood rot near the base of the south and west elevations. Windows are located on the east, west, and north walls. A wood framed sliding widow with wood casing is at the northwest corner of the west wall, and found just south of the pedestrian door on the west elevation is a sliding window boarded-up with deteriorating plywood. A sole sliding window with a wood frame and wood casing is centered on the east elevation. Centrally located on the south elevation is a ribbon of three windows. Each window is fixed and has 6-panes secured with wood muntin bars, wood frames, and bracketed with wood casings. All fenestrations are original to the building. As indicated above, a pedestrian door is positioned on the west elevation. The door itself is made with flush horizontal boards enforced with a “Z” brace and mounted with mental gate hinges that allows the door to open outward onto a concrete pad and a ribbon pathway. Doors allowing for machinery access are on the north elevation and open to the alley. These doors are board-and-batten with “Z” braces, and metal gate hinges allow the doors to open outward. The building sits on a poured concrete foundation. All materials are historic and likely original to the building, and minimal to no modifications have been done to the exterior of the building throughout its rough 85-year history. REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) Fort Collins City Directories (1902-1962), accessed through Fort Collins History Connection, an online collaboration of the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery and the Poudre Valley River Public Library District. Fort Collins History Connection, “The Railroad Era, Colorado Agricultural College, and the Growth of the City, 1877-1900.” Fort Collins Public Library, Local History Archive (online). History Connection, including Building Records and Permits. http://history.poudreilbaries.org/ Fort Collins Weekly Courier, Fort Collins Courier, and Rocky Mountain Collegian from 1881 to 1920, accessed via coloradohistoricnewpapers.org. Grantor/Grantee Records at the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 200 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins, CO. A Brief History of the Auto Mechanic’s Trade, accessed via WorkerPower.ca, http://iamdistrict250.ca/our-skilled-trades/a-brief-history-of-the-auto-mechanics-trade/. Irving-Mills, Wendy, Seller’s Property Disclosure (Residential), Fort Collins: Downtown Real Estate Partners, LLC., 2017. Larimer County Tax Assessor Records, accessed via https://www.larimer.org/assessor/search#/property/ and at their offices at 200 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins, CO. McAlester, Virginia. A Field Guide to American Houses, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2014. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 26 pg. 10 Meirose, Dave. 322 Edwards St. New Floor Plan. Fort Collins: Wildwood Construction, 2017. The National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form for the Fort Collins Midtown Historic District, 1980, accessed November 28, 2018, https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/9bdeedec-9b54- 4e49-807f-0d5527768cfa. “Henderson C. Howard.” Revolvy.com, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.revolvy.com/page/Henderson-C.-Howard. United States Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1946, accessed via FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/ark. United States Federal Census, 1880-1940, accessed via FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/ark. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 27 pg. 12 Photo and Map Attachments - 322 Edwards Street, Fort Collins Landmark Designation South Elevation of Feature 1 (residence) South and East Elevation of Feature 1 (residence) Packet Pg. 29 pg. 13 North Elevation of Feature 1 (residence) West Elevation of Feature 1 (residence) Packet Pg. 30 pg. 14 North Elevation of Feature 2 (1920s Garage) West Elevation of Feature 2 (1920s Garage) and Feature 3 (Tool/Tac Shed) Packet Pg. 31 pg. 15 West and North Elevations of Feature 2 (1920s Garage) and Feature 3 (Tool/Tac Shed) West Elevation of Feature 4 (1930s Machine Shed) Packet Pg. 32 pg. 16 South Elevations of Feature 4 (1930s Machine Shed) North Elevations of Feature 4 (1930s Machine Shed) Packet Pg. 33 pg. 17 322 Edwards Street, 1948-1953. View of South Elevation. From Fort Collins History Connection and the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Historic Archive. 322 Edwards Street, 1940-1950. View of South Elevation. From Fort Collins History Connection and the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Historic Archive. Packet Pg. 34 pg. 18 320, 322, 326, 332 Edwards Street, circa 1995. View of Edwards Street. From Fort Collins History Connection and the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Historic Archive. Packet Pg. 35 pg. 20 Figure 2. Neighborhood Map Showing Location of 322 Edwards Street in Reference to Side Streets. Packet Pg. 37 -1- ORDINANCE NO. 027, 019 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE FARRINGTON PROPERTY, 322 EDWARDS 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 14-2, 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 December 19, 2018, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) determined that the Farrington Property at 322 Edwards Street in Fort Collins, as more specifically described in the legal description below (the “Property”), is eligible for landmark designation pursuant to City Code Section 14-5 for its high degree of exterior integrity, and for its significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standard C (Design/Construction) as a good example of a Classic Cottage; and WHEREAS, the Commission further determined that the Property meets the landmark criteria set forth in City Code Section 14-5, is eligible for designation as a landmark, and has recommended to the City Council that the Property be designated as a 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; 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: EAST 45 FEET, LOT 17, BLOCK 9, CRAFTS RESUB CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COUNTY OF LARIMER, STATE OF COLORADO be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with City Code Chapter 14. -2- Section 3. That alterations, additions and other changes to the buildings and structures located upon the Property will be reviewed for compliance with City Code Chapter 14, Article III, as currently enacted or hereafter amended. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of February, A.D. 2019, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of March, A.D. 2019. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of March, A.D. 2019. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Agenda Item 12 Item # 12 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 19, 2019 City Council STAFF Cassandra Bumgarner, Historic Preservation Planner Brad Yatabe, Legal SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 027, 2019, Designating the Farrington Property, 322 Edwards Street, Fort Collins, Colorado, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This item is a quasi-judicial matter and if considered on the discussion agenda, it will be considered in accordance with the procedures described in Section 1(e) of the Council’s Rules of Meeting Procedures adopted in Resolution 2018-034. The purpose of this item is to consider the request for landmark designation of the Farrington Property, 322 Edwards Street, for its Classic Cottage architecture. This is a voluntary designation at the property owner’s request. The Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously recommends approving this landmark designation. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The Farrington Property at 322 Edwards Street is significant under Standard C for its architectural significance to Fort Collins. Like many of the houses constructed during this time (1890-1910) the house at 322 Edwards Street is small with a single-story and has minimal decorative embellishment but still evokes a Victorian feel. The house, in suite, is a good example of a Classic Cottage home that many middle-class families embraced around the turn of the 20th century because of its more simplistic, less expensive design. Indicative of a Classic Cottage style, the home has a single story, moderate-pitched gabled roof with a triangle-shaped eyebrow dormer, open front porch, and boxed eaves. The residence and three associated outbuildings qualify for landmark designation under Standard C as an excellent example of a Classic Cottage residence with a preponderance of all seven aspects of integrity. CITY FINANCIAL IMPACTS Recognition of this property as a Fort Collins Landmark enables its owners to qualify for local financial incentive programs available only to Landmark designated properties. BOARD / COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its December 19, 2018, regular hearing, the Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously (6-0) adopted a resolution recommending adoption of an ordinance by Council for landmark designation. Agenda Item 12 Item # 12 Page 2 PUBLIC OUTREACH The Landmark Preservation Commission held a public hearing on this item at its December 19, 2018, meeting. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location Map (PDF) 2. Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution (PDF) 3. Landmark Designation Application (PDF) E Elizabeth St E Pitkin St Mathews St Peterson St Garfield St Edwards St © Local Landmark 322 Edwards Designation 1 inch = 137 feet ATTACHMENT 1 ATTACHMENT 2 pg. 1 Planning, Development & Transportation Services Community Development & Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522.0580 Fort Collins Landmark Designation LOCATION INFORMATION: Address: 322 Edwards Street, Fort Collins, Colorado Legal Description: East 45 feet of Lot 17, Block B9 in Sub Crafts Resub Property Name (historic and/or common): Farrington Property OWNER INFORMATION: Name: Adrian MacDonald, Alan MacDonald, and Elizabeth MacDonald Phone: (617) 462-5367 Email: adrian.s.macdonald@gmail.com 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: Eva M. Garner, Historian (Centennial Archaeology) Address: 413 Thrasher Street, Fort Collins, Colorado Phone: (970) 402-7340 Email: emdonkin@gmail.com Relationship to Owner: Historical Consultant DATE: December 3, 2018 Packet Pg. 18 ATTACHMENT 3 pg. 2 TYPE OF DESIGNATION and BOUNDARIES ☒ Individual Landmark Property ☐ Landmark District Explanation of Boundaries: The boundaries of the property being designated as a Fort Collins Landmark correspond to the legal description of the property, above. The property consists of a circa 1900 Classic Cottage, a 1920s garage, a tool/tac shed, and a 1930s machine shed. SIGNIFICANCE Properties that possess exterior integrity are eligible for designation as Fort Collins Landmarks or Fort Collins Landmark Districts if they meet one (1) or more of the following standards for designation: ☐Standard 1: The property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of history; ☐Standard 2: The property is associated with the lives of persons significant in history; ☒Standard 3: The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; ☐Standard 4: The property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (Please describe why the property is significant, relative to the Standard(s) above.) 322 Edwards Street is historically significant under Fort Collins Landmark Designation Standard 3 for how the property embodies distinctive characteristics of a late-Victorian Classic Cottage. After the arrival of the railroad in the 1870s, Fort Collins saw a significant period of growth and development. In response, a number of residential neighborhoods were quickly established throughout the city starting as early as 1880. The Crafts Resubdivision, in addition to 322 Edwards Street, display the socio-cultural makeup of the ever-growing middle-class at that time. The first owners were middle-class individuals who moved to Fort Collins, presumably for the growing economic opportunities. The property was likely rented for a period between 1900 to 1918, and almost certainly housed middle-class individuals who worked in the sugar beet industry, as maintenance workers, laborers, and small business owners. Continuing this trend, the longest known residents of the home (1919-1962) were presumably small business owners who owned and operated a mechanic shop. It can, therefore, be assessed that the history of the property aligns with overreaching trends of residential development and key architectural styles that emerged and continued at that time among the middle-class. Packet Pg. 19 pg. 3 Architecturally the property is a good example of middle-class residences in Fort Collins from 1890 to 1910. Like many of the houses constructed during this time (1890-1910) the house at 322 Edwards Street is small with a single-story and has minimal decorative embellishment but still evokes a Victorian feel. The house, in suite, is a good example of a Classic Cottage home that many middle-class families embraced around the turn of the 20 th century because of its more simplistic, less expensive design. Indicative of a Classic Cottage style, the home has a single story, moderate-pitched gabled roof with a triangle-shaped eyebrow dormer, open front porch, and boxed eaves. Furthermore, the small embellishments with decorative wood shingles and clapboard siding give the house an overall asymmetric shape, multi-textured feel, and picturesque details demonstrating Victorian styling. Although the home has undergone some alterations to correspond with modern living practices and amenities, the home is relatively unchanged and is felt to maintain integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association thereby further qualifying the property under Standard 3 Fort Collins Landmark Designation. HISTORICAL INFORMATION (Please include city directory research and/or title search if the property is important for its association with a significant person) Coinciding with the arrival of the Colorado and Central Railroad in the late 1870s and slightly later the Greeley, Salt Lake, and Pacific Railroad (GSL&P) in the early 1880s, Fort Collins saw a significant period of growth and development. Growth was further accelerated by the budding agriculture in the region, the institutionalization of Colorado State Agricultural College (Colorado State University) in 1879, sandstone quarries, and the rise of the sugar beet industry in the 1890s. Resulting from the influx in population, residential subdivisions were platted in portions of Fort Collins to delineate between housing, commercial, and industrial areas. One of the earliest subdivisions was the Lake Park Addition, platted in 1881. By the mid-1890s residential growth continued to include the Harrison Addition, A.L. Emigh Subdivision, the Loomis Addition, and the West Side Addition.0F 1 A large section of the southeast quarter of the original 1870s town plat, now known as the Laurel School Neighborhood or the Midtown Historic District, was initially platted, with the partial aid of the Larimer County Land Improvement Company (1872), an organization that worked to encourage immigration and settlement in Fort Collins by purchasing, acquiring, selling, transferring, and disposing of land, by Abraham L. Emigh in 1881 as the Lake Park Addition.1F 2 In 1877 Lizzie C. Emigh transferred the northern one-half of the Lake Park Addition to Henry A. Crafts, a well-known newspaperman and developer. Henry A. Crafts subsequently transferred the tract as a gift to Elizabeth McKee D. Crafts, seemingly in that same year. In 1890 Elizabeth Mckee D. Crafts along with K.D. Craft resubdivided east portions of the Lake Park Addition to established the Crafts’ Resubdivision. The extant 322 Edwards Street falls within the boundaries of the 1890 Crafts’ subdivision. The Crafts’ subdivision and immediate areas were predominately occupied by “a middle-class farming community.”2F 3 The Crafts’ Resubdivision appealed to many because individuals with a fixed, low income could purchase lots on installment and at low rates of interest.3F 4 In-suite, 1 Fort Collins History Connection, “The Railroad Era, Colorado Agricultural College, and the Growth of the City, 1877-1900.” 2 Fort Collins Courier, “Lake Park,” September 8, 1881. 3 National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form for the Fort Collins Midtown Historic District, 1980. 4 Fort Collins History Connection, “The Railroad Era, Colorado Agricultural College, and the Growth of the City, 1877-1900.” ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 20 pg. 4 buildings were typically “small, one-story brick or frame cottages rectangular in shape” and had few decorations but were “unmistakably late Victorian.”4F 5 Development in the beginning (1880s- 1890s) was spread out with no real symmetry; some blocks had multiple dwellings while others were sparsely populated with just a few dwellings surrounded by farmland. By the turn of the 20 th century many blocks were fully developed, larger plots were subdivided to further accommodate growth, and schools, grocers, and churches occurred in higher frequencies to serve the growing needs of the community. After a slow period of growth in the 1910s, sparked by a local depression, the 1920s and 1930s saw an influx in construction as more and more single-dwelling homes erupted within the community.5F 6 Today the area consists mostly of historic buildings (1890s – 1950s) punctuated with modern businesses, especially near College Avenue, newer homes, and historic homes that have undergone significant changes over the years. 322 Edwards Street, Fort Collins, Colorado The earliest property record found for 322 Edwards Street (east 45 feet of Lot 17 in Block 9 of the Sub Crafts Resub) dates to June 9, 1908. Grantor/Grantee records available at the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder’s office demonstrate that at that time Henderson C. Howard deeded both 320 Edwards Street (Lot 16) and 322 Edwards Street (Lot 17) to his son Ross D. Howard.6F 7 City directories indicate that Henderson C. and Cathryn (Dalby) Howard, along with their son lived at 638 College Avenue at the time of the transfer.7F 8 Although a tenant for 322 Edwards Street could not be established, early records show that Perry and Julia Harrington lived at 320 Edwards Street as early as 1902,8F 9 and it appears that for significant part of the Howards’ ownership of both addresses they leased the residences to various occupants.9F 10 Historical data shows that Henderson Calvin (H.C.) Howard was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania on September 16, 1839 to Thomas Howard and Margaret Clark McLain Howard. H.C. Howard served as a Union soldier in the 11 th Pennsylvania Reserves during the Civil War and earned a Medal of Honor for his efforts during the Peninsular Campaign of 1862. He married Cathryn Dalby on March 4, 1879 in Pennsylvania. They had their only child, Ross Dalby Howard in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on May 15, 1882.10F 11 In 1890 the Howards moved to Fort Collins and enrolled Ross in public school until his graduation in 1896.11F 12 After grade school Ross D. Howard was listed on a Battalion Roster for Company C in 1899, 1900, and 1901.12F 13 The 1902 Fort Collins City Directory lists Ross D. Howard as a student residing with his parents,13F 14 and a local newspaper article published in 1903 notes that Ross D. Howard graduated in 1901 from the mechanical engineering department at Colorado State Agricultural College and was offered a position in Buffalo, New York.14F 15 In the 1904 Fort Collins City Directory, however, Ross D. Howard was listed as a draftsman living in Fort Collins,15F pg. 5 Larimer County.16F 17 Both Henderson and Ross were buried at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins; Henderson C. Howard in 1919 and Ross D. Howard in 1942. The next property record found through historical research shows that Ross D. Howard sold 322 Edwards Street to Asa W. (A.W.) Farrington on September 8, 1919,17F 18 and city directories illustrate that A.W. Farrington and Mary E. Farrington, owned, and lived on the property until 1962 when A.W. Farrington died. Census data further shows that A.W. Farrington was born in January of 1892 in McCracken, Kansas. His parents were Edwards A. Farrington of Iowa and Phebe M. Farrington of New York. He had three sisters, two older and one younger. 18F 19 A.W. Farrington married Mary E. Farrington on July 3, 1912 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mary E. Farrington was born on April 27, 1882 in Sutton, Nebraska to German immigrants, and she died in 1961 of heart complications, roughly one year before her husband of nearly 50 years.19F 20 1940 and 1930 census data shows that they had one son Edmond R. Farrington, who was born in 1916. Shortly after the birth of their son in 1916, A.W. was drafted to the United States Military for World War I. He was exempted from service, however, because of his dependents (son and wife); he never served. During their ownership, A.W. and Mary Farrington constructed a garage in 1924, a storage shed, and a 1936 machine shed. Although historical data could not confirm that A.W. and Mary Farrington operated a business on the property it is thought that towards the middle of the 1920s the Farringtons started to extend the property to include an auto mechanic garage and shop. Automobiles and auto travel became a mainstay in the area during the early-to-mid 1900s, and as a result, Fort Collins and the surrounding areas saw major improvements in road and bridge development and an influx in tourism and greater automobile use. Horse-related livery and industry were quickly replaced by “numerous garages, automobile sales and repair firms, filling stations,”20F 21 and a large collection of independently owned repair and service companies. By the mid-1940s the automobile had taken hold.21F 22 Coinciding with this growth, Mary E. Farrington pulled a building permit on September 9, 1924 for a frame garage that was seemingly constructed for A.W. Farrington’s listed trade as a mechanic. A large service pit, the somewhat atypical two-car garage size, and the large swing- out carriage doors allude to the use of the garage as a mechanic/automobile service shop. Presumably to help build A.W. Farrington’s trade, a machine shed was constructed at the back of the property in 1936. It is though that this building was added to the property to provide additional workspace and/or storage for specialized machinery and/or equipment necessary in automobile repairs and services. However, information pertaining to the specific use of the building was not obtained. 17 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKN-K5Y : 13 March 2018), Ross Dalbey Howard, 1917-1918, Larimer County, Colorado, United States. 18 Warranty Deed, September 9, 1918, Book 394, Page 509. 19 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4C-LQH : accessed 27 November 2018), Asa W Farrington in household of Edmond A Farrington, Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United States. 20 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X748-WSK : accessed 28 November 2018), Mary E Farrington in household of Asa W Farrington, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United pg. 6 City directories from the 1920s through to the 1950s show A.W. Farrington as living at 322 Edwards Street and working as a mechanic or mechanical engineer. A World War II draft card indicates that at the age of 50 A.W. Farrington was self-employed and resided on Edwards Street. By 1959 A.W. Farrington was retired but still resided at 322 Edwards Street.22F 23 Permits pulled for the property were primarily in Mary E. Farrington’s name and it appears the she took and active role in her husband’s trade and/or business and subsumed the overall household operations. Documentation of her employment was not located. A gap in ownership exists from the time of A.W. Farrington’s death in 1962 and April 1973 when Ralph Mills and Ronald A. Mills deeded Lot 16 (320 Edwards Street) and the west 5 feet of Lot 17 (322 Edwards Street) to Ronald A. Mills and Marilyn R. Mills.23F 24 The next record found shows that on January 1, 1981, Ronald A. Mills obtained a Quit Claim Deed from Ralph R. Mills, Thomas Terry Tucker for 322 Edwards Street. At this time Ronald A. Mills gained sole ownership. 24F 25 On July 2, 2003, Ronald A. Mills deeded 322 Edwards along with two additional properties to Wendy Irving-Mills, seemingly as a rental property.25F 26 In March of 2018 Adrian MacDonald, in addition to Alan and Elizabeth MacDonald, purchased the parcel from Wendy Irving-Mills.26F 27 Adrian MacDonald, along with Alan and Elizabeth MacDonald currently retain ownership of the parcel, and Adrian MacDonald requests that the site be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark. No additional archival research regarding ownership was recovered. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION Construction Date: Circa 1900 Architect/Builder: Unknown Building Materials: Brick, Sandstone Architectural Style: Free Classic Queen Anne Description: The Asa W. and Mary E. Farrington Property includes a Classic Cottage Style home (Feature 1), a 1920s garage (Feature 2), a tool/tac shed of an undetermined age (Feature 3), and a 1930s machine shed (Feature 4). The lot is in the 300 block of Edwards Street in the Crafts Resub Addition. The property has paved concrete sidewalks, street parking on Edwards Street, a road verge or medium separating the sidewalk from the active roadway, and alley access (Fort Collins Alley #2323) at the back, north end, of the property. There is minimal private parking in front of the 1930s garage (Feature 2) via a narrow gravel driveway. Due to the small size of the lot, landscaping is minimal and consists of flower beds along the south and north elevations of the house, rock beds in front of the west wall of both the 1920s garage (Feature 2) and tool/tac shed (Feature 3), a backyard lawn, a pathway that leads from the alley to the back, north elevation of the house, and a privacy fence that divides sections of the property from the neighboring lots and public alleyway. Residential Architectural Description The Classic Cottage Style house (Feature 1) is located at the front of the property and has a single-story and partial basement (cellar) that is accessible at the back, north end of the house. 23 1957 Fort Collins City Directory. 24 Warranty Deed, April 4, 1973, Reception No. 54714. 25 Quit Claim Deed, January 1, 1981, Reception No. 394717. 26 Quit Claim Deed, July 2, 2003, Reception No. 20030082588. 27 Warranty Deed, March 6, 2018, Reception No. 20180013349. pg. 7 The home has a rectangular footprint and measures roughly 36 ft (N/S) x 33 ft (E/W). There are no additions and the house maintains its original, circa 1900 form and shape. A dimensional lumber roof with a moderate-pitched front gable covers the house. The house also has a triangle- shaped eyebrow dormer on the south-facing façade, boxed eaves enclosed with wood fascia, and wide band trim. Overlaying the roof are composition shingles that were last replaced in 2010. Under the eave of the west elevation is a soffit vent allowing for attic ventilation. The installation of new gutters and downspouts, in addition to tuck paint, were completed in the last 10 years. Illustrated in images dating from the 1940s to 1990s is the presence of a ridge chimney; however, by documentation in 2018, the chimney had been removed. A modern heating system is exhibited by a metal ventilation pipe that extends from the slope of the roof. Furthermore, an electrical box located on the north elevation, as well as a plumbing vent pipe projecting from the western slope of the roof demonstrate modern utilities. Walls of the house are predominately red brick laid in a running bond pattern; however, decorative wood shingles or clapboard cover the central, south-facing wall of the triangle, eyebrow dormer. Windows on the main level are almost solely single-hung with metal rails and fixed upper sashes. Both the upper and lower sashes are bounded with aluminum stiles and wood jambs, and it seems that nearly all wooden headers and brick moldings associated with the windows have been consciously preserved. Modern screens cover all windows on this main level. A singular, fixed window, located on the large triangle-shaped eyebrow dormer, is set in a wood frame, and appears historic in age. Above the windows of the main level are segmental arch lintels, and below the windows are thick, 1.5 to 2-inch stone sills. The front, south-facing wood panel salvage door is historic but not original to the home.27F 28 On the upper half of the door is a fixed window set in a wood frame. The back, north door is metal with a fixed window on the upper one-third; this window has wood muntin bars that divides the sash into six panels giving the door an overall historic look and feel. Remodel plans created in 2017 show that a kitchen window, located on the north end of the east elevation, was shorten to create more workable space inside. As part of construction some portions of the outside wall just below the extant window were damaged. However, contractors made considerable efforts to salvage brick from an interior project to repair exterior damages and consciously preserved the stone sill, wooden headers, brick moldings, and segmental arch lintels. These actions, in turn, helped to maintain the overall historical integrity of the east, exterior wall.28F 29 Also proposed in 2017 was a new steel angle lintel at the cellar door and work to level the west portion of the north wall at the cellar. Presently, a thick plywood hatch door with a dimensional lumber frame provides outdoor access to the cellar. Found on both the north and south elevations are two small entry porches. The back porch is centrally located and configured with a dropped hipped roof covered in composition shingles. Lining the north plane is a modern gutter system. The porch is open and supported with two 4 x 4-inch columns mounted in wood blocks at the base. Decking is dimensional lumber. A set of three stairs drop from the deck and corrugated metal sheets boarder the deck foundation. Remolding in 2017 replaced the stairs and floor boards to meet city code.29F 30 The front porch is also centrally located and configured with a drop hipped roof covered with composite shingles. Like the back porch a gutter system lines the horizontal extent of the porch, the foundation of the deck is covered with corrugated metal sheets, and a set of three stairs drop from the deck. Decking is newly replaced (2017) dimensional lumber. Enforcing the deck are four turned spindles and square porch headers, and the porched is enclosed with a classic spindle rail. Railing 28 Meirose, Dave, 322 Edwards St. New Floor Plan. (Fort Collins: Wildwood Construction, 2017), 1. 29 Meirose, Dave, 322 Edwards St. New Floor Plan. (Fort Collins: Wildwood Construction, 2017), 1. 30 Meirose, Dave, 322 Edwards St. New Floor Plan. (Fort Collins: Wildwood Construction, 2017), 1. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 24 pg. 8 continues downward on either side of the stairs. The exposed sandstone foundation of the house is exhibited on all elevations. Positioned on the east elevation is a cast-iron coal chute once used for coal deliveries and coal storage. No markings were visible on the exterior of the door and the chute mimics that of others in the region. Four cellar windows, two on the west elevation and two on the east elevation, are single-pane hopper set in wood frames. Stone and brick window wells tightly encircle each cellar window. The house is indicative of a Classic Cottage style home because of its more simplistic, less expensive design. The home has a single-story, moderate-pitched gabled roof with a triangle- shaped eyebrow dormer, open front porch, and boxed eaves, all of which further represent a Classic Cottage, and the small embellishments with decorative wood shingles and clapboard siding give the house an overall asymmetric shape, multi-textured feel, and picturesque details demonstrating Victorian styling. Outbuildings Architectural Description Contributing to the overall history of the property are three associated outbuildings all in a vernacular style: Feature 2; Feature 3; and Feature 4. Feature 2, a 1920s two-car garage, is located at the east boundary line of the property, near the northeast corner of the home. The garage has a rectangular footprint measuring approximately 20 ft (E/W) x 21 ft (N/S). The front- gabled, dimensional lumber roof is covered with composition sheets that were replaced in 2017.30F 31 The eaves are open with exposed rafters. Walls are clad with simple drop horizontal siding. A grouping of three fixed windows with wooden glazing bars, wood casings, and wood frames are on the west elevation. An additional set of windows are on the east wall of the building, and like the windows on the west wall, these windows are fixed, enclosed with wood frames, have wooden glazing bars, and wood casings. All windows are historic and thought to be original to the building. A historic, wood-paneled door with a fixed single-pane window on the upper portion allows pedestrian access to the garage on the west elevation. Two sets of swing-out carriage garage doors have tongue-and-groove paneling, diagonal “Z” braces, and are mounted with metal hinges. These doors open to the narrow gravel driveway off the south elevation of the building. The entire garage sits on a poured concrete foundation. Just north of the 1920s garage is a rectangular-shaped shed that measures about 12 ft (N/S) x 10 ft (E/W). The entire building sits on a poured concrete foundation. Walls are clad with a beveled hewn log veneer. A small portion of the north elevation wall is repaired with modern dimensional lumber. Windows are located on the west, east, and north elevations and include three fixed single-panel sashes enclosed in wooden frames. Covering the windows on the east and north elevations are metal mesh screens that are secured to the wood casings around each window. Entry to the shed is on the west elevation and is provided by a wood paneled door that appears to have been added to the building sometime after original construction. Covering the building is a shed roof with exposed rafters and slight eave overhangs. Protecting the dimensional lumber roof are tin corrugated metal sheets. Although pulled permits and accessor information did not allude to an estimated construction date, based on the tight placement of the building under the north eave of the garage, it is thought that the shed was added to the property sometime after the garage was constructed in the 1920s. And, based on the tin roof, fixed single-panel sashes, and wooden frames enclosing each window it is probable that the shed was added to the property sometime in the 1930s when a machine shed was built at the back of the property. 31 Irving-Mills, Wendy, Seller’s Property Disclosure (Residential), (Fort Collins: Downtown Real Estate Partners, LLC., 2017), 1. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 25 pg. 9 A 1930s rectangular-plan machine shed (Feature 4) is at the back, northeast corner of the property adjacent to the alley. It is roughly 27 ft (N/S) x 18 ft (E/W). The building has a moderate-pitched front gabled roof with a north-facing façade and close eaves. The dimensional lumber roof, slightly exposed on the south and north ends near the eaves, is covered with a tin roof. Wall cladding on the east and west elevations are board-and-batten. The north and south elevations are flush horizontal boards with visible nail finishes. There is minimal wood rot near the base of the south and west elevations. Windows are located on the east, west, and north walls. A wood framed sliding widow with wood casing is at the northwest corner of the west wall, and found just south of the pedestrian door on the west elevation is a sliding window boarded-up with deteriorating plywood. A sole sliding window with a wood frame and wood casing is centered on the east elevation. Centrally located on the south elevation is a ribbon of three windows. Each window is fixed and has 6-panes secured with wood muntin bars, wood frames, and bracketed with wood casings. All fenestrations are original to the building. As indicated above, a pedestrian door is positioned on the west elevation. The door itself is made with flush horizontal boards enforced with a “Z” brace and mounted with mental gate hinges that allows the door to open outward onto a concrete pad and a ribbon pathway. Doors allowing for machinery access are on the north elevation and open to the alley. These doors are board-and-batten with “Z” braces, and metal gate hinges allow the doors to open outward. The building sits on a poured concrete foundation. All materials are historic and likely original to the building, and minimal to no modifications have been done to the exterior of the building throughout its rough 85-year history. REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) Fort Collins City Directories (1902-1962), accessed through Fort Collins History Connection, an online collaboration of the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery and the Poudre Valley River Public Library District. Fort Collins History Connection, “The Railroad Era, Colorado Agricultural College, and the Growth of the City, 1877-1900.” Fort Collins Public Library, Local History Archive (online). History Connection, including Building Records and Permits. http://history.poudreilbaries.org/ Fort Collins Weekly Courier, Fort Collins Courier, and Rocky Mountain Collegian from 1881 to 1920, accessed via coloradohistoricnewpapers.org. Grantor/Grantee Records at the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 200 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins, CO. A Brief History of the Auto Mechanic’s Trade, accessed via WorkerPower.ca, http://iamdistrict250.ca/our-skilled-trades/a-brief-history-of-the-auto-mechanics-trade/. Irving-Mills, Wendy, Seller’s Property Disclosure (Residential), Fort Collins: Downtown Real Estate Partners, LLC., 2017. Larimer County Tax Assessor Records, accessed via https://www.larimer.org/assessor/search#/property/ and at their offices at 200 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins, CO. McAlester, Virginia. A Field Guide to American Houses, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2014. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 26 pg. 10 Meirose, Dave. 322 Edwards St. New Floor Plan. Fort Collins: Wildwood Construction, 2017. The National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form for the Fort Collins Midtown Historic District, 1980, accessed November 28, 2018, https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/9bdeedec-9b54- 4e49-807f-0d5527768cfa. “Henderson C. Howard.” Revolvy.com, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.revolvy.com/page/Henderson-C.-Howard. United States Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1946, accessed via FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/ark. United States Federal Census, 1880-1940, accessed via FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/ark. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 27 pg. 11 AGREEMENT The undersigned owner(s) hereby agrees that the property described herein be considered for local historic landmark designation, pursuant to the Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. I understand that upon designation, I or my successors will be requested to notify the Secretary of the Landmark Preservation Commission at the City of Fort Collins prior to the occurrence of any of the following: Preparation of plans for reconstruction or alteration of the exterior of the improvements on the property, or; Preparation of plans for construction of, addition to, or demolition of improvements on the property DATED this __________________day of _______________________________, 201___. _____________________________________________________ Owner Name (please print) _____________________________________________________ Owner Signature State of ___________________________) )ss. County of __________________________) Subscribed and sworn before me this _________day of ___________________, 201____, by _____________________________________________________________________. Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires _________________________. _____________________________________________________ Notary Packet Pg. 28 pg. 12 Photo and Map Attachments - 322 Edwards Street, Fort Collins Landmark Designation South Elevation of Feature 1 (residence) South and East Elevation of Feature 1 (residence) Packet Pg. 29 pg. 13 North Elevation of Feature 1 (residence) West Elevation of Feature 1 (residence) Packet Pg. 30 pg. 14 North Elevation of Feature 2 (1920s Garage) West Elevation of Feature 2 (1920s Garage) and Feature 3 (Tool/Tac Shed) Packet Pg. 31 pg. 15 West and North Elevations of Feature 2 (1920s Garage) and Feature 3 (Tool/Tac Shed) West Elevation of Feature 4 (1930s Machine Shed) Packet Pg. 32 pg. 16 South Elevations of Feature 4 (1930s Machine Shed) North Elevations of Feature 4 (1930s Machine Shed) Packet Pg. 33 pg. 17 322 Edwards Street, 1948-1953. View of South Elevation. From Fort Collins History Connection and the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Historic Archive. 322 Edwards Street, 1940-1950. View of South Elevation. From Fort Collins History Connection and the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Historic Archive. Packet Pg. 34 pg. 18 320, 322, 326, 332 Edwards Street, circa 1995. View of Edwards Street. From Fort Collins History Connection and the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Historic Archive. Packet Pg. 35 pg. 20 Figure 2. Neighborhood Map Showing Location of 322 Edwards Street in Reference to Side Streets. Packet Pg. 37 -1- ORDINANCE NO. 027, 019 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE FARRINGTON PROPERTY, 322 EDWARDS 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 14-2, 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 December 19, 2018, the Landmark Preservation Commission (the “Commission”) determined that the Farrington Property at 322 Edwards Street in Fort Collins, as more specifically described in the legal description below (the “Property”), is eligible for landmark designation pursuant to City Code Section 14-5 for its high degree of exterior integrity, and for its significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standard C (Design/Construction) as a good example of a Classic Cottage; and WHEREAS, the Commission further determined that the Property meets the landmark criteria set forth in City Code Section 14-5, is eligible for designation as a landmark, and has recommended to the City Council that the Property be designated as a 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; 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: EAST 45 FEET, LOT 17, BLOCK 9, CRAFTS RESUB CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COUNTY OF LARIMER, STATE OF COLORADO be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with City Code Chapter 14. -2- Section 3. That alterations, additions and other changes to the buildings and structures located upon the Property will be reviewed for compliance with City Code Chapter 14, Article III, as currently enacted or hereafter amended. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of February, A.D. 2019, and to be presented for final passage on the 5th day of March, A.D. 2019. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 5th day of March, A.D. 2019. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 23 States; "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR6N-825 : 13 March 2018), Mary Farrington in household of Asa Farrington, Ward E, Fort Collins, Fort Collins City, Larimer, Colorado, United States. 21 Fort Collins History Connection, Post World War I Urban Growth, 1919-1941. 22 WorkPower. A Brief history of the Auto Mechanic’s Trade. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 22 16 and a World War I Service System Draft Registration Card shows he worked as a farmer in 1918 at the age of 36 and resided in 5 National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form for the Fort Collins Midtown Historic District, 1980. 6 Fort Collins History Connection, “The Railroad Era, Colorado Agricultural College, and the Growth of the City, 1877-1900.” 7 Warranty Deed, Book, June 9, 1908, Book 246, Page 5110. 8 1907 Fort Collins City Directory; 1909 Fort Collins City Directory. 9 1902 Fort Collins City Directory, 71. 10 1902-1920 Fort Collins City Directories. 11 “Henderson C. Howard.” Revolvy.com, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.revolvy.com/page/Henderson-C.-Howard. 12 Rocky Mountain Collegian, Volume X, Number 4, May 1, 1901. 13Rocky Mountain Collegian, Volume IX, Number 3, December 1, 1899; Rocky Mountain Collegian, Volume IX, Number 4, January 1, 1900; Rocky Mountain Collegian, Volume X, Number 7, April 1, 1901. 14 1902 Fort Collins City Directory, 75. 15 Fort Collins Weekly Courier, March 25, 1903. 16 1904 Fort Collins City Directory, 139. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 21 ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 23 States; "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR6N-825 : 13 March 2018), Mary Farrington in household of Asa Farrington, Ward E, Fort Collins, Fort Collins City, Larimer, Colorado, United States. 21 Fort Collins History Connection, Post World War I Urban Growth, 1919-1941. 22 WorkPower. A Brief history of the Auto Mechanic’s Trade. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 22 16 and a World War I Service System Draft Registration Card shows he worked as a farmer in 1918 at the age of 36 and resided in 5 National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form for the Fort Collins Midtown Historic District, 1980. 6 Fort Collins History Connection, “The Railroad Era, Colorado Agricultural College, and the Growth of the City, 1877-1900.” 7 Warranty Deed, Book, June 9, 1908, Book 246, Page 5110. 8 1907 Fort Collins City Directory; 1909 Fort Collins City Directory. 9 1902 Fort Collins City Directory, 71. 10 1902-1920 Fort Collins City Directories. 11 “Henderson C. Howard.” Revolvy.com, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.revolvy.com/page/Henderson-C.-Howard. 12 Rocky Mountain Collegian, Volume X, Number 4, May 1, 1901. 13Rocky Mountain Collegian, Volume IX, Number 3, December 1, 1899; Rocky Mountain Collegian, Volume IX, Number 4, January 1, 1900; Rocky Mountain Collegian, Volume X, Number 7, April 1, 1901. 14 1902 Fort Collins City Directory, 75. 15 Fort Collins Weekly Courier, March 25, 1903. 16 1904 Fort Collins City Directory, 139. ITEM 2, ATTACHMENT 1 Packet Pg. 21