HomeMy WebLinkAboutFEEDER SUPPLY - PDP - PDP130012 - REPORTS - HISTORIC PRESERVATIONPoudre Valley Elevator Company (a.k.a. Northern Colorado Feeder's Supply)
Fort Collins, Colorado
Historic Structure Assessment
1917 —1925 The wagon shed had been torn down. A new concrete building was
constructed immediately to the south of the coal shed. The building was not
attached to the rest of the building. See the 1925 Sanborn Map.
1929 A new roof was put on the building at a cost of $110.
1943 A concrete building with a 12" parapet (east elevation) is constructed onto the
south elevation of the coal shed. The coal shed is modified with a door
centered on the south wall to access the new addition. The storage room
was turned into a coal storage and the south elevation has an addition so that
the south wall now aligns with the south wall of the hay warehouse. See 1943
Sanborn Map.
July 1944 The exterior of the building was stuccoed at a cost of $300. This may have
been just a portion of the building.
November 1944 A permit was released to make repairs to the coal shed at a cost of $1,000.
2.2 FLOOR PLAN
Please refer to existing floor plans.
2.3 PROPOSED USE(S)
Portions of the most significant and structurally sound sections of the building, the easternmost
three sections including the office/retail section, the grain elevator section, and the well
constructed warehouse section, deserve to be preserved, at least in their form and structure,
but unless the proposed use for this building were to be as a grain elevator museum, an
adaptive reuse rehabilitation will require redesign of some of the interior spaces and removal of
most of the fixtures and equipment. Where these sections of the building's historic fabric are
intact and sound, particularly the character defining features, they should be retained,
preserved, restored, or rehabilitated, and that is certainly true for the building envelope.
However, there may be some functions, depending on the ultimate proposed use, that will
require some alterations to the building envelope, i.e. addition of windows and doors (to be kept
to a minimum) required for functional adaptations and code enhancement. As much as is
possible, alterations and additions should be compatible and reversible.
This report and assessment is written utilizing the Secretary of Interior Standards for Historic
Properties. The Secretary of Interior Standards has four Treatments: Preservation,
Restoration, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation. Within each treatment there are standards and
guidelines that should be followed when working on a historic building. The four treatments are
identified and defined as:
Preservation
is the act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity, and
materials of an historic property. Work, including preliminary measures to protect and stabilize
the property, generally focuses upon the ongoing maintenance and repair of historic materials
and features rather than extensive replacement and new construction. New exterior additions
are not within the scope of this treatment, however, the limited and sensitive upgrading of
mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and other code -required work to make properties
functional is appropriate within a preservation project.
Restoration
is defined as the act or process of accurately depicting the form, features, and character of a
property as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of features from
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July 2013
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From: Ted Shepard [TSHEPARD@fcgov.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 2:01 PM 1
To: jonj@frii.com; Josh Weinberg 5 �'b(� �"-✓'!'!
Subject: FW: Feeder Bldg and designations
This message recently arrived from Heather Peterson at the State.
Ted Shepard
Chief Planner
City of Fort Collins
970-221-6343
From: Karen McWilliams
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:56 PM
To: Ted Shepard
Subject: FW: Feeder Bldg and designation
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Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1: M
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Subject: Feeder Bldg qpfd designation
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I just shared th�plans of the Feeder Building with Heather Peterson. She said no, the addition
and other alterations will not negatively affect the designation (contributing building) status of
the historic building. The historic portion would be contributing to the district and the addition
would be non-contributing, even though it's attached.
As for the new apartment building, she said adding one building like that to the district would not
negatively impact the historic district, but adding more and more of this type in the district would
negative y impact the district.
We both agree that stepping the center lobby in (recessed behind the planes of the apartment
wings) would be more appropriate.
Thanks for letting us review these plans.
Anne McCleave
Historic Preservation Specialist
State Historical Fund
1200 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
303.866.3536
anne. mccleave(cbstate.co. us