GREAT WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY, EFFLUENT FLUME & SUSPENSION BRIDGE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1926 suspension bridge, designed and built by the Great Western Sugar Company to carry beet sugar factory effluent through a flume suspended above the Cache la Poudre River.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Natural Areas Department

ST. STEPHEN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH (NORTHGLENN, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1963-1964 Neo-Expressionist style church designed by renowned Boulder architect Charles A. Haertling. The building is remarkable for its architectural and engineering design that resulted in a soaring curved roofline built of thin-shell reinforced concrete.

Client: Northglenn Historic Preservation Foundation

METZGER FARM (WESTMINSTER, CO)

National Register nomination and preservation planning for this mid-20th century hobby farm that served as the residence of Colorado Attorney General John Metzger.

Client: Broomfield-Westminster Open Space Foundation

STAR FILLING STATION (NEW RAYMER, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1925 house-with-a-canopy gasoline station that provided the community with fuel and minor repairs until it closed in 1965.

Client: Client

ASPEN PEDESTRIAN MALL (ASPEN, CO)

City of Aspen landmark nomination for the 1976 Aspen Pedestrian Mall, a Mid-Century Modern urban landscape that occupies four downtown blocks and was designed by Taliesin-trained architect Robin Molny.

Client: City of Aspen, Community Development Department

MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASPEN BUILDING (ASPEN, CO)

City of Aspen landmark nomination for the 1965-66 Mountain Rescue Aspen Building, a Pan-Abode Kit Style building that housed this organization from 1966 to 2014.

Client: City of Aspen, Community Development Department

ASPEN GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL (ASPEN, CO)

City of Aspen landmark nomination for the 1941 Aspen Grade School and High School, a Mid-Century Modern building commonly known as the Red Brick School. It currently houses the Red Brick Center for the Arts and a municipal recreation center.

Client: City of Aspen, Community Development Department

ASPEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (ASPEN, CO)

City of Aspen landmark nomination for the 1960 Aspen Elementary School, an International Style building commonly known as the Yellow Brick School. It currently houses city offices and an early childhood education center.

Client: City of Aspen, Community Development Department

PETERS-ANDERSON CABIN & ANDERSON STABLES (ASPEN, CO)

City of Aspen landmark nomination for the 1949 Peters-Anderson Cabin, a Mid-Century Rustic Style log building that along with the surrounding property was used from 1955-1970 as Anderson Stables.

Client: City of Aspen, Community Development Department

PAUL AND GINNY SOLDNER HOME AND STUDIO (ASPEN, CO)

National Register nomination for the 1957-1995 home and studio complex built by nationally renowned ceramic artist Paul Soldner. It is currently being repurposed into the Soldner Center, an education facility dedicated to the artistic legacy of Paul Soldner.

Client: The Soldner Center

FITZSIMONS ARMY HOSPITAL (AURORA, CO)

City of Aurora historic landmark nominations for ten prominent buildings and sites at this 1918 World War I-era US Army hospital complex, including the base chapel, occupational therapy school, NCO quarters, officer's club, Red Cross building, baseball field, waterfowl preserve, and main entry gates. In recent years, the base has been converted into the Anschutz Medical Center, which includes the Denver metropolitan area’s Children’s Hospital, the Veterans Administration Hospital, and the University of Colorado Hospital.

Client: City of Aurora

FANFAIR DEPARTMENT STORE (AURORA, CO)

National Register nomination for this massive and nationally unique 1961 Mid-Century Modern style shopping center constructed of multiple thin-shell concrete hyperbolic paraboloids.

Client: Tri-Havana, LLC

NOTTINGHAM POWER PLANT (AVON, CO)

State Register nomination for this small privately built and operated hydroelectric power plant. Constructed in 1928 on a ranch along the Eagle River, it was powered by a water wheel and also supplied electricity to the nearby Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot. The nomination included a public lecture and on-camera work for a video program about the site.

Client: Town of Avon, Planning Department & Historic Preservation Commission

SAMUEL & SARAH BINGHAM HOMESTEAD (BELLVUE, CO)

National Register nomination for this extensive 1864 homestead built by prominent pioneers Samuel and Sarah Bingham. Among the surviving buildings are the original log homestead house, a bunkhouse and cold storage cellar, a large hay barn, a hollow-tile silo, and a 1903 Montezuma Fuller-designed American Foursquare residence. The landmarked site includes the surrounding agricultural landscape, which also holds remnants of the 1881 Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific Railroad’s Stout Branch.

Client: Ken & Linda Fisher, current owners

JACOB FLOWERS STORE (BELLVUE, CO)

State Register nomination for this 1882 sandstone commercial building erected in this pioneer agricultural and quarrying town northwest of Fort Collins by town founder and merchant Jacob Flowers. The building has been in use for decades as a grange hall and community center.

Client: Cache la Poudre Grange #456

JACOB & ELIZABETH FLOWERS HOUSE (BELLVUE, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1880 sandstone house and landscaped grounds that served as the residence and farm of prominent pioneer, merchant and town founder Jacob Flowers.

Client: Judy & Michael Jackson, current owners

GUSTAV SWANSON FARM (BERTHOUD, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1917-1918 dairy farm located north of Berthoud. The site has been in use for years as a bed and breakfast.

Dan and Sally Nibbelink (owners)

BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL (BRIGHTON, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1926 Byzantine Revival high school and adjacent vocational classroom building.

Client: Brighton School District 27-J

TEMPLE BUELL ESTATE (CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1919 Colonial Revival mansion that served as the home of prominent early 20th century architect and developer Temple Hoyne Buell. The design for the grounds and gardens was completed by renowned Denver landscape architect Saco DeBoer.

Client: Perlmutter-Witkin Properties

JOSEPH & JANE LITTLE ESTATE (CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1940 Tudor Revival mansion built for prominent mining attorney Joseph Little and businesswoman Jane Little, who owned Cottrell's Clothing in downtown Denver.

Client: Brian and Caryn Deevy, owners

JAMES MAITLAND ESTATE (CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1925 Tudor Revival mansion built for prominent building supplies magnate and WWII armaments manufacturer James Maitland.

Client: Donald and Lydia Digby, owners

WILLIAM R. OWEN ESTATE (CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1923 English Manor style mansion along with secondary buildings and five-acre estate grounds built for William Owen, part-owner and executive of the Denver Dry Goods Company.

Client: James and Carol Schmidt, owners

DOUD-EISENHOWER HOUSE / "SUMMER WHITE HOUSE" (DENVER, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1905 Denver Foursquare, which was the childhood home of Mamie Doud. In 1916 it served as the location of her wedding to Dwight Eisenhower. During his presidential administration in the 1950s, the couple vacationed there on a number of occasions and the house was dubbed the “Summer White House.” The detached garage behind the house was occupied by the Secret Service.

Client: David and Nancy Osburn, Owners

LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE, BRICK BARRACKS & HEADQUARTERS, (DENVER, CO)

National Register nomination for this massive 1940 WWII-era Army Air Corps barracks, one of the largest built by the military until that time. In 1961, the building was converted into the Lowry Air Force Base Headquarters and it served as such until the base closed years later.

Client: National Properties Group

KISTLER OFFICE SUPPLY COMPANY (DENVER, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1916 late-Gothic Revival early high-rise commercial building located in downtown. The facility served for many years as the headquarters and shop of the Kistler Office Supply Company, which provided Colorado with stationery, business forms, and custom printing services.

Client: National Properties Group

KOPPER'S HOTEL AND SALOON (DENVER, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1889 San Francisco-style hotel and saloon building, now located in the revitalized Ballpark Neighborhood near Coors Field.

Client: Bison Enterprises, Inc. / Urban Options Inc.

JOSLIN DRY GOODS COMPANY (DENVER, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1927 Chicago-style building on the 16th Street Mall in downtown. In recent years the interior was completely remodeled and converted into a Marriott Hotel.

Client: National Properties Group

STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CONTROL TOWER (DENVER, CO)

National Register nomination for the 1962 early jet-age control tower at Stapleton Airport. All that is left standing of the massive international airport, it was remodeled on the interior in recent years for commercial use.

Client: Forest City Stapleton, Inc.

ECKERT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (ECKERT, DELTA COUNTY, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1921 Craftsman style volcanic rock church and its adjacent 1949 manse designed by nationally known church architect Lawrence Valk.

Client: Eckert Presbyterian Church

HUBBARD RANCH / JCC RANCH CAMP (ELBERT COUNTY, CO)

State Register nomination for this 1921 summer camp established by renowned Native American ethnographer Ralph Hubbard. Acquired by the Jewish Community Center of Denver in 1952, it has operated since then as a children’s summer camp.

Client: Jewish Community Center of Denver

COLORADO SPRINGS & CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT RAILWAY / CORLEY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY / GOLD CAMP ROAD (EL PASO-TELLER COUNTIES, CO)

National Register nomination for this 36-mile-long rail route built in 1900 to transport passengers and haul gold ore from the Cripple Creek-Victor Mining District to the smelter in Colorado Springs. The scenic route, complete with multiple tunnels, immediately became a popular tourist attraction. While traveling its length in 1901, Vice President Teddy Roosevelt described it as “a trip that bankrupts the English language.” In 1922, the rail line was converted into the Corley Mountain Highway, a popular tourist road for automobile travelers. It remains open today as the Gold Camp Road.

Client: Short Line to Cripple Creek, Inc. / US Forest Service

OTTESEN GRAIN CO. FEED MILL (FORT LUPTON, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1920 grain elevator and feed mill facility located in this agricultural market center.

Client: Robert Vigil, La Familia Restaurant

FOUR MILE CREEK / EARNEST RANCH (GARFIELD COUNTY, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1919 alpine ranch and dairy farm located several miles south of Glenwood Springs on the road to the Sunlight Ski Resort. It has operated for years as a popular bed and breakfast.

Client: Four Mile Creek Bed & Breakfast

MISSOURI HEIGHTS SCHOOL (GARFIELD COUNTY, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1917 alpine schoolhouse built by area ranchers in the Missouri Heights agricultural district above Carbondale.

Client: Missouri Heights Community Association

GLENWOOD SPRINGS HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT (GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1888 municipal hydroelectric power plant, one of the earliest in the United States and the oldest still standing in Colorado. Located adjacent to the hot springs pool, the facility was converted into gallery space for the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts.

Client: Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts / City of Glenwood Springs

CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK (GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1913 Classical Revival commercial building, located on a prominent corner in downtown Glenwood Springs.

Client: April Carver and Alice Sundeen, owners

GOLDEN CEMETERY (GOLDEN, CO)

National Register nomination for this historic community cemetery dating back to 1874. It is the burial place of Colorado notables including railroad pathfinder Edward Berthoud, publisher George West, pioneer George Morrison, Governor John Vivian, and television broadcaster Bob Palmer.

Client: City of Golden, Planning Department / Golden Historic Preservation Board

GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL (GREELEY, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1927 Collegiate Gothic high school building that served the central area of Greeley and is still in use today.

Client: Weld County School District / RB+B Architects

GOLDEN HILL CEMETERY, HILL SECTION (LAKEWOOD, CO)

National Register nomination for this Jewish cemetery for tuberculosis victims and residents of the West Side community, in use from 1908-1940.

Client: Board of Directors, Golden Hill Cemetery

GRAVES CAMP, F. E. WARREN LIVE STOCK CO. (LARIMER COUNTY, CO)

National Register nomination for this circa 1915-1963 lambing camp complex in northern Larimer County, developed by the renowned Warren Live Stock Company of Cheyenne. The ranch holds a massive central lambing barn and corrals, along with horse barns, a cookhouse, bunkhouse, shop, chicken coop, and outlying barns and fenced pastures. Documentation included two square miles of the surrounding landscape. This holds a 1.5-mile segment of an early frontier trail and the Denver-Cheyenne Stage & Wagon Road, used from the 1830s to the 1890s. Owned by the City of Fort Collins as part of the Soapstone Prairie Natural Area, the camp remains in use today by area ranchers.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Natural Areas Department

STATE ARMORY (LOVELAND, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1926 Tudor Revival armory that housed a National Guard artillery unit that fought in the Pacific during World War II.

Client: Calvary Church

TRUXAW & KRUGER GROCERY / SELDIN’S CASH GROCERY (NEW RAYMER, CO)

State Register nomination for this 1909 false-front general store that served as an important mercantile enterprise and post office for the community through 1957.

Client: Friends of New Raymer

STATE BANK OF RAYMER (NEW RAYMER, CO)

State Register nomination for this 1915 masonry bank building that served the town and surrounding agricultural community with financial services until it failed in 1926.

Client: Friends of New Raymer

HUERFANO COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL (WALSENBURG, CO)

National and State Register nominations for this 1920 Collegiate Gothic high school designed by the prolific Trinidad-based firm of Rapp & Rapp. The nominations saved the building from planned demolition by the school district and resulted in its restoration and reuse by the city library and a training enterprise for nurses.

Client: Colorado Preservation Inc. / Huerfano County Historical Society Walsenburg Economic Development Council / Walsenburg Public Library

MARION FARM (WESTMINSTER, CO)

City of Westminster landmark nomination for this pioneer farm, in use from 1883 to 1941 by the family of Joseph and Philena Marion, prominent settlers in the agricultural district north of Denver.

Client: City of Westminster

SAVERY MUSHROOM FARM WATER TOWER (WESTMINSTER, CO)

State Register nomination for this surviving remnant of the extensive 1923-1953 mushroom farm, canning plant and company town owned by entrepreneur Charles W. Savery. The project also involved coordinating restoration of the water tower designed to look like a can of mushrooms.

Client: City of Westminster

WESLEY CHAPEL CEMETERY (WESTMINSTER, CO)

City of Westminster landmark nomination for this pioneer cemetery, in use from approximately 1891 to 1940 by residents of the agricultural district north of Denver.

Client: City of Westminster

OLD WINDSOR TOWN HALL (WINDSOR, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1909 town hall building, now used as a history museum by the Windsor-Severance Historical Society.

Client: Windsor-Severance Historical Society

WINDSOR MILLING & ELEVATOR COMPANY (WINDSOR, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1899 flour mill and grain elevator, which was one of the economic mainstays and geographic landmarks of the Windsor region for decades.

Client: Rocky Mountain Pool Table Co.

FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (WINDSOR, CO)

National Register nomination for this 1915 Classical Revival church.

Client: First United Methodist Church

BEECHER ISLAND BATTLE SITE (YUMA COUNTY, CO)

National Register nomination for this internationally known 1868 Indian Wars battle site where the US Cavalry engaged with Native American warriors. The property became an annual commemorative site in the late 1890s and remains so today, complete with a monument and a large auditorium built in 1927.

Client: Beecher Island Battle Memorial Association