Preservation Projects > Individual Site Documentation

A barn shaped slightly like a cowboy hat.

C LAZY U RANCH (GRAND COUNTY, CO)

Detailed photographic documentation of the extensive historic buildings complex at this prominent dude ranch that has been in operation since 1919.

Client: C U Lazy Ranch






A photo of the municipal building, which is slightly C-shaped.

MUNICIPAL BUILDING (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation, and written analysis regarding the significance, integrity, and eligibility of this 1958 International Style city hall building designed by prominent Fort Collins architect William Robb

Client: City of Fort Collins, Facilities Management Department

The image displays a railroac bending around a mountain.

DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILROAD CORRIDOR (EAGLE COUNTY, CO)

Intensive-level documentation and analysis of the D&RGRR corridor and its associated tracks and equipment through the Eagle River Valley.

Client: Town of Avon, Historic Preservation Commission






The hanger has a large sloped roof and a grid of small windows.

VOORHIES MEMORIAL (DENVER, CO)

Architecture, history and significance report for this landmark 1919 Classical Revival structure located in downtown Denver’s Civic Center Park.

Client: Andrews & Anderson Architects / City of Denver







MCMURCHY-ZUPANCIS RESIDENCE (ASPEN, CO)

Preservation research and analysis for this 1880s pioneer cabin and barn in downtown Aspen, one of only two remaining untouched properties from the city's mining era.

Client: City of Aspen, Community Development Department


ASPEN INSTITUTE FOR HUMANISTIC STUDIES (ASPEN, CO)

Field documentation and archival research for this famed 1950s institute,consisting of an extensive International Style campus designed by Bauhaus-trained architect and landscape architect Herbert Bayer together with Aspen architect, Fritz Benedict.

Client: City of Aspen, Community Development Department


NOTTINGHAM BLACKSMITH SHOP (AVON)

Intensive-level documentation and analysis of this circa 1910 log blacksmith shop, located in the town of Avon.

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


CLYDE NOTTINGHAM HOUSE & HURD COTTAGE (AVON)

Intensive-level documentation and analysis of this 1908 house, along with associated outbuildings located in the town of Avon.

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


RED HOUSE & BARN (AVON)

Intensive-level documentation and analysis of this circa 1905 house and barn located in the core historic village of Avon.

Client: Client


HAHNEWALD BARN (AVON)

Two phases of intensive-level documentation and preservation analysis of this large circa 1910 livestock barn located at the Avon Wastewater Treatment Plant

Client: Town of Avon, Planning Department / Eagle River Water & Sanitation District


CABIN ON NOTTINGHAM LAKE (AVON)

Intensive-level documentation and analysis of this circa 1890 log cabin located adjacent to Nottingham Lake in the town of Avon

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


MACK FLECK DITCH (AVON)

Intensive-level documentation and analysis of this circa 1895 irrigation ditch that runs along the south side of Avon, south of Highway 6

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


NOTTINGHAM & PUDER DITCH (AVON)

Intensive-level documentation and analysis of this 1889 irrigation ditch that runs along the north side of Avon, north and south of Interstate 70

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


TRAER CREEK HOMESTEAD (AVON)

Intensive-level documentation and analysis of this circa 1888 homestead site located north of the Eagle River across from Eagle-Vail

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


STEEL’S DEPARTMENT STORE (DENVER, CO)

Historical research and determination of NRHP eligibility for this 1922 department store building on 16 th St. in downtown Denver.

Client: Andrews & Anderson Architects


DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILROAD CORRIDOR (EAGLE COUNTY, CO)

Intensive-level documentation and analysis of the D&RGRR corridor and its associated tracks and equipment through the Eagle River Valley.

Client: Town of Avon, Historic Preservation Commission


ANDERSON-GOFF HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination for this Foursquare Style residence built in 1900. The house was the childhood home of Disney imagineer Harper Goff, who in the 1950s designed Disneyland’s Main Street USA and worked as artistic director on numerous Disney movies.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Intensive-level field survey, archival documentation, eligibility determination and comparative architectural study for this prominent 1976 “Colorado Modern” style church located in downtown Fort Collins. The building was designed by nationally known architect Harold E. Wagoner of Philadelphia, with an education wing designed by locally prominent architect William Robb.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


COY-HOFFMAN FARM (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Site documentation and historical research/writing, preservation planning and CO OAHP Level II Documentation for this 1860s State Register-listed pioneer farmstead near downtown Fort Collins.

Client: Woodward Inc. / City of Fort Collins, Natural Areas Department


RIVERSIDE ICE & STORAGE COMPANY (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation, and written analysis regarding the significance, integrity, and preservation concerns for this large 1912 cold storage and dairy facility in downtown Fort Collins.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Facilities Management Department


MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation and analysis of the significance and integrity of this 1906 school complex that served the agricultural district west of Fort Collins.

Client: Poudre R-1 School District


BARNETT HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation and analysis of the significance and integrity of this 1888 masonry cottage built by a pioneer stone mason.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Landmark Preservation Commission


SANFORD DARRAH HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research to document this 1904 Colonial Revival house built by one of the town's prominent attorneys of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Client: Judith Reid, owner


OXBOW PROPERTY (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Research and field reconnaissance of this vacant property, located across the Cache la Poudre River from downtown Fort Collins, to determine whether it might have historical or archaeological features of significance.

Client: Bohemian Foundation


PERRY HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation and written analysis of the significance and integrity of this 1952 Usonian style residence, along with the surrounding early post-WWII residential development.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Landmark Preservation Commission


WATSON ZIEGLER FARM (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation and analysis of the significance and integrity of this circa 1890 farmstead that was central to the area's sheep-raising industry during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Client: Poudre R-1 School District


JORDAN HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation and written analysis of the significance and integrity of this 1921 vernacular wood-frame cottage built and occupied by several notable Colorado Agricultural College (CSU) professors and Fort Collins residents.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Landmark Preservation Commission


EMMA BROWN HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation, and written analysis of the significance and integrity of this circa 1935 wood-frame Craftsman cottage built by one of the town's prominent doctors of the early 1900s.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Landmark Preservation Commission


SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON FRATERNITY HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation and written analysis of the significance and integrity of this 1926 Colonial Revival fraternity house adjacent to the campus of Colorado State University.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Landmark Preservation Commission


PAUL & FLORENCE LEE HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation, and written analysis of the significance and integrity of this 1905 Dutch Colonial Revival home built by prominent city and county attorney Paul Lee

Client: City of Fort Collins, Landmark Preservation Commission


HANNA TURKEY STORE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation, and written analysis regarding the significance, integrity, and preservation concerns of this 1939 turkey feed and supply facility in downtown Fort Collins

Client: City of Fort Collins, Facilities Management Department


AYLESWORTH-HAHN HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination on this Early Twentieth-Century American Movement residence, built in 1918-1919. The farmhouse served as the country home of Colorado Agricultural College president Barton Aylesworth.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


CHANDLER FARMHOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination for this large Mediterranean Revival residence, built in 1922. The farmhouse served as the country home of prominent sheep feeders and Fort Collins business owners from the Chandler and Warren families.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


LANE FOUNDRY (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation, and written analysis regarding the significance, integrity, and preservation concerns of this 1933 foundry and machine shop facility in downtown Fort Collins

Client: City of Fort Collins, Facilities Management Department


CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY BULK STATION (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Historical research, architectural documentation, and written analysis regarding the significance, integrity, and eligibility of this 1913 Conoco bulk oil products facility in downtown Fort Collins

Client: City of Fort Collins, Facilities Management Department


WOODWORTH-GRANT HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination of this 1924 Mission Style residence located in the City Park area, associated with the city’s pioneer Avery family

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


FREDERICK AND MARTHA GROSS HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Intensive-level field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination on this ca. 1904 Gabled Ell Style residence.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


HENRY AND ELIZABETH MAXON HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Intensive-level field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination on this ca. 1905 I-House Style residence.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


FORT COLLINS AUTOMOBILE GARAGE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Intensive-level field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination on this 1907 automobile garage, one of the earliest sales and service facilities in the city.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


LOWER BOXELDER SCHOOL (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination for this Mediterranean Revival country school building, built in 1919 on the outskirts of Fort Collins.

Client: Schoolhouse, LLC (private owner)


ALEXANDER AND EMMA BARRY FARMHOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination on this Late Victorian residence, built in 1880 on the north edge of Fort Collins. The farmhouse served as the country home of prominent pioneers Alexander and Emma Barry.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


MURRAY-STOW HOUSE / WESTMINSTER HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination on this Foursquare residence, built in 1904-05 close to the Colorado Agricultural College campus. The building was expanded in 1955 and converted into the Westminster House, or United Campus Ministry, which served for decades as a meeting and event venue for religious and secular campus groups and community non-profit organizations.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


MILLER’S FRONTIER SERVICE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Intensive-level field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination on this 1963 Oblong Box service station built for the Frontier Refining Company in the western area of the city.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


WATSON-COLPITTS HOUSE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination on this unaltered Minimal Traditional residence, built in 1931 close to the Colorado Agricultural College campus.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Intensive-level field survey, archival documentation and eligibility determination for this prominent 1968-69 Neo-Mansard style church. The building was designed by Denver architect Donald L. Patton.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


COLORADO STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Intensive-level field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination on this commercial building that was constructed in 1957 as an auto repair shop but remodeled and then occupied from 1963 to 1971 as the Fort Collins branch office of the Colorado State Employment Service. The agency assisted thousands of job seekers in the Fort Collins area in their search for employment each year, including veterans returning from the war in Vietnam.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


HOME BAKERY (FORT COLLINS, CO)

Intensive-level field survey, archival documentation, and eligibility determination on this commercial building that was constructed between 1929 and 1959. The building was occupied from 1929 to 1975 by the Home Bakery, a successful retail and wholesale outlet for baked goods.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Community Development & Neighborhood Services


THE PRESERVE AT BINGHAM HILL (LAPORTE, CO)

Field survey and archival documentation of this private residence, event center and tree farm property for possible conversion into a winery. Originally part of the 1905 Brolliar Farm, the site is located on the eastern flank of Bingham Hill and was historically associated with nearby Claymore Lake.

Client: Randy Pope, Owner


MUNDT-MALCHOW FARM OPEN SPACE (LARIMER COUNTY, CO)

Field survey, archival research, and preservation planning for this historic agricultural property with multiple resources dating from the 1860s to the 1950s, located in southern Larimer County south of Berthoud.

Client: Larimer County, Department of Natural Resources


BENNETT-GOODWIN-PAYNE RANCH (LARIMER COUNTY, CO)

Field documentation, archival research, interviews and preservation planning for this historic ranch with multiple resources dating from the 1910s to the 1940s, located in the foothills of northern Larimer County’s Red Mountain Open Space.

Client: Larimer County, Department of Natural Resources


BISHOP RANCH, REDSTONE CANYON (LARIMER COUNTY, CO)

History report based upon archival research and a series of oral history interviews conducted with Dorothy Bishop Antrim, who grew up on her family’s ranch in the foothills west of Fort Collins during the 1930s and 1940s.

Client: City of Fort Collins, Natural Areas Department


BOHN FARM (LONGMONT, CO)

Historical research, field survey, written documentation and preservation analysis of this significant 1933 dairy farm in southwest Longmont, located on the site of the 1880s-1920s D.C. Donovan clay pit and brick manufacturing yard.

Client: Colorado Cohousing Development Co. / City of Longmont, Planning Department


SKELLY-LIMBACH RANCH (SILT, CO)

Field survey, archival documentation, and National Register eligibility analysis for this 1890 homestead and ranch located southwest of Silt, converted in recent decades into a wildlife rehabilitation center.

Client: Pauline S. Schneegas Wildlife Foundation