Past projects: City of Fort Collins

AGRICULTURE

115 pages, 2.3m

Agriculture in the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area 1862-1994 - March 1995
The project's overall purpose is to establish a contextual framework within which to evaluate agricultural-related properties, and to identify which of those properties are historically significant.

Nelson Milk House Rehabilitation - May 2001
Located at the southwest corner of Swallow and Lemay, this important structure depicts the fledgling dairy industry in Larimer County. The rehabilitation included new wood roof, windows and a viewing door. The stone work was re-pointed and the chimney was repaired and capped. All are encouraged to visit and peek in the stone structure and experience this piece of local history.

Nix Farm - May 2002
Two State historical fund grants are in progress on the Nix Farm, the City's Natural Resources Maintenance Center. A $10,000 grant was awarded to Scheuber & Dardan Architects to do an historic structure assessment on the huge bank barn, concrete and timber storage shed, and the east farm house (moved in 1950 onto the site from downtown Fort Collins). The second $7,083 grant is to re-roof the east farm house with historic wood shingles.

ARCHITECTURE

51 pages, 1.5m

Historic Resources Survey of Quonset Huts in the UGA - July 2003
The variety of forms and materials of Fort Collins’s Quonset huts reveals the extent to which the city’s residents hammered these swords into ploughshares. But regardless of type or function, like or disgust, Quonset huts embody the American spirit of innovation.

DOWNTOWN

Armstrong Hotel
A State Historical Fund grant of $171,000 was received to restore the exterior and rehabilitate the interior of the Armstrong Hotel, located on the northwest corner of College Avenue and Olive Street. This mixed-use, public/private project will rehabilitate the vacant and deteriorating 1923 building into historically-accurate first floor storefronts and a boutique hotel on the upper two floors. This E-shaped building will have all 12 facades rehabilitated. Interior work includes restoring the Art Deco staircase, O’Keefe elevator and tin ceilings, as well as the exterior awnings. Upstairs, the once public hallways and apartment doorway transoms and doors, will be brought back to original appearance. The project began in September 2003 and was completed in 2004.

108 pages, 3.9m

Apparitions of the Past: The Ghost Signs of Fort Collins - July 2007
This context addresses the ghost signs of Fort Collins. It is intended to provide a means of determining the significance of the city’s extant painted wall signs and provide suggestions for the preservation and interpretation of these historic advertisements.

Old Fort Site Cultural Survey - June 2002
Through a collaborative effort with stakeholders in the Downtown River Corridor, the City sought and received funding from the Colorado Historical Society to complete a cultural resource research project, entitled the "Old Fort Site Cultural Survey Project." The projest's purpose is to research and inventory the history of the area located in the vicinity of the original "fort site." Visit the website.

Street Railway Car Barn Interior Rehabilitation
Street Railway Car Barn, located at 330 North Howes Street, received a TEA-21 Federal Transportation Efficiency Act Grant of $113,000 to restore portions of the interior of this streetcar barn. It is the last streetcar barn in Colorado that is intact both inside and outside. The work, currently underway, includes restoring the original railway office and bathroom, and providing heating, electrical, and plumbing improvements.

SCHOOLS

Historical Context
120 pages, 3.1m

Survey Report
70 pages, 1.8m

In the Hallowed Halls of Learning:
The History & Architecture of Poudre School District - August 2004
Funded through a Certified Local Government Grant,
administered through the National Park Service, these documents are the products of a cooperative agreement between Poudre School District and the City of Fort Collins to document and determine the significance of the district’s historic properties.

SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY

64 pages, 8.8m

North College Avenue Historical Research - December 1993

123 pages, 1.6m

The Sugar Factory Neighborhoods: Buckingham, Alta Vista, Andersonville - April 2004
The purpose of this survey was to conduct a cultural resource inventory of all structures in the Buckingham, Andersonville, and Alta Vista neighborhoods. The objective was to produce a record of structures in these neighborhoods, which are facing pressures from development; and to provide information for City planners and decision-makers.

46 pages, 2.3m