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M E M O R A N D U M
September 7, 2016
TO: Landmarks Board
FROM: Lesli Ellis, Comprehensive Planning Manager
Debra Kalish, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Marcy Cameron, Historic Preservation Planner
James Hewat, Senior Historic Preservation Planner
William Barnum, Historic Preservation Intern
SUBJECT: Public hearing and consideration of an application to designate the
house and property at 2935 19th St. as a local historic landmark as
per Section 9-11-5 of the Boulder Revised Code, 1981 (HIS2016-
00145).
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STATISTICS
1. Site: 2935 19th St.
2. Zoning: RL-1
3. Owner/Applicant: Albert A. and Eleanor Frances Roberts Bartlett Trust
4. Legal Description: Jos. Wolff's Subdivision Replat A, Lot 18A
5. Date of Construction: 1917
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Landmarks Board adopt the following motion:
I move that the Landmarks Board recommend that the City Council designate the property at
2935 19th St. as a local historic landmark, to be known as the Tyler-Monroe-Bartlett House,
finding that it meets the standards for individual landmark designation in Sections 9-11-1 and
9-11-2, B.R.C. 1981, and adopt the staff memorandum dated September 7, 2016, as the findings
of the board.
FINDINGS
The Landmarks Board finds that, based upon the application and evidence presented
and subject to the conditions of approval, the proposed designation application will be
consistent with the purposes and standards of the Historic Preservation Ordinance,
Chapter 9-11, B.R.C. 1981, and:
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1. The proposed designation will protect, enhance, and perpetuate a property
reminiscent of past eras and persons important in local and state history and
provide a significant example of architecture from the past. Sec. 9-11-1(a), B.R.C.
1981.
2. The proposed designation will maintain an appropriate setting and environment
and will enhance property values, stabilize the neighborhood, promote tourist
trade and interest, and foster knowledge of the city’s living heritage. Sec. 9-11-
1(a), B.R.C. 1981.
3. The proposed designation draws a reasonable balance between private property
rights and the public interest in preserving the city’s cultural, historic, and
architectural heritage by ensuring that demolition of buildings important to that
heritage will be carefully weighed with other alternatives. Sec. 9-11-1(b), B.R.C.
1981.
4. The property proposed for designation has historical, architectural or aesthetic
interest or value. Sec. 9-11-2(a)(1), B.R.C. 1981.
BACKGROUND
On June 3, 2016, the city received an application from the property owner, the Estate of
Albert A. Bartlett and Eleanor Frances Roberts Bartlett Family Trust, for an individual
landmark designation of the property at 2935 19th St.
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Constructed in 1917, the two-story eclectic-revival house at 2935 19th St. is located
between Elder and Cedar Avenues in the Newland neighborhood. The house is aligned
perpendicularly to 18th and 19th streets, its façade and main entry located on the south
face, while the east (side) elevation of the house faces onto 19th Street. The surrounding
lots were developed primarily in the 1950s and 1960s when the original Tyler Ranch
was subdivided. It is not located in a potential or designated historic district, but was
found to be potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places
when it was surveyed during the 1995 Boulder Survey of Historic Places: Newland & North
Boulder. See Attachment B: Architectural Record Inventory Form.
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Figure 1: Location Map, 2935 19th St.
Figure 2: 2935 19th St., South Elevation, 2014
Designed in an eclectic variant of the Italian Renaissance Revival with elements of the
Prairie School, this prominent house makes use of local stone, a clay tile roof and echoes
the Mediterranean Revival found at the University of Colorado, Boulder’s campus. The
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rusticated fieldstone first story, stuccoed second story, prominent concrete lintels,
emphasized entrance, and terracotta tile roof are all adapted examples of the
university’s traditional design vocabulary. A wide projecting eave reminiscent of early
twentieth century “Prairie Style” houses of the Midwestern United States features
exposed rafters covered at the end by a fascia board, which is itself largely concealed by
copper gutters and downspouts. The roof is clad in barrel-shaped red terra cotta tile,
and is crowned by a pair of stucco clad chimneys with metal vents.
The façade (south elevation) is dominated by a prominent entry covered by a hipped
frame roof clad in red asphalt shingles and supported by carved wooden brackets and
two square wood columns. The front entry features a single 6-over-6 light door,
surrounded by rose colored decorative panels with curvilinear wooden frames. Three
multi-light windows flank the entrance, with a pair of multi-light windows located on
the east bay. The second story features three pairs of multi-light windows, with a bay
located above the entrance. All windows appear to be original. An abandoned driveway
descends to a basement level garage door at the east end of the façade.
Figure 3. East (side) elevation, 2014.
The east elevation features two sets of three double hung, one-over-one double hung
windows on the first floor and a similar configuration of three-over-one, double hung
sash windows on the second floor. A concrete string course supports the upper story
windows while the lower story windows feature concrete lintels matching those on the
façade.
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Figure 4. Northwest corner, 2014.
The north face of the house features two pairs of six-over-one, double hung windows,
and one shorter double hung window near the northwest corner. The lower level of the
north elevation features one pair of hung windows near the inset to the narrow east
wing, a single hung window in the middle, a shorter hung window just north of the
center, and a back door. The back door is accessed via four concrete steps and a landing,
which are clad with field stone. A cellar door penetrates the field stone wall at the west
face.
ALTERATIONS
Figure 5. Boulder County Assessor’s Photo, c.1949
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The house retains a high level of historic integrity, with only minor alterations having
occurred over the years. The recilinear wood posts at the front entry were a later
addition, likely made in 1975, when construction permit records show that work was
being done on the front entry. The metal vents on the chimneys were added after the
1950’s, and the westernmost chimney vents have been replaced since 1995. No clear
historic imagery of the north or west elevations is availible, making the extent of
alterations there unclear. However, there is no visual evidence of significant change to
the house in these areas.
HISTORY
Until the 1950s, North Boulder was predominately agricultural, with a mix of ranches
and small farms. The land now occupied by 2935 19th St. was part of a ranch owned by
local judge James H. Decker.1 It was acquired by Captain Clinton M. Tyler, a prominent
Boulder pioneer, in 1872. Tyler was a key early Boulder pioneer, arriving from Baraboo,
Wisconsin to Colorado in 1860, where he established one of the most advanced stamp
mills in the territory.2 He, along with James P. Maxwell, was instrumental in
establishing the first roads through the foothills above Boulder, a vital boost for the
economy of the then-struggling town.3
Fred Tyler took over his father’s landholdings in
Wyoming following Clinton’s death in 1886, and
later mined in Nevada.4 It was there he met and
married Mae Robinson, originally from Detroit,
on December 23, 1907.5 They moved to Denver in
1914 and to Boulder in 1917, where at 2935 19th
Street they, “built one of the finest country
homes to be found in Boulder County”.6 It was
designed and built for them by local building
contractor and architect Albert Lawrence.7 Fred
Tyler operated a quarry for architectural stone
and gravel, located in Four Mile Canyon and was
a member of the Masons and the Knights
1 Simmons, R. Laurie and Thomas H. Simmons, Boulder Survey of Historic Places, 1995: Newland Addition &
North Boulder. City of Boulder, 1995.
2 Smith, Phyllis, “Old Boulder: Sketches of the Past.” November 17, 1976. Boulder Carnegie Library clipping
collection.
3 Ibid.
4 Daily Camera, October 17, 1928.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 Simmons, 1995.
Figure 6: Fred Tyler, undated. Photo courtesy
of Boulder Carnegie Library.
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Templar.8 He died of pneumonia on October 17, 1928. Mae Tyler continued to reside at
2935 19th St. through the 1930s. She was a popular housemother of the Pi Beta Phi
Sorority until 1944, when she resigned the position due to poor health.9 Mae sold the
house at 2935 19th St. to Lucius P. and LaRue M. Monroe in 1941 and died of a heart
attack at Boulder Community Hospital on February 12, 1949.10
Figure 7: 2935 19th (outlined in yellow) and surrounding area in 1938 (left) and 1958 (right)
Lucius “Lu” Paddock Monroe was born in Boulder on December 11, 1907, the son of Dr.
Charles A. and Edna H. Monroe.11 He graduated from Boulder Preparatory School in
1926 and from the University of Colorado in 1930.12 LaRue Myers Monroe was born on
March 26, 1907, in Chico, Texas, to Harry E. and Flossie B. Myers.13 She attended the
Gainesville public schools, the local junior college, and Southwestern Teachers College
at Denton, Texas. During her studies, she spent a summer studying at the University of
Colorado, which was when she met Lu Monroe. She remained in Gainsville, teaching at
the Texas State Girl’s Training School, for two years before marrying Lu on June 23,
1931, and moving to Boulder.
Lu Monroe had an illustrious career with the Boulder Daily Camera, starting as paper
boy in 1918, becoming a full-time staff member in 1930, promoted to business manager
in 1938, and to general manager in 1946, and finally publisher in 1969, before his
8 Daily Camera, October 17, 1928.
9 Daily Camera, “Mrs. Mae Tyler Dies Early this Morning of Heart Disease.” February 12, 1949. Boulder Carnegie
Library.
10 Ibid.
11 Daily Camera, “Lu Monroe, Retired Camera Publisher, Dies.” November 15, 1976. Boulder Carnegie Library.
12 Ibid.
13 Daily Camera, “Mrs. Lu P. Monroe Dies; Funeral Friday.” December 5, 1968. Boulder Carnegie Library.
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retirement in 1970.14 He was prominent in press organizations, serving as president of
both the Colorado Press Association and an officer and member of the board of the
Inland Daily Press Association, as well as holding membership in numerous other
professional associations.15 He was also a skilled photographer, receiving frequent
recognition for his work which was often used in Daily Camera articles.16
LaRue Monroe was also an active community
member, having been a member of the Boulder
P.E.O., a quasi-secret sisterhood devoted to the
advancement of education for women, and as
president of Women’s Society for Christian Service
of Boulder’s First Methodist Church.17 Like Lu she
was an avid golfer.18 The Monroes owned the
property at 2935 19th St. from 1941 until 1956 when
they sold the house to Albert A. and Eleanor
Bartlett. LaRue Monroe died in Boulder on
December 5, 1968, of cancer.19 Lucius P. Monroe
died on November 14, 1976, due to complications
from brain surgery he had undergone to remove a
tumor.20
Albert A. and Eleanor Bartlett were the longest
owners of the property, having resided there for
over 40 years, and it remains in the family today.
Eleanor was the daughter of Robert Chester and
Mabel Stannard Roberts, born November 13, 1924 in
Franklin, Indiana.21 She attended Denison
University in Ohio, from which she graduated with
a biology degree in 1946.22
Albert was born March 21, 1923 in Shanghai, China, where his father, Willard W.
Bartlett, was principal of the Shanghai American School.23 An outbreak of cholera later
14 Daily Camera, “Lu Monroe Leaves Active Role with Daily Camera.” March 3, 1970. Boulder Carnegie Library.
15 Daily Camera, November 15, 1976.
16 Daily Camera, March 3, 1970.
17 Daily Camera, December 5, 1968.
18 Ibid.
19 Ibid.
20 Daily Camera, November 15, 1976.
21 Daily Camera, “Obituaries: Eleanor Roberts Bartlett.” March 9, 2008. Boulder Carnegie Library.
22 Ibid.
23 Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, “Allen Bartlett Collection: Biographical Sketch.” Bowling Green
University, October, 1994. Boulder Carnegie Library clipping collection.
Figure 8: Lucius and LaRue Monroe on a
cruise to Hawaii, 1968. Photo Courtesy of
the Boulder Carnegie Library.
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the same year prompted Willard to send infant Albert and his mother, Marguerite Allen
Bartlett, to the home of a relative in Franklin, Indiana.24 Willard soon returned to the
United States, where he held prominent administrative and teaching positions at
several colleges, culminating with a position as professor and head of the Department
of Education at Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.25 Albert, having moved several
times to follow his father’s career, graduated high school in Ohio in 1940, and enrolled
at Otterbein College later that year.26 In 1942, he transferred to Colgate University,
Hamilton, New York, and began to focus his studies on physics.27 Albert spent his
summers working on the Great Lakes iron ore freighters Pontiac and Peter White, and
pursuing his interest in photography.28 During the summer of 1943, he met Eleanor
Roberts.29
Upon graduating from Colgate College with a bachelor of physics degree in 1944, he
obtained a position related to mass spectrometry as part of the Manhattan Project at the
Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, which developed the atomic bomb.30
He participated in the 1946 nuclear weapons tests at Bikini Atoll.31 On August 24 of that
year he and Eleanor were wed, and the couple moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts,
where she obtained a staff position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while
Albert began his graduate studies at Harvard University.32 He obtained his master of
physics degree from Harvard in 1948, followed by a doctorate in 1951.33 While still
completing his doctorate in 1950, he was hired to a position in the physics faculty at the
University of Colorado, Boulder.34 Eleanor, Albert, and their one year old daughter
Caroline moved to Boulder in the summer of 1950.35
Eleanor focused on raising daughters Caroline, Jane, Lois, and Nancy.36 She was also a
skilled cellist, playing in informal string quartets that met regularly at her home for
over 20 years.37
24 Ibid.
25 Ibid.
26 Ibid.
27 Ibid.
28 Ibid.
29 Daily Camera, March 9, 2008.
30 Daily Camera, “Drawing the Line on Growth: Blue Line Activist Al Bartlett Helped keep Foothills Green.”
December 8, 2002. Boulder Carnegie Library.
31 Ibid.
32 Daily Camera, March 9, 2008.
33 Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, 1994.
34 Ibid.
35 Ibid.
36 Daily Camera, March 9, 2008.
37 Ibid.
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Albert Bartlett became a prominent member of the University of Colorado’s physics
faculty and won a number of national awards, including the American Association of
Physics Teachers Distinguished Service Citation, the
Robert A. Millikan Award and the Melba Newell
Phillips Award38. He also held two administrative
positions with the university, serving on its Boulder
Campus Planning Commission for 25 years and
chairing the committee which designed Duane
Physical Laboratories Complex, home of the CU
Physics and Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
departments.39
Bartlett was highly influential in civic affairs; in
1959, he and fellow professor Bob McKelvey
founded the movement to establish the Blue Line, a
city charter regulation prohibiting city water service
above about 5,750 feet in altitude, which serves to
limit development in the foothills above town.40 On
the heels of that successful effort, Bartlett was one of
the founders of People’s League for Action Now,
commonly known as PLAN--Boulder.41 PLAN—
Boulder’s original objective was to further limit
growth by establishing an Open Space sales tax,
which provided funds for city acquisition of open space outside the city itself.42 This
effort succeeded in 1967, leading to the creation of the greenbelts, over 41,000 acres of
preserved open space ringing the city of Boulder.43
Bartlett also attained international notoriety with his famed lecture on growth,
“Arithmetic, Population, and Energy.”44 In this lecture, with its memorable tagline, “The
greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential
function,” Bartlett explained how seemingly small, continual rates of growth lead to
38 University of Colorado, Boulder. “CU-Boulder Campus Morns Death of Longtime, Celebrated Physics Professor
Al Bartlett.” Web. http://www.colorado.edu/today/2013/09/09/cu-boulder-campus-mourns-death-longtime-
celebrated-physics-professor-al-bartlett
39 Ibid.
40 Talbott, Clint. “Drawing the Line on Growth: Blue Line Activist Al Bartlett Helped keep Foothills Green.” Daily
Camera, December 8, 2002. Boulder Carnegie Library.
41 Ibid.
42 Ibid.
43 Ibid.
44 University of Colorado, Boulder.
Figure 9: Al Bartlett, 1987. Photo
courtesy of Boulder Carnegie Library
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vast gains over time causing massive demand on space and resources.45 He argued that
society’s focus on perpetual growth as a positive goal will inevitably lead to
overconsumption and disaster, no matter how small the rate of growth.46 He therefore
advocated complete sustainability by reaching a zero growth rate.47 From his first
presentation of this lecture in 1969, Bartlett went on to give the talk 1,741 times in forty-
nine states and seven foreign countries.48
Following his death of lymphoma on September 7, 2013, the university initiated a
program wherein 50 volunteers were trained to continue delivering Bartlett’s lecture.49
Albert’s wife Eleanor died on March 3, 2008.50 Shortly after her death, Albert placed
2935 19th St. into the care of a family trust, which is the present applicant for landmark
designation.
CRITERIA FOR THE BOARD’S DECISION:
Section 9-11-5(c), Public Hearing Before the Landmarks Board, B.R.C. 1981, specifies that in
its review of an application for local landmark designation, “the landmarks board shall
determine whether the proposed designation conforms with the purposes and
standards in Sections 9-11-1, ‘Legislative Intent,’ and 9-11-2, ‘City Council May Designate
Landmarks and Historic Districts’ B.R.C. 1981.” See Attachment F: Sections 9-11-1, Purpose
and Legislative Intent, & 9-11-2, City Council May Designate or Amend Landmarks and
Historic Districts, Boulder Revised Code 1981.
To assist in the interpretation of the historic preservation ordinance, the Landmarks
Board has adopted significance criteria to use when evaluating applications for
individual landmarks. See Attachment G: Significance Criteria for Individual Landmarks.
The board may approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the application.
Findings must be adopted within 30 days of the hearing date. Should the board
disapprove the application, the board must notify City Council of that action within
fourteen days of the hearing date. City Council may call up a decision disapproving a
designation. Should an application be disapproved, the same application may not be
submitted for a period of one year.
If the board finds that the proposed designation conforms to Sections 9-11-1 and 9-11-2
of the B.R.C. 1981, it shall adopt specific findings and conclusions approving or
45 Al Bartlett, “Arithmetic, Population, and Energy.” Al Bartlett.org. Web.
http://www.albartlett.org/presentations/arithmetic_population_energy.html
46 Ibid.
47 Ibid.
48 University of Colorado, Boulder.
49 Ibid.
50 Daily Camera, March 9, 2008.
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modifying and approving the application. If the board approves the proposed
designation, the application will be forwarded to City Council (within 100 days) for a
public hearing.
ANALYSIS OF LANDMARK CRITERIA
A. Does the proposed application protect, enhance, and perpetuate buildings in the city
reminiscent of past eras, events, and persons important in local, state, or national history or
providing significant examples of architectural styles of the past and does the portion of the
property proposed for designation have historical, architectural or aesthetic interest or value?
Staff finds that the designation of the house at 2935 19th St. will protect, enhance, and
perpetuate a building reminiscent of a past era, past events, and persons important in
local history and preserve an important example of Boulder’s historic architecture. Staff
considers the application to meet the historic criteria for individual landmark
designation as outlined below:
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE:
Summary: The house located at 2935 19th St. has historic significance under criteria 1, 2, 3,
and 4.
1. Date of Construction: 1917
Elaboration: Well-preserved example of an eclectic variant of the Italian Renaissance
Revival with elements of the Prairie School of design.
2. Association with Persons or Events: Fred and Mae Tyler, Lucius and LaRue
Monroe, and Albert and Eleanor Bartlett
Elaboration: Constructed in 1918 by local architect and builder Albert Lawrence for
prominent Boulder citizens Fred and Mae Tyler. Fred owned and operated a stone
quarry in Four Mile Canyon and likely procured the field stone for the house from
this location. In 1941 the house was sold to Lucius and LaRue Monroe. Lucius began
working at Boulder’s Daily Camera newspaper as a paperboy in 1918 and continued
with the newspaper until 1970 when he retired as its publisher. LaRue was a
prominent Boulder citizen involved in various civic organizations over the course of
her life. In 1957, Albert and Eleanor Bartlett purchased the property. Noted
University of Colorado physicist, Al Bartlett is credited with establishing Boulder’s
Blue Line in the early 1960s and as the founder of PLAN--Boulder which established
a sales tax for the acquisition and development of Boulder’s greenbelt in late 1960s.
3. Development of the Community: Meadow Lawn Park and Edgewood Subdivisions
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Elaboration: This house is one of the earliest in the area. The neighborhood was
developed primarily between 1953 and 1956. The house at 2935 19th St. is
representative of the area’s rural character in the first half of the twentieth century.
4. Recognition by Authorities: Well-preserved example of eclectic variant of the Italian
Renaissance Revival with elements of the Prairie School of design. Recommended
individually eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places by Front
Range Research Associates, 1995.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:
Summary: The house at 2935 19th St. has architectural significance under criteria 1, 3, 4,
and 5.
1. Recognized Period or Style: Eclectic variant of the Italian Renaissance Revival
Elaboration: Well-preserved example of an eclectic variant of the Italian
Renaissance Revival with elements of the Prairie School of design.
Recommended individually eligible for listing the National Register of Historic
Places by Front Range Research Associates, 1995.
2. Architect or Builder of Prominence: Albert Lawrence
Elaboration: This house was designed and built by local architect and builder
Albert Lawrence.
3. Artistic Merit: Eclectic variant of the Italian Renaissance Revival
Elaboration: This structure is a well-constructed, elegantly detailed, and highly
intact example of an eclectic variant of the Italian Renaissance Revival with
elements of the Prairie School of design.
4. Example of the Uncommon: Use of local field stone likely sourced from Fred
Tyler’s quarry in Four Mile Canyon.
5. Indigenous Qualities: Local field stone construction
Elaboration: Use of local field stone likely sourced from Fred Tyler’s quarry in
Four Mile Canyon.
B. Does the proposed application develop and maintain appropriate settings and environments
for such buildings, sites, and areas to enhance property values, stabilize neighborhoods,
promote tourist trade and interest, and foster knowledge of the City’s living heritage?
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Staff finds that the proposed application would maintain appropriate settings and
environments for such buildings, sites, and areas to enhance property values, stabilize
neighborhoods, promote tourist trade and interest, and foster knowledge of the city’s
living heritage. The lot was subdivided in 2016, however, staff finds that the new
property boundaries preserves the rural character of the lot. Staff believes that the
application meets the environmental significance criteria for individual landmarks as
outlined below:
ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE:
Summary: The building at 2935 19th St. has environmental significance under criteria 1,
2, 3, and 4.
1. Site Characteristics: Expansive parcel with established vegetation.
Elaboration: 2935 19th St. is an unusually large lot with high quality landscaping
featuring many mature trees.
2. Compatibility with Site: Site Integration
Elaboration: House is well integrated into this large property which possesses
large trees and mature vegetation.
3. Geographic Importance: Familiar visual feature in north Boulder.
Elaboration: Recognized as one of the most prominent and distinctive properties
in north Boulder.
4. Environmental Appropriateness: House is well integrated into this large
property which possesses large trees and mature vegetation.
5. Area Integrity: None Observed
Elaboration: The property is surrounded by the Meadow Lawn Park and
Edgewood subdivisions, which were primarily developed in the 1950s and 1960s.
The property is not located in a designated or identified potential historic
district.
Landmark Name:
Staff considers this landmark should be known as the Tyler-Monroe-Bartlett Property,
after its builders and first residents Fred and Mae Tyler, noted newspaper man Lucius
Paddock Monroe, and its longest residents, CU physics professor and growth expert
Albert Bartlett and his wife, Eleanor. This is consistent with the Landmark Board’s
Guidelines for Names of Landmarked Structures and Sites (1988) and the National Register of
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Historic Places Guidelines for Designation. See Attachment H: Guidelines for Names of
Landmarked Structures and Sites.
Boundary Analysis:
Following a recent subdivision, the building sits on a residential lot measuring 29,994
sq. ft. in size. Staff recommends that the boundary be established as proposed to follow
the property lines of the lot, which is the boundary proposed by the applicant and is
consistent with current and past practices and the National Register Guidelines for
establishing landmark boundaries.
Figure 10: Proposed Landmark Boundary (dashed line).
ATTACHMENTS:
A: Designation Application
B: Current Photographs
C: Architectural Inventory Record Form
D: Assessor’s Card
E: Chapter 9-11-1 & 9-11-2 Purposes and Intent, Boulder Revised Code, 1981.
F: Significance Criteria for Individual Landmarks
G: Guidelines for Names of Landmarked Structures and Sites
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Attachment A: Designation Application
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Attachment B: Current Photographs
View from 19th St., 2014
North (front) elevation, 2014
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East (side) elevation, 2014.
West (side) elevation, 2014
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Northwest corner, 2014.
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Attachment C: Architectural Inventory Record Form
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Attachment D: Assessor’s Card
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Attachment E: Purposes and Intent
9-11-1 & 9-11-2 Purposes and Intent
Boulder Revised Code, 1981
9-11-1: Purpose and Legislative Intent states:
(a) The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety, and welfare by protecting,
enhancing, and perpetuating buildings, sites, and areas of the city reminiscent of past eras, events,
and persons important in local, state, or national history or providing significant examples of
architectural styles of the past. It is also the purpose of this chapter to develop and maintain
appropriate settings and environments for such buildings, sites, and areas to enhance property
values, stabilize neighborhoods, promote tourist trade and interest, and foster knowledge of the
city’s living heritage.
(b) The City Council does not intend by this chapter to preserve every old building in the city but
instead to draw a reasonable balance between private property rights and the public interest in
preserving the city’s cultural, historic, and architectural heritage by ensuring that demolition of
buildings and structures important to that heritage will be carefully weighed with other
alternatives and that alterations to such buildings and structures and new construction will respect
the character of each such setting, not by imitating surrounding structures, but by being
compatible with them.
(c) The City Council intends that in reviewing applications for alterations to and new construction on
landmarks or structures in a historic district, the Landmarks Board shall follow relevant city
policies, including, without limitation, energy-efficient design, access for the disabled and
creative approaches to renovation.
9-11-2: City Council may Designate or Amend Landmarks and Historic Districts states:
(a) Pursuant to the procedures in this chapter the City Council may by ordinance:
(1) Designate as a landmark an individual building or other feature or an integrated
group of structures or features on a single lot or site having a special character
and historical, architectural, or aesthetic interest or value and designate a
landmark site for each landmark;
(2) Designate as a historic district a contiguous area containing a number of sites,
buildings, structures or features having a special character and historical,
architectural, or aesthetic interest or value and constituting a distinct section of
the city;
(3) Designate as a discontiguous historic district a collection of sites, buildings,
structures, or features which are contained in two or more geographically
separate areas, having a special character and historical, architectural, or
aesthetic interest or value that are united together by historical, architectural, or
aesthetic characteristics; and
(4) Amend designations to add features or property to or from the site or district.
(b) Upon designation, the property included in any such designation is subject to all the requirements
of this code and other ordinances of the city.
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Attachment F: Significance Criteria for Individual Landmarks
SIGNIFICANCE CRITERIA
Individual Landmark
September 1975
On September 6, 1975, the City Council adopted Ordinance #4000 providing procedures for the
designation of Landmarks and Historic Districts in the City of Boulder. The purpose of the ordinance is
the preservation of the City’s permitted cultural, historic, and architectural heritage. The Landmarks
Board is permitted by the ordinance to adopt rules and regulations as it deems necessary for its own
organization and procedures. The following Significance Criteria have been adopted by the board to help
evaluate each potential designation in a consistent and equitable manner.
Historic Significance
The place (building, site, area) should show character, interest or value as part of the
development, heritage, or cultural characteristics of the community, state or nation; be the site of
a historic, or prehistoric event that had an effect upon society; or exemplify the cultural, political,
economic, or social heritage of the community.
Date of Construction: This area of consideration places particular importance on the age of the
structure.
Association with Historical Persons or Events: This association could be national, state, or local.
Distinction in the Development of the Community of Boulder: This is most applicable to an
institution (religious, educational, civic, etc) or business structure, though in some cases
residences might qualify. It stresses the importance of preserving those places which demonstrate
the growth during different time spans in the history of Boulder, in order to maintain an
awareness of our cultural, economic, social or political heritage.
Recognition by Authorities: If it is recognized by Historic Boulder, Inc. the Boulder Historical
Society, local historians (Barker, Crossen, Frink, Gladden, Paddock, Schooland, etc), State
Historical Society, The Improvement of Boulder, Colorado by F.L. Olmsted, or others in
published form as having historic interest and value.
Other, if applicable.
Architectural Significance
The place should embody those distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type specimen, a
good example of the common; be the work of an architect or master builder, known nationally,
state-wide, or locally, and perhaps whose work has influenced later development; contain
elements of architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship which represent a significant
innovation; or be a fine example of the uncommon.
Recognized Period/Style: It should exemplify specific elements of an architectural period/style,
i.e.: Victorian, Revival styles, such as described by Historic American Building Survey Criteria,
Gingerbread Age (Maass), 76 Boulder Homes (Barkar), The History of Architectural Style
(Marcus/Wiffin), Architecture in San Francisco (Gebhard et al), History of Architecture
(Fletcher), Architecture/Colorado, and any other published source of universal or local analysis of
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a style.
Architect or Builder of Prominence: A good example of the work of an architect or builder who is
recognized for expertise in his field nationally, state-wide, or locally.
Artistic Merit: A skillful integration of design, material, and color which is of excellent visual
quality and/or demonstrates superior craftsmanship.
Example of the Uncommon: Elements of architectural design, details, or craftsmanship that are
representative of a significant innovation.
Indigenous Qualities: A style or material that is particularly associated with the Boulder area.
Other, if applicable.
Environmental Significance
The place should enhance the variety, interest, and sense of identity of the community by the
protection of the unique natural and man-made environment.
Site Characteristics: It should be of high quality in terms of planned or natural vegetation.
Compatibility with Site: Consideration will be given to scale, massing placement, or other
qualities of design with respect to its site.
Geographic Importance: Due to its unique location or singular physical characteristics, it
represents an established and familiar visual feature of the community.
Environmental Appropriateness: The surroundings are complementary and/or it is situated in a
manner particularly suited to its function.
Area Integrity: Places which provide historical, architectural, or environmental importance and
continuity of an existing condition, although taken singularly or out of context might not qualify
under other criteria.
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Attachment H: Guidelines for Names of Landmarked Structures and Sites
GUIDELINES FOR NAMES OF LANDMARKED STRUCTURES AND SITES
PURPOSE:
The City of Boulder Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board finds that adoption of guideline
for the official landmark names of structures and sites designated by the City Council as City of
Boulder Landmarks will provide consistency in meeting the historic preservation goals as set
forth in the Historic Preservation Code (9-11-1 and 9-11-3).
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF OFFICIAL LANDMARK NAMES:
1. The official landmark name of the site or structure should be based on one or more of
the following criteria:
A. Original owners, architect, or builder;
B. Historically significant persons or prominent long-term residents;
C. A commonly accepted name;
D. Original or later event or use;
E. Unusual or architectural characteristic which clearly which clearly identifies the
landmark; and
F. The contributions of both men and women.
2. Owners requesting landmark designation for their buildings may be considered under
the above criteria. In the event that the official landmark name does not include the present
owners, a separate plaque containing the statement “Landmark designation applied for (date)
by owners (names of owners)” will be made available at the owners’ expense.