6A - Consideration of a recommendation to City Council regarding designation of 1802 Canyon BoulevarMEMORANDUM
June 1s', 2005
TO: Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board
FROM: Ruth McHeyser, Director of Long Range Planning
James Hewat, Historic Preservation Planner II
SUBJECT: Public hearing and consideration of a recommendation to City
Council regarding designation of 1802 Canyon Boulevard as a
locally designated Historic Landmark (HIS2005-00081)., per Section
10-13-23, B.R.C. 1981.
STATISTICS:
1. Site: 1802 Canyon Boulevard
2. Zoning: HZ-E (High Density Residential - Established)
3. Owner: Norm Murphy
4. Applicant: Norm Murphy
5. Lot Size: 11,900 square feet
6. Date of Construction: ca. 1895 (Boulder County Assessor Records)
7. Current Building SF: 1500 sf )
SUMMARY:
• The purpose of this item is for the Board to determine whether the proposed
designation 1802 Canyon Boulevard, conforms with the purposes and standards of
Sections 10-13-1 Legislative Intent and 10-13-3 City Council May designate Landmarks and
Historic Districts of the Boulder Revised Code (BRC).
~ The City has received an application for Site Review for 1802 Canyon Boulevard that
included demolition of the c.1895 building on the property with new construction.
• Staff comments on the project stated that the extant building was potentially eligible
for local landmark designation.
^ In January of 2004 the Landmarks design review committee reviewed a demolition
application for the building and referred the application to the Landmarks Board for
a public hearing based on the design review committee's finding of probable cause to
believe fhat the building may be eligible for designation as an individual landmark.
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• At its November 4w, 2004 meeting, the Landmarks Board imposed a stay of
demolition on the property finding it potentially eligible for designation and that the
building could be incorporated into the proposed site review project along with
additional residences.
• On April6ih, 2005 staff received a letter from the applicant indicating that, for legal
reasons, he would not be submitting an application to landmark the building.
^ At the April 6'", 2005 meeting the Board voted unanimously to initiate the process for
landmarking the property as per Section 10-13-3 (BRC)(with no action by the Board
the stay of demolition was due to lapse on May 3, 2005).
• The c. 1895 house at 1802 Canyon Boulevard survives as an excellent example of
vernacular masonry construction with late Italianate decorative elements and meets
Architectural Significance Criteria 1 Recognized Period/Style and 3, Artistic Merit for
individual landmark designation.
• The house enhances the variety, interest, and sense of identity of the community and
meets Environmental Significance Criteria, 3 Geographic Importance, 4 Geographic
Importance, and 5 Area Integrity for individual landmark designation
^ Staff recommends that the Board find that the designation of the house at 1802
Canyon Boulevard conforms with Sections 10-13-1 and 10-13-3 of the Boulder
Revised Code and recommend to City Council the approval of the application for
landmark designation, adopting the staff inemorandum as findings.
THE BOARD'S DECISION:
Section 1Q-13-5 (c) Public Hearing Before the Landmarks Board, of the historic preservation
ordinance specifies that in their 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 10-13-1 Legislative Intent, and 10-13-3 City Council
May Designate Landmarks and Historic Districts".
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 notice 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 10-13-1 and 10-13-
3 of the code, it shall adopt specific findings and conclusions approving or modifying
and approving the application. If the board approves the proposed designation the
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application will be forwarded to the Planning Board (within 30 days) and City Council
(within 90 days) for public hearings.
Of course, any recommendation for landmark designation to City Council also demands
attention by the Board to testimony from affected property owners. Staff has attempted
provide information to property owner regarding the implications of landmark
designation through distribution of written material. Additional testimony at the public
hearing is expected.
DESCRIPTION:
The one-and-a-half story vernacular house at 1802 Canyon Boulevard appears to have
been constructed about 1895, perhaps as part of the reconstruction of the area that took
place following the great flood of 1894. A single-story masonry addition to the rear of the
building was constructed by 1906 and may be original to the building, as it appears to
match the original in materials and detailing, while a shed-roofed frame addition was
added to the rear at an unknown date and likely served as an early garage. Constructed
of brick and cross-gable in form, the house represents a rare well preserved example of
the gabled-L subtype of vernacular masonry architecture. It features Italianate
decorative elements, including the decorative carved window lintels and stone sills.
1802 Canyon Bonlevard. May, 2005
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Window proportions and design match the L-shaped portion of the building. It features
a north-south gable of similar pitch to the main structure with an inset porch facing to
the west. The porch roof has a shallower pitch. Porch columns on the addition are
simpler than those on the main building and may not be original. A stone column on the
south end of the porch and a stone bench underneath the porch were likely adde~d
within the past 50 years. A frame addition with a shed roof located at the southernmost
end of the building was likely built sometime before 1931 and originally served as a
garage. Another addition extended that section to the east at an unknown date.
Additional changes to the building include the addition of brick supports beneath the
porch columns on the front fa~ade and the covering of the transom window over the
front door.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:
Vernacular buildings generally lack architectural ornamentation that would distinguish
a specific style. Instead, they are categorized by roof shape and floor plan. While not as
common as the vernacular frame building in Colorado, vernacular masonry buildings
are common enough to warrant a separate discussion in Pearce's A Guide to Colorado's
Historic Architecture and Engineerin~. They are generally composed of brick, stone, or
concrete block. The gabled L subtype features a front gable intersected by a side gable.
1802 Canyon Boulevard. May, 2005
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Character-defining features at 1802 Canyon Boulevard include low-pitched intersecting
gable roofs; hipped roof porches on the north elevation beneath the front-facing gable
and at the intersection of the front and side gables; four-over-four double-hung windows
with strong vertical proportions and Italianate inspired shallow-arched brick lintels;
decorative window hoods, and stone sills on select windows on the north and west
(street facing) elevations.
1802 Canyon Boulevard, Italianate window sill and lintel.
1802 Canyon Boulevard survives as an excellent example of vernacular masonry
construction with late Italianate decorative elements. While there have been additions to
the house over time, the house retains a high degree of historic integrity. A notable and
relatively unique example of late 19r'' century vernacular masonry design, staff considers
the house to meet Architectural Significance Criteria 1 Recognized Period/Style and 3,
Artistic Merit for individual landmark designation.
ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE:
The Goss-Grove area has been studied and evaluated on several occasions area and been
determined to be historically, architecturally and environmentally significant, based on
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criteria adopted by the Landmarks Board..' In 1985-86, a survey of 188 properties within
the Goss-Grove neighborhood was completed - roughly between Arapahoe to the south
and Canyon to the north and between 15~' Street to the west and Folsom to the east. That
survey concluded that the area was not eligible for designation as a National Register
historic district, but that it was significant for its association with important members of
Boulder's early black community. Houses along Goss Street and Canyon Boulevard in
the area are representative of the lifestyles of Boulder's minority and working class
community, while homes along Grove and Arapahoe were representative of the
lifestyles of the middle class and skilled tradesmen.
A 1998 survey recommended an expansion of those boundaries, including an extension
along 18~h Street north to Canyon in order to capture the historic buildings in that area,
including 1802 Canyon. That survey identified a core area and a wider area with more
scattered historic resources and more modern buildings. As part of the Year 2000 Major
Update to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan, a map of potential histo'ric districts
was adopted. That map includes the expanded district recommended in the 1998
survey.
The potential Goss-Grove local historic district is signiEicant for its association with
prominent Boulder citizens, for its reflection of the work of early developers, for its
representation of one of Boulder's early historic neighborhoods, and for its association
with Boulder's ethnic heritage. As one of Boulder's earliest residential neighborhoods,
Goss-Grove attracted prominent members of the community, some of whom were also
pioneer developers, including Marinus G. Smith and Robert Culver. The district is
associated with a large number of early Swedish residents and for many years was the
focus of the black community in Boulder.
The potential Goss-Grove local historic district is significant for its representation of
middle and working class homes and lifestyles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries. The buildings within the district are generally significant for their
representation of popular architectural styles of the time as translated into homes for the
middle and working classes. While a variety of architectural styles are represented,
vernacular residences and those reflecting Queen Anne influences are most prominent.
The potential Goss-Grove local historic district is environmentally significant because
much of the landscape still represents qualities integral to Boulder's early
neighborhoods, including: houses with similar setbacks facing front yards with floral
~ The information in this section is taken primarily from the Boul~er Survey of Historic Places: Local District
Identification Central Area Phase Il, June 1998, by Front Range Research Associates.
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plantings and grass, projecting porches, low fences, sidewalks flanked by tree lawns,
alleys and rear outbuildings. Of particular importance is the Boulder and Whiterock
Ditch which flows through the area.
The house at 1802 Canyon contributes to the character of the potential Goss-Grove
historic district. The most recent survey of the area (1998) redrew the district boundaries
in order to include the house and the other historic buildings along 18'~ Street, in
recognition of their historic value. That same survey noted that less than half of the
properties in the potential district could be considered "individually significanY' or
"contributing" to the district, with an additiona130% "contributing-restorable." The loss
of any contributing building threatens the ability of this area to meet a critical mass of
resources to justify designation.
Significance Core District Ex anded District Total District
Category Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Individually
Si ificant 5 4.0 1 1.6 6 3.2
Contributin 53 42.1 18 29.0 71 37.8
Contributing
Restorable 38 30.2 18 29.0 56 29.8
Noncontributin 30 23.8 25 40.3 55 29.3
TOTAL 126 100.0 62 100.0 188 100.0
Source: Local District IdenHficaHon: Central Area Phase II, Front Range Research Associates, June 1998
Staff considers the house to enhance the variety, interest, and sense of identity of the
community and to meet Environmental Significance Criteria, 3 Geographic Importance, 4
Geographic Importance, and 5 Area Integrity for individual landmark designation.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENT:
Staff has received phone calls from three citizens opposed to the demolition of the
historic structure.
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Re: 1802 Canyon Boulevard - Landmark Designation
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
As discussed, the house at 1802 is an excellent example of historic vernacular masonry
construction with late Italianate decorative elements and meets Architectural
Significance Criteria 1 Recognized Period/Style and 3, Artistic Merit for individual
landmark designation. Furthermore staff considers it to enhance the variety, interest,
and sense of identity of the community and to meet Environmental Significance Criteria,
3 Geographic Importance, 4 Geographic Importance, and 5 Area Integrity for individual
landmark designation
As such, staff considers that the designation of the house conforms with Section 10-
13-1 Legislative Intent of the Code which states that, "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 areas, events, and
persons important in local, state, or national history or providing significant
architectural styles of the past" and to, "foster knowledge of the city's living heritage".
Furthermore, staff considers the house to have, "a special character and historic,
architectural, or aesthetic interest and value" as per Section 10-13-3(a)(1).
Given these considerations, staff recommends that the Board find that the designation of
the house at 1802 Canyon Boulevard conforms with Sections 10-13-1 and 10-13-3 of the
Boulder Revised Code and that it adopt the staff inemorandum as findings.
In addition to helping ensure the preservation of the house into the fixture, local
designation will provide the property owner with the ability to take advantage of local,
state, and possibly federal historic preservation tax incentives.
Staff recognizes the difficulties that the location of the historic house presents in
redeveloping the site. Nonetheless, it seems possible that the historic structure can be
integrated into an appropriate development of additional residences that would be
consistent with the character, mass and scale of the existing building and the
surrounding neighborhood. This might include moving the house to a new location on
the property.
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Re: 1802 Canyon Boulevard - Landmark Designation
ATTACHMENTS:
A: Historic Survey Form
B: Directory and Deed Research
C: Tax Assessors Card
D: Current Photographs
E: Sanborn Maps
F: Individual Landmark Significance Criteria, 1975
Attachment A
COLORADO flISTORICAL SOCIETY NOT FOR FIELD USE
Office of Archaeology and Aietoric Preservatlon ELIGIBLE
1300 Broadway, Denver, Colorado DET NOT ELIG
HISTORIC BUILDING INVENTORY RECORD NOMINATED
CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO Boulder County CERTIFIED REHAB
DATE ""'-' -'
: LDER HISTOR C PLACES State ID : SBL979
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-DUitaing name:
*Building Address: 1802 CANYON BOULEVARD BOULDER, COLORADO
Building Owner: EBBERT AND PAULINE VAUG
Owner Address: 1802 CANYON BOULEVARD BOULDER, COLORADO 80302
_ ua : ULDER Quad Year: 1979 7.5'
Legal: Tnsp 1N Range 70W Section 30 SW1 4 SE1 4
atoric Name:
District Name:
Block: 21 Lo[: 1-2 Addition: CULVER ~-•
Year of Addition: 1874 =~
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, mber of Negatives: 9,10 Negative Location: BOULDER
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`~~'COnstruction Date: ESTIMATE: 1900
Source: COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE
Present Use: RESIDENCE Historic Use: RESIDENCE
Condition: GOOD Extent of Altera[iona: MINOR
Description:
ORIGINAL If Moved, Date(s :
Style: GOTHIC REVIVAL Stories: 1 1
Materials: BRICK, NOOD Square Footage: 1639
ield Assessment: NOT ELIGIBLE District Potential: NO
oca Lan mark Designation?: NO Name: Date:
Associated Buildings?: Type:
If Inventoried, List Id Numbers:
Architect: 5ource:
Builder/Con[ractor: Source:
Original Ovner: Source:
ltl0[ Ganyon
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Theme(s):
Rail/Streetcar Period 1870-1920 (Residential Development)
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Architectural Description:
Steep froat gabled roof. Brick wall surface extends into gables without a
break. Tall narrow vindovs vith stone sills and arched stone lintels and
keystones. Second story windov extends into gable. Tvo, symmetrically-placed
windovs on each the first-floor front and side facades. Full-width, one-story
porch vith shed roof supported by three columns. Addition to rear.
Conetruction History:
Historical Background:
Little is known of [he hiatory of this house. In 1900, James C.
Montgomery, a miner, lived here with three of his children: Mabel, a school
teacher; Walter, a blacksmith; and Florence, a college student.
:hitectural Significance:
~::~" Represents the vork of a master.
' ~"~~'" Possesses high artis[ic values.
~ Represents a type, period or me[hod of construction.
flistorical Significance:
" ' Associated with significant persons.
Aasociated with significant events and/or patterns.
- Contributes to an historic district.
Statement of Significance:
This house is significant as one of the few examples of Gothic Revival
s[yle homes in Boulder
References:
Boulder
Boulder
Boulder
Sanborn
U.S. Ce
Coanty Asseesor; 1929, 1950's, 1985
County Clerk and Recorder
City Directory, 1904
Ineurance Maps
nsus Recorde, 1900
Surveyed by Whitacre/Simmons Affiliation: Fron[ Range Research
Date: 1986
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OWNERS OF 1802 CANYON BLVD: (WATER STREET UNTIL 1962)
Bold Indicates long-term ownership
Prior to 1892 R. A. Hacker
1892 to 1921 Mahala V. Montgomery
(1895 - Deed of Trust Filed with Boulder Building and Loan Association, released 1899)
(Declaration of Homestead filed in 1899)
1921 James I. Montgomery (Administrator of Mahala's estate)
1921 to 1924 C. G. Carbariono
1924 to 1962 William and Anna Calabrese
1962 to 2004 Ebbert and Pauline Vaughn
2004 to Present Norman E. Murphy
RESIDENTS OF 1802 CANYON BLVD: (WATER STREET UNTIL 1962)
Bold Indicates long-term residency
Prior to 1892 Not Listed
1896 to 1918 Charles, J.C., James, George, Mahala V., Mable and Florence
Montgomery
1921 J. F. Daniels
1923 to 1961 William and Anna Calabrese (Ralph, Pauline, Raymond, Richard,
Theresa). William listed as shoe maker, Acme Shoe Shop, 1307
Broadway. Raymond, Richard, and Ralph listed as US Navy during the
1940's)
1961 to 2003 Ebbert and Pauline (Calabrese) Vaughn. Ebbert listed as foreman at
Colorado Brick and Tile.
NOTE: Camegie Library's collection of city directories is intermittent beginning in
1869, and annual beginning in 1960 through 2003. "No Retum" or "No phone"
does not necessarily mean the building was vacant.
BIOGRAPHY OF RESIDENTS AT 1802 CANYON BLVD: (WATER ST. UNTIL 1962)
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Attachment F
Landmark Preservation Advisory Board
Adopted 9/17/75
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Secretary to the Board
SIGNIFICANCE CRITERIA
Individual Landmark
September 1975
On September 6, 1974, the City Council adopted Ordinance #4000 providing procedures
for the desigiation of Landmazks 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 Landmazks Boazd 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.
Historical Sienificance
The place (building, site, azea) 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 te cultural, political,
' economic, or social heritage of the wmmunity.
Date of Construction: This area of consideration places particulaz importance on
the age of the structure.
2. Association with Historical Persons or Events: This association could be national,
state, or local.
Distinction in the Develonment of the Communiri of Boulder: This is most
applicable to an institution (religious, educational, civic, etc) or business structure,
though is 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 awazeness of our cultural,
economic, social or political heritage.
4. RecoQnition bv 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 Imnrovement of Boulder,
Colorado by F.L. Olmsted, or others in published form as having historical
interest and value.
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Architectural Sienificance
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 innovarion; or be a fine example of the uncommon.
Recoenized Period/Stvle: It should exemplify specific elements of an architectural
period/style, ie: Victorian, Revival styles, such as described by Historic American
Building Survey Criteria, Gineerbread Aee (Maass), 76 Boulder Homes (Bazkar),
The Historv of Architectural Stvle (Marcus/Wiffin), Architecture in San Francisco
(Gebhard et al), Historv of Architecture (Flectcher), Architecture/Colorado, and
any other published source of universal or local analysis of "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.
4. Example of the Uncommon: Elements of architectural design, details, or ~-
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craftsmanship that are representative of a significant innovation. :.
Indi¢enous Oualities: A style or material that is particulazly associated with the
Boulder azea.
6. Other, if applicable.
Environmental Sienificance
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.
l. Site Characteristics: It should be of high quality in terms of planned or natural
vegetation.
2. Compatibilitv with Site: Consideration will be given to scale, massing placement,
or other qualities of design with respect to its site.
3. Geoeranhic Importance: Due to its unique location or singulaz physical
characteristics, it represents an established and familiaz visual feature of the
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cpmmunity.
4. Environmental Appropriateness: The surroundings are complementary and/or it is
situated in a manner particulazly suited to its function.
5. Area Inteeritv: Places which provide historical, azchitectural, or environmental
importance and continuity of an existing condirion, although taken singulazly or
out of context might not qualify under other criteria.
6. Other, if applicable.
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