HomeMy WebLinkAbout5B - Public Hearing & consideration of a recommendation to City Council regarding designation of 182MEMORANDUM
December 7w, 2005
TO: Landmarks Preseroation Advisory Board
FROM: Ruth McHeyser, D'uector of Long Range Planning
Chris Meschuk, Historic Preservation Planner
James Hewat, Historic Preservation Planner
Matteo Moore, Historic Preservation Intern
5UBJECT: Public hearing and consideration of a recommendation to City
Council regarding designation of 1820 Pearl Strnet as a locally
designated Historic Landmark (HIS2005-00204)., per Section 10.13-3,
B.R.C.1981.
STATISTICS:
1. Site:
2. Zoning:
3. Owner:
4. Applicant:
5. Lot Size:
6. Date of Construction:
7. Historic Building SF:
SUMMARY:
1820 Pearl Street
(MU-X), Mixed Use Developing
Kate Beeman
Kate Beeman
7,100 square fee#
1898 (Boulder County Herald)
Approx.1900 sf.
^ The purpose of this item is for the Board to determine whether the proposed
designation of 1820 Pearl Street, conforms with the purposes and standards of
Sections 10-13-1 Legislative Intent and 10-13-3 City Council May Designate Landmarks
and Histaric Districts of the Boulder Revised Code (BRC).
• On October 27w, 2005, staff received an application from the property owner to
designate the property landmark as a requirement of Site Review.
~ The Site Review of the redevelopment of 1820 Pearl Street was approved
administratively by staff on 11/10/05, with a call-up period extending to 11/25/05.
^ T'he house at 1820 Pearl Street was constructed in 1898 by early German unmigrants
to the City George & Doris Koehler and owned by noted Boulder residents, George &
Grace Sherman from 1913 to the 1940s. Both the Koehlers and Shermans are locally
significant to Boulder's early history.
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The 1898 Koehler-Sherman house survives as a good exampie of Queen Anne
architechzre in Boulder and meets Historic Significance criteria 1 Date of Construction
& 2, Association with Persons of Historic Significance, Architechzral Significance
Criterion 1, Recognized Period/Style, and Environmental Significance criterion 3,
Geographic Importance, for local landmark designation.
Staff recommends that the Board tind that the designation of the property at 1820
Pearl Street (to be known as the Koehler-Sherman property) 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
memorandum as findings.
BACKGROUND:
In May of 2005, the Planning Department received a Site Review application for
the property at 1820 Canyon Boulevard which includes the removal of the non-historic
c.1993 rear addition to the 1898 Koehler-Sherman house and adjacent construction of a
building to house three residential units.
Because the site had a PUD and Use Review in 1993 for conversion to a bed &
breakfast, the redevelopment requires a Site Review to amend the prior approval. On
November 10"', 2005, the Planning Department approved the Site Review with
conditions. As required for such administrative approvals of Site review, a disposition
and approved plans were distributed to the Planning Boazd at their November 10'~, 2005
meeting. The fourteen day call-up period by the Planning Board lapsed on November
24~, 2005.
One of the criteria for Site Review is consistency with Boulder Valley
Comprehensive Plan policies. Policy 2.30 of the Comprehensive Plan states that historic
resources should be protected when impacted by a Site Review application. The City
has regularly required an applicant submit an application to Landmark an identified
historic property as a condition of Site Review approval. This application for the
landmarking of the Koehler-Sherman property represents fulfillment of that
requirement.
THE BOARD'S DECISION:
Section 10-13-5 (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 Councii May Designate Landmarks and Historic Dishicts".
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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 and forward it to the City Council (within 90
days) for public hearing.
DESCRIPTION:
Located in the area today referred to as the East Pearl Street corridor, the property
was originally part of the East Boulder Addition platted in 1872 between 18~' and 25~'
Streets between Canyon Boulevard (Water Street) and Mapleton Avenue. The two-story
brick and frame Queen Anne house located at 1820 Pearl Street was constructed in the
latter part of 1898 for German immigrant and agent for the Pacific and United States
Express, George Koehler. Sanborn maps indicate that a single-story shed roof masonry
addition to the east side the building was constructed sometixne after 1960 and is,
therefore, non-historic.
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Fi~ure 3. 1820 Pearl Street Location Man
The house features an asymmetrical floor plan, a low-springing brick arch element,
turrted spindle posts on the porch, font gable decorative motif, and shingle siding on the
upper stories.
Analysis of Landmark Eligibility Significance For Designation (Criteria Adopted as
Administrative Policy,1975)
Staff considers the house at 1820 Pearl Street to have historic sufficient significance for
designation as an individual landmark under the criteria for Architectural and Historic
significance, adopted by administrative policy in 1975, (Attachment F).
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Figure 5.1820 Pearl Street, second-story gable motif, scalloped shingle, and window.
A. Historic Significance:
1. Date of Construction:
The property was constructed in 1898 for Gerrnan immigrant and agent for the Pacific
and United States Express, George Koehler. A Boulder County Herald newspaper report
from July 6th, 1898 described, "The rafters for expressman Koehler's house on east Pearl
Street (1820 Pearl) are up. The House will soon be enclosed". 1820 Pearl Street is over
fifty years old and survives as a good; relatively intact example of Queen Anne
architecture in Boulder, dating from the late nineteenth century.
2. Association with Historic Persons or Events:
Born to a family of academics in Dresden, Germany in 1846, George A. Koehler
emigrated to the United States in 1868. After working for fourteen years in the explosives
industry in New Jersey, Koehler moved to Mooreville, Colorado where he served as
foremen of the powder works in that town. In 1893, Koehler and his German wife
Dorothea moved west to Boulder where he was employed as an agent for the Boulder
Pacific Express Company. In this position, Koehler was responsible for supplyirig
mining camps in the area with express merchandise (Attachment H). Prior to purchasing
and building the house at 1820 Pearl Street, the Koehlers resided at 611 Canyon
Boulevard in Boulder.
In 1912, the property was purchased by George and Grace Sherman. Born in 1869,
George Sherman came to Boulder from Kansas in 1896 to work as a cashier for the Union
Pacific railroad. In 1899, Sherman purchased a grocery in the mining town of Sunset
which he ran unti11904. George Sherman was one of the organizers and an officer of the
Boulder Citizens National Bank. George's wife, Grace was a charter member of the
Boulder Women's Republican Club and during the 1920s and 1930s served on the Board
of Directors for the Boulder Young Women's Christian Association. T`he Shermans are
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listed in the Boulder City Directory as having lived at the property unti11945
(Attachment D.
3. Distinction in the development of the community of Boulder:
None known
4. Recognition by Authorities:
A 1988 historic survey of the building by Front Range Research Associates (Attachment
~ characterized the level of change to property as moderate.
Staff considers the property to meet Historic Significance Criteria 1, Date of Construction
& 2, Association with Historic Persons as the home of early residents of significance to the
community, George & Doris Koehler and George & Grace Sherman, for individual
landmark designation.
B. Architectural Significance:
1. Recognized Period or Style: Queen Anne:
The fanciful Queen Anne was the dominant manner of domestic architecture in the
United States from 1880 to about 1900. Typically characterized by steeply pitched roofs
of irregular shape with a forward facing gable, asymmetrical fa~ade, and patterned
shingles, Queen Anne houses are also known for their exuberant decorative detailing.
While perhaps not as common in Colorado as other areas of the country, Queen Anne
buildings are common enough to warrant a separate discussion in Pearce's, Guide to
Colorado's Historic Architecture and Engineering. Relatively restrained in its execution,
the Koehler-Sherman house can be described as representing simple Queen Anne,
typical of houses constructed in residential contexts in Colorado.
Character-defining features at 1820 Pearl Street include its asymmetrical cross-gable
plan, decorative motif on front facing gable, scalloped shingle siding, pressed brick and
stone sills, low springing arch window openings, one-over-one, double hung sash, and
partial width porch with decorative spindle work.
While a brick ell has been added to the east elevation of the house and a portion of the
wrap-around porch has been enclosed on its west face, 1820 Pearl Street survives with a
high degree of historic integrity. The ell (and rear addition constructed in the 1990s as an
expansion of the bed and breakfast) is to be removed as part of the planned
redevelopment of the property (See Landmark Alteration Certificate Request, A~enda
[tem 5C .
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In spite of these alterations, staff considers the house to currently meet Architectural
Significance Criterion 1, Recognized Period/Style for individual landmark designation as a
good representative example of Queen Anne architecture as identified in the Guide to
Colorado's Historic Architecture and Engineerin~, 2003 and as illustrated in Virginia
and Lee McAlester's A Field Guide to American Houses, 1990. Removal of the side and
rear additions and appropriate restoration of the wrap around porch, as planned, will
add to the historic integrity of the house.
C. Environmental Significance:
1. Site Characteristics:
No notable landscaping observed.
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Figure 6. North elevation Figure 7. North window, 1~ story
Figure 8. North window, 1~ story
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2: Compatibility with Site:
Not Applicable.
3. Geographic Importance:
Early buildings in the east Pearl Street area where the subject property is situated
included the no longer extant 1877 John Lund Hotel at 1906 Pearl Street and Hygenic
Swimming Pool (now the Spruce Pool) at 2102 Spruce Street. Two buildings historically
intact buildings (oE roughly the same vintage as the Koehler-Sherman house) are located
immediately east of 1820. The Kohler-Sherman House is the most prominent building in
this row of visually familiar, turn-of -the century houses in the east Pearl Street corridor.
4. Environmental Appropriateness:
This residential house is located in an area that is now primarily commercial in nature.
5. Area Integrity
The historic character of the area has been altered signiEicantly in the recent past, and for
this reason has not been identified as a potential local or national Register of Historic
Places eligible district.
Because the Koehler-Sherman house is situated in the east Pearl Street conidor in a,
"unique location that represents an established and familiar visual feature of the
community", staff considers the property to meet Environmental Significance Criteria, 3
Geographic Importance for individual landmark designation.
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Figure 9. Fa~ade of Koehler-Sherman House, looking east.
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NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENT:
None
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Landmarks Board recommend to the City Council the
designation of the property at 1820 Pearl Street as an individual Landmark adopting the
staff inemo as finding of fact.
As discussed, the property at 1820 Pearl Street enhances the variety, interest, and sense
of identity of the community is eligible for local landmark designation under: Historic
Significance Criteria, 1 Date of construcfion and 2 Assaciarion with Historic Persons of
Importance, as the home of the locally important George & Doris Koehler (1898-1912) and
George & Grace Sherman (1912-1945), Architectural Significance Criteria 1, Recognized
Period/Style and 3, Artistic Merit as a good example of Queen Anne design, and
Environmental Significance Criterion 3, Geographic Importance as an established and
familiar feature of the east Peazl Street corridor_ As per administrative regulation
Guidelines for Naming Designated Buildings and Sites, staff recommends the site be known
as the Koehler-Sherman property (Attachment G).
As such, staff considers that the designation of the 7,100 sq ft property 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 welfaze 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 pasY' 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).
In addition to helping ensure the preservation of the house into the future, local
designation will provide the property owner with the ability to take advantage of local,
state, and possibly federal historic preservation ta~c incentives. Tf the Board chooses to
designate the 7,100 sq. ft. property, it will be necessary for the proposed rehabilitation of
the historic house and adjacent construction of three new units to be reviewed as a
landmark alteration certificate to ensure consistency with the General Design Guidelines
for Historic Landmarks.
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ATTACHMENTS:
A: Architectural Inventory Record
B: D'uectory and Deed Research
C: Tax Assessors Card
D: Cunent Photographs
E: Sanborn Map Analysis
F: Individual Landmark Significance Criteria,1975
G: Guidelines for Names of Landmarked Buildings and Sites
H: 1898 Biographical Information on George and Doris Kcehler
I: Biographical Information on George and Grace Sherman
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Attachment A
COLORADO HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOT FOR FIELD USE
Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservatfon ELIGIBLE
1300 Broadway, Denver, Colorado DET NOT ELIG
~ HISTORIC HUILDING INVENTORY RECORA NOMINATED
CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO Boulder County CERTIFIED REAAB
DATE
PROJECT NAHE: BOULDER HISTORIC PLACES State ID#: SBL2179
Building Name: PEARL STREET INN
*BUilding Address: 1820 PEARL STREET BOULDER, COLORADO 8U302
Building Owner: PEARL STREET BED AND BREAKFAST
Owner Address: 1820 PEARL STREET BOULDER, COLORADO 80302
USGS Quad: BOULDER Quad Year: 1966, REV. 1979
Legal: Tnsp 1N Range 7UW Section 30 1 4 1 4
Historic Name: THE GEORGE KOHLSR GEORGE SHEI2MAN HOUSE
District Name: NOT APPLICABLE
Block: 73 Lot: 4 Addition: BOULDER EAST
Year of Addition: 1872
lm Roll By: ROGER WHITACRE Film Number: BL5_
.::~mber of Negatives: 20 Negative LoCation: BOULDER
Construction Date: ESTIMATE: 1898 ~
Source: COUNTY ASSESSOR RECORDS
Present Use: BED AND BREAKFAST INN Historic Use: RESIDENCE
Condition: EXCELLENT Extent of Alterat ons: MODERATE
Description: NEW ADDITION ON SIDE.
ORIGINAL If Moved, Date s):
s~yie: ~uG~:N ANNt Stories: i i/[
Materials: BRICK Square Footage: 3873
Field Assessment: NOT ELIGIBLE District Potential: NO
Local Landmark Designation?: NO Name: Date:
Associated Buildings?: NO Type:
if inventoried, List Id Numbers:
Architect: UNKNOWN SourFe:
Builder/COntractor: UNKN041N Source:
'-iginal Owner: POSSIBLY GEORGE ROEALER (SEE HISTORY)
SOUrce: 1900 U.S. CENSUS OF HOULDER
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Theme(s):
The Urban Frontier (1860-1920).
Architectural Description:
Aipped roof with front-gabled bay. Front gable end has carved Wood
ornament; decorative shingles. One-bay, front-gabled, entry porch with
turned spindle supports; fretwork; balustrade. Paneled and glazed door;
transom. First floor windows have segmental arches; stone sills. Double-
hung window in front gable end has flat arch; stone sill. Stone
foundation. Large complex attached to original structure. New siding
along portion of facade. Large wooden fence in front of property.
Construction History:
"~storical Background:
In 1900, this was the home of George and Doris Roehler, and their son
°-°'ctor. George Koehler, who was a German immigrant, worked as an agent for
the Pacific and United States Express. By 1913, this was the home of
George and Grace Sherman. George Sherman was a prominent businessman, who
came to Boulder in 1896 as an agent for the Union Pacific and Gulf
Railroad, and who later engaged in the transfer business, first with the
firm of Majors and Sherman, later as a partner of E.W. "DUtch" O'Neal in
the aoulder Transfer. George Sherman was also an organizer and officer of
Boulder's Citizens National Bank. Before coming to Boulder, Shernan worked
for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Ransas, and the Mexican Central
Railroad in Pachuca, Mexico. Other Sherman family residences in Boulder
include 1714 walnut Street and 1319 Pine Street.
Architectural Significance:
Represents the work of•a master.
_X Possesses high artistic values.
_ Represents a type, period or method of construction.
Historical Significance:
X Associated with significant persons.
Associated with significant events and/or patterns.
Contributes to an historic district.
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^tatement of Significance:
The Queen Anne style building represents Boulder's 19th century,
middle-class housing. The buildinq is also significant for being
associated with George Roehler, a German immigrant and agent for the
Pacific and United States Express Companyt and George Sherman, a prominent
early Boulder businessman. George Sherman came to Boulder as an agent for
the Union Pacific and Denver and Gulf Railroad; he later was involved in a
number of transfer businesses. Sherman was also an organizer and officer
of Boulder's Citizens National Bank.
References:
Boulder County Assessor's Records
Sanborn Insurance Maps
1900 U.S. Census of Boulder
Boulder Cfty Directories, 1898, 1901-02 and 1913
"1714 Walnut Street' inventory form #SBL2228, Bouldet Survey of
Aistoric Places Survey. 1988, Houlder Planning Office
Surveyed by Whitacre/Simmons
Date: June 1988
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Attachment F
Landmark Preservation Advisory Baard
Adopted 9/17/75
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Secretarv to the Board
SIGNIFICANCE CRITERIA
Individual Landmark
September 1975
On September 6, 1974, 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 pecinitted cultural, historic, and architectural
heritage. The Landmarks Board is pecmitted 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 Si~nificance
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 te cultural, political,
economic, or social heritage of the community.
Date of Construction: This azea of consideration places particular importance on
the age of the structure.
2. Association with Historical Persons or Events: This association could be national,
state, or local.
3. Distinction in the Development of the Communitv 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 awareness of our cultural,
economic, social or political heritage.
4. Reco¢nition 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 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.
RecoQnized 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, Gingerbread Age (Maass), 76 Boulder Homes (Barkar),
The Historv of Architectural Style (Marcus/Wiffin), Architecture in San Francisco
(Gebhard et al), History of Architecture (Flectcher), Architecture/Colorado, and
any other published source of universal or local analysis of "style."
2. 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.
3. 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
craftsmanship that aze representative of a significant innovation.
5. Indigenous Oualities: A style or material that is particularly associated with the
Boulder area.
6. Other, if applicable.
Environmental Si~nificance
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.
2. Com~atibility with Site: Consideration will be given to scale, massing placement,
or other qualities of design with respect to its site.
Geograohic Importance: Due to its unique location or singular physical
characteristics, it represents an established and familiar visual feature of the
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community.
4. Environmental Appropriateness: The surroundings are complementary and/or it is
situated in a manner particularly suited to its function.
', S,r~ Area Integritv: 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.
6. Other, if applicable.
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Attachment G
Adopted August 2. 1969
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GUIOELIMES FOR MAMES OF LANDMARKED STRUCTLIRES ANO SI7ES
Puroase:
~he City of Boulder LandmarKS P~ese~vaLion Adviso~y Boara `inas ~nat aaoptio~
oT auidelines for the orficial ~anarrdrK names or structures ana sites oesignateo
by the City Council as City of Boulder Landmarks will provide consis~ency in
meet i ng the hi stori c preservat i on goa 1 s a s set forth i n the H i stor i c Preservat ion
Code (10-31=I and 1G-13-3).
Crite~ia 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 cri~~ria:
A. Original owners, architect or builder;
B. Historically significant pe~sons or prominenL long term re5idents;
C. A commonty accepted name;
D. Original or late~ events or use;
E. Unusual or architect~~ral characteristic which clearly identifies the
landmark; and
.. The contributions of both men anG women.
2. Owners requesting landmark designation for their buildinos may ~e
considered under the above criteria. In the event tnat t7e 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 Lhe owner's expense.
LMNames.GDL
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Attachment H
George Sherman (left), c.1900
George Sherman (3rd from right) In front of the Boulder Depot where he
worked as a cashier for the Union Pacific Railroad from 1896 to 1899.
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GLURUE A: Sh~R_~I;LP,1T_ _partner w ith E. ;V.. 0' iVeal in the Bc~ul~.er
Tr~.ns ~'er Co.
~or~ June 1.7, 1:~5~, i~n Shermansville, Craw.ford Co. ,
Penn. ToT~vn. n:;.med for his ~r~ndfather, located _on .~'ittsp«r~;
~.?~~? Eri~ C~:.r.a.l, ~r~l~icrl ,~ierit' t}~rou~~;r~ ,~;ran:~fdth~r' ~ f'a.rm. F~trer
w?.G a qo~.tm~3,n; c~rr,yir.~ coA? a.nd iro~ ure. Par~;nt~s took h~m
to '~'r~,nklin Co.u~t,y, Kat~sas,; in 1:~ ~.~ ,, Trie countr,y w~.: s st i.11 ~.
.rol~~_;h frontier. Attene~e~J. ~.he University of' i~ans~,s, studyin~
~ri 3~
cizril en,~;ineerin~;~4~las ~ jlani~~r wYieri the .la,~e Sen~.tor ~l~m.
E. Bora.n wa~ a f'rest-ima.n in the l~,v~ gcriool. ~?oc~med with Frec~
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(~.fter~va.r~'.~ Genera.l) Fun~to~. Left t'rle Univ, to become a;:
tele~rai~h operator in 1383, {~ oin~; tu wor~ at Otta.wa, Kansaa,
for the 147is~ouri P~cific R,y: ~PJent to Pac:~luca, Mexico, as ari
ooerator on the P.~exican Cent~ral, July, ~~gQ, ~~emai~nin:`: there
t,.:. ~ -0 ... ,
until the Sprin~ of 189T. Keturned to Ott~,v~a, Kansas, a.nd
took up old jo?~. To Boulder~ Feb. 1, 18~6. PJor,~ed ~as. cashier
for the U. P, a.nd. C.& S.. rys. In 18~'y went to Sunset to
enaa,ge.. in ;~rocery business for two years. Bau~ht 'inte~est
~f Irvin ~urr, partner of Fred ~~Iorse, in transfer• btzsiness in
?3oulder. La,ter Ivlor~e's sY~~re wa.a purcha.sed b;~ S. P~I. ;ti~, jors,
the firm tren kno~Yvn~ a.s r~Ia jors and Sherman. In 1~aG~- Nl~,,~or~s
qold. intereat to James Kin,;, ?r.a.kin~; ti~e firm of .Kerr, SYzerman
a.nd Kin,r.~;. It wa.9 cYzan~~~ed to Kerr, Sherma.ri and ~licFa~l (+~y~llard
~~c:Fa.ll) , to Ke.rr, Sher~an anc~ P~Tiller (J. 0. 1tQillerj , f'inaliy
to K~rr, Sherman arzd Ca,ll~t~;~.n (G. t~. Callal~an) . Uince i~yj3
iJlr. Sherma.n h~~ s beE, ~~.~ n~:;,rt•:~er of 4;a. ~,R'. "1-~ut~h" 0' ~J~al in
the ~,~ulder Tr~,nnl~er Co. ~tome pc~cir°€,s; 1~~Z,~~i~et~,rl St.
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to John C:.and Mary
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' May 3, 1949. '
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Mortuary is in c.~arge of. ar-;
rangements. '
Friends who wish may cop-
tribue to the Memorial Fund of
the First PresbyEerian Church in
her memoty,
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668 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
law, Judge Slingerland, at Kirksville, blo., until
his father removed to St. Louis, when he accom-
panied the famity to tl~at city. ~Vhen ahaut
twenty-one years of age he was admitted to the
bar ic 5t. I,ouis, `Io. While in Marion County
he acted as deputy in the circuit clerk's o~ce for
some time, in order to familiariae himself with
the proceedings of court. From St. Louis he
came to Denver in i879. He was a candidate
here for the office of city attorney after it became
an etective position, but was defeated by judge
Dawson. In i889 he ~vas the Republican candi-
date for county judge, but was defeated by Judge
George ~V. :4liller.
5oon after coming to Deu~ er l~ir. Lipsconb
became a meniber of Union Lodbe No. ;, A. F. &
~. bi., and he has since ta~en the higher dea ees
to the 14iy stic Shrine. In this city he married
l~Iiss Clara B. Selleck, da:ighter of hlrs. GeorDe
W. Brown, of Denver. They have an only child,
Clara Belle Lipscomb.
EORGE A. KOEHLER, agent for the Pa=
cific Express Company at Boulder, is a re-
spected citiz~n of this place. He has been
in the United States for thirty years, and is a loy-
al citizen of his adopted country. He stands
high in business, fratemal and religious circles,
and is thoroughly uprioht and straightfor~vard
in all his dealings with others.
The birth of our subject occurred in Dresden,
SasonS•, Germany, April 28, i846. His ances-
tors were noted for superior scholarship and at-
tainments in the ~vorld of science and education,
and mauy of their sterling characteristics have
been handed down to their posterity. Grand-
father Koehler was for years a member of the
faculty in the University of Leipsic, Germany,
and Carl G., the father of George A., ~vas a na-
tive of that classic city. He graduated from the
university there with the degrees of Doctor of
Philosophy and Doctor of Divinity; and after-
wards zvas proEessor of philosophy and theology
in Dresden, being at the head of the Annen
Real school. He died while sen~ing in that ca-
pacity in i868, aged fifty-six years. His wife,
blarie, was likewise born in Dresden, and her
death occurred in i86o. Her father, Dr. Henry
Schcualz, a nati~•e of Saxony, graduated from the
uuiversities of Heidelberg and Leipsic, and from
the medical college at Bonn. He made a spe-
cialty of diseases of the eye, and became foremost
in that direction amon~ the celebrated oculists
of Europe. His fame was widespread, and among
his patients cvere numbered many of the nobility
of ~arious countries on the contineut. He died
in i86i, at the advanced age of eighty-seven
years.
Geurge A. ICoehler is the youngest of six chil-
dren and the only one oE the family in the United
States. He grew to maturity in Dresden, was
educated in tt~e government schools, and com-
pleted his studies in the L'ni,versity of Tharandt.
He continued as a student there for three years,
zvhen Le left, at the c:OSe O~ ~1i3 ]L•nior ; ear. His
~other ~ad previousiy been summoned by the
death angel, and, his father then dying, the
young man decided to enter at once upon his
busittess career. ~eaving Bremen, he sailed for
Ne~v York City, and as he could not spesk
English, he knew he must accept a subordinate
positioa of some kind to that which he would
have liked. He ~vas employed by l~Iarburg
Brothers for a year and a-half iu Baltimore, and
theu, for a like period was an orderly at Castle
Garden. His nest ~renture was to leartt the proc-
ess of manufacturing powder and high esplosives
in the works of j. R. Rand & Co., of Pequanoc,
N. J. During the seven years of his emploS~ment
with this firm he was o:~ blo~vtt up and fell
into some acid, which so severely burned hitn
that he was laid up for about two months. He
thorottghly learned ecerS~thing pertaining to the
business and ultimately became the superintend-
eut of tlie plant. He served as su:h until the
works were closed, and then, in April, i88z, he
came to CoIorado, and was installed as foreman
oE the powder works at 1Iooreviile. This plant
also closed down in a year or thereabouts. The
auditor of the Unioa Pacific, ~vho had met l~Zr.
Koehler at the station at Mooreville, told him
that a position was awaiting him at Como, and
accordingly the young man was made a clerk at
that station. At the expiration of a year he was
promoted to be agent at Como, and held the
post until February, r893, when he deemed it
advisable to seek a Iower altitude, on account of
his health. Coming to Boulder, he was im-
mediately offered a place as agent for the Pacific
Espress Company, and accepted the same. In
i 89.} the Denver 8c Rio Grande Express Company
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had a contract nith the GulfRailroa~9, and msce
our subject agent for both liues (Pacific & Rio
Grande). Since i896 he has been joint agent
for the Rio Grande and the Pacific Express Com-
panies. The Denver & Rio Grande's contract
ha~ing expired in t8g~, they discontinued their
local o~ce here. A portion of Mr. Koehler's
duty is to look aft~r all express.matter for the
various mountaiu camps of~ this region, and he is
kept very busy.
In New York City the marriage of Mr. Koehler
and Miss Dorothea VG'itthoeff was solemnized iu
iSi4. She is a native of Hamburg, Germany,
and has lived in the United States for twenty-
seren years. Mr. and Mrs. Koehler have one
son, ~'ictor, ~vho is a messenger on the new
Colorado & Northern Railroad. ~'hen he was a
resident of Como, Mr. Koehler a as an alderman
for five S~ears, and for se~en years was a member
of the school hoard, servin~ as president, secre-
tar}~ and treasurer at different times. Politicall}r
he is a Democrat. Iu Boulder Lodge No. i rs,
I, O. O. F., he is a charter member, past o~cer
aud ex-representative, and is a past officer of
Encampment No., 6, aad ~~as tR~ice grand mar-
shal of the Grand Encampme2t. Of Canton No.
9, at Como, he is past commander, and with Can-
ton No. i6, of Bouider, he holds a similar place.
fie is connected with the Kremlin Riga, of Den-
rer, and is an elder and member of the board of
trustees of the English Lutheran Church.
EANDER WILLIA1~iS ~IMBALI,, a well-
knowu citizen of Boulder, is a veteran o: the
Civil ~•ar and has ale~•a5•s bePn z loyal F~e-
publicau, taking an active aud influeutial part in
support of his party. He has worl:ed in Repub-
lican leagues and ha5 made a point of attending
local, county and state conventious, whenever
possible. In the last presidential campaign he
sided n ith the silver supporters, as he is a firm
believer in that side of the financial question.
He is past commander of Nathaniel L}•ou Post
1` o. 5, G. A. R. , and has served as an aide on
the staff of Gen. Jobn A. Palmer. Thirty years
ago he ~vas initiated into the Masonic order i
~iiigs~•ille, Ohio, and is now identified with
Coluu~bia l,odge No. i4, A. ~. & A. M., o
Boulder. '
Our subject is a son of Chester and Victori
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(~'~Tilliams} Kimball, natives of Montpelier, Vt.,
and Hartford, Conn., respectively. The father
of Chester, I,ewis Kimball, was also of the Green
Mountain state, coming from an old family there,
and some time prior to his death he became a resi-
dent of Michigan, there spending his last years.
By occupation Chester gimball was a carpenter
and builder, and for a number of years his home
was in Centerville, Allegany County, N. Y. His
death occurred in that town wheu he was in his
sixty-eighth pear. His first wife had died many
years previously, when but thirty-three years old.
His son George, now of Golden, Colo., was a
soldier of the Fifth New York Regiment in the
Civil war. Julia, the eldest daughter, died in
Golden and Victoria died in childhood. B} a
second marriage Mr. Kimball had two daughters,
both living in Centerville, N. Y., at this time.
I,. ~~. Kimball was born February 4, i~34, in
Cente: ville, and after completing his common
school education attended Rushford Academ},
graduating ~therefrom. He then engaged in
teaching school for two terms in Rushford, after
vs~hich he was a teacher in Harmonsburg, Craw-
ford County, Pa.; up to the time of the n-ar.
Seven days after F8rt Sumter vvas fired upon the
young man enlisted in the three months' serrice
as a member of Company E, in the "Erie" regi-
ment, commanded by Col. John W. McLean.
Upon the expiration of the term of his enlistment
he assisted in raising a company, and was com-
missioned first lieutenant of Company E, One
Hu~idred and Eleventh Infantry. With his
regiment he was ordered south and took part in
all of its campaigns until, upon account of ph}-si-
cal disahility he was sent to Baltimore, where his
resignation froni the ser~ ice was accepted Novem-
ber i6, i86~, an honorable discharge being
granted him.
The following year Mr. Kimball entered the
employ of Powell Brothers, of Syra~use, N. Y.,
~ and for ten years represented them as their agent
in Pennsylvania and Michigan. During three
years of this period he was interested in the small
fruit business. From i88o until i8go he was an
agent for T. Rupert, of Conneautville, Pa., tra~~el-
~ ing mostly in Nova Scotia. ~ight years ago he
came to Colorado, and locating in Boulder, bought
f a piece of property at No. 646 Marine street and
built thereon. He established a nursery and
a fruit-tree business here, and is the leader in. this
.
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Boulder County HERALD, July 5, 1898
_ Description in this issue of the HERALD of the Fourth
of july cetebration at the ChauLauqua.
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Boulder County HERALD, July 6, 1898
The rafters for e~ressman Koehler's new house on east '"
Pearl street (1820 Pearl) are up. The house will soon be
enclosed. -
The Chautauqua grounds were lighted up last Thursday
(June 30th) with a large nunber of electric lights . The sight
of the grounds as viewed from town was magnificenty beauti-
ful.
Boulder County HERALD, Aug. 1, 1898
The new armory (934 Pearl) is about completed. It is a
pretty and commodious affair.
Boulder County HERALD, Aug. 16, 1898
Work on the University hospital is going right along. The
building is beginning to loom up on the hill.
Boulder County HERALD, Aug. 26, 1898
The brick front of what was formerly the Squires building
(next E of the Boulder House on the NE corner of llth and
Pearl), later part of the Boulder House, is being torn down by
Chas. Cheney, preparatory to putting up a handsome one.
Boulder County HERALD, Sept. 21, 1898
A. R. Hoover is erecting a handsome and cozy 6 room
brick. residence on Pearl street (1828 Pearl) east of express-
man Koehler's (at 1820 Pearl).
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