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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5B - Consideration of whether to initiate the designation of 896 17th St (HIS2008-00188) MEMORANDUM September 3, 2008 TO: Landmarks Board FROM: Susan Kichstone, Long Range Planning Manager James IIewat, Preservation Planner Allison Hawes, 1-Iistoric ['reservation Intern Chris Meschuk, Preservation Planner SUBJECT: Public hearing and consideration of wheiher to initiate the designation of 896 7Th Street as a locally designated 'I Iistoric Landmark, pc~r Section 9-11-3, B.TZ.C. 1981. -(I-11S2008-00188) STATISTICS: 1. Site: 896 17''' Street 2. Zoning: RL-1 (Residential Low - 7) 3. Owner: Tl1e estate of 1-ia~el Barnes 4. Applicant: I-Iistoric Boulder, Incorporated S['~1FF KF,COMNi(~.NUA'I'ION: Staff recommends the Landmarks Board adopt the resolution initiating landmark designation ~~f the pre,hc~rly ~rt ~9G 17''' Street. ~uM~In1zY: ¦ 'The purpose of this hearing is for the board to determine whether it is appropriate to initiate local landmark designation for the property at 89617"'Street. • On July 21, 2008 Historic Boulder, Incorporated submitted an individual landmark application for the property (See Attachment A: Landmark Application). ¦ The estate has not indicated support or apposition of landmark designation. ¦ Staff recommends the board initiate landmark designation of the property. CRITERIA FOK THE BOARD'S DhCISION: I'hc Historic Preservation ordinance calls for the Landmarks Board to hold a public hearing to r~~nsidcr initialing landmark ciesi~nati~in ~~f a property (9-71-3, RRC, 7981). initiati~~n hearings are ;~~encld Item #513 Pale #1 .'f'I.:AN,draa`~l~~n~r;in~~~lllti I'1 ~,n~lnrirh~'~1~%th-~~~t,',ii'~ O~ ~1~; I I'A13 Init,atic,n Airin~,.<I~,~ legi~lati~~t~, not duasi jt.idicitll. In reviewing ~.ipplications fron-i a historic prt~scrvation organization', the board may consider, but are not limited to the following criteria: (1) There is probable cause to believe that the building or district may be eligible for designation as an individual landmark or historic district consistent with the purposes and standards in Sections 9-11-1, "Legislative Intent," and 9-"11-2, "City Council May Designate Landmarks and Historic Districts," 13.R.C. 1981; (2) '['here are currently resources available that would allow the city manager to complete all of the community outreach and historic analysis necessary for the application; (3) 'There is commuzlity and neighborhood support for the proposed designation; (4) 7"he buildings or feahi.res may need the protections provided through designation; (5) 'l'he potential boundaries for the proposed district are appropriate; (b) In balance, the proposed designation is consistent with the goals and policies of the Boulder Valley Conzprelzensive Plan; or (7) `l'he proposed designation would generally be in the public interest. 1 y :i ~ r ` -..~g~ y... iR v - ~ '1T r it ~ 3 ~n~~.. ~ /d.c. S. L ~ x[ ` _ ~ ` 7v} h n~ L ~ '}'~~~1~~ _ - ~ J plc ~ ~"~f ~ n _ 896 ll`r' Street, 2008. Historic Boulder was reco~rized by the brr3rd as a historic preservation orgartization in Ja:n-nary 2007 (See AttnclnT~er~k 6: Reconnition Kesolution). A<~ezada Item #.SK Pale #2 S:\I'LAN\data\k>nUrang\IiIS"I1Landmarks117th.896\09.03.08 LPAI3 Initiation Memo.doc ANAi.YSIS: (1) Thera is hrobnble catcse to belie~~~e !]znt t/7e huilclin,; or district mat/ be eli~~>ible for desfgrrnfivn as an individual landmark or historic district consistent with t1Te purposes and standards in Sections 9-11-1, "Legislative Intent," and 9-1I-2, "City Council May Designate 1_andmarks and Ilistoric Districts," I3.IZ.C. 1981; 9-11-1(a). "The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public. I2ealth, safety, and welfare bi/ protecting, enhancing, and perpetuating buildings, sites, and areas of the city reminiscent of past eras, events, and persons in local, state, or national history or providing significant examples of architectteral styles of the past. It is also the purpose of this chapter to develop and nucirltain appropriate settings and environments for such buildings sites, and areas to enhance property values, stabilize neighborhoods, prornvte tourist trade and interest, and foster knoz~~ledge of the cite/'s living hr~ritage". The two-story house at 896 1T'' Street was constructed in 1948, designed by Boulder architect Jacques Hampton. Originally none-story house, in 1965 a second story was designed by Boulder architect Charles Haertling. Constructed of concrete block, stone and wood, the house is believed to be the oldest Usonian style house in houlder. l lampton studied with 1~'rank Lloyd Wright, who coined the Usonian style. '['he house has a strong horizontal form, with horizontal ribbon windows, overhanging cantilevered eaves, raked horizontal mortar joints, and patterned second story wood walls. The house was surveyed in 2000, and was considered to he eligible for individual listing in the National Register of I-Iistoric Places. See .9tl~r~~lr~;u~fit C1 l~_~r n~c,r~: inforn~~~tii,n. The IZUUSC~ i~; ~~55ex~iale~l ~-vitl~ 1 lai.el liarnes, i~~~lionally reco~nire~l k~ltilo5opher, who passed away on March 18, 2008 at the age of 92. See Attachment A for more information on Ms. Barnes, who was also along-time member of Historic Boulder, Inc. The estate has not indicated support or opposition to landmark designation. [t is staff's understanding that the remaining estate assets have been willed to the University of Colorado Foundation. Staff believes that based on the limited research, that there is probable cause to L~elieve the building is eligible for local landmark designation. !:'J 17cere are currently resources available that woccld allow the city manager to complete all of tlce cornmtenity otctreach and historic analysis necessary for the application; 'llie historic preservation program has limited resources due to current workload, but ~•~n c~ot»E~l~~li~ the nec~~~~;~~r~• work f~,r this ,~E,l~li~'<~ti~_,n. Agenda Item #5R Pale #t3 ti:`J'I ,~1h''~~,~I,ita`~.Icw~~ranr;'~~[lltil l1 :~n~ln~,n~k~U%th-~~',)h1(1y-U.~.U4 Lf'~11, lniliati~ui ~~1rniu.cJoc (3) ~l'liere is u~mnrrrrriti~ rrr?d rtei<,hhorl-rood suppori~or the proposer! rlesi;nrction; Staff 11as received no neighborhood comment regarding the designation. Historic Boulder, lnc. has submitted the application. (4) TITe buildings or features nra~ need f11e. protections ~rrovided llu•or.rgh GICS1grIl1t10r1; The building is not proposed for demolition. If transferred to the University of Colorado I~oundation, the future use of the building is unknown. (5) The potential boundaries for tlTe proposed district cu•e appropriate; Nol applicable. (6) In balance, the proposed designation is consistent wish ilu' gonls mid policie's of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan; or Policy 2.33 of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan States that," Buildings, districts, and sites of historic, architectural, archaeological, or cultural significance will be identified and protected. The city and county will cnce.~urage preservation of such resources through incentive programs, designation of landmark buildings design review, public improvements, and other tools." This policy encourages landmark designation, but it is not known if the estate supports or opposes designation. (i') The proposed desi~>nalion would generally be in the public interest. Staff believes that initiation of this property would generally be in the public interest. I)F.CISIUN OF THE BOARt): If the board chooses to initiate the designation process, it must do so by resolution. A draft resolution is included in Attachment C. If initiated, the application shall be heard by the Landmarks Board within 6U to 120 days in order to 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 1 iistoric Districts," B.R.C. 1981. The owner must obtain a landmark alteration certificate prior to'the submission of building per. mit applications for the property if they choose to proceed while the application is pending, or they may choose to ~-v~ait until tl~e ~~plalication hr~~cc~ss is complete. Designation Application & information on the house and Ms. I laid Barnes B: Recognition resolution of I [istoric Boulder C: Draft resolution to initiate designation Architechu'al Invrnl~~rv Term fc~r ~9C~ 17"' Slrcc~t. :~~~enda !tern #SR Pale #4 S:~ I'I :A V data loner+n~_ 1 lI~ ! I .m~iir..~t!:s 1 ~ith.~~~;r, ~ 1~).i i : ~ l P •\B Initiation '~l: ni~~.~~ ~r ~ cwt Attachment A Application for Individual Landmark Name of Building: CJr2,•ti~Y_1 ~S ~ c~. ',~'~GL' ~G~ ~ ~~IG'(, t~5 Date: } l,f ~ ~l' rG` -f- ~ ~ 7 Address:~;~ (G- 11'? ~-~-1~eCi ~C?LIILC'I'^, C.~ ~`Q _~C.) Owner(s): -}-CI ~u o~ I-lCl ZC I I~Ci,r ~ ~ Phone: :-~~Q ~ ~ Address es ° Applicant: I~I~-~--,1'~ IG }~C~LI ~UCt'~, ~I'lc~ Phone: ~jC? J~ 'rlCt Address: ~ __S~Y`l..i LL ~t"rc~c_1"_, _f'_~C~~.!_(C~ C 1~ C_CJ ~'C? Date of Construction: TypcofConstruction: ~~Cj`1e., ~/C;>QC~ , CG'I'1 C_i~~ Architectural Style /Period: V c~U !'1 1 C'~-~"~ Architect /Builder: ~ C n L( ~5 t"", ~ ('1'! ~7 ~C' i'~ Condition of Exterior: ~-1C~•r~f:) Additions /Alterations to Exterior: S~'~C~~'1 - IC? i ~ C! I!1_ Date of Alteration(s)_/ Addition(s): tG' C, CZ h~C= ~ f 1((C I"~ I ~~C,t Please attach a copy of ilte legal tiercriptErjrt of the property. P'ee $25 (if applicable) A filing fee of $25.00 is required to file an application for designation of an individual landmark. Should the Landmarks Board initiate designation of a property or area, there is na fee involved. 1 certify drat the infor•»tation acrd exhihits her•esvitfr suGmitted are iru2 acrd correct to the best of my kra~wledge. (r'~, 1 Signature: Q ;y ~ n \ . n Address: ! ~ J V~ • C_a~ q Designation initiated by_ Date: ' I3oul~irr County Assessor Bcaulder Caunty~ ~c~la~~da . {~oz(ertttttt.~lllttlrars:° r ~s~, . . y~ t. ~ Z t ~ ~ ~ .s°~ ~ ~ i ~ -.,~..~r... Zia. r `K~ } ~ ~ ~i rs~_~~ -c ',S.~,n;1'';Y~{-t=/"'' f~`.i ':n ,>1, q~xa.~T 'r] ~ r - ;;r. Property Record Search Detail for 2Q08 - ! I';j~. N_ew Search 7/16/2008 12:04:11 PM ' ~ • Address: 896 17th St City: Boulder Account R0007331 ,t'.k. T. Neighborhood: Univ Hill Parcel: 146331405001 ~ Subdivision: University_P'iac_e Bo STR: 31-1N-70 ::a. • . Class: Single Family Residence Tax Area: 0010 Design: 2 - 3 Story Built: 1951 ii~:i(?~ Vii; JktiS°Q.i li; Legal Desc.: LOTS 1-2 BLK 19 UNIVERSITY PLACE PROPERTY E-Mapping and ADDRESS: 000896 17TH ST BOULDER Property Record Sc;arc'r, Senior Property Tax Square Footage Rooms Exemption Level Total Finished Total Rooms: 7 Disabled veieran Main: 1,169 1,169 Bedrooms: 3 Property Tax Above: 680 680 Full Baths: 1 Exemptivn Basement: 0 0 3/~i Bath: 0 Anp.~al Process Other: 0 0 Haff Bath: 1 i~=:ngiish ~ Sr~l.isil; GaragelCarport: 0 0 rssessmeni Process Studio: 0 0 CounYV Home Saps ri.cEcar Deeds Total Account value r ree;ucntly As!<a:; ~:vestions Deed # Date Sales Price Total Actual: $571,200 540493 $0 Structure Actual: $171,200 G!ussary of Teri,:. Land Actual $400,000 :.r.,c„~ I Total Assessed: $45,470 Structure $13,630 Assessed: Land Assessed: $31,840 Mill Lev 71.04 Owner(s) of Record Name Schwalbe Doris J Hazel E Barnes Address 896 17th St CitylStatel~ip Boulder, CO 80302-7604 l Il}}Il'~~W\,\/\.U {1111)I(li'1'('(lllTl}\/ (1T't)~'iCCl+CCr>T'/'r~rr~rnitrr•r•rvr,c/•~ccr~cc nriinr~r+cr aon')•v•rnrirrlr+.+=1111/1(1'1: i ~ X.nr-rr.~ r. 7/rl P7l111 BARNES-SCHWALBE HOUSE, 896 17t" Street Hazel Barnes and Doris Schwalbe's home in Boulder was built in 1948 and is significant for its association with the development of the Modern movement in Boulder's architecture. It is one of the first Modern buildings constructed in the post-war period. Designed by Boulder architect Jacques Hampton, who studied with Frank Lloyd Wright, it is the oldest Usonian style house in the city and is closely associated stylistically to the contemporaneous residential work of Wright. The Barnes-Schwalbe House has a horizontally orientated form, visually reinforced by the horizontal ribbon windows and the over-hanging cantilevered eaves at the top of the first and second floors. The walls on the first floor are substantially constructed of concrete block with raked horizontal mortar joints. Details are carried out in red sandstone from Lyons, Colorado. The second floor, an addition built by renowned Boulder architect Charles Haertling in 1965, is also significant. The walls of the addition are flush with the walls of the bottom floor. The sensitive and seamless addition is covered in painted plywood lapboard panels laid in constructivist patters. The Barnes-Schwalbe House is also significant for the relationship of the building to the topography of its site. A ditch traversed by a small pedestrian footbridge is restrained in a formal channel that passes diagonally through the property. Another significant aspect is the relationship to landscape design. Mature trees and bushes further integrate the house with the ditch. Also important is the appearance of natural stone details, a prominent feature in Boulder's architecture that relates to the University of Colorado's campus and to many other historic buildings off-campus. Other features include a complicated footprint with several separate rectangular volumes clustered in dense cubist arrangements, and the relationship of the entry and the windows to the ditch that crosszs the property. Information from Architectural Inventory completed in 2000. AGENDA. fTE~C~A u _S~ ,F'~~E Hazel Barnes Professor Hazel Barnes was one of the United States' best-known philosophers. A renowned philosophy professor, Barnes taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1953 to 1986. Barnes is best known for her 1956 translation of French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre's classic "Being and Nothingness." The translation helped to import Sartre's ideas to the English-speaking world. On December 16, 1915 Barnes was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She received her bachelor's degree from Wilson College in Pennsylvania and her doctorate in Greek Literature from Yale. Before coming to CU where she first taught classics, eventually moving to humanities, Barnes taught at several colleges and universities including Ohio State, the University of Toledo, and Pierce College in Athens, Greece. In 1962 Barnes made a series of ten broadcasts shown on National Educational Television stations (now called PBS} across the United States, introducing the basics of existentialism to an audience of unprecedented size. She also published twelve books, including "Sartre and Flaubert," "An Existentialist Ethics," and her own autobiography; "The Story I Tel! Myself: A Venture in Existential Autobiography." As a skilled teacher Barnes also won widespread recognition. In 1991, CU-Boulder established the Hazel Barnes Prize to recognize "the enriching interrelationship befween teaching and research." The $20,000 award is the largest and most prestigious faculty award funded by the university and is given annually. Barnes also gave lectures around the world. In the 1980s she recesved an unexpected letter from the Minister of Culture of Iran, inviting her to give a lecture at the World Congress in Tehran. Always open to new intellectual and cultural experiences, she leaped at the opportunity. She shared her home with her lifetime partner Doris Schwalbe, who was also a professor at CU-Boulder. The pair liked to Crave! together and entertain their many friends in their home until Schwalbe's death in 2007. "Hazel was perhaps the best and most loved teacher this department eider had," said Wesley Morriston, former chairman of the philosophy department. He said students flocked to her classes because her skillful delivery of lectures made even the most difficult material easy to understand." Morriston went on to describe Barnes as an "unpretentious person who always made other people comfortable," and "one of the kindest people I have ever encountered in academia." Says Forrest V`Jllliams, emeritus professor of philosophy: "Haze! was an excellent teacher and a wondertul person. With her knowledge of classics, she was of course an exceptionally well-educated intellectual, and brought that breadth, as well as her understanding of the modern phenomenon of the famous Sartre, to her classes, her colleagues, and to her many friends. She was also a sincerely modest person who never sought but in fact often occupied the limelight at CU and also at many other universities." Barnes passed away on March 18, ?_008 at her Boulder hams at the age of 92. Information from Daily Camera obituary dated March 20, 2005 and the Universify of Colorado website. Famed philosopher Hazel Barnes dead at 92 Famed philosopher Hazel Barnes dead at 92 Hazel Barnes brought French existentialism to CU, U.S. By Yu Miao, For the Camera Thursday, March 20, 2008 Hazel Barnes, one of America's best-known philosophers, died Tuesday night in her Boulder home. She was 92. Barnes, who taught at the University of Colorado from 1953 to 1986, was best known for introducing French existential philosophy to the United States in the early 1960x. She translated Jean-Paul Sartre's "Being and Nothingness" and "Search for a Method" into English. She came to Boulder after acquiring her doctoral degree in classics from Yale University and teaching in various places, including Greece. She originally taught in the classics department at CtJ, then moved to humanities. Shc «~as chairwoman of both departments, and she completed her career in the philosophy department. In 1991, CU established the Hazel Barnes Prire to recognize "the cm•iching interrelationship between teaching and research." The $20,000 prize is the largest and most prestigious faculty award funded by the university. "Hazel was perhaps the best and most loved teacher this department ever had," said Wesley Morriston, former chairman of the philosophy department. He said students flocked to her classes because her skillful delivery of lectures made even the most difficult material easy to understand. Morriston said Barnes was an "unpretentious person who always made other people comfortable," and "one of the kindest people I have encountered in academia." Marcus Edward, a banker from New York, took a class with Barnes as an undergraduate in the 1970s. He remembered that one day, she came to class to give a lecture about Sartre and was annoyed at herself because she couldn't find her notes. She gave the lecture anyway. "It was a perfect example of as precise, lucid and ideal a lecture you could have had with no notes," Edward said. Jeff Larson, a graduate student in CU's history department, interviewed Barnes far his dissertation last spring and videotaped 15 to 20 hours of conversation with her. "She would recall things that she had translated from Greelc in the 1940s with perfect accuracy," Larson said. "It seemed to me that all the things she read, studied and thought were still right at her fingertips." Phyllis Kenevan was one of Baines' closest friends in the philosophy department. ~Gl;lvl•3A 1Tldi~~ .f~~ta~~..~~ 1,+++.•//.,,..,.., r~o;lvramPra ,-,,,,,/nP~x,c/~n(1R/mar/7(1/ha~Pt-harnP.c-mar-~.(1-~.f1f1R-famF~l-nhilnso_.. A/21/2008 Famed philosopher Hazel Barnes dead at 92 "We had a lot of parties together, and she was a lot of fun to be with," Kenevan said. "I can't imagine Boulder without Hazel." Barnes gave lectures around the world. In her 80s, she received an unexpected letter from the Minister of Culture of Iran, inviting her to give a lecture at the World Congress in Tehran. Always open to new intellectual and cultural experiences, she leaped at the opportunity. Barnes published a dozen books, including "Thc Meddling Gods," "An Existentialist Ethics," "Sartre," "Sartre and Flaubert," and her autobiography, "The Story I Tell Myself." She also appeared on public television in the 1960s explaining existentialism to the American audience. OO 2006 Daily Camera and Boulder Publishing, LLC. , htt,~~//i:n:rtxr Aailui•amara rnm/nFU~c/7MRJmnr/7(1/ha•rrl_h~rnPC-mar-~(1-2(1nR-famed-nhilnSC~... 8/21/2008 - ~ y r t ~}'t . y~: rt~ ;,fix - t ' C f J r ..-ram ~ . ~ 4 .X '+'L ~l ti t, ..s 1 i I _~4 r - `w .^.I+ _ 4 1~i 'tee - ~j~'.7` a.. t+ f~ a _ .;rip r'~~y, ~i~„P' K+~1~ ~ ~ . r~rsr ~~((1~jj ?Xa-..'' 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Q~i t".!;F! ci .....r::.....~`ys'l~:i~.., < °°v. ~ t, 't ~ ~ - S, ~r +Fy~ J . t'~ 4..,_ k,. ._F y~ l " ,.w. > ~3 X41 r. ~'Y Yom' 1 ~ } ~ ~~xti ~ ~ v S •:a~` a ~ ~ ;w ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~t+ rr ~ L \ ~ Sf-~rti 71 A ~ J~~ t \ ,;~;-mot t, ~ . ~ ~i. ~ • :a _ t ` ~Y }I r y r~y r~ _ t. , . ~ ~ 'rte y~ tip, t Zr., , ~:f,, , f ~ r f < i r ' - M/`Y~ 4 t: ~ .s Attachment B It>CSOLUTION A RESOLUTION TO DETERMINE THAT THE HISTORIC BOULDER, INC IS AN HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORGANI7,ATION AS DEFINED IN 9-lfi OF THE BOULDER REVISED CODE, 198] WI-IEREAS, the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board of the City of Boulder, Colorado, hereby finds that Historic Boulder Inc, is an historic preservation organization as defined in subsection 9-16 of the Boulder Revised Code., as amended; WI-3EREAS, the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board of the City of Boulder, Co}OradO, finds that Historic Boulder Incorporated has over thirty years experience in historic preservation in Boulder, and a full-time professional staff, and is an organization with demonstrated experience and expertise in historic preservation per 9-16 of the Boulder Revised Code, 1981 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY Z'TIE L.ANl:3MARKS PRESERVA'T'ION ADVISORY BOARD OT' THE CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO, THAT: historic Bou]der Incorporated is recognized as are organization with demonstrated experience and expertise in historic preservation, and 13e it further resolved that this recognition shall expire S years from the date. of this resolution. IN'1'ROI~I~CL'D, RI-iAll, YASSEll, AND AllOT'TRI) this aril day of January, 2007 _ _ _ _ I ,andmark reservation Advisory Board C} air i Attest: . ~ S:a;I`Li,_iison (o thr. Landmarks I'rescrvaton Advisory Board Attachment C RF.SOI_UT10N NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE LANDMARKS BOARD INITIATING THE DESIGNATION OF 896 17TH STREET AS AN INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK. WHEREAS, on July 21, 2008 Historic Boulder, Inc, a recognized historic preservation organization, submitted an application to designate the property at 896 17`h Street, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LANDMARKS BOARD OF THE CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO: Section 1. The City of Boulder Landmarks Board initiates the designation of 896 17th Street, and will schedule a designation hearing in accordance with the historic preservation ordinance no fewer than sixty days and no greater than one hundred-twenty days from the date of ' this resolution. ADOPTED this 3rd day of September, 2008. Chair, Landmarks Board ATTEST: Secretary to the I3c~ard Attachment D Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 4 Resource # .5BL8221 696 17th Street AHP1403 Official eligibility determination r2ev. 9/98 (OAHP use only) COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Date Initials Determined Eligible - NR Eligibility not pet reviewed by the ArchlteetUral Inventory ~Orm Determined Nat Eligible - NR I3ouTder• I,andtnarks Board ar the Determined Eligible - SR Cola~rado I~istorical Society Determined Not Eligible - SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. it~ENTIFICATION 1 Resource number 5BL8221 2 Temporary resource number None ;3 County Boulder 4 City Boulder 5 Historic building name Hampton House 6 Current building name Hampton House 7.1 Building address 896 17th Street 8.1 Owner name Doris J. Schwalbe and Hazel Barnes 8.2 Owner address 896 17th Street 8.3 Owner city Boulder 8.4 Owner state CO 8.5 Owner zip 80302 t. GEOGRAPHIC INFORN1A7lON 9.1 P.M. 6TH 9.2 Township T1 N 9.3 Range R70W 9.4 1/4 of N E 9.5 114 of N W 9.6 1/4 of SW 9.7 1/4 of SE 9.8 Section 31 10.1 Zone 13 10.2 mE 476940 10.3 mN 4427960 11.1 USGS quad name Boulder C~uadrangle 11.2 Year 1966, Photorevised 1979 11.3 Map scale 7.5' Yes 11.4 Map scale 16' Not applicable 12.1 Lot(s) 1 and 2 12.2 Block 19 12.3 Addition University Place, Zone B 12.4 Year of Addition Unknown 13 Boundary Description /Justification Legal boundaries of property III. ARGl~17E C7'URA!• ©ESCRIPTION 14 Building plan (footprint, shape) Irregular plan 15.1 Length in feet Unknown 15.2 x Width in feet Unknown 16 Number of stories Two Architectural Inventory For°m Page 2 of 4 Resource # 5BL8229 996 17th Street 17 Primary external wall material(s) 2 max Wood Siding, Brick 18 Roof configuration 1 max Flat Roof 19 Primary external roof material 1 max Unknown 20 Special features (ail that apply) See architectural description 21 General architectural descri tion The Hampton House has a horizontally oriented form visually reinforced by the horizontal ribbon windows and the over-hanging cantilevered eaves at the top of the first and second floors. The walls on the first floor are substantially constructed of concrete block with raked horizontal mortar joints. Details are carried out in red Lyons sandstone. The second floor, which is a slightly later addition designed by Charles Haertling, is itself significant. The walls of the addition are flush with the walls of the bottom floor. The sensitive and seamless addition is covered in painted plywood lapboard panels laid in constructivist pa#terns. The Hampton House features a complicated footprint with several separate rectangular volumes clustered in a dense cubist . arrangement. A remarkable feature is the relationship of the entry and the windows to the creek that crosses the properly. The Hampton House has flat roofs. 22.1 Architectural style Usonian 22.2 Building type Not applicable 23 Landscaping or special setting features See architectural description 24 Associated buildings, features or objects See architectural description 1V. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25.1 Date of construction, estimated None 25.2 Date of construction, actual 1948 25.3 Source of information Building Permit No. 7185 26.1 Architect Jacques N. Hampton 26.2 Source of information Building Permit No. 7185 27.1 Builder l contractor Jacques N. Hampton 27.2 Source of information Building Permit No. 7185 28.1 Original owner Jacques N. Hampton 28.2 Source of information Building Permit No. 7185 29.1 Major additions/alterations/dates 1965 second floor addition by Charles Waertling 30.1 Original location Yes/No Yes 30.2 Moved Yes/No No 30.3 Date of move Not applicable Architectural Inventory Form Page 3 of 4 resource # 56L8221 896 17th Streit NISTOfZ1CAL ASSOCIATIONS 31 Original use/s Single Dwelling 32 Intermediate use/s Single Dwelling 33 Current use/s Single Dwelling 34 Site type/s Not applicable 35 Historical background See Boulder Modern Context and statement of significance 36 Sources of information See bibliography, Boulder Modern Survey l11. SIGNIF(CANC~ 37.1 Local landmark designation No 37.2 Date of designation Not applicable 37.3 Designating authority ~ Not applicable 38.1 A. Associated with events Yes 38.2 8. Associated with significant persons No 3£x.3 C. Architectural significance Yes 38.4 D. Yielded/likely to yield import Kist No 38.5 Criteria considerations Letter Not applicable 38.6 Meets no criteria Not applicable 39 Areas of significance Architecture, Social History 40 Period of significance 1948 41.1 National ~ No 41.2 State Yes 41.3 Local Yes 42 Statement of si nificance The Hampton House is significant for its association with the development of the Modern movement in architecture in Boulder. It is one of first Modern buildings constructed in the post-war period. Designed by Boulder architect Jacques Hampton, it is the oldest Usonian style house in the city and may be closely associated stylistically to the contemporaneous residential work of Frank Lloyd Wright. The Hampton House is significant in that it embodies of the characteristics of the Usonian Style: it is horizontally oriented, there is a cubist conception of building's volumes, there are ribbon windows, clerestory windows, and corner windows, it is constructed of traditional materials including wood and stone, the same materials are used inside and out, cast concrete block has been laid in patterns, with the mortar joints expressed by having been horizontally raked, there is geometric ornament, there are overhanging eaves, there is the use of the cantilever, there are flat roofs. The Hampton House is significant for the high standard of the construction craft. The stone and concrete block have been expertly laid. The articulated wood siding forms decorative patterns. The Hampton House is significant for its association with the arts since it was originally constructed as the architect's own residence. The Hampton House is significant for the relationship of the building to the topography of its site. A creek traversed by a small pedestrian footbridge is restrained in a forma! channel that passes diagonally through the property..The Hampton House is significant for its relationship to associated landscape design. Mature trees and bushes further integrate the house with the creek. The Hampton House is significant for the appearance of natural stone details, a prominent feature in Boulder's architecture that relates to the University of Colorado campus and to many historic buildings off-campus. = '43 Integrity Largely original condition, sensitive second floor addition Archiitectural Inventory Eore~n Page 4 of 4 Resource # 513L8221 a96 ~ 7th ~t>reet VII. NATIONAL REGIS°fi=R irLIGIBtLITY A55ESSM16N~' 44.1 NR Eligible Yes 44.2 NR Not Eligible Not applicable 44.3 NR Need Data Not applicable 45.1 NR District Potential Yes/No No 45.2 NR District Potential Discussion Not applicable 45.3 If district potential, Contributing Not applicable 45.4 If district potential, Noncontributing Not applicable 46.1 If existing district, Contributing Not applicable 46.2 (f existing district, Noncontributing Not applicable 47.1 Photograph Numbers Roll 9, Exposures 12-17 47.2 Negatives filed at City of Boulder Planning Department Files 48 Report Title Boulder Modern Architecture Survey 49 Date June 1, 2000 50 Recorder Diane Wray 51 ~ Organization _ None 52 Address 3058 S. 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