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Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Boulder County Lafayette, Colorado Project Number CO-10-016 Cultural Resource Survey 2010-2011 May 2011 Prepared for: City of Lafayette and Lafayette Historic Preservation Board Funded in part by: History Colorado, the Colorado Historical Society, a Certified Local Government Grant and the City of Lafayette Prepared by: Dawn Bunyak Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Avenue Littleton, CO 80127 ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 PROJECT AREA 4 RESEARCH DESIGN 7 METHODOLOGY 7 HISTORICAL CONTEXTS 9 SURVEY RESULTS 19 RECOMMENDATIONS 28 BIBLIOGRAPHY 30 APPENDIX 32 ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 iv LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1 PROJECT AREA, 2011. 5 FIGURE 2 MAP OF PROJECT SURVEY AREA IN LAFAYETTE 6 FIGURE 3 SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAP, PROJECT STUDY AREA, 1900 FIGURE 4 SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAP, PROJECT STUDY AREA, 1908 FIGURE 5 PHOTOGRAPH OF 201 N PUBLIC RD SALOON 2010 AND CIRCA 1910S LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1 PERIOD OF CONSTRUCTION FOR PUBLIC ROAD SURVEY AREA TABLE A-1 LAFAYETTE SURVEY RESULTS ( BY SMITHSONIAN TRINOMIAL) TABLE A-2 LAFAYETTE SURVEY RESULTS (NUMERICAL BY ADDRESS) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The activity that is the subject of this material has been financed in part with Federal funds from the National Historic Preservation Act, administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior and for History Colorado, the Colorado Historical Society. However, the contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of the Interior or the Society, nor does the mention of trade names or commercial products constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Department of the Interior or the Society. This program receives Federal funds from the National Park Service; Regulations of the U.S. Department of the Interior strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination in departmental Federally-assisted programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, age or handicap. Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility operated by a recipient of Federal assistance should write to: Director, Equal Opportunity Program, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240. (Cover Photograph: This aerial view of 1940s Lafayette features Public Road prominently in the background. Baseline Road from the west curves to travel south down Public Road past many of the buildings in the north end of the survey area. Spy the twin buildings in the first block to see the one remaining, now the vacant Las Familia Restaurant. The Sportsman’s Inn at 101-103 N Public Road, before its facelift, is centrally located in the photo. Courtesy of the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder, CO (273-2-Lafayette3).) ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 1 INTRODUCTION Lafayette with its approximately 25,000 residents is committed to historic preservation and adopted its preservation Ordinance in 1999 and became a Certified Local Government in 2001. Since 1999, twenty-two properties have been placed on the Local Register of Historic Places, six of which are on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and one on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties (SRHP). For the past two years, the Board has sent letters to those property owners with buildings or sites that have been identified in one of the four previous Architectural Surveys as eligible for local landmark designation. The letters inform the property owner of their valuable part in Lafayette’s history and encourage them to nominate their property for placement on the Lafayette Local Register of Historic Places (LL). In response to this effort, the number of properties on the Local Register has increased from 13 to 22. The Board provides educational support and programs for the Lafayette Historical Society and provides community education outreach programs on the history and preservation of Lafayette. As redevelopment along Public Road occurs as part of the Lafayette Urban Renewal Area efforts, it is important to identify which buildings have historic significance. The 2010 Lafayette Public Road survey was initiated by the Lafayette Historic Preservation Board and the City of Lafayette to identify and document potential historic properties adjacent to Public Road with the majority located in the area historically identified as West Lafayette. The results of the selective intensive level survey are presented in this report, which include recommendations of eligibility for the NRHP, SRHP, and LL designation. Research during the survey allowed for generalizations about various commercial property types and background history of early- to mid-twentieth- century commercial development in Lafayette, which is presented in the historic context of the report. Public Road is part of the Lafayette Urban Renewal Area. While the City’s Preservation Ordinance does not allow historic districts to be formed within the Urban Renewal Area, it does permit individual properties to be listed on the Local, State, and National Registers. As properties within the Urban Renewal Area attempt to redevelop, it is important that the community and the Historic Preservation Board have a solid understanding of what remains on Public Road and how best to preserve its assets. The results of this survey will reveal properties that are eligible for local landmark designation as well as State and National designation. With this information developers and the City can identify which properties have important historical value. The survey information will also be helpful to the Historic Preservation Board who reviews demolition permits for structures over 50 years old. The Board will be able to easily and quickly determine if the buildings warrant a moratorium on demolition in order to review other options. The owners of those buildings determined to be eligible for landmark designation will be encouraged to nominate their properties for designation. The history of Public Road can be woven into the various community activities along Public Road, such as Art Night Out and music concerts at the plaza. Certified local governments grants ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 2 funded in part by History Colorado (Colorado Historical Society) and the City of Lafayette makes this intensive level survey possible. • Nov 16, 2009 . . . . . Grant Application submitted to Colorado Historical Society • Feb 2010 . . . . . . . . . Notification of Decision/Grant Awarded • June 2010 . . . . . . . . Execution of Contract with State Historical Fund • March 2010 . . . . . Send out RFP to six qualified consultants • June 2010 . . . . . . . . Review all proposals, recommendation to City Council • June 2010 . . . . . . . . Selected Bunyak Research Associates • June 2010 . . . . . . . . Consultant begins work. Research and photos • Sept 2010 . . . . . . . . Submit sample draft survey forms to City for review • Oct 2010 . . . . . . . . Submit sample draft survey forms to CHS for review • Jan 2011 . . . . . . . . . Submit draft survey report to City for review • Feb 2011. . . . . . . . . Submit draft survey report to CHS for review • 2 May 2011 . . . . . . . Presentation to Historic Preservation Board • 17 May 2011 . . . . . . Meeting with City Council & Finalize project During the Request for Proposal process, the City provided consultants with a list of 29 historic resources based on the findings presented in the 2001 Architectural Survey of West Lafayette Survey Report and a 2009 reconnaissance survey. The primarily commercial properties were selected due to their associative nature to commerce in the City and Public Road, once a spur of the Lincoln Highway Loop in Colorado, and Colorado State Highway 287. That list guided the project design for this survey. Dawn Bunyak, historian and principal of Bunyak Research Associates, prepared this report for the City of Lafayette and the Lafayette Historic Preservation Board as part of the fulfillment of a History Colorado, Certified Local Government (CLG) project. Eleanor Minick, public archeologist, assisted Bunyak with the survey, research in libraries, archives, and county offices, and in preparation of the State Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP) architectural inventory forms. Timothy Wilder, an independent Geographical Information Specialist, provided geographical information and prepared USGS maps for the architectural inventory forms. Funding for this project was provided in part by the History Colorado CLG grant program and the City of Lafayette matching grant program. Karen Westover acted as staff liaison to the Lafayette Historic Preservation Board and is the City of Lafayette Planning Manager. History Colorado (OAHP) assistance and project oversight was provided by Dan Corson, Intergovernmental Services Director, and Leslie Giles, Historical & Architectural Survey Coordinator. On 14 April 2011, Karen Westover, Dawn Bunyak, and Leslie Giles met to discuss the resources and eligibility issues. On 15 April 2011, OAHP staff Leslie Giles and Heather Peterson met to discuss and concurred with eligibility findings. On May 2, Dawn Bunyak made a presentation to the Lafayette Historic Preservation Board to report final survey results. On May 17, Dawn Bunyak made a presentation to the Lafayette City Council to report final survey results. Project was filed with the City of Lafayette and the State and copies distributed to participating parties. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 3 Purpose The purpose of this survey is to determine eligibility for the historic properties along Public Road in Lafayette, as well as identify any historic districts that might be identified through research. The survey set out to identify the commercial landscape within a defined geographical area that historically has been used by people, or shaped or modified by human activity for the use of commerce and trade along Public Road and Colorado State Highway 287. The results of the intensive level survey are presented in this report, which include recommendations of eligibility for the NRHP, SRHP, and LL. Research and field survey work identified various property types and several historic contexts including, but not limited, to town settlement, urban development, auto commerce, and twentieth-century growth. These topics are developed later in the report. Current uses for properties on the list are primarily commercial and most are located on the west side of Public Road. The survey project examined the nature and integrity of the properties to determine how these resources provide information about the city’s development: Which buildings were important to historic auto-related commerce? What periods of construction are noted? How many of the buildings have been adapted for new uses? How intact are these properties and how many remain? How might they be impacted by impending development or have been impacted to date by development? The survey sought to identify broader historic influences on these resources in the broader historic contexts identified in earlier studies conducted in Lafayette and Colorado: How have economic and social conditions affected Public Road and its historic resources? Did local, state, or national events and trends impact the survey area? To evaluate the architectural character of these resources, surveyors considered prominent architectural styles and building types. What construction designs and techniques or materials were used when building? Are any buildings designed by architects or constructed by prominent local builders? Lastly the survey examined building use. Because part of this area was historically residential, how has the use of the building evolved over the years? How did the character of the area evolve as it moved from residential to commercial? Is there cohesiveness to the area surveyed to constitute a National Register Historic District? The anticipated results were that a few properties would be recommended as eligible for designation to the local landmark program and a smaller number recommended as eligible for listing in the National Register or State Register. A survey list of the evaluated properties is provided in the appendix. All documented resources were evaluated using defined local, state, and national criteria. Of the surveyed historic properties, three are recommended as eligible to both the NRHP and SRHP. They are the Peter M. Peltier House (5BL11233) at 107 South Public Road, the Cordelia VanValkenberg House (5BL9452) at 101 East Chester Street, and the residence at 705 South Public Road (5BL11248). Five properties were recommended as only eligible for the SRHP. Four properties were recommended as only eligible for Lafayette Local ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 4 Register designation. All properties recommended as eligible to the NRHP and SRHP are also eligible for LL designation. Properties recommended as eligible had to be historically associated with one or more significant aspects of Lafayette’s history and/or retain physical integrity to convey its historic appearance. Results of the survey are summarized beginning on page 19. PROJECT AREA The general project area is within the City of Lafayette between Baseline Road and Spaulding Street. The general project area can be found on the Lafayette USGS Quadrangle (1994) illustrated in Figure 1. On the Lafayette Quad, Public Road is located in the Prime Meridian, Township 1 South, and Range 69 West. A bound 8 ½ inch by 11 inch copy of the USGS Quad is provided in the appendix. Lafayette is located northwest of the Denver metropolitan area and east of Boulder in Boulder County. Lafayette’s founding and growth can be identified with the coal mining history of Boulder County (1889-1946). It grew in part as a miners’ residential community. For more history on the development of Old Town Lafayette, please refer to the 1999 Architectural Survey of Old Town Lafayette Survey report available online (at http://www.cityoflafayette.com/Page.asp?NavID=384). The City incorporated 9 November 1889. The original plat lay on an east-west axis with streets terminating at the Simpson and Cannon Mines on the east and at Public Road on the west. The project study area is historically recognized as located in the West Lafayette subdivision (1893), Miller’s First Addition (1904), Mountain View Addition #3 (1907), and Industrial City Addition (1906). Little development took place west of Public Road prior to 1907. The project area is on the west side of Public Road, except for five lots. The area surveyed includes: the 100-200 blocks North Public Road; 100, 300-400, 700-800 blocks of South Public Road; 100 block of West Cleveland Street; 100 block of East Cleveland Street; and 100 block of East Chester Street. The surveyed resources are illustrated in Figure 2. The period of development for the commercial and residential development within the survey area spans the period between 1890 and 1977. The 100 to 200 blocks of North Public Road are commercial blocks that face the former highway. Some of the oldest buildings are in these blocks. The remaining late nineteenth- century two-story, frame buildings are no longer recognizable due to considerable modifications. Early twentieth-century auto-related commerce in the form of gas stations, service stations, car dealerships, and motels sprang up at the crossroads of Baseline and Public Roads in the place of older buildings or in empty lots. The 100 block of South Public Road also faces the street with commercial and residential properties. At Cleveland Street, the residential lots are parallel with the main thoroughfare until the 300 block of South Public Road where residences face the street. The houses and lots along this southern section of Public Road are larger and remained rural in nature for a much longer period of time than the northern area of Public Road. The residential areas in the project area are primarily small hipped-roof boxes or side-gabled dwellings with a smaller number of larger vernacular residences. Many of the former residences located along Public Road are now commercial offices and businesses. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 5 Figure 1. Project Study Area, 2011. Approximate north-south boundaries are between Baseline Road and Spaulding Street along Public Road between the arrows. (A bound 8 ½ x 11 copy of the USGS map is in the appendix.) ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 6 Figure 2. Principal Survey Area in Lafayette highlighted in grey. Courtesy of the City of Lafayette Planning Office. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 7 RESEARCH DESIGN The objective of this survey is to determine if there are: 1) historically significant properties or historic districts within the study area that are over 50 years of age and are listed or eligible for listing in the NRHP, SRHP and/or designated Local Landmarks and 2) if there are any potentially historically significant properties or historic districts within the study area that have not been identified in earlier surveys. The survey is intended to identify and assess the individual merit of each property for possible NRHP, SRHP, and/or Local Landmark designations. The results of a Compass Database file search, the OAHP online database, found that only one resource had been previously recorded: 5BL9452 Cgangas House at 101 E Chester Street. Four prior surveys and studies have been conducted in Lafayette, they are: • Architectural Survey of Old Town Lafayette Survey Report, 1999, by Cathleen Norman • Architectural Survey of West Lafayette Survey Report, 2001, by Cathleen Norman • Lafayette Commercial & Agricultural Properties Intensive Survey Report, 2008, by Cathleen Norman • Public Road Lafayette Colorado: The Past 120 Years, 2009, Karen Westover All are accessible online at the city’s website (http://www.cityoflafayette.com). A review of these preliminary reports by the survey team suggested the project area’s West Lafayette properties would be associated with historic contexts identified in earlier studies that include early West Lafayette development (1907-44) and transportation and auto-related commerce (1860-Present). METHODOLOGY In a comprehensive survey, all historic resources within a study area are recorded, regardless of age, location, size, condition or association. In this case, the City and its historic preservation board specifically identified 29 buildings to be surveyed by a historic preservation consultant. Therefore the consultants surveyed those specific buildings providing detailed architectural and historical information for only those resources. The survey documented: • Boundaries of the survey area • Kinds of properties present in the survey area • Method of recording specific resources • Assessment of individual eligibility for local, state, and national designation • Assessment of eligible historic districts for local, state, and national designation • Recommendations for additional survey activity. The selective intensive level survey was conducted in June 2010 and January 2011. Research, computer work, form preparation, quality review by Historic Colorado OAHP and the City, and revisions took place between July 2010 and May 2011. All products were submitted to the city in paper and electronic form. The project concluded with a ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 8 presentation to Historic Preservation Board on 2 May 2011 and a public presentation on 17 May 2011. Field survey and Photography Surveyors conducted an on-site analysis of each historic resource to assess its present condition, integrity, architectural styles or types, construction date, architectural features, and any obvious alterations and/or additions. In the field, they recorded data on the firm’s architectural review form for each property. During the survey, the surveyor identified elements—landscape features, historic buildings, concentration of resources, transportation networks, and modern development—within the landscape that either enhanced or detracted from the property’s character. At the same time, they took digital photographs of all four elevations of the buildings, structures, and objects found at each site. Survey photographs were shot from the public right-of-way. For several properties, the surveyor did not have access. Therefore, a thorough inspection of all buildings was not possible and dense vegetation or high fences made it difficult to obtain photographs of all angles of the property. No interiors were assessed or documented. Two sets of 4” x 6” black and white glossy prints were provided to the client. Each print was affixed with an archival label providing: State identification number, property name, property address, photographer name, date of photograph, elevations or angle of shot, and CLG grant number. Photos were placed in archival sleeves. The survey team did not assess the archaeological potential for the project area. Geographical Information and USGS Maps Geographical Information specialist Timothy Wilder acquired geographical information and prepared the digital 7.5 Minute USGS maps for the architectural inventory forms. Wilder used a number of online tools for determining UTM coordinates for a specific property. USGS maps in urban centers do not always identify each building; therefore the online tools allow the specialist the ability to identify the exact parcel center.1 Historical Research Because the online industry standard is NAD83, the specialist converted each coordinate to the state standard NAD27. When calculating township, range, and section, 160-acre sections in our mountainous state are not truly square but often askew or distorted, the consultant used the lower right hand corner tic to align tool for each calculation for the measurements required on the standard OAHP Architectural Inventory Form 1403. The consultants conducted research at the Carnegie Local History Center in Boulder, the Lafayette Public Library, the Denver Public Library, and through online resources. Available materials included Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, historic photographs, county and city histories, oral history narratives (transcribed only), and newspaper clippings. The Lafayette Historical Society’s publications were of enormous assistance and can be found listed in the bibliography. Boulder County records including real estate appraiser cards, county tax assessor records, and grantor/grantee records provided a ready source of information on construction, construction history, and ownership. Aerial photographs of 1 On line Geographical Information Systems sources used for identifying UTMs for this project include: http://www.carolinaherpatlas.org/utmfinder/gmap/utmfinder_gmap.aspx; http://www.pages.globetrotter.net/roule/utmgoogle.htm; and www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nadcon.prl. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 9 properties available on the county tax assessor website and through the online data site, Google Earth, were used to establish footprints for site maps. Title searches are helpful in providing property information, but can be time consuming. Because early city directories are available, the surveyors referred to them as a source. Lafayette City Directories did not begin to list addresses for properties until 1926, even then years are sporadic. At the Carnegie Local History Library, the directories are only available through 1959, but were found through 1978-79 at the Lafayette Public Library. After that time period, it was not feasible to track property addresses as communities were no longer separated in city and phone directories. Because the house at 101 East Chester Street, the Cgangas house (5BL9452), appeared NRHP eligible, a limited title search was conducted to determine the original owner and builder of the house, Caroline VanVelkenberg and McAllister Lumber & Supply Company. Documentation After the field survey and historical research were completed, Bunyak and Minick prepared individual property forms, Colorado Cultural Resource Survey Architectural Inventory Form 1403 (amended 2010), according to the guidelines as drafted in OAHP’s Colorado Cultural Resources Survey Manual (revised 2007). Although the Cgangas house (5BL9452) was a re-evaluation, an entirely new form was prepared because of the paucity of information on the initial submission. The forms include digital and labeled black-and-white format photographs in archival sleeves, copies of real estate appraisal cards, and site maps (not to scale, but representative of the site). Wilder prepared the digital USGS maps for each resource to attach to the inventory forms. Bunyak prepared this report according to the survey manual guidelines. Maps used in the report were created with National Geographic TOPO! and with the assistance of the City of Lafayette Planning Office. Copies of this report and survey forms were submitted to be stored at History Colorado and the City of Lafayette. HISTORICAL CONTEXTS A number of fine histories have been written about Old Town Lafayette by the historical society and in previous historic resource surveys. This survey report builds on the 2001 Architectural Survey of West Lafayette Survey Report and 2009 reconnaissance survey of Public Road. Themes and historic contexts identified in these survey reports include: • Pre-settlement & Settlement • Agricultural Era (1860-Present) • Town Building Era (1889-Present) o Community Planning and Development (1889-Present) o Early West Lafayette Development (1907-44) o Auto Commerce o Twentieth-Century Growth (1940-Present) • Coal Mining Era (1887-1946) o Labor Unions (1889-1946) • Transportation Era (1860-Present) o Lincoln Highway & Colorado State Highway 287 ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 10 This section of the report endeavors to build upon previous surveys and introduce new sub-categories within these historic contexts that were found associated with the properties in the 2010-11 study area. The historic contexts may not necessarily be discussed in the above outlined order, but each section is identified by category. Town Building Era Early West Lafayette Development The study area is along Public Road, which runs north-south to form the west boundary of Old Town Lafayette. As Public Road’s identity shifted from county road to state highway back to a city street, the platting structure of the early subdivisions and additions influenced the commercial and residential landscape of the road. The road, for the most part, lacks a linear corridor of storefronts common to Main Streets. This is due in part because the Main Street commercial district of Old Town Lafayette was actually on Simpson Street. During the Lafayette town building era, of the original townsite and four subdivisions and/or additions aligned along the county road between 1889 and 1907. There are four within the project study area: West Lafayette (1893), Miller’s First Addition (1904), Mountain View Addition #3 (1907), and Industrial City Addition (1906). The West Lafayette subdivision lots face Public Road. The next addition to the south of West Lafayette is Miller’s First Addition, where lots parallel Public Road. This area is primarily residential. To the south, in Mountain View Addition the lots run in both directions (north-south and east-west). However, businesses generally tend to align the façade of their buildings with Public Road, while residences faced the side streets. From Emma Street south, the lots and buildings face onto Public Road. Historically, the majority of the commercial activity on Public Road centered between Baseline Road and Cannon Street at the north end of Public Road. While new additions expanded the boundaries of Old Town Lafayette to the west and south, dividing lines between the new and old were drawn. A deed restriction in Old Town Lafayette prohibited the making or sale of alcoholic beverages. Whether it was to defy this liquor restriction or create a business corridor along the county road, in 1893, a collective filed a land patent in Boulder County for the West Lafayette subdivision. It allowed the sale of liquor licenses and sale and distribution of liquor. West Lafayette developed slowly. In Figures 3 and 4, sections of the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps provide illustrations of the development in West Lafayette at the turn of the century. On both the 1900 and 1908 maps, only a small district located along the County Road or Public Road between Geneseo and Cannon Streets is recorded. At that time, the lots are identified as the 220 to 240 blocks of County Road. This same segment of the public road later became the 100 block of North Public Road and the 100 block of South Public Road. In 1900, only nine buildings had developed in the area along the public road. It is still primarily residential; however, three saloons are located north of the residences. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 11 By 1908, 16 buildings have been constructed in the two block area. The five northern most buildings are identified as saloons with the larger residential area south of saloon business district. The Elkhorn at 239 County Road (now 101 S Public Road, 5BL11232) offered meals in an attached restaurant. The saloon next door at 238 County Road provided lodging in its second story rooms. Figure 3. This section of the 1900 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps illustrates the limited development in Old Town Lafayette to the top of the figure and West Lafayette at the bottom. County Road runs north-south. North is to the left. Dwellings are identified with a D and saloons with Sal. Courtesy of the Denver Public Library, Western History Collection, online Sanborn Database Collection. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 12 Figure 4. A similar cross-section of the 1908 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps illustrates increasing development in both additions. On this map, the saloon next to the residence at 236 County Road on the 1900 map has been moved to the corner to become 239 County Road on the 1908 map. Today the saloon is 101 S Public Rd (5BL11232). Courtesy of the Denver Public Library, Western History Collection, online Sanborn Database Collection. Development of Saloon Commerce in West Lafayette Between 1920 and 1933, Prohibition set “high ideals of creating a more sober and more productive America.”2 Congress approved the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on 16 January 1919, which went into effect the following year. The amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of liquor, including importation or exportation, from the United States and its territories. Many attribute growing criminal violence and the proliferation of mobsters and their gangs to this amendment. To fill the void, mobsters manufactured and transported boot-leg liquor, even running transportation networks between the U.S. and Canada. In historian and author Dick Kreck’s opinion, Prohibition set off a thirteen-year period of “lawlessness” and “violence” in Colorado. But Coloradoans fought the temperance battle in the newspapers and state legislature before 1919. Colorado became a dry state in 1915. In the November elections of 1914, Coloradoans voted to close the state’s saloons, hotels, restaurants, breweries, and drugstores that sold liquor. The Anti-Saloon League, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, religious leaders, and others organized to push through this legislation. Anti-immigration and anti- labor proponents supported the measure as fear rose around increasing numbers of immigrant laborers, unionization clashes, and miners’ strikes.3 2 Dick Kreck, Smalldone: The Untold Story of an American Crime Family (Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum Publishing, 2009) 39. Lafayette’s immigrant and ethnic mining populations were subject to such suspicions as well. 3 Kreck, Smalldone, 40. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 13 Lafayette served as the northern headquarters for unionization efforts and the “Long Strike of 1910-14.” The United Mine Workers of America (UMW) courted miners in the Lafayette fields by sending famed organizers John Lawson and Mother Jones to mining camps to encourage organizers’ unionization efforts. UMW secretary-treasurer Edward Doyle resided in Lafayette during the strike. The organization actively operated in and supported the community.4 Despite approval of the state prohibition amendment, loopholes allowed the purchase of liquor for religious and medicinal purposes, and importation from wet states into dry Colorado for personal use. Denver did not become dry until 1 January 1916. Forces in Denver fought to use the “Home Rule” prerogative of the city to stay wet, but in the end lost.5 Denver became a dry city. By 1918, the state legislature tightened the law banning any kind of alcohol.6 Former saloons became lunch counters, sandwich shops, cafes, and drugstores. Even before national and state laws were enacted, towns like Lafayette and Greeley prohibited the sale of alcohol within city limits. Lafayette founder and real estate developer Mary Miller included an anti-liquor clause in all land deeds in her plat of the original townsite, properties east of Public Road. The deed stipulated that no sale, making, or consumption of alcohol could take place on the premises of any property in Old Town. As a result, saloonkeepers opened saloons and taverns on the west side of the street.7 To Miller’s chagrin, three saloons openly operated on the west side in 1900 with two more joining them in 1908.8 One of those saloons was the Peltier liquor establishment. Circa 1896, Peltier opened the Elkhorn Saloon at 237 County Road, next door to his house (now 107 South Public Road, 5BL11233). Due to the noise, Peltier moved the saloon building to the corner, which is now part of the building at 101 South Public Road (5BL11232). In 1890, Peltier engaged his brother Henry to run the saloon. Miller’s battle for temperance continued when she included a prohibition clause in two subsequent additions to Old Town developed in 1904 and 1907.9 With first the state, and later the nation instituting prohibition, the Public Road saloons closed. In 1920, Peltier sold his property. Many former saloons became restaurants or boarding houses. In response to Prohibition, Denver and Pueblo mobsters supplied much of Colorado with hard liquor, while many smaller operators and citizens produced their own “mash” in 4 Cathleen Norman, “1999 Architectural Survey of Old Town Lafayette Survey Report,” prepared for the City of Lafayette, 1999, 12-14. 5 Carl Abbot, Stephen J. Leonard, and David McComb, Colorado: A History of the Centennial State (Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado, 1994) 273. 6 Kreck, Smalldone, 41. 7 Norman, “1999 Architectural Survey,” 17. 8 1900 and 1908 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Please note that a 2001 survey incorrectly lists the number of saloons found on these maps. 9 Cathleen Norman, “2001 Architectural Survey of West Lafayette Survey Report,” prepared for the City of Lafayette, 2001, 6. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 14 stills or wines at home. A locally produced mash or moonshine used Colorado-grown sugar beets. In 1925 a local deputy sheriff was captured after a gun fight at his still house three miles southeast of Lafayette.10 Prohibition ended in 1933, both at the national and state level, with the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution. By early 1932, 3.2 beers appeared on the market. Coors brewery in Golden once again produced beer and saloons opened all across the state.11 At the same time, the re-opened “saloons” became “modern” taverns, bars, cafes, and The negative connotation of the saloon shifted from male-only establishments to a gentrified atmosphere that provided not only alcohol, but meals as well. Bar stools appeared in front of bars that once allowed standing room only. Female patrons gathered around tables and chairs to imbibe an alcoholic beverage over dinner. The Sportsman’s Inn and other Public Road taverns offered drinks, but many expanded their establishments to include a café or restaurant. Ralph Kemp’s drugstore and soda fountain (5BL11231), next door to the Sportsman’s Inn (5BL11231), offered a hangout for children. After the repeal of Prohibition, the two-block commercial corridor in West Lafayette continued to be the “wet zone” in Lafayette until the mid-1980s when an east- side Public Road establishment obtained a liquor license.12 The former liquor establishments, in nineteenth-century buildings, have undergone profound changes leaving few if any of the businesses recognizable as to their origianl appearance. Peltier’s Elkhorn Saloon (1900) is unrecognizable at 101 South Public Road (5BL11232) with only a peak of the front-gable roof visible from the street. No one would recognize the 1930 bar, at one time the “Entertainer” bar, for the Farmers Insurance Group building at 111 North Public Road (5BL11229). In the photographs in Figure 5, the dramatic alterations of the early nineteenth-century, frame-construction saloon at 201 North Public Road (5BL11228) illustrates the transformation of many of the oldest buildings in the project survey area. 10 “1925 Stillhouse Raid,” in Lafayette, Colorado, History: Treeless Plain to Thriving City, Centennial History, 1889-1989, James D. Hutchison, editor (Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990): 25, and Boulder Camera 26 September 1925. 11 Kreck, Smalldone, 50. 12 Westover, “Public Road,” 3. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 15 Figure 5. The former saloon at 201 N Public Road (5BL11228), pictured in 2010, does not resemble the former nineteenth-century, frame construction with false front of the 1908 building with prominently displayed Coors sign due to a new roof-line, new window configuration, stucco, wood shingles, and concrete block additions applied over the decades (date of photo circa 1910s-20s, Courtesy City of Lafayette). The Sportsman’s Inn building (5BL11231) at 101-103 North Public Road is the result of generations of expansion. The first or core of the building was built in 1900 and by 1937 the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps illustrate the three-section building extant today. A mid- 1950s to 1960s “modernization” hides the façade of the former 1900 and 1930s building. Nevertheless, this building continues its long association with the sale of liquor and food to the citizens of Lafayette and its environs. In 1947, a building was moved on the lot at 105 North Public Road (5BL11230) to open Deluxe Liquors, now the Highlander Smokeshop. Fire insurance maps reveal a saloon once operated at this location, but the present building is not that building. Twentieth Century Growth By 1937, the fire insurance maps for the project study area shows that the development along the county road, now identified as Public Road on the map, increased dramatically since the 1908 recording. The project study area is now represented in three sections pieced together on to two maps. The area north of Geneseo Street is identified as an “Out Lot 1” and lots 201 and 203 North Public at the corner of West Base Line and North Public Roads. The area between the 100 block of North Public Road south to the 400 block of South Public Road included in the project study area shows that the commercial development has progressed in the 100 blocks of North and South Public Road, but has also appeared in the 400 block of South Public Road with two stores, a restaurant, filling station, and auto repair business. Between the two commercial districts on the west side of Public Road it is residential. The 700 to 800 blocks of South Public Road in the project study area are identified as residences on the insurance map. A 1940s aerial photograph of Lafayette, as seen on the cover of this report, presents a bird’s eye view of a portion of the commercial district in Old Town Lafayette, as well as a glimpse of the residential and commercial development on the west side of Public Road. Visible on the picture are the 100 blocks of South Public Road and 100-200 blocks of North Public Road to West Baseline Road. The area between 105 and 111 North Public is vacant. The buildings at 201 and 203 North Public are visible with a filling station at the corner on the 1937 Out Lot 1. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 16 Recent study into the history of Public Road suggests that commercial development may have begun a shift from Simpson Street in the Old Town to Public Road beginning in the 1930s, but at least by the 1950s. Mid-century city directories reveal a number of filling and service stations, motels, restaurants, and bars and taverns, on Public Road and US287, a shift from Old Town Lafayette to the busy highway. Merchants remodeled turn-of-the-century buildings, even moving buildings onto or around lots. Within the study area, construction projects included one house in 1940 in the 800 block of South Public Road, two retail buildings in 1947, and three retail buildings in 1951: Starkey Plumbing & Heating (5BL11241), a new Highway Drugstore at 111 South Public Road (5BL 11236), and a second rental building (5BL11253) adjacent to Blankenship Lunch (5BL11239), now Jimmy’s Luncheon. At the north end of Public Road a new liquor store opened and a motor court. At the south end of Public Road, a new drugstore opened at 111 South Public (5BL11236) and Starkey Plumbing and Heating (5BL11241) opened in 1951. The Highway Drugstore moved out of its former location next to the Sportsman’s Inn (5BL11231) into a new double-unit commercial building. The plumbing and heating store opened at 307 South Public Road. These two building types are representative of the mid- twentieth-century architectural type used for retail space. Characteristics generally featured single-story plans; large, clear-glass pane facades; multi-use of brick and concrete-block materials; and buildings situated on lots immediately adjacent to the sidewalk, curb, and street. Development after the post-war period was negligible in the study area and consisted more of alterations and modernization. Auto-Related Commerce In place of saloons, auto-related businesses opened along Public Road, paved by 1924 as a segment of the Cheyenne-to-Denver highway or US287. Blankenship Lunch (5BL11239), a drive-in restaurant, opened in 1932 on South Public Road to serve lunches and coffee to tired and hungry truck drivers passing through Lafayette on their routes. With the automobile age, “motor trucking” developed as a new industry where trucks and trucking companies delivered goods from gasoline to food to businesses along the nation’s highways and byways, much like the early teamsters hauling goods by horse and oxen teams in the previous century. At 111 North Public Road (5BL11229), a businessman constructed a small, concrete-block building in 1930 where a former saloon once stood; later this building too became a café and bar. These were the only two modern buildings built in the project area in the 1930s. The motor court, Modern Motel (5BL11227), is located at 205 North Public Road on the historic route heading north to the Lincoln Highway and Rocky Mountain National Park. Post-war consumption, leisure industries, and growing auto-tourism prompted the growth of motor courts not only in Lafayette, but across Colorado and the United States. State tourism offices, even the federal government, published guides on how to enter the motel industry. Many returning veterans and mom-pop motels opened during the 1940s and 1950s. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 17 Otto H. and Effie A. Jahnke built a modern motel in Lafayette in 1947 celebrating its grand opening in 1948. The motel, as many built during this period, provided a clean bed and restful night for rising numbers of auto tourists with disposable income hitting the road after the end of World War II. The corner of Baseline and Public roads and the blocks south of it offered any number of services to passing motorists that included bars, restaurants, car dealerships, and filling and service stations. During this period, the auto court consisting of several single cabins for rent evolved into the motor court that included a string of rooms under one roof line. Larger motor courts offered rooms clustered around living areas that included a pool area, the court office, and restaurant/coffee shops. In the West, western themes prevailed with fanciful names like El Palomino, logs and rough-hewn wood plank construction, a plethora of staged wagon wheels, even imitation teepees. Due to the narrow, long lot on Public Road, the Modern Motel did not feature multiple living areas. In 1960, the average life span of a motel was reportedly nine years. Many of these post- war motels lack architectural integrity due in part to cyclical ownership and frequent renovations to modernize or embrace new fads and fashions. These early motels, like the Modern Motel, did well until the introduction of chain motels. Competition and the modern interstate era led to the early motor courts’ fall into seediness. With the birth of the interstate highway system, traffic sped by on ribbons of highways stopping at new interchanges to spend the night. The small mom-pop motels on state highways fell into disrepair and neglect or found new life as short-term rental units. Modernizing Public Road Main Streets across America changed dramatically mid-century as new buildings were built and older store fronts modernized to keep up with the times. Companies that produced glass and aluminum store fronts promoted renovation through competitions to design the “Store Front of Tomorrow.”13 Modernization in many cases meant constructing a slipcover for the façade of a building.14 The principal design characteristics of the open front or visual front included large display windows, and angular plans (even angular projections), projecting flat canopies, floating elements (often signs), and a picture-frame theme.15 Construction materials included clear, polished plate glass and façade enframement of brick, stone, or tile. Textured surfaces were created through the use of metal sleeves and canopies, multiple colored brick (often stacked bond pattern), and use of regional stone. Characteristics of this modernization effort in Lafayette can be seen at 101-103 North Public Road (5BL11231, built 1900) with its rough-faced stone (regional Lyon sandstone), plate-glass and recessed entry ways, and metal sheet upper facade. These makeovers were not complete architectural solutions, but offered many merchants cost-effective transformations to show they were up-to-date. 13 Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, “Storefronts of Tomorrow: American Storefront Design from 1940 to 1970,” prepared by Mike Jackson, AIA, 2000, 2-58. 14 “How to Work with Storefronts of the Mid-Twentieth Century,” 11. 15 “Storefronts of Tomorrow,” 2-58. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 18 During this transition from sparsely populated area along the county road at the fringe of Lafayette to a major commercial corridor in town, Public Road underwent a gradual evolution of its own. The infrastructure and street system in Lafayette developed as the town did. Transportation Public Road: From County Road to Colorado State Highway 287 The hard-packed dirt surface on the county road, later called Public Road, turned to mud during the wet seasons. The city assumed the duty of constructing and maintaining streets within their boundaries. City crews graded the dirt surface when necessary and spread a red ash on main thoroughfares.16 Streets in Old Town Lafayette sported a wood-plank sidewalk in front of retail businesses so customers did not have to walk on dusty or muddy streets. The city could ill afford to provide a sidewalk system for all its streets in this growing community, so individual homeowners made improvements laying Lyon sandstone slabs or planks along their property lines. At street corners, the city laid stone slabs to act as storm sewers at cross points, but also to provide a crossing for foot traffic. In West Lafayette, the situation was exacerbated with laterals from the Goodhue ditch running along the county road. The merchants and residents that filled the northern blocks on the west side of Public Road laid stone slabs across the ditch to the doors of their establishment or home. By 1910 some businesses laid concrete sidewalks, but the public road remained unpaved.17 With the establishment of the Lincoln Highway in 1913, the nation’s first transcontinental roadway, motoring and motor tourism grew. Coloradoans attempted to tie into the new roadway system and this new market of tourism by funding construction of the “Colorado loop” from Denver to Wyoming. The Denver-to-Wyoming route, later US287, through Lafayette incorporated the county road or Public Road. Political pressure may have played a role in “dropping” the Colorado loop from the official national highway maps and brochures in 1914. The Colorado loop was the only deviation along the main route from its origins in New York City to its end point in San Francisco.18 Nevertheless, merchants along the “loop route” continued to promote the north-south route as the “Lincoln Highway” in merchandising and advertising into the 1930s.19 With the Federal Aid Road Acts of 1916 and 1921, federal funds allowed the building of a national network of primary, hard-surfaced, two-lane highways.20 The first Colorado State Highway “paving” project in Lafayette took place in 1923 when Public Road and Baseline Road west of the intersection was “paved” with a layer of oil on a dirt base.21 In 1925 the Federal Department of Highways assigned numerical designations, odd numbers for north-south roads, and even numbers to east-west roads.22 16 Anne Cramer, “The Sidewalks of Lafayette,” in the Lafayette News, 24 September 1980, 10. The Denver-to-Wyoming 17 Ibid. 18 Karen Westover, “Public Road Lafayette Colorado: The Past 120 Years,” April 2009. 19 Cathleen Norman, “Lafayette 2008 Commercial and Agricultural Properties Survey, 24 June 2008, 14. 20 Chester H. Liebs, Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture (Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 1985, 1995) 19. 21 Cramer, “Sidewalks.” 22 Liebs, 19. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 19 route became US287. After the Great Depression, the Works Projects Administration sent historians, journalists, writers, and photographers across the nation as part of the Federal Writer’s Project to research and produce state tour guides to promote auto tourism. The 1941 Colorado guide, The WPA Guide to 1930s Colorado (republished in 1987), states the “oil-processed road” paralleled the Colorado and Southern Railway and the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The writer describes Lafayette as a coal town “reflecting the declining prosperity of that industry” and identifies it as the center of agitation during the Labor Strike of 1927.23 Congestion on Public Road lessened when the Denver-Boulder Turnpike opened in 1952. In 1956 with the most recent Federal Aid Highway Act, the Colorado State Highway system incorporated Public Road into Highway 287 or US287. In the 1950s, city officials began a campaign to improve the town infrastructure including the sewer, sidewalk, and street systems. In August 1958, the City Council employed Greeley’s Hoskins and Associates to survey for curbing, gutters, and street paving, after a bond issue passed to fund the paving project.24 Several special improvement districts were established to fund additional street, avenue, and alley improvements.25 City sidewalk and street improvements continued into the 1960s. Research did not reveal the exact year Public Road was paved with asphalt, but it more than likely occurred when it officially became part of US287. Local histories state that the rest of the city streets were paved by 1972. In 1996, the Colorado Department of Transportation completed the US287 by-pass that shifted through traffic from Old Town west of the city. Today the area along Public Road is principally commercial with many former residential lots rezoned as commercial properties. With completion of the US287 by-pass, quiet has returned to Public Road, but it also means that the Public Road business district has had to find creative ways of attracting motorists to detour off the highway to patronize their businesses. Urban renewal efforts on Public Road have worked to beautify the street. Efforts have been made by business owners and the city to recognize local buildings of historical interest with plaques. SURVEY RESULTS Fieldwork and Research Findings Today Public Road is a busy commercial area in Lafayette. Current uses for the 29 historic properties are primarily commercial with most located on the west side of Public Road. Between June 2010 and January 2011, Bunyak Research Associates conducted a selective intensive-level survey of 29 buildings and properties along Public Road. During that time, historical research was conducted in local and county institutions. Preliminary studies identified several historic themes including settlement, town building era or urban development, auto commerce, and twentieth-century growth. Further research identified several new sub-categories under the broader themes such as, Development of Saloon 23 Work Projects Administration, The WPA Guide to 1930s Colorado (Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1941, 1987) 383. 24 Lafayette Historical Society, Lafayette, Colorado, History: Treeless Plain to Thriving City, Centennial History, 1889-1989, James D. Hutchison, editor (Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 49. 25 Ibid, 50. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 20 Commerce in West Lafayette and Modernizing Public Road under the Town Building Era. Under the broader theme of Transportation identified in earlier studies, the survey was able to develop the history of Public Road from county road to busy highway. The survey examined the nature and integrity of the properties to define the periods of construction, current and historic uses, architectural integrity, how they provide information on the development of Public Road (from primarily residential to commercial). Table 1. Periods of Construction For Public Road Survey Area. The periods of development reflected in the buildings surveyed are divided mainly between the early- and mid- twentieth century. Table 1 illustrates the periods covered by decades and the number of buildings identified for this survey constructed during those periods. The buildings identified in the table are the main or principal structure built on the lot. Of the 29 historic properties surveyed, the majority (15) were built between 1890 and 1910. Only seven were constructed during the post-World War II era. It appears national and state events did not impact development along Public Road, but may have impacted growth within the city itself. For the most part, the early-twentieth-century buildings, especially commercial properties, have been dramatically altered and no longer reflect their period of construction and/or historic use. These are primarily located in the 100-200 blocks of North Public Road and 100 block of South Public Road. Some alterations include a “modernization” effort along Public Road during the late 1950s or early 1960s. While this effort in many cases negatively affects the historic integrity of several early- twentieth-century buildings for the NRHP, the consultant contends that these modernized buildings reflect important developments in style, design, economics, and technology that swept a consumer-oriented America mid-century and reflect that change in Lafayette.26 No prominent architect or local builder was identified with the construction of these buildings. Although the residential areas along Public Road have not undergone significant changes, those residences immediately adjacent to Public Road have become professional offices and businesses. Many of the residential buildings are hipped-roof boxes and small, side- or front-gable buildings. No prominent architect or local builder was identified with the construction of these buildings. Two are larger, two-story vernacular style buildings. Fifteen of the buildings in the survey of 29 were historically residential buildings, only two remain private domiciles, a third is an apartment house, and a fourth is vacant and boarded up. Business owners utilizing former residential units have generally respected 26 Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, “How to Work with Storefronts of the Mid-Twentieth Century,” prepared by Carol J. Dyson, AIA, April 2008, 3. Period Built No. of 1890s 3 1900s 12 1910s 1 1920s 3 1930s 2 1940s 3 1950s 3 1960s 1 1970s 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 21 the historic use of the building even taking efforts to preserve and retain the building’s period of construction and architectural character. World War II and post-war construction is distributed throughout the corridor. In some cases, buildings were moved, razed, or construction took place on empty lots. They include a motor court, retail space mainly in the open front style common in the 1950s, a modern car wash, and a duplex rental property. Future development within the study area may include razing older buildings for new construction, but at this time it appears that no new or impending development is planned. Evaluations The Lafayette Public Road Selective Intensive Survey found three historic resources eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, five for the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties, and four historic resources only eligible for the Lafayette Local Register. The four recommended as only eligible for local landmark designation are: Highway Drugstore/Sportsman’s Inn (5BL11231), Elkhorn Saloon/Anspach Jewelry (5BL11232), Blankenship Lunch (5BL11239), and Highway Drugstore at 111 S Public Road (5BL11236). All properties were evaluated for eligibility using national, state, and local criteria. For a complete listing of the properties surveyed and eligibility findings, refer to Table A-1 and A-2 in the appendix. NRHP Integrity & Significance All properties were evaluated for significance by applying specific qualification criteria. They were evaluated for integrity and/or significance, as well as eligibility, using the National Register Bulletin, “How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation.” Cultural resources must be over 50 years old, possess sufficient integrity, and meet one or more of the NRHP evaluation criteria for eligibility. When evaluated within its historic context, a property must be shown to be significant for one or more of the four criteria: Criterion A. That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or Criterion B. That are associated with the lives of significant persons in the past; or Criterion C. That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent a work of a master, or that possesses high artistic value; or Criterion D. That yield or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Integrity is the ability of a property to reflect its historic attributes or associations. The NRHP identifies seven aspects for determining integrity: location, design, materials, workmanship, setting, feeling, association. Not all characteristics have to be identifiable when determining eligibility of a resource, but enough should be present to identify historical significance and characteristics that shaped the overall property during its historic period. Evaluation of integrity was based upon available historic photographs and ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 22 field examination. No original plans were found. Thus all resources were evaluated for their individual eligibility to the National Register based on their significance and integrity. SRHP Integrity & Significance All properties were evaluated for integrity, significance, and eligibility, using the State Register Bulletin 960, “How to Apply the Nomination Criteria for the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties.” Properties that are listed on the NRHP are automatically placed on the State Register. Properties may also be nominated separately to the State Register without inclusion in the National Register. SRHP evaluation criteria include the NRHP criteria A-D outlined above with the inclusion of, Criterion E. The property contains the possibility of important discoveries related to prehistory or history. All resources were evaluated for their individual eligibility to the Colorado State Register based on their significance and integrity. Lafayette Local Landmark Integrity & Significance Each resource was evaluated not only for NRHP and SRHP eligibility, but for Lafayette Local Register of Historic Places as well. The criteria which are listed below describe how properties are significant for their association with important events or persons, for importance in design or construction, or their information potential: Criterion A. Architectural. The property has distinctive characteristics of a type, period, method of construction or artisan. Criterion B. Social/Historic. The property is associated with events or persons that have made a significant contribution to history. Criterion C. Geographic. The property has geographic importance. Criterion D. Archeological/Subsurface. The property has demonstrable potential of important discoveries related to history or prehistory. Historic resources recommended for local landmark designation are further subdivided into 13 levels of significance outlined in the city’s historic preservation code and identified on each architectural inventory form. Historic District Evaluation The survey did not identify any historic districts. As this was a selective survey, a complete evaluation for historic district potential was not possible. Some resources were located in areas without a sufficient concentration of other historic buildings which retained a high degree of integrity. Other factors contributed to this conclusion, namely-- the residential and commercial interplay within the area surveyed; various periods of development; lack of single geographic area with contiguous property types or styles ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 23 representing a period of development or historical significance; and lack of historic physical integrity due to alterations, fires, new construction, and/or razing that disrupted the cohesiveness of any potential district boundaries along Public Road. One sub- category, Development of Saloon Commerce, may have provided a historical significance and period to identify a district. However, razing and major alterations to the buildings did not provide enough of a single geographic area of contiguous historic properties or enough remaining examples with a high degree of integrity. Only two representative examples of the early saloons remain and those buildings have undergone major alterations. Findings National Register Eligible Properties The historic properties identified as eligible to both the National Register and State Register includes three nineteenth-century residences prominently situated on Public Road. The small side- and front-gable roof and hipped-roof box house forms are common to Lafayette and West Lafayette. Two of the recommendations exemplify the hipped-roof box form, while the other is an example of a less familiar building style found in the city. (5BL11233) Peter M. Peltier House, 107 S Public Road, Lafayette The property at 107 South Public Road is historically significant under NRHP Criterion A for its association with early-twentieth- century community development in the West Lafayette subdivision of Lafayette, Colorado. The West Lafayette subdivision platted in 1893 developed slowly with the Peltier house as one of its earliest residences. In addition, the building is historically significant under NRHP Criterion C for its late nineteenth-century design and construction as a modified hipped- roof box. The building exhibits distinctive characteristics identified as the hipped-roof including, wood-frame construction and single story on a square footprint. The builder of this house expanded on this simple form to elevate the simplicity of design to a more sophisticated level by adding a pair of bow windows; rear, rectangular-shape bedroom wing; and a full-façade covered porch with decorative fenestration. For Lafayette Local Landmark eligibility, the Peltier house is eligible for Criterion A its architectural significance as described above, as well as Criterion B for 1) its association with Peter Peltier, a local investor and entrepreneur in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and 2) the house’s association with the early development of the West Lafayette subdivision as described above. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 24 (5BL9452) Cordelia VanVelkenberg House, 101 E Chester Street, Lafayette The house at 101 E Chester Street is eligible under NRHP Criterion C as a good example of the I-House type, a building type defined by its layout, two-rooms wide and one-room deep, separated by a central passage. Nevertheless, homeowners, as in this case, often added stylistic details to make them appear more fashionable and functional, which include: ornamental porches, chimneys, and extensions (kitchen wings, porches). This is one of only a limited number of I-house examples extant in Lafayette, Colorado. At the local landmark level, the VanVelkenberg house is eligible for Criterion A for its architectural significance as a good example of the I-House type and Criterion B for its association for its historic association with the State Legislator James Graham Junior, who served three terms with the State Legislator in the 1930s during a historic period in the State’s history in rebuilding the State’s economy after the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl Era. Graham also served two terms as the Mayor of Lafayette. In addition, under Criterion B, the house has become a geographic or visual feature of the community on South Public Road enhancing a sense of identity of the historic community in the plaza area. 705 S Public Road (5BL11248) This house is eligible under NRHP Criterion C as a good example of a Hipped-Roof Box building type constructed at the turn of the twentieth century in Lafayette. Character defining features of this type of building are identified as the hipped-roof, wood-frame construction, and single story on a square footprint. At the local landmark level, this house is eligible under Criterion A for architecture as a good example of a Hipped-Roof Box. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 25 State Register of Historic Properties The five historic resources identified as eligible to the State Register, and therefore the Lafayette Local Landmark program, represent a cross-section of commercial and residential properties from the nineteenth century into the mid-twentieth century. Modern Motel, 205 N Public Road (5BL11227), Criteria A The motel is locally significant for its association with early commerce and trade along US287 and Public Road in the late 1940s into the mid-1950s as situated in a small business center along the highway. The business center saw a number of filling stations, service stations, motels, bars and restaurants providing services to motorists along Public and Baseline Road. At the local landmark level, the motel is eligible under Criterion A for architecture. It is representative of the simple mid-twentieth-century motels found in the Lafayette area. Characteristics identified with this style include, wood-frame construction, one-story height, a rectangular footprint, flat roof, and a narrow lot. In addition, it is eligible under Criterion B for its association with socio- and economic development of Lafayette and auto commerce on Public Road. Former Saloon/Parr Pharmacy, 201 N Public Road (5BL1122 b8), Criterion A The former saloon, although it no longer retains architectural integrity, historically has long been a saloon or tavern associated with commerce and trade in West Lafayette subdivision and on Public Road. It is located in the historically “wet” area of West Lafayette, unlike the historically dry Old Town Lafayette instituted by town founder Mary Miller. At the local landmark level, the former saloon is eligible for Criteria B and C for its association with saloon trade in early West Lafayette, socio- and economic development of West Lafayette, and auto commerce on Public Road. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 26 Deluxe Liquors, 105 N Public Road (5BL11230), Criteria A This building is associated with the liquor trade in West Lafayette subdivision and commerce on Public Road. It is situated in that business center along the highway where a number of businesses provided goods and services to motorists on Public Road. It is located in the historically “wet” area of West Lafayette, unlike the historically dry Old Town Lafayette instituted by town founder Mary Miller. At the local landmark level, this building is eligible for Criterion A, Architecture, as an example of the simple style of construction found in the 1940s post-war period. It is eligible under Criterion B for its association with saloon trade in early West Lafayette and auto commerce on Public Road. 100 W Cleveland St (5BL11237), Criteria C The house is eligible for the State Register under Criterion C for Architecture as a good example of a modest Craftsman-style house. Characteristics of this style are apparent in the moderate-pitched gable roof, wide overhangs with exposed roof-rafters and wood structure, and porch with tapered square column supports. At the local landmark level, it is also eligible for Criterion A, Architecture, as an example of a modest Craftsman-style house. Starkey Plumbing & Heating, 307 S Public Road (5BL11241), Criteria A The plumbing and heating store is eligible under NRHP Criterion A for its association with the socio- and economic development of mid-century Lafayette and the Maytag Company. At the local landmark level, the store is eligible under Criterion A, Architecture, as a mid-1950s commercial type, as well as Criterion B for its association with the socio- and economic development of mid- century Lafayette. This appliance business has been in operation at this location for over sixty years. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 27 Lafayette Landmark Eligible Properties It is recommended that the following resources be considered eligible for local landmark status despite the fact that they are not NRHP or SRHP eligible. All of the NRHP and SRHP eligible historic sites identified through this survey should also be considered eligible for local landmark designation. All historic resources were evaluated for landmark designation, but a considerable number lack historic integrity, historical association, and/or historical significance to warrant eligibility. Pictures and descriptions provided below are for local landmark that have not been highlighted above. Highway Drugstore/Sportsman’s Inn, 101- 103 N Public Road (5BL11231), Criteria A, B, C Under Criterion A—Architecture--the building is representative of an architectural period in Lafayette and across the nation during the mid- 1960s called the “Open Front” generation of modernization for commercial properties. Characteristics of this modernization include enframement of store fronts with rough-faced stone to achieve a relaxed, casual effect; large, clear panes; and transom or upper façade applications of metal sheets. In addition, under Criteria B and C, the building, as home to the Sportsman’s Inn for almost 70 years, it exemplifies the social, economic, and saloon heritage of West Lafayette, as well as providing a sense of identity of community. Elkhorn Saloon/Anspach Jewelry, 101 S Public Road (5BL11232), Criteria B & C Although the physical of integrity of this building has been compromised due to alterations, this property has significance under Criteria B and C for its association with the early liquor trade and saloons of West Lafayette Subdivision from 1900-1920 when it was the Elkhorn Saloon owned by Peter Peltier and second for its association with the Anspach family jewelers who have been in operation at this site since 1955 to the present, as well as its role in the development of commerce in the West Lafayette subdivision. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 28 Highway Drug Store, 111 S Public Road (5BL11236), Criteria A & B Under Criterion A—architecture--the single- story commercial building is representative of the mid-twentieth-century commercial architectural type found in the business area along Public Road. Characteristics include single-story; large, clear panes; multi-use of metal, brick, and concrete block materials. The retail space, located in a business center area, is locally significant under Criterion B for its association with mid-century commerce and trade along US287 and Public Road into the modern era. Former retail businesses in the block include a drug store, post office, graphic business, and an ethnic grocery. Blankenship Lunch, 100 E Cleveland Street (5BL11239), Criterion B As a 1930s drive-in restaurant, Blankenship Lunch, is locally significant for its association with early automobile commerce and trade along US287 and Public Road. The small business center saw a number of gas, service stations, restaurants, taverns, and businesses providing goods and services to motorists on Public Road and the highway. It is important to remember that this survey focused primarily on resources along Public Road. A few of these buildings may be eligible as contributing to potential local historic districts. Since this was a selective survey, every building within any single block was not inventoried. Suggestions in future surveys for potential local historic districts based on a collection of buildings which contain enough unifying elements to contribute to a historic sense of time and place might include one or more of the buildings from this survey. Recommendations Preservation efforts, in cities like Lafayette, focus on planned community development to protect diminishing historic resources. Therefore, it is recommended that this survey information be incorporated into local planning and economic development plans. Preservation should include preserving setting or landscape as well as the built environment. Therefore, creating preservation/infill design guidelines would protect the historic character of the commercial area. The introduction of modern elements or the alteration and evolution of original buildings is inevitable. However, guidelines would lessen the introduction of modern elements that might threaten resources or their eligibility. New construction and incompatible land uses should be avoided. A third effort would be to develop public education programs to encourage better stewardship of ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 29 historic resources. Encourage students to learn more about Lafayette history and architecture through writing projects. Additional survey and research is recommended for a comprehensive intensive-level survey of Public Road, both east and west sides. The results may assist the city staff in identifying potential commercial districts outside the scope of this project. The selective nature of this project did not allow such considerations. Recommend encouraging property owners to submit applications for designation. By obtaining NRHP, SRHP, or Local Landmark designation, the City can apply for funds through grants to assist them with upkeep of a publicly-owned property. Private owners of historic properties may qualify for historic preservation tax credits. Additional survey and research is warranted for the two eligible historic properties to prepare National Register applications. Follow-up meetings could be conducted with owners interested in finding out more about the benefits of local or National Register designation. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 30 BIBLIOGRAPHY Abbott, Carl, Stephen J. Leonard, and David McComb. Colorado: A History of the Centennial State. Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado, 1994. Boulder County Tax Assessor records. Online database. Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal cards located Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, Colorado. Boulder Daily Camera. Clipping files. City of Lafayette directories, 1892-1959. 1926 begin adding addresses, names and professions. Hutchison, James D. “Survey and Settlement: Lafayette, Colorado.” Lafayette, Colorado: Morrell Graphics, 1994. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. “How to Work with Storefronts of the Mid- Twentieth Century.” Prepared by Carol J. Dyson, AIA. April 2008. Accessible on the state website, www.historyillinois.org. “Storefronts of Tomorrow: American Storefront Design from 1940 to 1970.” Prepared by Mike Jackson, AIA. 2000. Jackle, John Keith A. Sculle, and Jefferson S. Rogers. The Motel in America. Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins University Press, 1996. Kreck, Dick. Smalldone: The Untold Story of an American Crime Family. Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum Publishing, 2009. The Lafayette News. Clipping files. Lafayette Historical Society. “The War Years: World War II, Other Wars, and the People of Lafayette, Colorado.” James D. Hutchison, editor. Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1993. “Lafayette, Colorado, History: Treeless Plain to Thriving City, Centennial History, 1889-1989.” James D. Hutchison, editor. Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990. Liebs, Chester H. Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture. Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins University Press, 1985, 1995. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 31 Norman, Cathleen M. “Architectural Survey of Old Town Lafayette Survey Report.” Prepared for the City of Lafayette, 1999. “2001 Architectural Survey of West Lafayette Survey Report.” Prepared for the City of Lafayette, 2001. “Lafayette Commercial and Agricultural Properties Intensive Survey Report.” Prepared for the City of Lafayette, 2008. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Western History Collection, Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado. 1900, 1908, and 1937. Westover, Karen. “Public Road Lafayette Colorado: The Past 120 Years.” Tms. 27 April 2009. Work Projects Administration (WPA). The WPA Guide to 1930s Colorado [originally Colorado: A Guide to the Highest State]. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1941, 1987. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 32 APPENDIX ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 33 Lafayette List of Public Road Properties 1. 205 N. Public Road 2. 201 N. Public Road 3. 111 N. Public Road 4. 101 N. Public Road 5. 103 N. Public Road 6. 105 N. Public Road 7. 101 S. Public Road 8. 107 S. Public Road 9. 109 S. Public Road 10. 111 S. Public Road 11. 102 W. Cleveland Street 12. 100 W. Cleveland Street 13. 307 S. Public Road 14. 309 S. Public Road 15. 401 S. Public Road 16. 409 S. Public Road 17. 100 E. Cleveland Street 18. 100 ½ E. Cleveland Street 19. 101 E. Cleveland Street 20. 103 E. Chester Street 21. 100 E. Chester Street 22. 101 E. Chester Street 23. 101 ½ E. Chester Street 24. 701 S. Public Road 25. 705 S. Public Road 26. 707 S. Public Road 27. 711 S. Public Road 28. 801 S. Public Road 29. 805 S. Public Road ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 34 Smith # Address Historic Name Built Current Name NRHP/ SRHP (Criteria) Local (Criteria) 5BL9452 101 E Chester St Cordelia VanValkenberg House 1896 Vacant FE FE (A,B) 5BL11227 205 N Public Road Modern Motel 1947 Lafayette Apartments NE/FE FE 5BL11228 201 N Public Road Former Saloon, Parr Pharmacy 1908 La Familia Mexican Restaurant NE/FE FE (B,C) 5BL11229 111 N Public Road Unknown Commercial 1930 Farmers' Insurance Group NE NE 5BL11230 105 N Public Road Deluxe Liquors 1947 Highlander Smokeshop NE/FE FE (A,B) 5BL11231 101-103 N Public Road Highway Drug/ Sportsman's Inn 1900 Finishing Touch Upholstery/ Sportsman's Inn NE FE (A,B,C) 5BL11232 101 S Public Road Elkhorn Saloon, Anspach Jewelers 1900 Anspach Jewelers/Scizzors NE FE (B,C) 5BL11233 107 S Public Road Peter M. Peltier House 1896-99 Metro Brokers Realty FE C) FE (A,B) 5BL11234 101 E Cleveland St Residence 1892 Efrain's Mexican Restaurant NE NE 5BL11235 109 S Public Road Lafayette Shoe Hospital 1903/1977 Vacant NE NE 5BL11236 111 S Public Road Highway Drugstore 1951 Las Montañas/Vacant NE FE B) 5BL11237 100 W Cleveland St Residence 1908 Professional Building NE/FE FE 5BL11238 102 W Cleveland St Residence 1908 Grabow Residence NE NE 5BL11239 100 E Cleveland Blankenship Lunch 1932 Positive Image Salon NE FE 5BL11241 307 S Public Road Starkey P&H 1951 Maytag Store NE/FE FE B) 5BL11242 309 S Public Road Starkey House 1910 City Building NE NE 5BL11243 401 S Public Road Filling Station/Restaurant/Store 1921-1929 Gifts, Art, and Sweets Mall NE NE 5BL11244 409 S Public Road Barlow Car Wash 1964 Nobel Block NE NE 5BL11245 100 E Chester St Residence 1920 Allstate Insurance/Scarlet Rose NE NE 5BL11246 103 E Chester St Abernathy House 1900 Apartment Building NE NE 5BL11247 701 S Public Road Residence 1907-20 Vacant House Needs Data NE 5BL11248 705 S Public Road Residence 1908 Legal Building FE FE 5BL11249 707 S Public Road Residence 1908 Two Pears NE NE 5BL11250 711 S Public Road Barber 1972 Barber NE NE 5BL11251 801 S Public Road Residence 1940 Residence NE NE 5BL11252 805 S Public Road Residence 1905 Veterinarian NE NE 5BL11253 100 ½ E Cleveland St Fisher Duplex 1955 Retail Space NE NE 5BL11254 101 ½ E Chester St Garage 1908 Retail Space NE NE 5BL11255 402 S Public Rd Garage 1920 Scarlet Rose NE NE Table A.1 Lafayette Properties Surveyed & Findings, By Smithsonian Trinomial Number. ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 35 Table A.2 Lafayette Properties Surveyed & Findings, By Address in Numerical Order. Address Historic Name Current Name Smith # Built NRHP/SRHP (Criteria) Local (Criteria) 100 E Chester St Residence Allstate Insurance/Scarlet Rose 5BL11245 1920 NE NE 100 E Cleveland Blankenship Lunch Positive Image Salon 5BL11239 1932 NE FE 100½ E Cleveland St Fisher Duplex Retail Space 5BL11253 1955 NE NE 100 W Cleveland St Residence Professional Building 5BL11237 1908 NE/FE FE 101 E Chester St Cordelia VanValkenberg House Vacant 5BL9452 1896 FE FE (A,B) 101½ E Chester St Garage Retail Space 5BL11254 1908 NE NE 101 E Cleveland St Residence Efrain's Mexican Restaurant 5BL11234 1892 NE NE 101 S Public Road Elkhorn Saloon, Anspach Jewelers Anspach Jewelers/Scizzors 5BL11232 1900 NE FE (B,C) 101-103 N Public Road Highway Drug/ Sportsman's Inn Finishing Touch Upholstery/ Sportsman's Inn 5BL11231 1900 NE FE (A,B,C) 102 W Cleveland St Residence Grabow Residence 5BL11238 1908 NE NE 103 E Chester St Abernathy House Apartment Building 5BL11246 1900 NE NE 105 N Public Road Deluxe Liquors Highlander Smokeshop 5BL11230 1947 NE/FE FE (A,B) 107 S Public Road Peter M. Peltier House Metro Brokers Realty 5BL11233 1896-99 FE C) FE B) 109 S Public Road Lafayette Shoe Hospital Vacant 5BL11235 1903/1977 NE NE 111 N Public Road Unknown Commercial Farmers' Insurance Group 5BL11229 1930 NE NE 111 S Public Road Highway Drugstore Las Montañas/Vacant 5BL11236 1951 NE FE (A,B) 201 N Public Road Former Saloon, Parr Pharmacy La Familia Mexican 5BL11228 1908 NE/FE FE (B,C) 205 N Public Road Modern Motel Lafayette Apartments 5BL11227 1947 NE/FE FE 307 S Public Road Starkey P&H Maytag Store 5BL11241 1951 NE/FE FE B) 309 S Public Road Starkey House City Building 5BL11242 1910 NE NE 401 S Public Road Filling Station/Restaurant/Store Gifts, Art, and Sweets Mall 5BL11243 1921-1929 NE NE 402 S Public Rd Garage Scarlet Rose 5BL11255 1920 NE NE 409 S Public Road Barlow Car Wash Nobel Block 5BL11244 1964 NE NE 701 S Public Road Residence Vacant House 5BL11247 1907-20 Needs Data NE 705 S Public Road Residence Legal Building 5BL11248 1908 FE FE 707 S Public Road Residence Two Pears 5BL11249 1908 NE NE 711 S Public Road Barber Barber 5BL11250 1972 NE NE 801 S Public Road Residence Residence 5BL11251 1940 NE NE 805 S Public Road Residence Veterinarian 5BL11252 1905 NE NE ---PAGE BREAK--- Lafayette Public Road Intensive Survey Bunyak Research Associates, 2011 36 Bound Map Insert Here ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11227 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11227 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503112001 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Modern Motel 6. Current building name: Lafayette Apartments 7. Building address: 205 N. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Maria G & Reynaldo Cruz 1700 Lyonesse St Lafayette, CO 80026 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11227 Page 2 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492295 mE 4427504 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 1 Block: 21 Addition: Lafayette West Year of Addition: 1893 Legal: N 26 FT LOT 1 E1/2 BLK 21 TRS 677 & 1542 LAFAYETTE WEST 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: North Bldg: 15’ x 100’ South Bldg: 19’ x 96’ 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Horizontal Siding 18. Roof configuration: Shed Roof; Mansard Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Facade Treatment/False Front 21. General architectural description: There are two buildings: a north and a south, which will be described separately. 1) The north building exhibits two sections, a front office with quarters and a rear unit section. The unit building has a slight, very slight, shed roof; while the office/quarters section has a mansard (asphalt/composition) roof with a false front on the façade. All eaves are boxed. The exterior walls are wood weatherboard with horizontal direction. The office/quarters has an off-center entry door with an exterior screen-and-glass door. There are four sets of large, double-paned windows in the office section: on the north elevation, the façade or east, and two on the south elevation. Each unit has two small sets of windows: one on the north and one on the south elevation. The doors are solid panel with a screen door that is protected by a front-gable, bracketed hood cover. There are seven units in this building, as well as the main office. 2) The south building contains six units under a Mansard roof (actually the Mansard is formed by a porch extension from a flat roof to imitate the office/quarters on the north building). This roof is also asphalt with a false front on the east end. The exterior walls are wood weatherboard with horizontal direction. Because the building is adjacent to a fence associated with the building at 201 North Public Road, the south elevation of the building is not visible for surveying. Each unit has a sliding window and a panel- and-glaze door with screen door. Round steel posts support the porch roof that runs the length of the north elevation. Foundations for both the north and south buildings are concrete. Metal, stove pipes appear above some units. 22. Architectural style: Late 19th/Early 20th Century American Movements Building type: Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: Minimal landscaping at 205 North Public Road includes moderately large ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11227 Page 3 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] deciduous trees at the rear and front of the property. Those at the front are associated with flower boxes and treatments added by the city during a beautification effort. The buildings extend to the property line. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: 1: Date Built: post-1960s Shed The 6’ x 8’ shed is constructed of sheets of plywood siding with a six-panel wood door on the façade that faces south. The building has a front-gable roof covered with asphalt, composition shingles. The building has a wood subfloor. There is no foundation. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1947 Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor and Real Estate Appraiser Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Otto H & Effie A Jahnke Source of information: Lafayette City Directory, 1948, Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder 29. Construction history: According to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraiser Cards, in 1947, a motel was under construction at 205 N Public Road. It opened in 1948. Originally a two-story building with the address of 203 North Public Road was located on part of the site where the south building is now located. It is unclear when the “203 N Public Road” building was razed for construction of the motel. A review of the 1948 appraiser photograph and the 2010 survey reveals changes have occurred over the years: 1) the eaves on the office/quarters have been enclosed and the bracketed hood over the entry door removed to add a porch across the east façade, and more energy efficient windows replaced existing models, 2) bracketed hood entries on the south building were removed to add a full-length, wrapped porch, as well as more energy efficient windows replaced existing models. Dates for these changes are unknown, but post-date the 1950s. 30. Original location:  Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Motel 32. Intermediate use(s): Commerce/Trade/Restaurant; Domestic/Multiple dwelling 33. Current use(s): Domestic/Multiple dwelling 34. Site type(s): Motel/motor court ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11227 Page 4 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 35. Historical background: The motel at 205 North Public Road is actually located on the lots historically associated with 203 and 205 North Public Road. In 1947 construction began on the “Modern Motel” with its grand opening in 1948. Operators Otto H. and Effie A. Jahnke managed the motel for only one year. William P. and Florence E. Uran owned and operated the motel into the 1960s. At some point, the Urans changed the name from Modern Motel to B & F Motel, even leasing the “office” area to Carl J. Engberts for Carl’s Tavern. Competition and the modern interstate era led to the demise of many of the early motor courts resulting in many converting to short-term rental units, such is the fate of the B & F. As early as 1955, locals rented motel units on a basis. In 1959, at least five units were rented by employees of area businesses. The present owners have owned the property since 1997; it is operated as apartment rentals. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990); Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library; and John A. Jackle, Keith A. Sculle, and Jefferson S. Rogers, The Motel in America (Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins University Press, 1996). VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: N/A Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; _ _ C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Commerce 40. Period of significance: 1948-1961 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: The motel was evaluated for its association with Colorado and Lafayette history for early auto commerce. Construction and historical research for this resource provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for NRHP Criteria A or B. The motel does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or methods of construction under NRHP Criterion C, or is a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible. Although it is an example of an early-20th-Century motel, it does not exhibit any defining features associated with the early motor court architectural styling with long porches enhancing the façade and sheltering open windows, open U-shaped parking areas, exterior living areas pools, grocery, playgrounds, etc.), and numerous room styles that often ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11227 Page 5 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] define National Register eligible properties. Nevertheless, this does not mean it is not eligible for Lafayette Local Landmark or SRHP status. This building is eligible for SRHP Criteria A for its association with Colorado and Lafayette early auto commerce. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building at 205 North Public Road does retain its physical integrity as a Mid-20th-century motel relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society—setting, location, feeling or association. It retains poor integrity for design, materials, and workmanship due to major changes to the building, including replacement windows in existing window openings and removal of bracketed hoods to apply large entry coverings and/or porch coverings. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Lafayette Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: The motel is locally significant under Criterion B for its association with early commerce and auto-commerce along US287 and Public Road in the late 1940s into the mid-1950s when situated in a small business center along the highway. The business center saw a number of filling stations, service stations, motels, bars and restaurants providing services to motorists along Public and Baseline Road. It is eligible under Criterion A as being representative of simple mid-20th-Century motels found in the Lafayette area. The simple characteristic features identified with this type include, wood-frame construction, one-story height, a rectangular footprint, flat roof, and a narrow lot. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11227 Page 6 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: The building at 205 North Public Road does retains enough of its physical integrity for local landmark status as a Mid-20th-century motel property type relative to the seven aspects of integrity—setting, location, design, workmanship, materials, feeling or association. Changes do not disturb the feeling and association with the simple style to negate form and function. Changes include replacement of windows in existing window openings and removal of bracketed hoods to apply large entry and porch coverings. IX. LAFAYETTE LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL1127 1-6 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/18/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11227 Page 7 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Site Map 205 N Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11227 Page 8 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1984) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11228 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11228 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: N/A 157503112002 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Parr Pharmacy 6. Current building name: La Familia Mexican Restaurant 7. Building address: 201 N. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: First Community Bank Attn Carla Young Po Box 3686 Albuquerque, NM 87114 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11228 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492294 mE 4427486 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 1 Block: 21 Addition: Lafayette West Year of Addition: 1893 Legal: S 42 FT LOT 1 E 1/2 BLK 21 LAFAYETTE WEST 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal Boundary III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Irregular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 24’ x 68’ 16. Number of stories: 1 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Horizontal Siding, Wood/Shingle, Stucco, Concrete/Concrete Block, Asbestos 18. Roof configuration: Hipped Roof, addition Gable/Front Gable 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Chimney, Window/Glass Block 21. General architectural description: The one story, irregular-plan building displays four exterior siding materials due to a number of additions to the original footprint. They include concrete block, stucco, wood/horizontal siding, and wood/shingle siding. The original footprint of the building has a hipped, asphalt shingle roof. The rear addition has a front-gable asphalt shingle roof, while the concrete-block addition has a flat roof. A painted brick chimney is centrally located on the south elevation. The east elevation or facade features two, glass-block windows with a small, circular fixed pane at their center. The circular window has a painted, wooden frame. The door is a glazed, commercial-type entry door. A large commercial sign is located over the front entry door. On the south elevation, there is a newer, glazed commercial entry in the original footprint of the building. The rear addition features four plate-glass windows, an ADA-designed, concrete ramp with railing, and a newer, glazed commercial entry. There are no windows or doors on the west side of the building. Commercial vent hoods extend from the rear facade. The north elevation is not visible due to a privacy fence, making it unaccessible. The foundation of the building is concrete. 22. Architectural style: No Style Building type: Hipped-Roof Box 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The building is located in the city's commercial district adjacent to Public Road and West Geneso Street. There are new sidewalks, planters with flowers and young trees, and new, electrical lighting along Public Road that were recently installed as part of the city's beautification program. There is a parking lot to the rear of the building. Footprint extends to property one. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: None ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11228 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Actual: Estimate: 1908 Source of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards. 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: N/A 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: N/A 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: N/A 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card for 201 North Public Road states the date of construction for the building is 1908; however, it does not appear on the 1900 or the 1908 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. There have been subsequent additions to the building at the west and north elevations. The 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows a rectangular plan with a shed at the rear of the property. The shed is not extant. At some point, the rear addition was applied (date unknown). A 1948 sketch identifies the footprint as 24’ by 44’. In the 1950 real estate appraisal photograph, a rear addition has a shed roof over a narrow, wood/horizontal siding that is similar to the exterior wall on the original footprint. Therefore, the current addition at the rear dates post-1950. There is no date available for the second addition on the north elevation. Two flat-roof, concrete block additions are located on the north elevation (built date unknown). The windows on the façade, glass-block with circular pane, are not typical for the period of construction, but no date for this alteration was found on the available records. 30. Original location:  Move location: Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce and Trade 32. Intermediate use(s): Commerce and Trade/Restaurant 33. Current use(s): Vacant/Not in Use 34. Site type(s): Saloon (1908) Pharmacy (1926) 35. Historical background: The first occupant of the 201 North Public Road commerical property listed in the 1926 city directory was Emmitt Parr's pharmacy. (No further information was located on Emmitt Parr or the pharmacy.) A decade later, Daniel & Edyth Palizzi owned and operated DeTavern, a beer parlor, in the building. The couple later changed its name to High Way Restaurant, although they continued to offer liquor. In the decade between 1949 and 1959, Gar, Pat, and Ida Wright ran the Hi-Way Bar & Cafe. (No further information was located on the Wrights.) Afterwards, Charles Harris owned and operated the bar. (No further information was located on Harris.) In the late 1960s, Mike’s Bar operated by Mike and Delores Mastriona lasted a few years into the early 1970s. Edward Manzares ran Little Mexican Kitchen inside the bar as well. By 1976, the bar was called El Cabaret Taven run by Dan and Robert Zaragoza until the end of the decade. Most recently, La Famiia Mexican Restaurant leased the building. It now stands vacant. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Tax Assessor and Real Estate Appraisal Records; Lafayette City Directories 1926-1978 available at the Carnegie Local History Center in Boulder and the Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, and 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library, Denver; and the Lafayette Historical Society, "Lafayette Colorado History: Treeless Plain to Thriving ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11228 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] City Centennial 1889-1989" (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990). VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: N/A Date of designation: N/A Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: X A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Commerce 40. Period of significance: 1950-61 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: The former saloon was evaluated under NRHP Criterion A for its association with the early West Lafayette subdivision business center located on N Public Road between 1908-61. Construction and historical research for 201 North Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under criterion A or B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of construction, or is a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP criterion C as an early-20th-Century commercial property type or saloon. Nevertheless, the building as a commercial property type may be historically significant under SRHP Criterion A its long association with commerce in the Lafayette subdivision West Lafayette as a saloon and tavern. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does not retain its physical integrity as an early-20th-Century commercial property type—1908 saloon or as a mid-20th-century (ca 1950-61) saloon— relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society--design, workmanship, materials, feeling or association. The windows on the facade have been replaced with glass block, the exterior siding has been replaced, and at least three, new additions have been added to the original footprint at the rear and north elevation. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11228 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society _X Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community _X_Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of Local Significance: The property at 201North Public Road may be historically significant under Criterion B its long association with the Lafayette commercial community as a saloon in the West Lafayette subdivision and for its relationship to the social and economic history of Lafayette. In addition, under Criterion C, it is located in a business center that saw a number of gas and service stations, bars, motels, and businesses appear providing services to motorists along Public Road. IX. LOCAL LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Local landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible Is there local landmark district potential? N/A If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL1128 1-3 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 4/11/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11228 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Sketch Map 201 N Public Rd, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11228 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11229 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Avenue, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 6 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11229 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503113004 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: Farmers Insurance Group 7. Building address: 111 N. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Jack M & Betty J Cox Et Al and Nancy L Babcock Et Al 111 N Public Rd Lafayette, CO 80026-2357 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 50. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11229 Page 2 of 6 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Avenue, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492312 mE 4427437 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 1 Block: 22 Addition: Lafayette West Year of Addition: 1893 Legal: LOT 1 E 1/2 BLK 22 LAFAYETTE WEST 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): T-Shaped Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 37’ x 62’ 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Brick, Stucco 18. Roof configuration: Mansard Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Wood Roof/Shingle Roof 20. Special features: Facade Treatment 21. General architectural description: The one-story, T-shaped plan has a faux mansard-style roof with wood shake shingles on three sides, east, north, and west. The entry cover is recessed under the roof line on the facade, which faces east. The roof has overhanging eaves. The exterior walls are brick on three sides, north, east, and west. The south wall is stucco. A large, brick addition is located on the north side, approximately 13’ x 37’. Large, fixed plate glass windows are located on the east, north, and west elevations. Glass entry doors are located centrally on the east, north, and west sides. There are no windows on the south elevation. The foundation is concrete. 22. Architectural style: Neo-Mansard Building type: Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The building is located at the crossroad of Public Road and West Geneseo Street. The facade faces east onto Public Road opening directly onto the city sidewalk system. The City of Lafayette added a system of new sidewalks, planters, and trees in a recent beautification effort. In the rear, there is an asphalt parking lot. A wooden, rail fence is located on the north side of the building where several large shrubs are located between the building and West Geneseo Street. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: None IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1930 Actual: Source of information: Boulder County Tax Assessor Records 26. Architect: Unknown ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11229 Page 3 of 6 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Avenue, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: The 1930 & 1936 city directories list a building at 111 North Public Road as the Lafayette Creamery. Because of an eratic numbering system along County/Hwy/Public Road over the decades into the 1970s, it is unclear whether the building described was actually the creamery. On the 1908 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, this location is identified as both 247 and 248 County Road. The 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows a building with a T-shaped plan at this location with the address 111 North Public Road. Therefore, the county tax assessor records are incorrect stating the building was constructed in 1960. Photographs in the “Lafayette, Colorado, History” (1990) shows the building in 1978 before and after remodeling. The pre-1978 building was a T- shaped plan with flat roof, commercial front, and stucco exterior walls. After remodeling in 1978, its type can be described as Neo-Mansard. The remodel included new commercial windows, doors, and application of brick exterior walls or veneer and mansard-style roof line. 30. Original location: X Move location: Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce and Trade/Business 32. Intermediate use(s): Commerce and Trade/Business 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade/Professional 34. Site type(s): Commercial Office Building 35. Historical background: According to early 1930s city directories, the building located at 111 North Public Road was the location of the Lafayette Creamery first owned and operated by Ray C. Welle and later Jack R. Lewis. However, in the “Lafayette, Colorado, History” (1990), under John B. Lewis' biography, it states that John's sons Jack and George purchased the Monarch Steam Laundry at 411 East Oak Street in 1937 to convert into a creamery, which they operated for seventeen years. The history book’s photograph of the building is similar in construction to early, turn-of-the-century commercial buildings. The 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows a T-shaped-plan building at this address. In the city history book’s photograph of the building, it is identified by a sign as the Entertainer, a bar. Research did not uncover a Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal card for this property. In 1970, according to the city history book, Robert and Charlotte "Chuckie" Thrasher moved to Lafayette to take over Bea Jensen's insurance agency. In March 1978, the couple bought the building at 111 North Public Road and remodeled it as the new offices of the Farmers Insurance Group. Robert Thrasher died in 1982, but his wife Chuckie continued to operate the business through 1990. It is still the Farmers Insurance Group, but run by Jack M & Betty J Cox and Nancy L Babcock. 36. Sources of information: 1900, 1908, and 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, Denver Public Library Online; Boulder County Tax Assessor and Real Estate Appraisal records, Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder and the Lafayette Public Library; Lafayette Historical Society, "Lafayette, Colorado, History: Treeless Plain to Thriving City Centennial 1889-1989" (Dallas, TX: Curtis Media Corp., 1990) 98 and 255-256. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: N/A Date of designation: N/A Designating authority: N/A 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11229 Page 4 of 6 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Avenue, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] X A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Commerce 40. Period of significance: 1930-1961 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: The commercial property was evaluated under NRHP Criterion A for its association with early Lafayette social and economic history. Construction and historical research for this resource provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the NRHP under Criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of an early-20th-century commercial property type, or is a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building at 111 North Public Road does not retain its physical integrity as an early-20th-century commercial property type, relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society. Retains integrity of location, setting, and association. The present design, workmanship, and materials does not reflect its 1930 construction. The 1978 alterations have compromised the integrity of design, workmanship, materials, and feeling such that the building is not eligible. The alterations include façade windows have been replaced, new window openings created on three sides, a new roof line applied (Mansard-style), and a veneer of brick applied to three exterior walls. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: N/A Local Statement of Significance: N/A Local Integrity: N/A IX. Local Landmark Eligibility Assessment 48. Local landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11229 Page 5 of 6 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Avenue, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Is there local landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11229 1-3 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 4/12/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Avenue, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Sketch Map (5BL11229, 111 N Public Road, Lafayette) ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11229 Page 6 of 6 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Avenue, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11230 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11230 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503113002 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Deluxe Liquors 6. Current building name: Highlander Smoke Shop 7. Building address: 105 N. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Robert Wayne Brown II 1412 Sunshine Canyon Dr Boulder, CO 80302 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 50. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11230 Page 2 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492289 mE 4427413 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 3 & 4 Block: 22 Addition: Lafayette West Year of Addition: 1893 Legal: LOTS 3 & 4 BLK 22 E 1/2 LAFAYETTE WEST 4 IMPS 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 14’ x 47’ 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Vertical Siding; Stucco 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Front Gabled Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: 21. General architectural description: The single-file linear building faces east onto Public Road. It has a front-gable, asphalt-composition roof with moderate overhanging eaves at the front and minimal on the sides. The main building (approximately 14’ x 24’) has wood, vertical siding in a wide board-and-batten construction. The gabled ends are the same as the exterior walls. The windows are fixed panes with wood surrounds. The door is centrally located on the façade between a pair of windows; there is a concrete stoop at the entry. The only other windows on the main building are towards the east end of the building on the north and south elevations. A swamp cooler is located on the north side of the building. At the rear of the building, there is a low, Stucco & Wood addition (approximately 12’ x 23’). There are two, fixed-pane windows on the north elevation. A wood door is located on the south elevation. The foundation of the commercial property is concrete. Metal stove pipes extend from roof at rear of original plan. 22. Architectural style: No Style Building type: Single-file Linear 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The business is situated adjacent to the street sidewalk, tree-and-flower planter, and Public Road. An asphalt parking lot is on the north side of the building. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: None IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1947 Actual: ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11230 Page 3 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Source of Construction: Boulder County Real Estate Appraiser Cards, Carnegie Local History Library, Boulder and Hutchison, Survey & Settlement Lafayette, Colorado (1994) 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: When constructed in 1947, the building was approximately 14’ x 24’. It was moved north from the corner of Public Road and Simpson Street and turned to face east onto Public Road. About the time of the move, a stucco addition, approximately 12’ x 15’, was added. Post-1950 another addition, approximately 12’ x was added to the rear of the addition. An application of wood board-and-batten siding was added at a later date over the main building and on the south elevation of the rear addition. The original siding, according to the appraisal card, was wood sheathing. A new roof has been added recently. The former iron and plastic Deluxe Liquor sign that hung from the gable of the roof has been removed. 30. Original location: Date of move(s): X (circa 1947) V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce and Trade/Specialty Store 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade/Specialty Store 34. Site type(s): Commercial 35. Historical background: In James D. Hutchison’s history of the city entitled, Survey and Settlement: Lafayette, Colorado, the author states that a cigar store was moved north from the corner of Public Road and Simpson to the next lot and turned east to face onto Public Road. The building became Deluxe Liquor operated by George W. and Belle F. Prather until 1959. However, it operated as Deluxe Liquors until early 1970s when the business moved to South Public Road. Today the business houses a smoke shop. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 309; James D. Hutchison, “Survey and Settlement: Lafayette, Colorado” (Lafayette, Colorado: Morrell Graphics, 1994); and Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and the Lafayette Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: N/A Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: X A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11230 Page 4 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Commerce 40. Period of significance: 1947-1961 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: This building is representative example of property type associated with rapid commercial and residential expansion of Lafayette in the post-World War II period. Construction and historical research for 105 N Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of construction, or is a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. Under the SRHP Criterion A, the building is eligible to the register for its long association with the liquor trade in the West Lafayette subdivision and commerce on Public Road. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does retain its physical integrity as a mid-20th-century commercial property type relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service for setting, feeling, and/or association. To a lesser degree, integrity of design, workmanship, materials, and location is poor. The building was moved from another location, two additions have been added, and new siding replaced the wood sheathing. Neither significance or its physical integrity elevate it to NRHP status. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Lafayette Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11230 Page 5 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Under Criterion A, the building is representative of an architectural period in Lafayette of the simple building type used post-World War II when materials were limited in supply during a period of rapid development. Under Criterion B, this building is associated with Lafayette’s social and economic heritage in the liquor trade in the West Lafayette subdivision and along US287 and Public Road. It is situated in that business center along the highway where a number of businesses provided goods and services to motorists on Public Road. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: The building does retain its physical integrity as a mid-20th-century commercial property type relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service for setting, feeling, and/or association. To a lesser degree, integrity of design, workmanship, materials, and location is poor. The building was moved from another location, two additions have been added, and new siding replaced the wood sheathing. IX. LAFAYETTE LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11230 1-2 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Selective Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11230 Page 6 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Sketch Map 105 N Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11230 Page 7 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11231 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11231 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503113003 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Highway Drugstore/Sportsman’s Inn 6. Current building name: Finishing Touch Upholstery/Sportsman’s Inn/Chip’s Place 7. Building address: 101-103 N. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Sportsmans Property Llc 677 S Carr Ave Lafayette, CO 80026 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11231 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 442289 mE 4427383 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 5 & 6 Block: 22 Addition: Lafayette West Year of Addition: 1893 Legal: LOTS 5-6 BLK 22 E 1/2 LAFAYETTE WEST 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 5,609 Sq Ft 16. Number of stories: One-and-one-half story 17. Primary external wall material(s): Stucco, Metal, Sandstone 18. Roof configuration: Flat Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Unknown 20. Special features: Façade Treatment 21. General architectural description: The rectangular, three-unit commercial store front faces east on busy Public Road. The one-and-one-half story building has a flat roof with an applied “modern” sheet metal and faux, sandstone storefront. The exterior walls are primarily stucco, except the faux façade. The side walls, taller than the central building, are stepped from front to back. The window styles on the north elevation and rear are fixed and grated. At the rear of the building, there are three doors that enter each of the three units: one solid, two glaze and panel, two with external screen or grate doors. The commercial store front reflects the mid-1960s “Open Front” generation of modernization characterized by enframement with rough-faced stone (in this case regional Lyon sandstone) to achieve a relaxed, casual effect below a metal sheath covering upper level and a center section of clear, polished commercial glass panes. The display windows for the restaurant and retail, Finishing Touch Upholstery, are full allowing full vision into the interior of the shop, while privacy is attained for tavern patrons with a high bank of windows. The tavern and restaurant combine to form a single unit with an interior opening between the units. The windows are framed with aluminum tubing. The entries are recessed to provide protection from the weather for customers entering and leaving establishment. The foundation is concrete. The interior is divided into two units separated by a solid wall. The larger unit (103) has an archway between the bar and restaurant. The upstairs formerly housed apartments. 22. Architectural style: Modern Movement Building type: Mid-Twentieth-Century Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The building site is immediately adjacent to the street and sidewalk with ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11231 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] tree/flower planters and new street lights at the corner of Public Road and Simpson Street. There is an alley on the north side of the building with an asphalt parking lot at the rear of the building. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: None IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1900, circa 1930, circa 1960 Actual: Source of Construction: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal and Tax Assessor Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: Based upon the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps and the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card, there have been numerous changes over the years to this building. First, between 1900 and 1908, only the restaurant section of the building or the 1900 building existed as a long, narrow building at 241 County Road. On the 1937 Sanborn, it was drawn as three rectangular adjacent units. The 1948 appraisal card gave the building dimensions as 36’ x 38’. After 1950, more than likely during the mid-1960s during a “modernization” period in Lafayette’s history, the projecting business sign was removed and tavern windows shortened to add a half-wall of faux stone veneer and transom metal sheeting applied to façade of the building. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce /Trade/Restaurant 32. Intermediate use(s): Commerce /Trade/Specialty Store 33. Current use(s): Commerce / Trade/Restaurant and Specialty Store 34. Site type(s): Tavern with restaurant and Specialty Store 35. Historical background: The saloon at 241 County Road opened in 1900 in West Lafayette on the “wrong side” of the street, because town founder Mary Miller made it clear through ordinances that her town of Lafayette was a dry town. While her town may have been dry that did not mean its citizens did not like a drink now and then. When the saloon opened, it joined the Elkhorn as one of three taverns on the west side. (Local archives provide only intermittent years of Lafayette City directories with street addresses only available after 1926; the earliest listing for this business address is 1930. ) The earliest identified business at 101-103 North Public Road was a drug store and a restaurant. Ralph E. Kemp operated the Highway Drug Store in the corner unit and Mrs. Augusta Smith ran Turner’s Café at 103 North Public Road. The drug store provided drugs and pharmaceuticals into the early 1950s although Kemp died in 1940. It also offered sodas and ice cream to locals at its fountain counter. Over the years, 101 North Public Road a number of retail stores opened their doors at this location until the late 1960s the First National Bank of Lafayette took this location for approximately ten years. When they built a modern facility, Morrell Graphic ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11231 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Communications temporarily relocated here before moving south to 111 South Public Road. Presently an upholstery store is located at 101 North Public Road. Since the 1930s, 103 North Public Road offered home cooking to Lafayette’s residents as Turner’s Café in 1930 and the Blue Bird Restaurant (owned by Mrs. Madeline Bagdonas) in 1940, but in the early 1940s John, Jimmie, and Ernest James opened the Sportsman’s Inn. John and his wife Floy managed the bar and restaurant with Brother Ernest as bartender. Brother Jimmie helped out when he could get away from his job as a miner at the Imperial Mine. John’s family lived in an apartment “above” the business making it impossible to escape from it, but escape he did. John James was active in the community as a volunteer fireman, volunteer at his church, and as a dedicated family man. The Sportsman’s Inn has operated in the same location for almost 70 years, a visible landmark in Lafayette history. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 42, 55, 77, 124, 237, and 417; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder and Lafayette Public 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library; Ancestry.com Genealogical records available online including 1930 Federal Census fro Ralph E Kemp and South Dakota Death Records for Ralph E Kemp. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: N/A Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Commerce; Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1900; 1948-1961 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: This property was evaluated for its architecture both 1900 and ca1948 and for its association to Lafayette’s early auto commerce period. Construction and historical research for 101-103 North Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of the early-20th-Century Commercial property (per its date of construction) type of construction due to major modifications and is not representative as a work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building reflects none of its early 20th- Century (per its date of construction) characteristics due to major modifications that include a mid- to late-1960s ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11231 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] “Open Front” generation of modernization characterized by enframement with rough-faced stone (in this case regional Lyon sandstone) to achieve a relaxed, casual effect; clear, polished glass panes, some foreshortened; and transom application of metal sheeting imitating wood vertical siding. In addition, the original footprint was expanded to three times its original size constructed in 1900. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Lafayette Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria X Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: The building at 101-103 North Public Road is representative of an architectural period in Lafayette and across the nation during the mid-1960s called the “Open Front” or “Visual Front” generation of modernization for commercial properties. Main Street changed dramatically mid-century as new buildings were constructed and older storefronts were modernized to keep up with the times. Characteristics of this modernization exhibited at 101-103 North Public Road include enframement of the store fronts with rough-faced stone (in this case regional Lyon sandstone) to achieve a relaxed, casual effect; clear, polished glass panes; and transom or upper façade applications of metal sheets. In addition, the building as home to the Sportsman’s Inn for almost 70 years exemplifies the social and economic heritage of Lafayette, as well as providing a sense of identity of community. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: Although the building reflects none of its early 20th-Century characteristics, as to its date of construction, due to major modifications that include the mid-1960s “Open Front” generation of modernization described in the statement of significance, it is for this reason that the surveyor believes the building should be eligible for local landmark significance. Few good representative examples of these mid--Century modernization efforts remain extant in Lafayette today. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11231 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] IX. LAFAYETTE LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11231 1-4 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 01/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Sketch Map 101-103 N Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11231 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11232 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11232 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503125001 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Elkhorn Saloon, Lafayette Jewelry /Anspach Jewelry 6. Current building name: Anspach Jewelry/Scizzors 7. Building address: 101 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Darlyn R Anspach 101a S Public Rd Lafayette, CO 80026-1625 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 50. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11232 Page 2 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492290 mE 4427341 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 1 & 2 Block: 23 Addition: Lafayette West Year of Addition: 1893 Legal: LOT 1 & 2 FT ON E BLK 23 E 1/2 LAFAYETTE WEST 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Irregular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 2,515 Sq Ft 16. Number of stories: One-and-a-Half 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Horizontal Siding, Brick, Stone 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Front Gabled Roof, Flat 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof; Metal 20. Special features: Porch, Facade Treatment 21. General architectural description: The one-and-a-half story building at the corner of Simpson Street and South Public Road is irregular shaped due to either the union of a two or more buildings or additions to the original footprint. Sanborn Fire Insurance maps suggest either case. In either case, there are three related units at this address: two facing Public Road and one facing Simpson Street. The original footprint is a front-gabled roof with asphalt-composition shingles. The peak of the gable shows about a façade treatment; the treatment is a horizontal siding, unknown material. The rear gable end is horizontal weatherboard. The roof on the rear addition is flat. The exterior walls of the building and its components are a combination of stone and brick veneer. A six- foot privacy fence and trees did not allow photography of the south addition. The windows on the retail space facing Public Road are large, fixed commercial panes with wood surrounds. The rear retail space has a symmetrical pair of two large, fixed commercial panes with a single, commercial glass entry facing Simpson Street. The entry ways on Public road are recessed with angled panes leading to single, glass commercial doors. Other windows are small windows near roof line on the rear addition and on the north elevation. The foundation is concrete. 22. Architectural style: No Style Building type: Early Twentieth Century Commercial Style 23. Landscaping or special setting features: Building is immediately adjacent to the street and sidewalk at the corner of Public Road and Simpson Street with a paved parking lot at the rear of the property. Modern tree and flower planters and street lights were recently installed as part of the city’s beautification program. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11232 Page 3 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: N/A IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1900, ca 1930, post-1961 Actual: Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor Records; Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Peter Peltier Source of information: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette, Colorado, History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 303-304. 29. Construction history: At least two buildings have been joined together and an addition added to the rear of the building or three additions were added to the original saloon over the years. Between the 1900 and 1908 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, a building or an addition was added to southeast elevation of the long, narrow saloon and a second smaller addition on the north elevation at mid-center. The southeast addition was identified as a restaurant. By 1937, the insurance map illustrated a larger scale restaurant as part of the saloon. The smaller mid-center addition was gone. A square dwelling was located at the rear of the property. Today there is a square addition at the rear of the original footprint suggesting either the dwelling was moved closer to the footprint or a flat, brick addition constructed at the back. A porch has been added at the back of the south addition. Modernization efforts, most likely mid-1960s or later, include faux sandstone and brick veneer on front and sides of building, a hooded metal sheathing on the upper half of the façade, and a wraparound covering over the sidewalk with round, steel- post supports. 30. Original location: Date of move(s): Between 1902-1908, original saloon building from 107 S Public Rd V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce/Trade/Restaurant 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce/Trade/Specialty Store 34. Site type(s): Commercial retail 35. Historical background: Between 1896 and 1899, Peter M. Peltier constructed the house at 107 South Public Road, formerly 236 County Road, in Lafayette at a cost of $6-7,000. Originally, Peter Peltier moved from Braidwood, Will County, Illinois, to Erie, Colorado, where he opened a saloon. As early as 1892, Peter shows up on the U.S. IRS Tax Assessment rolls in Erie, Colorado, for the 1890-92 tax years. Circa 1896, Peter moved to Lafayette where he opened the Elkhorn Saloon. On the 1900 Sanborn Fire Insurance map, the saloon was located at 237 County Road, right next door to his house. Later Peter moved his saloon to the corner of Simpson; it is the gabled-roof part of the building at 101 South Public Road. In 1890, Peter encouraged his younger brother Henry Peltier (1868-1922) to move to Colorado to run his saloon business. With the passing of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in the election of 1919, the era of Prohibition was introduced (1919-1933). The Act prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11232 Page 4 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] of liquor, including importation or exportation, from the United States and its territories. In 1920, Peter sold his saloon and his house. Peter sold the house at 107 South Public Road to his brother Henry and his family. Later the new owner of the former Peltier or Elkhorn saloon at 101 South Public Road failed. At some point in time, Henry Peltier partnered with Tom Abernathy to purchase the property. As early as 1926, city directories provide the names of a number of residents suggesting that rooms were offered for rent at 101 South Public Road perhaps because it was during Prohibition and the building could no longer be used as a saloon. In 1940, R.L. Wennberg operated Royes Tavern at 101 South Public Road. By 1946, owner Madeline Bagdoras opened the Blue Bird Café in the one-story brick store front facing Simpson Street. In the 1950s, the address was listed in directories as 109 South Public, then later once again as 101 South Public, suggesting a renumbering. The 1955 city directory listed the business at 109 South Public as Lafayette Jewelry owned by Richard and Rosalie Nelson. Richard Nelson was Lafayette’s postmaster. The Anspach family history states Glen E. Anspach purchased the jewelry store with house next door in 1955. Glen’s friend from Elgin Watch College, Joseph A. Soltes, worked as a watchmaker in the Anspach’s shop. In 1967 the family bought the Blue Bird Lounge to own the entire block. Anspach family is proud to have operated the jewelry franchise in the same location for over 56 years. The Anspach family is active civic and social members of the community. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Tax Assessor and Real Estate Appraisal records, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 139-140; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library; and topical newspaper clipping files on the Anspach Jewelry store and family from the Boulder Daily Camera. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Commerce 40. Period of significance: 1900-1961 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: The property was evaluated for its commercial history, first as a 1900 saloon and later as a mid-20th-century ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11232 Page 5 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] commercial retail space. Construction and historical research for 101 S Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of an early-20th-Century commercial property type constructed in 1900 or for its mid-20th-Century alteration, neither is it a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The Anspach building does not retain its physical integrity as an early- or mid-20th-century commercial property type relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society. It is fair for location, setting, feeling or association; but has poor integrity for design, materials, and workmanship. Shortly after construction, the building was moved from its original location to the corner of Public Road (County Road then) and Simpson Street. The integrity of the former saloon or the 1930s retail space is not visible due to at least three additions and the application of a façade in the post-1960s. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Lafayette Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Although the physical of integrity of this building has been compromised due to significant alterations, this historic property has significance for its association with 1) the early liquor trade and saloons of West Lafayette Subdivision between 1900 and1920 when it was the Elkhorn Saloon owned by Peter Peltier and the Anspach jewelers (1955-2011), a long standing family-run business, and 2) for its association with the development of commerce in the West Lafayette subdivision. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11232 Page 6 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: The Anspach building does not retain its physical integrity as an early- or mid-20th-century commercial property type relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society. It is fair for location, setting, feeling or association; but has poor integrity for design, materials, and workmanship. Shortly after construction, the building was moved from its original location to the corner of Public Road (County Road then) and Simpson Street. The integrity of the former saloon or the 1930s retail space is not visible due to at least three additions and the application of a façade in the post-1960s. IX. LAFAYETTE LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11232 1-3 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11232 Page 7 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Site Map 101 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11232 Page 8 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11233 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 9 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11233 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503125003 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Peter M. Peltier House 6. Current building name: Metro Broker Real Estate Office 7. Building address: 107 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Joan S Collins 107 S Public Rd Lafayette, CO 80026-2346 44. National register field eligibility: Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11233 Page 2 of 10 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492315 mE 4427305 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 3, 4, & 5 Block: 23 Addition: Lafayette West Year of Addition: 1893 Legal: LOTS 3-4 & N 2 FT LOT 5 BLK 23 E 1/2 LAFAYETTE WEST 000107 S PUBLIC RD LAFAYETTE 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Irregular 15. Dimensions in feet: 31’ x 67’ 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Weatherboard 18. Roof configuration: Hipped 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt/Composition 20. Special features: Porch, Ornamentation 21. General architectural description: The modified, hipped-roof box is one-story, with an elongated, hipped roof with asphalt shingles and moderate eaves. The irregular plan is due to the application of two additions and a porch at the rear of a box building. The box plan measures 31' x 32' with a porch across the facade of the house. A moderate addition at the rear measures 15' x 31' (original, possibly bedrooms or a kitchen wing) and second smaller one that measures 10' x 12' (thought to be a porch, ca 1948). The main roof line is hipped, while the additions' roof lines are flat and incorporated into the main one. Exterior walls are narrow, wood/horizontal siding, including the largest addition. The former porch, now enclosed as a room has tongue-and-groove, wood siding, the same as the rear shed exterior walls. There are two, polygonal bays, one on each side of the building’s original footprint. The façade or east elevation features two 1/1 windows that appear to be wider than windows normally found on early 20th-Century hipped, box construction. The rest of the 1/1 windows, located on the original structure, are tall and narrow as typically found during this era. All windows have wood surrounds. The windows on the rear additions are newer 1/1 or fixed panes. There is a wood panel door on the north elevation of the rear addition, as well as a wood-and-glaze door on the small rear addition. Both doors have aluminum screen doors. The entry on the facade is centrally-located and is wood-and-glaze with a wood screen door. There is a brick chimney in the northeast corner of the original footprint. The foundation is sandstone. The partially-enclosed porch on the facade has a hipped roof, wood columns, wood spindles, and decorative fenestration. 22. Architectural style: Late 19th/Early 20th century American Movements ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11233 Page 3 of 10 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Building type: Hipped-roof Box 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The lot is professionally landscaped (post 1978) with young shrubs, young and older trees (both deciduous and evergreen), winding walkways, and wood post and rail fence. A new concrete sidewalk leads from the front of the property to the rear parking area. Statuary is prominently situated at the front of the lot. The house is located in the commercial area along Public Road in Lafayette. 24. Associated buildings, features or objects: 1: Date Built: 1948 Shed The 6’ x 8’ shed is constructed of tongue-and-groove wood siding with a solid wood door on the façade that faces north. The building has a shed roof covered with asphalt, composition shingles. The building has a wood subfloor. There is no foundation. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Actual: Estimate: 1896-1899 Source of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards and Lafayette Historical Society; “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 303-304; and 1900 & 1908 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, online database with Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado. 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Peter M. Peltier Source of information: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 303-304. 28. Original owner: Peter M. Peltier Source of information: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 303-304. 29. Construction history: Peter M. Peltier built the house between 1896 and 1899 at 107 South Public Road for approximately $6,000 to $7,000. Common to many early coal communities are the hipped-roof box and simple, front-gable dwellings. Peltier chose to elevate the status of his “architectural style.” The modified, hipped-roof box is one-story, with an elongated, hipped roof with asphalt shingles and flared eaves. It is a modified box-type house in that there is a rectangular addition across the back of the house. The irregular plan is due in part to the application of a rectangular, rear wing for bedrooms and a former porch that has been enclosed. According to Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, the rear bedroom wing was there on the 1900 map of Lafayette. Thus, indicating that the house’s footprint is not a traditional hipped-roof box, but a modified plan of this early type. On the 1908 and 1937 fire insurance maps, the footprint remains the same. The porch, then enclosed room, was added after 1937. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11233 Page 4 of 10 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] The hipped-roof box measures 31' x 32' with a porch across the facade of the house. The bedroom or kitchen “wing” at the rear measures 15' x 31'. The former “porch” room measures 10' x 12'. The main roof line of the box- plan is hipped, while the “additions'” roof lines are flat and incorporated into the main one. Exterior walls of the house are narrow, wood/horizontal siding. On the real estate appraiser cards, notations suggest that alterations to the building and property may have taken place in 1930 and 1948. A garage on the 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance map suggests that the garage was the 1930 addition on to the property. The rear porch (now an enclosed room) is possibly the 1948 addition to the building value, as well as the shed, that added value to the property appraisal cards. The shed and the entire house with additions exhibit the same tongue-and-groove construction. On the 1950 tax appraisal photograph, the front porch is screen enclosed and the front windows not visible to determine whether the present windows are of the same configuration as the historic. The current owners restored the porch to its original state by removing the screens and reconstructing the banister. The façade or east elevation features two 1/1 windows that appear to be wider than windows normally found on early 20th-Century hipped-roof box construction. The rest of the 1/1 windows, located on the original structure, are tall and narrow as typically found during this era. The original shed is extant. The garage is gone. Notations on the appraiser card suggest that a second building 12’ x 12’ has also been razed. 30. Original location:  Move location: Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade/Business 34. Site type(s): Professional business office in house 35. Historical background: Between 1896 and 1899, Peter M. Peltier constructed the house at 107 South Public Road, formerly 236 County Road, in Lafayette at a cost of $6-7,000. Originally, Peter Peltier moved from Braidwood, Will County, Illinois to Erie, Colorado, where he opened a saloon, name unknown. In 1890, Peter encouraged his younger brother Henry Peltier (1868-1922) to move to Colorado to run his saloon business. As early as 1892, Peter shows up on the U.S. IRS Tax Assessment rolls in Erie, Colorado, for the 1890-92 tax years. Circa 1896, Peter moved to Lafayette where he built a home and opened the Elkhorn Saloon. On the 1900 Sanborn Fire Insurance map, the saloon was located at 237 County Road, right next door to his house. Later Peter moved his saloon to the corner of Simpson; it is part of the building at 101 South Public Road. With the passing of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in the election of 1919, the era of Prohibition began (1919-1933). The Act prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of liquor, including importation or exportation, from the United States and its territories. In 1920, Peter sold his saloon and his house. Peter sold the house at 107 South Public Road to his brother Henry and his family. Later the new owner of the former Peltier or Elkhorn saloon at 101 South Public Road failed. At some point in time, Henry Peltier partnered with Tom Abernathy to purchase the ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11233 Page 5 of 10 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] property. Early in his Colorado business career, Peltier mined his “own coal mine” as noted on the 1900 U.S. Federal Census. On later censuses, he listed himself as investor or mine owner. According to histories and newspaper accounts, Peter Peltier invested and was part owner of the Centennial Mines (Lafayette Colorado History, 1989, 303- 304) and Louisville Enterprise Company (Boulder Daily Camera, 21 August 1895, p1). On the 1900-30 U.S. Federal Censuses, Peter, his wife Charlotte, and their children lived in Denver, Colorado. However, it must be noted that local Boulder County newspapers reported the doings of Peter and Charlotte as active participants in the “Louisville” Grand Council of the Improved Order of the Red Man Peltier & Fruth Opera House in Louisville, and Peltier’s saloons. It is possible that Peter built the house in Lafayette for him and his wife when they were in the area overseeing his business dealings or attending social functions. On the 1910-20 censuses, Peter’s brother Henry, his wife Anna, and their children are recorded in Lafayette, Colorado. According to the Lafayette Colorado History, in 1920, Henry, his wife Elizabeth “Anne” or “Anna” (Williams)(1878- 1954), and their children moved from their home at 202 East Cleveland Street to 107 South Public Road. The Peltier’s had three children David, Henry Thomas, and Mildred, all active in local community schools and activities. At various times, Henry worked in the coal mines and his brother’s saloons. Henry died in 1922 and was buried in the Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder. Anne remained at 107 South Public Road with her daughter Mildred. During World War I, David entered the U.S. military to fight, and eventually die of influenza while in service to country. Son Henry Thomas Peltier, who did not enlist, was living on his own in the Lafayette/Louisville area. Only daughter Mildred was still at home. After his father’s death, Henry Thomas Peltier and his wife Anna lived with mother Anne Peltier. In 1926, Henry T. and his wife Anna operated a confectionary and lunch counter at 404 East Simpson Street. In the 1930 Lafayette City listings, it was called Peltier’s Lunch and Confectionary. Sister Mildred worked at her brother’s business. In 1935, Mildred (1902-?) married Italian immigrant Alfonso Filacchione (1892- 1972) and moved to Louisville. Filacchione worked in area coal mines. Later the family moved back to Lafayette to live with Anne; perhaps after Henry T. and his family moved out. When Anne Peltier died in 1954, heirs Mildred and Henry T. sold the property to Georgia and Elmer A. Lawrence. Mildred and Alfonso moved to Denver. In the 1920s-30s, Elmer Lawrence and family lived in Boulder where he delivered the mail. No information was found on the Lawrence’s for the years they lived in Lafayette. Elmer and Georgia Lawrence sold the property to Richard and Debbie Ferguson in September of 1976. The Ferguson’s co-own Collins and Fergusons Fort with Lloyd and Judy Collins. The couples established Collins and Fergusons Fort in August 1975 as a real estate and development company. The firm moved from 105 North Public Road to 107 South Public Road after the residence was remodeled as a commercial realty company for home, commercial, and industrial sales. Post 1978, the firm also employed a professional landscaper to design the gardens that surround the former Peltier house. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 98, 204, 246, and 303-304; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11233 Page 6 of 10 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library; and Ancestry.com genealogical records on Peltier and Lawrence families (1900, 1920, and 1930 census data; US IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918). VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: N/A Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: X A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; X C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Community Planning and Development; Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1896-1899 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: The property at 107 South Public Road is historically significant under NRHP Criterion A for its association with early- -Century community development in the West Lafayette addition of Lafayette, Colorado. The West Lafayette addition platted in 1893 experienced slow growth with the construction of the Peltier house as one of its earliest residences. In addition, the building is historically significant under NRHP Criterion C for its early 20th-Century design and construction as a modified hipped-roof box. The type of building exhibits distinctive characteristics identified with this type of architecture as the hipped-roof, wood-frame construction, and single story on a square footprint. The builder expanded on this simple form to elevate the simplicity of design to a more sophisticated level by adding a pair of bow windows; rear, rectangular-shape bedroom wing; and a full-façade covered porch with decorative fenestration. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building retains its physical integrity as a modified, hip-box-type property, relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society--location, design, workmanship, setting, materials, feeling or association. Original windows and narrow siding are extant. Minor modifications, such as two windows on the facade may have been replaced with larger, 1/1 windows and openings; a small, open porch at the back of the house has been enclosed as another room to the house; and a newer porch added to the back of the house. The room and porch are not visible from the street. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11233 Page 7 of 10 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of Local Significance: The property at 107 South Public Road is historically significant under Local Landmark Criterion A– Architectural (Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural type, style, or period, represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history) for its early 20th-Century design and construction as a modified hipped-roof box. The type of building exhibits distinctive characteristics identified with this type of architecture as the hipped-roof, wood-frame construction, and single story on a square footprint. The builder expanded on this simple form to elevate the simplicity of design to a more sophisticated level by adding a pair of bow windows; rear, rectangular-shape bedroom wing; and a full-façade covered porch with decorative fenestration. In addition, it is under Criterion B for its association with a notable individual--Peter Peltier, a local investor and entrepreneur during the late 19th and early 20th centuries-- and for the social and economic heritage of turn-of-the-century community of West Lafayette subdivision platted in 1893. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building retains its physical integrity as a modified, hip-box-type property, relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society--location, design, workmanship, setting, materials, feeling or association. Original windows and narrow siding are extant. Minor modifications, such as two windows on the facade may have been replaced with larger, 1/1 windows and openings; a small, open porch at the back of the house has been enclosed as another room to the house; and a newer porch added to the back of the house. The room and porch are not visible from the street. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11233 Page 8 of 10 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] IX. LOCAL LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Local landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible Is there local landmark district potential? N/A If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11233 1-9 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11233 Page 9 of 10 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Sketch Map 107 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11233 Page 10 of 10 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11234 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11234 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157502221004 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: Efrain’s Restaurant 7. Building address: 101 E. Cleveland Street 8. Owner name and address: Jorge Gomez Andazola 101 E Cleveland St Lafayette, CO 80026 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11234 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SW ¼ of SW ¼ of NW ¼ of NW ¼ of section 2 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492348 mE 4427277 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 6 & 7 Block: 6 Addition: Lafayette O T Year of Addition: 1889 Legal: LOT 6 & 7 BLK 6 LAFAYETTE OT 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Irregular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 3,903 sq ft 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Weatherboard/Horizontal; Wood Shingles 18. Roof configuration: Other Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Porch, Chimney, Canvas Awnings 21. General architectural description: This building is the result of two houses combined by an addition between them creating a hodge-podge of roof lines including a shed, hipped, and a gable, all with asphalt, composition shingles. Canvas awnings are attached at incongruous positions. A number of swamp coolers, stove-pipes, and various metal chimneys are located atop the roof. The exterior walls, for the most part, are covered in newer wood weatherboard, although there are wood shingles on the east elevation. The newer windows are multi-pane, double-hung with wood surrounds. There are many entry doors in various styles, e.g. panel, glaze-and-panel, single, and double. There are numerous covered entries on the west and north elevations. A work entry door is on the east elevation and an emergency entry is on the south elevation. The foundation is concrete. 22. Architectural style: No Style Building type: Commercial Style/House with Commercial Addition 23. Landscaping or special setting features: Projecting signage is on the west elevation and on the north elevation. There are mature trees shading an asphalt parking lot on the north side of the buildings. A skirting of lawn is between the sidewalk and streets on East Cleveland and Public Road. Decorative fencing separates the outdoor dining area from the parking lot. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: N/A IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1892 Actual: ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11234 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Source of Construction: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card, Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: On the 1900 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, it shows a hipped-roof dwelling at 101 East Cleveland Street that is the west end of the Efrain’s Restaurant, although the county tax assessor states the building has a date of 1920. The 1948 Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card states the built date for the hipped roof house at the west end of Efrain’s as 1892. (The surveyor could not find any substantiated information for the east end house of Efrain’s.) None of the openings (windows or doors) one the hipped end appear as they did on the 1948/50 real estate appraiser photograph. It was a residence according to the appraiser card. No construction dates are known for the additions for the restaurant expansions. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): 33. Current use(s): Commerce/Trade/Restaurant 34. Site type(s): Restaurant 35. Historical background: The early origin of Efrain’s Restaurant is actually a small hipped-roof box residence, the lines of which one might see peeking up at the west end of the restaurant. The small house was built in 1892 in the “300” block of East Cleveland Street of the original City of Lafayette founded by Mary Miller. On the early Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, the small residence had no neighbors in the entire block in 1900 and 1908. By the 1930s, according to the city directories, miner William Carr and his wife Ada resided in the house. By the late 1960s and into the 1970s, Ben and Violet Espinoza lived at 101 E Cleveland Street. Efrain’s Restaurant has been at 101 E Cleveland Street since 1993. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Tax Assessor and Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990); Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11234 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1892 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: Construction and historical research for the former restaurant provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under criteria A and B. The former restaurant does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of construction that makes it eligible under NRHP Criterion C as a hipped-roof box. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The former restaurant does not retain its physical integrity as a hipped-roof-box residence relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society--design, workmanship, setting, materials, feeling or association. Major modifications and additions to the east, including windows, siding, and roof replacements have altered the former residence beyond recognition. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11234 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11234 1-6 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11234 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Sketch Map 101 E Cleveland Street, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11234 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11235 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 8 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11235 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503125004 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Lafayette Shoe Hospital; John & Mary Romano House 6. Current building name: Vacant 7. Building address: 109 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Frank Archuleta 109 S Public Rd Lafayette, CO 80026-2346 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 50.Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11235 Page 2 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492289 mE 4427283 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 5 & 6 Block: 23 Addition: Lafayette West Year of Addition: 1893 Legal: S 44 1/2 FT LOT 5 & N 4 FT LOT 6 BLK 23 LAFAYETTE WEST 000109 S PUBLIC RD LAFAYETTE 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: See attached descriptions 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Stucco 18. Roof configuration: Gabled/Front-Gabled Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Wood/Shake 20. Special features: Façade Treatment/False Front, Brick Chimney, and Recessed Entry 21. General architectural description: This property has three related buildings or “units”: a dwelling and two vacant retail shops. From Public Road, the false-front and wood-frame store front is visible. The historic false-front will be described in Section III. The other two buildings will be described below. The false-front store is approximately 16’ long by 14’ wide. Behind the false front is a front-gabled roof with shake shingles. The false-front is topped with a contrast painted cornice. The façade is stucco. An unpainted wood, vertical siding has been applied to the north side of the building. The south elevation abuts the building to the south. The west elevation is not visible. The foundation is unknown (original was wood). A fixed commercial pane window is visible from the street with a second smaller in the recessed entry adjacent to the glaze-and-panel door. The entry is concrete with a single step. A brick chimney is centrally located in the rectangular plan. The dwelling appears to actually be two houses combined and a rear addition. From the appraisal card photo, the original front-gable dwelling is visible at the peak of the gable roof in the picture above (at the back of the burrito building). At the back, the clipped-hipped roof line of the second building is visible with a shed-roof addition. All roofs have shake shingles. The dwelling(s) has vertical board-and-batten siding. The visible aluminum windows on the west elevation are fixed with aluminum storm windows. The off-center entry is glaze-and-panel. On the north elevation, there are two 1/1 windows with aluminum storm windows and 1 fixed window with aluminum storm window. A newer panel entry door with storm door is centrally located. There is a brick chimney centrally located on the north side as well. A newer wooden porch is located off the entry. The dimensions of the house are unknown. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11235 Page 3 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 22. Architectural style: Late 19th and early 20th Century American Movements Building type: House with Commercial Addition 23. Landscaping or special setting features: Commercial/Domestic site adjacent to Public Road with deciduous trees and shrubs and an early- to mid-century period corrugated shed at the rear of the property. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: 1: Date Built: 1977 (County Records) Building Type: Commercial Building, Restaurant The rectangular (1,292 sq ft) plan wood-frame building is located north of the stucco retail space and east of the residence. It has a low-pitch, front- gable roof with shake shingles and deep eaves. A metal stove pipe is centrally located. The exterior walls are horizontal wood planks and vertical wood posts. The upper half of exterior walls is made up of a bank of aluminum windows. The restaurant “addition” wraps the front of the house and up the side of the false-front retail store. The back or west elevation of the “Burrito” store is board-and-batten like the house. 2: Date Built: post-1903 Shed At the rear of the property, there is a corrugated shed estimated to be from the early- to mid-century period based upon construction and materials. It has a front-gable roof and raised foundation with stone piers and concrete construction. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1900-03 (House), 1926 (False-front Retail Shop), 1977 (Restaurant) Source of Construction: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 321; Boulder County Tax Assessor and Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: John A. Romano Source of information: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 321-322; Boulder County Real Estate Appraiser Cards, Carnegie Local History Center. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11235 Page 4 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 29. Construction history: Around 1926, the owner of the property added a retail store at the front of the property adjacent to Public Road. It is unclear when all the various additions, new windows, storm windows, and storm door were added to the 1900-03 dwelling, except to say that it took place after 1950 based upon the county real estate appraiser card photograph. Originally, the false-front retail entry was not recessed, but flush and the window was actually a pair of medium-size commercial windows with transoms. The exterior walls of the building were wood weatherboard with no decorative cornice on the parapet, only a flat cap. There was a small, high window about eight feet back from the street on the north elevation. In 1977, a second retail addition was added at the front of property, in front of the house. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling, Commerce/Trade:Specialty Store 33. Current use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling, Commerce/ Trade:Vacant 34. Site type(s): Vacant 35. Historical background: The history of 109 South Public (formerly 235 County Road) begins with the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. In 1900 the Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows a simple, square dwelling at 235 County Road (now 109 South Public Road), but the County records state a dwelling was constructed in 1903. The 1908 Sanborn illustrates an L-shaped plan that in no way resembles the 1900 dwelling. In the “Lafayette, Colorado, History (1990),” the family states that John and Mary (Mancini) Romano moved to Lafayette in 1926 where Romano opened the Lafayette Shoe Hospital at 109 Public Road. There is a 1934 photograph of the shop in the history book. The 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance map illustrates the same dwelling plan, but added the plan for the shop at the southeast corner and a garage at the northwest corner of the property. (The garage was listed as frame with dirt floor, so the corrugated building is not the garage.) The 1948 county appraiser photograph of the dwelling shows a corner of the shoe store allowing an opportunity for researchers to see that little or no changes have been made in the 22 years since the shoe repair shop was built. Nevertheless, the house is unrecognizable. Italian immigrant John Romano’s dreams of becoming a businessman appeared to be thwarted at every turn. Romano worked as a miner, attended night classes at Emily Griffith Opportunity School, and learned the trade of shoe repairman. He and his wife bought a property on South Public Road and built a small shoe repair shop for the family to run. During the day, John worked in the mine, while Mary and the family accepted worn shoes and did what repairs they could manage until he returned home in the evening to complete the work. Hard times, bad investments, and mass-produced shoes affected the family and its shoe-repair business. After almost 25 years, the Romano family closed their doors and moved out of Lafayette. Over the years, the retail store became home to a jewelry store and a beauty salon. An owner in the late 1970s built a new retail unit at the front of the property and opened a restaurant that had a series of owners. Both retail units are now vacant. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Tax Assessor and Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 321-322; Lafayette city directories (1892-1979) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11235 Page 5 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; X _ C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1926 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: This property was evaluated for its 1900-1926 architecture as a representative house with commercial addition. However construction and historical research for this multiple-unit resource provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The buildings do not embody any distinctive characteristics of a particular type, period, style or method of construction that would make any or all of the eligible under NRHP Criteria C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building(s) at 109 S Public Road do not retain their physical integrity as a house with commercial addition (1900-1926) relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society. It has poor integrity of design, workmanship, materials, feeling, and/or association. There have been major alterations to materials such as windows, exterior wall materials (wood to stucco, narrow siding to board-and-batten), roof materials, window openings, and additions, including the large, frame restaurant, that render the buildings unrecognizable from their original scale and design. If the 1977 addition is removed, it is suggested that the building be reevaluated. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11235 Page 6 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Lafayette Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: The house with commercial addition might be found eligible for architecture and for its association with early commerce on Public Road if the 1977 restaurant was removed from the property. Its strong presence negates the eligibility of this property. IX. LAFAYETTE LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11235 1-5 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11235 Page 7 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Back of the dwelling Site Map 109 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11235 Page 8 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11236 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11236 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503125005 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Highway Drug Store 6. Current building name: Las Montañas Mexican Market/Vacant 7. Building address: 111 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Gerald L Morrell Dba Morrell Graphic Communications 203 E Cleveland Lafayette, CO 80026 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11236 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Converted to NAD27) Zone 13; 492290 mE 4427266 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 6 & 7 Block: 23 Addition: Lafayette West Year of Addition: 1893 Legal: S 46 FT LOT 6 & N 14 FT LOT 7 BLK 23 E 1/2 LAFAYETTE WEST 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 3924 sq ft 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Brick, Concrete Block, Stucco 18. Roof configuration: Flat Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Metal, Asphalt 20. Special features: Facade Treatment/False Front 21. General architectural description: This single-story commercial building encompasses two businesses separated by a solid wall. The flat-roofed building has a façade-treatment of sheathed metal imitating horizontal wood weatherboard overhanging the entire front of the building that gives an illusion the building has a Mansard roof. The main commercial building is both brick and concrete block with stucco. The brick is primarily found as the lower skirting of the building facade on the east and south elevation where visible to traffic. All visible brick, concrete block, and stucco are painted. A flat-roof, concrete-block addition is located at the north-west corner or rear of the building; it has a below-grade, concrete-and-iron entry. Two prominent window styles on the façade of the building differentiate the businesses. The south end of the building has a set of three raised (roof height) fixed- panes between a double and single commercial entry door with transom. The north end of the building has a roof to foundation set of commercial panes with double-entry, commercial door with transom. One large, commercial pane has been in-filled on the lower half, perhaps due to vandalism. Other windows on the building are fixed-panes (approximately 3-feet square) on the south and west elevation; small, 1/1 vinyl; and a fixed/grated window on addition. Other doors on the building are located on the west elevation and are typical commercial style. The foundation is concrete. 22. Architectural style: Modern Movement Building type: Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The building is situated at the corner of S Public Rd and W Cleveland St with an asphalt parking lot at the rear of the lot. It faces east onto the busy thoroughfare. New street lights and a ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11236 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] tree in a flower box were installed by the owner and the city during a beautification project. There is no setback. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: N/A IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1951 Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: Boulder County tax records state that the property located at 111 South Public Road was constructed in 1951. Alterations to the building include a window on the façade and the post-1965 application of the faux wood-weatherboard mansard-style façade treatment. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce/Trade:Specialty Store 32. Intermediate use(s): Commerce/Trade: Specialty Store; Government: Post Office 33. Current use(s): Commerce/ Trade:Specialty Store; Vacant 34. Site type(s): Commercial Block 35. Historical background: In 1951, a single-story, commercial building at West Cleveland and South Public Road was constructed on the busy thoroughfare. According to city directories and the Swennes family biography in the local history, Sidney R. Swennes operated his Highway Drug Store from this location as early as 1955 and possibly as early as the 1951 date. However, Swennes arrived much earlier in Lafayette. In the spring of 1945, Minnesotan Swennes purchased Ralph Kemp’s Highway Drugstore at Simpson Street and Public Road. Swennes later moved the drugstore to the modern commercial store at West Cleveland where he greeted and cared for his Lafayette customers until his retirement in 1965. His retirement was short-lived; he died in 1970. At some point in time, the drugstore became a member of the Walgreen Agency, listed in the Lafayette Days Program of 1980. Between 1980 and 1989, the US Post Office briefly operated out of one of the commercial spaces before it moved to its new location. Morrell Graphics Business Center purchased the building in 1989 for their print shop. Gerald Morrell joined the US Air Force in 1971. During Morrell’s time in service, he trained as a printer whereupon his discharge he returned to Lafayette to open Morrell Graphic Communications at 801 South Public Road. When the business outgrew the basement space, it moved to 101 North Public Road where the First National Bank had been previously located until in 1989 Morrell purchased the building at 111 South Public Road for the family-run business. His wife Janet assisted in the business as bookkeeper and typesetter. The couple is active in the community as civic, business, and social leaders. Although the graphic business no longer operates from this building, the Morrell’s own the building. A small ethnic grocery market operates out of the south end of the building, Las Montañas Mexican Market; the Morrell Graphic Communication northern end is now vacant. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11236 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette, Colorado, History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 102, 171 and 345; James Hutchison, “Survey and Settlement: Lafayette, Colorado,” (Lafayette, Colorado: Morrell Graphics, 1994) 170-171; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; and Lafayette Historical Society, “The War Years: World War II, Other Wars, and the People of Lafayette, Colorado,” James D. Hutchison, editor (Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1993) 59. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; X _ C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) _ Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1951 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: Construction and historical research for this resource at 111 S Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of construction, or is a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does not retain its physical integrity as a mid-20th-century commercial property relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society. It has fair integrity for setting, location, feeling and/or association; but retains poor integrity for design, materials, and workmanship due to the application of the mansard awning and front details post-1965. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11236 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value _ _ Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: The single-story commercial building is eligible for Criterion A, architecture, as representative of the mid- -Century architectural style found in the South Public Road business center. Characteristics include single-story; large, glass-filled façade; multi-use of brick and concrete block materials; and immediately adjacent to sidewalk and street. Although the mansard-style façade treatment was applied post-1965, it does not affect the integrity for local landmark designation. In addition, the property is locally significant under Criterion B-Social History-for its association with early commerce and trade along US287 and Public Road during the 1950s into the modern era. It is situated in a small business center along the highway that saw a number of gas, service stations, motels, and businesses appear providing goods and services to motorists. Formerly this business property has been a drug store, post office, graphics business center, and an ethnic grocery. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: The property retains its physical integrity as a single-story, 1950s commercial building with fair integrity for setting, location, feeling and/or association. IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11236 1-3 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11236 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Sketch Map 111 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11236 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11237 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11237 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503126001 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: Lafayette Professional Building 7. Building address: 100 W. Cleveland Street 8. Owner name and address: Joe G Wojciechowski 100 West Cleveland St Lafayette, CO 80026-1622 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11237 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. Geographic Information 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of NE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492307 mE 4427217 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 1 Block: 1 Addition: Millers 1 Year of Addition: 1904 Legal: LOT 1 BLK 1 MILLERS 1 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular 15. Dimensions in feet: 26’ x 42’ 16. Number of stories: 1 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Weatherboard 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Front Gabled Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Porch, Garage, Chimney 21. General architectural description: The north facing, one-story front-gabled house has a relatively new asphalt composition roof and boxed eaves. There is a brick chimney located at the back of the house, on the south elevation. The walls are new horizontal weatherboard and the foundation is parged concrete. On the front of the house, there is a glazed-and-panel door with transom. The transom has been been filled in with vertical, wood weatherboard. On the east elevation is one wood-panel door and a glazed-and-panel door. The south elevation also has a panel door. Surrounding the door of the entrance are two 5/1 windows, while the east elevation has three small, fixed-paned windows. The south elevation has two small, fixed-pane windows and the west elevation has two large 1/1 windows and one small 1/1 window. All windows and doors have wood surrounds. On the north elevation is a large x 22’) enclosed, gabled roofed porch. The porch has a concrete floor and weatherboard sides. It also has four pier columns at the front of the porch and two half-pier columns against the house. At the entry to the porch is a small metal hitching post and handrail. On the east elevation is a wood side deck leading to the two doors. 22. Architectural style: Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements Building type: Bungalow 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The lot has modern landscape that includes young and old deciduous trees and a grass lawn on all sides except the south elevation. The house is set back from the street with sidewalk and lawn between. Between the house and the garage is a gravel/stone parking lot that also leads around the west side of the garage to the alley. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11237 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: 1: Date Built: circa 1970s or 80s Garage According to the 1937 Sanborn Map, there was a garage at this location. Also, the 1948 Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card states there was a garage measuring 18’ x 20’ on the lot. It is unclear if the current garage is the same, although it appears to be of more modern. The current garage looks to be modern with a gables roof and new horizontal weatherboard. There is a panel door on the north elevation and a modern overhead garage door on the south elevation. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1908, ca 1950 Actual: Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor & Real Estate Appraisal Card Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): According to the 1908 Sanborn map, the original foot print of the house shows an irregular-shaped house with a front porch and one addition on the southeast side of the house. By 1948, the addition has become part of the main house as the footprint on the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card shows what is there currently on site as a rectangular plan. The exterior walls are done in the same style as in the 1940s (horizontal); however, the weatherboard on the current house looks more recent than 1940s. The east entrances and window openings have been added since the 1950s and new windows/doors installed. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce /Trade: Business 34. Site type(s): Professional offices in house ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11237 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 35. Historical background: The house was built in 1908, but the first available records for occupants are the city directory for 1930 when it listed A. Lloyd and Lila Hagerman as occupants. Public Service Company of Colorado employed Lloyd as a manager. By 1936, the new occupants were Virgil S. Arnold (a maintenance patrolman) and his wife, Tourmaline. Between 1946-1949, the owners were listed in the city directory and on the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card as Max W. and Virginia Overholt. By 1958, the Real Estate Appraisal Card lists Ida Blankenship (widow of Edward) as the owner and occupant. Edward and Ida Blankenship arrived in Lafayette in 1920 when Edward owned and operated a meat market on the 400 block of East Simpson. Shortly after 1921, the Blankenships moved into 403 East Cannon Street, where in 1929, their youngest daughter, June, died. Edward sold the meat market and purchased the building at 100 East Cleveland and moved it to 111 West Simpson where they family lived. He then built a drive-in restaurant on the corner of East Cleveland and Public Road. Blankenship’s Lunch opened in 1932, that same summer Edward died. Ida operated the restaurant until the mid-1940s when she sold it to James Graham Junior. In 1947, Ida and her youngest son, Ed, moved into the house at 100 West Cleveland Street, where she lived until 1972 when she moved into a senior home in Denver. The new occupants in 1972 were Daniel Hartwig (a janitor) and his wife Bertha. The first business occupants at 100 W Cleveland Street were in 1976 when Stahl Seamless Cutter and Roofing contractors (owned by Wendell Stahl of Erie, Colorado) moved in. By 1978, however, they were replaced by Clinica Campesina Rural Health Clinic (Elen Buckley was President of the Board). In 1980, Robert and Jan Losinski had opened Best Way Travel. The current building is now known as the Lafayette Professional Building. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 157; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; X C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1908-1948 ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11237 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: The building was evaluated for its architecture. Construction and historical research for this resource provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building does embody the distinctive characteristics of a Craftsman- style and was not found to be representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders. The house is eligible for the State Register under Criterion C for Architecture as a good example of a modest Craftsman-style house. Characteristics of this style are apparent in the moderate-pitched gable roof, wide overhangs with exposed roof-rafters and wood structure, and porch with tapered square column supports. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does retain its physical integrity as a Craftsman-style house relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society. It has good integrity for location, design, workmanship, setting, feeling or association. It has fair integrity for materials as the window and door openings have been modified on the east elevation and exterior wall materials have been replaced. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: X Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design X Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: The house is eligible for Criterion A for Architecture as a good example of a modest Craftsman-style house. Characteristics of this style are apparent in the moderate-pitched gable roof, wide overhangs with exposed roof-rafters and wood structure, and porch with tapered square column supports. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11237 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: It has good integrity for location, design, workmanship, setting, feeling or association. It has fair integrity for materials as the window and door openings have been modified on the east elevation and exterior wall materials have been replaced. IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11237 1-6 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Site Map 100 W Cleveland St, Lafayette Porches ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11237 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11238 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11238 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503126002 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: Grabow Residence 7. Building address: 102 W. Cleveland Street 8. Owner name and address: William Grabow 102 W Cleveland St Lafayette, CO 80026 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11238 Page 2 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of NE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492292 mE 4427217 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 2 Block: 1 Addition: Millers 1 Year of Addition: 1904 Legal: LOT 2 BLK 1 MILLERS 1 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Irregular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 972 square feet 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Weatherboard 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Gabled Ell 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Garage, Fence, Chimney 21. General architectural description: The one-story, Gabled-Ell house is irregularly shaped with a front gable on the west side and a hipped roof on the east side. There are also two gabled roofs on the southeast elevation. The roof is made of asphalt composition and has moderately overhanging with exposed rafters, some boxed. There is a brick chimney in the center of the house. The exterior walls are wood weatherboard. On the main parts of the house, the weatherboard is horizontal while the north elevation gable ends have vertical weatherboard. The front door is centrally located and is a new glazed-and-paneled door with screen. There is a wrap-around picture window on the northeast elevation and a sliding window on the north elevation. There are three 1/1 windows on the east elevation and three 1/1 on the west elevation. The south elevation was inaccessible. There is a concrete stoop on the front entrance with a gabled roof over the entry. The foundation is made of parged stone. 22. Architectural style: No Style Building type: Gabled-Ell 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The lot has modern landscape that includes young and old deciduous trees and a grass lawn on all sides. There is a 6.5’ privacy fence on the west, east and south elevations. Behind the fence on the south elevation and to the east of the garage is a gravel drive/parking area. The house is setback from the street with a sidewalk and lawn. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11238 Page 3 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 1: Date Built: ca 1936 Garage There is a gabled roofed garage on the southwest corner of the property, next to the alley entrance. The exterior walls are vertical wood and there is a hinged bracket double garage door and a single door entrance on the south elevation. The garage was added by at least 1936, at which time is appears on the 1936 Sanborn map. 2: Date Built: Prior to 1937 Shed There is also a shed at the southwest corner of the property, inside the fence. Only the asphalt composition roof is visible from the alley so not other description is available. The 1937 Sanborn maps show an addition in the same location which may be the same as the current shed. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1908 Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor & Real Estate Appraisal Card Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: The 1908 Sanborn map shows an L-shaped house with a front porch on the northeast elevation. The photo on the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card from 1948 also indicated a closed in porch. Since that time, the porch has been completely included in the house and a picture window and new entrance added. The window opening on the west side of the north elevation has also been modified at some unknown date. The original exterior walls were a narrow weatherboard but have since been replaced by wider weatherboard. Aerial photographs reveal that several rear additions have been added as well. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11238 Page 4 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 33. Current use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 34. Site type(s): House 35. Historical background: The house was built in 1908. The 1930 city directory states the occupants as Frank Yakes, a mailman, and his wife Mary . The Yakes lived in the house until at 1948, as they appear in City Directories up until 1946 and they are listed as the owners on the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card. By 1949, however, they had moved to 106 West Cleveland and Brida Parks (widow of Lewis W. Parks) had moved in. However, by 1950, the owners and occupants were Joseph and Lois M. Distel. There was no information in the 1955 and 1959 directories indicating the house may have been vacant. By 1967, the occupants were Jack D. Jones (who was a salesman at Wand Company) and his wife, Patricia. The 1972 City Directory lists just Patricia L. Jones as the occupant until at least 1978. Patricia worked as the bookkeeper at Golden West Milling Company, which was a livestock, feed, grains and seeds store located at 125 Terry Street and managed by John Caldwell. The current property is owned and occupied by William Grabow. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) X Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1908 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: Construction and historical research for this Gabled-Ell residence provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a Gabled-Ell building type, or is a ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11238 Page 5 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does not retain its physical integrity as a Gable-Ell building type relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society—poor integrity for design, workmanship, setting, materials, or feeling. The north elevation’s porch has been enclosed as a room to the house, possibility of additional add-ons at rear, and new window openings on the façade (perhaps when the porch was enclosed as a room). The narrow wood exterior siding has been replaced with wide weatherboard siding. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11238 1-6 ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11238 Page 6 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Site Map 102 W Cleveland St, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11238 Page 7 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11239 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11239 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157502222005 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Blankenship Lunch 6. Current building name: Positive Image Salon 7. Building address: 100 E. Cleveland Street 8. Owner name and address: Trustees Of The Betty B & Keith A Warren Keith A & Betty B Warren Trusts 1336 Hecla Dr #224 Louisville, CO 80027-3205 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11239 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NW ¼ of NW ¼ of SW ¼ of NW ¼ of section 2 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492339 mE 4427217 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 5 Block: 7 Addition: Lafayette O T Year of Addition: 1888 Legal: LOT 5 BLK 7 LAFAYETTE OT 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 56’ x 14’ 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Side Gabled Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: n/a 21. General architectural description: The one-story, rectangular building faces Public Road. It has a side gable roof with asphalt composition shingles and deep overhanging eaves and exposed rafters. The gable ends are the same as the exterior walls, a horizontal vinyl siding. The foundation is concrete. On the façade, a centrally-located, glass door is flanked by two pairs of modern fixed-pane windows and a large, modern sign that is located to the south end of the building. Other windows on the building include modern fixed panes. A second door is located on the east elevation parallel to the west door. 22. Architectural style: Early 20th Century American Movements Building type: Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: A concrete sidewalk surrounds the building. The site has an asphalt parking lot between the two buildings located at the corner of Public Road and East Cleveland Street. There is a large tree at the south end of the building. On the property, to the southeast, is an L-shaped building (mailing and street address is 100 ½ E Cleveland St). Footprint extends to the property line 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: See below ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11239 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 1: Date Built: 1955 Commercial Building The L-shaped, concrete-block building has a gabled roof with asphalt composition shingles and exposed rafters. The gable ends are wood, vertical boards. The windows are double and triple casement with brick sills. The only entry door is in the L on the façade; it is a panel door with a screen/glass door. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1932 Source of Construction: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 157-158 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Edward & Ida (Townsend) Blankenship Source of information: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 157-158 28. Original owner: Edward & Ida (Townsend) Blankenship Source of information: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 157-158 29. Construction history: The drive-in restaurant constructed in 1932 by Edward Blankenship on the corner of East Cleveland Street and Public Road has undergone significant changes. According to the real estate appraisal photograph, it was a building constructed of wood sheathing with a string of four clerestory windows at the north end of the façade, has a similar window/door/window configuration, and had a window where the present commercial sign is located. The window configuration at the north end is in the same location. Two roof-top, projecting signs have been removed from the former restaurant. Today all the windows are modern and many openings have been removed. The siding and roof has been replaced. In 1955, property owners constructed a second building at the southeast corner of the property for rental income. On a 1971 photo, the rental may have been residential units, but at some point in time, it was converted to one commercial unit. There were two doors instead of one in the L of the building. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce /Trade:Restaurant 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce /Trade:Beauty Salon ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11239 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 34. Site type(s): Beauty Salon 35. Historical background: In 1931, Edward and Ida (Townsend) Blankenship purchased a dwelling at 100 East Cleveland Street in Lafayette and moved it to 111 West Simpson Street. It became the family home. Ed built a drive-in restaurant at the corner of 100 East Cleveland Street and South Public Road and called it “Blankenship’s Lunch”. It opened in 1932. When Ed died unexpectedly that summer, Ida managed the drive-in that became popular with the truck drivers until circa 1946 when James Graham Junior bought the restaurant changing the name to Jimmie’s Lunch. Graham managed the restaurant about five years eventually leasing it to Ethel Harris. Jimmie’s served the locals throughout the 1950s; but by the late 1960s, the restaurant became the Lafayette Café. After that the retail space has seen a variety of tenants including a television and radio repair shop and most recently a salon. In 1955, owners William Fisher constructed a new commercial property at the southeast corner of the property for rental income. Over the years, it too had a variety of commercial tenants, most recently Home Base Deliveries. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 157-158; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: X A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Commerce 40. Period of significance: 1932-1961 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: The building was evaluated for its association with the early development of commerce on S Public Road.Construction and historical research for the former restaurant and rental provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under criteria A and B. The former restaurant does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of construction that makes it eligible under NRHP Criterion C. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11239 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The former restaurant or retail space does not retain its physical integrity as a 1932 commercial property relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society—good integrity for location and setting, but poor for design, workmanship, materials, feeling or association. The windows, siding, and roof have been replaced, window and door openings removed, and historic signage removed. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: As an early drive-in restaurant, Blankenship’s Lunch, the property is locally significant under Criterion B for its association with early automobile commerce and trade along US287 and Public Road between 1932 and 1961. It exemplifies cultural, economic, and social heritage of the community. It is situated in a small business center along the highway that saw a number of gas, service stations, restaurants, motels, and businesses appear to provide goods and services to motorists. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: Nevertheless, the building does not retain its physical integrity as a 1932 drive-in restaurant relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the Colorado Historical Society—poor integrity for design, workmanship, materials—due to major modifications to the exterior of the building that include new exterior siding, removal of window openings, new roofing, new doors, new windows, and removal of projecting roof signage. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11239 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11239 1-5 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Site Map 100 E Cleveland St, Lafayette Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11239 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11241 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11241 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503149004 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Starkey Plumbing & Heating; Foothills Appliance & TV 6. Current building name: Foothills Maytag Plumbing 7. Building address: 307 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Gerry Pache 9280 W 73rd Pl Arvada, CO 80005 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11241 Page 2 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of SE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492291 mE 4427070 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 10, 11 & 12 Block: 2 Addition: Mountain View 3 Year of Addition: 1907 Legal: N 1/2 LOTS 10-11-12 BLK 2 MOUNTAIN VIEW 3 SEE SPLIT 99238 000307 S PUBLIC RD LAFAYETTE 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 40’ x 70’ 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Concrete/Concrete Block, Wood/Weatherboard/Vertical Siding 18. Roof configuration: Flat Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Unknown 20. Special features: Facade Treatment/ Front Parapet 21. General architectural description: The east facing, rectangular building is one story with a flat, but side-stepped parapet roof made of asphalt composition. While the exterior walls on three sides (south, west, and north elevations) are made of concrete blocks, the store front is made of vertical tongue-and-groove siding. The tongue-and-groove carries around to the south-east elevation for a few feet. The entire store front has is a series of fixed-pane commercial windows. There are two fixed-pane, commercial windows on the south elevation, as well as two nine-pane windows on the west elevation. The entry to the store is at the east end of the south elevation and is a wood-and-glass commercial door with a screen door. Also on the south elevation is a garage opening. The façade has a projecting awning over the windows. The foundation is concrete. The interior of the building is divided into two main portions. The store front is approximately 20’ x 40’ and is visible to the street, while the warehouse area in the back is approximately 50’ x 40’. 22. Architectural style: Modern Movement Building type: Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: Landscape features include: a city lamp post in front of the building, chain link fence, and a wood fence running along the north elevation between the main building and the garage. There is a concrete slab (50’ x 24’) for a parking lot on the south elevation and a dirt parking lot on the west elevation. Building footprint is to the property line in front. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11241 Page 3 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: 1: Date Built: 1953 Garage There is a south facing, flat-roofed concrete-block garage on the west elevation (17’ x 29’). It has a concrete slab for parking on the south elevation and two panel doors on the southeast corner. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1951 Source of Construction: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 102-103. 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Lewis W. Starkey Source of information: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 102-103 28. Original owner: Lewis W. Starkey Source of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards and Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 102-103. 29. Construction history: According to the Boulder County Tax Assessor Records, the building was built in 1953. However, a narrative of the Starkey Plumbing and Heating in “Lafayette Colorado History,” states Starkey opened his business at the present location on 1 November 1951. The original footprint is the same as is visible today. The entire building measures 70’ x 40’ with a 50’ x 24’ concrete slab on the south elevation. The interior of the building is divided into two main portions. The front entry store front is 20’ x 40’, while the warehouse area in the back is 50’ x 40’. The commerical false store front has been added and the windows have been replaced, perhaps as a result of the New Year’s Eve fire in 1972. The reconstructed store front is in line with the original style. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce / Trade:Specialty Store 32. Intermediate use(s): Commerce /Trade:Specialty Store 33. Current use(s): Commerce /Trade:Specialty Store 34. Site type(s): Commercial 35. Historical background: Starkey Plumbing and Heating opened on November 1, 1951, with a handful of employees. Coloradoan Lewis Starkey originally worked as a policeman and maintenance man before training to become a ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11241 Page 4 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Master Plumber. In 1947, he opened an alley plumbing and hardware business at 107 East Chester Street. Lewis and his wife Lora Wilson eventually saved enough money and obtained loans to build and open the business at 307 South Public Road in 1951. In the 1950s, the business sold out to Maytag and to the current owner Gerry Pache. On New Year’s Eve, 1972, a major fire damaged part of the property. The cause of the fire was determined to be accidental (a smouldering cigarette in near zero temperatures), caused $2,000 worth of damage. The owners quickly repaired the building and reopened. Over the years, beginning in the late 1950s, various businesses joined the Maytag company at this location, such as the Sheet Metal Company, owned by Floyd McWilliams and Foothills Appliance and TV, owned by Gerry Pache. It is currently named Foothills Maytag Appliance store. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 102-103; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library; Boulder Daily Camera article 1/2/1973, interview with Gerry Pache. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: N/A Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: X A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Commerce 40. Period of significance: 1951-1971 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of Significance: The store was evaluated as significant for its association with early commerce on Public Road and with the Maytag company. Construction and historical research for this resource provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. Due to the 1972 fire and rebuildng of the showroom, the building does not retain inegrity to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. However, it is eligible for the SRHP for its association with early commerce on Public Road and its long association with the Maytag company. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does not retain its physical integrity relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society—fair integrity setting, location, feeling and association and poor for design, workmanship, and materials. The rear of the building is intact despite the 1972 fire. When the store front was rebuilt, it was reconstructed in a similar style with the following modifications to the store front: 1)number of panes from five to ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11241 Page 5 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] seven, 2) the parapet has been lowered, and 3) a raised false store front has been added. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: X Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods X Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society X Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: The 1951 plumbing and heating store is eligible under Criterion A as representative of the1950s-style of Modern Movement in Lafayette and across the nation during the 1950s and 1960s called the “Open Front” or “Visual Front”. Main Street changed dramatically mid-century as new buildings were constructed and older storefronts were modernized to keep up with the times. Characteristics of this modernization exhibited at 307 S. Public Road include expansive walls of flat glass windows in a one-story, concrete block building. The flat plate-glass windows opened up the interior of the store to provide clear views of the interior of the store and its products. The variety of materials is also characteristic of the time, such as the wood front façade on a predominantly cinderblock building on the 307 S. Public Road building. In addition, it is eligible under Criterion B for its association with automobile commerce in Lafayette. The property was built along South Public Road during the 1950s when city officials encouraged commercial development along the busy highway. Eventually, as the commercial center of Lafayette shifted from Simpson Street to South Public Road, businesses, like Starkey Plumbing & Heating, catered to the needs of not only citizens of Lafayette but to traffic on the busy highway selling plumbing and heating goods, and later appliances, to the public and small construction companies. The property is part of economic and social history of Lafayette as a Maytag store since 1951. Gerry Pache has owned the store over 50 years. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11241 Page 6 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: Although the physical integrity makes this property ineligible for the NRHP, it does not impact its eligibility for local landmark status. Despite the fire in 1972, the reconstruction endeavored to hold to the open store form of the “large window showroom” that makes the product visible from the road, the use of a wood façade which not only was part of the original design but had also become very popular during the 1960s as a means of providing a “natural” feel to a business. Also, as part of the rebuilding, the owners realized that the original flat sign of Starkey Plumbing and Heating needed to be projecting to pull in traffic from South Public Road. Although the front of the store has been rebuilt and the sign has been modified, the building itself still reflects the 1950s and 1960s “Open Front” style of modernization described in the statement of significance. It is for this reason that the surveyor believes the building should be eligible for local landmark significance. Few good representative examples of these mid-20th-Century modernization efforts remain extant in Lafayette today. IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11241 1-4 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11241 Page 7 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Sketch Map 307 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11241 Page 8 of 8 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11242 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11242 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503149005 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Starkey House 6. Current building name: The Lew Starkey Memorial Building 7. Building address: 309 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Lafayette Chamber Of Commerce Po Box 1018 Lafayette, CO 80026-4018 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11242 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of SE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492292 mE 4427048 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 10, 11 & 12 Block: 2 Addition: Mountain View 3 Year of Addition: 1907 Legal: S 1/2 LOTS 10-11-12 BLK 2 MOUNTAIN VIEW 3 SPLIT FROM ID 21307 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 1,178 square feet 16. Number of stories: 1 17. Primary external wall material(s): Stucco 18. Roof configuration: Gabled/Front gable 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt/Composition 20. Special features: Porch 21. General architectural description: The east facing, one-story, front-gabled roof house has asphalt-composition tiles on the roof with exposed rafters with a fascia board trimming the ends. The walls of the house are stuccoed and the foundation is concrete. There are four long 1/1 windows on the east elevation, as well as two short 1/1 windows. On the south elevation, there are six short 1/1 windows, while the west elevation has one long 1/1 window, as well as one large fixed-pane window. The north elevation has two short 1/1 windows. All windows have wood sills, lintels, and surrounds. The windows on the east elevation also have wood pediments. The entry to the house on the east elevation is through one off- center panel-and-glaze door. There are also two wood panel doors on the south elevation that lead to the public restrooms. There is a front-gabled porch on the facade that is partially enclosed with spindle columns and scroll brackets. The porch foundation is concrete. On the west elevation is an addition that has one panel door. An asphalt parking lot is located on the west elevation. 22. Architectural style: No Style Building type: Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The lot is professionally landscaped (post-1990s) with young shrubs, young and older trees (both deciduous and evergreen), winding walkways, and a sculpture. There is a modern concrete path leading from the doors on the south elevation around to the front and out to the street. The house is located in the commercial area along Public Road in Lafayette and is set next to a community water park/fountain. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11242 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: 1: Date Built: 2009 Storage On the south west elevation, there is a storage shed with a gabled asphalt composition roof and sheet panel walls. There is one wood door on the north elevation. The building was added as part of the Urban Renewal/Festival Plaza Plan in 2009 to provide additional utilities. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1910, 1980s, 2008 (addition) Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor Card 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: The property at 309 S. Public Road was originally listed as being at 103 W. Chester Street. This is due to the lot associated with the side street, although the house faced on to Public Road. Boulder County Tax Assessor records state the house was built in 1910. The 1937 Sanborn map show the same footprint as today including the addition on the west elevation. Major modifications were made to the house in the mid-1980s when the property was acquired by the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce that include a new concrete porch, lattice work, concrete stairway, signage “The Starkey Memorial Building,” and landscaping. The walkway was redesigned and a rear parking lot was added. Public restrooms on the south elevation were made sometime before 2009 as part of the Urban Renewal/Festival Plaza Plan. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Government 34. Site type(s): Government 35. Historical background: The house was originally listed at 103 W. Chester Street. Research in early city directories (1926-1936) do not list any occupants at 103 W. Chester; however they do provide names for 101 W. Chester Street. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11242 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] The 1937 Sanborn maps show an empty lot at 101 W. Chester Street. In addition, later records indicate Lot 10, 11, 12 were passed down and/or sold as one, so it is possible that the occupants at 101 and/or 105 West Chester Street were occupying what is currently listed as 309 S. Public Road. The earliest occupants of 101 W. Chester, as listed in the City Directories, were Vert B. Stores, an electrician, and his wife May. By 1936, Tony Fillis, a miner, and his wife, Bessie, along with their children James and Ted lived at 101 West Chester. In 1950, the property was sold to Lewis and Lora Starkey. According to an article in the “Lafayette News” (5/30/1984), the Starkey’s purchased the house at 103 West Chester St/309 South Public Road, the property at 301 South Public Road (what became Starkey’s heating and Plumbing), and their own home at 107 East Chester Street as a package deal in 1948. The Starkey’s owned the property until 1984 when they donated it to the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. During the time they owned it, it was a rental property and a variety of individuals lived in the house. The Lafayette Chamber of Commerce moved the house to its new location using it for public events as part of the Festival Plaza, which opened May 9, 2009. 36. Sources of information: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 102-103, Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, and 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library; Louisville Times/Lafayette News articles 5/30/1984, 8/1/1984, 9/12/1984, City of Lafayette Staff Report (August 14, 2008), City of Lafayette Festival Plaza website and blog. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: N/A Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: X A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Settlement 40. Period of significance: 1910 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: Construction and historical research for this resource provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The house is associated with the early development west of Public Road during its Town Building period. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a particular type, period, style or method of construction, or is it representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does not retain its physical integrity ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11242 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] as an early 20th-century residential property relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society--location, design, workmanship, setting, materials, feeling or association. The concrete porch addition and interior modifications to create public restrooms. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11242 1-6 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11242 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Sketch Map 309 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11242 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11243 Temporary resource number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11243 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503137001 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: Eats & Sweets/Diana’s Inspired Gifts/Creative Framing/pARTiculars Art Gallery 7. Building address: 401 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Nancy A West 732 Glenhaven Ct Boulder, CO 80303 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11243 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave Littleton CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SE ¼ of SE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492307 mE 4426997 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 1 Block: 3 Addition: Mountain View 3 Year of Addition: 1907 Legal: LOT 1 BLK 3 MOUNTAIN VIEW 3 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Irregular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 4,196 square feet 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood, Concrete 18. Roof configuration: Flat Roof and Clipped Hipped Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Facade Treatment/False Front, Chimney 21. General architectural description: The east facing, L-shaped property is one story and houses four businesses in related units (numbered 1,2,3,4). The long part of the L-shape has a flat roof while there is a clipped hipped roof on the short side of the L (south elevation). The eaves are overhanging and there are exposed rafters. There is a brick chimney on the south elevation. The front of the building (east elevation) and wrapped around both the south and north elevation is a false store front with tongue-and-grove walls. The top portion of the walls has diagonal tongue-and-groove while the lower half is vertical tongue-and-groove. For the remainder of the north and south elevation and the west elevation, the walls are made of concrete blocks. There seven commercial paned windows on the east elevation with wood surrounds and wood shutters. There is one paned window on the south elevation. There are several panel and glass doors on the east elevation, a double panel and glass doors on the south elevation and one wood panel door on the north elevation with a semi-circular segmented window on the top. Access to the west elevation was not possible. All doors have wood surroundings. There is a concrete patio slab on the north elevation and a parking lot on the east elevation. The foundation is concrete. 22. Architectural style: Early 20th Century American Movements Building type: Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The building is located in the city’s commercial district adjacent to Public Road and West Chester Street. There are new sidewalks, planters with flowers and young trees and new, electrical lighting along Public Road that was recently installed as part of the city’s beautification program. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11243 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave Littleton CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: N/A IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1921-1929; circa 1930s (additions) Actual: Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor & Real Estate Appraisal Card Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: Early Lafayette City Directories list the property as a residence from as early as 1921; however, the Boulder County Tax Assessor Card states the house was built in 1929. It is unclear whether the original house was razed to build a new, perhaps larger one. The south end of the L-shaped building looks as though it was originally a house that has been extended to the north. Further details such as dates and modifications were not available. By at least 1980, the address was used as a coffee shop and also a Days Program indicating it was already in use as a multipurpose commercial property. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling; Commerce/Trade: Specialty Store; Commerce/Trade: Gas Station 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade/Specialty Stores 34. Site type(s): Commercial strip mall 35. Historical background: Research in Lafayette City Directories indicates that as early as 1921, the property was used as a residence by miner Joseph Andreatta and his wife, Angela. By 1930, William and Fannie Kesler, lived here. William was the manager at Starkey’s Filling Station in Louisville. In 1936, the house at 405 S. Public Road was occupied by A. Irwin and Rose Kline. Irwin was an attendant at VW West. By 1937, according to the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, the properties of 401, 403, 405 and 407 were linked into one commercial strip. The stores at 401 and 407 stores were connected to a restaurant at 403 and an Auto Repair/Filling Station at 405 S. Public Road. The filling station pumpss were in front of the building where the parking lot is today. In 1967, Vincent and Marie Clemens lived at 401 S. Public and also operated Clemens Service, a grocery store. By 1972, the Clemens had moved their home to 700 S. Miller but kept the store in operation at 401 S. Public Road. In 1976, the property was vacant but by 1978, Gronks Donuts and Sandwiches, operated by Gerry Gronkquist, was in place. In 1980, one of the stores was the Plum Tree Coffee Shop and one housed the Lafayette Days Program. In 1982, an antique store called West’s Antiques was opened by Terry and Nancy West. Both Terry and Nancy worked as assistant professors at the University of Colorado in Boulder special education. They were set to open a consignment store, called Treasures, at 304 E. Baseline Rd but it is unclear if this was done. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11243 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave Littleton CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Today the property houses four businesses: Eats & Sweets Café (401 S. Public Rd Unit Diana’s Inspired Gifts (401 S. Public Rd Unit Creative Framing (401 S. Public Rd Unit and pARTiculars Art Gallery (401 S. Public Rd Unit 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 103; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: N/A Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) X Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: N/A 40. Period of significance: N/A 41. Level of significance: N/A 42. Statement of significance: Construction and historical research for 401 South Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of an early-20th- century house, gas station, or store built in the 1920s, neither is a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does not retain its physical integrity as an early-20th-Century residence nor as a mid-20th-Century commercial property relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society--location, design, workmanship, setting, materials, feeling or association. The windows on the facade and the exterior walls have been replaced. In addition, the four businesses have been joined to create a strip mall altering the former residence beyond recognition. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11243 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave Littleton CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11243 1-4 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11243 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave Littleton CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Sketch Map 401 S Public Road Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11243 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave Littleton CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11244 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11244 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503100014 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Barlow Car Wash 6. Current building name: Noble Treasures/Uniquely Natural 7. Building address: 409 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Nancy A West 732 Glenhaven Ct Boulder, CO 80303 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11244 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SE ¼ of SE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492301 mE 4426948 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): Block: Addition: Mountain View 3 Year of Addition:1907 Legal: TRACT 678-A LESS A-1 3-1S-69 PER DEED 1065048 9/20/90 BCR 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Irregular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 8,527 square feet 16. Number of stories: 1 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Vertical Siding, Iron Siding 18. Roof configuration: Flat Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt/Composition 20. Special features: Facade Treatment/False Front 21. General architectural description: This one-story building is comprised of one flat-roof rectangular building with three shed roof additions made of corrugated iron on the northwest elevation, one flat-roof addition on the southeast elevation (409 B South Public Road) and a large flat-roof warehouse (62’ x 25’) addition on the southwest elevation. The main building (409A South Public Road) has vertical wood tongue-and-groove siding and a concrete foundation. It has two double glass, commercial front doors on the east entry with a fixed-paned window above the doors. The doors are surrounded by three fixed-paned commercial store front windows on each side. The windows on the east elevation have commercial awnings. On the north elevation is one large fixed-pane commercial window with an awning and one smaller fixed-pane window. The northwest elevation has three shed-roofed additions. The southeast addition is L-shaped with a flat roof, boxed eaves, and frieze decoration. The exterior walls are sheet wood siding and the foundation is concrete. There are two fixed-pane commercial windows and one wood panel door on the east elevation, as well as two fixed-pane commercial windows on the south elevation. All windows and doors have wood frames. The warehouse addition is made of corrugated iron with a large garage door opening, as well as a wood-panel door with a wood frame. 22. Architectural style: Mid-20th Century Commercial Building type: Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The building is located in the city’s commercial district adjacent to Public Road and West Emma Street. There are ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11244 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] new sidewalks, planters with flowers and young trees and new, electrical lighting along Public Road that was recently installed as part of the city’s beautification program. Part of the block extends to the property line, while the second half sets back with a parking lot in front. There is an asphalt parking lot in front of 409B South Public Road on the east elevation and a larger parking lot on the west elevation. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: None IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 2nd portion circa 1970s-80s Actual: 1964 Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor & Real Estate Appraisal Card Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: According to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card, the warehouse addition on the southwest addition was built in 1963. At that time, according to the appraiser photo, the southeast addition was not present. However, there was another building on the west elevation of the warehouse in 1964, but it is no longer present. The Boulder County Property Tax Record provides a date of 1964. No appraiser card was located for the main building. However, based upon the types of businesses occupying the site during the late 1960s and 1970s, the building today has had major modifications to transfer it from light industrial (including a car wash) into an antique business. The second building is estimated circa 1970s-80s. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce/Trade:Specialty Store 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce /Trade:Specialty Store 34. Site type(s): Commercial 35. Historical background: Lafayette City Directories list occupants Richard and Anna Randleman in 1930; however, the 1937 Sanborn maps shows the southern part of the 400 block of S. Public Road was still vacant. From at least 1967 until 1978, Nyle E. Barlow ran his own business at the property. It started out as Barlow & Company. Barlow in 1967, but by 1972 through at least 1978, was known as Barlow’s Car Wash. Barlow, with his wife Adelaide, lived at 604 S. Longmont. In 1976, Advanced Foundry Inc., which produces aluminum and bronze castings, joined Barlow’s Car Wash. The foundry executives included C. Quimby as President, R.A. Quimby as Vice President, and Mary Quimby as Secretary-Treasurer. A third business at the site included Colorado Fabric Machine Shop operated by Bob Williams. By 1978, the Colorado Fabrics Machine Shop closed, but Advanced Foundry and Barlow Car Wash remained. The current property has two main businesses: Noble Treasures Antique Store and Uniquely Natural Store. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11244 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and the Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) X Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: N/A 40. Period of significance: N/A 41. Level of significance: N/A 42. Statement of significance: This property is not 50 years old. Construction and historical research for 409 South Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a mid- 20th-Century Commercial property, nor is it representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does not retain its physical integrity as a mid 20th-century commercial property relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society--design, workmanship, setting, materials, feeling or association. A number of additions in various sizes and shapes have been added over the decades. New wall and window materials have been applied, perhaps due in part to a conversion from a car wash to a retail center. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11244 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11244 1-7 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11244 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] South building at Nobel Block, 409 S Public Road, Lafayette Map ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11244 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11245 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11245 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157502236005 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: All State Insurance Company 7. Building address: 100 E. Chester Street 8. Owner name and address: R & R Lane Properties LLC 100 E Chester St Lafayette, CO 80026 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11245 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SW ¼ of SW ¼ of SW ¼ of NW ¼ of section 2 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492340 mE 4426996 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 5 Block: 17 Addition: Lafayette O T Year of Addition: 1888 Legal: LOT 5 BLK 17 LAFAYETTE OT LESS MIN & RESTRICTIONS 2 IMPS 000100 E CHESTER ST LAFAYETTE 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Irregular-Shaped Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 32’ x 34’ 16. Number of stories: One and a half 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Weatherboard, Wood/Shingle 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/:L-Gabled Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Porch, Chimney 21. General architectural description: The Gabled-Ell house is 1 ½ stories with two brick chimneys located in the center of each segment of the L-shape. The roof is made of asphalt composition shingles with overhanging, boxed eaves. The exterior walls of the house are lapboard. There are two newer, large fixed-pane windows in the front and one on the west elevation. There are also two smaller fixed-pane windows on the west elevation. The east elevation has two 1/1 windows. All windows have wide wood surrounds and sills. The west-facing front doors are centrally located, while the west elevation and south elevation doors are off center. The east elevation was inaccessible due to the property boundary and a privacy fence. There is a raised front porch with concrete pier columns and spindles. The porch has a gabled roof with wood shingles to match the main house. Below the porch, is a lower level entry with concrete piers and wood lattice. According to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, at least in 1956, the basement was occupied as a residence. The foundation is raised. 22. Architectural style: Early 20th Century American Movements Building type: Gabled ELL 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The lot has modern landscape that includes young deciduous trees, rock and bark landscape materials. There is also a raised, newer, wood deck addition on the south elevation. There is an asphalt parking lot on the south elevation between the main building and the associated garage/retail space, Scarlet Rose (see below). The house is setback from the property line. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: The property at 100 East Chester Street includes a historic, stone garage, converted into a retail store, which faces onto South Public Road. At present, this building’s legal address ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11245 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] is 402 South Public Road. 1: Date Built: 1920/1926 Garage/Retail Store Scarlett Rose The one story, south facing, rectangular garage is 26’ x 18’ and is constructed of concrete with stone veneer. The hipped- roof has overhanging, enclosed eaves with exposed rafters. There is a panel door on the north elevation, as well as a glass and panel door on the front. There are two 6/1 windows on the west elevation, one sliding window on the west elevation and a corner window on the northwest elevation. All windows have wood sills and surrounds as well as awnings. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1920/1926 Actual: Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor & Real Estate Appraisal Card Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: According to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card, the house was built in 1926; however, the Boulder County Property Record lists 1920 as the build date. There has been significant modification to the house over the years. The Gabled-Ell house has an irregular footprint of approximately 34’ by 22’ with wood shingle exterior walls. The photo attached to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card indicates the exterior walls were originally narrow wood weatherboard. An addition measuring 10’ x 16’ was added to the west elevation at an unknown date. An open porch measuring 18’ x 16’ was added to the southwest corner at an unknown date and has since been enclosed. A building permit was issued in 1956, but the purpose is unknown. The original, open porch, measuring 10’x 3’ has since been replaced by a larger porch. The original straight pillars were replaced by concrete pier columns to support the newer, larger porch. The windows were replaced at an unknown date. As early as the 1950s, according to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card, the garage was occupied as a residence. The original garage doors were filled in and a window added. At an unknown date, retail doors and windows were replaced. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11245 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): Domestic/Multiple Dwelling 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade/Business/Professional 34. Site type(s): Professional office in House 35. Historical background: The property at 100 E. Chester Street was built either in 1920 or 1926 according to county records. In the 1926 city directory, Ralph C. Blakeman occupied the house. Between 1930 and 1936, Luther and Rose Braden lived in the house. Luther operated a barber shop in his home. During the late 1940s, John Clemens and sons, Keve, John, and Vincent lived in the house. Clemens worked in a local general merchandise store. During the 1950s, the house was first occupied by Ernestine and John Tafoya, then by Jack and Maigel Smith. Jack was the foreman at Wilkinsen Motor Sales. Also, by the 1950s, both the basement and the garage were occupied by various tenants, including Gilbert Roberton, retired Robert Kloepfer, Vivian Logan, and finally retail entities like All State Insurance Group and the Scarlet Rose. It is not clear whether the above list of occupants were tenants or owned the house. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and the Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: N/A Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: X A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1920/1926 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: This property was evaluated for its architecture. Construction and historical research for 100 East Chester Street provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of construction of the original Gabled-Ell or early-20th- Century residence, or is a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11245 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] for NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does not retain its physical integrity as an early 20th-century residence of the Gabled-Ell type relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society due to numerous additions and alterations. A 10’ x 16’ addition was added to the west corner, a 18’ x 16’ open porch added to the southwest corner, larger porch replaced an older one across the front of the house, as well as new siding and roofing has impacted the physical integrity of the building. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11245 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11245 1-2 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Site Map 100 E Chester St, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11245 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11246 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11246 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157502235010 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Lennie & Mary Abernathy House 6. Current building name: Apartment Building 7. Building address: 103 E. Chester Street 8. Owner name and address: Christopher Park 1610 Jimson Ct Boulder, CO 80304 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11246 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NW ¼ of SW ¼ of SW ¼ of NW ¼ of section 2 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492354 mE 4427059 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 7 Block: 16 Addition: Lafayette O T Year of Addition: 1889 Legal: LOT 7 BLK 16 LAFAYETTE O T SPLIT SEE ID 81885 07/15/93 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 32’ x 29’ per story 16. Number of stories: Two 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Weatherboard 18. Roof configuration: Hipped Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Porch, Garage 21. General architectural description: The south facing, two-story house has a hipped roof with asphalt/composition shingles and overhanging boxed eaves. The exterior walls are weatherboard. On the lower level, south elevation, are two fixed-pane windows on either side of a panel door with a screen door. On the lower level, east elevation, are one sliding and one fixed-pane window. On the lower level, north elevation, there is one sliding window and a panel door with a screen door. The lower level, west elevation has a bow window. The upper level, north elevation, has two sliding windows, while the upper level east elevation has three sliding windows. The upper level south elevation has two sliding windows. All windows have wood surroundings. On the upper story, east elevation, there are three sliding windows. The house has a raised foundation made of stone. There is a wrap-around, enclosed porch on all sides except the west. It has a shed roof with wood columns and spindles. Below the floor of the porch, covering the raised foundation is latticework. 22. Architectural style: Late 19th / Early 20th Century American Movements Building type: Foursquare 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The lot has modern landscape that includes young and old deciduous trees and a grass lawn on all sides. There is a chainlink fence on the northern border with the alley. The house sets back from the street with a sidewalk and lawn between. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11246 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: 1: Date Built: ca 1990s Shed On the northern border is a modern Tuff Shed built at an unknown date. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1900 Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor & Real Estate Appraisal Card Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: According to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card, the only change to the footprint since 1948 is the wrap-around porch. The original porch was located in the front of the house (south elevation) and was 7’ x 21’. All the windows are modern (unknown date) The original roofing material as was previously wood shingles according to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card. In 1948, there was a 16’ x 20’ garage which is no longer present. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): Domestic/Multiple Dwelling 33. Current use(s): Domestic/Multiple Dwelling 34. Site type(s): Duplex/boarding house 35. Historical background: ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11246 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] The house at 103 East Chester Street was built in 1900. The 1926 City Directories lists the house as occupied by miner Lennie Abernathy and Mary Abernathy. Mary was the widow of Samuel Abernathy who died in 1918. By 1930, Mary was providing furnished rooms mostly to miners such as Jesus Lugo and his wife, Abundia. Mary died in 1939, but the next owner continued to provide furnished rooms. In 1940, Francis Albright, a laborer and his wife, Clara, and fellow laborer William C Barnett and his wife, Mary M, lived in the house. According to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card, by 1940, the house was owned by James and Madge Graham Jr., who were currently living at 303 W. Simpson. In 1946, James Nanos (who was in the Marines) and his wife, Helen, lived in the house. During the early 1950s, the house was occupied by Austin Morton (Utility man for the City) and his wife, Rose. By 1955, Mrs. Marlene F. Garcia occupied the house, followed by Joseph Drujillo and his wife Belina. In 1967, Mrs. Elsie Gomez was living in the house and by 1972, Mrs. Juanita Wood has taken over. Several occupants lived in the house during the 1970s. Currently the house is divided into two separate living spaces – 103A E. Chester Street and 103B E. Chester Street. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library; Lafayette Cemetary Records Database. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: X A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; X C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Commerce; Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1918-1939; 1910 41. Level of significance: Local; local 42. Statement of significance: This property was evaluated for Criteria A and C for commerce and as an early boarding house. Construction and historical research of 103 East Chester Street provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of construction, or is a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does retain its physical integrity as an early 20th-century residential property relative to the seven ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11246 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society—fair integrity for location, setting, feeling or association, but poor integrity for design, materials, and workmanship. The windows have been replaced, the porch has been modified and a new roof has been applied. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11246 1-4 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11246 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Site Map 103 E Chester St, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11246 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11247 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11247 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503419001 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: Vacant 7. Building address: 701 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Gene Levy 265 S Locust St Denver, CO 80224-1049 44. National register field eligibility: Needs Data 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Needs Data ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11247 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of SE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492295 mE 4426683 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 1 Block: 3 Addition: Industrial City 2 Year of Addition: 1906 Legal: LOT 1 BLK 3 INDUSTRIAL CITY 2 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular 15. Dimensions in feet: 28’ x 22’ 16. Number of stories: 1 17. Primary external wall material(s): Parged concrete 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Front gable 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt/Composition 20. Special features: Porch, Chimney 21. General architectural description: The vacant one-story, front-gabled house is set deep on the lot near the rear alley. The size of the house is 28’ x 22’. It has parged concrete or concrete stuccoed walls and an asphalt composition roof. The roof is asphalt composition. The eaves are overhanging and enclosed with exposed rafters. There is a partial brick chimney in the center of the house. There is a centrally located wood-panel front door. Also, on the façade are two windows with plywood board covering. There are three windows on the north elevation and one window on the west elevation; all with plywood covering. All windows have wood frames. There are doors on the west and south elevations covered with plywood. There is an open porch (10’ x on the façade with concrete foundation and gabled roof with wood posts. The foundation is concrete and there is a concrete path leading to South Public Road. 22. Architectural style: No Style Building type: Front-gable Box 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The lot has young and older deciduous trees, overgrown weeds and grass. The house is set deep on the lot. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: n/a IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1920 Actual: Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor & Real Estate Appraisal Card Records 26. Architect: Unknown ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11247 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: According to the Boulder County Tax Assessor Card, the house was built in 1920; however, the 1948 Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card lists 1907 as the build date. It is unclear whether the original house was razed to build the larger house, which is suggested by the deep set on the lot. The appraisal card states the house was constructed of yellow tile, but is now covered with a parged concrete in stucco style. The 1937 Sanborn Map shows a rectangular dwelling with a long, irregular shaped addition on the west side that extended around the south elevation. However, the house assessment from 1948 shows the same footprint as is visible today. The circa 1948-50 photo on the appraisal card shows an irregular west/south addition. At some unknown date, at least after 1948, the addition was removed. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Vacant/Not in Use 34. Site type(s): House 35. Historical background: The house may have been built between 1907 and 1920, but the earliest record of ownership was Mary D. in 1948 and then Charles and Blanche Grant in 1950. The Grants, however, did not occupy the house, but lived at 507 East Chester Street. The earliest listing in the Lafayette City Directories, state the occupants of 701 South Public Road as Henry and Theresa Manzanares in 1955. Henry “Dick” Manzanares was born in Walsenberg, CO but has lived in Lafayette since 1922, working on a farm and a coal mine for 25 years before becoming a plumber/pipefitter. In 1959, Mrs. Rita Martinez, who worked at Barber Brother’s Poultry, also lived with them. Henry started working at Rockwell International in 1966 and then retired in 1976. By at least 1967, the Manzanareses had moved out of the house, presumable when Dick started work at Rockwell International and the house stood vacant. From at least 1972, William J. (a teacher) and Helen Martinez occupied the house. The house is currently vacant. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 262-263; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; Lafayette Cemetery Records . VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: N/A Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11247 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; X C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1920 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: The building was evaluated for architecture for its reportedly yellow tile construction. However, no data is available to substantiate it is constructed of yellow tile. Because the use of tile for houses is limited, removal of the exterior materials to reveal the tile construction should propmpt a reevaluation. Construction and historical research for 701 South Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The house does not embody the distinctive characteristics of an early-20th-Century front-gable property type, neither is it a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does retain its physical integrity as a circa-1920 house relative to the aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society for setting, location, feeling and/or association. It has poor integrity for design, materials, and workmanship. Assuming the addition on the south and west elevation was added after the house was built and then removed, there have been no major changes to the original house building. Alterations include applications of wood sheets over the windows to protect the glass from vandalism and parged concrete on the exterior walls. Due to vacancy and issues of condition, there is signifcant loss of integrity of feeling and association. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11247 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? N/A If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11247 1-2 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11247 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Site Map 701 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11247 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11248 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11248 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503419006 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: Rocky Mountain Legal Center 7. Building address: 705 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Gerald L & Janet M Morrell 203 E Cleveland St Lafayette, CO 80026 44. National register field eligibility: Eligible 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11248 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of SE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492293 mE 4426662 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 2 & 3 Block: 3 Addition: Industrial City 2 Year of Addition: 1906 Legal: ALL LOTS 2 & 3 BLK 3 INDUSTRIAL CITY 2 2 IMPS 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Square Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 816 square feet 16. Number of stories: 1 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Vertical Siding 18. Roof configuration: Hipped Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt/Composition 20. Special features: Porch, Chimney, Garage 21. General architectural description: The east-facing, hipped-roof with deck-on-hip box is one story with a hipped addition on the rear. On the north and south sides of the addition are also shed-roof additions. The eaves are boxed and overhanging and the roof is covered with asphalt/composition shingles. The exterior walls are wood vertical tongue-and-grove. There is a centrally located entry with ten-paned glazed door on the façade and a glazed-and-paned door on the south elevation. On each side of the front door, there is one wide 1/1 window with open wood shutters. On the west elevation, there are two 3/1 windows. The south elevation has two long 2/1 windows, one of which has wood shutters covering it. There are two long 2/1 windows on the north elevation covered by wood shutters and one short 1/1 window that was uncovered. The short 1/1 window is located on the rear addition. All windows have wood frames. The house has an open, hipped porch x 16’) with three bays and turned posts and a concrete foundation. 22. Architectural style: Late 19th/Early 20th Century American Movements Building type: Hipped-roof Box 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The house is setback from the property line with a large asphalt parking lot in front of it. On the south elevation is a slab concrete side patio. There are also young and older deciduous trees as well as shrubs. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11248 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: 1: Date Built: 1956 Garage There is a west facing, wood building behind the main house. It has a gabled roof with a shed addition. It has exposed rafters and two sets of double wood doors. 2: Date Built: 1990s Tuff Shed There is an iron and wood shed to the east of the garage and north of the main house. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1908 Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor & Real Estate Appraisal Card Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: The hipped-roof box was built in 1908 with several modifications over the years. On the west elevation, there are three additions: the main addition is a smaller hipped-roof box and is off center to the main house. The additions are in scale with the construction of the house. To the south and north of the smaller addition are two smaller shed-roof additions. The north, shed-roof addition was a 6’ x 8’ bathroom that was added in 1948, but it is unclear when the south, shed-roof addition was installed. The garage was built in 1956, but it is unknown when the modern Tuff Shed was added perhaps circa 1990s. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11248 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce / Trade:Professional 34. Site type(s): Professional offices in House 35. Historical background: The earliest record for 705 South Public Road is the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card which lists Estanislas and Katherine Montemayor as owners in 1948. However, the Lafayette City Directories state their residence at the time was at 801 South Public Rd. The 1959 city directory lists Stanley and Katie Montemayor as the occupants. From at least 1967 through 1978, apart from 1972, the house stood vacant. In 1972, Philip Manzanares, a construction worker, and his wife, Stella, lived in the house. The current property houses the offices of Rocky Mountain Legal. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Libraray; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; X C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1908 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: This house is eligible under NRHP Criterion C as a good example of a Hipped-Roof Box building type constructed at the turn of the twentieth century in Lafayette. The type of building exhibits distinctive characteristics identified as the hipped-roof, wood-frame construction, and single story on a square footprint. Historical research for this resource provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A or B. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11248 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building retains its physical integrity as a hipped-roof box property type relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society--location, design, workmanship, setting, materials, feeling or association. Major modifications, include the additions on the west elevation and the replacement of the windows on the façade are in keeping with the size and form of the house. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Lafayette Landmark Criteria: X Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design X Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: This house is eligible under NRHP Criterion C as a good example of a Hipped-Roof Box building type constructed at the turn of the twentieth century in Lafayette. The type of building exhibits distinctive characteristics identified as the hipped-roof, wood-frame construction, and single story on a square footprint. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: The building retains its physical integrity as a hipped-roof box property type relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society--location, design, workmanship, setting, materials, feeling or association. Major modifications, include the additions on the west elevation and the replacement of the windows on the façade are in keeping with the size and form of the house. IX. LAFAYETTE LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11248 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11248 1-5 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Selective Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Map 705 S Public Road Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11248 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11249 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11249 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503419004 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: Two Pear Inc. 7. Building address: 707 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Gerald L & Janet M Morrell 203 E Cleveland St Lafayette, CO 80026 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11249 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of SE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492293 mE 4426637 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 4 Block: 3 Addition: Industrial City 2 Year of Addition: 1906 Legal: LOT 4 BLK 3 INDUSTRIAL CITY 2 000707 S PUBLIC RD LAFAYETTE 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 528 square feet 16. Number of stories: 1 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Vertical Siding, Sandstone 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Front Gabled Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Porch, Chimney, Garage 21. General architectural description: The one-story, front-gabled roof house has a sandstone veneer and with wood-shinglesin the front gable, while the rest of the house has vertical tongue-and-groove siding. There is an open, covered porch with two bays across the façade with a shed covering made of wood shingles. The columns on the porch are stacked, cement blocks. The roof on the main part of the house is asphalt composition. The eaves are extended and boxed. All the windows have been replaced with modern sliders. The front door is a glazed-and-panel with a screen door. There is also a wood-panel door on the south elevation. The foundation is concrete. 22. Architectural style: Late 19th/Early 20th Century American Movements Building type: N/A 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The house is setback from the property line with a large asphalt parking lot in front. There are also young and older deciduous trees as well as shrubs. On the west elevation, surrounding the sheds is tall grass and weeds. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11249 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: 1: Date Built: ca 1930 Shed or former garage The one story, gabled -roof shed has one panel door on the west elevation that looks like it was converted from a garage door. The sides are vertical tongue-and-groove and the rafters are exposed. The shed is located directly to the west of the house. 2: Date Built: post 1970s Tuff Shed There is a new Tuff shed to the southwest of the main house and closer to the house than the shed above. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1908; ca 1970s Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: The current footprint is the same as on the 1937 Sanborn map. The location of the garage has changed likely indicating it has been razed or replaced at a later, unknown date. The only other, newer addition is the Tuff shed, post-1970s. The wood shingle veneer in the front gable and the new porch roof suggest a post-1970s date. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11249 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade/Business 34. Site type(s): Professional offices in house 35. Historical background: Research on the property at 707 South Public Rd provided limited information. The only details available were from the Real Estate Appraisal Card which lists the owners of the property in 1948 as Eli and Julie Souply and the city directories. The Souplys are listed in the City Directories as the occupants in 1959 through 1967. In 1972, Annie Manzanares occupied the house and then in 1976, Rita Way Cement Incorporated (with W.K. Bussard as President) was operated from the property. By 1978, the house was vacant. However, the current property is now home to a business called Two Pears Incorporated. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and the Lafayette Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; X C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1908 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: Construction and historical research of 707 South Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The Front-Gable box does not embody the distinctive characteristics of an early-20th-century house constructed in 1908, neither is it a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. It was evaluated as a example of a front-gabled box type, which is commonly found in the early 20th century. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11249 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] The building does not retain its physical integrity as a Front-Gable Linear relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society—poor integrity of design, workmanship, materials, feeling or association. Major modifications have been made, such as the faux stone and wood-shingles on the façade. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Lafayette Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LAFAYETTE LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11249 1-4 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11249 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Map 707 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11249 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11250 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 6 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11250 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: Coal Creek Barbers 7. Building address: 711 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: Peter & Jamie Martin 711 S. Public Rd Lafayette, CO 80026-2125 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11250 Page 2 of 6 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of SE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492251 mE 4426811 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 5-6 Block: 3 Addition: Industrial City 2 Year of Addition: 1906 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 1,000 square feet 16. Number of stories: 1 17. Primary external wall material(s): Stuccoed, Concrete/Concrete Block 18. Roof configuration: Flat Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Unknown 20. Special features: Mansard trim 21. General architectural description: The one-story, rectangular building has a flat roof with a mansard trim on the east and north elevation. The exterior walls are stuccoed concrete. There are three fixed-pane commercial windows on the south elevation, two on the east elevation, and three on the north elevation. The shop has a commercial- glass entry door and wood-panel door on the north elevation. The foundation is concrete and there is a concrete slab patio in front of the store. 22. Architectural style: Neo Mansard Building type: Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: There is an asphalt parking surrounding north and east side of building. The building is setback from the property line as a result. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: N/A IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1972 Actual: Source of Construction: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11250 Page 3 of 6 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Source of information: 29. Construction history: According to the 1937 Sanborn map, the original property was a large, irregular-shaped building 60’ wide that doesn’t resemble the current property and likely was demolished at some time. According to the Boulder County Tax Assessor Records, the building at 709 South Public Road, built in 1972, is comprised of two buildings (one of which is 1,212 square feet and the other is 1,000 square feet), yet there is only one at the current address of 709 South Public Road. Both the building at 709 and at 711 are similar in design and roof materials and the two share a parking lot. It is likely that the two buildings were built together and the numbering system has been altered. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce / Trade:Business 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce / Trade:Business 34. Site type(s): Commercial 35. Historical background: Research on the property at 711 South Public Rd provided limited information. The earliest occupant listed in the city directories was the Vickles family. In 1967, the property was home to Bert Minor, his wife and Roy. Bert owned Minor Landscaping. By 1972, the property was vacant, but it is unclear if there was a building that was vacant or the new building was in the process of being built. By 1976, Toby’s Mexican Food and Cocktails opened. Toby’s was opened by Toby Padilla, who lived at 975 Kohl. By 1978, the restaurant has changed to The Parrot, owned by Peter Crawford. Also on the property in 1980 was the Lafayette Days Program. Currently, the building is occupied by Coal Creek Barbers. 36. Sources of information: Boulder Daily Camera 3/14/1980; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and the Lafayette Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) X Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: N/A 40. Period of significance: N/A ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11250 Page 4 of 6 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 41. Level of significance: N/A 42. Statement of significance: This building is not 50 years old. Construction and historical research for 711 South Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building is not fifty years old and eligible for NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does its physical integrity as a 1970s commercial property relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society--location, design, workmanship, setting, materials, feeling or association. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Lafayette Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria IX. LAFAYETTE LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11250 Page 5 of 6 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11250 1-3 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Map 711 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11250 Page 6 of 6 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11251 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11251 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503430001 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Montemayor Residence 6. Current building name: Vacant (previously Cleve Optometrist) 7. Building address: 801 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: C E Llc C/O Beth 1304 Nw Meadows Dr Mcminnville, OR 97128 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11251 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of SE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492293 mE 4426570 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 1 & 2 Block: 4 Addition: Industrial City 2 Year of Addition: 1906 Legal: LOTS 1-2 BLK 4 INDUSTRIAL CITY 2 & S 1/2 VAC STREET ADJ TO LOT 1 000801 S PUBLIC RD LAFAYETTE 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Irregular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 1638 square feet 16. Number of stories: One-story 17. Primary external wall material(s): 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Front Gabled Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Porch 21. General architectural description: This one-story, gabled-roof building faces east and is comprised of the original house and two, maybe three, additions. There is at least one gabled-roof addition on the west elevation with another shed–roof addition. There is also a second gabled-roofed addition on the south elevation. It appears there may have been a shed-roof addition added to the south elevation, but it is unclear if it was added the same time as the south addition or at a later time. The main house has a gabled roof with enclosed eaves, the exterior walls are vinyl and the foundation is concrete. On the original façade, there is one 1/1 window and one large, fixed-pane window. There is one sliding window on the north elevation of the main house and one 1/1 window on the north elevation of the shed roofed addition. On the west elevation, there are two sliding windows: one on the west, another on the south. The elevation also has a paneled-and-glazed door with a screen door. There are also two doors on the south elevation: one is paneled-and-glazed, the other a wood panel door with a screen door. There is also one sliding window on the east elevation of this addition. All windows have wood and metal trim. There is a covered, gabled-roof porch with a concrete slab foundation on the east elevation of the south addition. The porch has wood beams covered in sheet metal. On the south elevation, there is a concrete slab patio. 22. Architectural style: Late 19th/Early 20th Century American Movements Building type: N/A 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The building has a post-rail fence on the east elevation and an asphalt parking lot on the south and east elevation. On the north elevation are young and older deciduous trees. On the west elevation is grass lawn surrounded by a post-rail fence. The building is set back from the property line. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11251 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: 1: Date Built: ca 1980s-90s Tuff Shed There is a new Tuff shed to the southwest of the main house. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1930 Actual: Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor Card, Carnegie Local History Library 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: The original footprint of the house, ca. 1930, is a gable-roofed one story facing east. Between 1930 and 1937, a gabled addition was added to the back or west elevation. The addition is present as early as the 1937 Sanborn maps. There is also a shed roof addition connected to the west addition which may have been added at the same time or later. Also, according to the 1937 Sanborn map, there is an addition to the east elevation which is not visible now. Presently, there is also an addition to the south elevation (ca 1970). All of the windows are modern. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce/Trade/Professional 34. Site type(s): Commercial 35. Historical background: The house at 801 South Public Road was built ca 1930 and inhabited by Estanislas and Katherine Montemayor. At the same time, the Montemayors also owned the property at 707 South Public Road. In 1946, their sons, Joseph and Memecio, joined them at 801 South Public Road. Memecio was a miner at Monarch mines and married to ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11251 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Margaret Montemayor. By 1949, Memecio and Margaret had moved out leaving just Estanislas, Katherine, and Joseph. After that, research provided little evidence of occupation. By 1967, the Montemayors had moved out and laborer John Dykovick and his wife June had moved in. The Dykovicks lived there at least five years. By the late 1970s and early 1980s, the house became a business with several offices. In 1976, the following businesses were occupants: optometrist Dr. Cleve E. (who was here until the house was put up for sale recently); Attorney at Law William A. Sheppard; State Farm Insurance agent W.L. Johnson; Employment Search, an employment agency managed by Daniel Darlington; and Morrell Graphics Business Center. By 1978, and State Farm Insurance were still there, but were joined by American Family Insurance Manager and agent Barb Kimball. By 1984, Lafayette Chiropractic Center with Drs. Richard and Julie Lacey and Attorney Bill Zurinskas joined Dr. The current property is vacant and for sale. It is listed as a multi-office building. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: N/A Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; X C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: Ca 1930 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: Construction and historical research of 801 South Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of an mid-20th-century house built in 1940, neither is it a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does not retain its physical integrity as a 1930s house relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society—poor integrity for design, workmanship, and/or materials. Major modifications such as the replacement of windows, changing of the roof line, and multiple additions on the south and west elevations have altered the former residence beyond recognition. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11251 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Lafayette Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LAFAYETTE LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11251 1-7 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11251 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Site Map 801 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11251 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11252 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11252 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157503430002 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: All Pets Animal Hospital 7. Building address: 805 S. Public Road 8. Owner name and address: VCA All Pets Animal Hospital 12401 West Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064-1022 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11252 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SE ¼ of SE ¼ of NE ¼ of SE ¼ of section 3 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492293 mE 4426532 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 3, 4 & 5 Block: 4 Addition: Industrial City 2 Year of Addition: 1906 Legal: LOTS 3-4 & N 1/2 LOT 5 BLK 4 INDUSTRIAL CITY 2 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 2,224 square feet 16. Number of stories: 1 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Weatherboard 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/L Gabled Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Porch 21. General architectural description: The east-facing rectangular building has an L-Gabled roof on the original house with a gabled roof addition on the west elevation. The roof is made of asphalt composition. The west gabled end of the original house is made of tongue-and-groove weatherboard while the other gable ends have vertical wood board and batten. The rest of the exterior walls are horizontal wood board and batten. The entry on the east elevation has a commercial paneled and glazed door surrounded by two crank/fixed windows. The north elevation has four sliding windows and one metal panel door. The west elevation has two sliding windows. The south elevation has two sliding windows and one metal panel door. All windows have wood surroundings. On the east elevation is a hipped roof, enclosed porch with brick walls in front. It also has metal lattice columns and a concrete floor. The house foundation is concrete. 22. Architectural style: Late 19th C/Early 20th C American Movements Building type: N/A 23. Landscaping or special setting features: On the east and south elevation is an asphalt parking lot. On the north and west elevation is a grass lawn. Scattered on the east elevation and in a few areas of the north elevation are young and older deciduous trees. The building is setback from the property line with a parking lot. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11252 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: 1: Date Built: Ca 1930 Chicken Coop/Shed To the northwest of the building is a wood chicken coop/shed that has tongue-and-groove wood with a shed roof. There is one wood door and 5 panel boards. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1905 Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor Card 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: According to the 1937 Sanborn Map, the lot at 805 South Public Road is still vacant, yet the Boulder County Tax Assessor Card states the property was built in 1905. However, the dwelling at 807 South Public Road has a similar footprint as the current property at 805 South Public Road. Also, 801 South Public Road is currently for sale and is listed as a double lot so it is possible over the course of time, the numbering system was shifted. Assuming the dwelling at 807 is the current 805, the original property was an L-shaped dwelling with a small addition on the front, east elevation which is likely the front porch. The original footprint is still visible with the modification of the long addition on the west elevation. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade 34. Site type(s): Veterinarian 35. Historical background: While the house was built in 1905, the earliest city directories for this address were not available until 1930 when it was home to Mastriana family. Dominic Mastriana was born in Arpino Cassarata, Italy in 1882 and was one of five ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11252 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] children born to Maria and Antonio. He served in the Italian army and then came to America in 1906 and worked in Hastings Mine. Dominic’s wife, Mary, was born in Calabria, Italy as the only child of Sarah and Frank Chipparonie. Her mother died when she was young and eventually came to America at the age of 15 with her uncle. Dominic and Mary were married in 1908 in Trinidad and lived at the Hasting Mine Camp for one year. After that, they moved to Denver and had their first child, Bertina. By 1911 they moved to Standard Coal Mine Camp in Lafayette where they had seven more children: Tony, Frank, Joe, Earl, Virginia, Mike (who later own and operated Mike’s Bar in Lafayette), and Eva. The family left the mine camp in 1921 after a flood took their house. In is unclear where they lived when they first moved to Lafayette however, the Lafayette City Directories listed a Dominic and Bertina Mastriana as living at 607 South Public Road in 1926. In 1927, Mary set up a Spaghetti Restaurant in one of the houses they owned, while they lived next door. It was here where their youngest child, Elmer, was born. In the 1930 city directory, the Mastriana family (including Dominc’s father, Antonio) 607 South Public Road. Restructuring of the numbering system may indicate they lived had in fact remained at what is now 805 South Public Road. In 1936, Dominic and Mary’s sons Earl, Joseph (both miners), and Frank, a manager at the Hi-Way Tavern, lived at home. Daughter Bertina had left home. The couple and their children with spouses lived at 805 South Public Road until 1943. Dominic quit mining to start a vegetable farm in Denver on Depew Street where the family lived for 30 years. Dominic died of Black Lung Disease in 1965. Mary lived with several of her children before moving back to Louisville. She died in 1975 of heart disease. In 1967, the house was occupied by Mike and James Anderson; Mike was a Lafayette policeman. From 1972 through 1978, retired farmer Alfred W. Anderson and his wife Gertrude lived in the house. By 1978, they had welcomed Centaurus Veterinary Clinic, a large and small animal clinic run by Dr. James R. Cook, DVM. The current property is occupied by the VCA All Pets Animal Hospital. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 266-267; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; X C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11252 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 40. Period of significance: 1905 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: This building was evaluated for architecture. Construction and historical research for 805 South Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of an early-20th-century house built in 1905, neither is it a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does not retain its physical integrity as a 1905 house relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society—poor integrity for design, workmanship, setting, materials, feeling and/or association. Major modifications that include the redone porch, the large addition to the west elevation, the replaced windows and the new window openings on at least the north side have altered the original L-shaped house beyond recognition. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Lafayette Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11252 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] IX. LAFAYETTE LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Lafayette Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11252 1-6 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Map 805 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11252 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: «Resource_Number» Temporary resource number: «Temporary_Resource_Number» «Organization» «Recorder_address» «Recorder_phone» ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11253 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11253 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157502222005 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Fisher Duplex 6. Current building name: Home Base Delivery 7. Building address: 100 ½ E. Cleveland Street 8. Owner name and address: Trustees Of The Betty B & Keith A Warren Keith A & Betty B Warren Trusts 1336 Hecla Dr #224 Louisville, CO 80027-3205 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11253 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NW ¼ of NW ¼ of SW ¼ of NW ¼ of section 2 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492339 mE 4427217 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 5 Block: 7 Addition: Lafayette O T Year of Addition: 1888 Legal: LOT 5 BLK 7 LAFAYETTE OT 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): L-Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 700 square feet 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Concrete Block 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Side Gabled Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: n/a 21. General architectural description: The L-shaped, concrete-block building has a gabled roof with asphalt composition shingles and exposed rafters. The gable ends are wood, vertical boards. The windows are double and triple casement with brick sills. The only entry door is in the L of the façade; it is a panel door with a screen/glass door. 22. Architectural style: Mid-20th Century American Movements Building type: Mid-Twentieth Century Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: A concrete sidewalk surrounds the building. The site has an asphalt parking lot between the two buildings located at the corner of Public Road and East Cleveland Street. There is a large tree at the south end of the 100 building. On the property, to the west, is a rectangular building. The building is set deep in the southeast corner of the property. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: See below ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11253 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 1: Date Built: 1932 Commercial Building The one-story, rectangular building faces Public Road. It has a side gable roof with asphalt composition shingles and deep overhanging eaves and exposed rafters. The gable ends are the same as the exterior walls, a horizontal vinyl siding. The foundation is concrete. On the façade, a centrally-located, glass door is flanked by two pairs of modern fixed-pane windows and a large, modern sign that is located to the south end of the building. Other windows on the building include modern fixed panes. A second door is located on the east elevation parallel to the west door. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1955 Source of Construction: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 157-158 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: William Fisher Source of information: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 157-158 28. Original owner: William Fisher Source of information: Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 157-158 29. Construction history: In 1955, property owner William Fisher constructed a second building at the southeast corner of the property for rental income. On a circa 1971 photo, the present-day commercial unit was identified as a double, residential unit. There were two doors instead of one in the L of the building (see attached photograph). Date of alteration is unknown. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Multiple Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade 34. Site type(s): Commercial 35. Historical background: In 1955, owner William Fisher constructed a double residential unit for rental income at the southeast corner of the commercial property at 100 E Cleveland Street. It is unclear when the residential property was converted to ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11253 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] commercial. In the late city directories, a variety of commercial tenants occupied the building, most recently Home Base Deliveries. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 157-158; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) X Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Commerce 40. Period of significance: 1955 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: Construction and historical research for the former double residential unit provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under criteria A and B. The double residential unit does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of construction that makes it eligible under NRHP Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The double residential unit does not retain its physical integrity as a Mid- 20th-century residential property type relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society—poor for design, workmanship, setting, and materials. A door on the west elevation was removed, windows replaced, and double unit converted to a single unit. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11253 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11253 1-3 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11253 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Site Map 100 ½ E Cleveland Street, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11253 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11254 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11254 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157502235009 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Cordelia Van Valkenberg Residence Garage 6. Current building name: Vacant 7. Building address: 101 ½ E. Chester Street 8. Owner name and address: Joseph P Smith Sally Marie Debeque Smith 1156 23rd Rd Grand Junction, CO 81505 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11254 Page 2 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NW ¼ of SW ¼ of SW ¼ of NW ¼ of section 2 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492338 mE 4427057 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 6 Block: 16 Addition: Lafayette O T Year of Addition: 1889 Legal: LOT 6 BLK 16 LAFAYETTE O T SPLIT FROM ID 20463 07/15/93 000101 E CHESTER ST LAFAYETTE 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 14’ X 36’ 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Horizontal Siding 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Front-Gabled 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: 21. General architectural description: On the northwest corner of the lot, there is a one-story, south-facing garage/cottage (14’ x 36’) with a front-gabled roof. The exterior walls are tongue-and-grove wood slats. There is a shed-roof addition on the north elevation. The asphalt, composition roof has overhanging eaves. There are three 1/1 windows on the west side, one 1/1 on the south elevation, and one 1/1 on the east side. The long 1/1 windows have wood surrounds, wood shutters, and storm windows. The north elevation has one 6-pane slider and a fixed- pane window with wood surround. There is a panel door on the east elevation and a panel-and-glaze door on the south elevation. There is a concrete stoop in front of the entrance and the foundation is concrete. 22. Architectural style: Late 19th/Early 20th Century American Movements Building type: Commercial 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The lot has modern landscape that includes young and old deciduous trees and a grass lawn on the south and west elevations. There is a asphalt parking lot between the house and cottage as well as along the east side of the cottage. The building is set back from the property line. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: See Below ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11254 Page 3 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 1: Date Built: 1896 I-House 5BL9452 The 1 ½-story I-House has a rectangular plan that is two rooms wide and one room deep with a central passage and rear additions. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1908 Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor & Real Estate Appraisal Card Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Cordelia Van Valkenberg Source of information: Boulder County Grantor/Grantee Index, Boulder County Clerk & Recorder 29. Construction history: The garage was converted to a cottage residence by at least 1955 when Julia Graham (James and Madge’s daughter) lived in it according to Lafayette City Directories. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Secondary Structure/Garage 32. Intermediate use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 33. Current use(s): Commerce/Trade: Specialty Store 34. Site type(s): Commercial 35. Historical background: In 1896, Cordelia Van Valkenberg purchased the house at 101 East Chester Street from the McAllister Lumber and Supply Company. After Cordelia’s death in 1900, the house was transferred to Cordelia’s children: Mary, Edward, Galen, Martha, Richard, Joseph and William. It is unclear who if any of the children lived in the house. In 1921, Widow Jennie Simpson purchased the house. In 1945, James Graham Junior 1902- ) and his wife, Madge, bought the house. James and Madge lived in the house into the late 1990s. During the Great Depression, Graham worked for a government employment agency and set up an office in Boulder. Over his lifetime, Graham served three terms in the State Legislature in the 1930s (introducing the first old-age pension law in Colorado), as the Democratic Floor Leader in 1937, Deputy Secretary of ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11254 Page 4 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] State under George Baker, and as vice president of Colorado State Federation of Labor. Later Graham went on to serve as Mayor of the City of Lafayette (1946-1948 and 1959-1963) and as a member of its city council. His non- political positions include working as a miner for over a decade, a teacher of a Mine Rescue and Safety Program, a telephone operator at Lowry Air Force Base, owner and operator of Jimmy’s Lunch (where Madge worked in the 1940s), and finally as a driver and then district supervisor for the county highway department. It is unclear when the residence became zoned commercial. The property is owned by Joseph P and Sally Marie Debeque Smith, who live in Grand Junction, Colorado. The main house/retail space is vacant. Up until recently, the house was occupied by Paw Wares Pet Supply Company. The garage building is currently occupied by The Speckled Goose, a handcrafts and antiques store. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library; Boulder County Grantor/Grantee Index available at the Boulder County Clerks and Records Office, Boulder; Real Estate Flyer; “James Graham: a many faceted man” Tri-City Journal, 12/31/1975; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 65, 217-218; Ancestry.com online search database for Graham Family and 1910, 1920, 1930 Federal Censuses for Jennie Simpson and Louis Cganges. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) X Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1908 41. Significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: Construction and historical research for 101 ½ East Chester Street provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of construction of the original early-20th-Century garage, or is a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. The building is not individually eligible to the NRHP. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The property at 101 ½ East Chester Street does not retain its physical integrity as an early-20th-century garage ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11254 Page 5 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society-setting, location, design, workmanship, materials, feeling or association. There have been moderate changes to the garage (including a rear addition and modifications) to convert the building into a residential unit now used as retail space. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11254 1-4 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11254 Page 6 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): 303-932-772 Sketch Map 101 ½ E Chester Street, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11254 Page 7 of 7 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL11255 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 7 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL11255 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157502236005 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Unknown 6. Current building name: Scarlett Rose 7. Building address: 402 S Public Road 8. Owner name and address: R & R Lane Properties LLC 100 E Chester St Lafayette, CO 80026 44. National register field eligibility: Not Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11255 Page 2 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W SW ¼ of SW ¼ of SW ¼ of NW ¼ of section 2 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492340 mE 4426996 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 5 Block: 17 Addition: Lafayette O T Year of Addition: 1888 Legal: LOT 5 BLK 17 LAFAYETTE OT LESS MIN & RESTRICTIONS 2 IMPS 000100 E CHESTER ST LAFAYETTE 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular 15. Dimensions in feet: 26’ x 18’ 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Stone 18. Roof configuration: Hipped Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: 21. General architectural description: The one story, south facing, rectangular garage is 26’ x 18’ and is constructed of concrete with stone veneer. The hipped-roof has overhanging, enclosed eaves with exposed rafters. There is a panel door on the north elevation, as well as a glass and panel door on the front. There are two 6/1 windows on the west elevation, one sliding window on the west elevation, and a corner window on the northwest elevation. All windows have wood sills and surrounds as well as awnings. 22. Architectural style: No Style Building type: 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The lot has modern landscape that includes young deciduous trees, rock and bark landscape materials. There is also a raised, newer, wood deck addition on the south elevation. There is an asphalt parking lot on the south elevation between the main building and the associated garage/retail space. The former garage extends to the property line. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: See Below ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11255 Page 3 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 1: Date Built: 1920 House The Gabled-Ell house is 1 ½ stories with two stone chimneys located in the center of each segment of the L- shape. The roof is made of asphalt composition shingles with overhanging, boxed eaves. The exterior walls of the house are lapboard. There are two newer, large fixed-pane windows in the front and one on the west elevation. There are also two smaller fixed-pane windows on the west elevation. The east elevation has two 1/1 windows. All windows have wide wood surrounds and sills. The west- facing front doors are centrally located, while the west elevation and south elevation doors are off center. The east elevation was inaccessible due to the property boundary and a privacy fence. There is a raised front porch with concrete pier columns and spindles. The porch has a gabled roof with wood shingles to match the main house. Below the porch, is a lower level entry with concrete piers and wood lattice. According to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, at least in 1956, the basement was occupied as a residence. The foundation is raised. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1920 Actual: Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor & Real Estate Appraisal Card Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: Unknown Source of information: 29. Construction history: According to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card, the house was built in 1926; however, the Boulder County Property Record lists 1920 as the build date. There has been significant modification to the house over the years. The garage was also listed on the same Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card; therefore the date of construction is considered the same. As early as the 1950s, according to the Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card, the garage was occupied as a residence. The original garage doors were removed and filled in and a window added. At an unknown date, retail doors and windows were replaced. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11255 Page 4 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Secondary Structure/Garage 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce /Trade/Specialty Store 34. Site type(s): Commercial 35. Historical background: The property at 100 E. Chester Street was built either in 1920 or 1926 according to county records. In the 1926 city directory, Ralph C. Blakeman occupied the house. Between 1930 and 1936, Luther and Rose Braden lived in the house. Luther operated a barber shop in his home. During the late 1940s, John Clemens and sons, Keve, John, and Vincent lived in the house. Clemens worked in a local general merchandise store. During the 1950s, the house was first occupied by Ernestine and John Tafoya, then by Jack and Maigel Smith. Jack was the foreman at Wilkinsen Motor Sales. Also, by the 1950s, both the basement and the garage were occupied by various tenants, including Gilbert Roberton, retired Robert Kloepfer, Vivian Logan, and finally retail entities like All State Insurance Group and the Scarlet Rose. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Cards, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and the Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: N/A Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) X Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: N/A 40. Period of significance: N/A 41. Level of significance: N/A 42. Statement of significance: Construction and historical research for 402 South Public Road provided no evidence that there are any historical associations with persons or events that would make it eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and B. The building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of construction of the original early-20th-Century garage, or is a representative work of one or more notable architects and/or builders ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11255 Page 5 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] to make it eligible for NRHP Criterion C. The garage is not individually eligible for the NRHP. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The building does not retain its physical integrity as an early 20th-century garage relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society--design, workmanship, setting, materials. The original vehicular doors are not extant. Commercial doors and windows have been installed. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community X Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL11255 1-3 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11255 Page 6 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 1/28/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): [PHONE REDACTED] Site Map 402 S Public Road, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL11255 Page 7 of 7 Temporary Resource Number: Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994) ---PAGE BREAK--- Resource number: 5BL9452 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Page 1 of 8 Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5BL9452 Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: 157502235009 3. County: Boulder 4. City: Lafayette 5. Historic building name: Cordelia Van Valkenberg Residence 6. Current building name: Vacant 7. Building address: 101 E. Chester Street 8. Owner name and address: Joseph P Smith Sally Marie Debeque Smith 1156 23rd Rd Grand Junction, CO 81505 44. National register field eligibility: Eligible 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL9452 Page 2 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township 1S Range 69W NW ¼ of SW ¼ of SW ¼ of NW ¼ of section 2 10. UTM reference (Conversion to NAD27) Zone 13; 492338 mE 4427057 mN 11. USGS quad name: Lafayette Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5 12. Lot(s): 6 Block: 16 Addition: Lafayette O T Year of Addition: 1889 Legal: LOT 6 BLK 16 LAFAYETTE O T SPLIT FROM ID 20463 07/15/93 000101 E CHESTER ST LAFAYETTE 13. Boundary Description and Justification: Legal III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Irregular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 1, 356 square feet 16. Number of stories: 1.5 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Horizontal Siding 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Side-Gabled 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Porch, Chimney, Window/Stained Glass 21. General architectural description: The 1 ½-story I-House has a rectangular plan that is two rooms wide and one room deep with a central passage. It faces south onto East Chester Street. On the north elevation, there is a rear L-shaped addition that includes a kitchen. To the east is a second, enclosed addition x14’). To the east of that second addition is a cement patio (10’ x 15’) that provides access to a metal cellar door. There is a brick chimney in the center of the L-shaped addition. The I-House has a steeply-pitched, side-gabled, asphalt composition roof with overhanging, enclosed eaves. The exterior walls are wood tongue-and-groove. The centrally-located front entry has a newer panel-and- glazed door. On the façade, on the lower level only, there are two fixed-pane glass windows with stained-glass transoms or cottage sash. On the east elevation, lower level, there are two 1/1 windows, and on the west elevation, lower level, there are six 1/1 windows. The upper story of the I-House has one 1/1 window on each of the gabled ends (no windows are on the facade). All windows have wood frames and shutters. Across the façade, there is an open porch with wood spindle columns and half spindle columns against the house. Decorative scroll brackets have been applied to the porch, as well as typical Victorian paint colors. A set of four steps with balustrade leads up to the porch with wood flooring and base. The foundation for the house is concrete. The east elevation was inaccessible, fenced private property. 22. Architectural style: Late 19th/Early 20th Century American Movements Building type: I-House 23. Landscaping or special setting features: The lot has modern landscape that includes young and old deciduous trees and a grass lawn on the south and west elevations. There is a asphalt parking lot between the house and ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL9452 Page 3 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] cottage as well as along the east side of the cottage. House is set back from the street with a sidewalk and lawn between. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: The property at 101 East Chester Street includes a historic, frame garage, converted into a retail store. At present, this building’s legal address is 101 ½ E Chester Street. 1: Date Built: 1908 Garage/Cottage On the northwest corner of the lot, there is a one-story, south- facing garage/cottage (14’ x 36’) with a front-gabled roof. The exterior walls are tongue-and-grove wood slats. There is a shed-roof addition on the north elevation. The asphalt, composition roof has overhanging eaves. There are three 1/1 windows on the west side, one 1/1 on the south elevation, and one 1/1 on the east side. The long 1/1 windows have wood surrounds, wood shutters, and storm windows. The north elevation has one 6-pane slider and a fixed-pane window with wood surround. There is a panel door on the east elevation and a panel-and-glaze door on the south elevation. There is a concrete stoop in front of the entrance and the foundation is concrete. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1896 Source of Construction: Boulder County Tax Assessor & Real Estate Appraisal Card Records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: 27. Builder/Contractor: McAllister Lumber and Supply Company Source of information: Boulder County Grantor/Grantee Index, Boulder County Clerk & Recorder 28. Original owner: Cordelia Van Valkenberg Source of information: Boulder County Grantor/Grantee Index, Boulder County Clerk & Recorder 29. Construction history: The earliest modification from the original I-House footprint of the house is an L- shaped area that is visible as early as the 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance map next to the kitchen area. By 1948, there was a small 6’ x14’ porch added to the east side of the kitchen addition. In 1959, a cement patio (16’ x 15’) was added to the west side of the porch, which by now had been enclosed as part of the house. At some unknown date, after the photo from the 1949/1959 Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card was taken, shutters were added to the windows. The roof was re-decked in 2000. The garage was converted to a cottage residence by at least 1955 when Julia Graham (James and Madge’s daughter) lived in it. 30. Original location: X Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): Domestic/Multiple Dwelling 33. Current use(s): Vacant ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL9452 Page 4 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] 34. Site type(s): I-House 35. Historical background: In 1896, Cordelia Van Valkenberg purchased the house at 101 East Chester Street from the McAllister Lumber and Supply Company. After Cordelia’s death in 1900, the house was transferred to Cordelia’s children: Mary, Edward, Galen, Martha, Richard, Joseph and William. It is unclear who if any of the children lived in the house. In 1921, Widow Jennie Simpson purchased the house. Presumably Simpson and her children operated a boarding house in Lafayette for local miners leasing a house until raising enough funds to buy the house on Chester Street. Kentuckian Jennie Simpson and her husband Frank traveled to Boulder County where Frank worked in the mines until he died, presumably in an accident leaving Jennie with five children. Many of Jennie’s boarders were Greek miners. Later in 1921, she married Greek miner Louis Cgangas (also spelled Cganges), a miner at the Hi Way Mine. The couple lived in the house at least through 1942 when Jennie transferred ownership of the house to her husband Louis. In 1945, James Graham Junior 1902- ) and his wife, Madge, bought the house. James and Madge lived in the house into the late 1990s. During the Great Depression, Graham worked for a government employment agency and set up an office in Boulder. Over his lifetime, Graham served three terms in the State Legislature in the 1930s (introducing the first old-age pension law in Colorado), as the Democratic Floor Leader in 1937, Deputy Secretary of State under George Baker, and as vice president of Colorado State Federation of Labor. Later Graham went on to serve as Mayor of the City of Lafayette (1946-1948 and 1959-1963) and as a member of its city council. His non- political positions include working as a miner for over a decade, a teacher of a Mine Rescue and Safety Program, a telephone operator at Lowry Air Force Base, owner and operator of Jimmy’s Lunch (where Madge worked in the 1940s), and finally as a driver and then district supervisor for the county highway department. It is unclear when the residence became zoned commercial. The property is owned by Joseph P and Sally Marie Debeque Smith, who live in Grand Junction, Colorado. The main house/retail space is vacant. Up until recently, the house was occupied by Paw Wares Pet Supply Company. The garage building is currently occupied by The Speckled Goose, a handcrafts and antiques store. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County Real Estate Appraisal Card, available at the Carnegie Local History Museum, Boulder; Lafayette city directories (1892-1978) available at the Carnegie Local History Center, Boulder, and Lafayette Public Library; 1900, 1908, 1937 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available online from the Western History Collection, Denver Public Library; Boulder County Grantor/Grantee Index available at the Boulder County Clerks and Records Office, Boulder; Real Estate Flyer; “James Graham: a many faceted man” Tri-City Journal, 12/31/1975; Lafayette Historical Society, “Lafayette Colorado History” (Lafayette: Curtis Media Corporation, 1990) 65, 217-218; Ancestry.com online search database for Graham Family and 1910, 1920, 1930 Federal Censuses for Jennie Simpson and Louis Cganges. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: No Date of designation: Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; X C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL9452 Page 5 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture 40. Period of significance: 1896-1937 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: The house at 101 E Chester Street is eligible under NRHP Criterion C as a good example of the I-House type, a building type defined by its layout, two-rooms wide and one-room deep, separated by a central passage. Nevertheless, homeowners, as in this case, often added stylistic details to make them appear more fashionable and functional, which include: ornamental porches, chimneys, and rearward extensions (kitchen wings, porches). This is one of only a limited number of I-house examples extant in Lafayette, Colorado. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The property at 101 East Chester Street retains its physical integrity as an I-House type relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society-setting, location, design, workmanship, materials, feeling or association. Although there have been moderate changes and a large rear addition to the house (including the enclosure of a rear porch and addition of a patio area (16’ x 15’) and the addition of wood shutters to the windows), they are minimal in relationship to the mass and scale of the house and original rear addition and are in keeping with the style, workmanship, and design of the pre-1937 house. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? No Discuss: The Public Road commercial area does not retain sufficient integrity to suggest historic district potential. New construction and fire or razing of former commercial properties has disrupted the cohesiveness of the commercial district along the road. If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A VIII. LOCAL LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE 47. Applicable Landmark Criteria: X Architectural - Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period Architectural - Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally, state-wide, regionally, or locally X Architectural - Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value Architectural - Represents an innovation in construction, materials or design Architectural - Style particularly associated with Lafayette or one of its neighborhoods X Architectural - Represents a built environment of a group of people in an era of history Architectural - Pattern or grouping of elements representing at least one of the above criteria Architectural - Significant historic remodel Social/historic- Site of historic event that had an effect upon society Social/historic - Exemplifies cultural, political, economic or social heritage of the community X Social/historic - Association with a notable person or the work of a notable person ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL9452 Page 6 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Geographic/environmental - Enhances sense of identity of the community X Geographic/environmental - An established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community Does not meet any of the above Local Landmark criteria Statement of local significance: The house at 101 E Chester Street is eligible under Criterion A as an excellent example of the I-House type, a building type defined by its layout, two-rooms wide and one-room deep, separated by a central passage. Nevertheless, homeowners, as in this case, often added stylistic details to make them appear more fashionable and functional, which include: ornamental porches, chimneys, and rearward extensions (kitchen wings, porches). This is one of only a limited number of I-house examples extant in Lafayette, Colorado. In addition, the house is significant under Criterion B for its historic association with the State Legislator James Graham Junior, who served three terms with the State Legislator in the 1930s during a historic period in the State’s history in rebuilding the State’s economy after the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl Era, as well as serving two terms as the Mayor of Lafayette. The house has become a geographic or visual feature of the community on South Public Road enhancing a sense of identity of the community in the plaza area. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to local significance: The property at 101 East Chester Street retains its physical integrity as an I-House type relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society-setting, location, design, workmanship, materials, feeling or association. Although there have been moderate changes to the house (including the enclosure of a rear porch and addition of a patio area (16’ x 15’); large, rear addition; and the addition of wood shutters to the windows post- 1937), they are minimal in relationship to the mass and scale of the house and original rear addition and are in keeping with the style, workmanship, and design of the original house. IX. LANDMARK ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 48. Landmark eligibility field assessment: Eligible Is there Local Landmark district potential? No If there is L.L. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A If the building is in an existing L.L. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? N/A X. RECORDING INFORMATION 49. Photograph numbers: 5BL9452 1-5 CDs/Negatives filed at: City of Lafayette 50. Report title: Public Road Intensive Level Survey Lafayette, CO 51. Date(s): 4/11/2011 52. Recorder(s): Dawn Bunyak and Eleanor Minick 53. Organization: Bunyak Research Associates 54. Address: 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 55. Phone number(s): 303-932-772 ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL9452 Page 7 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Sketch Map 101 E Chester St, Lafayette ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURAL INVENTORY FORM Resource Number: 5BL9452 Page 8 of 8 Bunyak Research Associates 10628 W Roxbury Ave, Littleton, CO 80127 [PHONE REDACTED] Location Map Lafayette Quad (1994)