by Meg Dunn | Nov 25, 2019 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Fort Collins, Then and Now
Then & Now: Block 93 in Downtown Fort Collins by Meg Dunn | Nov 25, 2019 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Fort Collins, Then and Now | 0 comments The Urban Renewal Movement of the 1950s and 60s led to vast tracts of developed land in cities throughout the...
by Meg Dunn | Sep 13, 2019 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Events, Fort Collins
1300 Emigh Street The Boyajian House When the historic preservation movement was becoming codified in our national law and consciousness, around the 1930 -1950s, Victorian buildings seemed far too new to be worth preserving. Instead, much of the focus of the movement...
by Meg Dunn | Sep 4, 2019 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Events, Fort Collins
145 N. Loomis Avenue The H. C. Howard House The H. C. Howard House, located at 145 N. Loomis Avenue in the Loomis Addition, will be one of the oldest homes included in the Historic Homes Tour on September 14th, hosted by the Poudre Landmarks Foundation. But despite...
by Meg Dunn | Nov 13, 2017 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Historic Landmarks, Loveland, Renovations & Razes
The town of Loveland was only six years old when, in 1883, it was announced that an opera house would be built on 4th Street. The Fort Collins Courier reported the news on November 29th: “And now Loveland is to have an opera house. Messrs Bartholf and Allen will...
by Meg Dunn | Apr 29, 2017 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Historic Landmarks, Then and Now
After World War II, Fort Collins experienced a population boom. Suburban style developments started popping up on the fringes of town… along West Mulberry, around Stover and Elizabeth, and some were even as far aways as Prospect Road. Colorado A&M was...
by Meg Dunn | Apr 20, 2017 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Historic Landmarks
If you’ve ever eaten at the FoCo Cafe, then you’ve been inside of the old local office/warehouse building of the Continental Oil Company. This unassuming building is not only home to one of Fort Collins’ most innovative lunch spots, but it’s...
by Meg Dunn | Mar 19, 2017 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Renovations & Razes
In 1903, William Dunham built a substantial stone warehouse on the back half of three lots along Laporte Avenue. In 1910-11, Myron H. Akin (Fort Collins’ mayor at the time) added a large storefront to the south side of the warehouse. The combined building was...
by Meg Dunn | Mar 11, 2017 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Renovations & Razes
In 1903, a stone warehouse was constructed behind a small, 1-story office building on Laporte Avenue between Mason and College. Nine years later, the little office building was hauled away and a new, wider, 2-story brick building took its place. The stout new...
