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...
by Meg Dunn | Feb 28, 2017 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Renovations & Razes
For 67 years, the Myron H. Akin building was an integral part of the fabric of Fort Collins. It sat prominently right up against the property line, an imposing presence along Laporte Avenue. And with travelers walking right past to get to and from the passenger train...
by Meg Dunn | Dec 16, 2016 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Historic Preservation, Loveland, Renovations & Razes
In 1937, work began on the Loveland Community Building — the result of a public/private partnership between the town of Loveland, the Pulliam family, and the Works Progress Administration. The reinforced concrete building cost $150,000 to build, employed 180...
by Meg Dunn | Dec 6, 2016 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Cultural Character
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” ― Benjamin Franklin “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” ― Abraham Lincoln Fort Collins is a city that understands the value of a good plan. A well made plan...
by Meg Dunn | Nov 23, 2016 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Fort Collins, Frontier Faces, Then and Now
The oldest remaining house in Fort Collins is Auntie Stone’s cabin. Even by the early 1900s its significance in the history of the city was recognized. It was called the Pioneer Cabin and used as a meeting place by the Association of Pioneer Women (an...
by Meg Dunn | Oct 26, 2016 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Historic Landmarks
On Laporte Avenue, right between Mason and Howes, is an oddly shaped little building often affectionately know now-a-days as the Butterfly building because of its unique roofline. This small little structure was once used as a laboratory and ice cream shop for the...
by Meg Dunn | May 24, 2016 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Cultural Character
On the southeast corner of Oak and Howes Streets stands a grand old building — the Masonic Temple. While the lattice windows and the pocked, cream colored brick are distinctive, it’s the central portico with six tall Tuscan columns supporting a triangular...
by Linda Devers Iannuzzi | May 17, 2016 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Guest Post, Historic Landmarks, NoCo Notables
Have you ever traveled down South Overland Trail Road and wondered about the little stone house on the west side of the street that’s peeking out from behind the trees? Today’s article is all about that house. It was written by guest blogger, Linda Devers...
