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A Short History of the Berthoud Historical Society

A Short History of the Berthoud Historical Society

by Meg Dunn | Nov 29, 2022 | Berthoud, Johnstown & Milliken, Historic Landmarks, Women of NoCo

In 1976, the mayor of the town of Berthoud (along with many other Colorado communities) created a Centennial-Bicentennial committee whose purpose was to plan events and festivities to recognize the Colorado Centennial and the United States Bicentennial. As Northern...
Ginger and Baker – Friends of Preservation 2018

Ginger and Baker – Friends of Preservation 2018

by Meg Dunn | Sep 6, 2018 | Fort Collins, Historic Landmarks, Historic Preservation, Renovations & Razes

There is now a sense of wonder and contentment in this building now. The precious way the materials in this historic building have been treated breathes out onto everyone inside. And that care that the Grahams took in honoring this piece of history has given it wings that will carry it forward into our future.

Jacob’s Ladder, now the Birch Ruins

Jacob’s Ladder, now the Birch Ruins

by Meg Dunn | Apr 17, 2018 | Estes Park, Historic Landmarks, Museums & Historic Sites

“In a dream [Jacob] saw a ladder that reached from earth to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.” – Genesis 28:12 Al Birch was a reporter from the Denver Post when he first visited Estes Park. At the time, there wasn’t...
Loveland as seen from the 1886 Sanborn Map

Loveland as seen from the 1886 Sanborn Map

by Meg Dunn | Feb 15, 2018 | Historic Landmarks, Loveland, Renovations & Razes

The Sanborn Map & Publishing Company produced some of the earliest maps of our Colorado communities. In 1886/7, the company drew up a forty-one page map (plus an index page) of Denver. In comparison, Fort Collins and Greeley were granted 4-pages each. Loveland,...
Loveland’s First Performing Arts Center, the Bartholf Opera House

Loveland’s First Performing Arts Center, the Bartholf Opera House

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...
A New City Hall

A New City Hall

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...
The Continental Oil Company Property – 225 Maple Street

The Continental Oil Company Property – 225 Maple Street

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...
The Poudre Valley Creamery Laboratory has a New Sign

The Poudre Valley Creamery Laboratory has a New Sign

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...
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