“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 much there besides some …
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, only nine years old at the time, merited …
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 build a two story brick …
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 growing so quickly that some students were housed in …
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 also on its way to becoming a local historic landmark. Founded …
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 Poudre Valley Creamery which was located on this block. It …
On July 18th, the City of Loveland held a small ceremony to recognize the new Downtown Loveland Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in March 2015. At the ceremony, the new plaques which stand at the edges of the district were officially unveiled. Loveland’s …
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 Iannuzzi, the granddaughter of the original owner. Paul …
As I talk to people about preservation efforts in Northern Colorado, I often have people mention that such and such a group did this or that. But, as a person somewhat steeped in the goings on of preservation efforts in the area, I know full well that the group they’re either …
In 2015, the Downtown Loveland Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Parks Service. Within a boundary that includes 58 buildings, 45 of them are considered “contributing” to the district. That means that they were built over 50 years ago and retain a …
The city of Loveland has an incredibly beautiful self-guided walking tour brochure that takes the reader first on a commercial, then a residential, tour of historic Loveland. I’ve written about the pamphlet and the commercial part of the tour in a previous article: Walk Historic Loveland – Downtown. So if you missed that …
