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 | Feb 1, 2017 | Historian’s Toolbox, Renovations & Razes
I probably receive at least a request a week for information. Sometimes people want to know more about a topic that I’ve written an article on. Other times they’re asking if I know anything about a specific place or person or event. And I occasionally get...
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 | Nov 12, 2016 | Renovations & Razes, Then and Now
If you’ve driven through the intersection of College and Mulberry lately, you may have noticed that the parking lot in front of the old Sports Authority building has been fenced in. The new owners are getting ready to do some work on the lot in order to prepare...
by Meg Dunn | Sep 28, 2016 | Renovations & Razes, Then and Now
Close to a year ago I wrote about the changing nature of College Avenue. But that covered an area several miles long, so while some projects were close to each other, the sum of them was spread out over a fairly large area. Not so with the changes in Old Town. There...
by Meg Dunn | Sep 20, 2016 | Renovations & Razes, Transportation
A short stretch of historic street car track was removed last week from N. Howes street. At one point the streetcar lines stretched from one end of the city to the other. There was even a route that took people far outside of town to Lindenmeier Lake. You could get...
by Meg Dunn | Apr 20, 2016 | Architecture & Neighborhoods, Renovations & Razes
Benjamin Franklin Hottel moved to Fort Collins in 1877 at the encouragement of friend and business partner, Joseph Mason. He became part owner in the Lindell Mill (Ranchway Feeds). And he quickly settled in as one of the people who would build and care for the small...
