Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2025 04 21

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REQUEST: The applicant requests that the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) approve the demolition review application at 1016 Main Street for a full demolition of the structures on the property. A subcommittee unanimously voted the request to be heard before the Historic Preservation Commission. SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting approval of a full demolition of the principal structure and garage on the property. At the November 18, 2024 HPC meeting, the HPC voted to find probable cause for landmark designation. Louisville Municipal Code (LMC) Section 15.36.020 defines demolition as an act that removes fifty percent or more of the roof area as measured from directly above, fifty percent or more of the exterior walls of a building as measured contiguously around the building, or alteration on any exterior wall facing a street. Under Section 15.36.200 of the LMC, if the commission finds that the building may have historical significance under the criteria, the commission may place a stay on the demolition and, "no permit for demolition, moving or removal shall be issued for a period not to exceed 180 days from the date the permit application was accepted." In addition, LMC 15.36.200 states, "The commission will make all reasonable efforts to expedite resolution of the application or request. " The purpose of demolition reviews, according to LMC 15.36.200, is as follows: The purpose of the review of permit applications for demolition, moving, and removal of buildings constructed in or before 1955 is to prevent the loss of buildings that may have historical or architectural significance. The purpose of this chapter is also to provide the time necessary to initiate designation as an individual landmark or to consider alternatives for the building. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Information from Gigi Yang, Louisville Historical Museum The history of 1016 Main exemplifies the modest lives of Louisville residents in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The property was used by several generations of the Ashe and Petrelli families as a source of rental income and as a home. It provides a distinctive example of mail-order house construction and of the building industry. The exact year of construction cannot be determined. Boulder County Records give 1910 as the house's date of construction, however, the County Assessor Card notes the house was 55 years old in 1950, placing the earliest date of construction at 1895. Numerous resources indicate that the house was constructed from a Sears and Roebuck kit. The Sears Catalog of Modern Homes, selling do-it-yourself kits for building a house, was available from 1908-1948, which would bring the earliest date of construction to 1908. Mary Quillian Ashe purchased the home in 1910, after having previously lived as a next -door neighbor. Mary and her husband, Thomas Gregory Ashe, who was a superintendent of the Lucas mine near Broomfield, moved to Texas with their six sons in 1911. However, the Ashe family retained ownership of the house for the next 27 years and used it as a rental until Mary's death in 1934. 2