Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2017 05 15

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Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes April 17, 2017 Page 4 of 14 HPC may, by motion, approve or deny the finding of probable cause. Commission Questions of Staff: Fahey asks what year 820 Main Street was turned into the furniture store. When was the front fagade changed to a furniture store? Trice says it was converted into a furniture store in 1950 and was two different stores. That is when the facade was changed. Definitely two, possibly three, structures were connected. Koertje says regarding the rear addition to the former mortuary building, will the grant be used for this? Trice says there is no date in the survey for the addition, but it does say there were some major alterations in 1975. The grant would be for the whole building. Sometimes, we don't landmark the whole building. Koertje asks is 50 years a requirement or can it be waived. Trice says it can be waived and landmarked by City Council for exceptional structures. Applicant Presentation: Andy Johnson, DAJ Design, 922-A Main Street, Louisville, CO Greg Golding, 855 Main Street LLC, 4770 Baseline, Suite 200, Boulder, CO I am here representing 844 Main Street LLC. Greg Golding is one of the owners of the property. When commercial properties come up for Historic Structural Assessment, these are some of the most existing ones because we have so few in Downtown. Particularly, when three come up that we all visit quite regularly and have such a strong presence in Old Town, and in particular on the corner of a prominent part of Main Street, it is worth a lot of discussion. If you look through the packet and at the sheer amount of information all three properties have brought together, it is amazing. I am used to getting these reports and be able to thumb through in about five minutes. This took a while. What is really interesting is how these three properties together, but also individually, tell a story of how our buildings evolve in Louisville. These three tell great stories and we are lucky we still have them. There are buildings across the street no longer there. Each one is interesting in its own right. With the furniture store coming in and changing the house, and how 820 Main Street evolved despite the character of what was there originally and which is not evident from Main Street, the story is compelling. From a social history alone, each three properties qualify. Individually, their architectural interest is enough. When looking at the furniture store's storefront from Main Street, you can see where the furniture store was located and how the building started to develop. By digging into the house and foundation, we will understand the architecture of what is presently there. The house known as Bittersweet stands as an obvious stand-alone building with architectural integrity. The mortuary on the corner is an interesting story that unfolded. Despite what the architectural survey says, there is a lot of integrity. It is worth being on a local registry although it did not qualify for the National Register. I am starting to learn about these buildings just as you are. I have been in all three buildings pretty intensely. Commission Questions of Applicant: None. Public Comment in Favor: John Leary, 1116 LaFarge Avenue, Louisville, CO I am happy to see these on the agenda. I agree with the comments about these three buildings and their significance in town. There are interesting ways to look at this that are consistent with our ordinance dealing with historic preservation. I noted the comment that it does not have the view from Main Street that it used to have. Technically, you could landmark the old furniture store because it is over 50 years old. You could landmark the existing building by waiving the