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LCityof <br />Louisville <br />COLORADO • SINCE 1878 <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION <br />AGENDA ITEM 2 <br />SUBJECT: <br />DATE: <br />PRESENTATION — HISTORIC CONTEXTS REPORT <br />JANUARY 15, 2019 <br />PRESENTED BY: FELICITY SELVOSKI, PLANNING AND BUILDING SAFETY <br />DR. REBECCA SCHWENDLER, PALEOWEST ARCHEOLOGY <br />SUMMARY: <br />The Preservation Master Plan, adopted in October 2015, outlines ways to improve <br />preservation practice, public awareness, resource preservation, partnerships, and <br />preservation incentives in Louisville. The following action item was listed as an <br />immediate priority in the Master Plan: <br />Research and document Louisville's history <br />In preparation for the Downtown Survey and other surveys, Louisville's historic <br />contexts need to be written. The historic contexts outlined in the Preservation <br />Master Plan are: 1) Louisville's Residential Development, 2) Louisville's <br />Commercial Development, 3) Louisville's Agricultural, Railroad, and Mining <br />Origins. <br />In response, in 2016 the City issued an RFP for the Historic Context Studies and <br />selected PaleoWest Archeology to develop contexts documenting Louisville's residential <br />development, commercial development, and industrial development from the City's <br />founding in 1878 to present. Dr. Rebecca Schwendler, with PaleoWest Archeology, will <br />be presenting the final reports to Council at this meeting. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />An historic context is a narrative for understanding a place's history and identity. The <br />historic context documents prepared for Louisville seek to provide information that <br />supports City decision -making. <br />The goals of the Historic Context Studies are to: <br />1) Summarize historical trends in settlement and architecture; <br />2) Identify architectural forms and styles that represent different time periods, <br />geographic areas, industries, and ethnic groups; <br />3) Identify gaps in information about architectural forms, styles, and distributions; <br />4) Prioritize future documentation of buildings; <br />5) Identify the architectural elements and qualities that make some buildings <br />significant; and <br />6) Understand the kinds of modifications that are and are not compatible with <br />significant historic buildings. <br />In addition to holding a community open house and gathering a wide range of <br />community input, PaleoWest gathered information from The Louisville Historian, <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION <br />