Today's National Park Service National Register Weekly List announced that the Downtown Saguache Historic District in Colorado's San Luis Valley had been designated effective 25 July 2014. The 49-resource district, nominated under Criterion A in the area of Commerce and Criterion C in the area of Architecture, includes a variety of commercial building functions and boasts a period of significance extending from 1874 to 1964. Funded by a CLG grant to the Town of Saguache, the designation is the 97th National Register nomination completed by Front Range.
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The first Trujillo Family Reunion took place in Alamosa, Colorado, this past weekend. In attendance were descendants of Teofilo Trujillo and his son, Pedro, whose homesteads in the northern part of the county were designated as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in January 2012 by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. National Park Service staffers Fred Bunch and Kathy Faz of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve unveiled the NHL plaque at the reunion and showed a video featuring Trujillo descendants. Nomination preparers Tom and Laurie Simmons and Marilyn Martorano were in attendance. Tom delivered brief remarks on the significance of the property, noting that fewer than 2,600 resources throughout the nation are recognized as NHLs. Today, Front Range staff presented the Lake Hotel National Historic Landmark nomination to the Landmarks Committee of the National Park System Advisory Board in Washington. The Landmarks Committee recommended that the nomination be forwarded to the Advisory Board for approval. Architect Robert C. Reamer transformed the original 1891 hotel in Yellowstone National Park into a Colonial Revival grand resort hotel in a series of remodelings and expansions beginning in 1903-04. Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk appeared before the committee and urged approval of the nomination. Beth Eden Baptist Church at 3241 Lowell Boulevard became Denver's latest Landmark following an 8 to 3 vote last night by City Council. Historic Denver, Inc., and area neighbors filed a Denver Landmark application after the owner of the property applied for a certificate of nonhistoric status, which would have facilitated the building's demolition. Tom Simmons of Front Range was among more than twenty speakers supporting the designation. He discussed the 1931 Tudor Revival church's significance as a work of Denver architect William N. Bowman. For news coverage of the event click here. On 16 May the Colorado State Review Board unanimously recommended forwarding the National Register nomination for the Downtown Saguache Historic District to the Keeper of the National Register in Washington. In 2001 Front Range conducted a selective intensive survey of resources within the town and recognized the potential for a district focusing on the town's commercial resources along 4th Street. Front Range prepared the nomination for the Town of Saguache. The Denver Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously voted to send the Landmark application for designation of Beth Eden Church in northwest Denver to City Council. Along with other neighborhood residents and Historic Denver, Inc., Front Range president Laurie Simmons spoke in favor of designation, noting more than 1,200 man hours were volunteered to build the church during the Great Depression, demonstrating its importance to the neighborhood. The Tudor Revival-style church, designed by Denver architect William N. Bowman, was built in 1931. For news coverage of the meeting click here. The Landmarks Committee of the National Park System Advisory Board will consider the National Historic Landmark nomination prepared by Front Range for Lake Hotel in Yellowstone National Park. Front Range staff will present the nomination in Washington, DC, at the May meeting of the committee. The hotel evolved from a modest 1891 building into a 720-foot long Colonial Revival grand resort hotel facing Yellowstone Lake under plans prepared by architect Robert C. Reamer. The Colorado State Review Board will consider the nomination of the Saguache Downtown Historic District to the National Register at its 16 May 2014 meeting in Denver. The district contains 28 primary buildings and is centered on 4th Street, the community's historic commercial area. The nominated area contains many examples of false front and adobe business buildings. Front Range prepared the nomination for the Town of Saguache. Today, Front Range submitted a National Historic Landmark briefing statement for the Colorado Fuel & Iron (CF&I) administrative complex in Pueblo, Colorado. CF&I was the West's first integrated steelmaker and the region's major coal producer and distributor. The briefing statement is under review by the National Park Service Washington office. |
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