Architectural Inventory Form

COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY

Architectural Inventory Form

Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data

Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District

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1. Resource

number:

Parcel number(s):

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Temporary resource no.:

3. County:

4. City:

5.

Historic building name:

6.

Current building name:

7. Building

address:

8.

Owner name and address:

Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-1743

National Register field eligibility assessment:

Local Landmark eligibility field assessment:

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Township

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¼ of section

10. UTM reference (

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11. USGS quad name:

Year:

Map scale:

12. Lot(s):

Block:

Addition:

Year of Addition:

13. Boundary

Description and Justification:

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14. Building plan (footprint, shape):

15. Dimensions in feet:

16. Number of stories:

17. Primary external wall material(s):

18. Roof configuration:

19. Primary external roof material:

20. Special features:

21. General architectural description:

This single-story Rustic style residence is supported by a low concrete foundation, faced with river rock, and its exterior walls are made of stained brown whole logs with flush lapped corners. The house is covered by a moderately-pitched front gable roof, with green asphalt composition shingles, and with a metal ridge cap running along the ridge line. The eaves are boxed with painted white wood trim, while decorative log purlins and a ridgepole appear in the façade’s upper gable end. A bubble skylight is located just below the ridge on the west-facing roof slope. A painted white glass-in-wood-frame door, covered by a white metal storm door, enters the asymmetrical façade (south elevation) from an open 4-step wood porch. The porch is uncovered except for a gabled hood, with log knee braces, over the entry door. A shed-roofed carport extends off of the dwelling’s west (side) elevation. The carport features a concrete floor, and a concrete perimeter wall foundation and log wall on its west side. A distinctive boxed bay, of log construction, and with casement windows, penetrates the façade wall to the east of the entry porch. Windows elsewhere are predominantly multi-light casements. A large addition, with a two-story gabled center section and single story wings to the east and west, forms the north (rear) portion of the dwelling. The addition features stained brown whole log first story walls and stained brown square-cut wood shingle second story walls. The addition’s windows are primarily single-light casements. An entry door, with a transom light and flanking sidelights, opens from the addition’s second story onto a second story porch on the north elevation. Two entry doors lead into the addition’s main level from a shed-roofed rear porch on the north elevation. This rear porch features

a flagstone floor and two heavy log columns which support the shed roof. One of the log columns also extends to help support the addition’s second story roof.

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Architectural style/building type:

23.

Landscaping or special setting features:

24. Associated buildings, features, or objects:

A wood frame shed is located in the backyard near the west property line. This small building has painted white horizontal weatherboard exterior walls, with 1” by 4” corner boards, and it is covered by a side-gabled roof with green asphalt composition shingles. Painted white rafter ends are exposed beneath widely-overhanging eaves. The roof eave on the east elevation (façade) is supported by knee braces and extends to cover a brick-paved porch. A painted white wood-paneled door, with four upper sash lights, enters the building from the porch, and is flanked on either side by a 6-light window with painted white wood frames and surrounds. Two windows on the west elevation and a single window on the south elevation also have painted white wood frames and surrounds.

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25. Date of Construction: Estimate:

Actual:

Source of information:

26. Architect:

Source of information:

27. Builder/Contractor:

Source of information:

28. Original owner:

Source of information:

29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions):

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31. Original

use(s):

32. Intermediate

use(s):

33. Current

use(s):

34. Site

type(s):

35. Historical background:

Information regarding this house’s history was obtained primarily from Paul Herzog and from Anita Hawkins, its current owner. Mr. Herzog inherited the house circa 1978 from his aunt, Elsie (Hibner) Devol, who he believes was the original owner. According to the online Routt County Burial Index, Elsie Hope (Hibner) Devol was born in 1892 and passed away in 1978. She is interred at Steamboat Springs Cemetery. Mr. Herzog, who now lives in Maybell, believes the original part of the house was built at Hahn’s Peak circa 1930, and that it was moved to its present location in Steamboat Springs circa 1939. Mr. Herzog reported that his mother, Minnie (Hibner) Herzog and her sister Elsie (Hibner) Devol were both school teachers. One or both taught on Indian reservations in Minnesota and New Mexico before settling in Routt County. Elsie married a Mr. Devol, and they had a daughter named Catherine. Elsie, however was apparently widowed at a relatively young age. Paul Herzog does not remember Elsie’s husband, and believes he had already passed away when Elsie moved with this house to Steamboat Springs circa 1939. (Efforts to uncover obituary records pertaining to Mr. Devol were unsuccessful.) Elsie Devol lived in this house on James Street from circa 1939 until her death in 1978. Paul Herzog inherited the property at that time and began to lease it to Robert and Anita Hawkins. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins have lived here from that time to the present, having purchased the property from Mr. Herzog in 1986. An architect, Mr. Hawkins designed additions to the small original dwelling in the 1990s.

36. Sources of information:

Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph/ Mountain Bell Telephone Directories for Steamboat Springs, 1956 – 2009. On file at the Denver Public Library, Western History Department.

Routt County Assessor, Residential Property Appraisal Record.

"Routt County Assessor/Treasurer Parcel Detail Information."

Hawkins, Anita. Telephone interview with Carl McWilliams, Feburary 27, 2010.

Herzog, Paul. Telephone interview with Carl McWilliams, February 27, 2010.

http://yampavalley.info/centers/history_%2526_genealogy/organizations/routt_county_burial_index

"Steamboat Springs, CO. About 1900." Retrospective plat map compiled by Marcellus Merrill, January 23, 1976.

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37. Local landmark designation:

Date of designation:

Designating authority:

38. Applicable National Register Criteria:

A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our

history;

B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past;

C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or

represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and

distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or

D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory.

Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual)

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Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria

38A Applicable Steamboat Springs Landmark Criteria

A building, site, structure or object may be eligible for designation as an Historic Resource on the

Local Register if it meets at least one (1) criterion in one or more of the following categories:

1. Historic Importance. The building, site, structure or object has character, interest or value as part

of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the City, State or Nation; is the site of an

historic event with an effect upon society; is identified with a person or group of persons who had

some influence on society; or, exemplifies the cultural, political, economic, social or historic heritage

of the community.

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2. Architectural Importance. The building, site, structure or object portrays the environment of a

group of people in an era of history characterized by a distinctive architectural style; embodies those

distinguishing characteristics of an architectural-type specimen; is the work of an architect or master

builder whose individual work has influenced the development of the City or contains elements of

architectural design, detail, materials and craftsmanship which represent a significant innovation.

3. Geographic Importance. The building, site, structure or object, because of being part of or related

to a square, park or other distinctive area, should be developed or preserved according to a plan

based on an historic, cultural or architectural motif; or, due to its unique location or singular physical

characteristics, represents an established and familiar visual feature of the neighborhood, community

or City.

39. Area(s) of significance:

40. Period of significance:

41. Level of significance:

42. Statement of significance:

This house is historically significant for its original association with Hahn’s Peak and vicinity and for its later association with residential development in Steamboat Springs beginning circa 1939. It is also historically significant for its long association with Elsie (Hibner) Devol a long-time Routt County resident. The original house is architecturally notable for its Rustic style log construction, and the entire dwelling, with its additions, forms an interesting modern expression of the Rustic style. The property’s level of historic and architectural significance is not to the extent that it would qualify for listing in the National or State Registers; however, it does qualify for local landmark designation by the City of Steamboat Springs.

43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance:

This property displays a somewhat less than ideal level of physical integrity, relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society - setting, location, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. The original log dwelling has been modified by a large rear addition and by the construction of a carport. The addition is quite well executed, though, and is compatible with the original in terms of its materials, form and roof pitch.

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44. National Register eligibility field assessment:

Local Landmark eligibility field assessment:

45. Is there National Register district potential?

Discuss:

If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing?

46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing?

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47. Photograph numbers:

CDs/Negatives filed at:

48. Report

title:

49. Date(s):

50. Recorder(s):

51. Organization:

52. Address:

53. Phone

number(s):