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Emma Malaby Grocery Has Passed First Step to Becoming a Landmark
On May 5th, 2023, Jim and Carol Burrill donated the Emma Malaby Grocery, along with the entire parcel of land it is on, which includes a stacked plank shed, barn, and well, to Historic Larimer County. The property had been in Jim's family since 1906, when his great...
Press Release: Emma Malaby Grocery Donated to Historic Larimer County!
Minerva Stoneburner stands on the porch of the Frank A. Collamer Grocery. (Photo courtesy of Jim Burrill.)Jim Burrill, the great grandson of Jacob A. Collamer, and his wife Carol Burrill have donated the 1881 Emma Malaby Grocery that has been in the Collamer family...
ChatGPT Advocates for Historic Preservation
I [Meg] was looking for an article on the importance of advocacy for Historic Preservation. I did a Google search and got a bunch of returns about advocating for a specific site or place, which wasn't what I was looking for. I thought that maybe the new Bing AI could...
The Modernist Poudre Valley National Bank
Fort Collins is well known for its historic downtown commercial district and beautiful nineteenth-century residences, but our city is also home to sleek, modernist-style buildings that tell an important part of our city’s more recent past. At the corner of South...
Brief History of Health Care in Fort Collins
In 1877 the Colorado State Board of Health was established by Colorado’s first General Assembly. The board was charged with the control of epidemics and contagious disease, the collection and study of vital statistics as a means of determining the causes of illness...
Ghost Signs Remain in Many A Colorado Town
One of the many things attracting the attention of residents and visitors alike are the ghost signs adorning the historic downtowns in Colorado, Loveland included. These signs, from the 1890s to the 1960s, can be even more ghostly when you attempt to uncover the...
Gooch-e in Loveland
The Hidden Advantage to having historical surveys is the wealth of information readily available for all to see. Here is a quick summary of the history of 120 and 122 East 4th Street, as taken from the Downtown Loveland Historic District nomination form, written by...
Forest Fires and the Poudre Canyon
In Norman Fry’s autobiography Cache La Poudre: The river: as seen from 1889 (published in 1954), he recounted the “Forest Fire of 1893.” In June of that year, one of the “driest summers," a fire began in the upper country between Bennett Creek and the Little South of...
Harper Goff House
This property first appeared in the historic record in October 1879, when all of the vacant land in block 106, along with several of the surrounding blocks, were sold for $3,500 by Alice and Arthur Patterson to James Harrison. In March 1881, Harrison filed a plat for...
A Story of Scandal in Wellington’s History
A story of scandal in Wellington’s early history connects two of downtown Wellington’s historic buildings. The beautiful Queen Anne style home, that now houses Drohman’s Salon & Day Spa, at 3922 Cleveland Ave, and the original First National Bank building, which...
Norman Fry and the Poudre Canyon
Historic Larimer County has received permission to share a video on Norman Fry and his life in the Poudre Canyon. Here's Sue Schneider, one of our board members, to introduce this 40-minute film. Welcome to Norman Fry Country! Watching this video you will learn all...
Sign installed in front of Montezuma Fuller House
In 1890, Fort Collins architect Montezuma Fuller started designing a new house for his growing family. Construction began in 1894 and the house at 226 W. Magnolia St. was completed the following year. The house features elements of the Queen Anne style, with Eastlake...
