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Welcome 2026!
Cabin and pond located at Cherokee Park Ranch in Larimer County, Colorado. (Photo by Meg Dunn, taken June 2020.)In 2026, two anniversaries meet at a meaningful crossroads. The United States celebrates 250 years of nationhood, while Colorado marks 150 years since...
2023-2024 Year in Review
We kicked off the 2023-2024 year at the Bellvue Grange with our annual Preservation Celebration, members meeting, and tour. We held seven tours this year to places such as Red Feather Lakes, Harmony, the YMCA of the Rockies, Laporte, downtown Fort Collins, and...
Candidates’ Thoughts on Historic Preservation
Elections are coming up soon, and we were wondering where our local candidates stand regarding historic preservation. So we sent all of the mayoral and city council candidates in both Fort Collins and Loveland the same three questions. You can jump to the section for...
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...
2022-2023 Year in Review
We kicked off the 2022-2023 year at Tap & Handle in Fort Collins with our annual Preservation Celebration, members meeting, and tour (of Mid-Century Modern buildings in downtown Fort Collins). We held several tours throughout the year, as well as talks and other...
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...
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...
2019-2021 In Review
After several wonderful tours in 2019, member events were temporarily put on hold as we all learned how to use Zoom and other online meeting applications. Once we got the hang of connecting virtually, member events started back up again. But even while member events...
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...
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...
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