Old Town Steamboat Springs Residential Survey, Phase 8

McWilliams, Carl; Cultural Resource Historians

From introduction: "The eighth phase of the Old Town Steamboat Springs Residential Survey was undertaken by the City of Steamboat Springs as part of a continuing effort to inventory, at the intensive-level, all of the city's historic resources. The project's primary objective is to develop public and community awareness of the city's preservation program, and of the benefits of historic preservation, through the inventory of Old Town residential properties. More broadly, it is anticipated that these efforts will enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and the success of Steamboat Springs’ historic preservation program, in identifying and preserving historic buildings, and in protecting the historic character of the Old Town neighborhoods. Toward this end, this report presents the results of intensive-level surveys of thirty residential properties, located on the following streets and avenues: 4th Street, 8th Street, Apres Ski Way, The Boulevard, Grand Street, James Street, Laurel Street, Logan Avenue, Merritt Street, Missouri Avenue, Pine Street, Spruce Street, Village Drive, and Yampa Street. Also included is a group of buildings on Lake Road near the intersection of Walton Creek Road and U.S. Highway 40. The inventoried properties are not in a confined geographic area, but rather represent a selective survey of properties located within multiple historically platted neighborhoods. The selection process targeted residences in previously surveyed areas, that, for one reason or another, had not been previously inventoried, as well as residences in neighborhoods where few properties had yet been inventoried. As a result, the thirty surveyed properties are located primarily within the following platted subdivisions within the City of Steamboat Springs: the Original Addition (1884), Crawford Addition (1902), North Highlands Addition (1905), First Addition (1909), Norvell Addition (1908), and Yahmonite Addition (1909). One property, on Apres Ski Way, is located in the Running Bear Subdivision (1995), while the Lake Road property is not within a platted subdivision. The properties were photographed and field surveyed in October 2009, and their inventory forms will be added to the inventory forms produced during the first seven phases of the Old Town Steamboat Springs Residential Survey." Project funding was provided in part by a 2009 Historic Preservation Fund grant to City of Steamboat Springs (project number CO-09-020) administered by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 08-09-21811) administered by the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Steamboat Springs, Colorado is a Certified Local Government.

Old Town Steamboat Springs Residential Survey, Phase 8

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