Westminster Selective Intensive Survey, Jefferson County, Westminster, Colorado

Bunyak Research Associates

Abstract: "The Westminster Historic Landmark Board and the City of Westminster Community Development staff initiated this project in June 2008 in response to recommendations presented in the 2005 Historic Resources Survey Plan for Westminster. Additional funding was sought through the State Certified Local Government grant process and awarded to the City. In turn, the City awarded a contract for a selective intensive-level historic resources survey of an area in northern Jefferson County, now located within the limits or urban growth area of the City of Westminster, Colorado, to Bunyak Research Associates of Littleton, Colorado. Principal historian Dawn Bunyak conducted field work and research between June 2008 and January 2009. Bunyak Research presented results in a draft survey report to the Westminster Historic Landmark Board in February 2009 for discussion and additional comments. The project study area generally encompasses the region between W 108th Avenue on the north and W 92nd Avenue on the south, and between Sheridan Boulevard on the east and Wadsworth Parkway on the west. There were a few resources located outside this boundary. These resources were evaluated due to their associative nature to historic resources or historic contexts in this rural survey. A total of 36 historic properties were evaluated in this cultural resource survey. Due to the rural agricultural nature of the historic properties, many of these included numerous buildings, structures, and/or objects. Therefore, each property was counted as a whole or as one historic resource. A list of the evaluated sites is provided in the appendix. Of the 36 historic properties, thirteen (13) are recommended as “eligible” to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Three (3) were recommended as only eligible for Westminster Local Landmark designations: the Wick farm silo, the Diekmann Residence, and a Shotgun-type house. All properties recommended as eligible to the NRHP should also be considered eligible for local designation, too. Between the time of the grant award and field survey work, the recorder found that seven (7) properties of the 36 evaluated had been demolished. Those historic properties are noted in the evaluated historic resources table in the appendix. Instead of surveying 30 properties as originally planned in the grant’s scope, the surveyor inventoried 36 properties. Staff and the community recommended additional resources for survey. After the field survey and archival research, the period of significance for this inventory has been defined as the period between 1860 and 1940. Results of the survey are summarized beginning on page 40. Recommendations include research and preparation of NRHP applications for thirteen (13) historic properties and local designation for three properties (3)." Project funding was provided in part by a 2008 Historic Preservation Fund grant to City of Westminster (project number CO-08-018) administered by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 08-08-21710) administered by the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Westminster, Colorado is a Certified Local Government.

Westminster Selective Intensive Survey, Jefferson County, Westminster, Colorado

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