Loomis Addition Historic Context

Humstone Consulting; Humstone, Mary; Massey, Rheba; Anderson, Carly-Ann

From introduction: "Most people do not recognize the name “Loomis Addition” today – they tend to think of the fifteen blocks that are the subject of this study as “City Park Neighborhood,” the “West Side Neighborhood” or more broadly yet, “Old Town.” But when the Loomis Addition was platted in 1887, it was an important milestone in the growth of Fort Collins. As one of the earliest additions to the city’s original plat of 1873, the Loomis Addition signaled that the small agricultural community that had built up around a short-lived military fort was growing in population, expanding in land area and was here to stay. The Loomis Addition, and especially Mountain Avenue which runs through its center, soon became an important new focus for residential development, served by the streetcar and leading the way to Grandview Cemetery and what would become City Park. This historic context traces the history of the Loomis Addition – the events that led up to its platting, its years of frantic building followed by periods of bust, and its eventual build-out twenty years after World War II. The document includes chapters on the people and the architecture of the Loomis Addition, and advice for homeowners interested in researching the history of their own homes." Project funding was provided in part by a 2014 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Fort Collins (project number CO-14-016) administered by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office (grant number P14AF00031) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Fort Collins, Colorado is a Certified Local Government.

Loomis Addition Historic Context

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