Leadville Historic Resources Survey Plan

Three Gables Preservation; Wolfenbarger, Deon

From introduction: "The goal of the “Historic Resources Survey Plan” is to define and prioritize future historic surveys in Leadville for the next twenty years. This includes recommendations for which level of survey is appropriate for various areas of the city, cost estimates for different survey phases, and prioritizing survey phases according to factors affecting historic resources in Leadville. Leadville’s unique and colorful history has long been recognized. After the Leadville National Historic Landmark district was designated in 1961 by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the city adopted an ordinance to “encourage the conservation, historically appropriate and structurally sound renovation, and the creative and economically viable reuse of certain structures and areas contained within its boundaries... The NHL district, however, does not encompass of all Leadville’s historic resources. The Leadville Historic Preservation Commission was created in 2013 in part to protect the unique historic character of Leadville, including but not limited to the NHL district. In order to plan for all of Leadville’s significant historic resources, a better understanding of the number and extent of these resources is necessary. Historic resource surveys are the basis for evaluating and then preserving Leadville’s historic properties." Project funding was provided in part by a 2014 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Leadville (project number CO-14-020) 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. Leadville, Colorado is a Certified Local Government.

Leadville Historic Resources Survey Plan

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