Intensive Survey, Lafayette Public Road, Boulder County, Lafayette, Colorado

Bunyak Research Associates; Bunyak, Dawn

From introduction: "Lafayette with its approximately 25,000 residents is committed to historic preservation and adopted its preservation Ordinance in 1999 and became a Certified Local Government in 2001. Since 1999, twenty-two properties have been placed on the Local Register of Historic Places, six of which are on the National Register of Historic Places (NRIIP) and one on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties (SRHP). For the past two years, the Board has sent letters to those property owners with buildings or sites that have been identified in one of the four previous Architectural Surveys as eligible for local landmark designation. The letters inform the property owner of their valuable part in Lafayette's history and encourage them to nominate their property for placement on the Lafayette Local Register of Historic Places (LL). In response to this effort, the number of properties on the Local Register has increased from 13 to 22. The Board provides educational support and programs for the Lafayette Historical Society and provides community education outreach programs on the history and preservation of Lafayette. As redevelopment along Public Road occurs as part of the Lafayette Urban Renewal Area efforts, it is important to identify which buildings have historic significance. The 2010 Lafayette Public Road survey was initiated by the Lafayette Historic Preservation Board and the City of Lafayette to identify and document potential historic properties adjacent to Public Road with the majority located in the area historically identified as West Lafayette. The results of the selective intensive level survey are presented in this report, which include recommendations of eligibility for the NRHP, SRHP, and LL designation. Research during the survey allowed for generalizations about various commercial property types and background history of early- to mid twentieth-century commercial development in Lafayette, which is presented in the historic context of the report." Project funding was provided in part by a 2010 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Lafayette (project number CO-10-016) administered by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 08-10-21922) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Lafayette, Colorado is a Certified Local Government.

Intensive Survey, Lafayette Public Road, Boulder County, Lafayette, Colorado

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