Historic Buildings Survey, Montezuma Avenue, Cortez, Colorado, 2012
Cultural Resource Planning and Seyfarth J. 2012. Historic Buildings Survey, Montezuma Avenue, Cortez, Colorado, 2012. City of Cortez; Colorado Historical Society. Cortez, Colorado
From introduction: "The City of Cortez obtained a Certified Local Government (CLG) grant (#CO-11-014) to finance a survey of at least forty historic properties. The survey is located within the original townsite along Montezuma Avenue. The sites were selected by the City’s Historic Preservation Board because of their location in the segment of Montezuma Avenue with the greatest concentration of buildings with historic integrity. Montezuma Avenue was selected because it is a well-defined residential neighborhood that appeared to have a number of historic homes with historic integrity. The City will use the survey data to guide future planning, development and interpretation projects. The survey results also provide valuable information for property owners contemplating restoration or rehabilitation of their historic property. The project consisted of an intensive survey of forty-one parcels located on Montezuma Avenue within the original Cortez townsite. In order to maximize the available funding, which was estimated to be enough to cover the inventory of forty buildings, the survey purposefully excluded three properties that have buildings constructed after 1970, as well as a parking lot and a park. The surveyor completed a total of forty-one survey forms. The City of Cortez Historic Preservation Board supervised and coordinated the project under the direction of the Chair, Linda Towle, and with assistance from Chris Burkett, the Cortez Grants and Special Projects Coordinator. Jill Seyfarth, the Principal of Cultural Resource Planning of Durango, Colorado, contracted with the City of Cortez in July of 2011 and completed the project in May of 2012." Project funding was provided in part by a 2011 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Cortez (project number CO-11-014) administered by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 08-11-31912) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Cortez, Colorado is a Certified Local Government.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- Cultural Resource Planning; Seyfarth, Jill
- Date of Issue
- 2012-04
- Publisher
- City of Cortez; Colorado Historical Society
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Historic Resource Surveys (Neighborhood)