The Cortez Historic Preservation Board will hold a public meeting on Feb. 12, to discuss creating a Montezuma Avenue historic district.<\/p>\n
The meeting will include a presentation by Jill Seyfarth, the city\u2019s historic preservation consultant. She\u2019ll explain what creating an honorary historic district would entail, and propose three options.<\/p>\n
The western boundary in all options is N. Chestnut Street. The north and south boundaries are the alleys adjacent on Montezuma Avenue. There are three possibilities for the east boundary: the eastern boundary of the Original Townsite at 219 E. Montezuma, N. Washington Street, or N. Harrison Street.<\/p>\n
Maps at the meeting will more clearly define these boundaries.<\/p>\n
In 2011 and 2012, the City of Cortez conducted an inventory of properties on Montezuma Avenue to determine which ones are historic. As a result, 61 properties were determined to be eligible for the Cortez Register of Historic Sites. Twenty-two owners of properties chose to have them listed on the City Register, an honorary designation.<\/p>\n
Due to the high number of historic properties, the board would like to consider the possibility of forming a historic district. However, this will happen only if there is sufficient neighborhood support. The median on Montezuma Avenue is designated as a historic site on the City Register, but the \u201csite\u201d only includes the median, not any of the privately owned properties on the Avenue.<\/p>\n
The meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 12, at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church at 6 p.m. in the Church Hall, 28 E. Montezuma Ave.<\/p>\n
For more information, call Historic Preservation chairman Linda Towle at 970-565-3987.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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