welcome to the historical home research presentation

Welcome to the

Historical HomeResearch Presentation

Presented by

David R.G. WebbPresident, HPI

Landmarked Home Owner

www.HistoricPueblo.org

Sponsored by

Historic Pueblo, Inc.

About the Presenter


President

Community SafetyOfficer

Commission Member

Purpose of this Presentation

• Introduce you to Historic Pueblo, Inc.

• Inform you to what is needed to Landmark your home.• Show you how to obtain the information that is required.• Enthuse you to learn more about your home.


What is HPI?

Historic Pueblo, Inc is a non-profit organization whose responsibility is to educate and promote ideas, programs, actions and plans to enable our community to respect and preserve our unique architectural resources and cultural heritage.

HPI works to foster greater understanding of the importance of historic preservation for the future growth of our city based on an understanding and appreciation of our past.


What do we do?

• Sponsor the Historic Home Tours in October

• Assist organizations & the City with grants

• Educational classes and presentations.

• Order and help pay for Resource plaques

• Order and pay for Landmark plaques

• Fun events & FUNd raisers


Historic Resource Plaque

• Lists your property on the Pueblo Registry of

Resourced Properties, maintained by the H.P.I.• Year your house was built on the plaque.• One year membership included with purchase.• No regulations from the Historic Preservation

Commission.


Historic Resource Plaque

Qualifications• Property must be 50 years old or older• History of the building or other facts of interest about the home, its site, or its occupants• Photographs of the house


Historic Landmark Designation

• Lists your property on the Pueblo Registry of

Historic Resources, maintained by the H.P.C.• Year your house was built on the plaque.• Application fee paid to the City.• There are minor regulations from the H.P.C.• 20% tax credit for restoration projects.



Qualifications

2 of 3 of the following:1. Special historic or prehistoric interest or importance; or2. Special architectural, engineering or aesthetic interest

or importance; or 3. Special geographic interest or importance.




Information and Forms• Obtained from Historic Preservation Commission

http://www.pueblo.us/cgi-bin/gt/tpl_page.html,template=1&content=683&nav1=1&

• Historic Pueblo, Inc.

www.HistoricPueblo.org• Click on Home Research



Process• Turn in application to Planning Department (211 E. D Street).

• Reviewed by the Planning Department.• Public Meeting held by Historic Preservation Commission.• Reviewed by the Planning & Zoning Commission.• Public Meeting held by City Council.



FACT vs MYTH

• If I Landmark my property, the government has to

approve any changes.

• If I Landmark my property, it will make it hard to sell.

• The process is hard.

• It takes too long to get approved.



Certificate of Appropriateness• Information about a C.O.A. can be obtained from the City website

http://www.pueblo.us/cgi-bin/gt/tpl_page.html,template=35&content=776&nav1=1&

• Historic Pueblo, Inc. www.HistoricPueblo.org

Click on Home Research

RESOURCES• Pueblo County Assessor’s website• Pueblo County Clerk & Recorder’s Office• Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library• Pueblo County Historical Society• Bessemer Historical Society• Ellis Island website (EllisIsland.org)• Cemetery websites• Internet


• Online Research

• Google, Yahoo! or other search engines

• Sample search criteria is “architectural styles”

•Example website is:• OntarioArchitecture.com

CRITERIA 1:ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION


County Assessor’s Office


I Agree

http://www.co.pueblo.co.us/cgi-bin/webatrbroker.wsc/ackatr.p

Website:



CRITERIA 2:HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE



House Number

Street Name



Parcel Number



Legal DescriptionExample: Lots 41 + 42 BLK 5 LAKEWOOD SUB



Reception Numbers



Owner History



Book & Page Numbers

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library



• City Directories• Sanborn Fire Maps• High School Albums• Ancestry.com• Marriage License information (1851 - 1939)• Numerous other resources


Third Floor Resources


• Who the head of household was for your house.• Spouses name• Adult children living at home.• Occupations• Telephone numbers


City Directories


• Published from the late 1880’s to the present• Published yearly until 1919, then semi-annually• 1927 – present: Addresses listed by street in the back of the book.• 1914 – 1926: Addresses listed by street in the front of the book.• Prior to 1914: Addresses are not listed separately.• NOTE: These are occupants, not necessarily owners.


City Directories


You are going to wantto notate:

• Date person moved in to

• Date person moved out

Clerk & Recorder’s OfficeSecond Floor


Clerk & Recorder’s Office




Note:The Clerk’s Officecharges for photocopies.

25 cents per page for regular photocopies,$1.25 for photocopies from microfilm.

Clerk & Recorder’s OfficeTower of Record Books


Clerk & Recorder’s OfficeGrantor/Grantee


GRANTOR

One who is a sellor.

GRANTEE

One who is a buyee.



• Search Deed Books using the information from

the Assessor website and/or City Directories.• Start from most recent, and go backwards.• Search for Grantee.• Look for the Legal Description.• Once found, it will give you the Grantor.• The Grantor may or may not be the person found

in the City Directory.



Once You Find the Record• Notate the Book Number and the Page Number.• Record’s Clerk will pull the archived Deed book.• Find the record on the notated Page Number.• Verify it is the correct document.• Ask the Clerk to photocopy it.



If You Can’t Find the Record…• Start from the beginning, looking for the Grantor.

POSSIBLE PROBLEMS

• Property was transferred in a Will.• Property was transferred by result of a Court Order.• Deed filed in the wrong section of the book.• Property was foreclosed upon.

While you are at theClerk & Recorder’s Office…


Go across the hall to theAssessor’s Office



• City Directories– Find information on the owners you found– Available on Microfilm, e-mailable

• Sanborn Fire Maps– Available for the years 1883, 1886, 1889, 1893, 1904-05, 1941, 1951





Sanborn Fire Maps


• City Directories• Sanborn Fire Maps• High School Albums

– Great source of photographs– Information about a person (sports, clubs, etc.)– Available on 3rd Floor, and in Archives





High School Albums


• City Directories• Sanborn Fire Maps• High School Albums• Ancestry.com




• Free on Library’s computer (5 hour time limit)• Census records


Ancestry.com


• Free on Library’s computer (5 hour time limit)• Census records• Passport information• Ship manifests• Naturalization records• Military records• Marriage/Death records


Ancestry.com


• City Directories• Sanborn Fire Maps• High School Albums• Ancestry.com• Marriage records (1851 - 1939)• Pueblo Chieftain archives• Much, much more



Pueblo County Historical Society

Located at201 West "B" StreetPueblo, CO 81003(719) 543-6772


Pueblo County Historical Society

• Edward Broadhead Library– Biographies of Colorado– Photographs of homes, people, and tons more– The Lore– Over 2,500 Maps

• Living History


Bessemer Historical Society

Located at215 Canal Street

Pueblo, CO 81004 (719) 564-9086


Bessemer Historical Society

• Photographs

• News Articles• Bessemer Indicator


Results of Your Research

• Complete history of the people who lived in your home.• Chain of Title• Completed Historical Landmark Designation Application.


Landmark Application


Application can be found at



Landmark Application


Getting Your House Landmarked

• Submit your application to the Planning

Department (211 E. D Street).

• Public Hearing before the H.P.C.

• Public Hearing before the City Council.

• Pop the cork on the champagne.


One of Pueblo’s More Recently Landmarked Homes

www.1007LakeAvenue.com


Summary

• Introduced you to Historic Pueblo, Inc.

• Learned what is needed to Landmark your home.

• Learned how to obtain the information required.

• Became enthused about learning more

about your home.


Credits• City of Pueblo Planning Department• Robert Hoag Rawlins Library• Pueblo County Clerk & Recorder’s Office• Pueblo County Assessor’s Office• Pueblo County Historical Society• Bessemer Historical Society• Ellis Island website (EllisIsland.org)• Cemetery websites• flickr.com• usgwarchives.org• Sanborn Fire Map• Central High School Wildcat annuals• Ancestry.com• OntarioArchitecture.com


Join HPI


Individual ($25.00)Family ($35.00)

Sustaining ($50.00)Corporate ($100.00)Sponsor ($200.00)

Benefactor ($300.00)

If you are a Senior Citizen age 62 or older, you qualify for a $5.00 discount on an Individual or Family membership.

Go to www.HistoricPueblo.org to download a membership application or pay online using PayPal.

Thank You for attending!


Questions?

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