Welcome to the Historical Home Research Presentation Presented by David R.G. Webb President, HPI Landmarked Home Owner Sponsored by Historic Pueblo, Inc.

About the Presenter President Community Safety Officer 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.

Historic Landmark Designation Qualifications 2 of 3 of the following: 1.Special historic or prehistoric interest or importance; or 2.Special architectural, engineering or aesthetic interest or importance; or 3.Special geographic interest or importance.

Historic Landmark Designation Information and Forms Obtained from Historic Preservation Commission Historic Pueblo, Inc. Click on Home Research

Historic Landmark Designation 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.

Historic Landmark Designation 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.

Historic Landmark Designation Certificate of Appropriateness Information about a C.O.A. can be obtained from the City website Historic Pueblo, Inc. 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 Website: Click on Home Research CRITERIA 2: HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

County Assessor’s Office House Number Street Name

County Assessor’s Office Parcel Number

County Assessor’s Office Legal Description Example: Lots BLK 5 LAKEWOOD SUB

County Assessor’s Office Reception Numbers

County Assessor’s Office Owner History

County Assessor’s Office Book & Page Numbers

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library City Directories Sanborn Fire Maps High School Albums Ancestry.com Marriage License information ( ) Numerous other resources Third Floor Resources

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library Who the head of household was for your house. Spouses name Adult children living at home. Occupations Telephone numbers City Directories

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library 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 – 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 want to notate: Date person moved in to Date person moved out

Clerk & Recorder’s Office Second Floor

Clerk & Recorder’s Office

Clerk & Recorder’s Office Note: The Clerk’s Office charges for photocopies. 25 cents per page for regular photocopies, $1.25 for photocopies from microfilm.

Clerk & Recorder’s Office Tower of Record Books

Clerk & Recorder’s Office Grantor/Grantee GRANTOR One who is a sellor. GRANTEE One who is a buyee.

Clerk & Recorder’s Office Grantor/Grantee GRANTOR One who is a sellor. GRANTEE One who is a buyee.

Clerk & Recorder’s Office 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.

Clerk & Recorder’s Office 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.

Clerk & Recorder’s Office 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 the Clerk & Recorder’s Office…

Go across the hall to the Assessor’s Office

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library City Directories – Find information on the owners you found – Available on Microfilm, able Sanborn Fire Maps – Available for the years 1883, 1886, 1889, 1893, , 1941, Third Floor Resources

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library Sanborn Fire Maps

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library City Directories Sanborn Fire Maps High School Albums – Great source of photographs – Information about a person (sports, clubs, etc.) – Available on 3 rd Floor, and in Archives Third Floor Resources

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library High School Albums

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library City Directories Sanborn Fire Maps High School Albums Ancestry.com Third Floor Resources

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library Free on Library’s computer (5 hour time limit) Census records Ancestry.com

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library Free on Library’s computer (5 hour time limit) Census records Passport information Ship manifests Naturalization records Military records Marriage/Death records Ancestry.com

Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library City Directories Sanborn Fire Maps High School Albums Ancestry.com Marriage records ( ) Pueblo Chieftain archives Much, much more Third Floor Resources

Pueblo County Historical Society Located at 201 West "B" Street Pueblo, CO (719)

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 at 215 Canal Street Pueblo, CO (719)

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 Click on Home Research

Landmark Application

Landmark Application

Landmark Application

Landmark Application

Landmark Application

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

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 to download a membership application or pay online using PayPal.

Thank You for attending! Questions?