1. PULLIAM COMMUNITY BUILDING
NOMINATION FOR LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION

2. Historical Background
Architectural Description, Features and examples
Significance
Benefits of Designation
Responsibilities of Designation
Questions

3. Historical Background
Constructed between 1937 and 1939 with Labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), an unemployment relief program sponsored by the federal government during the Great Depression.
“New Deal” FDR Program (Dams, Bridges, Roads, Buildings, Schools)
The site for the building as well as $20,000 toward its cost were donated to the City of Loveland by philanthropists David T. and Lillian Pulliam in
Pulliams wanted a community building and City Hall was also housed there

5. Historical Background
In 1988 the building was officially renamed the Pulliam Community Building in honor of its benefactors.
The Pulliams settled in Loveland in
Great success in agriculture and irrigation development.
Mr. Pulliam served as president of the First National Bank for many years
Involved in real estate and insurance endeavors.
The Pulliam's philanthropy also included gifts to three colleges, several mission hospitals, and the First Baptist Church in Loveland.

6. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION
Art Moderne is a late type of the Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Projects of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were simplified and streamlined to reduce the ornamentation of the Art Deco style. The primary goal of the WPA, one of many 1930s New Deal relief and recovery programs, was to put people to work. Most projects were designed to spend a majority of the funds on labor, not materials.
Common elements:
use of local materials
hand constructed
lacks ornamentation
horizontal orientation
flat or barrel roofs
smooth exteriors
streamlined, rounded corners
linear building elements
grooved horizontal band on an otherwise smooth concrete exterior
use of stock windows

7. Architectural Features
Two stories, rectangular plan, and measures approximately 60 feet wide by 135 feet long
22,268 square feet
Two major parts, including a flat-roofed front section containing the foyer and basement stairwells; the much larger rear portion on the building contains a large auditorium and stage covered by a vaulted roof.
Below the parapet is a huge clock faced with dark painted wooden hands that point to tubular aluminum or stainless steel Roman numerals arrayed radially.
Inside: Terrazzo floors in entryways and stairwells, Lamella Truss Roof

9. Examples of other WPA projects in Art Moderne architectural style..
Long Beach Post Office

10. Examples of other WPA projects in Art Moderne architectural style..
Minneapolis Armory

11. Examples of other WPA projects in Art Moderne architectural style..
Hoover Dam

12. James Russell Sherman (1938)

13. Significance Architectural Social/Cultural Geographic/Environmental
Art Moderne Style
Social/Cultural
Work Progress Administration Project
Pulliams were prominent philanthropists in the area
Geographic/Environmental
Enhances sense of identity of the community.
Is an established and familiar natural setting or visual feature of the community.

14. Benefits State and National Grant availability
Addition to Loveland’s already prestigious Landmark Register
Protection of valuable historic structure and community treasure
Becomes part of the State and National list of WPA projects.
Fosters community pride and learning.
Satisfies obligation to maintain Certified local government status (CLG) with State of Colorado Historical Office
Raises downtown profile as a Visitor attraction (A heritage tourist spends about 30% more than the recreational tourist. In one year, heritage tourists spent $244 million in Colorado.)

15. Responsibilities Adherence to Secretary of the Interior Standards
Minimal change to the exterior of the building’s distinctive materials and features and examples of craftsmanship
Retention of the historic character of the building.
New additions will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the building would be unimpaired.
Whenever possible, deteriorated materials, replaced with matching materials

16. QUESTIONS?