The Downtown Loveland Historic District in
Loveland, Colorado
The City of Loveland is the home rule municipality that is the second most populous municipality in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Loveland is situated north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver and is the 14th most populous city ...
is an
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
which was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
[ It includes Loveland's commercial center which began in 1877, developed first as a railroad town, and then became an agricultural center and a regional center of government and commerce.][ Includes 13 historic photos. Note:53 photos from 2014 accompanied the nomination but are not included in this PDF.]
It includes 45 contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
and a contributing object, as well as 13 non-contributing buildings and nine non-contributing objects.[ It includes:
*Loveland Street Clock (1910), the one contributing object, manufactured by the Brown Street Clock Company of Monessen, Pennsylvania, located in front of Brannan Brothers Jewelry Store (1886), 239 East 4th Street, now "Garment Gal's", at ;
* Rialto Theater, 228 East 4th Street, separately NRHP-listed in 1988;
*Lovelander Hotel / BPOE Elks Lodge 1051 (1912–13), 103-117 East 4th Street, three stories;
*Union Block / Lincoln Hotel, 236-248 East 4th Street, three stories;
*Majestic Theatre / I. O. O. F. Hall, 315-319 East 4th Street, three stories;
* Colorado and Southern Railway Depot, 409-427 N. Railroad Avenue, separately NRHP-listed in 1988;
*State Mercantile Building/Masonic Temple (1910), at 202, 204, 206, 210 East 4th Street. Two-story building constructed of pressed white brick, with a newer red brick veneer. Parapeted.][
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See also
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References
Clocks in the United States
National Register of Historic Places in Larimer County, Colorado
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
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