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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPACKET Community Development 1992-06-04AGENDA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Thursday, June 4, 1992 2:00 p.m. 1. Sister City Program Review of Proposal by World Trade Counselors 2. Robert Glenn. Ketchum Commission Discussion of Project 3. Advertising Program Update 4. Museum Report 5. Reports a. Economic Study Group b. Housing Study Group 6. Adjournment NOTE: The Community Development Committee reserves the right to consider other appropriate items not available at the time the agenda was prepared. worlil tralle ~t -r-»_~ ..6 Lp- -- 00UHSBI0PS / 1 2*2~ March 19, 1992 Stephen L. Stamey Director of Community Development Town of Estes Park Estes Park, Colorado 80517 Dear Steve: Further to our recent discussions, I take pleasure in sub- mitting to you for your consideration a letter of agreement covering my services on behalf of the Town to bring about a "sister city" relationship with a suitable Japanese resort town such as the mountain resort of Nikko. I hope that you and the Town Development Committee will find this proposal satisfactory. If so, please return one signed copy of the agreement to me and I will get started on the project immediately. Progress will be reported on a monthly basis. With best regards, Sincerely, Jan B. Verschuur 2. 1~ ~f€f TOWN OF ESTES PARK LADI W 4)r/AA:r& i/7 - 4*€'r 42%944/ P.3.«, 9 r,•, rkY.W' ,_,,fiONAE.2,0> A.1: 2--- -4*214&9#Wt' r% i , 90'91 1»79 31#I ~4- r 4 -3 -- June 2, 1992 MEMORANDUM TO: Community Development Committee lt FROM: Steve Stamey /14/ . U SUBJECT: Sister Cities Program In 1990, the Town of Estes Park became a member Of the International Sister Cities organization. That membership did not result in the formation of a sister city and the town has discontinued membership in that organization. Mr. Jan Verschuur, President, World Trade Counselors, has submitted a proposal to the town to provide counseling service to develop a sister city relationship. The 1992 Community Development budget does not include a line item for this type of service. I would recommend that this be presented as a 1993 budget request. SLS'.cj 1 (303)586-5331 • RO. BOX 1200 • ESTES PARK, CO 80517 • FAX (303) 586-2816 ADMI N ISTRATION • FAX (303) 586-6909 OTH ER WUI'!0 [f000 -*_j - 001111SBIDPS-ff¥ -7 22 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-COUNSELING AGREEMENT Client: Town of Estes Park, Community Development Department Address: P.O. Box 1200, Estes Park, Colorado 80517 Phone: 586-5331 Contact: Stephen L. Stamey, Director of Community Development The Town of Estes Park wishes to contract for international relations counseling services to be provided by Jan B. Verschuur, President, World Trade Counselors, for a period of three months. The Town of Estes Park agrees to retain Mr. Verschuur's services on the basis of a retainer fee of $300.00 per month, payable monthly in advance for the period indicated above. In return, Mr. Verschuur agrees to provide, on a monthly basis, four hours of intensive international relations counseling, research and overseas contact activities for the purpose of achieving for Estes Park a beneficial "sister city" type of relationship with a Japanese resort town, such as the mountain resort of Nikko. Any additional time for which Mr. Verschuur's services may be required will be billed at the rate of $75.00 for each additional hour, but it is understood that this can occur only after specific, written authorization in advance. The Town of Estes Park agrees to reimburse Mr. Verschuur for pertinent international communication expenses via fax and/or telephone upon presentation of properly justified vouchers. No other expenses are to be incurred without specific prior authorization of the Town. AGREED AND. ACCEPTED: AGREED AND ACCEPTED: ! I 1 , DATE: DATE: P.O. BOX 4050 . 930-E BIG THOMPSON AVENUE • ESTES PARK, COLORADO 80517 . TELEPHONE 303/586-3335 . FAX 303/586-3578 3. U9 : 4/ TOWN OF ESTES PARK 49*tfy>4-h A M v i·· ~Yti:< ' ~ ·h ™rakn=2*10*-,·0- al·,Y - ..:a6,Las.*reibj't -.* .7-· ··~ ..._-ig46_-066.-~,-= 47>*189>04 2 ..1 June 2, 1992 MET#ORANDUDl TO: Community Development Committee 6 1 11 FROM: Steve Stamey, Community Development Director Ara SUBJECT: Ketchum Commission A recent article in the Denver Post raised some questions regarding the proposed commission by Robert Glenn Ketchum. Attached is a copy of the Denver Post article and a letter response from Mr. Ketchum. Mr. Jim Mack, Rocky Mountain National Park, will also be present to briefly review the scope and background of this project. SLS:cj Attachment 4. (303) 586-5331 • RO. 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As with may stories in the media, when you are doing an interview and it becomes rather lengthy, it becomes almost impossible for the interviewer to quote you accurately for the entirety of the interview. When a writer begins abstracting from the things that you said during the course of the interview, (or in this case, the lecture) very often those things are quite unrelated to the way they were explained in the original conversation. I feel this is what has happened with the Mark Obmascik article that was published in the Post, and I hope you will allow me to explain. Mark attended a lecture that I was giving for Ron Thoman at the Rocky Mountain National Park Service Regional Center in Lakewood. The lecture was over one-hour in length, and directed at National Park Service employees. Mark simply sat in the room during the lecture, listening to all of the various projects that 1 discussed. This lecture, somewhat similar to the one I presented to you and CACEP, covers my work from the 1970's through to the most current projects. As you experienced in my presentation to CACEP, some of the focus of this lecture details projects that I have worked on that were specifically environmentally confrontational. After the lecture, a number of questions were asked from members of the audience, one of whom was Mark, and although I would not say I was exactly interviewed, he was listenizig in to my many comments that followed. To address his article directly, I would say he starts off with a very bad attitude by titling it in the way that he has. Clearly he is trying to create a sensational headline. There is no doubt that some of the pictures that I make are not pretty, but it is not the "hidden agenda" of this project to do a "hatchet"job on Estes Park and photograph just the unattractive parts of the community. As I very clearly stated when I was addressing CACEP and the other members of the community that I met at your lovely reception, it is my intention with this project to create a forum in which dialog can take place, and the citizens of Estes can begin to assess the future of their role in relationship to Rocky Mountain Park. I feel that Mark, for reasons known only to him, but probably because it gets him good press, has chosen to see the most confrontational aspects of the kinds of pictures I might make. In one of his "direct quotes", he says that he mentioned the water slide with the park in the background, and I said that that sort of photograph was too obvious. I definitely did say that. I also said that to all of you in the community meeting. There is not doubt that 1 will photograph some of the structures and various subjects like the water slide. Those photographs may not be complimentary, but they are not being taken to inflame anybody or criticize anyone. They are there for the community to observe and to use as a stimulus for dialog about whether the future of such structures are appropriate to the setting. There is no intention on my part to make the community of Estes Park look foolish in the national media, because everything in town is not picture perfect. I think that the town already recognizes that as the case, and my pictures will simply be a reflection on those issues. It would be defeating to the very purpose of the project for me to use this to make Estes look bad, when in fact they should be praised for adopting such a positive approach to their inipending future. 1-'' 6. ROBERT GLENN KETCHUM • 696 STONE CANYON ROAD •LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA 90077 • (213) 472-3681 As I stated in the CACEP presentation, it is my intention that Estes be empowered by this photographic project, and I would like the national media to positively acknowledge your community for being forthcoming about its future. Of all the various gateway cities that are in this predicament, yours is one of the first to address your future in this way. I believe the body of work that I will create and exhibit for you, will give you a much clearer view of how your town is seen by outsiders, something that all of you may take for granted. My photographs will place both the good and the bad possibilities and results in an objective context, wherein the community can study the subject, and determine for itself whether a particular look is a workable aesthetic or not. There is no doubt that some of my photographs of the more negative aspects of the community will be published in the national media, but it is important, and I will be stressing it in all of my direct interviews and any forthcoming media stories that are issued that, they understand that I view your community as having taken a very positive step in the right direction, and that the purpose of this photographic essay is not to wound you further. Naturally, it is impossible for me to control all of the media that will write about our efforts, because there is no doubt that some of the media is hostile to the commercial presence of Estes Park on the border of the National Park (you have already seen this in the way you have been treated in the media iii the past). I am not able to control everything verbatim that might be said. However, I certainly will have an influence on them, and in the future I will take much greater pains to see that I clearly articulate the community's role in the relationship, so that what I say is not misconstrued and then published iii the form that it has been here. I would like to point out that one of the most important lines in Mark's article is the closing one where he quotes me as saying, "The one thing 1'11 guarantee is that I will stimulate a raging discussion in the community". When this line was read to me, I was told it said "a raging controversv in the community". Once again, I ask you to read what Mark wrote. My words, if in fact if I did say exactly that, (and I can not be sure that I did).,., my words once again say "a raging discussion in the community." I feel that the community is reacting to the words "raging" without paying any attention to the following word "discussion". Please note here that the word here is discussion not controversy. It is my fueling that Mark felt that these photographs would certainly stimulate discussion, and he emphasized it with this sentence. A discussion is not a natchet" job. It is not tin assault on the community. It is something that we have all discussed during my various meetings, and it was my understanding that the purpose of this project for the community was to stimulate a discussion. Mark has obviously stimulated something more than that, by using hyperbole and by using what I see as a very in flanimatory title for the article. Nonetheless, I want to make 1Lyery clear with you, CACEP, and all of the other members of the community that put their trust in me in this project, my intention is not to do a "hatchet" job. My intention is to create a body of work that will reflect both the good and the bad so that the community can take a very serious look at themselves and begin planning for their future. I hope that this will address some of tile concerns that I have heard expressed from the community, and certainly the more hostile reaction that has flowed forth from them. If you have further objections from the community over this, I would be happy to address them individually, and if the circumstance warrants it, I will return at my own expense to address these things in person. I thought that we had achieved a significant amount of headway in the short amount of time we had for the meetings that we staged. I also thought that the general demeanor of the community was very positive, and expressed as such at the reception my last evening in Estes. I have no reason to believe that the tenor of this project has changed at all, regardless of what Mark Obmascik says in this article. I would hope that you do not take this too much to heart, either. I do not feel that he is trying to be provocative here, although I think he has been unnecessarily confrontational. I just think that he is taking things he heard me say in my lecture, and various comments that flowed 4,1 7. . . forth in the question and answer period afterwards, and he is removing them from their full context by only quoting from them partially in his brief article. I hope that you, and all of the others will understand this, and believe that I have no secret intention to make the community look bad in the national media. 1 see the community as very brave for stepping forward with this project and agreeing to do it, and I think you should be greatly complimented by your forward thinking attitude in this respect. It would be foolish for me to damage an important relationship with the very community I need to work with, in order to complete this project. If I insulted all of you at this point, it is very clear to me that I would be frozen out of the project, and it would never come to be, so that is certainly not my intention and never has been. Thank you letting me express, and rebut, the inaccurate slant, I feel has been surmised from the article in the Denver Post. I hope this will allay any fears within the community, and that you will see that all of the concerned parties that have read the Denver Post article, also read this letter of mine. I liked working with you and CACEP, and I think there is tremendous potential in this project, so I want to be sure there is nothing that interferes with it's steady development as we approach what I think will be a fantastic photographic opportunity. I hope this helps. With my best wishes. erly 14068•?Olenk,R@Mui?r- .-I - le', 8. Estes Park Telephone Inquiries Estes Park Advertising Program 18-~ 16,404 16-* 14,531 ...................... 14-< 12-* ....................................................... 1-1;-029 10/ 8,629 6-# 4-/ 01 6 1989 1991 1990 1992 TABLE 11: Year-to-Date April 9. (Thousands) Telephone Inquiries by Month Estes Park Advertising Program 7000- 6000- 5000 -* 4000 -- 3000-0 2000 -- -- 1000 -*----- --- 17/ JAN MARCH FEB APRIL TABLE Ila ~ 1989 I 1990 ~ 1991 ElIN 1992 10. )-) - CC»J--Er- ESTES PARK AREA HISTORICAL MUSEUM P.O. Box 1691 200 4th Street Estes Park, CO 80517 Phone: (303) 586-6256 MEMORANDUM TO: Community Development Committee 07 FROM: Lynn Swain, Director DATE: May 28, 1992 RE: Museum Update 1. Approvals are requested for the following policies, drafted by museum staff and approved by the Advisory Board: a. Admission & tours policy revision, dated 5/24/92. b. Historic photographs reprint use policy, dated 4/31/92. 2. "Places in Time" publication distribution. 3. May program results. 11. gn:- ilm; Im=Im.L ESTES PARK AREA HISTORICAL MUSEUM P.O. Box 1691 200 4th Street Estes Park, CO 80517 Phone: (303) 586-6256 MUSEUM ADMISSIONS POLICY (5/24/92) 1. Admission Charge - $1.00 non-member adults. 2. Free admission - members & their guests. - children 12 & under when accompanied by an adult. 3. No children admitted without accompanying adult. 4. Shirt and shoes required for admission. 5. No food or drink allowed in the museum galleries. 6. No smoking allowed in the museum. 7. Flash photography allowed only in the Discovery Room. GROUPS & TOURS POLICY 1. Groups and tours must be scheduled in advance, call 586-6256. 2. Personal tours conducted by museum staff or docents will be provided if schedules permit. Tours require 2 weeks advance notice. 2. Cost - 50 cents per person over age 12. Exception: Estes Park public school teachers with their classes. 3. Groups will be charged even if some of the group members are members of the museum. 4. With childrens groups, a ratio of one adult per every ten kids is expected. 12. HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH REPRINT USE POLICY Purchase of photographs constitutes agreement to comply with these conditions. 1. Responsibility for questions of copyright that may arise are assumed by the user. 2. The Estes Park Area Historical Museum reserves the right to limit the number of photographic copies; to restrict the use or reproduction of rare or valuable material; to ensure reproductions are in good taste; to make special quotations on material involving unusual difficulty in copying; and to charge a higher copying fee than specified for a small number of special items. Before publication, the Museum reserves the right to require a proof for approval. 3. Photocopies may be provided at the requestor's expense for selection purposes at 10¢ per sheet. 4. All reproduced photographs must be credited as follows, "Courtesy, Estes Park Area Historical Museum" followed by the identifying negative or photo number and the artist or photographer if known. 5. A complimentary copy of any published work using a Museum photograph should be provided. 6. Publication or reproduction of photographs requires the written permission of the Estes Park Area Historical Museum. Fees are explained below. Permission for publication or reproduction is granted for one-time use only and does not extend to future editions such as book club, paperback or international editions. Subsequent use requires written permission and the payment of additional fees. 7. Requests for copies of graphic items intended for single mass reproductions into formats such as posters, post cards, programs, note paper and menus may be subject to special contractual procedure. 8. Requests for image adjustment such as cropping, overprinting, or bleeding the page edge must be made in writing. Image adjustments will be made at the requestor's expense. Details must be identified as such in the finished work. 9. Copies of photographs on display will be made by the Estes Park Area Historical Museum on request. Casual non-flash photographs IN THE DISCOVERY ROOM AREA ONLY will be permitted under most circumstances. 10. In addition to processing fees, reproduction fees are charged for the commercial use of images. A Fee per photograph for books, filmstrips, C. Special use fees, per photograph: posters, or similar commercial use: 1. Commercial display $50.00 1. 1 to 5000 copies $10.00 2. Book jacket (added to "A") 50.00 2. 5,001 to i0,000 copies 30.00 3. Motion picture or TV use 75.00 3. 10,001 to 25,000 100.00 4. Advertising use ' 100.00 4. Over 25,000 copies 150.00 B. Fee per photograph for publishers of serials: D. Videos for resale: 1. Under 50,000 circulation $10.00 1. 5,000 & under $25.00 2. 50,001 to 100,000 50.00 2. 5,001 & over 75.00 3. Over 100,000 150.00 We reserve the right to waive fees for reproductions by non-profit organizations or university presses engaging in non-commercial publication or for the use of photographs by the news media in newspaper articles, newscasts or non-commercial documentaries. Fees will be waived after proof of credit has been furnished. Fees are subject to change at any time. Permission for resale of EPAHM photographs is not a part of this agreement. 13. P....7 - ~-i...Ii-Ii in _VIne In 1908, Estes Park ... _ met a lifelong friend. .. 027 4fu. -' . 1 0 . t 1 1, I 4/JA -- 5 - .- t t. ESTES PARK --~-~ ~ BUSINESS g ·222* DISTRICT It,)..,1. 1.- *52 IN 1908 . J : rl 7 ... , I . . - 4'19·.tr.¥ And today, 84 years later, that partnership continues - with The Estes Park Bank. No other business and financial concern has had the historic and economic effect on this special place than that of The Estes Park Bank. Even after eight decades, the signs of progress and leadership continue to come from this partner of the community. We are proud to have a place in time. -' *. '~.*'Z¥k~ *. THE ESTES PARK BANK IS PROUD . . t·'b . ..2. llc - 1.. TO SPONSOR THIS SPECIAL 1 - 5 2 t....lt.4,4 I C h - ~ HISTORICAL JOURNEY FOR ESTES PARK'S 75th - 3 6.. .J 44 . ANNIVERSARY. 3 + -.- - - L :- *-:*- .021 3 - ?RE . - CL ¥ 1 ti- - -- A. - 241*25»jIBQb.'.:. .1 4 ·:* = - J¢ · ORIGINAL ESTES .M .44 . PARK BANK, -r· 3 3.<.'- CHARTERED IN 1908 THE --1 STESPARKBANK~1 363 EAST ELKHORN P.O. BOX 2270 ESTES PARK, COLORADO 80517 MEMBER FDIC t.4. 4%41 4.*0 6 268:.G j ~b.-*11 ESTES ~RIC 1 3*40 *924··1 1 I AN ESTES PARK HI~CAL TOUR i~ /Ikme 1-- - 1 h t zi,u·.4 Aff ta t . ~ lk- *-9-' -- -- . 6 .... ' I . . I. . This special section brought to you by: MEMBER FDIC! HE =:71 ESTES PARK BAN_~ in cooperation with The Estes Park Area Historical Museum ri-r - 4 Take a walk Ihrough ~rrr,rerr.*------___,~1A 9 h. ..21 .4 Estes Park history... - 3317¥/7,~26 Er.*. £4 rr. 9. - wi; 1/1.32/4/X.e.".aAEJ/-•- - <-~ /9/lillirilimi,iMr»J"151*<17/Cilry-- 1 21~ 7 3S,232U~A~Zin ¥.1- /I *'&1~.pe~.,~,~,i~ma ~ We can hear your footsteps 11# 1 "/r~ ~ - m ..1.,&2........Ii,:m'Qe"id.£*.......1,"diA"Mu'l""lilift#kilyWLL'.ijldLI through time- 75 years and If - ly,fil lt,t.-,1 ~ tillillill/'-Illimillinlijilfillillillillilillitillillillillil'.i 'i 'llil1llillillilillillililiallillilialill:iliMilillillglislrt,%rilf*/42* 043 1/lill//IM""IMI'll , T. ------- b more. On the creaking hardwood .1 11* 7-1 i i *?.i. 1 .=2<4...2 lillill--Il-Ii£/-- .1 ..t -.... ... - floors of Sam Service's General gl'll i-- - & 13 2-1 ..<,/ £4 ... =1.1 1 4.1441 9 U....~3 . Store. Or the clicking of heels as -11 2, t#h -- 0. . -* I ... 'T <,63 - as you discover Rocky Mountain -=. .... I .96:L 7' National Park for the very first .......1 .L , 1902 Thanksgiving at Estes Park School .11. at time. ...lk 9*f,1* 0 No matter what your connection .,IN:- t . is to this special place, we invite -t . Become an important , you to join us on this walk i L i through history in Estes Park. And listen closely -you will hear part Of your history. the sounds of the past. 1 i :1 f p UMic€U/1 1 1 .1 .,4 1 That's right, your history. During this special 75th Anniversary year, Estes Park needs i LYNN SWAIN your help more than ever in preserving our heritage. Fill out the form below and send \ Curator it in today. V 4 Estes Park Area HistoricaI Museuem 1 --------=-------=--------==--------- - .6 l .4 I I 1 Make an Historical Contribution! ~ ~ The Estes Park Area Historical Museum welcomes your tax deductible contri- ~ .. bution in preserving the history of this great area. Please become part of our In 1962 agroup of local citizens decided to save history by incorporating as the Estes I effort by filling out this form: 1 Park Area Hlstoncal Museum. They began collecting odds and ends donated by their 1 E STE S ~~~ed a square, windowless structure on land donated by the Town. This building was n ghbors. The collection was stored m various locations until 1966 when volunteers con- i NAME i eartedly called"Ihe Morgue" and is still the nucleus of the Museum. As the collec- 1 1 tion grew, additions to the building were made in 1969, 1979, and 1981. A storage shed i ADDRESS i PARK was built out back and the Cobb-MacDonald cabin, donated by the descendants of early settlers, was set into place. : By 1978, the Museum had a part-time curator, paid by the Town, and the collection : CITY STATE ZIP I HISTORICAL continued to grow. The original National Park Headquarters Building was moved to the grounds in 1987. In 1991, the exhibit space was completely renovated and the Museum ~ CONTRIBUTION ENCLOSED $ ' was moving into the modern age with computerized membership lists and a professional 1 MUSEUM moves intoaneweraofgovernance asatowndepartment. Volunteers continue toprovide i ARE YOU INTERESTED IN: staff. In 1992, the Museum cel#brates thirty years of active community involvement and - the support tomake it happen. 1 0 Volunteering your time for the museum? 1 1 1 1 1 0 Donating historical items to the museum? i 11,11,11 11,1 Illilli . SEND TO: 1 --2=37-\ ~ ESTES PARK AREA in,1 Estes Park Area Historical Museum i L...Il lilli 1,, P.O. Box 1691, Estes Park, CO. 80517 • (303) 586-6256 1 17 HISTORICAL MUSEUM f L-------n-------=------------------1 -- .............. --4 .:2»: ...:.......:.%.... ..C 3 .~-1~ ': 1 .0.2 .......... :i:i:i:i:ii:iiI. . ........ \ ~Esrn+lr~ \ *22.: . AN LSTEr, PARK 11ISTORICALIOUH a::: Esr ES PARK ESTES PARK I \:S::I:..:. s#$&L Twn llfl -4~" F . ..C -5~'.....~ ..: B .......i:i¢K.... Ii./:ii..i *::: I. .: :./ >x:xexi 0©*§ 0§& iti:@i::f{:i#:. 2 .: E:...::1 1 - :.::~~=:.=:=: 2:*I: -SE-t -- i: *: I:. .. :IX.:.:.:.:. ...<:kx«·S 1 ' ·>·· :•:·:·.·: S: .>:.>:-:.>~ 1041 L--- W.T. ~~ BOND PARK ~ PARKE'S ESTES PARK ~ ~:* ESTES PARK I ESTES PARK - STORE ~ PUBLIC LIBRARY 4'16' -2 11%,• - ,~v ,-I .1.m 1- .... k.<., .kEX. biri: -, . . 4.4. & 5 2 A '711,All*r-~1=----- -- 6 2·3$<.*1* Ti~'" - ..44: -I 322~1==.- I.'- 1--- tf .-1. C 2. ... 'f' ¥ 1. 1 r.: I a - -In==-- --C . -$9&#*0 ·- i':.··r'·:2.1:=2.41 W T. Parke operated one of the first general stores in town before selling out to Sam ~ ·' 2,6-4 '.r···· ~ - *#Amia» 103169"*MI'.4 ? ·..=€AV:-G:+P:#8'2/19%/5 Service. He conducted a novelty and photography business from this location into the 1920s. He sold his interests to J. B. Baird and died in 1924. (Continued to sell novelties and art and - 79#/I *:Ux,»~CFV-424*277'·.L other local artists) Baird's became Seybold's in 1970 and continues as one of the established gift shops on E]khorn Avenue. ~-:·44-·...'.~ '·6·2. //'9+·* Ag,*U,-,446//.//&~~~ ~ NATIONAL C. H. Bond pioneered the construction of a road up the Big Thompson Canyon in 1904. PARK 1 ESTES PARK There were six buildings on Elkhom at that time: the Cleave home, Parke's store, Miss Foote's grocery, Sam Service's store and home, and the school building. He platted the townsite in HOTEL E=EE~E ...... :.-'I'-'I.'-I---'- 1905 and this park is shown on the second amended plat dated April 7, 1908. Bond stipulated that the property was to be used for public buildings. The first post office was built here in 1914. Construction began on the National Park Hotel in 1916. Mrs. Harriet Byerly bought the pro- The Woman' s Club provided funds for the construction o f a library building on this site in perty in 1918 and operated the ten-room hotel and a small cafe, the Pine Cone Tea Room. In 1922. The first building of river rock and stucco was erected by a group of volunteers. Eleanor 1926 extensive renovation created a 40-room hotel which remained under Mrs. Byerly 's Hondius presented funds for an addition in 1935 as a memorial to her husband Pieter. This doubled the size and efficiency of the library. Other additions were completed in 1969 and watchful eye until her death in 1955. The Byerly family continued to operate the hotel until December 31,1972. 1978. The Town government took over library operations in 1969 but the Woman's Club. The building later housed a Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum and was converted into a remained a major source of funding and support. A Library District was established in 1989 shopping mall in the 1980s. and the new library was completed east of the Municipal Building in 1991. The Park also served as a playground for the schools and was the site during the 1960's of reenactments of "Western Justice." At one time the Chamber of Commerce, Police Department, Fire Station and Town offices were all located in Bond Park. SERVICE ~ ESTES hRK ~~ SCHOOL ~ SAMUE GENERAL ~····· ~'· ·'·'i.~ 3~ ESTES PARK STORE ~J & LIBRARY . r. - ' 4, 7/IND.~ 1 . . _-46'' W + -1-1 .'Illt Al 1 1[1 19( 1 --f r'r 4 0; Ir - .1-. 1 1 1 rl _-54!~||-' - 1 11. ~1·,J E F f- Vpit- 1 1,114 i,9 t &44,9 7?9Fw®~~]~,~,3FF,3- 12 ' 46' ~,~",F. 4. ii&'6:al/ & -:4 1/ . -1. .... !- 0. 4 -441 .' 44 14 :PI y - - -- -,4ft'€3*41~~,~ --,i-~t~,* 2,1111-&1=~ 1, By 1907 there were enough students for a school expansion. This building behind Bond 7-1 i 'rF#3.4 - ' 3 40,. I'44, ,+ 9 - '-~,~4 2'ji~,i'~Il'iti# - lillii~!F,71,440IWilm#,A~JWM21~i|~0!,.~ 1= Park also was the siste of the first library, established in 1916 with $110 from the Woman's zilggi Club annual fund. Florence Bond was the first librarian with a salary of $1.50 per week. An auditorium for school and community programs was built across MacGregor Avenue in P V ~11,2,1 2 fif. 1926. Two new rooms there housed the first to fourth graders. Bond Park served as a play- + " -'21 ground. In 1939 a new school was built next to the auditorium for use by the seventh to twelfth graders. A junior/senior high was completed in 1964 on land near the rodeo grounds and the primary grades moved across the street. When the new grade school opened in 1972, Samuel Service moved from Lyons to Estes Park in 1901 and constructed this building for that building was converted to use as the Municipal Building. This site has been home to the his rapidly expanding mercantile business in 1905. Service offered a variety of goods from First National Bank since 1969. groceries to construction supplies. The property was sold in 1929 and converted into an Honor Brite grocery store. Honor Brite sold its interests in the property to Safeway, Inc. in 1938 and the building continued as a grocery until 1941. At that time it became the Coffee Bar Cafe. In 1948 a fire caused $20,000 worth of damage and prompted a major renovation. BIRCH 0 HOUSE .1 EsrES PARK F.P. RUINS CLATWORTHY ESTES PARK STUDIO -i-.-- Al G. Birch was a well known newspaperman who worked for the Denver Post. He came to Estes Park in 1902 and cut the first trail to Bear Lake that same year. In 1904 he purchased land on a cliff overlooking the village and hired Carl Plitz to build the house of his dreams. R R Clatworthy was one of the first to capture the area's beauty on film. He operated a pho- The stone work was excellent and the house also showcased a stained glass window depicting tography studio on Elkhorn Avenue and later moved his business to the home he built at the Joseph's Coat of Many Colors. Unfortunately, a careless carpenter ran floor joists under the fireplace and the house burned to the ground on December 21, 1907. Birch was too disheart- base of Prospect Mountain in 1912. ened to rebuild the house and the ruins have been a local landmark ever since. ORIGINAL ~ ROCKY MTN. NATIONAL TRANSPOT- 1 *STES ~ARIC PARK HDQTRS. ~ TATION CO. E--- Established in 1909, F. O. Stanley's Transportation Co. offered public transportation by Stanley Steamer and White Mountain Wagon from railroad stations in Lyons and Loveland, as 1 - well as tours of the area. This building housed offices and garages for the Stanley Steamer and I - ~ .04 specially made steamer Mountain Wagons. The Transportation Company was granted exclu- - -- ~A/1 / sive rights to provide transportation to tourists by the Federal Government. Ted and I.B. James sold the property to Vic and Helen Walker in 1954. The building housed the Pottery Factory until 1971 when remodeling created the Park Center Mall. The 24-shop mall is considered one / ~IM~*=.~~~~~ of the largest developments in the downtown business district. It was sold in 1984 to Ola and - Richard Stanger who consolidated the properties into the Park Theatre Mall. PARK - THEATRE ESTES PARIC -- This building served as the headquarters for Rocky Mountain National Park from 1915- 0% A 1923. Originally located on Elkhom Avenue, the building housed administration offices and 331, .' 1./. 11!'. . 11.1.., 1 '. 0 an information bureau. During the summer season, information was available oneverything fli'I' £ from hotel accommodations to"...the classification of specimens of flowers and trees." ~:. L k.'s. b': 4.:I 'R' The Park Service moved to new quarters donated by the Estes Park Women' s Club at the 91¢* f.... "0"9&-·-d' 51-111, 2 '. · 1~·2;*.- e 1 corner of Moraine and Crags Drive in 1923. This building then housed many businesses and 4%~ - ·-, , r , - .f 3- . was eventually moved around the corner to a location on Riverside Drive. The last commercial *0~1 - .1 41 1 I ' r' tenant was Estes Appliance and T. V. Amajor fund-raising campaign was mounted in 1987 to i:bi~ ' " . i , » 4 move the building to the Museum grounds. Extensive restoration led to its formal dedication St~ . .1-, on June 2, 1990, as one of the activities celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Rocky Mountain <2~ , ' - i i '1 1 - 1 . . National Park. , 1 1 1 . , 1..... ./ - 1 1 - I th.1,?.01.1 68,44.: 1'*1. 1 1.#' 1:. -'/.i:.=.:0~' ; .rd¢pilllli ' 19*9%.:.1 ,·1':.IL. ~...., -~ P1- STANLEY 2,1 r.:7. 43.- 1 <1 '..14 1 1 .@rr'.; ../ -1 -7 LIVERY ESTES PARK . ·.··..... 4$4% 1.1 1 //.11 ZE f 1/ •:#.filill 3*-de i ' i'·i 19 i 2 j ~€ UP.*'Ad~ l' i.' i~ 1.%.·4' r */ 4~ :1- I. i Part of the western experience was horseback riding and all the hotels maintained liveries 41* for their guests. There were at least three other independently owned stables on Elkhorn Avenue, from which "dudes" could choose the perfect mount. The Stanley Livery was run by - . 1 E. R. "Lige" Rivers for more than twenty years and was later managed by Art Card. With the advent of automobile traffic and the paving of streets the liveries moved out of Wil, *'5:4, ~ q. ,Oft#37 , ' ,.ia, town. This site was later home to Brodies Market from 1957 to 1986. , .*-........ ~ · 7'1·L·t?U/ . 1. 1 1 k.ad#19, ·nitte-·i·U i ;ta, - ~ MacDONALD 1 - · .'.1...1 2... 1 ¥ 4 .. ef_. - % -4.." -. 1 1 : , ~C ~ BOOK {4„€4+ -19 3/4*2. 1 ~ - 1 r 4 -4.1 Rf#*2«7-114' #,·'•*0-686. ' - ~ SHOP :.21 :Wil/0 - d.=I. i ~*1 I- ' :. - . E 073j~, /i , 2 ·it' A J. E. Macdonald vacationed in Estes Park in 1902 where he met Jessica Chapin. They *92*iti#.~ 1 .U„'» e married, returned to Estes Park with their two daughters in 1908, and purchased this building n.,/4 - 4.la6//m"li#miE)/ Wr. -1~--,~p---- --,--~t-- / '* 13-~„-2 17-~-r--im - - *3 for their home. Mr. Macdonald established a general store in his building to the west of this . e.· , ··Lii#F~ 3 '. shop. He operated a business and was active in town affairs until his death in 1932. The - 1.. i.„ :i:.,-free-/.4**c~=~-=10--*- Macdonald Book Shop opened in the living room of their home in 1928 and was operated by ,£ 2 31~ -4 .1 - - Jessica until 1957. Paula Steige, a third generation Macdonald, is the current owner. ..... , --'EW#£· ~~~ ~~~~+447.1.- J. L. Jackson began construction on the theater in 1913. It was completed by C. H. Bond in THE · 1914. Bond sold the building to Fred Jackson who operated the theatre until 1922 when he ~ JOSEPHINE ~ j~ ESTES PARK sold it to Ralph Gwynn. Gwynn added the landmark tower as a monument to a woman who HOTEL =="= left him at the altar. The tower with its beautiful, bright exterior, but hollow interior was a con- stant reminder to Gwynn of his betrothed's true character. The tower has been the tallest struc- ture in downtown since it was built. The theatre has survived winds over 100 mph, lightening strikes, and the Lawn Lake flood of 1982. The tower's neon lights can be illuminated because of a vote of the people in 1984. The theatre was saved from demolition when the owners Ola Built in 1915 for Mrs. Josephine Hupp, this establishment also housed a popular gathering and Richard Stanger, who had purchased it in 1982, had it placed on the National Register of spot, the Cafe Josephine. The cafe was managed by"Johnny" Baker who had toured with Historic Places on June 14, 1984. The Park is the oldest motion picture theatre still operating Buffalo Bill and often entertained patrons with tales of the wild west. The hotel was owned by West of the Mississippi River. a number of people between 1920 and 1945 when O. M. Nagl purchased it and opened a pool room/tavern. Fire destroyed the top floor in 1956, eliminating one of the few remaining Elkhorn Avenue overhangs. The Nagls estimate the Wheel Bar has been open 267,800 hours over the last 46 years. ~ ORIGINAL HUPP ~ ~~STES ~ARIC 0 THE ~ HOTEL PINE ESTEs PARIC CONE INN Built in 1906 by Mrs. Josephine Hupp and Miss Ella Hupp, the hotel was next door to Miss Foote's general store. The Hupps later sold to W H. Derby but continued in the hotel business from diagonally across the street in the former Cleave home. On February 11, 1922, the Hupp The original log structure was built as W H. Tallant's home. It later became the Pine Cone was partially destroyed by the first fire in Estes Park history. Later owners called it the Park Inn, a local gathering spot and eatery. In 1931 Thelma Burgess purchased the building and Hotel. During the construction for the Alva B. Adams tunnel in the 1940's it was the Jay started the Old Plantation Restaurant. A major fire in 1943 forced renovations which resulted Building, housing Chez Jay, a popular restaurant and cocktail lounge. 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