Education
The Historic Preservation Commission sponsors various fun activities throughout the year to educate the public about historic preservation, from workshops on preserving antique hardware and wood frame windows, to FREE summer walking tours through Greeley's historic neighborhoods. There are also Historic Preservation Month activities in May.
The Historic Preservation Office has a resource library available to the public for in-office use, as well as several how-to videos to checkout.
Historic Preservation Resource Library available
Summer 2011 Walking Tours
June 6 - What is Special About Downtown?, Starting location: gazebo in Lincoln Park, 7 p.m.
July 11 - Greeley's Water System: A Visionary Idea (Chautauqua Pre-event), Starting location: Centennial Park Library Parking Lot, 2227 23rd Avenue, 7 p.m.
July 18 - Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra and Monfort Concert Hall: A Backstage Tour, Starting location: UCCC box office, 701 10th Avenue, 7 p.m.
August 1 - Glenmere: A Visionary Park & Tree Tour (Chautauqua Pre-event), Starting location: playground on west end of Glenmere Park, 6:30 p.m.
September 19 - Sunrise Neighborhood, Starting location: Northeast corner of Sunrise Park, 11th Street and 4th Avenue, 5:30 p.m.
Past Walking Tours
The Greeley Historic Preservation Office and Commission hosted seven walking tours in 2010! Tours have been held in many different areas, including Cranford, Sunrise Park, Downtown, the Monroe Avenue Historic District along 9th Avenue, Alles Acres, Josephine B. Jones House and Park, Poudre Learning Center, Island Grove Park, and other locations.
The topic and tour date link to the tour notes.
Island Grove Park (June 2009)
POW Camp 202 (July 2009)
Glenmere Park Area (August 2009)
Downtown Arts & Entertainment District (June 2010)
Josephine B. Jones House and Park (July 2010)
Maplewood (July 2010)
Alles Acres (August 2010)
Sunrise Park Neighborhood (September 2010)
Cranford (October 2010)
Please contact the Historic Preservation Office if you have ideas for future walking tours!
The Historic Preservation Office has a resource library including issues of preservation related magazines, books about historic architecture, local history, historic preservation, National Park Service publications on documenting historic buildings and the National Register, and historic resource care and maintenance publications. These publications are available for public use in the Historic Preservation Office only and are not available to checkout. Please contact the Historic Preservation Office at (970)350-9222 if you have ideas for potential workshops or would be interested in leading a workshop.
The Historic Preservation Office also offers internships for graduate and undergraduate students. Call 970.350.9222 for information about current internships.
The City of Greeley Historic Preservation Commission and Staff and GTV8 staff have co-produced several editions of a historic preservation documentary,
Windows of Time . They are available on DVD for check out from the Historic Preservation Office or are available for purchase through the Museum store at the Greeley History Museum, 714 8th Street. The following editions are available:
J.M.B. Petrikin and the Masonic Temple, February 2005
P.O.W. Camp 202, May 2005
No. 3 Ditch, December 2006
From the Volga to the Platte: Germans from Russia in Greeley, February 2009