Congratulations to our Historic Preservation Month award winners!
See our 2013 walking tours and History Brown Bag series»
Services
- Assist in historic property research. Download information about how to research a historic property.
- Administer the Greeley Historic Register, including nominations, incentives and design review.
- Offer financial incentives for rehabilitation projects, including a Low Interest Loan Program, refund of building portion of permit fees, State Historical Fund grants and State Income Tax Credits for work on historic properties.
- Provide fun educational opportunities, including walking tours during the summer, production of Windows of Time, a GTV8 produced documentary, and Historic Preservation Month activities.
- Historic Preservation Internships for graduate and undergraduate students
Current Projects
COFFEE MUGS FOR SALE! Warm up with a cup of something hot in a coffee mug featuring a historic property in Greeley!
The Historic Preservation Commission is selling coffee mugs featuring several Greeley Historic Register properties to raise funds to purchase bronze plaques for Greeley Historic Register properties that lack them. Mugs are $11 and have colored interiors including red, black, or blue. Properties featured on the mugs include: The State Armory, the Apple House, the Greeley Tribune Building/Greeley History Museum, and the Neill House.
Mugs are sold at various businesses, including:
Cafe Panache, 821 10th Street
Woody's Newsstand, 942 9th Avenue
Greeley Museums (Selma's Store at Centennial Village), 1475 A Street
Your Place Coffee, 2308 W. 17th Street
Greeley Historic Preservation Office, 1100 10th Street, Ste. 201
Recent Projects
Grants Awarded to the City for Historic Preservation! The City of Greeley recently finished a historic and architectural context report of the Sunrise Neighborhood, funded by a State Historical Fund grant from History Colorado. The final report will be available soon. Contact the Historic Preservation Office for more information about this project and other historic preservation projects.
Sunrise Historic Context
Stories about the history of the Sunrise neighborhood were shared at the History Stories and Ice Cream Social event at Sunrise Park in May. Click here to download the document or contact the Historic Preservation Office to purchase one. History Colorado State Historical Fund and the City of Greeley provided funding for the project.
Building Permit Fee Refund Policy Adopted
At their September 13, 2010 meeting, the Historic Preservation Commission adopted the Building Permit Fee Refund Policy. Owners of designated properties and properties in historic districts are eligible to apply for a refund of building permit fees.
Annual Reports
The 2012 Historic Preservation Commission Annual Report is out! Read these quick synopses of the Commission activities from 2010 and 2011. Historic Preservation Commission Annual Report 2010 & Historic Preservation Commission Annual Report 2011
Historic Resource Survey Report
The City of Greeley recently completed an intensive level historic resources survey of a two-block area bounded by 17th Street on the north, 6th Avenue on the east, 18th Street on the south and 8th Avenue on the west. Download the survey report with the project results. For more information about individual properties, contact the Historic Preservation Office.
Other Greeley Preservation Resources
View the Historic Preservation 101 presentation to learn more about preservation in Greeley and around Colorado
Presentation about how to research a historic property
Access our Data Base listing of Inventoried Properties
Historic Register 1996-2011 Map - Recently updated!
Greeley Historic Register Designated Properties Information 1996-2011 - Recently updated!
Brochures
Copies of brochures are also available at the Historic Preservation office.