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Landmarks board unanimously recommends designation of 658 Pleasant as the 'Tiara House'
Summary
The Boulder Landmarks Board voted unanimously to recommend that City Council designate 658 Pleasant Street as a local historic landmark, praising its Dutch Colonial Revival architecture and planned reconstruction of a unique semicircular "tiara" porch.
The Boulder Landmarks Board on Feb. 5 voted unanimously to recommend that City Council designate the property at 658 Pleasant Street as a local historic landmark to be known as the Tiara House.
Board staff told members that the house, a Dutch Colonial Revival with a distinctive gambrel roof form and masonry work, meets the city—s historic and architectural criteria found in Chapter 9-11 of the Boulder Revised Code. Historic preservation planner Marcy Gerwing told the board the property was likely built by stonemason Lyman Leland between 1906 and 1909 and retains original materials and workmanship, including arched stone lintels and a leaded-glass window.
The board—s recommendation…
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