Avery House - Fort Collins, CO
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N 40° 35.236 W 105° 04.906
13T E 493080 N 4492944
Franklin Avery, builder and owner of the Avery House,were instrumental in the early development of Fort Collins.
Waymark Code: WMHF46
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 07/03/2013
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"Built in 1870, with stone walls one foot thick, the building is one of the city’s oldest surviving residences. It has experienced few alterations and is considered to be one of the best examples of Victorian architecture in Fort Collins. (from (
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"Fort Collins has Franklin Avery to thank for the wide streets in Fort Collins; he took advantage of the open spaces when he surveyed the town in 1873. Avery later founded First National Bank and was instrumental in developing water projects that enabled agriculture to flourish in northern Colorado.
In 1879, he and his wife Sara built a family home on the corner of Mountain Avenue and Meldrum Street where they raised their children, Edgar, Ethel, and Louise. The original two-story home consisted of two rooms on the first floor, now the entry area and dining room; three bedrooms upstairs; and a basement. Built of sandstone from local quarries, the cost of the original house was $3,000. During the ensuing years, the Averys added to the house several times; the final addition included the distinctive Queen Anne tower.
Members of the Avery family lived in the house until 1962 when it was sold. The Poudre Landmarks Foundation, Inc. was formed in 1972. The group worked with the City of Fort Collins to purchase the home in 1974 at a cost of $79,000. The Foundation then took responsibility to oversee restoration of the house. In 1981, the Poudre Landmarks Foundation organized the Avery House Historic District Guild to assist with the project.
The house, gazebo, fountain and carriage house are part of the Avery House Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places."(from (
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