Architectural Inventory Form

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1 OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5ST Parcel number(s): 2. Temporary resource no.: N/A County: Summit 4. City: Breckenridge 5. Historic building name: Duncan House, Condon House 6. Current building name: Ducayet House 7. Building address: 102 S. High Street 8. Owner name and address: Wallace A. Ducayet Trust P.O. Box 2977 Breckenridge, CO Individual National Register field eligibility: Local Landmark Eligibility Assessment: Not Eligible Eligible/Contributes to National Register district

2 II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6 Township 6S Range 77 SE ¼ of NE ¼ of NE ¼ of SW ¼ of section UTM reference (NAD27) Zone 13N; me mn 11. USGS quad name: Breckenridge Year: 1987 Map scale: 7.5' 12. Lot(s): 1, 2 Block: 10 Addition: Yingling & Mickles Addition Sub Year of Addition: Boundary Description and Justification: This legally defined parcel encompasses, but does not exceed, the land historically associated with this property. III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Irregular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: 2809 square feet 16. Number of stories: 1½ 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood/Horizontal Siding 18. Roof configuration: Gabled Roof/Cross Gabled Roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt Roof/Composition Roof 20. Special features: Porch, Dormer, Chimney, Fence 21. General architectural description: This residence consists of: a main 1½-story side-gabled section; a lower, intersecting front-gabled section which forms the north end of the west elevation (façade); a large cross-gabled addition to the east (rear) elevation; a lower, gabled and shed-roofed extension to the addition s north elevation. The original front part of the house is supported by a low stone foundation, while the exterior walls throughout are clad with painted red horizontal wood siding with painted cream white 1 by 4 corner boards. A painted white 1x board with a wood water table separates the foundation from the horizontal siding. The roof is covered with grey asphalt composition shingles, and the eaves are boxed with painted cream white and green wood trim. A narrow gabled wall dormer, with a 1/1 double-hung sash window, overlooks the façade. A non-historic boxed chimney is located on the north-facing roof slope of the lower front-gabled section. A multi-light, glass-in-wood-frame front door, covered by a painted blue wood storm door, enters the south half of the façade from a 4-step wood porch. This porch features a wood plank floor, painted blue and white turned columns and a shed roof. Two large single-hung sash windows penetrate the façade wall. One is located just south of the front porch, while the other is centered in the west wall of the frontgabled section, north of the front porch. A fixed-pane diamond-shaped window penetrates the upper façade wall, above the porch roof. The original windows elsewhere are primarily 1/1 double-hung sash, with painted blue wood frames and painted cream white wood surrounds. A set of paired, 15-light, painted blue, glass-in-wood-frame doors enter the addition s west elevation where it extends south of the historic building. These doors lead into the house from an open shed-roofed porch with an open wood railing and with chamfered 4 by 4 wood posts. A painted blue glass-in-wood-frame door enters the addition s north elevation from a small gabled porch with chamfered 4 by 4 wood posts.

3 22. Architectural style/building type: Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements 23. Landscaping or special setting features: This well-maintained property is located at the southwest corner of High Street and Lincoln Place, near the east end of the Breckenridge Historic District. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: Garage A two-stall garage is located northeast of the house. This wood frame building has a concrete slab foundation and floor. Its lower exterior walls are clad with stained brown board-and-batten, while its upper exterior walls are clad with stained brown horizontal wood siding. Stained brown board-and-batten also appears in the upper gable ends. The garage is covered by a moderately-pitched front gable roof, with corrugated metal roofing material laid over 1x wood decking and 2x wood rafters. The rafter ends are covered by a fascia board and are exposed beneath the eaves. Two vertical wood plank garage doors on the north elevation open onto an asphalt driveway which extends to Lincoln Place. A stained brown wood-paneled door, with six upper sash lights, is located on the west elevation. Two 4-light windows penetrate the west elevation. A 4-light window is centered in the north elevation s upper gable end. A small gabled extension is located at the east end of the south elevation where there is another stained brown wood-paneled door with six upper sash lights. Privy A historic privy, which measures approximately 4 feet square, is located east of the residence. The privy has vertical wood plank exterior walls and a shed roof covered with corrugated metal. A vertical wood plank door is located on the east elevation. Shed A historic wood frame shed is located near the center of the east (rear) end of the property. This shed measures approximately 22 N-S by 6 E-W. Its exterior walls are clad with stained brown board-and-batten, and it is covered by a shed roof with corrugated metal roofing material laid over 1x wood decking. A vertical wood plank door, sidehinged with metal strap hinges, enters the west elevation. Barn A small historic wood frame barn is located near the rear southeast corner of the property. The barn measures approximately 10 N-S by 16 E-W. Its exterior walls are clad with vertical wood planks, with horizontal wood planks in the upper gable ends. It is covered by a moderately-pitched front-gable roof, with corrugated metal roofing material laid over 1x wood decking. A vertical wood plank door, side-hinged with metal strap hinges, enters the west elevation. An opening in the west elevation s upper gable end is shuttered with a vertical wood plank door, side-hinged with metal strap hinges.

4 IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1902 Source of information: Summit County Journal, October 4, Architect: Unknown Source of information: N/A 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: N/A 28. Original owner: Robert Claire and Hattie Duncan Source of information: Summit County Journal, October 4, Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The original portion of this house was constructed in 1902 as a residence for Robert Claire and Hattie (Sisler) Duncan. 30. Original location: yes Date of move(s): N/A V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 33. Current use(s): Domestic/Single Dwelling 34. Site type(s): Single Family Residence 35. Historical background: Born in Kentucky in 1878, Robert Claire Duncan moved to Breckenridge, Colorado, in He was employed for several years at the C. A. Finding Hardware, before opening his own mercantile establishment in He also leased the Puzzle mine in Illinois Gulch in His wife, Hattie Sisler, whom he married in 1895, was the daughter of John Sisler, a pioneer placer miner. The Duncans finished constructing this handsome residence in An October 4, 1902, newspaper article called the new house "a credit to High Street." Duncan was elected mayor of Breckenridge in Hattie Duncan sold the property to C. E. Condon in April of Condon was a medical doctor in practice with his uncle J. F. Condon. The house remained in that family's name until the 1960s when Breckenridge Lands owner Bill Rounds purchased the property. Other known owners are Barney and Kate Brewer, Jim Hitchcock, and Charles and Sally McCollum. 36. Sources of information: Summit County Assessor. Residential Property Appraisal Records Summit County Clerk and Recorder. Plat book Summit County Journal. October 4, Summit County Journal. November 26, 1904 Summit County Journal. September Summit County Journal. April 15, Town of Breckenridge. Department of Community Development Files. United State Census records.

5 VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local Landmark Designation: No Date of designation: N/A Designating authority: N/A 38. Applicable National Register Criteria: xx A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance: Not Applicable 40. Period of significance: Not Applicable 41. Level of significance: Local 42. Statement of significance: This property is historically significant for its association with Breckenridge s residential development dating from the time of its construction in the early 1890s. It is also architecturally significant for its gabled-l plan and Late Victorian era architectural characteristics. Despite alterations to the historic building, this property retains sufficient overall integrity to rate as a contributing resource within the Breckenridge Historic District. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: This property displays a somewhat less than ideal level of physical integrity, relative to the seven aspects of integrity as defined by the National Park Service and the Colorado Historical Society location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. The historic dwelling has been substantially enlarged. The addition, however, is to the rear and side of the historic building, and is compatible in terms of its materials, massing and design. The integrity of setting is enhanced by the presence of the historic barn, shed and privy.

6 VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Not Eligible 45. Is there National Register district potential? N/A Discuss: This property is located within the boundaries of the Breckenridge Historic District which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, If there is N.R. district potential, is this building contributing or noncontributing? N/A 46. If the building is in an existing N.R. district, is it contributing or noncontributing? Contributing VIII. RECORDING INFORMATION 47. Photograph numbers: CD #1, Images ; CDs/Negatives filed at: Town of Breckenridge 150 Ski Hill Road Breckenridge, CO Report title: Town of Breckenridge Phase V Cultural Resource Survey 49. Date(s): June 30, Recorder(s): Carl McWilliams, Rebecca Waugh, Timothy Wilder 51. Organization: 52. Address: 53. Phone number(s):

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