Longmont is looking to expand repairs to the 129-year old Callahan House and the ground it occupies at 312 Terry St., through a $240,000 grant from the History Colorado State Historical Fund.
The city council will consider applying for the grant at next Tuesday’s meeting.
Longmont allocated $60,000 for repairs to the Callahan House this year for leaded glass windows and for window protection and driveway repairs, according to a city staff report.
The Callahan House Advisory Board determined more needed to be done to the house and grounds, including painting the exterior of the house and initiating more driveway repairs, the staff report states. The advisory board decided to apply to the History Colorado State Historical Fund to supplement the $60,000
Built in 1892, the city has owned and operated the Callahan House since 1938. It continues to be used today as a meeting place for club activities and a venue for special events.
Longmont has maintained and restored the house and grounds throughout the years, using city capital improvement funds, grants and fundraising, the staff report states.
The city hopes to:
- Restore curbed leaded glass window in the library
- Protect all leaded and stained glass windows with tempered glass
- Repaint the house and auto house to historically correct Colorado circa 1906, and
- Repair and preserve the historic decorative driveway built for the first automobile in Longmont.
The Callahan House is on the National Register of Historic Places and the State Register of Historic Properties, and one of the first two properties designated as a “Landmark” by the city of Longmont Designation Commission in 1973, according to the city staff report.
