Historic Montclair Community Assoc. Inc. (HMCAI)

Historic District

Dec 05, 2003

Not all of Montclair, bordered by Quebec, Holly, 6th Ave. and Colfax, is designated ?“Historic,?” although we use that adjective in the name of our association. In 1975 the Denver Landmark Commission recommended a relatively small district in the heart of old Montclair historic for the designation. Any new construction or alteration of existing structures there is tightly restricted by the Commission and city ordinances. Montclair was one of the first neighborhoods to seek historic district designation as a means of community preservation and revitalization. (Tom Noel in Richthofen?’s Montclair)

The designated area is in the shape of a stylized T, with a long vertical section and a small horizontal top that?’s three blocks wide. The top runs from the middle of 12th Ave. on the north to the middle of Newport St. on the west and the middle of Pontiac St. on the east. It encompasses the Molkery and all of Montclair Park. The area narrows at Richthofen Parkway and runs south to 7th Ave. along an imaginary line (think of an alley) mid-way between Newport and Oneida on the west, and mid-way between Pontiac and Olive on the east. The line zigs back to Pontiac St. between Severn and 7th Ave. and zags around property on the northeast corner of 7th Ave. and Olive St.

Homes facing Newport and Pontiac Streets between Richthofen and 7th are not in the district, except for the Richthofen Gate House at 1177 Pontiac and homes on the west side of Pontiac between 7th and Severn. Homes on both sides of Oneida and Olive from 12th to Severn are in the district, as are some on Olive between 7th and Severn. Some homes facing the east/west thoroughfares, from the southeast corner of Richthofen and Newport and then between those imaginary alley lines south to 7th Ave., are in the district. Excluded are homes on the north side of 12th Ave. between Newport and Pontiac.