Boulder Historic Homes for the Holidays

The annual Boulder Historic Holiday Home Tour each year opens the holiday season in Boulder.
This last weekend seven homes in the Mapleton Historic District were open on Saturday and Sunday.

Different this year was that the homes on tour were all on just one block, Maxwell Avenue. Maxwell Avenue's homes represent a living style that is appealing today, the "Not So Big House" -- smaller residences, a mix of uses, and proximity to public transportation.

Most think of Boulder's Mapleton Hill as a neighborhood of grand homes and stately grounds. However, the homes on Maxwell Avenue, one block north of Mapleton, were more modest, on smaller lots and narrower streets.

Today, Maxwell Avenue is lined with charming, well-preserved, working class vernacular homes from the turn of the 20th Century. Reminders of Maxwell Avenue's mixed-use past, a former mom and pop grocery and another former grocery store/gas station are still standing. A streetcar, the tracks gone today, went up the Avenue.

The charm of these homes comes from their smaller size and what the owners have done with them. From an abundance of little nooks and crannys; to copper kitchen counter tops; to little balconies off master bedrooms; to lofts and beautiful kitchens and living areas-- each home had its own distinct personality.

The weather was beautiful for the first part of December. This tour attracted one of the largest crowds in years. Over 1000 people were able to walk up and down the street as they had in days gone by and see the creativity used in the renovation and restoration of these charming homes.

For more about Boulder, Colorado and its close-by surrounding area I invite you to go to my website: http://www.jancycampbell.com/ or email me: jancy@jancycampbell.com

History Happening in Boulder

Boulder's History Museum opens its second season of:

Boulder Conversations with Extraordinary People

Mark your calendars and meet these extraordinary people who are taking Boulder to new heights.

The season begins September 21st with Chuck Porter, chair, Crispin Porter + Bogusky

The series runs through April 2011.

Here is the rest of the line-up:

October 13; Eric Cornell, CU Physicist & Nobel Prize Laureate

November 9th; Jim Voss, CU Professor & Former NASA Astronaut

December 14; Jean Dubofsky, Former CO Supreme Court Judge

January 11; Margaret Coel, New York Times Best-Selling Author

February 8; David Barrett, Architect, Designer of Dushanbe Cybercafe

March 8; Gene Bolles, M.D., Neurosurgeon and Medical Military Consultant

April 12; Dave Scott, Six-time Ironman World Champion and Triathlon Coach

All programs take place at Chautauqua's Community House and include complimentary wine and cheese. Programs are from 5:30 to 7:00

Tickets can be purchase at the Chautauqua Box Office http://www.chautauqua.com/ or call the Box office at 303-449-7666

$15 per program ($12 for Museum and Chautauqua members.

Additional contact info:

Boulder History Musrum; http://www.boulderhistory.org/ 303-449-3464



For further information about this event or information about historic homes for sale in Boulder County --



Contact me at 303-931-9663 or jancy@jancycampbell.com. or http://www.jancycampbell.com/

Don't Miss Historic Boulder's 2010 Landmarks of the Future

Once a year Boulder hosts a special tour of significant homes that promise to become Landmarks of the Future. On Saturday & Sunday, April 24th and 25th, this tour will be all about architect's and designer's homes -- appropriately called, Architects and Designers at Home. Below are links to four of the homes on tour.

For more information contact me at 303-931-9663 or jancy@jancycampbell.com.
Tickets can be purchased at Historic Boulder, West End Gardener, Boulder Book Store, Page Two, and the Timbalier.

http://jlogan.com/logan_wiggins1.html

http://www.folwellstudios.com/images/mfportfolio/crescent/crescent.html

http://www.vastarchitecture.com/Projects_Residential/Hickory/1.html

http://www.architropic.us/Architropic/The_NZE_House.html

This tour presents an opportunity to educate, advocate and promulgate the value of saving our culturally important buildings.

Hope to see you there. You'll be glad you were.

Jancy