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City of Aspen
DATE RECEIVED: Z!lq/S{ -in&JYVlflc_~ cAS't-~~~IJY%,G;
DATE RECEIVED COMPLETE: STAFP; ~l;)f;.-
PROJECT NAME: So..rd U
APPL lCANT: 1), i '. M
Applicant AddresS/Phone: 0,2(:. O/'1.I!;db....? .:,,vJ4/>J.3 U<'&~-"~ ("'/!C;{? 6
REPRESENTATIVE: ~~~zv,..h...b '~A~ IU0vtt "t 04v-"",C ~'/'1V\ 0
Representative Address/ hone:
Type of Application:
1. GMP/SUBDIVISION/PUD (4 step)
Conceptual Submission
---- Preliminary Plat
____ Final Plat
($2,730.00)
($1,640.00)
($ 820.00)
- II. SUBDIV1SION/PUD (4 step)
Conceptual Submission
---- Preliminary Plat
____ Final Plat
III. EXCEPTION/EXEMPTION/REZONING (2 step)
L IV. SPECIAL RLVIEW (1 step)
($1,900.00)
($1,220.00)
( $ 820 .00 )
($1,490.00)
($ 680.00)v{J.
Special Review
Use Deterrninat-ion ./
~Conditional Use J
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p&Z CC MEETING DATE: - ~ d-- PUBLIC HEARING: ~ NO
DATE REFERRED: ~ INITIALS: GR.
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REF9'RALS:
Y/City Atty
~ City Engineer
~ Housing Dir.
-L.. Aspen Water
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____ Mtn. Bell
____ Parks Dept.
____ Holy Cross Electric
____ Fire Marshall
____ Fire Chief
____ School District
---- Rocky Mtn. Nat. Gas
____ State Hwy Dept (Glenwd)
_____ State Hwy Dept (Gr. Jtn)
____ Bldg: Zoning/Inspectn
____ Other:
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Rezoning of the south 25 feet of Lots F, G, H and I from H-b
to 0 - Office must be accomplished before a permit is issued
for construction on these lots. I' 1/'
The facil ity must be a licensed) ;'~:;'! serX~: I e~~a~l ~:h~:tto;r;(l
and must comply with the Rules and Regulations Governing the
Sanitation of Food Service Establishments in the State of
Colorado.
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The City's Air Pollution Ordinance must be met.
Construction noise, dust and mud carry-out must be minimized
and Chapter 16 of the Code complied with.
Trash storage and removal must be approved by the Engineering
Department.
Removal and relocation of the two (2) fruit trees must be
done in accordance with Section 13-7~ of the Code.
Revie\~ed By:
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City Council
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CITY OF'ASPEN
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5-2020
LAND USE APPLICATION FORM
DATE SUBMITTED February 19, 1985
FEES
NAME Lake Forest Renovators, Inc.
ADDRESS
626 Sheridan Square, Evanston, IL 60202
PHONE
(3]2) 475-8282
NAME OF PROJECT
Sardy House
PRESENT ZONING
LOT SIZE
128 E. Main St., Aspen, Colorado 8161.1 LotS S R, Q, P and S.
25 feet of F, G, H, and I Block 66 and the adjoining alley according to the
(indicate street address, lot and block number. May require legal
description. A vicinity map is very useful.) records of Pitkin County.
LOCATION
CURRENT BUILD-OUT
sq. ft.
units
PROPOSED BUILD-OUT
sq. ft.
units
DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING USES
DESCRIPTION OF LAND USE PROPOSAL Adaptive reuse of one of the most prominent and respected
Victorian buildings in Aspen by creating 10-12 elegant ro01llS, each with private bath facilitiE
The oroiect will be a Bed & Breakfast operation. The parlour, livingroom, entry hall and front
stairway will remain completely intact and every effort will be made to keep as much of the
existing interior as possible. The exterior will be virtually unchanged on the MainSt, and
Aspen St. sides. . (More elaborate plans and descrJ.pt~on w~ll follow.)
TYPE OF APPLICATION Conditional Use
APPLICABLE CODE SECTION (S)
PLAT AHENDMENT REQUIRED
DATE PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE COMPLETED
24-33
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ATTACHMENTS: 1.
Ail applic,m'ts must supply Proof of Ownership in the form of a
title insurance commitmE': or statement from an attorney indicating
that he/she has researcl I the title and verifies that the applicant
is the owner of the prOF 'ty (free of liens and eucumbrances,)
2.
If,the process requires
must be supplied which g
directions in some cases
public hearing, a Property Owner's List
'es all owners within 300 feet in all
Jnd adjacent owners in some cases.
3. Number of copies required (by code and/or in pre-application
conference. )
4.
Plat by Registered Surveyor
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MEM01U\~UM
RE:
Aspen Planning and zoning Commission
Colette Penne, Planning Office
Sardy House - Conditional Use
April 2, 1985
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LOCATION:
128 E. Main Street.
ZONING:
Lots P, Q, Rand S, and 25 feet of F, G, H and I, Block
66, plus the entirefir.~_a Of t.h~ 17~g~~~~~,_~:Hey.
o - Office and R-6
APPLICANT' S ~EQUEST: The applicant ,is requesting conditional use
approval to renov~j;~th!,!.~~;:~Y House and to build new structures, all
to be used as a Bed a,Il9.1'lr~a.Ha.~j;bp9ge.
BACKGROUND AND REVI.EIi: Tll~l3a;:9Y House at 128 E. Main Stre.et is
indiviqually'designated as an .,hrst()ri9_~1;:l1SS:B..;:~_.~ILJ:.h.~.~~~,~,ptioJ?-al'
category. Because of this d~signation, both a change from residentlal
to a lodging use and expansion of the stru9t,IlJ:ea.!:~..~e~pt from Change
in Use review and GMP competition according to Section 24-11.2(b).
That section reads that
"The following development activity shall be exempted from
complying with the allo,tment procedures hereil'lfifj;er provided for
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(b) The enlargement of, or change of use in a structure
which has received individual historic designation."
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The intention of the .Of~ ice zCln~ J~ ~tCl provide for the. estaplil3hm~nt
of offices and. assClsi.a.tE!990mlll~i9ialuses i.n.. sus.h..a., way as to I)reserve
the visual scale. a.Il9ch~I'';':i::5~f9IE:~:r!:~E:ry. ie'sidential ,,1!:E!as. that now
are adjacent toco!lllllercial . al'lq,PllsiIl~sl3 ,fireal3a.nda.l.png Main Street
and other high volume thoroughfares;" "A "boardfnghouse" is lis;ted .as
a Conditional Use wi th the condi tion thfit .all condi. tiClnal uses in the
Office zone shall be considerecf; ..... ..." ....... ..,.' "..".....",...A................,.......".0..,....,...,..".... ..,."....", w.,
"(l) only for structureEl which baver~CE!i17E!2_h.i.~~ClEi.S9E!..l3.i~I1ation;
( 2) for no more than two (2) suS.h.gClIl9i.HClI1al.Yl3E!fI .iIlea..ch
structure (not. ingl uging within sllch liJlli.tl!:t;.(Q,!i~gs:_l:!.f!fI..2;ydWelnng..
units recognized as moderate. income housing by an approved
housing plan)r and . . ,. ". ,....,.,...
(3) only when off-street parking is provided with alley access
for those conditional l1s~s ~l,oIlg Main Street."
The Planning Office feels t;bata Bed .a.l'Id Break:fafjtoperation is quite
analagous to a boarding house andH ts'Jl1'e':'''j:^~~e'n tipnofj;he . zone.
This application Cl..lso.gQmJ;>lies with thE!1:ll.i:.E!~proVisions above gCl,r
Conditional Use in the Office zone district.
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Section 24-3.3 (p) . QJ '. thE!fIlH.n~,s.ipal CClde set. .tA,E!
of Conditional Use in all zone gistrictsa.n9.>.~AE!
suitability as: '..,., ...N.......
" (1) Whether the proposed use ClthE!I'\'li.fle (;Clmplies with all require-
ments imposed by the zoning coder
critE!~ia :for. a grant
consideration of its
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(2) Whether the proposed use iEl gOIlElisj;E!Il,\:\r{ithj;1:1epbtectives
and purposes of this zoniIlg code and the applicable zoning
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(3) If the proposed use is d~signed to be compatible with surround-
ing land uses and uses in the area."
In terms of Area and"Bulk Requirements, the proposal co.nforms with th~
zoning code. The l,()t areai,sF, 400 s,' f,' and the e;isting house is
4,007 s. f. The totalaIllq~l).t. of pro.posed new constructiqn)~ 6/506
s. f. for a total build-out of 10 , 513 s. f. This is.~ f~90J: }lJ:~ati3.tiq
of .60: 1 and the Office zone;' ,s "R!l:gJ13,~I!5,l,L".!,!~l2-a .posslpre~bonus '.u1'
to. 1:1. With allthe~uild-out that will15ec::<:l4ilteq},rlFf'R, ,thetotal
will be about .65:1.,(, Total number of guest rooms''WrfI'be'nine, dquble-:
occupancy rooms and one parlour suite in t.hemainl:1qu13~i3.l).d, ten rooms
in the proposed addition. ' ~,,~. ,,',~ ,,', ~~
The use is consistent wit.h tp~<:lbjectivesan,cl purposes of the Office
zone, however, the area whicn iszorled R..-6 d<:le~ l).qtall..o!fqI' ,the,B~,Cf
and Breakfast use~ The strip which iszolledR--..6.J13situ~,t.~d to ,Jn~
north Of the vacated alley. ,,' Mr. Sardy sold thell()rth, 75 feet Of r...ots
F, G, H and I over 25 years ago (prior to requirements forsU:Odivisioll).
He then had the, ~lley vacated thro.ugh the adoption of OrdinanceI2,
adopted on Narch 6,1961. Since he own~cl :t:I:1~, property on bo.th sides
of the alley, the entire ar~~ ,of the,Vaci3.t.~d~1.ley became part of his
parcel. When th~ zoning w'as subsequently placed o.n the block, the
division line bet!~en,g..-6~nd, 0 - Office was the alley, so this 25
foot piece was left in. the R:,~,,:!:q!:l~,,~ '
The applicant's representatives point out that in Section 24-3.2(d)
there may be an appro.ach to making the alteration in the zoning line
witho.ut completing a full rezoning process. That Code section reads
as follows:
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"24-2.3 Interpretation of the zoning district map.
When, due to the scale, lack of detail or illegibility of
the zoning district map, there is any uncertainty, contradiction
or conflict as to the:ll).t~l).d~cllocat.:lqn<:lf~ny, zoning district
bo.undary as shown tner~ori,tlie buifaing inspector shall make an
interpretation of saidillap upon request of any person, and any
person aggrieved by any such int~rpretation IlIay appeal the same
to the planning and zoning commission. The bui:!,cl:ln9 inspector
and planning and zoning commission, in interpreting the map or
deciding any appeal, shall apply the following standards:
(a) The zoning district bounclary lines are intended to
follow lot lines, or be parallel or perpendicul ar
thereto, or along the center lines of alleys, streets,
rights-of-way or water courSeS, unl ess such boundary
lines are fixed diIllen13ions shown on the map.
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(b) Where zoning district bOlll).clary lines are so indicated
that they approximately follow lot lines, such lot line13
shall be cons:trl1~clt;ob~tl:1~ l:>()I1?Cfi3.ry lines.
(c) Where aZ,onirlg district boundary line, divides a lot,
the location of SUCI:1 bOlll).dary line, unless indicated by
dimensions shown on thezol1:lng map, shall be determined
by the use o.f the map scale shown ther,eon.
(d) If, after application of the foregoing rules, uncertainty
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reasonable illanner, co.nsidering the history" oCFhe
city's zoning o.rdinances ~rlcl~illel).dillel).ts, and other
factors as shall be deemed F'1!1.eVal1t:'" ,,'," ,.' ~
The planning Office does not believe thattl:1e~bo'\7~13~c::t.:lq!:l applies to
this case. The att.ac::heCfc::q,PY of thezol1ing map indicates" that there
is no problem in interpreting the scale, detail or legibility of the
line. Il).13tead, we feel that the portions of Lots, F, G, H and I should
be subject to a formal rezol).ing application and be considered relat.:lYe
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to the criteria of s,ec:tioIl,24-12.5. Should you concur with this
analysis, a Commission member sho)lld13Ponsor the rezoning. However,
until the rezoning proceduJ:.ei,l:!Clc:c:o!llplished, the Conditional Use
permit for the entire site ca\1Il()t, bE:! granted.
Returning to our review of the cri,~eri.Cl,f9FsonCl~ti9nClI. lJs.= permits,
the use should be compatible with tne.sllrJ:'ou.tidil1~ neignborhood. It is
situated at a very busy intersection ClnC1' hlrspublic and commercial
uses surrounding it. The clinic anCilil:lrary are to the west, Mt. Bell's
offices are to the north.a!ld. GJ:'ac:Y'sIs to the east. The north\iest
corner of Block 66 is occ:iij;>iedby a multi-family structure and the
orientation of the Sardy property is toward t,PE:! south 3nd east. To
the northeast is the rectory for the Community Church.
The proposal includes both a parking solution and an employee housing
solution. Eight (8) parking spaces are 1:() I:l~ provided and the Engineer-
ing Department finds that numbE;lr to I:>E:!Cldequate for this proj ect. The
spaces will be provided as six (6) groul1i.'ilE;lYE;ll coverE:!dspaces beneath
the new building and two (2) spaces at, .t,hE:!\iE:!l:!t .E:!Ilo.9.f. the vacated
alley. The employee generatiqIli,sE:!:Kpected to be twelve (12) persons
in the summer, andw.iIlt.E:!r sE:!1HI2J}13. a.Il!l13i,~L"S.~)()Il}'I. year-round basis.
Employee hous:Lng Un:Lts to be I?rovided include onE:!. (l)studio, one
(1) one-bedroom, uni t, and. ()!lE;r (:u two-bedroom unit. The Housing
Authority does nqt specifically review this application because of its
exemption from GMP and CpClnge in Use, but through the referral process,
they complimented the applicant for addressing the need.
The Historic preservaHqnS()!lI!lIitteeha.13.. r.e"i=\'l,eCl the, plans on a
preliminary basis and they wereenthusia:stlc: aboii~t.pe:~oncept and the
plans. Removal ()ft,pe el't131:i,ng garage ancf additlonsof "carriage
house" type structures werel:!(>luti()ns they found to be c()!ttpatible.
They will be reviewing the plans further as they progress in detail.
PLANNIIiG ()FJi'.I.<:E ~~CO.~.IlEJIt~A'l.'~ON :>. .The. PI alHlipg .9ff ice recOlnm endEl
approval alldthe9ranfiri-g"ot""a'-eoriditforialUsepeilttit for a Bed and
Breakfast !:l()C\rCii,ng house use in the SClrdy House, as presented, with the
following conditions:
1. Rezoning of the south ?5fE:!E:!t.()fJ:,()tSFr.<;' H and I from R-6
to 0 - Office must bE:! .a.,cc:9J!i"plTshelf "bef9re a permit is issued
for construction oIl thE:!l3E:!..~ot.~.~.
2. The facility must be a lic:.E:!I!.El.E:!C1:t:.()()C1ElE:!p'ic:e e13~al:l!isp!lIE:!nt
and mUElLc:()!\lply with the:Rt4!IJ!'I.!l~!tequlaHorisGovetnirig the
Sanitation ()f Food Service Establishments in the State of
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3. The City's Air Pollution Ordinance must be met.
4. Construction Il()iEle, dust. and mqdc:aJ:'ry-out must be minimized
and Chapter 16 of the Code c()mplied with.
5. Trash storage and removal must be approved by the Engineering
Department.
6. Removal and relocation of the two (2) fruit trees must be
done in accordance' wlthSec:t:lon i3':16oflne CoCfe:
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MEMORANDUM
To: Colette
Penne, Planning Office
Elliott, Engineering Office~
22, 1985
From: Elyse
Date: March
Re: Sardy House Conditional Use
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After having reviewed the above application and made a site
inspection, the Engineering Department has the following comments:
The Sardy House is comprised of land that is in two different
zoning districts. Lots P,Q, Rand S of Block 66 are in the "0"
district. Across the alley, the southern 25 feet of lots F,G,H
and I are zoned R-6. In the "0" district, a boarding house is
listed as a conditional use. It is not a conditional use in the
R-6 district.
The zoning border runs down the middle of the 20 foot wide
alley. This means that 35 feet is in zone R-6. The total area
in the R-6 district is 4200 square feet <35 feet x 120 feet).
This poses some questions on the lot area requirements since the
minimum lot area allowed is 6,000 square feet or 4,500 square
feet per dwelling unit. Perhaps a zoning change to "0" of this
section is necessary to rectify this situation.
Two fruit trees will have to be removed and relocated. This must
be done in accordance to Section 13-76 of the City Code.
There is currently a 3/4 inch water line to the Sardy House.
This should be sufficient for servicing the needs of this develo-
pment. If it is later determined that this does not deliver an
adequate water supply, a 1 inch irrigation line, which carries
potable water, can be tapped.
There were no plans for trash storage and removal in this proposal.
This issue must be addressed and re-submitted for our approval.
The eight parking spaces will be adequate for this project.
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210 SOUTH GALENA STREET ASPEN, COLORADO 81611 303/925-2304
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SARDY HOUSE PRESERVATION
The application at hand represents a proposal to renovate
the interior of the existing historic structure at the corner of
Main & Aspen Streets, to replace a two car garage of recent
vintage with a carriage house style wing more in keeping with the
original architecture and in compliance with current City setback
requirements, and to build a new, complementary structure at the
rear of the lot, to allow for the future use of the property as a
first-class bed and breakfast type establishment. Preliminary
plans by architect Harry Teague contemplate nine double occupan-
cy bedrooms, one parlor suite and two employee studios in the
exterior of the original house and the better part of its inter-
ior, including front hall, parlor and diningroom, refurbishing of
the kitchen and provision for laundry, storage and service facil-
ities. In addition, a new structure of approximately 6000 square
feet, including approximately 1200 square feet of covered par-
king, would be built on that 3000 square foot portion of' the
property to the north of the vacated alley. Utilities along the
vacated alley would be undergrounded during construction at the
developers' expense and that area paved with brick and landscaped
as a kind of mews, bridged at its center by a covered walkway
linking the old structure with the new.
It is expected that high season room rates in the proposed
guest house will range from $150 to $300 per night, including a
full breakfast. (The refurbished kitchen in the old house would
allow for the catering of luncheons or dinners to guests as the
occasion arose - wedding parties, conference groups, etc. The
establishment will not be licensed to serve liquor and will not
serve meals to the general public.) The considerable success of
the neighboring Hotel Lenado has demonstrated that there exists a
significant demand at this high end of the Aspen market for truly
elegant accommodations and the most gracious service, a demand
that is not met by many of Aspen's older lodges, nor by old
lodges with new names held under condominium ownership; and this
demand will not likely be met by any large new Aspen hotel,
despite the best "world-class" intentions.
The proposed establishment can be expected to employ twelve
persons during half the year (12 weeks of summer and 14 weeks of
the winter) and half that number, six persons, year round. Two
studios, one one-bedroom unit, and one two-bedroom unit are
proposed to be built upon the property, which can be expected to
house six to eight of the establishment's employees.
It is proposed that eight formal parking spaces be provided
on the property, six groundlevel covered spaces beneath the new
building at the north of the property and two uncovered spaces at
the west end of the vacated alley. This would amount to 1.67 per
additional 1000 square feet to be build upon the property, and is
believed to be adequate to serve the needs of an establishment of
this type and size. (Hotel Lenado's parking needs appear to be
adequately served by an on-site lot with only six spaces. The
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overwhelming majority of its guests arrive and depart by air.)
When and if the need arises it should prove entirely practical to
park seven additional vehicles in the "mews" area on a valet
parking basis while still leaving space for emergency and/or
service vehicle access.
The proposed project will be financed by a limited partner-
ship, all interests being privately placed - to the partners'
benefit the 25% investment tax credit allowed in the rehabilita-
tion of historic structures. If conditional use approval is
forthcoming and timely closing made upon the property, renovation
work will begin in May. A Christmas week opening of the old house
is anticipated, and a mid-February opening of the new structure.
Completion of the project will result in an FAR build-out of
approximately .65 to 1, well below the allowable maximum in the
Office zone district, with the existing landscaped open space to
the south, east and west of the Sardy House preserved.
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MAR 2 5 19tjb
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Colette Penne, Planning Office
J. Lucas Adamski, Housing Director
DATE:
March 23, 1985
RE:
Sardy House Conditional Use
There does not appear to be a specific code to review the
employee generation for this application. However, in conversa-
tion with the applicant, he has stated that he intends to provide
housing for his employees by providing a 660 s.f., a 320 s.f. and
a 260 s.L accommodation. The Housing Authority wishes to
compliment the applicant on recognizing the need to supply
employee housing and for meeting his obligation.
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COLETTE PENNE, PLANNING OFFICE
JIM MARKALUNAS
SARDY HOUSE CONDITIONAL USE
MARCH 13, 1985
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We are in receipt of your March 11, 1985 memo concerning the Sardy House, and
foresee no problems with the proposed facilities. Any enlargements or change
in use should be reviewed by the Water Department in accordance with prescribed
procedures to determine if assessments are required. There is sufficient water
available at the site for the proposed use.
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TO: Colette Penne; "Planning' Office
FRON:LeeE. Cassin, Environmental Health dfficer
DATE: Ma'rch 15, 1985
RE:
This office has revieweo...tfie'...above-rerer'en.c.e.tf.app.lTcaffcin ".
and has the following comments.
Food SerVice
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Although the applicatlon states that the establishment "will
not serve meals to the gene al public", the facUfty"willhaveto
be a licensed" food service establishment. 1'fiis would require
full compliance with t'he"'RuIes'and"'Regulai:ions'Governing the
Sanitation of Food Service E'g"fabHshments in the state of Co lora co. .
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Service of this facil ity with 'p'ubl ic water provided by the
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Service of this facIlfty 'witfi"puOlTcsewer provided by the
130 Sout:h Galena St:reet:
Aspen, Colorado 81611
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before
the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission on April 2, 1985, at a
meeting to begin at 5:00 P.M. in City Council Chambers, 130 S. Galena
Street, Aspen, ColoradO, to consideration an application submitted by
D. NichOlas Manacheo, requesting Conditional Use approval for the
renovation of the interior of an existing historic structure at the
corner of Main and Aspen streets, creating 10-12 rooms, each with
private bath facilities for the purpose of a bed and breakfast opera-
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For further information contact the PlannJng Office, 130 S. Galena,
Aspen, Colorado 81611, (303) 925-262(), ext. 223.
s/Perry Harvey
Chairman, Aspen Planning and
Zoning Commission
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City of Aspen Account.
Published in the Aspen Times on March 14, 1985.
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
City Attorney
City Engineer
Housing Director
Environmental Health Office
Aspen Water Department
FROM:
Colette Penne, Planning Office
Sardy House Conditional Use
RE:
DATE:
March 11, 1985
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Attached for your review is an application subm-itted by D. Nicholas
Manacheo, requesting Conditional Use approval for the renovation of
the interior of an existing historic structure at the corner of Main
and Aspel1Streets, creating 10-12 rooms, each with private bath
facilities for the purpose of a bed and breakfast operg,tio,j'l. . Please
review this material and return your referral comments to the Planning
Office no later than March 19th in order for this office to have
adequate time to prepare for its presentation at a public hearing
before a p&Z on April 2nd.
Thank you.
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I hereby certify that on this 0 day of m~ ,
1985- , a true and correct copy of the attached Notice of Public
Hearing was deposited in the united States mail, first-class
postage prepaid, to the adjacent property owners as indicated on
the attached list of adjacent property owners which was supplied
to the Planning Office by the applicant in regard to the case
named on the aforementioned public notice.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
RE: SARnY HOUSE CONDITIONAL USE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before
the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission on April 2, 1985, at a
meeting to begin at 5:00 P.M. in City Council Chambers, 130 S. Galena
Street, Aspen, Colorado, to consideration an application submitted by
D. Nicholas Manacheo, requesting Conditional Use approval for the
renovation of the interior of an existing historic structure at the
corner of Main and Aspen Streets, creating 10-12 rooms, each with
private bath facilities for the purpose of a bed and breakfast opera-
tion.
For further information contact the planning Office, 130 S. Galena,
Aspen, Colorado 81611, (303) 925-2020, ext. 223.
s/perry HarvElY
Chairman, Aspen Planning and
Zoning Commi ssi,o,n,.
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City of Aspen Account.
Published in the Aspen Times on March 14, 1985.
O\-lNER'S LIST
BLOCK 65
LOTK
LOTS L & M
BLOCK 65
BLOCK 65
LOTS 0, P & \-lest
part of Q
BLOCK 65
East 15.49' of LOT ~
\-lest 15 feet of LOT R
BLOCK 65
East " of Lot R
All of LOT S
BLOCK 66
LOTS A & B
BLOCK 66
LOTS C, D & E
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Adeline M. Grosse
'Edwin J. Grosse
34135 Hunters Row
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48018
Wilson V. Garrett
Janella H. Wilson
7158 Hillgreen
Dallas, TX 75116
HOGUET CONDOS.
Unit 1
Robert L. Hoguet
#1 East 66th Street
New York, New York
10021
Unit 2
Constance Hoguet
333 E. 68th Street
New York, New York
Priscilla &~ne Sadler
P.O. Box 2928
Aspen, Colorado 81612
Ron & Yvonne Hammond
Box 280
Evergreen, Colorado 80439
BLEEKER HEIGHTS CONDOMINIUM
c/o Larry Saliterman
2240 Lee Avenue North
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mountain Bell
Corporate Headquarters
Attn: James B. Walts
931 14th Street
Denver, CO 80202
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BLOCK 66
LOTS F, G, H & I
BLOCK 66
LOTS M, N & 0
BLOCK 66
LOTS P, Q, R & S
BLOCK 72
LOTS K, L & M
BLOCK 73
LOTS A & B
BLOCK 73
LOTS C & D
BLOCK 73
LOTS E, F & G
BLOCK 73
LOT K
BLOCK 73
LOTS L & M
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Thomas J. Sardy
Alice Rachael Sardy
Box 1065
Aspen, CO 81612
pitkin County Library
120 E. Main Street
Aspen, CO 81611
Thomas J. Sardy
Alice Rachae1 Sardy
Box 1065
Aspen, CO 81612
Aspen community Church
200 North Aspen
Aspen, CO 81611
Aspen Community Church
Minister's Residence
200 North Aspen
Aspen, CO 81611
Mary Esbaugh Hayes
Trustee under. Hayes Trust
Box 497
Aspen, CO 81612
Ewald Crosby
Ro s.a Ge t trnan
325 South Forest Street
Denver, CO 80222
John David
Kitty Sherwin
154 Masshi11 Road
Jamaica Plains
Boston, Massachusetts 02130
Terese Louise David
202 East Main Street
Aspen, CO 81611
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LOTS N & 0
Ethel McCabe
Fred Pearce
Box 531
, Aspen, Colorado 81612
BLOCK 73
LOTS P & Q
0.. Louis Willie
Frances Lynett Willie
200 West Main Street
Aspen, CO 81611
BLOCK 74
LOTS A, B & C
Claude M. Conner
Claudine M. Conner
Box .345
Aspen~ CO 81612
PAEPCKE PARK - THE CITY OF ASPEN
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The printed portions orthis form approved by the
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THIS IS A LE&ALINSlRUMEHT.IF NOT UNDERSTOOD. LE&A~ TAX OR OTHER COUNSEL SHOULD BE CONSULTED BEFORE SI&NIN&,
I RESIDENTIAL
CONTRACT TO BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE,
(Remedies Include Specific Performance)
January 7 85
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1. Th(.Z.!I{!er~;~ned nc;cut hel'eb"acknnwIOld~e9hnvingrecejvcdr"OlTl La ,e .Forest Renovators tIne.
ana, or asslgns . 'th..um.,,*see add. P;l;;o,Vr"m.r __________..::..-.::.
. to be held by__------ ------- ----- - ------- ---"'7
bl'oiler, in broker's escrow or trul':tee account. as earnest money and part payment for the following described real cstate in the
City of Aspen
Lots S, R, Q, P and.S.
and the adjoining alley
Pitkin County.
County of
Pitkin
,Colorado, to wit.:
25 feet of F, G,
according to the
H, and I Block
records of
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together with all improvements thereon and all fixtures of a permanent nature currently on the premises exceptas'hereinafter provided, in their
p~esentc:ondjtion,ordjnary wear and tearexc:epted, known as No. 128 E. Main st., A spen..--C.a.---B..1611
(Street Address, City, Zip)
,and hereinafter called the Property.
,~,.;r~t!i"lr.;"'i'.'dP.".n{') Lake Forest Renovators. Inc. and/or Rssi en"
(I., j(1tj et'Y ts/tenants in c:ommon), hereinafter c:alled Purchaser, hereby agrees to buy the Property, and the undersigned owner(s), hereinafter
ca led e ler, ereby agrees to sen the Property upon the terms and conditions stated herein.
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up-g'rius~tr~f~~ti'~ri . bf ail addi t'r~~~l"np;~visions, the purch;;~;~iPt'd r."
will deposit an earnest money sum,of.$50.000.00 with Stirling I
Homes, Inc. Trust Account on or before 2/21/85. .Purchasers to 3;
pay an additional $450,000.00 plus customary Closing costs in the
form of a cashiers chec.k made pay~b1e .to Stirling Homes, Inc.. Trust
Account on or before closing, Aprl1 30, 1985. The balance of
$500,000.00 to be represented ,by a note and first deed of trust in
favor of the Seller for $500,000.00 for the following terms and'
'condi ticns I Note payable in three annual principal and interest
payments April 30, 1986, April 30, 1987 and April JO, 1988. This II
note shall bear interest at 12% per annum and shall be computed
against the outstanding principal balance annually. There shall bel
no prepayment penalty. This note shall have a due on sale clause.
Default interest shall be computed at 18% per annum.
4. Price to include an~' of the following itemlO currently on the Property: lighting, heating, plumbing, ventilating, and central air conditioning
fixtures; :Ittached TV antennas and/or water softener (if owncd by Seller); 1.111 outdoor plants, window and porch shades, venclQil fJlinds, storm
windows, storm doors, screens, curtain rods, drapery rods, attached mirrors,linoleum, floor tile, awnings, fireplace screen and grate, bu1'Tt,in kitchen
apPlianc,es,wall-to,wallcarpeting and no other furnishings.
nil in their present condition, conveyed free and deal" of all t",xes, ~iens and encumbranceslexcept, as pJ;ovideg in para.!"apQ.ll'iprovideq,. howevc5t that
the Collowingfixtures of a permanent nature are excluded from thiS sale: none un ess a es 1. gna 1; eo n 51 gn en
contract by the Seller on or before January 21, 1985.
. Personal property shall be conveyed by bill of sale.
5. 1C a new loan is to be obtained by Purchaser Crom a third party, Purchaser agrees to promptly and diligently (a) apply for such 10lln, (b) exeeutt' all
documents and furnish all information and documents required by the lender, and (c) pa~' the customary costs of obtaining such loan. Then if such loan
is not approved on or before N/ A . 19~, or if so approved but is not available at time of dosing, this contract shall be null and
void and all payments and things of value received hereunde,shull be returned to Purchaser.
6. If a note and trust deed or 70rtgage is to be aBsumed, Purehaser agrees to apply for a loan allllumpth if required and agrees to pay (l) a Joan
trau,.,re,' f~(\ notto t!:-::.~.:!cd ~ N A. :ll'ld {2l ell int,O"rellt rate not to exceed N_A % per annum. If the 101111 to
,be allsllmed hl\f: provisions {or a shared eq~lity'or variable interest ratell or variable paymentll, this contract is conditioned upon Purchaser reviewing
and consenting to such provisions. If the lender's conllent to a Jonn a~sumption' ilO required, this contract is couditioned upon obtaining such consent
Viitho'.lt chano:-c in tl.e t~r%r,s :1IId cvlldit;ona of 3l.lch I{lan excl.'pt as herein pro,'ided. . ,
7. If a note is to be made paYabl~ to Seller as partial or full payment of the pUl'chue price, this contrac:t shall not be assigllll.ble by Purchast>r
without written conllent of Seller. Purchas ers
8. Cost of any apprailOal fOI" loan purposes to be obtained after thhi date shall be paid by . ...
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pie a I 's 6.tlihe p n e 8 a I be furnished to Purchueronor before Marc .'. ........ '.. . ..... ..... ...l~~/rt,t/r'lvt/./o
I s i . c }. e eller will deliver the title insurance polic}' to Purchaller after dosing and PA}' the premium thereon.
?lr.;Pllt,. rlE'r.;nr:aillt'j.lit. r., d.liv"y.r deed.. p'.vid.d in pnog'oph It. Th, h.u, .nd p'm.r ,'.,ing ,holl h..o d..ign.'ed
by _s..:tirJ in/!' Homes .
It. Title shall be merchantable in Seller, exc:eptasstatedJIl tris paragraph and in paragraphs 12 and J3. Subject to IHiYll1ent or tender IlS nbove
provided ,a.ndcompliance by Purchaser with the other terms and provisions hereof, Seller shall execute and deliver n good and lIufficient
.Eeneral warranty deed to Purc:haseron Aprll 30 ,19M. or, by mutual agreement, at an earlier date,
conveying the Property free and denr of all tax(>;s, except the gencrallaxt's for the }'car of closing, and except _._none__ __..j
fre.e and clear of nil liens for special improvements instnllcd as of the dutc of Purchaser's signature hcreon, whether assessed or not; free and clear of all
liens and encumbrancesexcept those of record
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- Hnlllfon! Ptlh1ishl1l~ Cv, ~fl15 w, f>tl, Ave, Lakew{l'ld. ('C,IO!"lldo R0214 _n (:lI\:n :?:l'l.li~J()O _ to.~!
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except the (ollowing restrictive covenants which do not contain 11 rignto( reverter:
and subject to building and zoning regulationa. .
12. E".p'" ,'a"d in pm."ph, 11 and 13, i!titl. i, no' m",han'.bl. .nd w,itt.n noti" or dd."") i, gi..n by pu..h.." ot Pu..h....., ...n'
'0 s.n" " s.n..., ...n' on" bd", d." or "..in.. S.n" ,b.n~.. ,......ble err", to ,,,,eo' ..,d dded") p,i" " d.,..r ""in.. If s.n" i,
un.bl. to ,,,"d "id d.r,,"') on" bd", d.,. or "..ing." s,n..., option .nd upon wdtten noti"" Pu,.,h.."" Pu..h..d, .gen' on" b.r...
dot. or "..in., ,h. d.te or ,I..in. ,h.n b. "tend.d ,hi,ty d.y' rot 'h. p"p'" or "",etin.,aid d.r.d"). Emp' .. ".,.d in pm."ph 13. i!titl. i.
not <eod,,") m",h.n'abl. .. p,ovid.d in ,hi, p",."ph 12. ., P,,'h""', option. ,h,,,on'"'' ,h.n b. void .nd or no .rr,,' and ",h pot'y h"'to
shall be releued (rom all obligations hereu~der ,an~ all,pe;yments and things o(value received hereunder shll:lI blil returned to Purchaser.
13. Any'encumbrance required to be paid may be paid at the timeo(settlernent (rom the proceeds of this transaction or fromanyotlier source.
Provided. however, at the option o( either party, if the total indebtedness secured by liens on the Property exceeds the purchase price, this contract
,han b. vnid .nd or no .rr.d .nd ..,h pu'y h"'to ,h.n b. "I....d r"m .n obli."io", hmund" .nd all p.ym.nta .nd ,hing' or val.. ",.iv.d
hereunder shall be returned to purchuer.
14. General taxes for the year of dosin" bued on the most recent levy and the most recent assessment, prepaid rents, waterrtmts, sewer rents,
FHA moot.... i",u"n" p"mium, .nd in'm" on ...umb"n.... if &oY. and _aoY..--Sl!.e.cial..-im.PI:OYjlm.ent...JiiJ!:t.ti ct s ,
.---i.L.an~ shall be appnrtioned to date of delivery of deed.
15. Possession ofthe Property shall be delivered to Purchaser on date of closing
subject to the followinglealleS or tenancies: None
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If s.n" raib '0 d.Ii~., W"...ion on 'h. d." hmin ,p"ifi.d, s.n" .hall b. ,ubj'" " .y;,tiOB and ,hall b, liabl. rot a daily "nhl or
$ 2 r,A . e e ""'''~~lOtil possession is delivered.
16. In the event the Property shall be damaged by fire or other casualty prior to time of closing, in an amount of not more than ten per cent of the
total purchase price. Seller shall be obligated to repair the same before the date herein provided for delivery of deed. In the event such damage is not or
cannot be repaired within said time or if the damages exceed such sum, this contract may be terminated at the option of purchaser and all payments
and things of value received hereunder shall be returned to Purchaser. Should Purchaser elect to carry out this contract despite such damage,
Purchaser shall be entitled to all the credit for the insurance proceeds resulting from such damage, not exceeding, however, the tobl purchase price.
Should any fixtures or services fail between the date of this contract and the date of possession or the date of delivery of deed, whichever shall be
earlier, then Seller shall be liable for the repair or replacement of such fixtures or services with a unit of similar size, age and quality, or an equivalent
credit. '
17. Time is of the essence hereof, If an~ noteorcheck received as earnest money hereunder or any other payment due hereunder is not paid,
honored or tendered when due, odC any other obligation hereunder is not performed as herein provided, there shall be the following remedies:
(n) IF SELLER IS IN DEFAULT,<l) Purchaser may elect to treat this contract as terminated, in which case all payments and things of value
received hereunder shall be returned to Purchaser and Purchaser may recover such damages as may be proper, or (2) Purchaser may elect to treat
this contract as beingin full force and effect and Purchaser shall have the right to an action for specific performance or damages, or both.
(b) IF PURCHASER IS IN DEFAULT, (1) Seller may elect to treat this contract as terminated, in which case aU payments and things of value
received hereunder shall be forfeited and retained on behalf of Seller and Seller may recover such damages as may be proper, or (2) Seller may elect
to treat this contract as being in full force and effect and Seller shall have the right to an action for specific performance or damages, or both,
(c) Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, in the ~vent of any litigation arising out of this contract, the court may award to the
prevailing party all reasonable costs and expense, including attorneys'fees.
18.. Purchaser and Seller agree that, in the event of any controversy regarding the earnest money held by' broker, unless mutual written
;",".dion i, "";,,d by b"k", b"k" ,h.ll not b. "qui"d 'o"k. any adion but. mOy awa;' any p,,,,,ding. .. a' b"k,," opt;on and d;""tion.
may il:tt:rplea-d any moneys or thing:s of value into court and may recover court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.
19. Additional provisions: '
1. Both parties are h~reby advised to seek legal counsel.
2a This contract' is contingent until PAarch 21. 1985 uponl . A}
purchaser'S compiling an offering memorandllD.1 ar;d successfully
selling the offering to a limited partnershJ.p in an amount to
purchase and develop the property per "plans and specifications
to be developed by purehaf3er. ... All ,costs related to preparing
said offering to be bourne by the'purchjisers. B) Purchasers
receiving all clearances.from the appropriate authorities
necessary to develop property in accordance with the previously
mentioned plans and specifications. This' is to be accomplished
by the purchasers and includes all city of Aspen planning fee
applications, all. zoning and use problems, planning and zoning
commission procedures and any building department regulations.
upon satisfaction of this provision, purchasers agree to place
in Stirling Homes Trust Account an earnest money deposit.of'
$50,000.00
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20. If thiS propoaal IS accepted-bY Seller In Writing and purchaser receIVes notice of such acceptance on or before .T~ 'n1l~ r"J ~ ,
lxA,5. ,h.. in,"um.~' ,hall i..om~ . "n'"d b.'woen s.n" ,nd pu"ba'" and ahall ,~'''' ,~ 'h. b;n.t" nr the hm', ,u"",;" .nd ",;on, or
au~tr\leSJ e:lfept as stated i~rai!!'ph 7.
[',l ~~~. B"'" Stirlj.ngJ!~es, Inc.
Purchaser .~-.:ID)t~.-4""'-:' ~
Lake Forest Renovators, ItlCa a~r By' ~~~ ~
Pu.."'''' asslgns 0". WJ..ll,lam La ::; J.r _ng
Pu..h""..Add''''--626 Sheridah :3-quaI e, E'lunotsR, IL 60202
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(The following section to be completed by Seller and Listing Agent)
21. Seiter accepts the above proposal this day of J a n11 ar'.J ,19-8..$ and agrees
to pay a commission of . 6 % of the. purchase price for services in this transaction, and agrees that, in the event of forfeiture of
payments and things of value rc;ceive~ hereunder, such payments and things of value shall be divided between listing broker and Seller, one-half
thereof to said broker, but not to exceed the commission, and the balance to Seller.
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S.lId.Add"" 128 E. Main street,
Listing Broker's Name and Address William T;.
S.ll" Alice Rachel sardy
Aspena CO 81611
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RESIDENTIAL CONTRACT TO BUY & SELL REAL ESTATE
BETWEEN LAKE FOREST RENOVATORS, INC., AS PURCHASER,
AND TOM J. SARDY, AS SELLER
A. In the' event Purchaser shall default in the
payment of the $50,000.00 earnest money deposit to be made
on or before March 21, 1985, then this Contract shall
automatically terminate and all parties shall be released of
all liabilities and obligations hereunder.
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B. In the event Purchaser shall make payment of the
$50,000.00 earnest money deposit on or before March 21,
1985, then the contingencies set forth in Paragraph 19(2) of
the Contract, shall be deemed to have been satisfied, or
waived, by Purchaser,
C. It is agreed that the improvements located upon
the property are being sold by Seller and purchased by
Purchaser in their "AS IS" condition and state of repair.
Purchaser acknowledges that neither Seller, nor Seller's
agents, have made any representations or warranties, and
Purchaser is not relying upon any representations or
warranties, of any type or kind whatsoever, with respect to
the condition and state of repair of the improvements or
with respect to the compliance of the improvements,
including electrical and plumbing facilities, with existing
building codes. Purchaser waives any and" all implied
warranties of fitness and habitability"which might otherwise
be provided for under the laws of the State of Colorado.
D. The Deed' of Trust provided for in the Contract
shall be in the form of Bradford Publishing Co. No. 341A.
Rev. 12-79 (with due on sale clause). In addition to the
standard provisions thereof, the Deed of Trust shall further
provide as follows:
(1) Purchaser shall not demolish or remove
any buildings, fencing, trees, landscaping, or
other improvements presently existing on the
property, without the prior written consent of
Seller.
(2) Purchaser shall not modify, alter or
change the exterior of the buildings presently
existing on the property, without the prior
written consent of Seller.
(3) Purchaser shall have the right to
re-model the interior of the buildings presently
existing on the property, provided that such
re-modelling shall not impair, or adversely
affect, the structural integrity of said
buildings.
E. It shall be the obligation of Purchaser to pay the
City of Aspen real estate transfer tax becoming payable upon
the closing of this Contract.
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INTRODUCTION
It wasn't that third-generation Oelwein native son,
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other townfolk were experiencing when he discoved the community's
major landmark hotel sitting abandoned and up for auction four
years ago. It was what he alone chose to do about it that makes
this such a joyful story.
As with anyone else in town, the grand old four-story Hotel
Mealey at the busiest intersection in town had for generations
been the downtown showcase, the welcoming gateway, the principle
nerve center and very symbol of community prosperity during all
those many years when Oelwein served as a vital railroad center
during the first half 20th century.
But, as has been painfully evident in so many other smaller
American communities with railroad based economies, Oelwein's
fortunes had begun to sag in more recent decades as transportation
interests retreated to more centralized, large-city locations.
Civic pride here as elsewhere became tragically caught in a bleak,
descending mind-set of defeat, leaving preciou~historically
valuable American period pieces such as Hotel Mealey to fade and
die along with community spirit.
Not so in Oelwein today, however. And herein lies the tale:
a dramatic accounting of one man, Manocheo, who simply refused to
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accept his hometown's depressing status quo. Instead, w'~th extra-
ordinary vision and persistance, he worked tirelessly against
seemingly insurmountable odds and succeeded in preserving and
rehabilitating Hotel Mealey while revitalizing the townspeople's
faith in themselves in the process.
All Americans can find strong reasons for great hope in this
example, as well as enornmous incentive to rediscover and create
new dimensions of tradition in their own communities. Allover
our nation there is a multitude of Mealeys to be restored as
rightful touchstones of the present.
At least this is what Manocheo so fervently believes, and,
with a small handful of equally dedicated associates he has brought
together along the way, this is what his accomplishment in Oelwein
would seem to prove.
A measure of their success is reflected in the following
excerpted letter to Manocheo after the Hotel Mealey had been added
to the official Registry of National Historic Landmarks; .
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"We want to congratulate you and your partners
upon completion of your first major preservation project...
to return a building and an important part of Iowa's
cultural resources to a viable condition for today's uses.
"It is the energies of interests and private
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individuals such as yourselves...that has brought such
success to preservation activities during the past few
decades...
"Again, our congratulations and appreciation for
your efforts and continuing interest in historic preserv-
ation projects."
Adrian D. Anderson, Executive Director
Iowa State Historical Department
Office of Historic Preservation
April 3, 1984
END - INTRODUCTION
To give a proper perspective on the historical significance
of all this, let's go back 88 years ago to the time when the sleepy,
modest, rural prairie community of Oelwein, Iowa, first heard the
sound of a train whistle. Hardly anyone could have guessed that
almost overnight the population would quintuple and the townemerge
as a majo~ booming transcontinental Chicago Great Western Railroad
stopping point for a galaxy of worldly travelers.
For generations ahead, Oelwein (rhymes with old wine) became
familiar with such transient celebrities as fire-breathing evangel-
ist preacher Billy "Sawdust Trail" Sunday, William Jennings "Cross
of Gold"/"Monkey Trial" Bryant, Guy Lombardo bands, big city
sophiticates, business tycoons, assorted international dignitaries
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and heads of state.
One of these was none other than the New Deal's architect
himself, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who, as Oelwein
has never forgotten, not only stopped but also slept here in
1936.
And just as important was where he slept. Nowhere else but
Hotel Mealey where everyone passing through northeast Iowa wanted
to stay during all these many golden railroad years.
This was the accommodation with the most panache, the greatest
hospitality by far: With its high-ceilinged 1896 floor tiled
lobby, a banquet hall and ballroom, intricately hand-carved
antique wood and plaster decor, ladies lounge parlors, smoking room/
barber shop retreat for gentlemen, and a fine restaurant, Hotel
Mealey was nothing short of elegant by any cosmopolitan traveler's
standards.
It offered that most gracious of luxuries of the era: daily
fresh linen service -- and, accordingly, represented a substantial
community employment base with an enormous staff of desk personnel,
liveried bell boys, uniiformed waitresses and chambermaids, cooks,
laundry workers, ...even a quaint job from a bygone age, simply,
"the silverware girl." In a phrase, this great old hotel with
its landmark three-pillared entrance archways and community
amenities provided Oelwein, more than anything else, its primary
social center, focus and true sense of identity.
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Despite being somewhat compromised by new owners in the
forties with some rather kitschy, ersatz cosmetic "improvements"
to its brick facade, Hotel Mealey was still of greatest personal
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community importance "fiieb Nic Manocheo was growing up. For him
and his family it served as a favorite after-Sunday Mass lunch
spot, and provided Nic his first.real visions of the larger world
out there awaiting him.
"As a boy I can remember there would always be lots of
people standing in line waiting to be seated, and always lots of
hotel guests from the railroad going up and down stairs. Many of
them were obviously important big city people passing through
from New York, Chicago...Kansas City. It was all very exciting
through the eyes of a small town Iowa schoolboy like me.
"Here, too, were so many of our firends and neighbors all
dressed in their Sunday best, coming to Hotel Mealey like us for
a special meal. And at the desk to greet us was Eill Minardo, a
family friend and former pro ball player with stories of Ty Cobb
sliding in with his spikes up.
"Although I never stayed there," Manocheo explained, "never
even went above the first floor as a kid, this was like a very
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familiar house in my ch~ldhood, for many of us like a second home,
a true crossroads place."
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After those early years, Manocheo left Oelwein fo~ college
and law school and later settled in the Chicago North Shore area,
working as an executive tax and investment banking counsellor and
privately, in real estate development and rehabilitation of
Chicago-area Victorian properties. But, meanwhile, disturbing
changes had been occuring in his hometown.
In the mid-'60s, for example, a newly-merged Chicago & North-
western Railroad ownership began reducing its operations in Oelwein.
Predictably, Hotel Mealey itself became one of the main sufferers--
its name even changed to the Hotel Iowan in the '70s, its premises
filled with only faint echoes of a stately past. And finally,
the C&NW cancelled its perennial $lOO,OOO/year employee-guest
retainer agreement with the hotel, leaving the struggling owner~
ship to close it down, deserting the proud old hostess, now most
likely destined for the wrecker's ball.
So it was in fall, 1980 that Manocheo found her again, quite
by chance one misty morning as he was leaving Oelwein after an
impromptu family visit. One can only imagine the flood of poignant
memories, the dancing ghosts, the sharp edge of sadness he felt,
stopped at a red light at that familiar intersection and suddenly
realizing what had happened to the old place, now boarded-up,
derelict, ice-cold.
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In the long-grim silence he could see through the gloom a
large "Auction" sign. He got out of the car to take a closer
look. The announcement indicated an auction sale taking place the
following Saturday, just a few days away. The suggested asking
price was $250,000.
Manocheo Walked slowly through an alleyway and around the
building, making a close inspection. Sure, there were all sorts
of cosmetic problems, faulty tuck-pointing and outrageous
tamperings with her original grace. Even here famous triple arches
were entirely hidden. But it did still appear that the basic
structural integrity was intact and Manocheo found himself muttering
aloud, "I'm not sure how, but, dammit, I'm going to buy this old
place:"
Admittedly, it was only a gut feeling, but all theWlY back to
Chicago, the thought kept persisting. Oelwein, after all, had long
been a great drawing point for a number of nearby Iowa communities
like Strawberry Point, Fayette, West Union and Fairbank. "There
have to be many successful and well-to-do older people around here,"
he reasoned, "like farmers who don't want to leave their roots,
but who would like to live in the same style as other people of
means. Why not restore the Mealey and give it a new life as an
elegant apartment building?" The idea seemed so appropriate,
in fact, that he was astanished that no one else had come up with it.
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Manocheo acted immediately on his arrival in Chicago. Calling
two real estate acquaintances in Iowa, he persuaded them to check
the Hotel Mealey situation and then to join him on a bid offer of
up to $100,000 at the Saturday auction.
"Amazingly they sall" the building for the first time late that
Friday afternoon," Manocheo recalls, emphasizing how swiftly events
precipitated. The next thing he knew, the late Saturday afternoon
call came in: "How does it feel to be the proud owner of the Hotel
Mealey, Nic?" "At first, thrilled, of course," Nic remembers.
"But then there was that long, uncertain moment after hanging up
when I found myself asking, 'Now what, Nic?' "
A short novel could be written on his adventures and mis-
adventures with Hotel Mealey over the four years since, with
intriguing, rapidly-shifting)cross-country settings including
Colorado mountain retreats, executive office suites in Washington,
DC, local city council meetings, and even an improbable pre-dawn
goose-hunt blind submerged off the eastern shore of Maryland
where Manocheo found himself telling a sleepy-eyed handful of
national securities dealers about this little hotel property out
in the middle of Iowa ("which they kept thinking was Ohio," he
remembers wih wry amusement).
Indeed, before, ,the emlllinently successful conclusion, part of
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the odyssey beG?me an exercise of huge perseverance, frustration,
periods of physical and mental exhaustion, and more than a few of
those truly bleak moments when Manocheo will admit to hearing a
not-so-small, panicky voice inside crying out: "Hey, Nic, what's
going on here? Where the hell are we?"
To begin, his original two partners in Iowa turned OUt to have
an alarmingly different philosophy about the Mealey. "It quickly
became apparent," Manocheo explains, "that they wanted to paint it
up here and there, rent it out and then sell it. Apparently they
thought" they could convince me to do something different from
really restoring and rehabilitating the building. Wrong! And it
was also about this time my wife, a partner in this with me,
decided she wanted out of our marriage. So suddenly, I'm in an
entirely unexpected sitaution with no partners, no wife, a vacant,
ramshackle hotel in a small Iowa town and a $150,000 liability!"
Then, there were the consultant architects he had first
called in who told him, "What an idea you've got here!" .. . "What
transcendant imagination!"
"At first they actually had me believing it," Manocheo admits.
"Then I realized it was more like 'What a checkbook!' they were
thinking about. And soon after, it came time to make very clear
what the checkbook didn't have in it." Manocheo scrambled and
realigned the project locally with Olson,Popa, Novak Architects
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who, along with Larson Construction Company, resourcefully took on
the Mealey's restoration challenge and saw it through to the end.
This, at least, was one enormous problem solved.
Severe frustrations still remained though. The long parade of
major, but ineffectual broker. consultants proved to know little or
nothing about rehab projects aarl costing Manocheo expensive,
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time-wasting effort. "The truth is," he said, "before too long,
I discovered I had learned a helluva lot more than they knew, and
I was rapidly becoming quite an expert on tax advantaged invest-
ments as well as a veteran at dealing with the complex world of
federal housing bureaucracies. And all I'd done was buy this
little old hotel!"
Looking back, Manocheo points out how anxious moments and the
problems that emerged seemed vastly counterbalanced by the many
more positive elements including an almost incredible chain of
fortuitous meetings and circumstances which brought him in contact
with just the right blend of ~esourceful people who proved
essential and integral to the project's success.
First, there as his old law s~hool pal, Ray Benton of Washing-
ton, DC, who agreed to come in as a partner on the Mealey during
their meeting in Aspen. Second, having been a member of the National
Trust for Historic Preservation, Nic introduced himself to Mike
Ainsley, its president at that time. Ainsley took an immediate
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interest and recommended the Mealey project to the Iowa Historical
Department. Subsequently, after long weeks of meetings and paper~
work, the eventual result was both designation of the Hotel Mealey
as a National Historic Landmark and the necessary approvals of
restoration plans by the Secretary of the Interior.
Then there was a bright young tax attorney, Bill Gullberg,
Nic chanced to meet. "He turned out to come from an even smaller
town than Oelwein," Manocheo explains, "and so could really under-
stand what I was trying to do. And talk about dedication! He
left his firm and worked with me for more than a year, agreeing not
to charge anything until we sold out and closed the project."
Gullberg has since become one of Nic's closest associates, presently
helping to evaluate other potential restoration investment projects
that lie ahead.
Through Benton, Manocheo was introduced to Joel Bernstein, a
real estate limited partnership expert. Though Bernstein's firm
had no interest in rehab projects, Bernstein knew others who did.
He urged Nic to go on that crazy early morning Maryland goose
hunt outing where Bernstein knew there would be a number of key
securities dealers. Manocheo met one of them, Terry Sullivan of
Boston Bay Capitol, Inc. At the time he had seemed as languid as
the rest of the hunting group about this little hotel way out in
Ohio -- or was it Iowa? And yet, months later, Sullivan suddenly
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called Manocheo to inquire about the Mealey. Not long after,
Bos~nBay Capitol had sold 22 of the project's 35 investment units
at $30,000 each--most investors being New Englanders who have a
deep belief in restoration and know what it can do.
"Before this, no other brokerage firm had been going anywhere
for us," Manocheo marvels. "Unquestionably, without Boston Bay's
performance, we would have had a very tough challenge on our hands."
Another key associate emerging from college days was Nic's
classmate, Sheila Regan Coin, an experienced management consultant
with a great interest in the Mealey. Interest became commitment
and Coin began spending considerable time in Oelwein creating what
she calls 'a community vision.'
What Oelwein taught her, Coin explains, is that "first you
have to keep a vision of what you are tFying to accomplish, the
vision that this community has something unique and special that is
not only precious, but must be looked at with a new perspective.
You can't get other people thinking this way unless you have it
yourself. And you've got to maintain this inner direction so that
it emanates from you, contagious and catching.
"But it was a difficult challenge," she explains, "in a
community that had been watching its primary industry leave and a
questionable future at its feet. Great inertia. Hard to overcome
local opponents looking for destruction, building new rather than
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reconstruction. Initially, that's what the Oelwein experience
was all about."
Among the strategies for building community vision were,
first of all, keeping the community constantly aware of the project's
progress every step of the way, keying particularly on high
visibility features that would promote a widespread sense that
"By God, this is really happening!" The newly revealed M-shaped
archways at the Mealey entrance again became a symbol of progress
a.es ~I')
and inspired the~u~ of the project's logo. Informational
literature was created which portrayed the Mealey in reasonable
terms of quality and elegance. "The more we did this," Coin
remembers, "the more you could feel people getting enthused and
beginning to care."
She created a poster contest for all community members from
first grade through adult, inviting them to depict The Mealey in
their own way with cash prizes awarded at the Grand Opening. For
weeks before, contestants' entries were posted allover town.
At the opening itself, a red carpet at the entrance with
the local junior high and high school bands playing welcomed over
2,000 visitors. Students served as pages and ushers and here was
the local country club chef in full regalia, carving at a sumptuous
buffet. Community religious leaders blessed The Mealey, commecorative
plaques (fashioned by local craftsman from original floor tiles
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141 Mealey-Manocheo
set in oak) were presented to state and local civic leaders, the
Iowa and Oelwein Historical Societies.
Coin's whole idea was to use as many local people, services
and images as possible. And it proved immensely effective. By
the time it was over, there wasn't a living soul' in Oelwein
who hadn't been touched personally and positively by The Mealey's
resurrection in fresh and hopeful ways.
But for the ability to overcome negativism and scepticism,
Nic Manocheo is the all-time master, Sheila emphasizes. "He's
the person with the greatest determination I've ever witnessed
coupled with uncommon imagination and remarkable perseverance.
It was he who kept me inspired when I'd get bogged down or
diverted in what I felt ~ had to accomplish in order for The
,
Mealey to be best-presented and accepted by the community."
Manocheo himself likes to attribute whatever staying
powers he has to his grandfather Frank, an immigrant from the
tiny town of FolsaltotCompabasso south of Rome. "He carne from
way out in nowehere Italy to this little Iowa community - in fact,
carne over and returned three times via slow boat and old trains,"
Manocheo remembers wistfully. "I have thought about this many
times, this determination he hed in him to build a new life for
his family in a new country. And I identify with it. I often
think that, more than anyone, he would understand what I'm trying
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to do."
The way Manocheo describes his historic preservation
activities is as those of "a financial packager, a deal maker,
coordinating professional ingredients for a project piece by
piece while getting the money to see it through." And now that
The Mealey project is on firm footing with its 35 'apartments
and commercial mall, there are other similar ventures he's
evaluatib~~.
"The most singular thing I'm trying to do," contends
Manocheo, "is to take buildings in rather remote, even unlikely
places which don't have nearly the visibility or reputation of
more established landmark regions. But that doesn't mean that
these rural places have any less meaning or value historically.
It's just that their story hasn't been told yet. They haven't
yet emerged into the 20th century. And I guess I've learned
by now that the true meaning of historic preservation is the
simple act of falling in love with old buildings -- the
architecture and the stories behind them -- and bringing it all
back to life."
"So whatever I do,ll Manocheo continues, "I want to keep it in
tune with my kind of background scale and experience with smaller
towns -- America's backbone. I grew up in one myself and although
living in big cities for years, I still appreciate the amenities
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and values of what gives life to little places. These are my
kinds of people here like the city managers who meet you right at
the local airport and get right down to the nitty gritty, and the
foremen and workers on the job who love to show and tell you about
the craftsmanship they are putting 'into their jobs.
"Rehab work of course is vastly more interesting,to them for
this reason. And unlike some aloof financier-observer dropping
by, I never fail to shake hands with all these guys and get right
down to what they're up to."
Most satisfying of all, Manocheo adds, is hearing from the
community itself when the project has been completed. In The
Mealey's case for example, seeing 45 new jobs it has created,
the continual flow of visitors calling on its residents, the
building's restaurant bustling like the good old days of his
childhood, all the business meetings and compelling new downt~m
vibrancy and revenue.
Perhaps it was best summarized by old timer Oelweinite
residents like a cabdriver anmed Shorty who used to bring all the
visitors to the old Hotel Mealey from the train depot. "At the
grand opening," Nic recalls, "here he was running up to me,
pumping my hand and saying, 'Thanks, Nic. It's so great to have
them arches back in town~' It was just about the nicest thing
anyone could have told me. And it said it all."
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MEMORANDUM OF OWNERSHIP
ACCOMMODATION - NO LIABILITY
Please direct correspondence to:
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601 E. HOPKINS
ADDRESS
CITY OF ASPEN
PLANNING & ZONING
130 SO. GALENA
ASPEN, CO. 81611
ASPEN
CITY
CO.
STATE
81611
ZIP CODE
ORDER NUMBER
8573025
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ATTN: COLLETTE PENNY
Description:
LOTS P, Q, RAND S, BLOCK 66,
CITY AND TOWNSITE OF ASPEN
THE SOUTHERLY 25 FEET OF LOTS F, G, H AND I, BLOCK 66,
CITY AND TOWNSITE OF ASPEN
PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
Grantee in last instrument apparently transferring ownership:
T.J. SARDY NAD ALICE RACHEL SARDY ------- DEED BOOK 181 AT PAGE 56.
Trust deeds and mortgages apparently unreleased :
NONE
Liens and judgements (against last grantee) apparently unreleased:
NONE
This information is for your sole use and benefit and is furnished as an accommodation, The information has
been taken from our tract indices, without reference to, or examination of, instruments which purport to
affect the real property. The information is neither guaranteed nor certified, and is not an Abstract of Title,
Opinion of Title, nor a Guaranty of Title, and our liability is limited to the amount of the fees,
Date: JANUARY 11
,1985 ,at 8:00 A.M.
TransamerlOa Tdle Insurance Company
B, V,wJvJJJn
Form No. C-567
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, ite HotelI~wap., due to be re,novated, is viewed as a key to revitalizing Oelwein's downtown area.' , " -~
. ' , '''" 'j '" ,.-', "-''':,' '.- "".,," ,': ,,-',,, '-,',"",' :",,,,' ,,'"
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Oelwe;l1landrrra~k, s;nc~ 1896
New ~Ic;J'seenfor' Hotellowon
i ',' By Larry Murphy",. populatiGnfrom 2,50QtG Gved5,OOOiri juSt 20
Gaz.I1. corr~nl. . ..,years at the turn Gfthe city. ,
OELWEIN - Uthe'railroad hasbeel\ th~wirld But likeMse, when the railroadqecUned 'in"
driving the eCGnGmic sails Gf Oelweln, the Hotel ,. recent years, the hGtel fell intG disuse, eventually, "
IGwan, fGnnerly the .Mealey, was th~ ,weathe~ being auctipned pff'inOctGber Gf year fpr'
vane shPMng its directipn.," b I $100 000
The IGwan is amonstrous building fGr''ii city of, are Y' "...
8,000, covering a ,100-square-foot area and ,But the purchase Gf the' hotel bya group Of
standing fGur stories high, Mth 19 apartmllnts investors -:- including NicIr: Manocheo, a native
~nd59 sleeping rooms.' "". ,_". ,.," son, of Oelwe,in-,seerns to ~e signaling,a new
The Iowan, Gr Mealey, ~ built In '1896 to' era In the 85.year hlstGrY Gf the structure, as well
accommodate the influx. Gf people. coltllng' tG '" as playing a key part in the revitaU~ation of the
Oelwein' attertheChicagG' Great" Western' ;, dGwntGwn business district in this city, A1:ld
Railroad!nGved' its western. sh~ps he~e.And a Ironically enGugh,- thGse plans were,. annGunced
bOGmlng business' it did, just as t/l,e: railroad the same year the Chicago' and NG~h Western
lielped ilIcreasethiS,nGrthell$t IGwa-cG!nJl\unity's Transportation- CG~annGunced plans for;expan.' ,
.,',' ,',.,- :"'j .,:","";::;;',, ,',' ','" 'I'''' , ,,"'- ,,,,,,:-'--,...-,,,, ., ~
:' SiQuof its railroad shops in Oelwein.
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:, THE ANNOUNCEMENT Gf the constructiGn Gf
the Mealey call1e in the July 2"1, 1896, issue of the
Oelweln Register, just a mGnth before the
Chi~agG Great Western Railroad released the
. InfGrmatiGn that it WGul{l build three tremendous
shGp buildings (tWG 700.foot, twd-story buildings
~"ld one 50o..foot ,?Ue) to 'house the .1argeE1;. ~Q~
, facility west' Gf the, Mississippi, RIver. '
Michael Mealey, an'lrish 'Immigrant will' -
Gperated . ~ department stGre In St, Paul, Milln"
was" the Instilll'tGr Gf the plan. While his
descendants in Oelweln nGW can't CGnflrm th" .
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26A The Cedar Rapids Gazette: Sun" Apri(~~84
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AT RIGHT: A turn'of-the-cen,
tury post card of Hotel Mealey
in Oelwein, prior to the 1916
addition of its' fourth floor.
BELOW: An architect's drawing
of the restored hotel as it looks
. , I
today. Below.left, current owner
Nic Manocheo who bought the' .
hotel, in 1980 after it closed,
Below right, James Mealey, son
of the hotel's founder and'the
hotel's manager for several
, years, .
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'New' look for old'landmark
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At 87, former Oelwein' hotel hopes to be place to live, shop,
,By Deb Wiley . '--'-;"',>,._::":':"'~~~:-:'~-l1n _...',
Gazette Northeast lowa Bureau, ",' " ',' .. . 11 ~:- ;- --~ ;'
OELWEIN ~ Once known as a .. J' ~,/~-~ "a " " If I " N ..
hotel of el?gance; the 87-year-old ~,-~ Q" , - ,., 1\' U- w D, "):j~,
lV!ealey begms a new chapter in its ~-~ _ , r n U ~ w ~ ~ '.
hIstory April 7, ~n"l ~,UU' ~ u ~~J\'i~
The renovated landmark, located 3, n n u .. ~. I'" I ~ 4 ~
'in the heart, of Oelwein, is beIng i' U U if, . "I 'f I, . ~' U '
.promoted a~ "a distinctive re, sidenc. e: B1 ':' t1" :.' '. .11....
that combmes a part of Iowa's 'ii' , ' " '.' lig
his~ory with con~emporary practi., l1 .' ' B ,'11,' B.ri. H..'.. '..
cabty." I .' {. '" 'I r
Outdoor noontime c"eremonies, . ' '".'f. ~/'," .
,.will sho~ off the 'b;'ilding's35, ..... .......:....... :......'... '
upstair~ apartments and ground-', . ...', : .' ....
floor commercial space. Three . ( I '( i ,r
graceful arches in the frontl symbol.
,ized by the building's logo, area
re~inder of the building's place-
ment last year on the Natiomil
Register of Historic Places,
Tan tiled floors, eggsbell.colored
walls and cedar ceilings and soffits,
lead to the maroon.accented apart.
ment lobby. A dome with recessed,
lighting, and Georgian molding will
be installed in the ceiling. '
The second, third and fourth floor
apartments featlU'e versatile camel
carpeting, white mini.blincjs, oak
veneer cabinetry and whit~ walls"
Studio, one. and two.bedroom
apartments are avallable,
"There is nothing like this 'in ,
Oelwein," said Sheila Regan Coin of ' '
Chicago, She is marketing director
for the renovati?o's . developers,
Mealey Associates Limited Partner.
ship, ' '
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. blending of private and government
financing. We raised over $1.7
million for the renovation and spent
the vast majority of this mOIleY in
the Oelwein, .Independence, Water,
100 anCl Cedar Rapids area.:'
Manocheo. could be compared to
the Mealey's first patron, Irish
i1nmigrant Michael Mea1~y of St.
J~~ul;_ Minn.,. who. tfsu.cceeded in
investing capital, for' the construe,
tionofthe new hotel," as reported
, by the Oelwein ,Register. in 1898,
Mealey never lived in Oelwein but
his son James and his wiie Mary
m,mied there in 1890 as managers.
. The Mealey name is gone now but
descendan'ts remain. Marcelline
Lindstrom of Oelwein is Jalpes
Mealey's granddaughter. "I remem.
ber more what I've been told by my
parents than directiy," she said. "It
, had a lov~ly dining room, When the
hotel opened it was quite a show.
.place."
Agnes Gallagher of Oelwein is
also a granddaughter of the Meal.
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OELWEIN NATIVE, p, Nicholas
uNic" Manocheo of Chicago is given
credit for bringing the proi~ct to
fruition, He bought the building in
late 1980, several months after it
closed,
. "The Mealey is a dream that bas
taken 3~ years to come true:" he
said in a statement for The Gazette.
"The. project <jemonstrates .what
interested and committed people on
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THE HOTEL was built in 1897 to.
accommodate the influx ,of people
after the Chicago Great Western
railroad moved its shops to Oel.
wein, with a fnurth ~ory added in
1916, A dining room, barber shop
and dry goods store were on the
ground floor. The hallways and
.. rooms 'featured banisters, wood.
work and decor of hard yellow pine
and ,llI1tique oak. The building was
heated by steaniaild emploYed
bellboys, "Ii, silverware ,girl, dish.
washer, laundry girls, cooks and
cbamber maids,' ' ,
Railroad workers, traveling sales-
men and dignitaries ,that included
William Jennings Bryan in 1913 and
Franklin D, Roosevelt in 1936 were
the main clients at the Mealey,
,From 1920 until 1969 the hotel
was. part of the Boss hotel chain,
Known as the Hotel Iowan during
. its later years, its fortunes declined
with the Importance of the railroad
and Oelwein's part in it. It cbanged
hanqs several times in the 1970s
untit' closing in 1980.,
, , building, "You should have tilken
before pictures," said Steve Lorimz
of Independence, working in the
1 'entryway. Ult was somet~ing else."
. The area expected to 'become a
restaurant .\ and lounge is not yet
developed, 'Exterior improvements
were completed last year with only
r cosmetic touches left to, do,
r ~~It was our intention not only to
renovate the building but to restore
it for its historic value;" Coin -said.
Th~t's why the' 12.foot window'
spaces have been left ang1.ed to the
lowered ceilings in the apartments,
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e columns that show in 'odd spots.
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below the' ,arches show a few bare
patcbesand will be repaired' with
extra tiles later this-spring, ,Coin
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April 4, 1984
VOL. 102-NO, 105
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In Our 2nd Century of Publishing
THE OELWEIN DAILY REGIS;rER, OELWEIN,IOWA 50662.
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OPEN HOUSE - The Mealey will hold an open house In Oelweln
Saturday to unveil thenewly~remodeledbusiness. Workmen here
were completing the work on the arched entry to the building this
week. In prepara !Ion for the opening. REGISTER photographer
Richard Wilkinson visited The Mealey this week to provide
readers with a sneak preview of the building's interior. See page
11 for more information and pictures ofTbe Mealey. (Photo by
Richard Wilkinson.)
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MANAGEMENT
I. General Partners.
The background and experience of the General Partners are as
follows:
The Mealey Associates partnership
The Mealey Associates Partnership is an Illinois general
partnership formed in 1981 for the purpose of owning and
operating the Property. D. Nicholas Manocheo and Raymond S.
Benton are the general partners of The Mealey Associates
partnership.
D. Nicholas Manocheo, age 42
Mr. Manocheo, a resident of Evanston, Illinois, was born and
raised in Iowa, spending the greater part of his life in Oelwein,
Iowa, the location of the Property. He received his
undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Iowa. Mr.
Manocheo is a Vice President of the Continental Illinois National
Bank and Trust Co. of Chicago, serving as a group head in the
Trust Department. He has worked for approximately 10 years as a
financial advisor and tax planner for high net worth individuals
and their advisors.
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Raymond S. Benton, age 41
Mr. Benton is Senior Vice President, Marketing, of Pro Serv,
Inc., a firm established in 1974 to represent professional
athletes and other celebrities through marketing and legal and
financial counseling. He received his law degree from the
University of Iowa in his hometown of Iowa City, Iowa. He
completed his education in the M.B.A. program at the University of
Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Mr. Benton resides in
Washington, D.C.
Nic Manocheo and Ray Benton met while at the University of
Iowa Law School in 1962. They have been partners in several real
estate investments for the last 7 years. These properties have
been located in Illinois and' Iowa. Both have an entrepreneurial
attitude and look to realize a cOl'lsistel'lt: rate of ,return on their
investments. They, through The Mealey Associates Partnership,
will be co-investing with the limited partners in the Property
and will be personally involved in all aspects of the development
of the property.
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