Boulder’s Landmarks Board voted this week to initiate the landmark designation process for a nearly 100-year-old Craftsman bungalow on Arapahoe Ave., complicating Presbyterian Manor’s plans to demolish the house and three neighboring homes to make way for an affordable senior housing expansion.
The 4-1 vote means the bungalow at 990 Arapahoe Ave. is now protected from demolition while a full designation hearing proceeds. That hearing, expected in the coming months, will determine whether the property is recommended for landmarking. The Boulder City Council will have the final say over whether to designate the home a historic landmark.
The decision by the Landmarks Board could mark a setback for Presbyterian Manor…