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Historic Littleton, Inc. provides many activities throughout the year for members and non-members alike, as well as notices of important historic preservation, and history events occurring in the Littleton area. Historic Littleton, Inc. will also note regional history and preservation events that would be of interest to members and citizens offered by other Historical Societies. All event, activities, and meetings will be posted on the Events Calendar below.

Speakers/Programs

Historic Littleton, Inc. will occasionally sponsor speakers and lectures by local and regional experts on history and preservation topics. We also coordinate lectures with the Littleton History Museum.

Historic Happy Hour

Historic Littleton, Inc. will hold informal happy hour events where preservationist and history buffs can meet and have casual discussion about a variety of topics. The location could be in an interesting family-oriented venue.

Tours and Special Events

Our special events include history and architectural walking tours,
and modernism tours of historic sites in Littleton and through out the Denver area.

Member Only Events

Member-only events consist of the annual Christmas Party, special member only
activities and the annual board meeting.

Scavenger Hunt

Treasure the Present and
Hunt for the Past

Get your sleuth on! Uncover Littleton’s vibrant heritage on a Scavenger Hunt in Historic Downtown Littleton or on the Mid Mod Mile—the Mid-Century Modern buildings on Littleton Boulevard.

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Honorary Dog Mayor

Attention all dog owners:

Historic Littleton, Inc. elected its first Honorary Dog Mayor in November 2021! Meet Honorary Dog Mayor, Murdock, a five-year-old Basset Hound. Netty, Dog Mayor Pro Tem, is a six-year-old French Bulldog.

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6:30 pm: Littleton Economic Development Strategy Team: Historic Character and Fabric Team

6:30 pm: Littleton Economic Development Strategy Team: Historic Character and Fabric Team

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
September 6, 2023

 

THIS IS A RARE OPPERTUNITY TO HAVE INPUT ON HOW THE CITY OF LITTLETON WILL MARKET HISTORIC PRESERVATION!

The Historic Character and Fabric Focus Group has been rescheduled to Wednesday, September 6, at 6:30pm-8:00pm. Those who would like to meet in person can come to the Ponderosa Room in the Littleton City Center, and those who would like to attend by zoom can also attend at that time. The zoom link will be emailed to all registrants closer to the event date.

If you will be attending, please register for the Focus Group at the following link:

https://lab2.future-iq.com/littleton-colorado-comprehensive-economic-development-strategic-plan-project/focus-groups/

This is the last of 6 focus groups that are providing input to the city as it develops its future Economic Plan.   Our historic resources play a critical role in the economic growth of the city.

Thank you and hope to see you there!

The Historic Littleton Inc Board of Directors, for

The Littleton CEDS Economic Development Strategic Planning Team

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6:00 pm: What is our Littleton culture? What does it mean to do things the “Littleton way”?

6:00 pm: What is our Littleton culture? What does it mean to do things the “Littleton way”?

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
September 7, 2023

Please join HLI’s featured speaker, former Mayor and Council Member, Pat Cronenberger, as she answers these questions. Her presentation will focus on a specific period of Littleton’s history (late 1950's to the mid 1990's) that contributed to shaping todays Littleton’s culture; a culture that resulted in astonishing community accomplishments. Pat will offer a new take on this presentation that she developed for the Littleton Leadership Academy in 2018.

She presented this talk in May 2023 to a very large enthusiastic group of HLI members.

It will be held at the Vita Apartments, located at 2100 West Littleton BLVD.  Enter the Buildng from Bemis Street, right past the Bacon Social Restaurant entrance.  There is inexpensive parking available in Vita's parking garage.

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HISTORIC TOURS

Join HLI for a Historic Preservations tours of Downtown Littleton throughout the summer!

 

Katherine Roxborough

Katherine Roxborough created and launched Littleton’s first-ever honorary dog mayor election, to engage the community and bring awareness to historic preservation. In addition to managing the dog mayor program, she is focused on broader marketing and strategy initiatives to promote Historic Littleton, Inc. as an organization. A native of Silicon Valley, Katherine brings a commercial real estate background and nonprofit fundraising experience to her position on the Board of Directors.

Mike Massey

In 1989, Mike Massey, 1946-2022, was a member of Littleton’s Centennial Commission, which was charged with planning the official festivities to celebrate Littleton’s 100th birthday.Many fun events were planned, but Mike was concerned that nothing really focused on the heart of Littleton: Main Street. At the time, Mike was co-chair of the Littleton Leadership Retreat and developed the “do-able deal” concept: each group of attendees had to develop a project that was actually do-able.

To promote Main Street and prevent its deterioration, Mike presented the idea of the Second Century Fund at the retreat. A lawyer by profession, Mike drew up the necessary documents and the Second Century Fund became a reality. Mike served as its first president and continued as president of Historic Littleton, Inc., for a number of years. Mike enjoyed the new leadership and the new spirit of historic preservation in Littleton. Our founder passed away in January 2022 from COVID. His leadership will be greatly missed, his legacy will live on.

Gretchen Ricehill

Gretchen Ricehill, a Colorado native, was raised in Littleton. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history and historic preservation from Colorado State University, and a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Colorado. Putting her education to practice, Gretchen worked for the City of Sioux City, Iowa where she authored the city’s first historic preservation ordinance, established the city’s first historic district, and successfully lead efforts to preserve, restore, and rehabilitate several buildings in the city’s downtown area. She recently returned to her hometown of Littleton where she looks forward to working with HLI to help interpret and preserve the city’s history for future generations.

Rick Cronenberger

Rick Cronenberger has been an active proponent of saving Littleton’s historic buildings since 1982. New to Littleton at that time, he frequently discussed the City’s history with Bob McQuarie, the first director of the Littleton Historical Museum. Rick began his career in historic architecture preservation in 1978 and is particularly passionate about Mid-Century Modern architecture.   He studied Architectural conservation at ICCROM:  the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property in Rome, Italy. Over the years, he has served on the Colorado Historic Preservation and State Register Review Board, the first Littleton Historical Preservation Board, and the Second Century Fund board. He rejoined the Historic Littleton, Inc., board in 2017 and is a returning member and Chairman of the current City of Littleton Historical Preservation Board. Rick is a retired National Park Service Historic Architect.

Training event for HLi's Fridy night tours.

How to spend a fun night in downtown Littleton looking at and learning about our historic buildings and the people associated with them!!!

Historic Littleton Inc is hoping to get a few volunteers to be tour guides for our First Friday Main Street tours held from May through September.

Historic Littleton inc will hold a tour guide training session on Tuesday April 19 at 5:00 p.m. We will meet at the Courthouse steps (2069 W Littleton Blvd) and go through the tour script as we walk down Main Street. The training should take about 1 ¼ hour. We will provide a script for everyone who is interested.

Gail Keeley and other HLI board members have been leading these Main Street tours for over 5 years and it really is fun. You get to learn a lot about the buildings along Main Street and you get to meet some really interesting people on the tours. We would love to have you get more involved with Historic Littleton by attending this tour guide training and deciding if this is an activity you would like.

If you plan on coming to the training, please send me an email at gailkeeley@msn.com so I know how many copies of the script to bring along. Feel free to call me at 303-921-4718 if you have any questions. Thanks much,

Gail Keeley
President
Historic Littleton, Inc.

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Darlee Whiting

Darlee Whiting moved from Castle Rock to Littleton in 1957, quite a big move at the time. Businesses on Main Street closed 5 p.m. every night, leaving the streets empty but for a few pedestrians and drivers hoping to get through town before the train interrupted east/west traffic for quite some time. Back then, Littleton had one high school, no junior high or middle school and four elementary schools. The fire department relied on volunteers and the siren on top of Town Hall alerted all about a fire.The same siren sounded off every day at noon and there is no doubt many sleeping babies had shorter naps. The nearest hospital was in Englewood, and the sheriff parked at Nevada and Main waiting for excitement to happen. Darlee shopped at the grocery store, the Montgomery Wards, and the local bakery, and she had a meat locker at the local meat market. All the stores were within walking distance of one another up and down Main Street. Darlee loves her history with Littleton and hopes you will, too.

Carrie Wheeler

Carrie Wheeler, a native of Lakewood, Colo., first became aware of Downtown Littleton when her junior high choir director recommended Penny-Robin Dancewear as a source for dance shoes. A few years later, Carrie and her high school friends spent many Saturday nights enjoying the Christmas lights on Main Street. Many years after that, Carrie became active in Littleton when her family joined the community in 2014.Carrie believes Littleton’s charm is a meaningful differentiator among cities in the Denver Metro area, and she is enthusiastic about promoting the characteristics that make Littleton an extraordinary place to call home.

Barbara Eaton

Barbara Eaton first became aware of Downtown Littleton as a student at Arapahoe Community College in the early 1980s. One day, she wandered into Art Gore’s Photography Studio on Curtice Street, where she and Mr. Gore talked at length about Littleton. Mr. Gore believed Littleton had great potential, but he shared his disappointment at how the City was losing its appeal. Soon after, the Second Century Fund was born. (The fund was formed to help preserve and protect Downtown Littleton.) Barbara has been an active member of the Historic Littleton, Inc., board since 1989, devoting time to special events and serving as membership chair.

Rebecca Kast

Rebecca Kast became interested in historic preservation after writing a series of articles about preservation for the Littleton Independent in 1991. In 1992, she developed the first Walking Tour of Historic Littleton brochure as her “do-able deal” for the Littleton Leadership Retreat. (The retreat featured the “do-able deal” concept, which tasked each group of attendees with developing a project that was actually do-able.) In 1993, she was elected to the Littleton City Council and was a strong advocate for preservation during her three four-year terms. Rebecca served on the Littleton Historical Museum board and the Second Century Fund board. She was president of Historic Littleton, Inc., for six years and wrote the newsletter for 15 years.

Margi Clute

Margi Clute made a career in homebuilding as vice president of sales and marketing with several local homebuilders. Her experience in designing new homes and her love of history led her to apply for the City of Littleton Historical Preservation Board after retirement. She served on the Historical Preservation Board for nine years, including two years as chair and several years as liaison to Historic Littleton, Inc. When she reached her term limit with the Historical Preservation Board in 2016, Margi was elected to the Historic Littleton, Inc., Board of Directors.

Gail Keeley

Gail Keeley is a historian who ran her own city planning and historic preservation consulting firm for 35 years. She performed historic surveys all over the state of Colorado for local municipalities, state and federal agencies. Gail specialized in evaluating and mitigating potential impacts to historic properties from transportation development projects.As a member of the first Historical Preservation Board, she worked on the City’s first Historic Preservation Code.Gail has presented many Historic Littleton, Inc., programs on structures and people, and she is an avid leader for the Littleton Main Street tours.

Jean Selders

Jean Selders, a third-generation Colorado native, attended Colorado universities and retired from Littleton Public Schools as a school psychologist. History has always been a recreational interest of Jean’s, and her hobbies include travel to historical sites throughout the world. She has been a member of Historic Littleton’s Scavenger Hunt Committee since its inception.

John Gerkin

John Gerkin has been an active HLI board member since 2012. He and his wife, Liz Eaton, were the creators and founders of the Historic Littleton Scavenger Hunt. It has been a highly successful event in downtown Littleton for many years. John lives in a historic home in the downtown area.

Sonya Ellingboe

Sonya Ellingboe participated in the Littleton Leadership Retreat in 1989 during which the need for a group to focus on Littleton’s history was identified. The Second Century Fund was formed, and she was hooked. Sonya brought a lifetime of interest in historic buildings and served as secretary for the organization. Her enthusiasm for Downtown Littleton continues. She hopes to expand interest in historic properties with related community programming and to expand membership in Historic Littleton, Inc.

Kimber Dempsey

Kimber Dempsey, a Colorado native, moved to Littleton in 2018. A devotee of Mid-Century Modern architecture, she spends much of her free time advocating for and educating people on the style. Kimber is a licensed Realtor who specializes in Mid-Century Modern and vintage homes. As a Littleton resident, she wanted to help Historic Littleton, Inc., with a focus on Mid-Century Modern buildings. Kimber is also a board member of the newly formed Docomomo US Colorado chapter and she helps with Denver Modernism Week.