Fuller, Granville, House
a.k.a. Fuller Residence; Cowan Residence; 5AM.177
2027 Galena St., Aurora, COThe Granville Fuller House is locally significant under Criterion A in the area of Community Planning and Development as it is one of only a few surviving and intact houses of the first commissioned by real estate developer Donald Fletcher in the speculative community of Fletcher, later named Aurora. The Fuller House is also locally significant under Criterion C in the area of Architecture as a good example of the Queen Anne style. Character-defining features include vertical orientation, asymmetrical massing, steeply pitched roof, projecting bays, spindles on a decorative porch, and decorative trim, shingles, and bargeboards. By circa 1910 the Fuller house received the addition of a full-width front porch exemplifying the history of changes that many of the Fletcher homes underwent at the turn of the twentieth century in accordance with a prominent trend.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.