The function of the Landmark Preservation Commission is to designate, preserve, enhance, and perpetuate structures or districts that have architectural, historical, geographic or cultural significance within the city of Denver.
Agenda items for consideration can include the following:
- Recommendations to City Council on historic designations
- Design review for new construction, alterations, demolitions and zone lot amendments for designated historic properties/districts
- Review of historic rehabilitation tax credit projects
- Adoption of policies and procedures related to historic preservation
General Meeting Information
- Time and date: The commission meets the first and third Tuesdays of every month at 1 p.m.
- Location: Meetings are held in Room 4.F.6 of the Webb Municipal Building (201 West Colfax Ave) with virtual options via Zoom for applicants and members of the public.
- Virtual access: Members of the public may participate virtually via Zoom. Meeting links and call-in information is posted for every meeting.
See info for May 6th meeting
See info for May 20th meeting
Language and ADA Assistance
Denver’s Department of Community Planning and Development (CPD) complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or gender to include language. It is your right to request oral or written language assistance services in your primary language, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations, if needed. Please visit our language services page to fill out our language services request form, and these services will be provided free of charge. If you have any questions, contact CPD’s Operations Team at cpdoperations@denvergov.org.
Language and ADA Services at CPD
Submission and Staff Review
Once a project is submitted, Landmark Preservation staff works with the applicant to ensure that the project meets the design guidelines, the materials are complete and to write a staff report and create a presentation for LPC members that includes a recommendation of approval, approval with conditions, or denial for the project. Because this process takes several weeks, complete submittals must be received at least four weeks prior to a commission meeting date to have a chance to make it onto that agenda.
Agendas are capped at a certain number of projects. Projects with complete applications are added to the agendas on a first come first served basis, and once an agenda is full, projects are scheduled for the next available LPC meeting. Please note that when we receive a high volume of projects, specific dates are not guaranteed.
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The commission is made up of nine Denver members who are appointed by the mayor, serve three-year terms and receive no compensation. Members must include the following:
- two recommended by Denver's American Institute of Architecture
- two recommended by History Colorado
- two recommended by the Planning Board
- two at-large members
- one member appointed by the American Society of Landscape Architects
Larry Sykes, Vice-Chair
- Nominated by History Colorado
- Term expires 3/31/2028
Larry Sykes is a licensed architect with over fifteen years of experience, focused on residential architecture. His professional experience includes additions to and renovations of historic homes in addition to well-crafted contemporary projects. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, and was 2020 co-chair of the AIA Colorado Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. He previously served as a member of the Denver Public Art Committee. Larry holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and is the owner of architecture firm Sykes Projects.
Erika Warzel, Chair
- At large member
- Term expires 3/31/2026
Erika Warzel has over fifteen years of professional experience in historic preservation and architectural history, with projects across Colorado. Before founding Clerestory Preservation, a historic preservation consulting firm in Denver, Erika worked for over a decade with the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office. A fourth-generation Coloradan, Erika has a B.A. from St. John's College in Santa Fe and an M.S. in Historic Preservation from Columbia University. She is especially interested in how historic places can help tell the untold or underrepresented stories of our collective past.
Nick Foussianes
- Nominated by the American Institute of Architects
- Term expires 3/31/2026
Emily Hazen
- Nominated by Denver Planning Board
- Term expires 6/31/2027
Rusty Brown
- Nominated by the American Institute of Architects
- Term expires 6/31/2027
Christopher McInnis
- Mayor Appointee in lieu of American Society of Landscape Architects nomination
- Term expires 6/31/2027
Elizabeth Caswell Dyer
- Nominated by History Colorado
- Term expires 3/31/2028
Brie Samyn
- Nominated by Denver Planning Board
- Term expires 3/31/2028