Go Rams! While strolling around the downtown area, you’ll likely notice a strong resemblance to Disneyland’s Main Street USA. We’re proud to say that Main Street USA is modeled after our own Historic Old Town Fort Collins!

Before constructing Disneyland, Walt Disney asked Harper Goff to help him design the park. Born in 1911, Goff was raised in Fort Collins by his father, who owned the Fort Collins Express Courier newspaper. Goff, a Hollywood art director by trade, drew sketches based on his childhood memories of Old Town Fort Collins buildings when drafting up plans for Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A. Buildings such as the Old Firehouse Book Store, the Old Linden Hotel, the bank building, and the city hall building, among others, were used for inspiration.