Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Building Permits File, 1906-1914
- Building permits--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Murray Building, Akron, Colo.
- The front facade of the Murray Building in Washington County, Akron, Colorado, is a two-story brick commercial building built in 1887 from brick manufactured locally either in 1887 or 1903. The building features a decorative corbeling and an ornate...
- Akron (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Akron--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Wilbur Williams House
- Exterior photograph of the main entrance to the Wilbur Williams House, located in Boulder, Colorado. The front door is hidden by shrubbery. The screen door has an intricate metal pattern. The 1937 International style brick house, as designed by...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
- 1980
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 23, 1913 September 13
- Evolution of the jail, White Ave.
- View of brick and frame buildings and trees on White Avenue in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the second Mesa County Jail building, a two-story brick building with a hipped roof, bars on windows, and a porch. A frame building with a...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Jails--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Sayer Mckee Drug Co
- Business signs from right to left read "Olde Tyme Portaits, Antiques and Finery," "Baby Doe Fashions," "Sayer McKee Gift Shop" and "Sayer McKee, Bed & Bath Boutique". Pictures, clothing, and t-shirts are displayed in windows. "Open" and "Ski...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- H. Schrader and P. Schnee
- View of brick commercial buildings probably on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Storefront businesses are in one and two story brick buildings. On the brick "Star Bakery" building, a pediment reads: "1890," and a plaque reads:...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bakeries--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Barber shops--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Ethel's House of Soul cafe
- African American Ethel, the owner and cook for Ethel's House of Soul poses outside her restaurant located at 2622 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. The one story brick buff brick building was built in 1949. The...
- Ethel's House of Soul (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; African Americans--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cooks.; Women.; Restaurants.; Ethel's House of Soul (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; African...
- 1999
- Park Aire Apartments
- View of the Park Aire Apartment Building (1938) at 1310 Franklin Street in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a three-story Modernistic building. The building is constructed of blond brick with red brick trim. Notable...
- Park Aire Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apartment houses.; Park Aire Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2009
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery) after renovation and restoration, the building is located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in 1881,...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Conservation & restoration.; Historic buildings.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.;...
- 2005
- Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.
- View of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County, California. Shows a three-story brick building, several frame clapboard buildings, a brick observatory tower, a brick Italianate building with brick band work, a windmill, and an...
- Lick Observatory--1880-1910.; Hamilton, Mount (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Astronomical observatories--California--Santa Clara County--1880-1910.
- [between 1888and 1910?]
- Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Calif.
- View of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County, California. Shows a three-story brick building, several frame clapboard buildings, a brick observatory tower, a brick Italianate building with brick bandwork, a windmill, and an...
- Lick Observatory--Buildings--1880-1900.; Hamilton, Mount (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Astronomical observatories--California--Santa Clara County--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900?]
- Houses on 2nd High St., Central City, Colo.
- Several houses are built above a masonry retaining wall along Second High Street, a dirt road in Central City, Colorado. The house in the center is a two story brick with two gables that intersect a hipped roof. It has three chimneys, wrought iron...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- The houses on Gunnell Hill in Central City, Colorado, are built of wood and brick. The houses in the foreground on Nevada Street, which are built above a retaining wall, are two story, brick buildings with flat roofs and decorative brick cornices....
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Calif.
- View of Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County, California. Shows a complex of buildings with a three story yellow brick building, several frame clapboard buildings, a yellow brick observatory tower, and a red brick Italianate...
- Lick Observatory--1900-1910.; Hamilton, Mount (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Astronomical observatories--California--Santa Clara County--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Bank block with new Victor Hotel
- Exterior view of Bank block with "new" Victor Hotel, Fourth (4th) Street & Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado; a semi-detached, rectangular stone & brick building, four stories (constructed in 1899), with load bearing tan brick walls with basement...
- Victor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Victor--1960-1970.
- [1965]
- W.F.M.A. Union Hall, Victor, Col.
- Exterior view of Miners' Union Hall & street scene, 118-122 North Fourth Street, Victor, Colorado. Shows several two-story & one-story commercial brick buildings with storeroom windows & displays, window awnings, men, women & dog (out-of-focus) on...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Victor--1920-1930.; Miners' unions--Colorado--Victor--1920-1930.
- [1903?]
- 3100 Umatilla St.
- View of a brick, two story building at 3100 Umatilla Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The painted brick building has a course of dogtooth brick beneath the flat roof. The building, probably a commercial building converted to...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1990 October
- Speer Blvd. near 11th Ave., Denver
- View of one story retail buildings between 11th and 12th Avenues at Elati Street on Speer Blvd. in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. One building, with horizontal flagstone cladding, has a series of rounded storefronts with glass...
- Narconon (Organization : United States)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982 January
- 1023-33 Santa Fe Drive, Denver
- View of brick commercial buildings at 1023-1033 Santa Fe Drive in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick three story building has a brick emblem that reads "Amick." Windows are within brick columns that project slightly. A...
- Amick Moving & Storage (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Moving & storage trade--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1988 November
- Morrato Block
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 7, 1913 January 11
- Lowry Air Force Base brick barracks
- Aerial photograph of the brick barracks on Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in Europe and the...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Air bases--Colorado--1940-1950.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- circa 1940
- Lowry Air Force Base brick barracks
- Aerial photograph of the brick barracks on Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in Europe and the...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Air bases--Colorado--1940-1950.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- circa 1940
- Hoffman Heights Development, Original Brick House
- Black and white print of unidentified brick house in Hoffman Heights Development in Aurora. House has lighter brick on top and darker brick along bottom. Street, sidewalk, and grass lawn visible. Lawn has a small bush and a small tree. Single car...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Delaney Carriage Company Building
- Ice House Lofts
- View of the Ice House Lofts at 1801 Wynkoop Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The five story brick Renaissance Revival style building was built around 1903 as the Littleton Creamery and Beatrice Foods Cold Storage...
- Ice House Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Condominiums.; Historic buildings.; Ice House Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Condominiums--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2004
- Ninth Street Historic Park Auraria Higher Education Center
- View of houses on 9th (Ninth) Street in the Ninth Street Historic Park (Auraria Ninth Street Historic District) located on the Auraria Higher Education Center Campus in Denver, Colorado. Houses are identified (left to right): the Mullen House (1061...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Conservation &...
- 2000
- Salida Performing Arts Center
- View of the east elevation of the Salida Performing Arts Center at Sackett and G Street in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building has multiple additions to a small brick building constructed in 1877. The complex now has two story...
- Steam Plant Events Center (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Exhibition buildings.; Theaters.; Steam Plant Events Center (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.;...
- 1994
- Gilpin Hotel, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Gilpin Hotel located at 111 Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. This slide was taken after renovations to change the building into a casino in 1991-1992. Built in 1870, the three-story brick structure has a second-story porch, and...
- Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--1990-2000.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Black Hawk...
- 1996
- Williams' Stables, Central City, Colo.
- View of the Williams' Stables after exterior restoration. Located at 124 Eureka Street, Central City, Colo., the two-story stone and brick structure built in 1876 has rounded windows and doorways with a decorative brick cornice. "Williams'...
- Williams' Stables (Central City, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Stables--Colorado--Central City--2000-2012.; Central City (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Williams' Stables (Central City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Stables--Colorado--Central City--Pictorial works.;...
- 2011
- National Jewish Hospital
- View of the B'nai B'rith Building, a part of National Jewish Health (National Jewish Hospital), 3800 East Colfax Avenue, in the Hale neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick Renaissance Revival style brick building has a gabled, tile roof,...
- National Jewish Health (U.S.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hale (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Health care facilities.; National Jewish Health (U.S.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Medical centers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2007
- Ninth Street Historic Park Knight House (1015 Ninth Street)
- View of the Knight House (1885) before restoration, located at 1033 Ninth (9th) Street, in the Auraria Higher Education Center (now in Ninth Street Historic Park, in the Auraria Ninth Street Historic District), Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Universities & colleges.; Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [1974]
- Blue Bird Theater
- View of the Bluebird Theater (1914; Harry Edbrooke) at 3315-3317 East Colfax Avenue in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick theater has a flat roof and a facade with three entry bays. The facade is light tan brick...
- Blue Bird Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Marquees.; Motion picture theaters.; Blue Bird Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Marquees--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1995
- New Terrace
- View of New Terrace (c. 1888) at 900-914 East Twentieth (20th) Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a part of the facade of the eight unit building which faces the street. The two-story brick building is in the Queen...
- New Terrace (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Apartment houses.; New Terrace (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1976
- Village Cork
- View of the Village Cork, Van Genderen Heating & Cooling, and Headwaves at 1304-1306 South Pearl Street in the Platte Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two story, commercial style, checkerboard patterned brick building has a low brick...
- Headwaves (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Village Cork (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Beauty shops.; Electric signs.; Restaurants.; Headwaves (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Village...
- 2007
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 3, 1912 November 9
- Georgetown, looking south, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick commercial buildings, houses and dirt streets in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A railroad trestle is over Clear Creek near tailings piles in the canyon. Shows the rounded spire of Our Lady of Lourdes...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Grand Junction
- View of cars parked on a downtown street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Brick buildings at the intersection of 5th (Fifth) Street and Main Street are the two-story Fair Building with stone lintels and elaborate brick detail, the...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Telluride
- Panoramic view of Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows wooden and brick houses and commercial buildings, the two story brick courthouse with a clock tower, the two story brick school house, the Rio Grande Southern water tank and railroad...
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1890-1900.; Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Georgetown, looking south, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick commercial buildings, houses and dirt streets in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A railroad trestle is over Clear Creek near tailings piles in the canyon. Shows the rounded spire of Our Lady of Lourdes...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Colorado Central Depot in Loveland
- View of the Colorado Central Depot in Loveland, Colorado, built in 1877, shows the rectangular side gable brick building with a water tank and the Loveland Elevator Company building in background.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Loveland--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Louise Note was brought in upon a mule train similar - will send a better one sometime
- Winter scene in Silverton, Colorado, of the east side of Greene Street, looking south. A mule train heads north on the the muddy street; the lead animal bears a waving man; the mules that follow are loaded with bundles and boxes. Behind piled snow,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mules--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Central City, 1953, High Street (East)
- The two story, Belford house, one of the oldest brick residences in Central City, Colorado, has a flat roof, two chimneys, and a brick cornice and is built above a retaining wall. It has rectangular windows with sills and lintels, a projecting bay...
- Belford House (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- View of two adjacent brick structures in Central City, Colorado. The brick building on the left, whose door and windows have been boarded up, has a peaked roof and two signs attached to it that read, "Black Hawk" and "8032 Ft above sea level." The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Lincoln School, Alamosa, Colorado
- The Lincoln School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado, is a two-story brick building built in 1936-1937 and featuring a hip roof, brick chimney, projecting two-story entry with pediment and half round window, double door entry covered with a...
- Lincoln School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1937]
- James B. Belford home, Central City, 1948
- James B. Belford's home, in Central City, Colorado, is a two story brick house, built above a masonry retaining wall. The house has a flat roof with a brick cornice and rectangular windows with lintels and sills. The porch, a concrete slab, has...
- Belford, James B. (James Burns), 1837-1910--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story brick house with a flat roof and brick cornice is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The duplex has rectangular windows with lintels, sills and paneled doors. The shades are drawn in three of the four windows in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a parade in Trinidad, Colorado. Boys and girls in a band dressed in white, march on the brick street, playing trombones, tubas, and bass cornets. Spectators are on the sidewalk in the background, and behind them are brick one and two story...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939