Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Stapleton International Airport
- Sandusky Block, Salida
- View of the Sandusky Block in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The brick building has decorative terracotta molding and brick pilasters on the upper level, and the lower ground level has stenciled borders on the shop windows. The middle of the...
- Gift Connection (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Sandusky Block (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities.; Gift shops.; Gift Connection (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Sandusky Block (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1994
- Catholic Hospital, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Catholic Hospital in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1880 and which burned in 1911. The two-story brick building has an overhanging cornice at the roofline, seven double-hung windows on the second floor, and four windows and a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Catholic Hospital (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1899
- Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado
- West side of the Hotel de Paris, located on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The hotel was built by the Frenchman Louis Dupuy, the proprietor, from three separate buildings, and was completed in 1890. The west side of the building...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Central City Main Street
- View of Eureka Street of Central City, Colorado; shows left side of the street, adjacent sidewalk, dirt road, telegraph poles, and wires. In foreground is the First National Bank building, a Victorian, brick structure, with the name of the bank...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1934?]
- Englewood
- The newly-completed First Federal Savings Bank in Englewood, Colorado, is at 4301 South Broadway. First Federal of Colorado merged with First Federal of Englewood in 1959, when the new building was built. Steps lead to the entrance, which is...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Englewood--1950-1960.
- [1959?]
- Life sciences research laboratory #1 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado : James H. Johnson & Associates, Architects.
- Featureless box shapes comprise the Life Sciences Building at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Vertical vent or drain pipes and a propane valve and meter punctuate the brick walls; the Flatirons are in the background.
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--1960-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1965
- William Lang Townhouse
- Exterior photograph of the William Lang Townhouse located in Denver, Colorado. This 1890 residence is one of five townhouses constructed in the 1600 block of Washington St. designed by prolific Denver architect William Lang. Noted for his use of...
- Lang, William A.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- William Lang Townhouse
- Exterior photograph of the William Lang Townhouse located in Denver, Colorado. This 1890 residence is one of five townhouses constructed in the 1600 block of Washington St. designed by prolific Denver architect William Lang. Noted for his use of...
- Lang, William A.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- William Lang Townhouse
- Exterior photograph of the William Lang Townhouse located in Denver, Colorado. This 1890 residence is one of five townhouses constructed in the 1600 block of Washington St. designed by prolific Denver architect William Lang. Noted for his use of...
- Lang, William A.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- William Lang Townhouse
- Exterior photograph of the false fronts on the William Lang Townhouse located in Denver, Colorado. This 1890 residence is one of five townhouses constructed in the 1600 block of Washington St. designed by prolific Denver architect William Lang. ...
- Lang, William A.--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- McPhee and McGinnity Paint Factory/Clock tower Building/Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. Building/Styro Building
- Regional Transporation District Newsletter: Volume 7 Number 8
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- 945 Main Street, Silver Plume
- View of the facade and side elevations of 945 Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story structure has wooden siding and a false front with a pediment and decorative brackets. An enclosed staircase leads down to an...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Commercial facilities.; False fronts.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2010
- View of Colorado Central Narrow Gauge Railway yards
- A winter view of the Colorado Central Narrow Gauge railyards shows the one-story Central City building and the one story Black Hawk building. The Central City building has a gabled roof, a window, and a sign that reads "Central City 8475 Ft above...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Central City--1950-1970.; Railroads--Colorado--Central City--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- A two story wood-frame house with a peaked roof and chimney is above a stone retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. Two retangular shaped windows are on the upper level, and two rectangular-shaped windows are on the lower level on either side...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City, 1953
- A two-story brick structure with a flat roof, decorative cornice, and chimney, stands on the side of a hill in Central City, Colorado. It has arched windows with sills on the top level and a rectangular window with a mantle on the bottom level. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Donkeys--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--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
- House on Gregory Street, Central City, 1964
- A clapboard one and one-half story Gothic Revival home is built above a masonry retaining wall on Spring Street in Central City, Colorado. It has a covered porch and an addition to its right. The gabled roof, which has a chimney, is covered with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A large, two story clapboard house is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has a flat roof with eaves that extend out over the sides of the roof. Two bay windows, one on the upper level and one on the lower level, have...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A wood frame, two story structure is built along a concrete sidewalk in Central City, Colorado. The duplex has a rectangular window on either side of the upper level of the house. A door with a window in it, and a side window are on either side of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Duplexes--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- St. Aloysius Convent and School
- The St. Aloysius Convent and School, a boarding and day school, was opened in 1875 in Central City, Colorado, by the Sisters of St. Aloysius. The Victorian building is a two and one-half story structure that accommodated up to one hundred...
- St. Aloysius Convent & School (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1940.
- [between 1879 and 1935]
- J. G. Rogers Home
- View of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The house has a porch which runs the length of the building except where a gable holding a bay window extends from the roof to the ground level. Iron...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- Presbyterian Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Presbyterian Church in Georgetown, Colorado; shows the sloping roof of the church and the square tower. The tower has a pointed-arch window on the ground level, and two pointed-arch windows on the second level. On the top of the tower...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1980.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1980.
- [between 1955 and 1977?]
- Spring House
- View of ancient Native American (Anasazi) stone and mud cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The Spring House ruins stand on two levels underneath a cliff overhang. The pueblo homes on the upper level have wooden...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Spring House (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1915
- Spring House- Mesa Verde
- View of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins at Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry of Spring House is underneath a cliffside overhang that is stained by smoke; they are built on two levels. The ruins...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Spring House (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1915
- The old Missouri Fire House, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of the Old Missouri Fire House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 10004 Taos Street, home of the town's first fire company, the Georgetown Fire Company No. 1, founded in March 1870. In 1880, the building was enlarged and a bell tower and bell were...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Washington Hall's bell, Central City
- View between two buildings in Central City, Colorado. Part of the exterior and eaves of a clapboard house are on the right. A two-story wood house is above a retaining wall in the background. It has two windows on the upper level, one of which is...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Tonopa shops
- The Tonopa machine shop in Breckenridge, Colorado, some three hundred feet long, is a corrugated tin and frame structure with a monitor roof. A dock along the length of the building has snow on it; a large flywheel is half exposed above the ground...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine shops--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Administration building
- A view of the administration building of the Denver Sewage Disposal Works Plant located on 50th (Fiftieth) and Emerson Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows a single story brick industrial style building with a lower level and two stair cases that...
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sewerage--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Hook & Ladder house on Alpine or 6 St.
- View of the Star Hook and Ladder fire house on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street in Georgetown, Colorado, including a bell tower, the company's crest on the facade, and a balcony. Adults and children cluster at one end of the balcony; a little boy leans...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Old Missouri fire house, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Old Missouri fire house, Georgetown, Colorado, the home for the town's first fire company, the Georgetown Fire Company No.1. Located on Taos Street, the building has a tall false front with a square bell tower and a bell on the roof,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Hog farm behind prison
- Stone walled pig pens at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, are built on a slope at the base of the hogback behind the prison. Each has a shelter with a mounded hay roof; rock outbuildings with brick cornices line one side. Pipes, a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Swine--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 1878 Lawrence Street, Central City, Colorado
- right background.; Stereographic view of the offices of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co.'s Express on the second level of a brick building on Lawrence Street in Central City, Colorado. On the first level of the building are the offices of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1877?]
- Glenarm Hotel, Denver
- Exterior view Glenarm Hotel, Denver, Colorado; 15th and Glenarm, three story brick building completed in 1878 with facade and wrought iron trim on third level. Street level businesses include: dry cleaning, O'Neill Optical (507 15th, Mrs. M.E....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Glenarm Hotel (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1906 and 1914]
- First National Bank, Central City
- View of facade of the First National Bank building and the Teller House in Central City. The block is bordered by Pine, Eureka, and Main Streets. A strong shadow is cast against the buildings. The bank is a brick, Victorian structure with large,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)
- 1953
- Central City, Colorado banks
- Facade of the First National Bank Building, erected 1874, Central City, Colorado. The Victorian, brick building is bordered by Main, Pine and Eureka Streets. The building has large, arched windows on the lower level and small rectangular-shaped...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado, on Sixth (6th) Street. The hotel was constructed by Louis Dupuy, the proprietor, from three separate buildings, and was completed in 1890; shows west side of the hotel stuccoed to look...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1939
- Looking towards 1st and 2nd High Street Central City, Colo. Central City street scene
- Three people climb up the wooden staircase between First and Second Streets in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Residences are built above retaining walls on the hillside.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Stevens School students playing school bus
- Photograph of several students at Stevens Elementary School in Denver, Colorado as they play with a wooden double decker cart. One boy stands at the back of a wooden cart with wheels. The cart resembles a bunk bed with two levels, and wooden...
- Stevens School (Denver, Colo.); Congress Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Haskell House
- Exterior photograph of the Haskell House located in Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick townhouse was built in 1892 by Reverend Thomas N. Haskell, the founder of Colorado College. Designed by Robert G. Balcomb and Eugene R. Rice, the narrow...
- Haskell family--Homes & haunts.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Haskell House
- Exterior photograph of the Haskell House, during its renovation, located in Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick townhouse was built in 1892 by Reverend Thomas N. Haskell, the founder of Colorado College. Designed by Robert G. Balcomb and Eugene...
- Haskell family--Homes & haunts.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1911 March 4
- Morrato Block
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 18, 1911 April 29
- Capt No. 5, No. 2 shaft, 400 level, Potland mine
- View of miners working the four-hundred level, number two shaft, Potland (possibly Portland) mine, Colorado. The men use a pneumatic drill, shovels, a sledgehammer, and axe, and work by candlelight.
- Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Dedication Sunday : December 4, 1938
- Booklet created to celebrate the Dedication of the new First Baptist Church in 1938. Booklet covers the construction of the new building.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1938 December 4
- The proposed new church edifice : of the First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado.
- Proposed architectural floor plans to the new building to be built by the First Baptist Church of Denver, Colorado.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1935
- Stearns House, first level windows