Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Manitou Soda Spring
- View of the Manitou Soda Spring in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest; shows the rustic gazebo with its branch uprights and benches, a man standing next to it, the boulder at the confluence of Ruxton and Fountai Creeke with several...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Sightseers--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- A day in Mammoth Gulch
- Photomontage of scenes near Mammoth Gulch (Gilpin County), Colorado include: miners Holmes and Ripley, Echo Lake, prospectors on the Fremont Trail, and Judge Knaebel on horseback.
- Jessie (Dog)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Saint Bernard dog--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Snip (Horse)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Wolfe Hall, Denver, Colorado
- View of Wolfe Hall, a women's seminary school at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. The three-story brick building has a mansard roof with dormer windows, Roman arched windows, a widow's walk, and a frame cupola. A porch and...
- Wolfe Hall (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1873 and 1879?]
- Wolfe Hall
- People pose at Wolfe Hall, a women's seminary school at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. The building has a mansard roof with dormer windows, Roman arched windows, a widow's walk, and a frame cupola. Girls, women, and men...
- Wolfe Hall (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Entrance to the Cross, 300 acre orchard at Clifton, Colo
- View of the Red Cross Ranch in Clifton (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a peach orchard, wire fence, and a house with a widow's walk.
- Clifton (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1920.; Peach orchards--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- D.R.G. Hospital, Salida, Colo.
- View of the three-story brick Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Hospital in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The hospital has a gabled and mansard roof, a widow's walk, a balcony and porch, ornate brick work under eaves, and a finial. Trees and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Hospital (Salida, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Salida--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1903]
- St. Elmo excursionists at the La Veta Hotel, Gunnison
- A crowd of people and horse-drawn carriages are outside the four-story brick and stone Victorian La Veta Hotel at 219 South Boulevard in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The hotel has stone lintels, a mansard roof with a widow's walk, a...
- La Veta Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1885 September 6
- Meeker House, Greeley
- View of the two-story stone Meeker house on 9th (Ninth) Avenue in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado, built by Nathan C. Meeker, founder of Greeley. The house has wooden shutters, a low-pitched, hipped roof and a widow's walk. A man poses beside a...
- Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879--Homes & haunts.; Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920?]
- State Normal School, Greeley, Colo.
- Women stand at the entrance to the Cranford Hall building on the State Normal School (later University of Northern Colorado) campus in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The four-story brick classroom, library and administration building has a hipped...
- State Normal School of Colorado (Greeley, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1920.; Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.; Teachers' colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1911]
- Idaho Springs school
- A man stands and poses on a sidewalk in front of the Idaho Springs Public School building in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story brick building has a square tower, decorative brick and stone work, a hipped roof with a...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- Lakewood Golf Club club house (burned)
- Men stand and pose beside stairs and an entrance to "The Colorado Golf Club" (later Lakewood Country Club) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The two-story mission-style stucco building has a hipped roof, arched windows and doorways, a...
- Colorado Golf Club (Lakewood, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1920.; Country clubs--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1913]
- Pasadena, Cal., residence on Orange Grove Ave.
- View an unidentified home on a low hill on Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The house has a cross gabled roof, bays, wall dormers, a porte cochere, a wrap-around porch, chimneys and a round tower with a widow's...
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Driveways.; Houses.; Porte cocheres.; Trees.; Yards.
- [1899]
- The Tabor Grand, Leadville
- View of the Tabor Grand Hotel, Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The four-story building has a mansard roof, dormers and widow's walks.
- Tabor Grand Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1885?]
- The Lion House
- A man sits in a donkey cart in front of the Lion House in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a stone and stucco residence with dormers, chimneys, and widow's walks, one with a cupola, behind a stuccoed wall.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- The Eagle Gate, Salt Lake City
- View of the Eagle Gate in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Four stone pillars with four arches support a center sculpture of an eagle that grasps a beehive. Shows the porch, balcony and widow's walk of the Beehive House.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Gates--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Eagle Gate, Salt Lake City
- Telegraph posts and wires stand in front of the Eagle Gate in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Four stone pillars with four arches support a center structure capped by an eagle that grasps a beehive. Shows the porch, balcony, and widow's...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Gates--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- The "Gardo House" or Amelia Palace
- View of the Gardo House in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a Second Empire style house with tall arched windows, veranda, balconies and widow's walks behind a wrought iron fence.
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Evergreen Lake, Colo.
- View of The Evergreen Hotel and dock on Evergreen Lakes outside of Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The clapboard buildings have porches, a widow's walk and balustrade. Canoes and a sailboat are near the dock.
- Evergreen Hotel (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Evergreen Lakes (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1910.; Sailboats--Colorado--Lake...
- [between 1882 and 1910?]
- The Gardo House or Amelia's Palace
- View of the Gardo House, built by Brigham Young, Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a Second Empire style house with tall arched windows, veranda, balconies, and widow's walks behind a wrought iron fence.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Gardo House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1900.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1900.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Victor
- Panoramic view of Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A clapboard building has a widow's walk. Houses, commercial buildings, probably a church steeple, and Midland Terminal Railroad or Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad tracks are in the distance.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Cottonwood Springs Hotel, Buena Vista, Colo.
- People pose outside the Cottonwood Springs Hotel near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Women and girls wear dresses with aprons and stand or sit on porch steps or in a first-floor window, a wicker baby carriage is nearby. Some of the men and...
- Cottonwood Hotel (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1900.; People--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1898?]
- Sacred Heart College
- This two-story rusticated stone building in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, has an open porch and balcony, clipped gables, brick chimneys, and a widow's walk. Built by George Morrison in 1874 as a hotel for Governor John Evans, this structure...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Old Main
- Old Main, the first academic building on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, is a three- story brick Victorian with chimneys, cornices, pilasters, and a tower with a mansard roof and widow's walks....
- Colorado State University--1880-1890.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- Old Main Building Colo. Agr. College
- People pose in front of "Old Main" on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. The Victorian, two-story, brick building has a a dentiled cornice, widow's walks, and a square tower with a mansard roof.
- Colorado State University--1880-1890.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Hotel Vendome
- Reproduction shows the Hotel Vendome in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. The four-story building has a mansard roof, dormers, and widow's walks; storefronts fill the ground floor. Parts of the porch are covered; people, horses and buggies are in...
- Hotel Vendome (Leadville, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Public School, Montrose, Colo
- The public school in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is a two-story brick building with stone trim and hipped roofs. A square tower has an imbricated, tapered belfry, dormers, widow's walks, and a windvane. Children and a man in a suit pose by...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Denver and Rio Grande RR Hospital built in 1880's destroyed by fire about 1903
- The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad hospital in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, is an ornate brick house with wood trim, dormers, widow's walk, chimneys, porch and balcony. Wrought iron fence encloses the landscaped yard; other railroad buildings...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Hospital (Salida, Colo.)--1880- 1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hospitals--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Residences in Salida, Colorado
- This two-story frame residence in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, has a mansard roof, widow's walk, bay windows, and a covered porch. Four people pose in the yard. A taxidermied deer is in the yard by a swingset and rocking chair; other houses...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Longfellow School, erected 1892, razed 1966
- View of Longfellow High School, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows the five-story brick building with stone trim, projecting tower with lookout at the top, an arched columned entry, a widow's walk on the cross gabled roof and bicycles parked...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Denver and Rio Grande Hospital built in 1880's destroyed by fire about 1903
- The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Hospital in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, is an ornate brick structure with dormers, widow's walk, chimneys, and a porch and balcony, where men pose. Wrought iron fence encloses the landscaped yard; a fountain...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Hospital (Salida, Colo.)--1890- 1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Second school built in Seibert
- View of the Seibert, Kit Carson County, Colorado, school; shows a frame building with belltower and widow's walk. Women pose.
- Seibert (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Seibert--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Seibert--1890-1910.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Monarch Lake
- View of a two-story building with a hipped roof, near Monarch Lake, Grand County, Colorado, features balcony and front porch balustrades, decorative porch frieze and a widow's walk.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Monarch Lake (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Cripple Creek, Colo. residences J. Maurice Finn
- Exterior view of Jonah Maurice Finn's twenty-six room residence, Placer Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; nicknamed "the Towers" or "Finn's Folly"; the three-story mansion has a multi-gabled roof, dormers, turrets, bay...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- High school building
- View of high school, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a stone building with bull's-eye windows. The square clock tower has dormers, flared eaves, and widow's walks.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Schools--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1873 and 1880]
- Old High School Bldg. Colo. Springs
- View of the original high school, Bijou Street and Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado: a two-story stone building. The clock tower has flared eaves and widow's walks.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Schools--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1873 and 1880]
- Wm. Sabine residence, Alamosa
- William Sabine's residence in Alamosa, Colorado was built in 1879 and is a one-story wood frame house with a low hipped roof with a widow's walk, clapboard siding, pedimented drip molds, and covered porch with double arch front. William, his wife,...
- Sabine, William--Homes & haunts--1880-1890.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887]
- Hewitt
- View of the G. C. Hewitt residence, named Easthome, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the two story wood frame house with hip roof, dormers, widow's walk and front porch. A low rock retaining wall separates the front yard and street.
- Hewitt, G. C.--Homes & haunts--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.
- 1935 June 23
- Old Trinidad courthouse and group of men
- Men pose in front of the Trinidad courthouse, Trinidad, Colorado. This two story brick building has a rusticated stone foundation, stone quoins, gables topped by sharp finials and square mansard roof tower with widow's walk. The elaborate portico...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Garcia, Eugenio.; Hill, Orlando.; Jennings, John.; Maes, Edward.; Millikani, William.; Sipe, Burney.; Vaight, P. S.; Valdez, Caledonio.; Wallace, S. S.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado built in 1882. This four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs; widow's walk railing on the top two floors; and dentiled, bracketed cornices and quoins all...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Las Animas County Bloom mansion, Trinidad
- Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Built in 1882, this four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs and widow's walk railing on the top two...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Las Animas County Bloom mansion, Trinidad
- Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Built in 1882, this four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs and widow's walk railing on the top two...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Las Animas County Bloom mansion in Trinidad
- Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Built in 1882, this four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs and widow's walk railing on the top two...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Old burying grounds at Mission - St. Ignatius, Mont., Flathead Reservation, Flathead Project
- Grave sites surrounded by wooden fences occupy an open field near the Saint Ignatius Catholic Church at the Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Reservation for Native Americans in western Montana. The church is a brick structure with a clipped...
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Structures--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Montana--1900-1910.;...
- August, 1909
- Denver
- A large, two story residence in Denver, Colorado, features stone and brick walls, mansard roof with widow's walk, decorative dormers, four symmetrical chimneys, and a turret with pointed hexagonal roof.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Cliff House in fog
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This three story frame structure with hipped gable roof and wrap around porch and balcony was the premier hotel in the west, featuring 110 rooms, hot and cold...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- September 1887
- Cliff House Manitou Springs
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Wheeler, Jerome--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1887 April 20
- Cliff House
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Wheeler, Jerome--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Cliff House, early view
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This three story frame structure with wrap around porch and balcony has a hipped gable roof, chimneys, a widow's walk, and a sign on the rooftop that reads:...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1874?]
- Cliff House
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. Central in the image is the Cliff House Hotel; its north wing is a three story frame structure with a hipped gable roof, a widow's walk, canvas awnings on the windows...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Iron Springs Pavilion - Manitou
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Springs Pavilion, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. The lower level of the west end of this building has a stone arcaded patio, topped by an enclosed, frame second floor with hipped gable roof and a sign...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]