Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Hotel closed and boarded up at Arrow, Colorado
- A man wearing a suit, bow tie and straw hat sits outside on the boardwalk of the closed and boarded up "Arrow-Hotel," Arrow, (Arrowhead), Grand County, Colorado. The two-story false front structure with an apex gable has painted vertical board...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Arrow--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Old city jail, Alamosa
- View of an abandoned timber building at 713 8th (Eighth) Street in Alamosa, Colorado. The one story wood building has a boarded up door, and windows, one with a wood shutter and the other with metal bars. Tall grass grows in front of the structure....
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings.; Jails.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Jails--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Alamosa (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1993?
- Velásquez homestead, San Rafael, Colo.
- View of the Velásquez Homestead in San Rafael (Conejos County), Colorado. The one story territorial style adobe structure has boarded up windows on the facade and stucco crumbling from the exterior. Vigas protrude through the adobe bricks on...
- Velásquez family--Homes & haunts--2000-2010.; San Rafael (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Abandoned buildings.; Velásquez family--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Adobe houses--Colorado--San Rafael--Pictorial works.; Abandoned...
- 1992
- Blanca, Colo. old school
- View of the abandoned Blanca School at the intersection of 10th Street and Broadway in Blanca (Costilla County), Colorado. The stuccoed two-story building has a hipped roof, a cupola bell tower and a pediment over the entrance. The second story...
- Blanca (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Schools.; Abandoned buildings.; School buildings--Colorado--Blanca--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Blanca--Pictorial works.; Blanca (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1994
- Emil Bruderlin farmhouse
- View of the abandoned Emil Bruderlin Farmhouse in Barr Lake State Park near Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. The house is made of field stone, with boarded up windows. The flared gabled roof is shingled. The house was built in 1890.
- Barr Lake State Park (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Adams County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Farmhouses.; Abandoned buildings.; Bruderlin, Emil--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Bruderlin Emil--Homes & haunts--1990-2000.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Adams...
- 1991
- Palace Hotel
- View of the abandoned two story Palace Hotel in Springfield (Baca County), Colorado. The plastered building is missing portions of the roof and several windows are boarded up. An "L" shaped neon sign hangs over the entrance and reads: "Palace...
- Palace Hotel (Springfield, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Springfield (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hotels.; Abandoned buildings.; Palace Hotel (Springfield, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Springfield--Pictorial works.; Abandoned...
- 1988
- Geer homestead barn
- View of the Geer Homestead barn in Jamestown (Boulder County), Colorado. The building is constructed of vertical wood planks with a low stone foundation and a plank roof. The barn has an open hayloft door, two large double doors and a single small...
- Geer family--Homes & haunts--1990-2000.; Jamestown (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Barns; Geer family--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Barns--Colorado--Jamestown--Pictorial works.; Jamestown (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Bank of Baca County
- View of the abandoned Bank of Baca County at 500 Main Street in Two Buttes (Baca County), Colorado. The one story stucco building has a parapet over the entrance. The building's windows are missing and some openings are boarded up. Faded letters...
- Bank of Baca County (Two Buttes, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Two Buttes (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Banks.; Bank of Baca County (Two Buttes, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Two Buttes--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- 945 Main Street, Silver Plume
- View of 945 Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The abandoned two story false front building is in disrepair and has peeling paint. A railing on the second story balcony is missing several rungs. The balcony is supported by...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Commercial facilities.; False fronts.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume...
- 1975
- Aroya school house
- View of the abandoned school house in Aroya (Cheyenne County), Colorado. The building is a clapboard building with a hipped roof. The paint on the sides of the building is peeling and windows are boarded up.. A small cupola is in the center of the...
- Aroya (Colo.)--1980-1990.; One-room schools.; Abandoned buildings.; Rural schools--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Aroya (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1981
- San Pablo Cash Store
- View of an abandoned store in San Pablo (Costilla County), Colorado. The deteriorating, wooden false front building has a wood porch, steps, partially boarded up display windows on either side of the entrance and a single second story window. A...
- San Pablo Cash Store (San Pablo, Colo.)--1950-1960.; San Pablo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Stores & shops.; San Pablo Cash Store (San Pablo, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--San Pablo--Pictorial works.; Stores,...
- [1950]
- Commerce City POW quonset hut
- View of a modified quonset hut located in Commerce City, Colorado. It was said to be once part of a Prisoner of War (POW) camp probably originally located at Rocky Mountain Arsenal. The building appears to consist of two quonset huts framed and...
- Commerce City (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Quonset huts--Colorado--Commerce City--Pictorial works.; Motorcyclists--Colorado--Commerce City--Pictorial works.; Commerce City (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2011
- South Platte Hotel, Colo.
- View of the South Platte Hotel, a.k.a. the Wallbrecht Hotel, located at the junction of the North Fork and South Platte Rivers in the town site of South Platte, Jefferson County, Colo. The simple, two-story, wood-frame, clapboard building has a...
- Hotels--Colorado--South Platte--2000-2010.; South Platte (Colo.)--2000-2010.; South Platte Hotel (South Platte, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; South Platte Hotel (South Platte, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hotels--Colorado--South Platte--Pictorial works.; South...
- 2005
- Schoolhouse, Stringtown, Colo.
- View of the Stringtown Schoolhouse located just south out Leadville in the ghost town of Stringtown, Lake County, Colo. Built in 1902, the simple, single-story clapboard sided schoolhouse has a central bell tower capped by a flagpole. All windows...
- Rural Schools--Colorado--Lake County--1980-1990.; Stringtown (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Rural schools--Colorado--Lake County--Pictorial works.; Stringtown (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1988
- Elitch Gardens carousel building
- View of early restoration on the abandoned carousel building (c. 1925) at the former location of Elitch Gardens near West Thirty-eighth (38th) Avenue and North Tennyson Street in the West Highlands neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; West Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Abandoned buildings.; Circular buildings.; Conservation & restoration.; Historic buildings.; Abandoned...
- 2001
- Woodward House
- View of the abandoned Woodward House (1880: Frank Edbrooke, architect) at 1530 Sherman Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The three story Queen Anne style house has a cross gabled roof and is constructed of red brick and...
- Woodward, Benjamin F.--Homes & haunts.; Woodward House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Building deterioration.; Houses.; Woodward, Benjamin F.--Homes and haunts.; Woodward House...
- 2007
- Woodward House
- View of the abandoned Woodward House (1880: Frank Edbrooke, architect) at 1530 Sherman Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The three story Queen Anne style house has a cross gabled roof and is constructed of red brick and...
- Woodward, Benjamin F.--Homes & haunts.; Woodward House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Building deterioration.; Houses.; Woodward, Benjamin F.--Homes and haunts.; Woodward House...
- 2007
- 2881 Champa St. storefront removed 1978, storefront built 1891
- View of the front facade of 2881 Champa Street (ca. 1885) in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one-and-one-half story vernacular Victorian house has a steep pitched cross-gabled roof. Shows the building shortly after a...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Maintenance & repair.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Maintenance and repair--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 1978
- Big Chief Bottling Co.
- View of the Big Chief Bottling Company in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The commercial style building is redbrick with cornices, corbeled brick brackets, a shaped parapet and sandstone lintels. The first story windows have been...
- Big Chief Bottling Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Commercial facilities.; Big Chief Bottling Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- 2881 Champa St. storefront removed 1978, storefront built 1891
- View of the north elevation (side) of 2881 Champa Street (ca. 1885) in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one and a half story vernacular Victorian house has a steep pitched cross-gabled roof. There is an addition with a shed...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--Maintenance and repair--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1978
- The Factory
- View of The Factory at 3100 East Colfax Avenue in the Congress Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is a single story brick commercial building that is painted gray with black and red stripes on the facade. A sign above the door reads "The...
- Factory (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Electric signs.; Nightclubs.; Factory (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1976
- 2135 Tremont Place
- View of an abandoned house located at 2135 Tremont Place (ca. 1883) in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Denver Square style house has a hip roof, a front, a square bay, windows with keystone arches and a covered porch with square...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Abandoned buildings.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Abandoned houses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- 818 25th Street
- View of 818 25th Street in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This Richardsonian Romanesque style three-story sandstone and brick building has no glass left in the widows and the first story windows have been boarded up. The first...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Apartment houses.; Abandoned buildings.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver,...
- 1979
- Midwest Steel and Iron Works Co. , exterior view
- Toll Gate Saloon
- View of the brick and stone, three-story Toll Gate Saloon in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows boarded up arched doorways or windows, second story windows with sills and decorative keystones, and a third floor balcony. A sign painted on...
- Toll House Saloon (Blackhawk, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a loose bodice with a pleated yoke boarded with lace. The dress has a high collar. Her hair is pulled back loosely.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a false front residence in Leadville, Colorado, features a weathered clapboard structure with fish-scale pattern shingles on a mansard front roof, a projecting gable porch with diamond pattern shingles covering the front entry, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Lyons depot prior to restoration
- Lyons depot, December 1975, prior to restoration and conversion into the Lyons Public Library. This structure was built by the narrow gauge Denver, Utah and Pacific. The 1877 [?] rough cut sandstone solid building has boarded up windows, and a...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Libraries--Colorado--Lyons--1970-1980.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Lyons--1970-1980.
- 1975
- The Marble City State Bank
- The Marble City State Bank in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, is a three-story frame building with a gable roof, chimney, and arched doors in front. The original windows have been boarded over; debris and tires are piled to the side. An electric...
- Marble (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Marble--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Methodist Episcopal Church, King Street
- View of the vacant Methodist Episcopal Church in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows the brick building with gable roof, steeple and boarded up round and arched windows.
- Methodist Episcopal Church (Nevadaville, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930- 1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1940
- Methodist Episcopal Church, King Street
- View of the vacant Methodist Episcopal Church in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows the brick building with gable roof, steeple and boarded up round and arched windows.
- Methodist Episcopal Church (Nevadaville, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930- 1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1940
- Methodist Episcopal Church, King Street
- View of the vacant Methodist Episcopal Church in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows the brick building with gable roof, steeple and boarded up round and arched windows.
- Methodist Episcopal Church (Nevadaville, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930- 1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1940
- Rachofsky's Dry Goods Store - Main Street built in 1890's.
- View of Rachofsky's Dry Goods Store in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows the vacant storefront boarded up and covered with corrugated metal.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- February 1938
- (1896) Oak Street
- Exterior of a Victorian wood frame house with boarded up windows, Oak Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Features projecting gable porch with a decorative cartouche with: 1896, an eyebrow dormer, upper balcony with lattice work.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- August 26, 1979
- City Hall & Fire Dept Main Street
- In Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, a one-story, frame building with a cross-beamed belltower has lettering: "City Hall Fire Dept." Windows above the double doors are boarded up.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; City & town halls--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Fire stations--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Later picture of McNicholas house part was originally built in Nevadaville 1859
- The Rosa McNicholas house, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one-story, frame dwelling with a covered stoop and shed extension. The shingle roof is intact; the windows and doors have been boarded over.
- McNicholas, Rosa--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Nevadaville Grace Waters house Main St
- The Grace Waters house, on Main Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one-story frame structure with a shingle roof, a stone foundation, and a retaining wall. The doors and windows have been boarded over; the Thomas Davy house is in...
- Waters, Grace--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- February, 1938
- Nevadaville house on Quartz Hill owner? summer '39
- This one-story frame dwelling in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has a shingle roof and vertical board siding. The doors and windows have been removed or boarded over; dwellings, automobiles, and the Pozo Mill are in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Nevadaville houses of "Nannie Reseigh" or "Richards" Upper one on Church St. Lower one on Main St.
- Frame houses in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, are bound by Church and Main Streets. They have gabled roofs, and double-hung or boarded over windows. Stone retaining wall fronts one structure.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1939?]
- Nevadaville W. H. Richards house torn down Feb. 1938, Letcher St., teamster
- The W. H. Richards residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a dilapidated one story frame structure with a side gable. The windows are boarded over; markings show where a porch has been removed. The foundation is of stone; tailings...
- Richards, W. H.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadavile--1930-1940.
- [1937 or 1938?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of the brick-lined and cement sidewalk, businesses, and buildings, on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; automobiles and trucks are parked diagonally along street; barber shop pole or post is on sidewalk; signs attached to buildings...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1950-1960.
- [1950]
- Oldest shop bldg
- This dilapidated one-story frame shack in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has a board roof. The doors and windows have been removed or boarded over; a mining facility is in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Rosita
- View of two abandoned houses in Rosita, Custer County, Colorado, shows one cross gabled frame house with bargeboard, a covered porch, an unreadable sign over the entry and missing or boarded over windows.
- Rosita (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Rosita--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Crippl [sic] Creek in 1876
- Exterior view of Welty log cabin and springhouse in 1876, Broken Box Ranch, future site of Cripple Creek, Colorado; log cabin has gable roof, wooden roof shingles, small windows boarded over, and native stone chimney on side; additional smaller log...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1870-1880.
- 1876
- This cabin was the Spar City Grocery Store
- View of the abandoned grocery store in Spar City (Lime Creek, Fisher City), Mineral County, Colorado, shows a horizontal log cabin with front gable and boarded up windows.
- Spar City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Spar City--1960-1970.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Spar City--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Westcliffe, Colorado
- View of an abandoned school building in Westcliffe (also known as Clifton and West Cliff), Custer County, Colorado. Architectural features: masonry construction, cupola with bell, arched windows, pitched roof with flat top, quoins, front entrance...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Westcliffe--1960-1980.; Schools--Colorado--Westcliffe--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- T.J. Fletcher's homestead, 1 mile west of Hayden, Colo.
- T.J. Fletcher's homestead, one mile west of Hayden, Colorado; small wooden structure on prairie, window boarded over.
- Fletcher, T.J.--Homes and haunts.; Hayden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Nevadaville Methodist Episcopal Church, King Street
- View of the abandoned Methodist Episcopal Church, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows a brick building with boarded up pointed arch and round windows, a weathered belfry, and wooden front deck above a stone retaining wall.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Summitville, Colo., offices
- View shows automobiles parked, and a man carrying a pail, in front of boarded up office buildings, Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado.
- Summitville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.
- December 31, 1935
- Central City buildings
- A lone, two-story, dilapidated building in Central City, Colorado. The picture is taken at an angle with the building, which is of stone and has a flat roof and two chimneys. The wall of the top story has completely fallen away on the front side,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1943