Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- C B & Q Depot Brush, Colo.
- View inside the Colorado, Burlington and Quincy railroad Depot in Brush (Morgan County), Colorado. E.S. Dutton, the agent, and George Stewart, the telegraph operator, sit at telegraph equipment. Dutton, in a bowler hat, taps out a message. The men...
- Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Longmont new High School
- Angle view of a new public high school in Longmont, Colorado, shows the rectangular three story brick with flat roofline and projecting entry with curved parapet. Several bicycles lean against the building. The main building with curved parapet...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 30
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- View looking north of the Columbian Hotel, built in 1879, Trinidad, Colorado. This three story brick and stone structure features bracketed cornices and a mitred entry with a curvelinear pediment. Colonettes and palmettes on the pediment enclose...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [1965?]
- County administration building
- This two story, gable roofed frame structure in Breckenridge, Colorado, is flanked by flat roofed extensions. Sash windows with arched heads are on the second floor, and a similar window is to the right of the main entry door which is paned glass...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Summit County Courthouse, Breckenridge, Colo 1910
- In this view of the Summit County Courthouse looking northwest, the two story brick building's hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows are visible. The lintels, sills, entablature and pendants are of...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Summit County Courthouse
- In this view of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado, the two story brick building's hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows is visible. The lintels, sills, entablature and pendants...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Brown Hotel, 1965
- The Brown Hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story, frame structure with a hipped gable roof and a dormer in front. A two story bay window is on the right, and the covered porch in front has a projecting, mitred central section that leads to...
- Brown Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [1965?]
- George E. King residence
- Interior view, from the stairs, of architect George E. King's residence, built in 1879 at 212 West Ninth Street, Leadville, Colorado includes a view of a mission style light fixture hung in the entry, entry door and transom with "212" house number...
- King, George E.--Homes & haunts.; Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1970 and 1980]
- George E. King residence
- Interior entry hall view of architect George E. King's residence, built 1879, 212 West Ninth Street, Leadville, Colorado include wood panels and closet door under stairs leading to second floor, a mission style light fixture hung in entry, entry...
- King, George E.--Homes & haunts.; Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1980]
- Shoe shop
- Four men in aprons stand outside on boardwalk in front of Pollman Shoe Shop, 130 East Colorado Avenue, Telluride, Colorado, a false-front wood frame structure with tall central pane window on upper story, large pane shop windows, and double door...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Businessmen--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Catholic Church
- Exterior view of the Catholic Church in Silverton, Colorado, on the north corner of 10th and Reese Streets, looking west. This hip roofed brick church with rusticated stone foundation was built in 1883, and features a projecting gabled entry with...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silverton--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1977?]
- Dickerman residence at 136 West 9th St.
- This house, at 136 West Ninth Street, in Leadville, Colorado, was the Ezra D. Dickerman residence. Dickerman was the general manager of the Morning & Star and the Ward Consolidated Mining Companies and lived in the one story house from 1890 to...
- Dickerman, Ezra 1867-1969--Homes & haunts.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1896]
- Historical sketch of the Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado
- Booklet compiled for the fiftieth anniversary of the Central Presbyterian Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book are excerpts of correspondence from previous clergy, list of all Elders during the fifty years, and a history of the...
- Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Entry gate to Overland Park
- A man sits in a car outside the entry gate to Overland Park in the Overland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign above the gate reads "Colorado Inter-State Fair and Exposition, Sept. 7-12, 1908." The entry gate consists of two widely spaced...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Treat Hall Historic Building application forms
- American Woodmen's Life
- View of the American Woodmen's Life Building (1950; Gordon White, architect) at 2100 Downing Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. White terracotta wraps much of the exterior of the two story, Streamline Moderne building....
- American Woodmen's Life Insurance Company--Buildings--1980-1990.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Insurance companies.; American Woodmen's Life Insurance Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Insurance...
- 1994
- Mineral County Courthouse, Creede, Colo.
- View of the Mineral County Courthouse at 1201 North Main Street, Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The one story mission revival style building has a shaped parapet, cornice, brackets, pilasters and a recessed entry. The exterior is tan with a...
- Mineral County Courthouse (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Creede (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Courthouses.; Mineral County Courthouse (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Creede (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2009
- Entrance to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- View of the entrance to the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (1906-1912; Aaron Grove and Thomas Walsh), 1530 Logan Street, in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Parishioners are in front of the entrance to the...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cathedrals.; Catholic churches.; Doors & doorways.; Historic buildings.; Cathedral of the...
- 1974
- Collins Finer Food Restaurant
- View of Collins Finer Food Restaurant at 501 Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows a one-story brick commercial building with a flat roof. Features include a horizontal band of windows with transoms...
- Collins Finer Food Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Collins Finer Food Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- William G. Fisher House
- View of the William G. Fisher House / International House (1896; Frank E. Edbrooke and Willis A. Marean, architects) at 1600 Logan Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the front (west) elevation of a three-story...
- William G. Fisher House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; William G. Fisher House (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2007
- Ivy Chapel, Fairmount Cemetery
- Professor Tom Noel poses in the entry of the Ivy Chapel (1890: Harry T.E. Wendell, architect) in Fairmount Cemetery, 430 Quebec Street in the Windsor neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The French Gothic Revival style chapel has a multiple arch entry,...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Windsor (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Chapels.; Historic buildings.; Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob); Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Central library, Denver Public Library
- View of the entrance to the Central Library branch, Denver Public Library (1955; Burnham F. Hoyt, Arthur Fisher and Alan Fisher) at 10 West Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the semicircular glass...
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1980-1990.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Public libraries.; Denver Public Library--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Public libraries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Civic...
- 1980
- Harbeck-Bergheim House
- View of the Harbeck-Bergheim House (1899) at 1206 Euclid Avenue in Boulder, Colorado. The two story modified four-square has a protruding bay and a covered entry porch on the facade. The exterior is rusticated stone. The house has a balustrade...
- Harbeck-Bergheim House (Boulder, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boulder (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Harbeck-Bergheim House (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder--Pictorial works.;...
- 1998
- House in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a weathered residence on West Third Street in Leadville, Colorado features a one story wood frame house with front gable and low bracketed mansard roofs on a projecting bay with four windows, a covered entry door and a decorative...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- 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
- Longmont, Colo.
- View of the two-story brick public school, Longmont, Colorado, shows small children beside a small wood lean-to basement entry. The school features an F-shape plan with gabled projecting wings flanking the simple columned entry and two long metal...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- November 30, 1926
- Lace House in Leadville
- View of the facade of the Lace House in Leadville, Colorado, shows the clapboard false front structure with jigsaw carving, a paired bracketed cornice with wood shingle roof, a central entry with metal screen door and transom, two tall flanking...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Columbine School
- Exterior of the Columbine School, Baker Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows the two-story and basement brick building with hip roof, bracketed overhang eaves, projecting entry with gable pediment and arched entry. A metal tube fire escape is on side...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 30
- Farmer Nat'l Bank, Longmont Colo.
- View from intersection of the exterior of the two-story 1917 Farmers National Bank, Colorado, shows the Greek Revival style stone building featuring: columns, Doric capitals, tall windows with transoms, pilasters, pediment lintel above entry door,...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 23
- Silverton 9-21-78 City Hall
- Exterior view of the City Hall in Silverton, Colorado, looking south. This square two-story brick structure, built in 1908, features dentilled cornices, dormers, and a projecting gabled entry with colonettes. The square belltower has a cupola with...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; City & town halls--Colorado--Silverton--1970-1980.
- September 21, 1978
- Meeker, Colo.
- Men assemble on the boardwalk in front of the Post Office, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The one story building features rusticated stone construction, dentils on cornice, arched transoms above large four pane windows and entry double door...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Silverton Catholic Church
- Exterior view of the Catholic Church in Silverton, Colorado, on the north corner of 10th and Reese Streets, looking northwest. This hip roofed brick church with rusticated stone foundation was built in 1883, and features a projecting gabled entry...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo. Hastings [sic] Market 1st & Bennet [sic]
- Exterior view of C. C. Irwin Groceries (formerly H. A. Hastain's Market), 135 Bennett Avenue, Bell Brothers Building, First (1st) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; three horse-drawn wagons are parked in front of building packed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Bell Brothers Building (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1905 or 1906]
- Fountain Saloon, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Fountain Saloon, Fourth (4th) Street and Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one-story flat roof brick commercial building on corner, double-wide corner entry with brick pilasters frame entry, handrail in front of large...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cobart, Charles.; Durand, Marus.; Fountain Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- First Methodist Church
- Exterior view of First Methodist Church, Cripple Creek, Colorado; church is L-shaped wooden frame building with wooden diagonal siding, single spire to left of center, enclosed entryway with double-wide entry door, two-centre pointed leaded glass...
- First Methodist Church (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn the Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray. A covered porch and box window flank the entry;...
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Gray House features an ornate console portico over the entry. Wooden volutes and pendants adorn this Victorian style residence, built in the 1890's by G. R. Gray. An open porch and box window flank the entry;...
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- The Sidles, Bear Creek Canon
- View of "The Sidles," at Troutdale, Jefferson County, Colorado, includes: an entry gate with sign, bridge over Bear Creek and hotel with stepped entry and wraparound porch.
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines (Troutdale, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Troutdale (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Troutdale--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1918?]
- Adams State College
- Exterior view Adams State Normal School, Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado. Built in 1925, named after William H. Adams, senator and three term governor of Colorado. Two-story brick building features: a classical entry with ionic columns, and...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1947]
- Alamosa
- The Manders Building, on the corner of San Juan and Main streets, in Alamosa, Colorado is a two-story building, constructed in 1891, with rusticated stone block, bracketed enriched cornice, corner entry with double wooden panel with large glass...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Public School, Agate, Colo. 1/19/21
- In this group portrait of the first students and teachers to move into the new Agate Public School in Elbert County, Colorado, the high school and primary students wear jackets and caps. The girls wear dresses and there are a few men in suits on...
- Agate (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Agate--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Elbert County--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Washington Co. Court House, Akron, Colo.
- Angle view of side and front facade of the Washington County Courthouse in Akron, Colorado shows a two-story brick structure, designed by John J. Huddart, and featuring a hipped roof with front gable pediment dormers and a lantern with windows and...
- Akron (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Washington County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Washington County--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Hotel Victoria
- The Hotel Victoria on 6th (Sixth) and State streets in Alamosa, Colorado, is a large two-story rusticated stone building with corner entrance, built in 1901. A large neon sign "Hotel Victoria, Dining Room, Gift Shop" hangs perpendicular to the...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- 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]
- Trinidad Colorado opera house
- Jaffa Opera House, built in 1882, Trinidad, Colorado, is on the corner of Commercial and Main Streets. This three story edifice of incised sandstone has geometric stylized florets, a cornice with corbeled segments, and flourished pediments. Over...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Drugstores--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.; Opera houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- 1965?
- Trinidad Country Club house
- Exterior view of the Trinidad Country Club in Trinidad, Colorado. This one story, pueblo style adobe building has an open porch, a faux bell tower over the front entry, chimneys, and vigas. Numerous wooden side chairs are on the porch, and two...
- Trinidad Country Club (Trinidad, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Sulphur Springs, Manitou
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. In the left is the Soda Spring Pavilion, a cross gable roofed structure with a cupola and ridgecresting; latticework in the gable apexes forms sunbursts. The eastern half of the building is open...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge storefront
- This frame, false fronted, storefront in Breckenridge, Colorado, has dentiled cornices with end brackets at the top and topping the plate glass windows. Diagonal cut borders are under each cornice, and the store's entry is inset and flanked by...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Charles A. Finding building
- Built in 1885, the Charles A. Finding building in Breckenridge, Colorado, was once the town's most substantial building, and housed the Finding Hardware Store. Built of local rusticated stone, the storefront has molding in the kickplates and an...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1970-1980.
- 1970
- Summit County Courthouse
- The Summit County Courthouse, in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story brick building with a hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows. The cornice is dentiled all around. The lintels, sills,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]