Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Treat Hall Historic Building application forms
- Blackhawk - 1957, Toll Gate Saloon
- Exterior view of the Toll Gate Saloon, Black Hawk, Colorado. The single-detached three-story building is a square building plan, with a medium gable (offset right), left and right rear chimneys (single stacks), and a shed dormer to the rear. First...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.
- 1957
- 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]
- Breckenridge High School
- The red brick high school in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a large scale two story building with two hipped gable end wings and a gabled wing connecting them. The main floor features sash windows, and the elevated basement has small ground level...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Schools--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- K-C Lounge
- View of the K-C Lounge at 2801 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The modified two story Beaux-Arts Commercial style building has bracketing along the roof line. Small rectangle windows are on the second story. The...
- K-C Lounge (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotel Simpson (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Hotels.; K-C Lounge (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotel...
- 1978
- The Burlington Hotel
- View the Burlington Hotel (1891; Frank E. Edbrooke, architect) at 2201 Larimer Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the Larimer Street elevation of a corner commercial building. The three-story red brick structure has a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Larimer Street (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Commercial facilities.; Hotels.; Storefronts.; Thrift shops.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1977
- 1640 Logan Street, Denver
- View of 1640 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This Beaux Arts-style, single family residence was constructed in 1886. It has a rough-faced stone foundation with inserted glass block windows and a convex mansard...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1976
- University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
- View of the University of California campus at Berkeley, California. Buildings include South Hall, a Victorian Second Empire style building with mansard hip roofs, cast-iron cresting, string coursing, round dormers, and arched roof dormers, windows...
- University of California (1868-1952)--1900-1910.; Berkeley (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Educational facilities.; Universities & colleges.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- Three weathered clapboard two-story houses in Leadville, Colorado, are featured in this photograph. The house on the left has decorative front gable trim, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs, an arched attic window, a first floor...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Midland Terminal Station, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Cripple Creek District Museum (formerly Midland Terminal Railway Station), Cripple Creek, Colorado; building was constructed in 1896, closed in 1949 after railroad halted operations, and reopened in 1953 as a private nonprofit...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 December 17
- 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]
- Rice school
- The Rice School, in Trinidad, Colorado, is a brick and rusticated stone building with a high gabled, terra-cotta tiled roof, and a projecting square tower with a high pavilion roof. The windows have rusticated stone lintels and sills. Above the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- [between 1933 and 1939?]
- DeMaineville Block in Leadville
- This view of the exterior of the DeMaineville Block in Leadville, Colorado shows the two story brick commercial block, built in 1882. The building features paired brackets, enriched cornice, corner double door entrance with stone quoins, molded...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1962?]
- Red brick school
- The red brick high school in Breckenridge, Colorado is a large scale two story building with two hipped gable end wings with a gabled wing connecting them. The main floor features sash windows, and the elevated basement has small ground level...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910?]
- Presbyterian Church
- Exterior view of the Presbyterian Church in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1863 and located on Taos Street between Eighth (8th) and Ninth (9th) Streets; shows the front of the church with the south fork of Clear Creek in the foreground. The facade...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Toll Gate Saloon, near Blackhawk
- Front view of the Toll Gate Saloon, Black Hawk, Colorado. The single-detached building includes: three stories, square building plan, medium gable, offset right, left and right rear chimneys (single stacks), a shed dormer to the rear. First...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- June, 1941
- 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?]
- Thos. Robson general store on 3rd Street
- Thos. Robson's general store on a dirt 3rd (Third) Street in Leadville, Colorado is a two-story wood frame building featuring a bracketed cornice, dentils along the frieze, arched second-story windows with drip molds, open double entry with...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Neil, Mrs.; Thompson, Mr.; Ellis, Thomas, Mrs.; Robson, Thomas, Mrs.; Robson, Thomas.
- [1885]
- 1521 Blake Street, Denver
- View of storefronts at 1521 Blake Street in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Pilasters, clerestory windows, and spandrels frame the windows, and the second floor has corbeled brick and stone trim. Adjacent business features...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Show windows--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1981 March
- Ex-Servicemen's Club
- View of the Ex-Servicemen's at 2623-2627 Welton Street in the Five Points Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two story commercial style building has a brick and stucco exterior. The second story has small square and rectangle windows in a brick...
- Ex Servicemen's Club (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Clubs.; Ex-Servicemen's Club (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; African American...
- 1976
- Fraternal Club Local 465 Waiters and Porters
- View of 2621 Welton in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building houses the African American Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, Local #465, associated with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The entrance...
- Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, local 465--Buildings--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Railroad employees unions.; Clubs.; Protective Order of Dining Car-Waiters and Porters, local...
- 1995
- San Juan Nepomuceno Mission, Ortiz, Colo.
- View of San Juan Nepomuceno y San Cayetano Mission church 6 miles southwest of Antonito on U.S. 285 in Ortiz (Conejos County), Colorado. The mission revival style chapel has a curvilinear parapet which rises from the corner piers to meet the...
- San Juan Nepomuceno y San Cayetano Mission (Ortiz, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ortiz (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Catholic churches.; San Juan Nepomuceno y San Cayetano Mission (Ortiz, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Ortiz--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Ninth Street Historic Park Groussman Grocery now known as the Mercantile Café, Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Mercantile Café (formerly Groussman Grocery), located at 906 Curtis Street, in the Ninth Street Historic Park (Auraria Ninth Street Historic District) located on the Auraria Higher Education Center Campus in Denver, Colorado. The two...
- 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
- Palace Hotel, Antonito, Colo.
- View of the Palace Hotel and Nabor's Barber Shops at 433 and 429 Main Street in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The Palace Hotel is a two-story brick building with a rhyolite front with metal kick plates and transom windows on the first...
- Palace Hotel (Antonito, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Antonito Variety (Antonito, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Nabor's Barber Shop (Antonito, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Antonito (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Variety stores.; Barbershops.; Palace Hotel (Antonito,...
- 1978
- Dwight Nicholson House
- View of the Boulder Victoria Historic Inn situated in the Dwight Nicholson House at 1305 Pine Street in Boulder, Colorado. The two-story Colonial Revival influenced eclectic style house has a hipped roof, a cornice with dentils and swags, a...
- Dwight Nicholson House (Boulder, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boulder (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; Historic buildings.; Dwight Nicholson House (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Boulder Victoria Historic Inn (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Boulder...
- 1994
- Steinbaugh Hardware
- View of Steinbaugh Hardware at 801 Main Street in Louisville (Boulder County), Colorado. The two-story building has a hipped roof behind a false front with a bracketed cornice. The first story has large storefront windows with transoms. The second...
- Steinbaugh Hardware (Louisville, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Louisville (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hardware stores; Noel, Sam--Pictorial works.; Steinbaugh Hardware (Louisville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Eldorado Canyon--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Old Douglas County Courthouse
- View of the old Douglas County Courthouse at 301 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. The building is made of rhyolite, has a large square clock tower with dual arches topped by a cupola, large windows, two stories and a basement with windows....
- Colorado. District Court (18th Judicial District : Douglas County)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Castle Rock (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Courthouses.; Douglas County Courthouse (Castle Rock, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Colorado. District Court (18th Judicial...
- 1973
- REI, Denver
- View of the Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building, 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a red brick building and the South Platte River. The building has a parapet with a corbeled cornice and three blind...
- REI (Firm)--Buildings--2010-2020.; Starbucks Coffee Company--Buildings--2010-2020.; Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2010-2020.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--2010-2020.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver...
- 2010
- Odd Fellows Hall, Russell Gulch, Colo.
- View of the Russell Gulch Odd Fellow Hall no. 2, located 3.5 miles southwest of Central City in Russell Gulch, Colorado. The two-story field stone structure has a red brick facade with a commercial space on the ground floor. Large store windows...
- Rocky Mountain Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Russell Gulch Lodge No. 2 (Russell Gulch, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Russell Gulch--2000-2010.; Russell Gulch (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Rocky Mountain Independent Order of Odd...
- 2002
- 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
- Green Lantern and Blue Bird Lounge
- View of the Green Lantern Bar and Bluebird Lounge, 3420 and 3416 East Colfax Avenue, in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This two-story, commercial, brick building (constructed in 1924) has a facade with an arched entrance, a shaped...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Doors & doorways.; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Doorways--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; City Park...
- 1976
- Forney Transportation Museum (constructed as the Denver Tramway Power Company Powerhouse) and Harry H. Post building
- View of the Forney Transportation Museum, constructed as the Denver Tramway Power Company Powerhouse (1901), at 1416 Platte Street, and the Harry H. Post Building near the South Platte River, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1970-1980.; Harry H. Post Company--Buildings--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; South Platte...
- 1975
- Wyatt-Edison School
- View of the Wyatt-Edison Charter School (1887; Robert Roeschlaub, architect), originally named Hyde Park Elementary School and later G. W. Wyatt Public School, located at 3620 Franklin Street in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the...
- Wyatt-Edison Charter School (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Schools.; Wyatt-Edison Charter School (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Charter...
- 2002
- G.W. Wyatt Public School
- View of Wyatt Elementary School, now Wyatt-Edison Charter Elementary School (1887; Robert Roeschlaub, architect), originally named Hyde Park Elementary, at 3620 Franklin Street in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the main entrance...
- Wyatt Elementary School (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.; Schools.; Wyatt Elementary School (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Elementary...
- 1978
- Lincoln Hall
- View of Lincoln Hall building (1880) at 1415 Larimer Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a three-story brick commercial structure in the Second Empire style. The third floor of the building is made to look like a...
- Lincoln Hall Building (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Larimer Street (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities.; Historic buildings.; Storefronts.; Lincoln...
- 1995
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery), located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in 1881, with subsequent additions in 1890 by Frederick...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.; Auraria Higher Education Center...
- 1999
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery), located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in 1881, with subsequent additions in 1890 by Frederick...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.; Auraria Higher Education Center...
- 1999
- Tandy Leather Company and Broadway Hotel
- View of the Tandy Leather Company at 1535 Broadway and the Broadway Hotel at 1541 Broadway in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows a three-story commercial block. The Nineteenth Century commercial-style building has been painted...
- Broadway Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Tandy Leather Company Buildings--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Leather goods stores.; Broadway Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1975
- J.M. Olguín Mercantile store
- View of the J.M. Olguín Mercantile owned by Jesús María Olguín in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe building has a wooden facade with a cornice, show windows and a recessed entry. The windows have roll down shades and the...
- J.M. Olguín Mercantile (San Luis, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; San Luis (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys.; General stores.; J.M. Olguín Mercantile (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1910
- 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
- Boston Bar
- View of the Boston Bar and Restaurant at 1517 Stout Street in the Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick commercial building has large segmental arches over the second-story windows. The entrance is recessed and the...
- Boston Bar (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Boston Bar (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- Anderson-Norland home, La Jara, Colo.
- View of a Craftsman style frame and stone house identified as the Anderson-Norland home in La Jara (Conejos County), Colorado. The house has a porch supported by columns, wide dormer windows, a hipped roof, leaded glass windows, a sun room with...
- La Jara (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--La Jara--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Cullen-Thompson Motor Company, Denver
- Cars are in on display in arched windows of the Cullen-Thompson Motor Company at 1000 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The gothic building has crockets, quatrefoils and stained glass windows. Signs painted in windows read: "Chrysler," "Cullen-Thompson...
- Cullen-Thompson Motors (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Window displays--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 1421 Champa, exterior, front
- View of the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado; a four story brick structure with an ornate cornice and stained glass fanlight window. Stone entablature reads: "Telephone Building." Engaged columns flank...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Broadway Hotel
- View of the Hotel Broadway near Broadway and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The hotel has arched, bay and square windows, a decorated frieze, awnings, pyramidal roof atop a parapet, rounded buttresses and voussoirs lie...
- Hotel Broadway (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
- View of the University of California campus at Berkeley, California. Buildings include North Hall, in the Victorian Second Empire style, it has mansard hip roofs with cast iron cresting, an attic with round arched dormers with hood molding and...
- University of California (1868-1952)--1900-1910.; Berkeley (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Educational facilities.; Universities & colleges.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Pasadena, Cal., Hotel Green from annex
- View of the Hotel Green in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The building is a four-story Moorish Colonial and Spanish style structure with a ground level arched arcade. The building has a mansard roof with tile roofs, arched windows and...
- Castle Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Fountains.; Hotels.; Pedestrian bridges.
- [1899]
- Los Angeles, Cal. La Grande Station
- View of La Grande Station, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's main railroad station in Los Angeles, California. The rusticated brick building is in the Moorish style and features a gazebo like covered entrance that leads under two towers...
- Sisters' Orphans Home (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Bell towers.; Orphanages.
- [1899?]
- Grand Hotel, Trinidad
- View of the Grand Building, 600 West Main Street, in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. An electrically illuminated sign reads "Grand" and hangs on the rusticated stone facade of the building. Carved stone along the second story windows reads:...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910?]