Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Recen
- View of frame houses and road grades in the mountains above the mining town of Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings with false fronts, mine buildings and tailings piles. Identification: "1. Stable owned by Prior...
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1895?]
- Ninth Street Historic Park after restoration, Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Ninth Street Historic Park (Auraria Ninth Street Historic District) located on the Auraria Higher Education Center Campus in Denver, Colorado. The houses (1873-1890) are identified (Left to right): the Mullen House (1061 Ninth [9th]...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1980-1990.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Conservation &...
- 1980
- Augusta and Horace Tabor's house
- View of the Horace and Augusta Tabor home, on East 5th (Fifth) Street, in Leadville, (Lake County), Colorado; shows a frame house with a bay window and bargeboard.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.
- 1931
- Ninth Street Historic Park Auraria Higher Education Center
- View of houses on 9th (Ninth) Street in the Ninth Street Historic Park (Auraria Ninth Street Historic District) located on the Auraria Higher Education Center Campus in Denver, Colorado. Houses are identified (left to right): the Mullen House (1061...
- 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
- Map of Mesa Verde
- View of a contour map of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Included are the roads and railroads that border the north side of the Park, the main road through the Park, and points of interest in the Park.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Maxwell Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Maxwell House, Georgetown, Colorado, at 409 Fourth (4th) Street. Construction began in 1870; house was acquired by B.F. Potter in 1891, who added the tower and decorative elements to the facade. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell...
- Maxwell, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Map of Mesa Verde
- View of a contour map of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Included are the roads and railroads that border the north side of the Park, the main road through the Park, and points of interest in the Park.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930--Maps.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1930--Maps.;
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Teller House exterior details
- A crowd waits along the wood plank sidewalk in front of the Teller House before attanding a performance in the Opera House. The ushers of the Opera House, who are dressed in nineteenth century dress, walk along Eureka Street ringing bells to notify...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Central City Opera House First Ushers 1932
- Five men, all ushers at the Central City Opera House's first opening in 1878, pose in front of the stone opera house in Central City, Colorado. Standing, from left, are Bud Johnson and Morgan Laird, who was a member of the Central City school board...
- Ushers--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera Houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Armfield, Harry.; Johnson, Bud.; Laird, Morgan.; Lake, Harry H. 1860-1952.
- [1932?]
- Charles Wheeler House
- Exterior photograph of the passage way between the Charles Wheeler house and its neighbor located in Denver, Colorado. Charles Wheeler house in Denver, Colorado. Charles Wheeler built his north Denver house in 1875. Wheeler platted the area in...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1999
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo.
- Reproduction of lithograph of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows: 1. Court House 2. School House 3. Hiller, Hallock & Co's Opera House 4. D&RGRR Depot 5. F W Ower's Sampling Works 6. Turn-Halle and Buena Vista Guards Armory, Co H; 7....
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- St. Mary's Catholic Church
- View of the north side of St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church in Central City, Colorado. Formerly St. Patrick's, the original structure was damaged in the fire of 1874, and for almost twenty years the congregation worshipped in a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church (Central City, Colo.)
- [between 1893 and 1899]
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo.
- Reproduction of lithograph of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows: 1. Court House 2. School House 3. Hiller, Hallock & Co's Opera House 4. D & RGRR Depot 5. F W Ower's Sampling Works 6. Turn-Halle and Buena Vista Guards Armory, Co H; 7....
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890--Maps.;
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Office and carriage House, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the carriage house and office on the grounds of the Hamill House, located at the corner of Argentine and Third (3rd) Streets in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by Joseph Watson, and was acquired by William A. Hamill in...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate house has a front, second story bay over a porch, iron roof...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2008
- Teller House and Opera House
- The Teller House and the Opera House are next to each other along Eureka Street in Central City. The first and second story of the Victorian Teller House are visible. The windows on the upper level have sills and mantels, and the lower windows have...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1934
- House occupied and owned by Mrs. Fred K. McFarlane
- A two story, box house is built in front of a tall retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a bay window, a screen door, and decorative moldings by the entryway. The shades are pulled down in most of the rectangular...
- Lightburn, James E.--Homes & haunts.; McFarlane, Fred K.,--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Hamill House, located at the corner of Argentine and Third (3rd) Streets in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by Joseph Watson and acquired by William A. Hamill in 1874. Between 1874 and 1881 he made various additions...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Sunspaces--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- 1951
- Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Bowman-White House, in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s, and was passed on to his daughter, Mellie, and her...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1980.
- [between 1892 and 1974?]
- Charles Wheeler House
- Exterior photograph of the Charles Wheeler house in Denver, Colorado. Charles Wheeler built his north Denver house in 1875. Wheeler platted the area in which the house sits as the Wheeler Subdivision of Witter's North Denver Addition, promoted the...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1999
- Charles Wheeler House
- Exterior photograph of the back yard and passage way of the Charles Wheeler house in Denver, Colorado. Charles Wheeler built his north Denver house in 1875. Wheeler platted the area in which the house sits as the Wheeler Subdivision of Witter's...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1999
- Charles Wheeler House
- Exterior photograph of the porch on the Charles Wheeler house in Denver, Colorado. Charles Wheeler built his north Denver house in 1875. Wheeler platted the area in which the house sits as the Wheeler Subdivision of Witter's North Denver Addition,...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1999
- Charles Wheeler House
- Exterior photograph of the roof line and passage way of the Charles Wheeler house in Denver, Colorado. Charles Wheeler built his north Denver house in 1875. Wheeler platted the area in which the house sits as the Wheeler Subdivision of Witter's...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1999
- 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
- Holden House, Colorado Springs
- View of the Holden House (1902) and carriage house located at 1102 West Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The three story Queen Anne house, now the Holden House 1902 Bed & Breakfast Inn, has a large white wrap-around...
- Holden House 1902 Bed & Breakfast Inn (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Public accommodation facilities.; Holden House 1902 Bed & Breakfast Inn (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bed and...
- 1998
- Willowcroft Manor & Farm
- View of Willowcroft Manor (Joseph W.Bowles House), 3600 West Bowles Avenue, Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado The two-story queen Anne style house has a front gable and hipped red roof. The exterior is covered in pink Castle Rock rhyolite. ...
- Willowcroft Manor (Littleton, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Littleton (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Willowcroft Manor (Littleton, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Littleton--Pictorial works.; Littleton (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Central City Opera House
- The Central City Opera House, originally opened in 1878, was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri" and designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado...
- Central City Opera House--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- Central City Opera House
- The Central City Opera House was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Originally opened in 1878 and described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri." Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is...
- Central City Opera House--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Central City Opera House
- Opened in 1878, the Central City Opera House was described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri." Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin County granite, except for...
- Central City Opera House--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between and 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City Opera House
- A billboard on the left side of the Opera House entrance reads "Central City Opera House Association, Inc., Sixth Annual Play Festval July 17 to August 7, 1937 Mr. Richard Aldrich Presents Miss Ruth Gordon, Mr. Dennis King, Mr. Walter Slezak, Mr....
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate-style house was built in 1883 for William Newton Byers, founding...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- ca. 2000
- Mr. Boardman Robinson house
- A two story, clapboard house with rectangular windows and shutters is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has a gabled roof, a chimney, a screen door, and steps leading up to the front porch. A picket fence encloses...
- Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952--Homes & haunts.; Scott, Walter, Mrs.--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- John Adams Church House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a house in Georgetown, Colorado, built on Rose Street in 1877 by John Adams Church, a speculator in ore processing. It was sold to Professor Albert E. Chase in 1881, who was the master of the Georgetown school until 1895. The building was...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Chase, Albert E.--Homes & haunts.; Church, John A. (John Adams), 1843-1917--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- Portrait, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of of the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was passed on to his daughter, Mellie, and...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Eugene Field House
- Exterior photograph of Eugene Field House located in Denver, Colorado. Built around 1875, this house was the home of well-known journalist and writer Eugene Field, who was the managing editor of the Denver Tribune and lived in the house from 1881...
- Field, Eugene, 1850-1895--Homes & haunts.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1984 May
- Ninth Street Historic Park after restoration, Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Ninth Street Historic Park (Auraria Ninth Street Historic District) located on the Auraria Higher Education Center Campus in Denver, Colorado. Houses (1873-1890) are identified (left to right): the Schulz Double House (1047/1045 Ninth...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Conservation &...
- 1992
- Bouvier-Lothrop House
- View of the Bouvier-Lothrop House (1890; Robert G. Balcomb and Eugene Rice, architects) at 1600 Emerson Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two-and-one-half-story residence with a mixture of Queen Anne,...
- Bouvier, Michel Charles--Homes & haunts.; Bouvier Lothrop House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Bouvier, Michel Charles--Homes and haunts.;...
- 1991
- M. J. Cranmer House, Frank E. Edbrooke House, and the E. W. Merritt House, Denver
- View of the M. J. Cranmer House (1888), Frank E. Edbrooke House (1885), and E. W. Merritt House (1889), at 925, 931, and 941 East Seventeenth (17th) Avenue in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three single family...
- E. W. Merritt House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Frank E. Edbrooke House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; M. J. Cranmer House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; E. W....
- 1991
- Leadville, Colo
- Bird's eye view rendering shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with vignettes of municipal buildings, mining facilities, and scenery. Printing reads: "Court House, Post Office, Tabor Opera House, Central School, Ninth St. School, Seventh St....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, masonry house is built above a retaining wall at the intersection of two streets in Central City, Colorado. The house has a flat roof, a chimney, two side bay windows, rectangular windows with lintels, and a covered porch that extends...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Moving time in Denver
- View of a house moving operation in Denver, Colorado; shows a frame house and men working. Children watch; an automobile is in the background, and the truck has lettering: "Kennicott Patterson Transfer Hauling Placing of Machinery Boilers Safes...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Moving of structures--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trailers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927 April 1
- Scenes of the Georgetown area
- Montage of five views of the Georgetown area. Top row: dilapidated house with mountain behind, dilapidated house at valley's edge. Middle row: McClellan House on Taos Street, a church not in Georgetown, a mining site with large pile of mine...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1990.
- [between 1930 and 1990?]
- Dedication of the Augusta Tabor Museum, Leadville, May 29, 1955
- Dedication of the Augusta Tabor Museum on May 29, 1955, 116 East Fifth Street in Leadville, Colorado. Three people stand above a crowd of people at the side of the Tabor House, wearing hats and coats. Above them is a sign "Tabor House, Art & Gift...
- Augusta Tabor Museum--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.
- 1955
- Lace House, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Lace House at its original location on 161 Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. Constructed in 1863, the two-story vertical board-and-batten structure sits on a stone foundation and is an example of Carpenter Gothic architecture. The...
- Dwellings--Colorado--Black Hawk--1990-2000.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses--Colorado--Black Hawk; Lace House (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1998
- Central City Opera House
- Patrons stand outside the Central City Opera House before a performance of Othello. The Central City Opera House, originally opened in 1878, was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri"...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Opera House, Central City
- The Central City Opera House was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri" and designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Oldest house, Santa Fe
- A car is parked on dirt street, in front of single story adobe brick and plaster house, the oldest house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. On one side is a wire and wood post fence connecting to another house. There is a house across the street and...
- Oldest House (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1920-1930.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1920-1930.; Houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1920-1930.
- 1925 October 2
- Bell ringer Opera House Central City, Colorado
- Photograph of a Central City Opera House Bell Ringer. He is standing in the middle of unpaved Eureka Street with his back toward the Opera House. He is dressed completely in a black frock coat with satin lapels, black trousers, and black, leather...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bells--Colorado--Central City--1830-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Central City Opera House.
- 1933
- Robinson House Site Notice