Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Construction of the Denver City and County Building
- Panorama looking southeast shows the foundation support frame of the Denver City and County Building filled with concrete, Denver, Colorado. Plank walkways facilitated the wheelbarrow transport of concrete from a central loading station. Also...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver Public Library--1920-1930.; Concrete construction--Formwork--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building...
- 1929 May 18
- Construction of the Denver City and County Building
- Panorama looking north shows construction work and the formed concrete foundation at the Denver City and County Building, Denver, Colorado. Shows the Denver Public Library, Arapahoe County Courthouse, Republic Building, Daniels and Fisher Tower,...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver Public Library--1920-1930.; United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver...
- 1929 July 6
- Construction of the Denver City and County Building
- Panorama looking north shows construction work and the formed concrete foundation at the Denver City and County Building, Denver, Colorado. Shows the Denver Public Library, Arapahoe County Courthouse, Republic Building, Daniels and Fisher Tower,...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver Public Library--1920-1930.; United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver...
- 1929 June 29
- Railway Exchange Addition building
- Exterior photograph of the Railway Exchange Addition/Railway Exchange New building, also known as the Title Building, Reszels Building or the Hotel Monaco located in Denver, Colorado. The 1909/1913 Railway Exchange Addition, and its interconnected...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997
- Railway Exchange Addition building
- Exterior photograph of the Railway Exchange Addition/Railway Exchange New building, also known as the Title Building, Reszels Building or the Hotel Monaco located in Denver, Colorado. The 1909/1913 Railway Exchange Addition, and its interconnected...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997
- Railway Exchange Addition building
- Exterior photograph of the Railway Exchange Addition/Railway Exchange New building, also known as the Title Building, Reszels Building or the Hotel Monaco located in Denver, Colorado. The 1909/1913 Railway Exchange Addition, and its interconnected...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997
- Railway Exchange Addition building
- Exterior photograph of the Railway Exchange Addition/Railway Exchange New building, also known as the Title Building, Reszels Building or the Hotel Monaco located in Denver, Colorado. The 1909/1913 Railway Exchange Addition, and its interconnected...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997
- Railway Exchange Addition building
- Exterior photograph of the Railway Exchange Addition/Railway Exchange New building, also known as the Title Building, Reszels Building or the Hotel Monaco located in Denver, Colorado. The 1909/1913 Railway Exchange Addition, and its interconnected...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997
- Railway Exchange Addition building
- Exterior photograph of the Railway Exchange Addition/Railway Exchange New building, also known as the Title Building, Reszels Building or the Hotel Monaco located in Denver, Colorado. The 1909/1913 Railway Exchange Addition, and its interconnected...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997
- Railway Exchange Addition building
- Exterior photograph of the Railway Exchange Addition/Railway Exchange New building, also known as the Title Building, Reszels Building or the Hotel Monaco located in Denver, Colorado. The 1909/1913 Railway Exchange Addition, and its interconnected...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997
- Railway Exchange Addition building
- Exterior photograph of the Railway Exchange Addition/Railway Exchange New building, also known as the Title Building, Reszels Building or the Hotel Monaco located in Denver, Colorado. The 1909/1913 Railway Exchange Addition, and its interconnected...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997
- Railway Exchange Addition building
- Exterior photograph of the Railway Exchange Addition/Railway Exchange New building, also known as the Title Building, Reszels Building or the Hotel Monaco located in Denver, Colorado. The 1909/1913 Railway Exchange Addition, and its interconnected...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997
- 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
- Ghost building
- View of an entrance to the Ghost Building (1889; William Lang, architect) at 512 Fifteenth (15th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows a double-door entryway to the Romanesque Revival-style granite building prior to...
- Ghost building (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Doors & doorways.; Historic buildings.; Ghost building (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- Evolution of the jail, White Ave.
- View of brick and frame buildings and trees on White Avenue in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the second Mesa County Jail building, a two-story brick building with a hipped roof, bars on windows, and a porch. A frame building with a...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Jails--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Fort Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park
- View of Fort Yellowstone located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Fort was built to house United States Army troops charged with protecting Yellowstone National Park from poachers, souvenir hunters and developers. Shows multi-storied...
- Fort Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Military facilities.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the New York Life Insurance Building designed by McKim, Mead, and White. The Italianate Renaissance Revival style building has an H-shaped footprint with a central tower and two wings. In the...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.
- [1906]
- Omaha Trans-Mississippi Exposition, distant view of Grand Court
- View of the classical-style buildings constructed with plaster and staff at the Grand Court of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Buildings around the Grand Canal are the domed U.S. Government...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Canals--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
- [1898]
- Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Bell Brothers remodeled building with adjacent Teller County District Number Two (2) firehouse and garage, East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; first floor of Bell Brothers building has wooden paneled garage door and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.
- [1988]
- McFarlane Foundry, Ja 13, 1966
- A tree branch hanging in the foreground partially obscures the old McFarlane foundry building in Central City, Colorado. The one-story structure with a flat roof and a false front is constructed of stone and wood and sided with corrugated tin and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Central City
- A dilapidated building on Lawrence Street in Central City, Colorado. The portion of the building to the left has a clapboard, false storefront; the roof and the sides are of corrugated sheet metal. Two boarded up, rectangular-shaped windows are...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Georgetown
- Southeast view of Georgetown, Colorado toward, the road to Green Lake, to the left of Leavenworth Mountain. Visible landmarks include the Clear Creek County Courthouse, a white wood construction building with a false front with "Clear Creek Court...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1980.
- [between 1930 and 1976?]
- Colorado City, 1860
- View of Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows wood frame and stone false fronts and a two- story hotel (known as the El Paso House, Holmes House, Baird & Smith Hotel) with hip roof and dormer; Pikes...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Aerial view of Denver, Colorado
- Aerial view of the central business district of Denver, Colorado. Shows Daniels and Fisher Tower, Mountain States Telephone Building, Denver Gas and Electric Building, United States Post Office, United States Customs building, Scottish Rite Masonic...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Exhibition buildings, Chicago World's Fair
- Overview of several exhibition building at the World's Fair (World's Columbian Exposition) in Chicago, Illinois. Building include the Transpiration Building, Horticulture Building, Choral Building, Illinois State Building, Palace of Art's, and...
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)--Buildings.; Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.
- [1893]
- Exhibition buildings, Chicago World's Fair
- View of several exhibition building at the World's Fair (World's Columbian Exposition) in Chicago, Illinois. Building include the Transportation Building, Horticulture Building, Choral Building, Illinois State Building, Palace of Art's, and...
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)--Buildings.; Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.
- [1893]
- Central City, 1864
- City Bakery stands farther down the block next door to the Young American Clothing Hall. Another store has the word "Stoves" painted on its front facade. On the near side of Main Street in the center midground is the two-story, wood frame building...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- [1864?]
- Elevations, exterior and interior Willows building
- Elevations (interior and exterior) for the Willows building, 4th and Grant Street, Speer Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, commissioned in 1961. The building is an example of post-World War II Modern architecture. The exterior structure is grounded...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Speer (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Office buildings.; Interiors.
- 1961, December 1
- Denver City Railway Company Building/Sheridan Building
- Exterior photograph of the Sheridan Heritage Building, formerly the Denver City Railway Company Building located in Denver, Colorado. Union Station can be seen behind the building. The four-story red brick commercial building was constructed as a...
- Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply Co. (Denver, Colo.) Sheridan Heritage Building (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1983 November
- Denver City Railway Company Building/Sheridan Building
- Exterior photograph of the Sheridan Heritage Building, formerly the Denver City Railway Company Building located in Denver, Colorado. Union Station can be seen behind the building. The four-story red brick commercial building was constructed as a...
- Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply Co. (Denver, Colo.) Sheridan Heritage Building (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1984 May
- Denver City Railway Company Building/Sheridan Building
- Exterior photograph of the Sheridan Heritage Building, formerly the Denver City Railway Company Building located in Denver, Colorado. Union Station can be seen behind the building. The four-story red brick commercial building was constructed as a...
- Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply Co. (Denver, Colo.) Sheridan Heritage Building (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1984 May
- Denver City Railway Company Building/Sheridan Building
- Exterior photograph of the Sheridan Heritage Building, formerly the Denver City Railway Company Building located in Denver, Colorado. Union Station can be seen behind the building. The four-story red brick commercial building was constructed as a...
- Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply Co. (Denver, Colo.) Sheridan Heritage Building (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1984 May
- Denver City Railway Company Building/Sheridan Building
- Exterior photograph of the Sheridan Heritage Building, formerly the Denver City Railway Company Building located in Denver, Colorado. Union Station can be seen behind the building. The four-story red brick commercial building was constructed as a...
- Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply Co. (Denver, Colo.) Sheridan Heritage Building (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1984 May
- McPhee and McGinnity Paint Factory/Clock tower Building/Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. Building/Styro Building
- Continental Trailways Building, Denver
- View of the Continental Trailways Building (c.1913, Jacques Benedict; remodeled in 1953) at 1669 Broadway in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado, before it was demolished. Shows a three-story building with the first floor covered with...
- Continental Trailways, inc. Buildings--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Bus terminals.; Continental Trailways, inc.--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Abandoned...
- 1976
- Gallegos Mercantile and Hotel
- View of the Gallegos Mercantile and Hotel on the plaza in San Luis, (Costilla County), Colorado. The two story stone building, owned by José Presentación "J.P." Gallegos, was also the telegraph and post office. The front of the building has a...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; General stores.; Hotels.; Gallegos, José Presentación--Homes & haunts--1900-1910.; Gallegos, José Presentación--Homes and...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Mining Building, Omaha
- View of the Mining Building during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. The structure has a wooden frame with plaster of Paris and staff overlay. Shows a neo-classical Ionic style building with a...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Canals--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
- [1898]
- Bank building, Cripple Creek
- View of 1st (First) National Bank Building (also known as Bank of Cripple Creek), 347 Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; building constructed after fires of 1896 by J. M. Parker; features of the restored two-story flat-roof brick commercial...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1976]
- Excavation for the Denver City and County Building
- View looking west shows a steam shovel, excavation, and preliminary construction at the Denver City and County Building site, Denver, Colorado. Painted on the side of the machinery: "S. M. & S. J. Feely Excavators, 1119 18th St., Tabor 861, No. 3."...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; City & town...
- 1929 April 20
- Denver City and County Building
- View of workers installing an inscribed marble slab at the Denver City and County Building, Denver, Colorado, it reads: "A D M C M X X X I," or 1931. Scaffolding still surrounds the uncompleted building.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1931]
- From State Capitol building
- View of the central business district of Denver, Colorado. Shows the Mountain States Telephone Building, Denver Gas and Electric Building, Shirley-Savoy Hotel, Majestic Building, Republic Building, Daniels and Fisher Tower, Brown Palace Hotel,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Aerial view of Denver, Colorado
- Aerial of Denver, Colorado. Shows Civic Center Park, the Denver City and County Building, Colorado State Capitol Building, Voorhies Monument, Colonnade of Civic Benefactors and Greek Theater, United States Mint building, Denver Public Library,...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Cities &...
- 1957
- Police Building
- View of the Denver Police Building located at 1245 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The structure is a four story, light colored brick, Art Deco style building. Signs on the building read: "Police Building, City & County of Denver," and...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1945?]
- Denver Police Building
- Men and women walk on the sidewalk near the Denver Police Building located at 1245 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The building is a four story, light colored brick, Art Deco style structure. A sign on the front of the building reads: "Police...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940 March
- Chamber of Commerce Building
- Exterior photograph of the Chamber of Commerce Building, also known as the Ross Building or Chamber Lofts, prior to restoration, located in Denver, Partial Colorado. Partial view of the awning above the entrance to the building with "Ross...
- Denver Chamber of Commerce--2000-2010.; Chambers of commerce--Colorado--Denver--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 July
- Masonic Temple Building fire
- Exterior photograph of the side of the Masonic Temple Building during a fire in 1984, which nearly destroyed the building. This 1890 Romanesque Revival style building, located at the corner of 16th and Welton streets, served for many years as a...
- Masonic Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Temples--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Freemasons--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Edbrooke, Frank E.; Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1984
- Masonic Temple Building fire
- Exterior photograph of the entrace of the Masonic Temple Building during a fire in 1984, which nearly destroyed the building. This 1890 Romanesque Revival style building, located at the corner of 16th and Welton streets, served for many years as...
- Masonic Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Temples--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Freemasons--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Edbrooke, Frank E.; Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1984
- Masonic Temple Building fire
- Exterior photograph of the side of the Masonic Temple Building during a fire in 1984, which nearly destroyed the building. This 1890 Romanesque Revival style building, located at the corner of 16th and Welton streets, served for many years as a...
- Masonic Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Temples--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Freemasons--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Edbrooke, Frank E.; Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1984
- Masonic Temple Building fire
- Exterior photograph of the side of the Masonic Temple Building during a fire in 1984, which nearly destroyed the building. This 1890 Romanesque Revival style building, located at the corner of 16th and Welton streets, served for many years as a...
- Masonic Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Temples--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Freemasons--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Edbrooke, Frank E.; Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1984
- Masonic Temple Building fire
- Exterior photograph of the side of the Masonic Temple Building during a fire in 1984, which nearly destroyed the building. Frozen liquid can be seen hanging as icicles from the shattered windows. This 1890 Romanesque Revival style building,...
- Masonic Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Temples--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Freemasons--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Edbrooke, Frank E.; Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1984