Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Delta municipal power plant
- View of a section of the Delta Municipal Power Plant (1937) in Delta, Colorado. The complex consists of rectangular buildings. A mural by W. Richard Doherty, "Delta County Ark" (1987), is on one of the structures. The mural depicts the male and...
- Delta Municipal Light and Power System (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta Municipal Plant (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Power plants.; Murals.; Delta Municipal Light and Power System (Delta, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Mirabelle Restaurant
- View of the Mirabelle Restaurant (John Howard : ca. 1898) located at 55 Village Road, Beaver Creek (Eagle County), Colorado. The two-story, clapboard structure has a covered front porch with turned posts. Later Gulling Offerson added the front...
- Mirabelle Restaurant (Beaver Creek, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Mirabelle Restaurant (Beaver Creek, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Beaver Creek--Pictorial works.; Beaver Creek (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Beaver Creek (Colo.)--1990-2000.
- 1999
- Strathmore Hotel, Canon City, Colo.
- View of the facade of the Strathmore Hotel located at 323-331 Main Street, Canon City, Colorado. Built in 1874 by William H. McClure, the three-story, L-shaped, red brick structure is crowned with a garland frieze and has a detailed cornice with...
- Strathmore Hotel (Canon City, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Hotels--Colorado--Canon City--2010-2020.; Canon City (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Strathmore Hotel (Canon City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Canon City--Pictorial works.; Canon City...
- 2011
- 2501 California St. Gospel Mission Church, Elder Frank Mason (1977?- )
- View of Gospel Mission Church, 2501 California Street (California and 25th Streets), in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Gothic Revival-style church was built in 1887 as the First German Methodist Episcopal Church, and from...
- Gospel Mission Church (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches.; Gospel Mission Church (Denver, Colo.)--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; African American...
- 1978
- German Methodist Episcopal Church 2501 California St.
- View of Agape Christian Church, located at 2501 California Street (25th Street and California) in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, following restoration. The Gothic Revival-style church was built in 1887 as Denver's First German...
- Agape Christian Church (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Churches.; Agape Christian Church (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; African American churches--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Church...
- 1990
- Francisco Plaza
- View of Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort, at La Veta (Francisco Plaza) in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows a one-story adobe brick, L-shaped building with a shingled and corrugated metal roof, a covered porch and a...
- La Veta (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--La Veta--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Adobe house & oven
- This L-shaped adobe house has an oven in the yard, a ladder against the wall, and children in the doorway.
- Adobe buildings--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--children--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Historic Strauss cabin east of Fort Collins
- View of the Strauss cabin, home of an early Poudre River Valley homesteader, Robert Strauss. The L-shaped, stone and hewn-log house has gables, chimneys, and rail fence.
- Strauss, Robert--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Log cabins--Colorado--Fort Collins--1980-1990.
- May, 1980
- Nevadaville Old Paul house on Kenosha St. now owned Wm. E. Wheeler
- The Paul house, on Kenosha Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a two story brick, L-shaped structure with a gable roof. Door and window openings are empty; sheds are in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1938 and 1940?]
- Nevadaville W. S. Richards Denver built in 90's Letcher St.
- The W. S. Richards' house on Letcher Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one story, L-shaped frame structure with a gable roof. The covered porch has a balustrade and jigsaw ornamentation on the frieze. The cross gabled end has a...
- Richards, W. H.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1938 and 1940?]
- #533 Exterior - Methodist Church
- The congregation of Paonia Methodist Church stands outside of the church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the L-shaped, masonry building: gable roof, gothic windows, fish-scale siding, and a belltower with a hipped...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- #735 Exterior of Methodist Church
- Exterior view of the Paonia Methodist Church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the L-shaped, masonry building: gable roof, gothic bays, fish-scale imbrication, and a belltower with a hipped roof.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- 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]
- Thos. O. Davy house Main St. Nevadaville
- The Thomas O. Davy house, on Main Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a dilapidated one-story frame L-shaped structure with a shingle roof and a stone foundation. The doors and windows have been removed; a flagpole is mounted on the...
- Davy, Thomas O.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- January, 1938
- First cabin home in Saguache Co - Ford place
- Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado, the Ford place is a hewn log cabin with dovetail notching, sash windows, and is L-shaped. People pose; the women wear full dresses with pleats and flounces.
- Saguache (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Log cabins--Colorado--Saguache--1860-1870.; Women--Colorado--Saguache--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1870?]
- Primary bldg. Stoneham, Colo.
- View of the primary school, Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado, shows the L-shaped building with clapboard siding and swings.
- Stoneham (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Stoneham--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Toponas, Colo. old house
- View of a deserted, dilapidated log cabin in Toponas, Colorado in Routt County, features an L-shaped, one-story building with gable and large, rectangular windows.
- Toponas (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Log cabins--Colorado--Toponas--1970-1980.
- 1978 May 12
- Central City residence interiors
- A sink, with a tall backsplash from which the faucets extend, forms one side of an L-shaped counter in a corner of a Central City kitchen. The other side of the L is a counter with a backsplash over drawers with round drawer pulls. Next to the sink...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.; Kitchens--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Central City, Colorado residences
- A vernacular wood frame, L-shaped house with a gabled roof is in front of a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The porch is supported by four pillars. The balcony has a spindle railing and side-entry stairs leading to the entrance of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- House on Eureka St., Central City, 1953
- A gothic revival home along Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, is built above a masonry retaining wall. The L-shaped, one and one-half story, clapboard house has a gabled roof, a stovepipe chimney, and rectangular windows with shutters on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Houses, Eureka St., Central City, 1953
- An L-shaped, clapboard, one-story house is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It has a peaked tin roof, a chimney, and a covered porch. The rectangular windows have dark shutters, and an electrical wire is attached to the front...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story L-shaped, Gothic Revival house is built on a masonry foundation in Central City, Colorado. The house, which is painted white, has a gabled roof, a side bay window, rectangular windows, a chimney, and a covered porch that is supported...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- The Kruse-Center house, a one and one-half story, L-shaped, painted, clapboard structure in Central City, Colorado, has a gabled roof and chimney, is below a hillside covered with a forest of trees. The trim on the house is painted a darker color...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- The Kruse-Center house, a one and one-half story, L-shaped, painted, clapboard house in Central City, Colorado, has a gabled roof and a chimney and sits below a hillside covered with a forest of trees. The trim is painted a darker color than the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- An L-shaped, vernacular wood box has a "For Sale" sign in front of it in Central City, Colorado. The one story, clapboard house has a hipped roof and two chimneys. The covered porch, upheld by columns, has a railing with spindles. Steps lead from...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1060?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- Several run-down houses are above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The masonry, two-story house in the foreground, although not completely visible, appears to have a flat roof. It has rounded windows and a rounded doorway. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- The one and one-half story, L-shaped, painted, clapboard Kruse Center house is below a hillside covered with trees in Central City, Colorado. It has a gabled roof and a chimney. The trim on the house is painted a darker color than the siding. It...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Hefferman's Trading Post
- View of Hefferman's Trading Post, possibly near Shiprock, New Mexico. One white man, and three possibly Native American (Navajo) stand near a door to an L-shaped stone and adobe building with a gable roof, two stone chimneys, a belfry extension...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Trading posts--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Central City, 1942
- A partial view of the Smith house, a Gothic Revival, board-and- batten house in Central City, Colorado, shows the gables and the front porch of the two story, L-shaped structure with a steeply pitched roof with shingles, bargeboard gingerbread...
- Smith, Eben, 1832-1906--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Houses on the Casey, Central City, 1953
- The L-shaped, clapboard, two story Sabin house is built above a masonry retaining wall on Casey Street in Central City, Colorado. It has a gabled roof, gingerbread bargeboard along the eaves, a chimney, and a covered porch with spindles along the...
- Sabin, Florence--Homes & haunts.; Sabin, Mary--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- House on the Casey, Central City
- The Smith residence, a Gothic Revival house, is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It is an L-shaped building with a gabled roof, a chimney, and gingerbread bargeboard around the eaves. The covered porch has spindles along the...
- Smith, Eben, 1832-1906--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [1953?]
- Hudson on Taos
- Exterior view of a residence in Georgetown, Colorado, called "Hudson on Taos;" shows an L-shaped arched porch, capitals, and brackets. Three women wearing white blouses, a man wearing a sack jacket, and a boy in white garments and dark stockings...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Bldgs. left in Bachelor on back residential street looking northwest
- Houses of the former town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, decay on a grassy hill. An L-shaped house with a double gable, torn tar paper on the roof and a ladder leaning against the side is nestled against a clump of trees. A box-shaped...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Buildings left in Bachelor on back residential street looking n.w.
- Houses of the former town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, decay on a grassy hill. An L-shaped house with a double gable with torn tar paper on the roof and a ladder leaning against the side is nestled against a clump of trees. A...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Last passenger train out of Basalt
- A steam engine pulling three passenger cars leaves the Basalt train depot in Basalt, Colorado, for the last time. The tracks of the Colorado and Midland Railroad are in the foreground. A lone, closed, car is on one set of tracks near tracks holding...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Basalt--1910-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Basalt--1910-1920.
- August 4, 1918
- Apartment house being aired out after flood
- Clothes, rugs, matresses, quilts, and other items hang over clotheslines and balcony railings of an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, after a flood. The building is a modern, L-shaped, three story, brick, with flat panels as railing guards. A...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Aurora--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Aurora--1960-1970.
- July 26, 1965
- Austin flood from breaking reservoir
- Men and women stand at the edge of a river of water that flows down the streets of Austin, Colorado, in Delta County. Rocks, boards, and debris litter the street. Buildings include a one story, L-shaped, wood- frame church with rectangular windows...
- Austin (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Austin--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Bachelor, Colorado
- Houses decay on a grassy slope in the ghost town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County. A one story, L-shaped, wood-frame house with two gables and tin roofing is nestled in an Aspen grove. A ladder leans against the side of the house. A stone...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- [1960?]
- Smiley Br.
- Exterior of Smiley Branch of Denver Public Library, 4501 West 46th (forty-sixth), Denver, Colorado; L-shaped brick bungalow with tile roof and entry vestibule; named for Denver Public School teacher and superintendent, William H. Smiley.
- Smiley, William H.--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Smiley Branch.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1925]
- Barr Lake Rod and Gun Club
- Two buildings make up the Barr Lake Rod & Gun Club in Barr Lake, Colorado. One is a two story, L-shaped, wood-frame structure with a false front, shingles on the roof, a gable, a stovepipe chimney, and a weathervan duck atop the false front. A...
- Barr Lake Rod & Gun Club (Barr Lake, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barr Lake (Colo. : Reservoir)--1910-1920.; Hunting & fishing clubs--Colorado--Barr Lake--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Barr Lake--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- James Hume house
- View of the one story, residence of James Hume in Aspen, Colorado; features L-shaped, clapboard house with a gabled roof, shingles, fish-scale siding, covered porch with spindles along a porch frieze, and decorative cross braces; front yard filled...
- Hume, James--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Lincoln School
- A woman (Mrs. Lola Adams) wearing a dress stands on the tennis court holding a racket above her head in Aspen, Colorado. The Lincoln School behind the tennis is a two story, clapboard, L-shaped structure with a gabled and hipped roof and a cupola...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.; Tennis--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- [about 1900?]
- Mrs. Porter's House
- View of a one story, clapboard, L-shaped, box house surrounded by a white picket fence in Aspen, Colorado; features a gabled roof, lintels, covered porch with tapered spindles, and rectangular windows; bare trees in the foreground and snow on the...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1910]
- Mrs. E. J. Obermeyer home
- View of a two-story, L-shaped stucco house in Aspen, Colorado; features clapboard siding on the top level of the extension of the house and a second story balcony; tall brush covers the landscape in the foreground; Aspen trees and evergreen trees...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Apex, Colorado recreation hall for miners, interior
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado shows the theater stage with painted backdrop of a smoking volcano. Stage is flanked by arched doorways with steps leading onto stage. The hall has...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [1957]
- Backdrop from theatre at Apex, Colo.
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with painted backdrop of a idealized 1900s Apex main street and a stool on wheels; businesses transformed from low wood and...
- Apex (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- United Brethren Church, Berthoud, Colo.
- Built on an intersection in Berthoud, Colorado, (Larimer County), the United Brethren Church is an L-shaped building with a tower and cupola at the corner. The stained glass windows have pointed arches with mullions. A gabled porch is over the...
- Berthoud (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Protestant churches--Colorado--Berthoud--1910-1920.
- [1914?]
- Del Norte residences
- A man, two women, and four children stand outside of the French family home in the town of Del Norte, Colorado in Rio Grande County. Features of the L-shaped house include board-and-baten siding, a front gable, shingles, and two chimneys. A small...
- French, J. Cary--Homes & haunts--1870-1880.; Del Norte (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Del Norte--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Del Norte schools, built about 1876 or 7
- Students and faculty members of the Del Norte school stand in a row in front of the newly constructed schoolhouse in the town of Del Norte, Colorado, in Rio Grande County. The two-story, L-shaped building has gables, a cupola, ornate roof trim,...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Students--Colorado--Del Norte--1870-1880.; Teachers--Colorado--Del Norte--1870-1880.
- [between 1876 and 1877]
- 7th Avenue & 9th Street
- View of the newly settled community of Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. An L-shaped, wood frame house is situated across the street from a one-story commercial, false-fronted, lumber storefront; a man and a woman stand in front of the building....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]