Aloysius Academy, a Catholic school, stands on Gunnell Hill in the left background.; The lower portions of Eureka and High streets in Central City, Colorado, run through the right foreground. A railroad track winds around the hillside below the...
Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.;...
A view of Colorado Central Shay locomotive number 14 and open passenger cars near Central City (Teller County), Colorado. Signs on the side of the passenger cars read "narrow gauge steam railroad."
Colorado Central Railroad (1974-)--1970-1980.; Central City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Railroads--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.
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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.
stairs extends down the hill from the academy to the Catholic church (later the site of St. Mary's of the Assumption Church built in 1892). Numerous brick buildings stand along Main Street in the midground, including the Temple of Fashion, an...
Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
View of Central City, Colorado; shows Main Street, the Teller House, and St. James' Methodist Church. Houses surround the town, with barren hills in the background.
Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Landmarks: the Teller House, Central City Opera House, and St. James's Methodist Church. Signs: "Teller House" and "Temple of Fashion Dry Goods Carpets."
Eureka Street, Central City, Colorado, is crowded with cars and jeeps in a view that looks toward Central Hill. Four people sit in a jeep in the foreground. A man smoking a cigarette drives the jeep; another man wearing a hat, glasses, and...
Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Flags--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
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.
and residence of Harley B. Morse, the Central City Daily Register building, Washington Hall, the residence of William M. Roworth, St. James Methodist Church, residences of Henry M. Teller (one of Colorado's first senators), and Willard Teller....
Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
Stereographic view of a large rock formation and Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado; scene includes the Central City Public High School on High Street, a small building across High Street used as the city's elementary school building until the...
Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1880.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
Stereographic view of a locomotive of the Colorado Central Railroad looking toward Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado in the distance. A man stands with hands on hips at the side of the locomotive, and another man leans against the front of...
Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1900.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
and the grocery and provision store of Mason M. Seavey. In the right center foreground is the wood-frame building with a false front that housed the Chinese laundry shop where a fire started May 21, 1874 and destroyed most of the business section...
Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
Main Street in Central City, Colorado, is covered with a blanket of snow. St. Mary's Catholic Church is in the left midground. The Teller House, named for Henry M. Teller, one of Colorado's first senators, is in the left background across Eureka...
Signs and signboards--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.;...
Image of the Colorado Central Railroad train upon its arrival in Central City, Colorado. In the foreground is the train. Several men dressed in suits and hats stand in front of the locomotive. The train's engineer sits in the cab. In the...
Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)
Several storefronts face Main and Eureka streets in early day Central City, Colorado, probably in the early 1860s. Among the businesses are a clothing store, a hardware store and a concert hall with billiard rooms. Several horse-drawn wagons travel...
Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Billiard rooms--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Building construction--Colorado--Central City--1860- 1870.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Central...
Fifteen men stand on the sidewalk in front of the First National Bank at the corner of Main and Eureka streets in Central City, Colorado. The men are dressed in suits and hats and many hold cigars. H.H. Lake is third from the left in the middle row...
Signs and signboards--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banking--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Businessmen--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.;...
Signs next to the entrance of the Central City Opera House in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado read: "Central City Opera House, Watch for Announcements of the 1947 Festival" and "Central City Opera House, Property of the University Of Denver,...
Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Balconies--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
View down Pine Street into Central City, Colorado, where the dirt road is the focal point of the photograph. Vegetation, masonry walls, fences, and telephone posts line the road. A two-story, brick, flat-roofed home with rectangular windows is on...
Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
View of Colorado Central (narrow gauge railway) engine number 44, on the back of a tractor trailer truck in Central City (Teller County), Colorado. Spectators stand on the street. Signs on buildings read "Armory Hall", "The Central Story, an...
Colorado Central Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1960-1970.; Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Trucks--Colorado--Central...
Lawrence Street are the Raynolds beehive, the Granite House hotel and the Knights of Pythias building. The next section of the block includes a hardware store and the Central City Register-Call building. The American House and Turner Hall are in...
Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
A view of the dismantling of the Colorado Central railroad shows a group of people on a railroad hand-car with a load of iron rails near Central City (Teller County), Colorado. Wood-frame houses are in the distance.
Colorado Central Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1980-1990.; Central City (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Demolition--Colorado--Central City--1980-1990.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Central City--1980-1990.
below the high school is the future site of the Central City elementary school, built in 1901 and called the Clark School.; St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Central City public high school stand in the right midground on High Street in Central...
has arrived. The Armory Hall (formerly the Belvidere Theatre) stands in the center foreground on Main Street adjacent to "The Shoo Fly," a variety and dance hall. Farther up Main Street in the left midground is the Retallack House, built in 1897...
View of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado; shows businesses, homes, tailings piles, and mines.
Central City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1910-1930.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1910-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1910-1930.;...
horse and buggy and a wagon are stopped on Eureka Street in front of the Eclipse Livery and Stables across from the new school building.; The Clark Elementary School is under construction on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. St.Paul's...
Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.;...
Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Train of Colorado & Southern stopped at depot. Landmarks: the Teller House, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and Central City school.
A winter view of the Colorado Central Narrow Gauge railyards shows the one-story Central City building and the one story Black Hawk building. The Central City building has a gabled roof, a window, and a sign that reads "Central City 8475 Ft above...
Central City (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Central City--1950-1970.; Railroads--Colorado--Central City--1950-1970.
St. James Methodist Church is behind several wood frame structures with gabled roofs on Eureka Street in Central City. Completed in 1872, the church, which is constructed of granite, has a front tower and gothic windows. The cast houses, where...
St. James Methodist Church (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
A winter view of the intersection of Main Street and Eureka streets in Central City, Colorado; signs read "Head Quarters Lager Beer Saloon," "Bookstore," "Bank," "Wholesale & Retail Dry Goods," and "Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express...
Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
Part of a railroad track winds around a hillside above Mountain City in the right foreground and continues on to Central City in the distance. Mountain City was on the outskirts of Central City and was never considered its own municipality. Several...
Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
Several houses stand at the upper end of Eureka Street at the base of a snow-covered hill in Central City, Colorado. Workers shovel snow from the tracks of the Gilpin Tramway in the distance, possibly after the "Big Snow" in December of 1913. The...
Central City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Digging--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Narrow-gage...
Stereographic view of the Temple of Fashion Dry Goods & Carpets and other businesses along Main Street in Central City, Colorado. The Teller House stands at the corner of Eureka and Pine streets in the left background. The steeple of St. James...
Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
View is west up Gregory Gulch, Black Hawk, Colorado and shows: Colorado Central R.R. tracks in near foreground, large empty site where Chas. Leitzman's Blacksmith shop used to be (notice chimney stack), Scobey's Saloon, Black Hawk Cracker Works,...
Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
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.
View of the old Gilpin County Courthouse located at 203 Eureka Street, Central City, Colo. The simple Italianate style structure has decorative brackets, round arched windows, pressed and corned brick and is dominated by square corner towers with a...
Gilpin County Courthouse (Central City, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Gilpin County Administration Center (Central City, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Courthouses--Colorado--Central City--2000-2010.; Central City (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Gilpin County Courthouse (Central...
View of the Central City Opera House; a two story, granite building on Eureka Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Signs by the front doors read: "Central City Opera House, Property of the University of Denver, Colorado Seminary" and...
Central City Opera House--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
A winter view down unpaved Eureka Street toward Central Hill in Central City, Colorado. Part of the sidewalk, a fire hydrant and a pipe are in the foreground. The Opera House is next to a clapboard house. The Post Office, the Chase & Sears...
Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
A large wooden case with glass panels and "Gilpin Miner" painted on it is in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. Minerals sit on the cabinet shelves. An antique telephone and a desk with two lamps on it and several chairs in front of it...
Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
The mayor and councilmen of Central City, Colorado, gather around an antique stove to discuss business. One of the councilmen holds a set of city maps. A balding councilman with glasses and a pinkie ring, sits to the right. The mayor of Central...
Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City council members--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
People, horse-drawn coaches, and hearses crowd Eureka Street, Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, in a procession honoring 14 gold miners drowned in the Sleepy Hollow and Americus Mine flood; pall bearers carry a coffin in the foreground. The...
Americus Mine (Central City, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Sleepy Hollow Mine (Central City, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Funeral processions--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Central...
View of people and iron rail on a handcar near a railroad signal as Colorado Central Railroad track is dismantled near Central City (Teller County), Colorado. Mine buildings and wood-frame houses are in the distance.
Colorado Central Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1980-1990.; Central City (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Demolition--Colorado--Central City--1980-1990.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Central City--1980-1990.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Central...
Houses line the hillside above St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Central City public high school, both in the right background. A corner of the Teller House juts into the left midground. A log pole stands in the center foreground. A building in...
Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
Several large buildings stand along Main Street in early day Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Gold was first discovered in the region by John H. Gregory in 1859 and spurred the town's growth. Additional buildings stand along Eureka Street...
Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Log...
A young woman, probably a teacher, stands talking with a small group of children near the steps of the school.; Children play outside in the yard in front of the Clark Elementary School in Central City, Colorado, built in 1901. The stone Central...
Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Children playing outdoors--Colorado--Central City--1900- 1920.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Students--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
background. A telephone or telegraph pole stands on the street corner.; Huge piles of snow stand in front of the First National Bank at the corner of Eureka and Main street in Central City, Colorado, after the "Big Snow" in December of 1913. A...
Lake, Harry H., 1860-1952--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.
An unidentified man stands under the City Hall sign on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, after the "Big Snow" in December of 1913. Huge piles of snow line the side of the cleared sidewalk. The Central City Opera House stands in the left...
Central City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; City & town halls--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Opera...
A map hangs on the wall behind the man in the right midground. A "Checks" window stands in the left midground.; Two men stand near the "Gold" window inside the First National Bank at the corner of Eureka and Main streets in Central City, Colorado....
Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banking--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Gold--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Scales--1910-1920.
in the right foreground. Houses line the streets in the background. Mine shafthouses dot the hills in the distance.; St. Mary's Catholic Church stands on Pine Street in the left midground in Central City, Colorado. The Teller House is in the center...
Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Armories--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Methodist...