Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Confederate reunion
- View of a parade in Trinidad, Colorado. Boys and girls in a band dressed in white, march on the brick street, playing trombones, tubas, and bass cornets. Spectators are on the sidewalk in the background, and behind them are brick one and two story...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Breckenridge storefronts
- This view of Main Street, in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes a building, on the left, which was built in 1880, and housed the Miner's Home Saloon. It has three sash windows on the second floor that have ornamented, pedimented heads. A first floor...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Breckenridge--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- 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]
- Louise Note was brought in upon a mule train similar - will send a better one sometime
- Winter scene in Silverton, Colorado, of the east side of Greene Street, looking south. A mule train heads north on the the muddy street; the lead animal bears a waving man; the mules that follow are loaded with bundles and boxes. Behind piled snow,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mules--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Las Animas County Bloom mansion, Trinidad
- Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Built in 1882, this four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs and widow's walk railing on the top two...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Las Animas County Bloom mansion in Trinidad
- Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Built in 1882, this four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs and widow's walk railing on the top two...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Toltec Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- The Toltec Hotel in Trinidad, Colorado is a three story structure built in 1910-11, and is a Victorian adaptation of the Tudor style. Finished with glazed tile, it has a slightly projecting cornice with square ornaments and dentils. The main floor...
- Toltec Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of parade in Trinidad, Colorado. A two horse team, surrey, and passengers in gingham dresses and straw hats drive on the bricks of Commercial Street. Brick buildings in the background are draped in bunting, and painted letters under the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Cliff House-Manitou
- View of the Cliff House and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The Pavilion is a cross gabled structure with ridgecresting, a cupola, and lattice work in the form of sunbursts in the gables of the open east end. It has a knee-high...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Main Street, Breckenridge
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, two-story, gable roofed buildings on the left are at 123 and 121 South Main, both dating from the 1880's. The near one has a false front with a bracketed cornice and sash windows, and has projecting signs...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- 1968 Mar 14
- Mancos Episcopal church
- The one story Episcopal church in Mancos (Montezuma County), Colorado features a medium gable, rectangular and arched windows, and a projecting vestibule with a hipped roof and projecting, bracketed gable; a cross tops the vestibule, and a tin...
- Mancos (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Mancos--1940-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Denver General Hospital
- View of Denver General Hospital at West 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Cherokee Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building is a two and one-half story brick structure with dormers and projecting bays. Shows the west wing...
- Denver General Hospital--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1910-1920.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Labor housing--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Boyhood home of Lowell Thomas
- Exterior view of Harry G. Thomas residence, 207 South Sixth Street, Victor, Colorado, the boyhood home of Lowell Thomas. The home is a one-story wooden frame, brick and stone building with small side front porch and railing, medium gable with...
- Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981--Homes & haunts--1930-1950.; Victor (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Detail of the 127 West Fourth Street residence, on "Millionaires Row," Leadville, Colorado, also known as the "House with the Eye." The wood frame house was built in 1879, designed by architect Eugene Robitaille with clapboard siding and a swept...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Detail of the 127 West Fourth Street residence on "Millionaires Row," Leadville, Colorado, also known as the "House with the Eye." The wood frame house was built in 1879, designed by architect Eugene Robitaille with clapboard siding and a swept...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Three houses in Leadville
- View of three wood frame houses on West Fourth Street in Leadville, Colorado. In the right foreground is a close-up of a small L- shaped house with a front gable and intersecting side gable. The corner front porch has turned posts, a spindle frieze...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1962
- Catholic Church
- Exterior view of the Catholic Church in Silverton, Colorado, on the north corner of 10th and Reese Streets, looking west. This hip roofed brick church with rusticated stone foundation was built in 1883, and features a projecting gabled entry with...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silverton--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1977?]
- Telluride
- View of a brick theater in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. The building has a stepped parapet, a projecting enclosed balcony with a tile roof and a hip roof tile porch. Lamp posts are near the theater and a sign on the building reads:...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Lampposts--Colorado--Telluride--1960-1970.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Telluride--1960-1970.
- 1954
- Glenarm USO Club Hose Co. No. 3 Fire Station
- St. Patricks Church, Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of the old St. Patricks Church located at 108 Maroon Avenue, Crested Butte, Colo. Built in 1890, the structure boasts a prominent front gable with a projecting square tower, pyramidal roof and cross on top. Services where held in the church...
- St. Patricks Church (Crested Butte, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dwellings--Colorado--Crested Butte--2000-2010.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--2000-2010.; St. Patricks Church (Crested Butte, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Crested Butte--Pictorial...
- 2007
- Altamaha Apartments
- View of the Altamaha Apartment Building (1902; George Boettcher) at 1490 Lafayette Street in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This three-story brick Italian Renaissance Revival style building has a flat roof and three bay facade....
- Altamaha Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Apartment houses.; Historic buildings.; Altamaha Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment...
- 1976
- The Colonnade
- View of The Colonnade (1902, architect-Charles Quayle) at 1212 East Colfax Avenue in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a three story Classical Revival-style brick building with terracotta ornamentation. Projecting hipped...
- Colonnade, The (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Apartment houses.; Historic buildings.; Colonnade, The (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment...
- 1976
- Alta Court
- View of the Alta Court (formerly the Altamaha Apartment Building - 1902; George Boettcher) at 1490 Lafayette Street (1300-1326 East Colfax Avenue) in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This three-story brick Italian Renaissance...
- Alta Court (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities.; Historic buildings.; Alta Court (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Commercial...
- ca. 1984
- First National Bank, Creede
- Men and a boy pose on the wooden sidewalk outside the First National Bank building in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The two-story building has a flat roof, projecting windows on the second floor, a balcony, and a corner entrance. Signs read:...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Breckenridge
- View of the Methodist Church in Breckenridge, Colorado. It was the first church building in Breckenridge, built by the Reverend John Lewis Dyer in 1880 on French Street. The one story frame building features gothic arched windows, a projecting,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Gladstone residence
- View of a gable-roofed house with a projecting bay window and fishscale siding. Men, women and children wear formal dress and pose on the porch, probably in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; People--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Moonlight on the range, Westcliffe, Colo.
- View of gabled houses and commercial buildings in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. Shows a white picket fence, projecting bay window and a storefront, possibly along Main Street. The Sangre de Cristo Range is in the distance.
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Residential streets--Colorado--Westcliffe--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Unidentified college or university
- View of an unidentified university of college. Brick multi-story buildings have narrow, projecting gables, chimneys and probably a bell tower. Shows trees and fences on the campus grounds.
- Universities & colleges--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Sneffels P.O.
- View of the post office and Porter general store building complex in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The two-story portion of the complex is the post office and general store. To the left of the post office is a pool hall and saloon. Shows sash...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1896 July
- Yellowstone, Old Faithful Inn
- View of the Old Faithful Inn designed by Robert C. Reamer at Yellowstone National Park. The log and wood frame structure is seven stories high. The porte-cochere is recessed under the large gable roof of the central section of the building along...
- Old Faithful Inn (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- [1905]
- Yellowstone, Old Faithful Inn
- View of the Old Faithful Inn designed by Robert C. Reamer at Yellowstone National Park. The log and wood frame structure is seven stories high. The central section of the hotel has a double gable roof with dormers. Projecting out from the eaves of...
- Old Faithful Inn (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- [1905]
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company - Durango Depot
- Shows the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company train depot in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The building is made of wood, with a shingle roof and a two story projecting pavilion. Utility poles are in front of the building and hills are in...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Durango--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1893]
- Unid. residence
- View of a two story brick house with projecting gables, fish scale shingles, and awnings in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Unidentified building
- A view of a pavilion constructed in the mission style. The building has rounded arched doorways, towers with projecting eaves and exposed rafters, a balcony, tiled roof and a stage is in front.
- Pavilions--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Residence of the late Mrs. H. H. Jackson Colorado Spr's
- View of the Helen Hunt Jackson house on Kiowa Street in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The two-story Queen Anne style house has porches, projecting bays, and decorative bargeboard. The yard is enclosed with a low wood fence.
- Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- The Famous Department Store, Trinidad, Colorado
- A man and woman stand on the sidewalk near The Famous Department Store on Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The two story brick building has projecting bay windows, arched windows, and awnings. A sign on the building reads:...
- Famous Department Store (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Lacey House
- Workmen stand on a road near a large Victorian Gothic home, identified as the Lacey House in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. This three story house features projecting hipped dormers, gable trim, and porches. A second empire style house...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Road construction--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot, Trinidad, Colorado
- Men stand near the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Depot in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. This mission style building features a stucco finish, arcades, ceramic roofing tiles, curvilinear gables, and projecting eaves with exposed...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]
- Residence on Second St. and Maple St., Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the house of Frank Russell Wood, Mayor of Trinidad, on Second Street and Maple Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. This Queen Ann style house features a tower with a conical roof, a projecting attic gable with recessed porch,...
- Wood, Frank Russell--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Residence of Mayor Wood
- View of the house of Frank Russell Wood, Mayor of Trinidad, on Second Street and Maple Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. This Queen Ann style house features a tower with a conical roof, a projecting attic gable with recessed porch,...
- Wood, Frank Russell--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Adobe house and horno
- Two young children stand outside an adobe house probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The house has projecting vigas, a flat roof, and two doors. An horno (outdoor oven), and possibly an adobe well embankment are nearby.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Albuquerque - The Alvarado
- View of the Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building is a Mission Style structure featuring arcades, a tile roof, curvilinear gables, projecting eaves, exposed rafters, and towers. A curvilinear stucco gateway opens into a courtyard...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Arcades (Architectural components)--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Gates--New...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Starkville train depot
- Two men stand on the platform of the Starkville train depot in Las Animas County, Colorado. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe station is a wood structure with a projecting bay, and is located in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1910.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1910.; Company towns--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1910.; Starkville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities &...
- [between 1896 and 1910?]
- House in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a weathered residence on West Third Street in Leadville, Colorado features a one story wood frame house with front gable and low bracketed mansard roofs on a projecting bay with four windows, a covered entry door and a decorative...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a false front residence in Leadville, Colorado, features a weathered clapboard structure with fish-scale pattern shingles on a mansard front roof, a projecting gable porch with diamond pattern shingles covering the front entry, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- House in Leadville, Colorado
- View of a two story house in Leadville, Colorado shows the original clapboard siding covered with composite siding. There is decorative front gable trim with turned finials, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs, an arched attic...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1962
- Longmont, Colo.
- View of the two-story brick public school, Longmont, Colorado, shows small children beside a small wood lean-to basement entry. The school features an F-shape plan with gabled projecting wings flanking the simple columned entry and two long metal...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- November 30, 1926
- Longmont, old St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
- A man in a bowler hat, suit and overcoat stands outside the old St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Longmont, Colorado. The small clapboard church features a front gable, triangular window above the projecting gabled vestibule with double door...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Longmont, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1905]
- Bryant School
- Exterior of the Bryant School, Longmont, Colorado, shows the two- story brick building with hip roof and projecting front gable entry. Other features include a round tower, stone beltcourses, bracketed overhanging eaves, and a side metal tube fire...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 30