Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1471 Stuart Street, Denver
- View of the stone, three story, Ralph Voorhees house at 1471 Stuart Street, in the Barnum West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The house has Richardsonian Romanesque style details, large arched windows, and a turret with a pyramidal roof. Shows a...
- Voorhees, Ralph--Homes & haunts.; Barnum West (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1985 June
- Alfalfa
- Alfalfa field, Front Range river valley, Colorado; background includes: haystacks, haystacker, wooden pyramidal structure with arm and ladders, ranches with barns, sheds, and fences.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Archaeology, Casa Colorado, Chichen Itza
- Casa Colorado or Red House, Mayan ruins in Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The stone structure is built on top of a pyramidal base. The remains of a roof comb rise above it.
- Indians of Central America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1910-1920.; Mayas--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1910-1920.; Casa Colorado (Mexico)--1910-1920.; Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--Mexico--Yucatan...
- [between 1910 and 1913?]
- Asbury Methodist Church
- View of the stone Asbury Methodist (Methodist Episcopal) Church at the corner of W. 30th Avenue and Vallejo Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The ashlar stone, Richardsonian Romanesque style church has arches, stained glass...
- Asbury Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984 October
- Ass't manager's residence
- Shows a small cabin of the assistant manager in Daniels Park. The home features a pyramidal tiled roof, french doors, a large porch.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1950.; Daniels Park (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Douglas County--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Douglas County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Bandstand
- Shows a bandstand in Daniels Park, which is located 21 miles south of Denver near Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado. The bandstand is an open gazebo style building with a pyramidal tiled roof, and shingled, low side walls.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1950.; Daniels Park (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Bandstands--Colorado--Douglas County--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Douglas County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Bowman-White House, in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street, built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman and passed on to his daughter, Mary Ellen (Mellie), and her husband John James White when they were married in 1901. The house...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; White, Mellie Bowman--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- 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.)--1850-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1974?]
- 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?]
- Broadway Hotel
- View of the Hotel Broadway near Broadway and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The hotel has arched, bay and square windows, a decorated frieze, awnings, pyramidal roof atop a parapet, rounded buttresses and voussoirs lie...
- Hotel Broadway (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Brookings, S.D. view from Agricultural College
- Partial view of Brookings, South Dakota from the Agricultural College (South Dakota State University). Shows a dirt road and a four-story brick building in Second Empire style, with dentils, a tower, and a pyramidal roof. An electric street light...
- Brookings (S.D.)--1890-1930.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Brookings--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930?]
- Brotherhood of the White Temple two story spiritual headquarters
- View of Brotherhood of the White Temple Church, Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado; shows frame building with pyramidal dome. Dr. Maurice Doreal organized the occult retreat "Western Shamballa or Shangri-La in the Rockies" as an atomic refuge.
- Doreal, M.--Homes & haunts.; Brotherhood of the White Temple--Buildings--1950-1960.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Sedalia--1950-1960.
- 1956 May 24
- Central City Opera House
- View of the Central City Opera House, a stone building with a central shingled mansard style roof with an oculus and two smaller pyramidal, hipped roofs in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The opera house has arched windows, a balcony, and...
- Central City Opera House--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Educational facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Religious education--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1879?
- Chuck Wagon Cafe
- Exterior of the Chuck Wagon Cafe and Cocktail Lounge, Granby, Grand County, Colorado, shows the stone restaurant with pyramidal roof, covered wagon entrance, and painted log addition. A neon covered wagon sign tops the roof and a pickup truck and...
- Granby (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Granby--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Granby--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Chuck Wagon Cafe
- Exterior of the Chuck Wagon Cafe and Cocktail Lounge, Granby, Grand County, Colorado, shows the stone restaurant with pyramidal roof, covered wagon entrance, and painted log back addition. A neon covered wagon sign tops the roof. Rocky Mountain...
- Granby (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Granby--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Church
- View of a church, possibly near Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The brick church has a gabled roof, an end-wall chimney, sash windows and a pyramidal steeple adorned with a cross. Buildings, mines, and tailings are in the distance.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Churches--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1925?]
- Church at Guston 1941
- View of a wooden church atop a small hill in Guston, Colorado; shows imbrication on the gableboard, a vestibule on the front, and a belfry with a pyramidal roof.
- Guston (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Guston--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Guston--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Cochiti
- An adobe church in Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, features a steeple with pyramidal tin roof, louvered vents, front gable, and a covered entry. A cross stands in front of the building.
- Cochiti Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1920.; Cochiti (N.M.)--1890-1920.; Churches--New Mexico--Cochiti--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Colorado Mountain College [graphic]
- View of Colorado Mountain College south of Leadville, Colorado. The pre-fabricated modular structure with pyramidal roof and covered walkway was built in 1967.
- Colorado Mountain Junior College District.; Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Conejos County, County Court House, east side
- View of the two and half story stone courthouse, Conejos, Conejos County, San Luis Valley, Colorado; shows the east entrance portico with columns and pediment, bracketed overhanging eaves, and part of the pyramidal central roof with dormers;...
- Conejos (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Conejos--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Creede Congregational Church
- View of the two story Congregational Church in Creede, Colorado; features a side gable, bell tower with pyramidal roof and finial, brick walls, wood gableboard, semicircular arch window and door bays, decorative brickwork at the corners and around...
- Creede Congregational Church (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Creede (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Creede--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Crested Butte - 1941 Old Roman Catholic Church
- View of Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Crested Butte, Colorado; features a front gable attached to a projecting, square tower; tower has a flanged pyramidal roof with a cross on top and rectangular louvered openings on the four sides of the...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Crested Butte--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Crested Butte - 1963 Old Catholic Church
- View of Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Crested Butte, Colorado; features a front gable attached to a projecting, square tower; tower has a flanged pyramidal roof with a cross on top and rectangular louvered openings on the four sides of the...
- St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Crested Butte, Colo.)--1960- 1970.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Crested Butte - 1964 Old Catholic Church
- View of Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Crested Butte, Colorado; features front gable attached to a projecting, square tower; tower has a flanged pyramidal roof with a cross on top and rectangular openings on the four sides of the belfry; body...
- St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Crested Butte, Colo.)--1960- 1970.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Crested Butte, 1963 Congregational Community Church
- View of the Union Congregational Church in Crested Butte, Colorado; features a front gable, decorative bargeboard, arched-pointed windows (above rectangular windows, front facade), horizontal clapboard siding, finials, a square bell tower, and a...
- Union Congregational Church (Crested Butte, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1960-1970.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960- 1970.
- 1963
- Denver - Grand Central Hotel
- View on Arapahoe Street, Denver, Colorado, shows downtown buildings including the Grand Central Hotel with pyramidal roof.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 39, 1912 September 28
- Downing Street waiting station
- View of the Downing Street waiting station (1904), located on the corner of Downing and Bayaud Streets, in the Washington Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a green structure topped by a pyramidal roof covered in wood shingles. The open...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bus stops.; Site elements.; Bus stops--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2009
- Exterior of Methodist Church
- The brick Methodist Church in Hotchkiss, Colorado, has a tower with a pyramidal roof and a railing; the entrance is in the tower at ground level, under a gable. The gable-roofed building has three narrow windows within an arch on the front.
- Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- Fraser Community Church, Fraser, Colorado
- Fraser Community Church in Fraser, Colorado, is an L-shaped clapboard building with a tower which has a pyramidal roof and four conical turrets. The leaded windows have translucent glass and the base of the building is of rounded stones. A house...
- Fraser (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Fraser--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Goldfield - 1967 firehouse
- View of the two story firehouse on a dirt road in Goldfield, Colorado; features a belfry with pyramidal roof, a bracketed cornice, horizontal clapboard siding, rectangular bays, and a double wide door; firehouse adjacent to residences.
- Goldfield (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire stations--Colorado--Goldfield--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Gypsum - 1942 school or church?
- View of an two story ornate building (either a school or a church) in Gypsum, Colorado; features intersecting rooflines, decorative belfry with pyramidal roof, sunbursts flanking the second story windows, and an arched doorway; surrounded by...
- Gypsum (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Gypsum--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Hugo, Colo. hospital
- The hospital in Hugo, Colorado, has a sign which reads, "Hospital, Leslie J. Parker, M. D." The stucco building has an arched false front with dark geometric wood trim and three stories of double-hung windows. The entrance is covered by an arched...
- Hugo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Hugo--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Ironton - 1942
- A two story residence in Ironton, Colorado, features intersecting rooflines, a connected bay window on both floors of the front facade, pyramidal roof over a first floor bay window, and an open front porch. An old car is on the front lawn.
- Ironton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Ironton--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Ironton, Colo.
- Clapboard, log, and false-front buildings are along the main dirt road of Ironton, Ouray County, Colorado. One building has a pyramidal tower, telephone or telegraph poles are along the street, carriages, wagons, and horses are on the street, and a...
- Ironton (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1908
- J. S. Randall Home, Georgetown
- View of the home owned by Jesse Summers Randall, Georgetown, Colorado. Randall was the founder and editor of the Georgetown Courier newspaper, started in 1877. House construction was began in 1876. The building, eclectic in style, includes a porch...
- Randall, Jesse Summers 1848-1939--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Jamestown - 1949 schoolhouse
- The schoolhouse in Jamestown, Colorado, features a belfry with pyramidal roof, a medium gable, an open front porch with balustrade and bracketed support posts, and horizontal clapboard siding. A sign on the gableboard reads: "Dist. No 11."
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.
- 1949
- Jesse Summers Randall residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the home owned by Jesse Summers Randall, Georgetown, Colorado. Randall was the founder and editor of the Georgetown Courier newspaper, started in 1877. The house construction began in 1876. Its eclectic style includes a gable roof section...
- Randall, Jesse Summers 1848-1939--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Manassa
- The Mormon Church in Manassa, Conejos County, Colorado, is a tall wood building with a gable roof and a tower with a pyramidal spire in the center of the facade which holds the entrance doors. Pediments on the spire read "1895." Trees grow nearby,...
- Manassa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Manassa--1940-1950.; Mormon churches--Colorado--Manassa--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Manassa - 1942 Mormon church
- View of the Mormon church, in Manassa, Colorado; features a single, extended, center spire with a pyramidal roof, gabled dormers, arched pointed windows, and a large front lawn.
- Manassa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mormon churches--Colorado--Manassa--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Manhattan Hotel, Salida
- View of the Old Manhattan Hotel Bed & Breakfast at 228 N F Street in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building is constructed of brick, with a stone facade. The roofline has a carved stone parapet with pyramidal finials. Round windows are set...
- Old Manhattan Hotel Bed and Breakfast (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Headwaters Outdoor Equipment (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; Sporting goods industry.; Old Manhattan Hotel Bed and Breakfast (Salida,...
- 1994
- Manitou Springs Bath House
- View of the Manitou Springs Bath House located at 934 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado. Built in 1920, the three-story Spanish Colonial Revival structure is stuccoed with a central tower capped by a pyramidal red tile roof. There is...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--Pictorial works.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--2000-2010.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2002
- Methodist
- The Methodist church in Florence, Colorado features cross gables, rough-cut stone walls, a single spire with louvered vents and a pyramidal roof, stained glass windows, and arched-pointed bays. This church was completed in 1898, and burned in 1973.
- Florence (Colo.)--1900-1980.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Florence--1900-1980.
- [between 1900 and 1973]
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 1 and 2, 1922 January-February
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 3 and 4, 1922 March-April
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 1 and 2, 1925 January-February
- North Capitol Hill neighborhood
- North Elevation Denver Botanic Gardens Tropical Conservatory
- Elevation of the north side of the modernist style Mitchell Hall and tropical conservatory at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street., Cheesman Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, ca.1962. The walls and ceiling of the tropical conservatory...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Botanical gardens.; Greenhouses.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Buildings--1960-1970.; Conservatories.
- between 1961 and 1963
- Old Congregational church
- The original Union Congregational Church, in Montrose, Colorado, features intersecting rooflines, clapboard siding, arched-pointed windows, and a pyramidal spire with gabled openings on each of the four sides. A bell hangs inside of the spire. The...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1917]
- Over Platte River at 19th street
- A view of a metal truss bridge over the South Platte River at 19th (Nineteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. A small wood shed with a pyramidal roof is in the foreground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sheds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]