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 roof wings flank a two-story central portico that is supported by Corinthian columns. There is a balustrade on the second floor of the portico, quoins on the corners of the building, and hipped roof dormers on top of the wings. Overhanging eaves supported by decorative brackets top a terracotta frieze with medallions and swags.
Description
1 photographic print ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Clarkson Street to Colfax Avenue.;
Item Owned By
Auraria Library
Type of Material
Black-and-white prints (photographs); Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Subject
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 houses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Tom Noel.
Rights Contact Information
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700151383
Notes
From inventory: "The Colonnade, constructed at a cost of $100,000, was one of Denver's first luxury apartment buildings."; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Jacquelyn Ainlay-Conley.; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.; R7001513836
