East Denver Park District maintenance shop formerly the pumping plant in City Park
Creator(s)
Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
Summary
View of the front elevation of the East Denver Park District maintenance shop (1906-1908; designed by Joel Gray Barri, City Superintendent) at 2100 Steele Street in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a one-story, red brick structure in the Classical Revival style. The building has a flat roof, cornice with a faux modillion course, parapet, a covered porch, a rough-hewn stone foundation, and round arched windows. This building originally served as the pump house for City Park. From 1950 to 1959 it served as the "elephant house" for the adjoining Denver Zoo. A sign over the front door reads: "East Dist. 2100 Steele."
Date
1998
Notes
Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Jacquelyn Ainlay-Conley.; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.; R7001512636
Physical Description
1 slide : color.
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Cheesman Park and Circle Drive.;
Subject
City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Buildings.; Denver (Colo.). Parks and Recreation Dept--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.). Parks and Recreation Dept.--Buildings--1990-2000.; Park buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Source
Tom Noel.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
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