In the prison yard in Canon City, Colorado, garden, lawn, and potted plants flank the City Ditch which enters through a grated arch in the wall. Footbridges cross the canal leading to the Administration Building. Other features include a two-story, gable roofed stone structure with a belfry and barred, arched windows. Carved stone steps have urns on their walls, and are flanked by flowerbeds and white picket fence. A faceted guard tower and a one-story building with an incised pediment reading: "Hose No 2" edge the plaza; a pith helmet tops its entry. Steps from the plaza cut through a wall to a lower level; power poles and an electric lamp dot the area.
Date
[between 1890 and 1900?]
Notes
Title hand-written on back of photoprint.; R7100078020
Description
1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 x 9 1/2 in.)
Subject
Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
Source
Source: W. K. Patterson Mss Collection
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
