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In a town where grit meets good ideas, even an empty building can spark conversation and a story. For more than a century, the Ordway Pharmacy stood at the heart of Main Street, serving prescriptions, ice cream sodas, and small-town conversation. Generations of...
A post office, hat-making factory, hotel, restaurant, opera house, bank, bar, and telephone exchange – oh my! Nestled in the heart of Main Street in Brush, the Knearl Block and Opera House embodies the multifaceted use of buildings in Eastern Colorado...
Built to provide energy to the Walsen Mine, Walsen Camp, and the town of Walsenburg, the power plant is the last remaining structure of the once bustling Walsen Camp, a coal mining settlement dating from the late 1870s. At its peak, the Walsen Camp boasted over 200...
Prominently located in the Town of Windsor and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the four-story Windsor Mill was constructed in 1899 and used as a flour and feed mill until 1990. The building is a fine architectural representation of the progression...
Before April 1901, Denver had only one electric light and power plant to provide electricity for the city’s growing population. In March 1900, Charles F. LaCombe and his beneficiaries received a franchise to build an electric power plant, breaking the monopoly...
In 1893, the Durango Light and Power Company proudly opened its Power House, providing modern A/C power to Durango long before the cities of New York or Chicago. The building boasted cutting-edge Spanish Mission architecture, the first of its kind in Colorado. When...
The industrial giant of Colorado Fuel & Iron was born on January 11, 1872 when General William Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs and owner of the two year-old Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, filed incorporation papers. It acquired many iron and coal...
The industrial giant of Colorado Fuel & Iron was born on January 11, 1872 when General William Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs and owner of the two-year-old Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, filed incorporation papers. It acquired many iron and coal...