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architecture
9 Porch Notes tagged “architecture,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Weld County
The Weld County Courthouse was built as a Jewel of the Plains
The Weld County Courthouse in Greeley was built as a marble-and-limestone Classical Revival landmark after the old courthouse outgrew its space.
Read note ->History and culture - El Paso County
Van Briggle made Colorado Springs an art pottery town
The old Van Briggle Pottery building near Monument Creek ties Colorado Springs to art pottery, health-seeker migration, and a local architecture.
Read note ->History and culture - El Paso County
The Fine Arts Center was built as a whole arts house
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center grew from the Broadmoor Art Academy into one roof for a museum, a theater, and an art school.
Read note ->History and culture - Jefferson County
Boettcher Mansion began as a Lookout Mountain lodge
Boettcher Mansion on Lookout Mountain began as Charles Boettcher's 1917 Lorraine Lodge, a foothills retreat tied to early mountain-road tourism.
Read note ->History and culture - El Paso County
Glen Eyrie keeps Palmer's story in Queen's Canyon
Glen Eyrie, General William Jackson Palmer's estate in Queen's Canyon, gives Colorado Springs' founding story a specific stone-and-canyon setting.
Read note ->History and culture - El Paso County
The Old North End keeps Colorado Springs' early home styles visible
North of downtown Colorado Springs, the Old North End keeps a walkable run of late-1800s and early-1900s homes intact.
Read note ->History and culture - La Plata County
Durango's Main Avenue is a designated historic district
Downtown Durango's Main Avenue is a recognized historic district whose buildings record the town's mining-era beginnings and later growth as a regional hub.
Read note ->History and culture - Phillips County
Holyoke's courthouse is a New Deal landmark you can walk right up to
The 1935 Phillips County Courthouse in Holyoke is a Moderne-style Public Works Administration building on the National Register, and the only surviving PWA project in the county.
Read note ->History and culture - Cheyenne County
Walk Through the 1894 Jail a Famous Denver Architect Designed
Cheyenne Wells keeps a brick Romanesque jail from 1894, designed by Colorado's first licensed architect and now open as a small museum.
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