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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHE_mint-robbery-historical_Denver-CO.html
The first man to rob the Denver Mint was "Small Bad Jim" - James Clark. The gold bars were so heavy that he began dropping them only one mile away in what is now Cheesman Park. Six days later, the desperado was captured 25 miles south of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U42_spratlen-anderson-building-historical_Denver-CO.html
On the original site of the Washington Hotel and Studebaker Buggy and Carriage House, this building was constructed in 1906 as a four-story warehouse for the Spratlen-Anderson Mercantile Co. Frank Edbrooke designed the original structure, as well …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U41_the-edbrooke-lofts-historical_Denver-CO.html
This site has been home to: 1880 · The Washington Hotel 1896 · Studebaker Buggy & Carriage Works 1902 · The Spratlen-Anderson Wholesale Grocery Company 1923 · Davis Brothers Drug Company 1957 · Lan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U3F_denver-city-railway-building-historical_Denver-CO.html
Originally built as the stables for the Denver City Railway Company in 1883, this building was the birthplace of Denver's Public Transportation system. Horse drawn trolleys, soon replaced by one of America's most extensive cable car networks, crea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U3E_barteldes-hartig-building-historical_Denver-CO.html
For more than a century, Denver's warehouse district has centered on Wynkoop. Stimulated by the arrival of the railroads in 1870 and the subsequent need for distribution services, an impressive array of three-to-five story warehouses, flat roofed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U3D_c-s-morey-mercantile-building-historical_Denver-CO.html
Constructed in 1896 for $75,000, the Morey Mercantile Building was the first notable warehouse to be built after the 1893 silver crash. Designed by Gove & Walsh, the structure included a spice grinding mill, roasting plant, extract laboratory and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U3A_st-elmo-hotel-historical_Denver-CO.html
The St. Elmo Hotel, constructed in 1896, joined a pantheon of grand and small hotels clustered in lower downtown to serve railroad travelers. In 1870, the first Denver Pacific locomotive pulled into Denver, and prosperity followed close on its whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U2C_windsor-farm-dairy-building-the-crocker-cracker-factory-historical_Denver-CO.html
Windsor Farm Dairy Building 1918 A building with a milky past, the Windsor Farm Dairy was built in 1918 for $30.000. A leading Denver architectural firm, Fisher & Fisher, designed this red brick structure with terra cotta trim for H. Brown C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U24_blake-street-area-historical_Denver-CO.html
Blake Street was named after Charles Blake, who came to Denver in 1858, and established supply depots throughout Lower Downtown. Originally, the area was Denver's warehouse, brothel, and sporting house district. Some of the most infamous establ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1Z_18th-st-atrium-littleton-creamery-beatrice-cold-storage-warehouse-historical_Denver-CO.html
18th St. Atrium 1919 One of the last buildings constructed in "Warehouse Row," which stretched from Cherry Creek to the 1900 blocks of Wynkoop Street, 1621 18th Street originated as the warehouse and offices for Bourk, Donaldson and Taylor, …
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