Colorado - Golden: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave

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Colorado - Golden: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave

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Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, at 987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Road, was opened in 1921 by Johnny Baker, the foster son of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, after his father died in kidney failure in 1917 and was subsequently buried atop Lookout Mountain, overlooking Denver and the Great Plains, where his wife claimed he always wanted to be buried. Louisa Maud Frederici Cody (1843-1921) would be buried next to her husband less than a year after the museum opened.

The Bakers built the "Pahaska Teppe," named after Cody's hunting lodge of the same name outside of Yellowstone Park, to house the artifacts and memorabilia from the life of Buffalo Bill. After Johnny Baker's death in 1931, his wife Olive continued to operate Pahaska Tepee until her own death in 1956, at which point the collection became the property of the City and County of Denver. In 1979, the museum was moved to a new building just north of the Pahaska Tepee, which now serves as a large souvenir shop and cafe offering buffalo.

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) born in in Iowa, and after dropping out of school in 1860, rode on for the short-lived Pony Express Company, carrying mail from San Francisco, California to St. Joseph, Missouri, and back. During the Civil War, he joined a Jayhawk group, fighting the Confederacy via guerilla style raids in the South, and later served as a Union scout. After the war, he started a hotel in Kansas, but soon sold it to start a freight company, which went out of business when the Indians captured his wagons and horses. After doing some railroad construction work, he became a buffalo hunter, supplying buffalo meat to the railroad gangs building the Transcontinental Railroad. It is said that he killed 4,000 buffalo in just 18 months, earning him his nickname.

From 1868 to 1872, he served as a civilian scout for the United States Army, during the Indian Campaigns. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1872 for gallantry in action in a battle with Indians on the Platte River, which was later revoked in 1917 because he was not an official member of the military. In late 1883, he formed up a "Wild West" Circus to tour the United States and Europe. The show included mock Indian battles and demonstrations of shooting skill, and became one of the widest known and successful entertainment endeavors in the late 19th and early 20 Centuries.

National Register # 75002189 (1975)

I met Fup

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How do you prove that you met a store cat? You get a business card, of course. I saw Fup, the store cat of Portland's famous Powell's book stores, wandering about in the computer books. When I went to check out, there were Fup cards at the register, so I snagged one.

James Dolan House (1894) – staircase

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96 South Union Street, Burlington, Vermont USA • Now operating as offices with a third-floor apartment, I'm told it was once a brothel.

This single-family Queen Anne style, eaves-front house, dominated by a large round tower filling the right half of the front facade, faces west on South Union Street. The 2 x 4 bay shingle and clapboard sided wood frame structure rises from the redstone foundation to the steeply pitched gable roof.

While the roof was originally all covered by slate, the main eaves-front gable has been covered by asphalt shingles. The area with slate remaining has gray slate laid with a band of clipped shingles. The large tower is covered with plain wood shingles except for the first course on on second floor, which has sawtooth shingles. The finial-capped tower has a hip roof dormer extending from the front (west) side of its conical roof. The window in this dorrner and in the dormer protruding west from the main gable (which has cheeks which round into half circles before ending at the recessed sash) have multi-light windows. Most of the building is 1/1 windows, some of the exceptions being two fixed-sash stained glass windows and a set of replacement windows toward the back of the budding. One stained glass, a small elaborate window located on the right (south) side year beyond the tower, is a more recent (1987) sash designed with mountains and a sunset. The right (south) gable has a slate hood and a projecting gable toward the rear of the main gable which, contains a bow window below it. The gable of this bow window has fishscale shingles in the lower corners and a 3/1 window in the rear. A bay window on the left (north) side gable wall rises two stories and ends in a hip roof.

The porch on the left front facade has a full-width pediment filled with floral carvings which is held up by steel cornerposts. The front door consists of a large rectangular pane above two vertical panels. The two round arch openings above the porch look as if they originally enclosed a small sunporch. Now these two openings are filled with large fixed panes of glass.

The double-flue chimney is made of brick and has a corbelled top. The back (east) side of the building retains in basic shape of a 2-1/2 story building but has been altered with skylights, additional construction and at least one window replacement. The lot is flat and sits a few feet above the sidewalk. This house was built for James Dolan, who had a grocery business at 203-205 College Street called Dolan Bros. – From the NRHP application.

☞ This building is one of 136 contributing structures of the 280 acre Buell Street - Bradley Street Historic District, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (#95001260), since November 13, 1995.

• More Info: GeoHack: 44°28′45″N 73°12′31″W.

Colorado - Estes Park: The Stanley Hotel - Manor House

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Colorado - Estes Park: The Stanley Hotel - Manor House

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The Manor House, a 1/3 scale replica of the miniature replica of the Stanley main hotel building, was built in 1909 and opened for business in 1910. Built in the same Georgian style, it was designed to be a year round heated hotel, unlike the main building which did not have heat until 1982. During the summer seasons, the Manor House was used primarily as the bachelor's quarters only. F.O. Stanley insisted that single young men should not be housed with couples and single women who were staying in the main hotel building. When it was initially constructed, the Manor House had its own kitchen and dining room, library, parlor, billiard tables, and heating source. There were 32 suites with private baths.

The Stanley Hotel, located at 333 Wonder View Avenue within sight of the Rocky Mountain National Park, was built and designed by Freelan O. Stanley and opened on July 4, 1909. Forced by poor health to move West, F.O. Stanley, co-inventor of the Stanley Steamer automobile, arrived in Estes Park in 1903. In 1907, he purchased 160 acres of land from Lord Dunraven and began construction on the Main Building of the hotel, one of 11 in the original complex, with timber cut from the Bear Lake burn in 1900 from land now known as Rocky Mountain National Park. The hotel, which initially included an ice pond, a water reservoir, and a 9-hole golf course, catered to the rich and famous, including early guests like Titanic survivor Margaret Brown, John Philip Sousa, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Today, the neoclassical hotel sits on 55 acres of property with 138 guest rooms.

The Stanley Hotel is most iconic for serving as the inspiration for the fictional Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's novel, The Shining. King conceived the idea for his third novel while staying at an empty Stanley at the end of a season with his wife. Contrary to information sometimes published, King was living in Boulder at the time and did not actually write the novel at the hotel. The Shining tells the story of a writer with a wife and son who accept the job of off-season caretaker at an isolated hotel, and after a paralyzing storm becomes influenced by the supernatural presence and descends into madness. The 1997 ABC television miniseries, The Shining, was filmed at the Stanley, although Mount Hood, Oregon's Timberline Lodge, stood in as the Overlook for Stanley Kubrick's cinematic version, which is played on a continous loop on Channel 42 on guest room televisions.

Many believe that the Stanley's haunted history is not relegated to the fictional realm. It is believed that Flora, Stanley's wife, continues to play the Steinway Grand Piano, still located in the ballroom, that he bought her for the grand opening in 1901. People have reported hearing piano music, and seeing the piano keys move but someone crosses the threshold of the ballroom, the music stops. F.O. Stanley is believed to haunt the Billiard Room and Lobby. Lord Dunraven reportedly can be spotted in room 407, where he turns the lights off and on and makes strange noises. The fourth floor hallways are said to be haunted by ghost children. Kitchen staff have reported hearing a party going on in the ballroom, only to find it empty. In one guest room, people claim to have seen a man standing over the bed before running into the cupboard. This same apparition is allegedly responsible for stealing guests' jewellery, watches, and luggage.

National Register #85001256 (1985)

Colorado - Estes Park: The Stanley Hotel - Manor House

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The Manor House, a 1/3 scale replica of the miniature replica of the Stanley main hotel building, was built in 1909 and opened for business in 1910. Built in the same Georgian style, it was designed to be a year round heated hotel, unlike the main building which did not have heat until 1982. During the summer seasons, the Manor House was used primarily as the bachelor's quarters only. F.O. Stanley insisted that single young men should not be housed with couples and single women who were staying in the main hotel building. When it was initially constructed, the Manor House had its own kitchen and dining room, library, parlor, billiard tables, and heating source. There were 32 suites with private baths.

The Stanley Hotel, located at 333 Wonder View Avenue within sight of the Rocky Mountain National Park, was built and designed by Freelan O. Stanley and opened on July 4, 1909. Forced by poor health to move West, F.O. Stanley, co-inventor of the Stanley Steamer automobile, arrived in Estes Park in 1903. In 1907, he purchased 160 acres of land from Lord Dunraven and began construction on the Main Building of the hotel, one of 11 in the original complex, with timber cut from the Bear Lake burn in 1900 from land now known as Rocky Mountain National Park. The hotel, which initially included an ice pond, a water reservoir, and a 9-hole golf course, catered to the rich and famous, including early guests like Titanic survivor Margaret Brown, John Philip Sousa, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Today, the neoclassical hotel sits on 55 acres of property with 138 guest rooms.

The Stanley Hotel is most iconic for serving as the inspiration for the fictional Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's novel, The Shining. King conceived the idea for his third novel while staying at an empty Stanley at the end of a season with his wife. Contrary to information sometimes published, King was living in Boulder at the time and did not actually write the novel at the hotel. The Shining tells the story of a writer with a wife and son who accept the job of off-season caretaker at an isolated hotel, and after a paralyzing storm becomes influenced by the supernatural presence and descends into madness. The 1997 ABC television miniseries, The Shining, was filmed at the Stanley, although Mount Hood, Oregon's Timberline Lodge, stood in as the Overlook for Stanley Kubrick's cinematic version, which is played on a continous loop on Channel 42 on guest room televisions.

Many believe that the Stanley's haunted history is not relegated to the fictional realm. It is believed that Flora, Stanley's wife, continues to play the Steinway Grand Piano, still located in the ballroom, that he bought her for the grand opening in 1901. People have reported hearing piano music, and seeing the piano keys move but someone crosses the threshold of the ballroom, the music stops. F.O. Stanley is believed to haunt the Billiard Room and Lobby. Lord Dunraven reportedly can be spotted in room 407, where he turns the lights off and on and makes strange noises. The fourth floor hallways are said to be haunted by ghost children. Kitchen staff have reported hearing a party going on in the ballroom, only to find it empty. In one guest room, people claim to have seen a man standing over the bed before running into the cupboard. This same apparition is allegedly responsible for stealing guests' jewellery, watches, and luggage.

National Register #85001256 (1985)

Denver - CBD: Colorado National Bank

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Denver - CBD: Colorado National Bank

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The Colorado National Bank Building, at 918 17th Street, opened in 1915 as the third home of the Colorado National Bank. Designed in necoclassical style by architects William and Arthur Fisher, a seamless vertical addition was made in 1925 by Merrill and Burnham.

National Register #10000215 (2010)

Denver - CBD: Colorado National Bank

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The Colorado National Bank Building, at 918 17th Street, opened in 1915 as the third home of the Colorado National Bank. Designed in necoclassical style by architects William and Arthur Fisher, a seamless vertical addition was made in 1925 by Merrill and Burnham.

National Register #10000215 (2010)

Denver - CBD: Colorado National Bank

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The Colorado National Bank Building, at 918 17th Street, opened in 1915 as the third home of the Colorado National Bank. Designed in necoclassical style by architects William and Arthur Fisher, a seamless vertical addition was made in 1925 by Merrill and Burnham.

National Register #10000215 (2010)

Colorado - Idaho Springs: First National Bank

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Colorado - Idaho Springs: First National Bank

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The First National Bank, at 1542-1546 Miner Street, was constructed in 1880 on land owned by Henry Plummer, who served as the president of the bank. As the first bank in Idaho Springs, it was considered to have the most modern equipment and was furnished in a very elegant, Victorian style. The bank offered safety deposit boxes to its customers and had the only burglar-proof vault in Northern Colorado outside of Denver. Bank officers included notable community business leaders such as Dennis Faivre, George McClelland, J.J. Elliott, Thomas Cooper, William Doe and L. Hanchett.

In 1885, the west half of the building was constructed for Thero and Co., a company specializing in fresh and smoked meats and fish. First National Bank was not able to survive the Depression and the building was sold over the years and leased to a jewelry store, lawyers and accountants. In 1989, the building was purchased by Leo Bradley with the intent to restore it to its original purpose as a community bank. After a renovation, Clear Creek National Bank opened its doors in 1996. The vault is now lit at night and can be seen through the floor to ceiling windows, topped with double sets of Greek Revivial stone pediments, from the street. The original safety deposit boxes were located in a salvage yard and reinstalled in the vault.

The Idaho Springs Downtown Commercial District, roughly bound by Center Alley, 14th Avenue, Riverside Drive, and Idaho Street, has been the commercial center of the community since its development in the late 19th century. The Idaho Springs downtown area, with its collection of Late Victorian-Era structures, formed the core of a city where prospector George A. Jackson made the first placer gold discovery in Colorado. It went on to serve as an important milling and supply center for the mining region which accelerated the settlement of Colorado.