Lafayette, CO - Photo Gallery - Historic Lafayette

Congregational Church Then

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Congregational Church Then

Congregational Church Now

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Congregational Church

Evans House Now

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Evans House

Catholic Rectory Now

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Catholic Rectory

Angevine House - Now

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Merrill Angevine bought the house in 1937. Mr. Angevine served on City Council, was the principal of Lafayette High Schook and the superintendent of Lafayette schools. The middle school in Lafayette bears the name Angevine in his honor.

Angevine House Then

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Angevine House at 610 E. Simpson Street was built in 1890 by S.J. Gildner from brick made by the Lafayette Kiln.

Beckett House Now

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The most decorative feature of the Beckett House is its attached porch gasebo, which alludes to the Queen Anne decorative style of the late 1890s.

Beckett House Then

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The Beckett House located at 307 E. Cleveland St. is a rare example of a circa 1890s Late Victorian single-family house in Lafayette. This house was the home of Edgar Beckett, long time postmaster, and his wife Georgia.

Albert & Rosie James House Now

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Lafayette Construction built the home as a wedding gift for Albert James, a World War II veteran and coal miner, and Rosie James, a University of Colorado housekeeper and owner of a pool hall on Public Road.

Albert & Rosie James House Then

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Constructued in 1957, the Albert and Rosies James House at 310 W. Simpson St. represents the ranch style called Modern Era Post War and includes wood siding, asphalt shingle roofing material, and is a single-story ranch style floor plan.

Ewing Farmhouse Now

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The Ewing Farmhouse was recognized as a Centennial Farm ion 1987 and was placed on the State Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Ewing Family Farmhouse Then

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The Ewing Family Farmhouse is located at 1915 North 95th Street and is on the State Register of Historic Places and the Lafayette Register of Historic Properties.

Henderson House Now

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David and Myrtle Henderson owned the house from 1917 to 1972. Mr. Henderson was a coal miner and foreman of the Superior Mine, and also served on the Lafayette Town Board of Trustees and as mayor pro-tem and Town Clerk.

Henderson House Then

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The Henderson House at 219 W. Simpson St. was built in 1910. The vernacular frame house represents a typical dwellign during the Lafayette Coal Mining Era, with its small size, inexpensive materials and lack of ornamentation.

Knill Green Now

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This house was builint in 1892 during the Victorian Architecture period known as the Early Eclectic (1890-1920). The carriage house, coal house, and outhouse at the alley are examples of outbuildings constructed in the early 20th century.

Kulgren House Now

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Mary Kulgren ran a boarding house in the home. The small building at the rear of the property was the wash house for the miners, who were expected to clean up there after a day in the mines.

Kulgren House Then

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The Kulgren House located on 209 E. Cleveland St. was constructed in 1890. Andrew Kulgren owned a harness shop at 400 E. Simpson Street, where he made and repaired harnesses and shoes. Mr. Kulgren also served on the Town Council for three years.

Knill Green House Then

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The Knill Green House located at 200 E. Cannon St. was the home of mining engineers and to several generations who contributed to the mining history of Lafayette.

Lafayette House Now

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Boarding houses played an integrate role in Lafayette's development. Many of the men who worked in the mines were single or lived alone until they could afford to send for their families.

Lafayette House Then

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The Lafayette House located at 600 E. Simpson St. was constructed in 1892 and opened for business as a boarding house at the turn of the century. Rooms cost fifty cents a night or three dollars a week, including meals!

Lafayette High School Now

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Seven expansions to the original building occurred from 1952 to 1991, resulting in the current 69,518 sq. ft. building. In 1991 the original 1925 building became Pioneer Elementary School. The building is now the Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School.

Lafayette High School Then

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Lafayette High School located at 101 E. Baseline Road was built in 1925 making it the oldest extand school building in Lafayette. Robert Kenneth Fuller designed the building and many others in Colorado.

Maxwell House

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Built in 1898, the Maxwell House at 406 E. Baseline Rd., has original cedar clapboard siding, stacked flagstone foundation for the cellar, and original trim on interior windows. Original porch columns and exterior doors are stll intact.

Lafayette Methodist Church Now

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00 -0700

The Church suffered fire damage in 1924 and again in 1944. The second fire was severe enough that the congregation determined to make a fresh start in a new church. Today it is privately owned and has been renovated for multi-family housing.

Lafayette Methodist Church Then

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The Lafayette Methodist Church located at 211 E. Geneseo St. was built in 1901 on land deeded to the Church by Mary Miller, founder of Lafayette. It was Lafayette's second church.

Lewis House - Miner's Musuem Now

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The Lafayette Historical Society acquired the Lewis House in 1976 and renovated it for use as the Lafayette Miner's Museum. The museum is now owned by the City of Lafayette, and houses a vast store of memorabilia from the mining era.

Padfield House

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The property at 104 E. Simpson St. was passed to Elizabeth Padfield in 1908. It has had various owners through the years. The Padfield House attests to the rich development of Lafayette from its birth to coal mining and history over the 20th century.

Richards House Then

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The Richards House at 201 E. Cleveland Street exemplifies the cultural, economic and social heritage of the community of Lafayette during the heydey of the coal mining era.

Richards House Now

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Some excavation work on the property has uncovered animal rib bones, glass bottles, fragments of a tea cup saucer, railroad rails, and fragments of a United Miner Workers newspaper believed to date back to 1928.

Swennes House Now

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The Sweenes House was built with brick from Boulder, Golden, Denver and other Colorado cities. The house was the first in Lafayette with a wide picture window facing west to caputre the mountain views. The window is still in original condition.

Swennes House Then

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The Swennes House located at 401 W. Cleveland St. demonstrates an architectural style that was popular during the 1920's and 1930's. The steeply pitched roof, prominent exterior chimney and gable vestibules reflects the Tudor style with a local flavor.

The Terrace

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00 -0700

The Terrace, 205-207 E Cleveland is a unique exemplae of a "terrace" or row house, built of wood frame and clapboard rather than masonry. The building is designed in the Colonial Revival style.

Thomas House being moved

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00 -0700

The Thomas House was the farmhouse for the land north of Waneka Lake. In the 1990's, the house was slated for demolition to make way for a housing subdivision. The current owners of the house were able to move house and restore it.

Thomas House Now

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00 -0700

The Thomas House was restored and is a superb example of historic preservation in Lafayette. The Thomas House was added to the Lafayette Register of Historic Properties in 2000 and was featured on an HGTV program on restoring old homes in 2003.

Thomas House Then

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00 -0700

The Thomas House was the home of Anna Waneka Thomas, daughter of Lafayette homesteaders, Adloph and Anna Waneka. Once located on Baseline Road, it is now located at 513 E. Elm St.

Waneka Granary Now

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00 -0700

The Granary was originally built in the Waneka Lake area in the late 1870s's. The building is owned by the City of Lafayette and was placed on the Lafayette Register of Historic Properties in 2001.

Waneka Granary Then

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The Waneka Granary is now located on the east side of Waneka Lake. The Granary represents the life and work of one of the earliest homesteaders in the area that is now Lafayette.

Weiler House Now

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The Weiler House at 401 E. Baseline Rd. was placed on the Lafayette Register of Historic Properties in 2000.

Lewis House Then

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The Lewis House located at 108 E. Simpson St. was originally constructed at the Gladstone Coal Mine, north of Lafayette. During the coal strike of 1910 the house was moved by the original ower, Oscar Padfield, to its current location on East Simpson St.

Lafayette Cemetery Now

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00 -0700

The cemetery holds the remains of many prominent figures in Lafayette's history such as the Waneka family, the Moon family, and the Schofield family.

Lafayette Cemetery Then

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The Lafayette Cemetery located at 111 W. Baseline Rd. was purchased by the City of Lafayette in 1891 from the Union Pacific Railroad two years after the city was incorporated in 1889. The cemetery was a key burial location for many local miners.

Miller House Then

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The Miller House, 409 E. Cleveland St. was Mary Miller's home in Lafayette. In 1871, the Millers bought the land that would later become the Lafayette townsite, and opened a hotel and stage station on the Denver to Laramie stage route.

Miller House Now

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The sandstone walks and bay windows on the east and west side of the home as well as the iron fence that surrounds the proeprty, are all as they were when the home was built in 1900.

The Terrace Then

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The Terrace located at 205-207 E. Cleveland St. is an eight-unit Terrace situated on two lots in historic Old Town Lafayette and was built in 1900. Several units were damaged by fire in 2000, and much of The Terrace is currently under restoration.