Historic Colorado Mansions & Castles
The discovery of gold and silver in Colorado's Rocky Mountains minted millionaires by the ton. The rough settlements of miners and ranchers quickly transformed into habitations more suitable for the newly wealthy class. William Newton Byers founded the Centennial State's first newspaper and built an Italianate-style palace with the proceeds, while Walter Scott Cheesman's Capitol Hill home later became the governor's residence. Stroll into the parlors and drawing rooms of oligarchs like August A. Meyer, Lyman Robison and James Joseph Brown. Visit Romanesque castles cut from native lava and country retreats designed by the country's foremost architects. Linda Wommack offers a tour of the finest mansions in Colorado, all proudly bearing the mark of the State and National Registers of Historic Preservation.
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Historic Colorado Mansions & Castles
The discovery of gold and silver in Colorado's Rocky Mountains minted millionaires by the ton. The rough settlements of miners and ranchers quickly transformed into habitations more suitable for the newly wealthy class. William Newton Byers founded the Centennial State's first newspaper and built an Italianate-style palace with the proceeds, while Walter Scott Cheesman's Capitol Hill home later became the governor's residence. Stroll into the parlors and drawing rooms of oligarchs like August A. Meyer, Lyman Robison and James Joseph Brown. Visit Romanesque castles cut from native lava and country retreats designed by the country's foremost architects. Linda Wommack offers a tour of the finest mansions in Colorado, all proudly bearing the mark of the State and National Registers of Historic Preservation.
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Historic Colorado Mansions & Castles

Historic Colorado Mansions & Castles

by Arcadia Publishing
Historic Colorado Mansions & Castles

Historic Colorado Mansions & Castles

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Overview

The discovery of gold and silver in Colorado's Rocky Mountains minted millionaires by the ton. The rough settlements of miners and ranchers quickly transformed into habitations more suitable for the newly wealthy class. William Newton Byers founded the Centennial State's first newspaper and built an Italianate-style palace with the proceeds, while Walter Scott Cheesman's Capitol Hill home later became the governor's residence. Stroll into the parlors and drawing rooms of oligarchs like August A. Meyer, Lyman Robison and James Joseph Brown. Visit Romanesque castles cut from native lava and country retreats designed by the country's foremost architects. Linda Wommack offers a tour of the finest mansions in Colorado, all proudly bearing the mark of the State and National Registers of Historic Preservation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626197480
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 11/11/2014
Series: Landmarks
Pages: 208
Sales rank: 1,052,995
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Linda Wommack is a Colorado historian and historical consultant. She has written seven books on Colorado history and has contributed to two anthologies on Western Americana. Linda has been a contributing editor for True West Magazine since 1995 and a staff writer contributing a monthly article for Wild West Magazine since 2004. She has also written for several publications throughout her state including the Tombstone Epitaph, the nation's oldest continuously published newspaper.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

1 Healy House - Leadville-1878: The House on the Hill 15

2 Byers-Evans House-Denver-1883: Denver's Oldest Mansion 29

3 The Robison Mansion-Canon City-1884: The Pride of a City's History 51

4 The Molly Brown House-Denver-1887: The House of Lions 63

5 The Wilber S. Raymond House/Castle Marne-Denver-1889: A Sleeping Beauty 89

6 Castle Isabel-Douglas County-1891: A Prairie Refuge 111

7 Gable House-Durango-1892: Durango's Victorian Diamond 127

8 Rosemount-Pueblo-1893: The Rose of Pueblo 137

9 Miramont Castle-Manitou Springs-1895: Mountain Mystery and Mystique 157

10 The Cheesman-Evans-Boettcher Mansion-Denver-1908: Fit for a Governor 177

Bibliography 195

Index 201

About the Author 205

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