Colorado State Capitol

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Colorado State Capitol
National Register of Historic Places
Historic District Contributing Property
National Historic Landmark District
Colorado State Capitol in Denver

Colorado State Capitol in Denver

Colorado State Capitol (Colorado)
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location Denver , Colorado
Coordinates 39 ° 44 '21.3 "  N , 104 ° 59' 5.5"  W Coordinates: 39 ° 44 '21.3 "  N , 104 ° 59' 5.5"  W.
Built 1894
architect Elijah E. Myers
Architectural style classicism
NRHP number 74002348
The NRHP added February 27, 1974
As  NHLD declared October 16, 2012
The statue "The Closing of an Era" in front of the Colorado Capitol shows an Indian who has killed a bison
Colorado State Capitol (1972)

The Colorado State Capitol Building is located at 200 East Colfax Avenue in Denver , Colorado and is home to the Colorado General Assembly , the Colorado Houses of Parliament, and the offices of the Colorado governor and lieutenant governor . The building is deliberately reminiscent of the United States Capitol . Designed by Elijah E. Myers, the building was constructed from white Colorado granite in the 1890s and commissioned in November 1894. The distinctive dome was gilded in 1908 in memory of the Colorado gold rush. The building is part of Denver's Civic Center.

The Capitol, which began development in the Capitol Hill District , is slightly higher than the rest of Old City Denver. The main entrance hall has an interior height of 55 m, as high as an 18-story house. The note "One Mile Above Sea Level." Is engraved on the 15th step of the stairs at the west entrance. From this step, a mile (1,609 m) above sea level, you can watch the sun set behind the Rocky Mountains . A second mile-high marker was placed on the 18th step in 1969 after Colorado State University students re-measured the elevation. In 2003, more modern means were used to make a more accurate measurement, which found that the 13th stage was one mile above sea level. A third mark was made there.

Colorado rose onyx, a pink marble from a quarry near Beulah, Colorado, was used extensively inside the building. The entire deposits were used for this. White Yule Marble from a quarry near Marble, Colorado was used for floors throughout the Capitol. Many patterns were discovered in the marble, one reminiscent of a painting by George Washington , another resembling Molly Brown .

In 2001 a safety improvement project was started. It was funded by the Colorado State Historical Fund and completed in 2009. The design by Fentress Architects added modern security features such as: B. closed stair towers that merge with the original architecture.

In many of the windows, stained glass depict images of people or events from the history of Colorado. The halls are decorated with portraits of all the presidents of the United States .

On February 27, 1974, the Colorado State Capitol was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a Contributing Property of the Civic Center Historic District . On June 24, 1991, an extension of the Colorado State Capitol, in which the heating plant is located, was added as an independent monument in the NRHP. On October 16, 2012, the Civic Center Historic District was granted National Historic Landmark status .

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Web links

Commons : Colorado State Capitol  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Closing Era statue . Public Art Around the World. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
  2. ^ Colorado State Capitol.
  3. ↑ coloradohistory-oahp.org ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / coloradohistory-oahp.org
  4. ^ Fentress completes work on Capitol's safety project . Denver Business Journal
  5. ^ Civic Center Historic District on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Colorado State Capitol Annex Building and Boiler Plant in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Colorado. National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2019.