Huerfano County Courthouse and Jail
Appearance
Huerfano County Courthouse and Jail | |
Location | 400 Main St., Walsenburg, Colorado |
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Coordinates | 37°37′29″N 104°46′53″W / 37.62472°N 104.78139°W |
Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
Built | 1904 |
Architect | Henderson, C. A. |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 73000476[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 23, 1973 |
The Huerfano County Courthouse and Old Walsenburg Jail now the Walsenburg Mining Museum, are historic buildings in Walsenburg, Colorado in Huerfano County. The courthouse was built in 1904.[2] The jail was built in 1896.[3] The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1973. The courthouse is located at 400 Main Street. The jail is located at 112 West Fifth Street. The jail held Bob Ford, who killed Jesse James, and labor leader Mary "Mother" Jones.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Walsenburg Huerfano County (includes image of the jail/ mining museum)
- ^ a b "About Southern Colorado: Walsenburg Mining Museum".
External links
[edit]Media related to Huerfano County Courthouse and Jail at Wikimedia Commons
- Walsenburg Mining Museum website Huerfano County Historical Society
Categories:
- Buildings and structures in Huerfano County, Colorado
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
- County courthouses in Colorado
- Government buildings completed in 1904
- Romanesque architecture
- Museums in Huerfano County, Colorado
- National Register of Historic Places in Huerfano County, Colorado
- Mining museums in Colorado
- 1904 establishments in Colorado
- Colorado building and structure stubs
- Western United States museum stubs
- Colorado Registered Historic Place stubs