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Item Title
Town Hall & Jail, 21900 Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO
Location21900 Main Street,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CO-146
Building/structure dates:
1880 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1888 subsequent work
Significance: Both the Town Hall and Jail are well preserved examples of governmental buildings erected in Colorado mountain mining camps during the 1880's. The buildings and their furnishings vividly recall their civic and penal functions. Architecturally, the hall with its belfry clearly denotes its vote as center of governmental authority and civic identity, recalling similar buildings in other camps, now vanished or replaced.
Subjects
Municipal GovernmentJudicial ProceedingsLaw Enforcement
Related Names
Alby, Fred
Hay, Lucy E.
Campbell, Ransom
Town Of St. Elmo
W. W. Campbell & Bros Lumber Mill
Thallheimer, Arnold, Photographer
Long Hoeft Architects, Delineator
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. TOWN HALL AND JAIL, VIEWING SOUTHWEST
2. TOWN HALL AND JAIL, VIEWING NORTHWEST
3. INTERIOR VIEW OF TOWN HALL FROM DOOR
4. INTERIOR VIEW OF TOWN HALL FROM BACK OF ROOM
5. INTERIOR VIEW OF JAIL CELL THROUGH BACK DOOR
6. INTERIOR VIEW OF JAIL CELL FROM ANTE-ROOM, BACK OF TOWN HALL
7. INTERIOR VIEW OF INDIVIDUAL JAIL CELL IN THE BACK OF THE TOWN HALL
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