Design and Merchandising Pueblo Buildings

The Orman-Adams Residence is located in Pueblo’s Mesa Junction district at 102 W. Orman Ave. It was designed by William A. Lang, an architect well-known throughout the state for his Denver residences. in the Romanesque Revival style. Constructed in 1890, the Orman-Adams Residence was home to two presidents.

James B. Orman, who built the house, was the 1901-1903, Colorado governor. The second owner, Alva Adams, was the 1887-1889 and 1897-1899 Colorado governor. This house, with its 8 bedrooms is definitely fit for a governor.

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The Union Depot building is located in Pueblo’s historic district at 132 W B St in Pueblo’s Union Avenue Historic Business District. It was designed by Sprague and Newell, an architecture firm from Chicago, in the Richardsonian Romanesque Revival style. Constructed in 1890, the Union Depot speaks to how Pueblo was positioned well to become a railroad hub, and how the rail industry was integral to its development.

Before Union Depot, five railroad companies served Pueblo and there was a separate train station for each one! These companies were Missouri Pacific, Denver & Rio Grande; Denver, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, and Texas & Fort Worth. Union depot is named as such because all these companies agreed to use this same building.

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The Temple Emanuel building is located in Pueblo’s Mineral Palace district at 1325 N Grand Ave. It was designed by Jacob M. Gile, a well-known architect in Pueblo, with the help of George W. Roe in the Queen Anne style. Constructed in 1900, Temple Emanuel is used for services today, making it one of the oldest Pueblo structures still being used for religious purposes.

Its box-like plan and radiant stained-glass windows earned it the nickname “The little Jewelbox.” Due to impressive maintenance and preservation, these features still shine.

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The Lincoln Home building is located in Pueblo’s Northside district at 2713-2715 N Grand Ave. Constructed in 1889-1904, the Lincoln Home was originally named the Pueblo Colored Orphanage and Old Folks Home.

At its inception, the Pueblo Colored Orphanage and Old Folks Home was the only orphanage that would care for Black children although there were two other orphanages in Pueblo. They purchased 2713 and 2715 N Grand Ave as separate but identical buildings; then, they connected the two to create a larger space for the residents.

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The Martin Walter House is located in Pueblo’s Mesa Junction district at 300 W. Abriendo Ave. It may have been originally designed by P.C. Paper, an architect from Los Angeles, California. There is a record of Pape completing the renovation around 1912. Constructed in 1906, the Martin Walter House is an ornate adaptation of the Foursquare style, named for its plan organization as a two-by-two grid.

Martin Walter was the founder of the Walter Brewing Company, formerly the Pueblo Brewery. Artifacts from the Walter Brewing Company can be found around the house such as the porte cochere, or covered driveway for deliveries.

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The Pueblo County Courthouse building is in Pueblo’s downtown district at 215 W 10th St. It was designed by Albert R. Ross, an architect in New York, in the Beaux-Arts Classical Revival style. Constructed in 1912, Albert R. Ross designed the Pueblo County Courthouse, but George W. Roe was in charge of executing the plans, so he might be considered the “architect-of-record.” This practice of designer and architect-of-record still occurs today.

The decision to build an extravagant courthouse in a Western town was significant in the early 1900s. Therefore, the choice to build the Pueblo County Courthouse reflected that Puebloans expected their city to last and that it was not fated to be abandoned. The courthouse also made a statement about the citizen’s perceived importance of justice and law.

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The 4-H Auditorium is located in Pueblo’s State Fair district on W Summit Ave. It was designed in the Craftsman Style. Constructed in 1938, the 4-H Auditorium is a part of Camp Tobin, a camp originally established to reduce the financial barriers associated with attending the fair for youth in 4-H.

4-H is largely focused on experiential learning or “learning through doing.” This is consistent with the goals of the Works Progress Association (WPA) who funded the building. The WPA was a New Deal program to help end the Great Depression and it aimed to teach people trades. The men working on the 4-H building were mostly laborers who were educated in masonry through completing the project.

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The Mineral Palace Park Boathouse building is located in Pueblo’s Mineral Palace district at 1500 N Santa Fe Ave. It was designed in the Pueblo Revival style. Constructed around 1933-1940, Mineral Palace Park Boathouse was funded by the Works Progress Association (WPA), a New Deal program to help end the Great Depression.

Mineral Palace Park used to be home to the Mineral Palace, which was a huge ornate structure erected to display minerals and ores mined in Colorado. However, the Mineral Palace did not remain in its splendor. It fell into disrepair and was demolished due to structural issues by 1943.

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The Coronado Lodge building is located in Pueblo’s Bessemer district at 2130 Lake Ave. It was designed in the Pueblo Revival Style. Constructed from 1940-1948, the Coronado Lodge sits on the US 85/87, the main north-south thoroughfare of the time, so the Lodge catered to automobile tourists.

During the Jim Crow era, traveling could be very dangerous for Black individuals; the Negro Travelers’ Green Book was a book that helped Black travelers find safe accommodations. The Coronado Lodge was named in the Green Book from 1957 to 1967.

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