Old Livery Stable

Old Livery Stable
Location 217 W. Missouri, Fountain, Colorado
Coordinates 38°40′57″N 104°42′8″W / 38.68250°N 104.70222°W / 38.68250; -104.70222Coordinates: 38°40′57″N 104°42′8″W / 38.68250°N 104.70222°W / 38.68250; -104.70222
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1893
NRHP reference # 79000603[1]
Added to NRHP March 2, 1979

The Old Livery Stable in Fountain, Colorado is a historic stable which was built in 1893 as part of a small hotel complex. It housed horses of hotel guests. With the rise of automobiles such use ended and the stable decayed. The hotel was damaged in a fire in the 1940s, then partially repaired to serve as a rooming house, then demolished to make way for new buildings; only the stable remains.[2]

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Its NRHP nomination states that the stable is:

a vestige of the life and commerce of an earlier day in Fountain. Although vernacular in style, the architecture is of particular interest. The thick, heavy walls; the use of crude stones; the massiveness of the construction; and the integrated use of the dormer and cupola in a stable all reflect a time and a place where there was relatively little architectural knowledge, a time and a place where the builders drew on their rough experiences to build a utilitarian structure to serve the hotel trade. Today the Old Livery Stable stands as a landmark in downtown Fountain.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Mrs. Jon Frost (September 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Livery Stable". National Park Service. With https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/79000603_photos.
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