Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Colorado History Museum [demolished]
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Preferred Title:
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Colorado History Museum [demolished]
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Image View:
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General view, looking northeast towards the Colorado State Capitol
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Creator:
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Rogers-Nagel-Langhart (RNL Design) (American architectural firm, founded 1966)
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Location:
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formerSite: Denver, Colorado, United States
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Location Note:
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1300 Broadway
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GPS:
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+39.737431-104.98678
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Date:
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1976 (creation); demolished 2010 (destruction)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Modernist; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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museum
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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brick; glass; steel
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Description:
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The three-story brick Colorado History Museum was at 1300 Broadway in Denver from 1976 to 2010, and was administered by the Colorado Historical Society, now known as History Colorado. It closed on 28 March 2010, and the building was demolished in June to make way for a new Colorado Judicial Complex. The replacement museum, the History Colorado Center, was constructed one block to the south. Signage and exterior design elements were modified over the ensuing years to make the function of the building more apparent; the last ""edited"" facade had a large historic photo mural panel added to it. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Image Description:
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Before destruction, the facade had a large photo mural added to it with signage; this covered windows on the otherwise plain facade.
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Eight
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Identifier:
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1A2-US-D-CHM-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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