Cripple Creek, CO Photos

Cripple Creek, CO was during the 1890s a boom town, site of some of the world's richest gold mines. Most of the heritage Victorian commercial buildings along Bennett Avenue have now been restored & converted to casinos & hotels. The local museum displays mining, rail & Western history.

See also: Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad, Colorado
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Midand Terminal Depot (1895) now Cripple Creek District Museum beside mine headframe.

Bennett Avenue, main heritage street of Cripple Creek.

Heritage buildings along Bennett Avenue most of which were built in 1896 after fire destroyed the town.

443 E. Bennett Ave. now Wild West Casino & Brewery.

Bay windows of 419 E. Bennett Ave. now Old Chicago Casino.

Gold Mining Stock Exchange (1896) (373-9 E. Bennett Ave.) now Elks Lodge.

Gold Mining Stock Exchange upper story.

J.S. Neall & Co. block (1896) (361-3 E. Bennett Ave.) built as assay office.

Cripple Creek City Hall & Fire Station (1898) (337-43 E. Bennett Ave.).

Becker & Nolan block (1896) (301 E. Bennett Ave.) has served as a saloon, bank, telegraph office, law offices & casino.

Corner entrance of Becker & Nolan block (1896).

Fairley Brothers & Lampman (F.B.&L.) Block (1896) (300 E. Bennett Ave.) now Colorado Grand Casino.

Pittsburgh Building (1896) (277 E. Bennett Ave.).

Weinberg, Aspen & Iland buildings on Bennett Ave.

Weinberg Block (1896) (276-8 E. Bennett Ave.) now Creeker's Casino. Style: Italianate.

Decorative details of Weinberg Block.

Iland Block (268 E. Bennett Ave.) now Brass Ass Casino.

Brass Ass Casino (264 E. Bennett Ave.).

H. Schradsky & Jamison Blocks (1896) (248 & 246 E. Bennett Ave.) now poker room & general store.

L'Abbe (1889) & Phenix (1896) Blocks (232 Bennett Ave.) now J.P. McGills Casino.

Womack's Gaming Parlor infill (1991).

Victorian buildings along Bennett Ave.

T.R. Lorimer Block (1896) (249 E. Bennett Ave.) now Uncle Sams Casino.

Turf Club Room & Coors Building (1896) (237-9 & 241-3 E. Bennett Ave.) now Buffalo Billys Casino.

Piggott Block, A&K Block & Tutt Building (1896) (239 - 221 E. Bennett Ave.) now Buffalo Billys Casino.

Carr Building (1896) (209-213 E. Bennett Ave.) now Gold Rush Casino.

The Palace Block (1896) (172 E. Bennett Ave.) now Womacks Palace Hotel & Casino.

Brick facade of The Palace Block Hotel.

Canley Block (1899) (151 E. Bennett Ave.) now Independence Hotel.

Butte Opera House & Fire Station (139 E. Bennett Ave.).

Butte Opera House entrance.

Teller County Court House & Bell Bros Building (101 E. Bennett Ave.).

Teller County Court House (1904) (101-105 W. Bennett Ave.).

Cripple Creek Baptist Church (117 N 1st St.).
Style: Gothic Revival.

Roseberry Block & Hotel Imperial (1896) (121-7 N 3rd).

Cripple Creek High School (378 E Carr Ave.) now Carr Manor Hotel.

View down Bennett Avenue through glass collection of Cripple Creek District Museum.

Stoneware liquor crock jugs, one made by Western Pottery Co., Denver at Cripple Creek District Museum.

Beer Stein by Neef Bros. Brewing Co. of Denver at Cripple Creek District Museum.

Table lamps from Denver & Rio Grande Dining Cars at Cripple Creek District Museum.

Railway signal lamps at Cripple Creek District Museum.

Fancy dress at Cripple Creek District Museum.

Telephone PBX switchboard which served district of Cripple Creek until 1969 at town Museum.

Battery powered wall telephone at Cripple Creek District Museum.

Anaconda Gold Mining Co. stock certificate (1899) at Cripple Creek District Museum.


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