Durham Tobacco Sign
Circa 1890s
Artist - Traveling Artists of the Durham Tobacco Company
Advertises Bull Durham Tobacco
Location - 514 9th Street (north wall of shed at rear alley)
12th Street Streetscape
1901
Artist - P.H. Murray
Location - 900-1200 blocks of 12th Street
Designated on the Golden, Colorado and National Historic Registers
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1908
Artist - Joseph Francis O'Byrne
Builder - Students of the Colorado School of Mines
Signifies Colorado School of Mines
Location - Top of Mt. Zion
Lariat Loop Gateway
1917
Artist - Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
Location - Entrance to Lookout Mountain Road
Designated on the Golden, Denver, Colorado and National Historic Registers
Rock Rest Arch
Circa 1917
Location - 16001 Mt. Vernon Road (behind Rock Rest on Mt. Vernon Road)
Coors Porcelain Bannerhead
Circa 1920
Advertises Coors Porcelain
Location - 600 9th Street (historic east wall on Ford Street)
The Fair Store/Wrigley's Gum Sign
Circa 1923
Advertised The Fair dime store and Wrigley's P.K. Chewing Sweet gum
Location - 1116 Washington Avenue (interior north wall, both stories)
(Image is historic photograph, possibly showing the artist, while sign is still unfinished, courtesy Golden Pioneer Museum)
Indian Mural
Circa 1925
Modified 1933, circa 2003
Artist - Chester C. Rogers
Preserved by Elvyn E. Stewart
Advertised Rocky Ford Cigars
Location - 922 Washington Avenue (south wall)
Designated on the Golden Historic Register
Golden High School Friezes
Circa 1925
Location - In Storage
Given by graduating classes of Golden High School
Original Location - 710 10th Street
Dawn Of The West
1927
Artist - Gerald R. Cassidy
In Memory of Harold M. Rubey
Given by Jesse W. Rubey
Location - 710 10th Street (interior top floor, between auditorium doors)
Original Location - 710 10th Street (interior main floor lobby)
George W. Parfet Memorial
1929
Artist - Gerald R. Cassidy
In Memory of George Washington Parfet
Given by the Golden Kiwanis Club
Location - Southeast corner of 10th & Washington (north center of Parfet Park along 10th Street)
Romano Gateway Arch
Circa 1929
Location - 16300 South Golden Road
(Image is illustration of arch with Romano house drawn by Will Brown in 2004, courtesy Golden Landmarks Association)
Clear Creek Riverscape
1933
Modified 1980s-today
Commissioned by the Civil Works Administration
Location - Clear Creek through Golden
State Industrial School Gateway
Circa 1935
Modified circa 1960s (destruction of west half)
Commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (probable)
Location - Southern terminus of Ford Street (atop hill at Lookout campus)
Camp George West Gateway
Circa 1935
Commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (probable)
Location - 15000 South Golden Road, south side
9th Street Streetscape
1938
Commissioned by the Works Progress Administration
Location - 800-1200 Blocks of 9th Street
History Of Mining
1939
Artist - Irwin D. Hoffman
Commissioned by the Golden Gate Exposition
Location - 1400 Maple Street (inside CSM Geology Museum)
Original Location - San Francisco, California (Golden Gate Exposition)
(Image courtesy Colorado School of Mines)
Building The New Road
1942
Artist - Kenneth Evett
Commissioned by the Works Progress Administration
Location - 621 12th Street (upper west wall of Post Office lobby)
Welcome Arch
1949
Modified 1975, 1979, 1997
Artist - Paul Reeves
Builder - Consolidated Electric
Given by the Golden Chamber of Commerce
Location - 1100 Block of Washington Avenue
Golden Motel Sign
1953
Advertises Golden Motel
Location - 510 24th Street (on corner in front)
Golden Bowl Sign
1955
Modified 2006
Advertises Golden Bowl bowling alley
Location - 525 24th Street (atop west wall)
Golden Bowl Inn Sign
1956
Modified circa 1970, 2006
Advertised Golden Bowl Inn coffee shop
Location - 525 24th Street (in rear to southwest)
Original Location - 2401 South Golden Road (south of building)
Ace Hi Tavern Sign
Circa 1956
Modified 2006
Advertises Ace Hi Tavern
Location - 1212 Washington Avenue (atop building)
Original Location - 1212 Washington Avenue (facade above storefront)
Gaelic Cross
1958
Artist - Ralph D. Peterson (architect of building)
Builder - Edward Mariska (contractor of building)
Location - 17007 West 16th Avenue (north wall of chapel)
The Founding Of Golden In 1858
1963
Artist - Hal Shelton
Location - Unaccounted For
Original Location - 1310 Washington Avenue (Holland House Hotel, Empire Room)
Colorado Today
1963
Artist - Hal Shelton
Location - 1470 10th Street (interior upper floor above stairs at Golden Community Center)
Original Location - 1310 Washington Avenue (Holland House Hotel, Empire Room)
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1965
Artist - Golden High School Students
Location - South Table Mountain (southwest rim)
Coors Sign
Circa 1960s
Advertises Coors Beer
Location - Coors Brewery (atop complex, west wall)
Mighty Muffler Sign
1954
Converted to art piece sign circa 1970
Advertised Mighty Muffler
Location - 2200 Ford Street (on corner in front)
Adobe Arches
1984
Artist - Nils A. Christensen
Location - Southeast corner of 19th & Illinois Streets
Of The Earth And Man
1989
Artist - John T. Young
Location - Kafadar Commons (east end at west end of 15th Street)
Downtown Golden Streetscape
1992
Artist - Design Studios West
Builder - R.C. Heath Construction
Location - Washington Avenue, 12th Street, 13th Street in Downtown Golden
Cameron's Dragon
September 1993
Artist - Mary Zimmerman
In Memory of Cameron Spencer McClure
Location - Southeast corner 10th & Washington (inside Parfet Memorial, north center of Parfet Park along 10th Street)
Foss Mural
1994
Artist - Robert Dafford
Location - 1224 Washington Avenue (south wall)
A Friend To Lean On
1995
Artist - Robin J. Laws
Given by the Adolph Coors Company
Location - 1500 Illinois Street (southeast of Guggenheim Hall)
Sleeping Bear
May 1996
Artist - Dan Ostermiller
Location - 1010 Washington Avenue (in front of Golden Visitors Center)
Stained Glass Wall
1997
Artist - Matthew Durbin
Location - 1601 Illinois Street (south wall of lobby of Alderson Hall, on 16th Street)
Heritage Square Arch
Circa 1999
Location - 18301 West Colfax Avenue (at entrance to Heritage Square)
Frontier Riders Mural
2000
Location - 1113 Washington Avenue (top of south wall)
Howdy Folks
July 13, 2000
Artist - Jeff Rudolph
Location - 1000 Block of Washington Avenue
Adolph Coors
May 24, 2001
Artist - Sarah Maloney
Location - Northwest corner of 12th & Washington
Lending A Helping Hand
May 24, 2001
Artist - Cloyd Barnes
In Honor of Frederick Allen "Heinie" Foss
Location - Southwest corner of 13th & Washington
Cowboy's Day Off
May 24, 2001
Artist - Michael Hamby
Location - Northwest corner of 11th & Washington
Return Of The Cutthroat
August 22, 2002
Modified circa 2003 (vandalism)
Artist - Pat Madison
Location - Clear Creek Trail (rear of Golden Hotel at northwest corner 11th and Washington)
Miners Alley Playhouse Mural
2003
Artist - Daniel Lowenstein
Location - 1224 Washington Avenue (rear lobby along 13th Street)
Triceratops Head
July 30, 2003
Location - Fossil Trace Clubhouse (north end of Illinois Street via Jefferson County Parkway)
Camp George West Archway
Circa 2003
Builder - Inmates of Camp George West
Location - South Golden Road, north side (across from older gateway)
Winter Wind On The Mesa
July 10, 2003
Artist - Marie Barbera
Location - Clear Creek Trail (southeast of Washington Avenue Bridge)
The Cowboy
July 10, 2003
Artist - Buck McCain
Location - 1224 Washington Avenue (southwest rear on 13th Street at Miners Alley)
Newsboy
December 5, 2003
Artist - James Muir
Location - Northwest side of Washington Avenue Bridge
Nighthorse On The Mesa
December 13, 2003
Artist - Jeff Rudolph
Location - Roundabout at South Golden Road & Johnson Road
Eddie At Bat
June 24, 2004
Artist - A. Moreau
Location - Clear Creek Trail south of Lions Park ballfields along west 10th Street
Son Of Liberty
June 25, 2004
Artist - James Muir
Location - Clear Creek Trail southeast of Golden Pioneer Museum (923 10th Street)
Return Of The Cutthroat #2
June 25, 2004
Artist - Pat Madison
Location - Below northeast end of Washington Avenue Bridge
Broncobuster's Holiday
August 2004
Artist - Bill Bond
Location - Fossil Trace Clubhouse (north end of Illinois Street via Jefferson County Parkway)
Little Boy Fishing
December 3, 2004
Artist - Steven Bennett
Location - Clear Creek Trail south of Golden Visitors Center (1010 Washington Avenue)
Two Deer
December 3, 2004
Artist - Steven Bennett
Location - Clear Creek Trail south of Golden Police Station (911 10th Street)
Victorian Dress Up
December 3, 2004
Artist - Steven Bennett
Location - Clear Creek Trail south of Billy Drew Bridge (Illinois Street at Clear Creek)
Bear & Two Cubs
December 3, 2004
Artist - Steven Bennett
Location - Clear Creek Trail north of Clear Creek History Park (900 11th Street, west end)
Kids Sledding
December 3, 2004
Artist - Jim Davidson
Location - Hillside north of Billy Drew Bridge (Illinois Street at Clear Creek)
Secret Garden
December 3, 2004
Artist - Mark Lundeen
Location - Clear Creek Trail south of Golden Library (1019 10th Street)
Musicians
December 3, 2004
Artist - George Lundeen
Location - Clear Creek Trail north of Golden Hotel (northwest corner 11th and Washington)
Rotary Butterflies
2005
Artist - Pat Madison
Location - Clear Creek Trail southwest of Golden Visitors Center (1010 Washington Avenue)
Golden Touch
May 17, 2005
Artist - Lincoln Fox
Location - In Storage
Brother & Sister At The Rodeo
May 17, 2005
Artist - Mario Pahua
Location - Southwest end of Washington Avenue Bridge
The Monarch
June 29, 2005
Artist - Buck McCain
Location - Northeast corner of 12th & Washington
Tortuga
October 15, 2005
Artist - Anny Coury
Location - Below northeast end of Washington Avenue Bridge
The Kayak Racer
October 15, 2005
Artist - Tyler Richardella
Location - Clear Creek Trail at Kayak Course (south side of 10th Street, west end)
Sculpture Garden
2005
Location - 809 15th Street (in front of Foothills Art Center)
Checkmate
1980s
Rededicated in Golden December 9, 2006
Artist - Herb Mignery
Location - West side of Highway 93 north of Pine Ridge Road
Original Location - Adam's Mark Hotel, Houston, Texas
(Image courtesy City of Golden)