Chamberlain, W.G. "Castle Rock, Golden" - 1.07.010

East side present-day 1100 block of Washington Avenue
Circa 1877

This photograph was taken from the upper floor of the present-day Woods Mortuary looking southeast across Washington Avenue towards Castle Rock.  Pictured from left to right are:  the Garbareno Building as Louis Garbareno's billiard hall (now south part of Golden West Realty at 1101 Washington Ave., 1866); Loveland Building (1859-1930) as a dry goods store; the Jefferson Coal Company building (proprietors of the Black Diamond Mine, building prefabricated and brought to Golden in 1871, destroyed 1904); Clark Building as the grocery of Charles A. Clark (originally 21 Washington Ave., 1867-1904); and the Transcript Building (now 1115 Washington Ave., 1870), housing the Kelly Drug Store (1st floor) and Colorado (now Golden) Transcript newspaper (2nd floor).  Also pictured at upper right center is the tower of the First Baptist Church (southwest corner of 12th and Jackson Sts., built 1867, destroyed 1963).