Martin, Alex. "Court House, Golden" - 1.07.018

Jefferson County Courthouse
Circa 1877

Pictured here is the first Jefferson County Courthouse building, constructed in 1877.  Photograph is taken from 15th Street looking across northeast corner of present-day Foothills Art Center grounds towards courthouse location at southeast corner of 15th and Washington.  This Courthouse served as the headquarters of Jefferson County government from 1877-1953, also serving as the Jefferson County History Museum (now Golden Pioneer Museum), later destroyed in 1963.  Fraction of building at right is the First Presbyterian Church (1872), now Foothills Art Center.