"Brickyard Near Golden" - 333a

Ruins of Golden Pressed Brick Works
Circa 1895

This photograph shows the ruins of the Golden Pressed Brick Works after their destruction by fire in 1895.  This complex, the second-largest brick manufacturing facility in Golden's history, stood at the present location of Briarwood Commons at the west end of 8th Street.  The works were established by Fischer and Rudolph Koenig in 1873 and its product was used to build many buildings in this region.