57 Years Ago
The July 7, 1968 Colorado Transcript included an article titled “Old Landmark to Disappear.” The building in question was the Colorado Central Railroad freight house, built during the summer of 1870 in anticipation of the first train to reach Golden. It also served as Golden’s passenger depot during several intervals.
The freight house appears in many old photos and maps, including the 1882 Birdseye View Map of Golden:
To locate the sites of old buildings, I often check old maps and compare them to Google Satellite images. I highlight the street grid shown on the map and resize the Google imagine until the streets align. Here’s how I located the old freight house:
The 1870 brick building was replaced by a steel structure, which is still used by the railroad that serves Coors.
