Invitation!
In case you haven’t heard, Coors will be celebrating their 150th anniversary this coming Saturday, September 30th, right here in their birthplace – Golden, Colorado. We are all invited to this event, which takes place on Washington Avenue and in Parfet Park. Learn more….
Enhancement!
As part of the celebration, they commissioned the new mural that we’ve all been enjoying (seen under Castle Rock in the photo).
Investment!
They have also donated $150,000 to Golden non-profits. The lucky recipients are:
Golden Civic Foundation – Part of the funds toward annual contributions and the rest toward its Big Ideas in Golden (B.I.G.) Grant, a collaborative community project by the Golden Civic Foundation and Coors Brewing Co.
Golden Chamber of Commerce – Annual contributions
Golden Fire Department – Commemorative firefighter badge and memorial
Golden History Museum – Clear Creek Room at Golden History Museum partnership
Golden Visitors Center – Community gathering space
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval (Virtual)
8-8:55AM Tai Chi (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
2-4PM Email: Basics @ Golden Library
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop (Virtual)
5:30-11PM Stories Worth Telling Festival @ Buffalo Rose
6-8PM Golden Community Conversation
6PM Colorado Financial Freedom Meetup @ Morris & Mae
6-7:30PM Bingo Night @ American Legion Post 21
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CITY MEETING
6-8:30PM Community Sustainability Advisory Board @ City Hall
The Sustainability Board will discuss which metrics they want to include on a Sustainability Dashboard that they plan to add to the City website. They will review progress toward the plan to convert the City’s fleet of vehicles to all-electric. They will discuss expanding the recycling program to include multi-family and commercial areas. Learn more….
LIVE MUSIC
6-9PM CW Wooten @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM Derek Hall @ Miners Saloon
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
COORS @ 150
Readers were very interested in yesterday’s article about the Coors mansion. In answer to everyone’s question, no, they don’t give tours; in fact, I have read (in old articles) that only members of the family are allowed inside. I don’t know whether that’s still the case,
Bill Robie worked for Coors and shared some photos of the home that he took in February of 1976, so rejoice, everyone! Here’s the Coors Mansion–Part 2 with text and photos by Bill Robie.
The Coors Family Residence
In 1976, as a Coors employee in the Land and Water Department, I had the opportunity to tour and photograph parts of the Coors mansion, also sometimes referred to by family members as the “Big House”. The following is taken from an early 1970s paperback publication titled “The Adolph Coors Story”.
‘In the late 1800s, Adolph Coors Sr. built a home on the grounds of the brewery for his wife Louisa and their growing family of six boys. Most of the 22 rooms retain their original design and décor. Books written by German authors fill the shelves in the library. Oriental rugs, handcrafted furniture, and a round table with a concealed radio near Coors’ favorite easy chair are still in place. A large chandelier imported from Copenhagen hangs from a high ceiling, and a Steinway piano waits for players in the music room.’
The entire house was moved east about 300 feet in 1961 to make room for brewery expansion and was also rotated 90 degrees to face Castle Rock rather than the new industrial buildings. The home originally had a bowling alley and later, after the house was moved, a therapy pool was added for use by Mrs. Coors Jr. to help relieve her arthritic pain. The home was little used after Adolph Coors II died in 1970, but Bill and Joe Coors often ate their lunch there in the 1970s.
The mansion remains there today surrounded by pine trees and lawns, much as it was when Coors built it, but almost lost behind the towering structures of the modern brewery complex.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
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