Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library

The Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library are a pair of buildings in downtown Ouray, Colorado, United States. Located on 6th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets, they are together listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]

Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library
Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library is located in Colorado
Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library
Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library is located in the United States
Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library
Location6th Ave. between 3rd and 4th Sts., Ouray, Colorado
Coordinates38°1′23″N 107°40′12″W
Built1899
ArchitectWalsh, Tom
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.75000528[1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1975

History

Constructed in 1900, the city hall was built as a miniature replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] Thomas Walsh, founder of the Camp Bird Mine, donated a library which occupied the second floor. The structure burned down in January 1950. It was listed on the Register in 1975.[1] A restoration effort in 1976 as part of the city of Ouray Centennial failed, but another restoration effort led by then-mayor Bill Fries (C.W. McCall) succeeded in restoring the historic facade in 1988.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Walter Rule (June 12, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library". National Park Service. Retrieved July 26, 2017. With two photos.
  3. "Ouray City Hall/Walsh Library/Fire Department". Ouray County Historical Society.


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