Coors, Herman, House - Golden, Colorado
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Big B Bob
N 39° 44.959 W 105° 13.031
13S E 481393 N 4399957
A Tudor Revival home once owned by the son of Adolph Coors.
Waymark Code: WM7T98
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2009
Views: 8
From Wikipedia:
The home of Herman Frederick Coors was originally built as a modest bungalow sometime around the 1910s by Elmer Bengson, a son of a prominent area Swedish immigrant family. In 1917 it was purchased by Coors, a younger son of Adolph Coors, who hired noted area architect Jacques Benedict to transform it into a beautiful and artistic Tudor Revival style home, with a wooden arch front door canopy and stone terracing around. Coors was an officer of the Coors Porcelain Company, and in 1921 moved away to Inglewood, California where he established the H.F. Coors Company to manufacture porcelain there. The house was then purchased by banker Edward A. Phinney, who owned the Rubey National Bank in downtown Golden. He built companion cottage and barn buildings behind the house in 1928. His fortunes took a tragic turn, however, during the Bank Holiday of the Great Depression, when he lost much of his fortune trying to save the bank. Since that time the home has remained very well and artistically preserved.
Street address:
1817 Arapahoe St.,
Golden, Colorado USA
80401
County / Borough / Parish: Jefferson County
Year listed: 1997
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Domestic Single Dwelling
Current function: Domestic Single Dwelling
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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