Bimson Blacksmith Shop - Berthoud, Colorado
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N 40° 18.319 W 105° 04.596
13T E 493490 N 4461648
From Blacksmith Shop to History Museum.
Waymark Code: WM7TJJ
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2009
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Alfred G. Bimson constructed this one-story blacksmith shop of rough-cut, random coursed pink sandstone in 1893. Active in community affairs, Bimson regularly used his blacksmith shop as a community gathering place.
Saved by local residents in 1976, blacksmith A.G. Bimson’s Stone Shop was opened by the Berthoud Historical Society as the Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum in 1978. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Exhibits in the blacksmith shop built by A.G. Bimson in 1893 and the garage building erected by mechanic Elmer Carlson in 1940 explore the early history of Berthoud and the surrounding rural districts of the Little Thompson Valley.
Its exhibits include: a depiction of an early 1900s Berthoud drug store, schoolroom, doctor's office, blacksmith shop, and evolution of women's clothing from 1880s through the 1920s.
Street address:
Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum
224 Mountain Ave
Berthoud, Colorado USA
80513
County / Borough / Parish: Larimer County
Year listed: 1981
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Periods of significance: 1875-1899
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Manufacturing Facility
Current function: Recreation And Culture, Museum
Privately owned?: no
Hours of operation: From: 1:00 PM To: 5:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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