Bibliograph

Historic Colorado mansions & castles, Linda Wommack

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Historic Colorado mansions & castles, Linda Wommack

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Historic Colorado mansions & castles

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Linda Wommack

Summary

The discovery of gold and silver in Colorado's Rocky Mountains minted millionaires by the ton. The rough settlements of miners and ranchers quickly transformed into habitations more suitable for the newly wealthy class. William Newton Byers founded the Centennial State's first newspaper and built an Italianate-style palace with the proceeds, while Walter Scott Cheesman's Capitol Hill home later became the governor's residence. Stroll into the parlors and drawing rooms of oligarchs like August A. Meyer, Lyman Robison and James Joseph Brown. Visit Romanesque castles cut from native lava and country retreats designed by the country's foremost architects. Linda Wommack offers a tour of the finest mansions in Colorado, all proudly bearing the mark of the State and National Registers of Historic Preservation

Target audience

adult

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Historic Colorado mansions and castles

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