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Virtual Golden
8-9AM Virtual Zoomba
10:15AM Baby & Toddler Time with the Library
6PM Mobility and Transportation Advisory Board
Golden History Moment
For those of you who don’t read email over the weekend, I wrote about how Camp George West got its name on Monday; linked to a TV show shot in Golden in 1963 on Sunday; and described how Civil War veterans observed Memorial Day on Saturday.
This depot was built in 1904 when the second of our two interurban railways came to Golden. The Denver and Intermountain Railroad had been running from Denver to Golden via Lakewood since 1891. This new Railroad, called the Denver and Northwestern, ran from Denver to Golden via Arvada.
The two railroad were competitors, and this fancy new depot was probably intended to provide a competitive edge. The older railroad had its depot inside the Linder Hardware building, on the other side of Washington Avenue. The new depot wasn’t in use for long. They stopped using it in 1919. By that time, both of the railroads were owned by a single company, so they shared facilities. They chose to consolidate on the east side of Washington Avenue to the railroads didn’t need to cross Washington Avenue anymore. The unneeded depot remained, in increasing decrepitude, until at least the mid-’30s.
Does the depot look familiar? You may recognize it because it appears in the mural on the side of the Foss building (north-west corner, 13th and Washington).
