Astor House, Territorial-Era Buildings, and the Sarell House

*Golden Eye Candy – Fall Along the Creek – Click to enlarge*

Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden

JCPHD updates these numbers Monday through Friday at about 3 PM. Here’s the most recent Coronavirus report from Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page:

School of Mines COVID-19 case page. | Masks are required. | City and County fire restrictions are in place. | CLEAR CREEK IS NOW OPEN.

Virtual Golden

10:15-11:15AM Preschool Time with the Library
6:30PM City Council Meeting

At tonight’s meeting Council will consider approval of a revised Investment Policy. They will review a preliminary draft and hold a public hearing for the 2021 Capital Improvement Plan. They will review two proposals for local non-profit organizations who would like to lease the Astor House. Both the Golden Civic Foundation and Foothills Art Center submitted proposals. Both organizations have served Golden since the 1960s. The two proposals are available for review as part of tonight’s meeting packet.
Golden Civic Foundation * Foothills Art Center

Speaking of historic buildings…

*Territorial-Era Buildings in Golden – click to enlarge*

The Golden Landmarks Association and similarly history-minded folks are working to establish a Territorial District, to heighten awareness of the rather impressive number of buildings still in Golden from our pre-statehood era. The Historic Preservation Board has discussed the request at a couple of recent meetings and now they would like your opinion on the subject. Please take the survey on Guiding Golden to tell the Historic Preservation Board what you think.

Personally, I think it’s pretty cool that we still have so many buildings from that era, and I would like to draw attention to both the era and the buildings. If you’re curious as to where the buildings are, you’ll find most of them on this map.

Real World Golden

2PM Raise a Pint, Lend a Hand – Fundraiser at Holidaily Brewing for Robbie’s Hope

Live Music:
5PM VanCrueLen at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse

Golden History Moment

Yesterday’s article about William Sarell, Golden’s long-time hardware magnate, caught the attention of Traci Case. She and Pete Gotseff live in “the Sarell Residence” at 1501 East Street (map). We both wondered if that’s where William Sarell lived. The answer is no–but it’s related! The East Street home belonged to his son Edward.

The house was built for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rudd. Mrs. Rudd was born Jessie Sarell–William’s daughter and Ed’s sister. The Rudds wound up living in several different cities as he was transferred for work, so they rented out the home for a number of years.

In 1921, Ed Sarell and wife bought the home from the Rudds and raised their five children there. Ed lived there until his death in 1964. His wife had preceded him in death. The house is a City of Golden Residential Landmark (and very pretty).