Five MORE New Cases, City Council, and Coors Greenhouses

*Golden Eye Candy – Joe Wrona – Clouds Over Lewis Court – Click to enlarge*

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Virtual Golden

10:15AM Preschool Time with the Library
6:30PM City Council Study Session
Since this is a study session, there will be no public comment. Council will discuss Street Light Options, Policy Prioritization Process, Banner Request Process, and 2021 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Draft Budget.

Real Life Golden

Live Music:
5PM Woodland Park at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5PM Bruce Cole at Wrigley’s
7PM Jonathan Browning at Buffalo Rose

Golden History Moment

*Coors Greenhouses and gardens shown in this photo from the Golden History Museum collection – click to enlarge*

For many years, Coors was known for the beautiful flowers that decorated their grounds and reception areas. They were grown in greenhouses and gardens on the brewery grounds. Transcript articles indicate that they began as a personal hobby of Coors family members. A 1910 article refers to banana trees in the greenhouse, “the special pride of Mr. Coors.” That would be the original Mr. Coors, founder of the brewery.

After his death, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Adolph Coors Jr. (Alice), seems to have adopted the growing operation. She was well-known for personally arranging the flowers on display around offices and receptions areas. Even after she lost her eyesight later in life, she continued to arrange them ‘by feel.” She died in 1970.

*Coors switched to producing malted milk during Prohibition. This photo from the Golden History Museum collection shows their greenhouses. Click to enlarge.*

The Coors family employed full-time gardeners to maintain their fields and greenhouses. During the Depression, they sold flowers. During World War II, they raised food as well as flowers in the greenhouse. The greenhouse occasionally hosted group tours and was a favorite destination for the Golden Garden Club.

The greenhouse was adjacent to the Coors family home. When the home was moved to make way for brewery expansion, the old greenhouses were demolished. A new, larger greenhouse (60×176 ft) was built in 1961. An 8 year old thread on Reddit mentioned that the greenhouse was being demolished at that time (2012): “There’s also a greenhouse right next to it that supplies the flowers in the bldg and tour (but they’re tearing it down).”

*Satellite view showing the old Coors home. View in Google maps to zoom in.*

A current satellite view of the brewery shows no trace of a greenhouse.

Many thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and many thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!