Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden
Jeffco Public Health will not update the stats until July 6th. This is where we stood as of Thursday, July 2nd: Cases in Jeffco: 2766 | Deaths in Jeffco: 212 | Ever Hospitalized in Jeffco: 425 | Recovered: 2367 | Known Cases in Golden: 114.
The Safer at Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors protocol is in effect. City and County fire restrictions are in place. The City is requiring masks on public property unless you’re six feet apart and the Creek is fenced off. See the City’s website for more details….
Virtual Golden
It’s Sunday! The following Golden churches have information about virtual services and/or sermons on their websites:
Calvary Episcopal Church | Golden Presbyterian | Faith Lutheran Church | First United Methodist Church | First Presbyterian Church | Flatirons Community Church | Hillside Community Church | Jefferson Unitarian Church | Rockland Community Church | St. Joseph Catholic Church
7PM Golden Walks are resuming. These are free and anyone can join–you just have to sign a waiver the first time. Tonight’s walk will traverse Tucker Gulch in north Golden, go under Highway 6, and extend to the hogback in the southwest part of town. About 3 miles total. Learn more….
Real Life Golden
12PM Open Mic at Cafe 13
3PM Funk It Up at Wrigley’s
Golden History Moment
The Golden House hotel opened at 13th Arapahoe in 1870 and was destroyed by fire in 1878. Despite its short life, the hotel had several names, including Bush’s Hotel (Sept-Nov, 1870), Golden House (Dec, 1870-March 1874), Revere House (April-Nov, 1874), Alvord House (Dec 1874-Feb, 1876), and Golden House (again) from May 1876-Nov 27, 1878.
According to the November 27, 1878 Transcript, it was “the most destructive fire by which the town has ever been visited.” The fire started in a wooden laundry building at the back of the hotel. The town had two fire companies, which both responded, but only one fire engine and a woefully inadequate water supply. The firefighters managed to save much of the furnishings and kept the fire from spreading to other downtown buildings, but the hotel itself was lost.
In December of 1912, a construction crew began excavating that property to build the Armory. They were surprised to encounter the foundations of a large building, long gone. The Colorado Transcript recapped the fire and added “…weeds and grass have covered up the remains of the ruins. so that there are many people here who have never dreamed that a splendid building once graced that corner.”
The Golden House name didn’t stay out of use for long. By January of 1881, a hotel on Washington Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets was being called the Golden House. It went out of business in approximately 1922, and in 1923, a new hotel at 635 12th St. opened as the Golden House. That hotel closed after a fire in 1938. The remnants of the building were later razed to make way for the downtown post office.
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!
