High Tea and Former Churches

Sunflowers at the edge of a trail on South Table Mountain, Castle Rock in the background. — *Golden Eye Candy – Liz Erickson Bettis – Sunflowers on South Table Mountain – enlarge*

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

9-10AM Keg Conditioning @ Golden Mill

9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-noon Breakfast Burritos @ The Golden Mill
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose

10AM, 1PM, and 4PM Wild West Short Tour

1-3PM Rocky Mountain High Tea @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
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LIVE MUSIC

11AM-2PM Jonny Sterling @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
1PM Magoo The Band @ Over Yonder
2-6PM CSB – Custom Shop-Band @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
2-5PM Jesh Yancey and the High Hopes @ Goosetown Station
3-6PM Howard Douglash @ Golden Mill
3-7PM Soundbite @ Wrigley’s

4-7PM Mad Dog Blues Duo @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)

7PM Alastair Greene @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT

Colorado Transcript photos of St. Joseph's Catholic church being demolished. Photo on the left shows whole church and photo on the right shows the spire being pulled down. — *Colorado Transcript – July 23, 1973 – St. Joseph Catholic church being demolished*

50 Years Ago
The July 23, 1973 Golden Transcript included photos of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church being demolished. The church had been built in 1903. It stood at 14th and East Street, a spot now occupied by the Coors tour parking lot.

Colorado Transcript photos from 1961 - photo on the left shows the church before demolition and photo on the right shows the steeple being pulled down — *Colorado Transcript – October 10, 1961 – First Baptist church being demolished*

Photo on the left shows the First Methodist church whole (Denver Public Library Western History Collection); photo on the right shows the bell tower under demolition (Colorado Transcript) — *Colorado Transcript – October 13, 1963 – First Methodist church being demolished*

The Transcript published similar photos when the First Baptist church at 12th and Jackson was demolished in 1961 and the Methodist church at 14th and Washington came down in 1963.

*Left – Church of the Nazarene; Right – Christian/Seventh Day Adventist Church*

Other downtown churches were razed without Transcript documentation. The Church of the Nazarene was located on Washington Avenue, west side, just north of Clear Creek. It was demolished in 1959. There was also a Christian Church, which was purchased by the Seventh Day Adventist congregation before being torn down to make way for the 1924 Golden High School. It was located at 10th and Jackson.

First Presbyterian church on the left; Calvary Episcopal church on the right - Golden History Museum collection — *First Presbyterian church on the left; Calvary Episcopal church on the right – Golden History Museum collection*

Two of Golden’s pioneer-era church buildings still stand. The Presbyterian church at 15th and Washington is now Foothills Art Center. Calvary Church at 13th and Arapahoe still serves its original purpose.

Map showing the locations of Golden's pioneer-era churches: Christian, Nazarene, Methodist, Episcopal, Baptist, Catholic, and Presbyterian — *Historic Churches of Golden*

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

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