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View of Tom's Tavern at 1047 Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado. The two story brick commercial building has storefront windows and a corner entrance. The upper story has arched windows, a cornice, brackets and a corner bay with a pediment. Signs read: "Tom's Tavern" and "Tom's Jumbo Burgers." There is a street lamp on the corner of the block as well as several newspaper stand boxes.

View of an abandoned store in Hooper (Alamosa County), Colorado. The one story, wood, commercial style building has a false front. The building has a tin roof and a brick chimney. A Coca-Cola sign is hanging above the entrance.

View of the Howard Store (Hooper Town Hall) at 8681 Main Street, Hooper (Alamosa County), Colorado. The one story commercial style building has a recessed transomed entrance flanked by large display windows and paneled wood kick plates. The structure has a false front with a decorative cornice and brackets. A sign in a window reads: "Hooper Town Hall." The building is on the National Register.

View of the Masonic Building, home to Alamosa Masonic Lodge No. 44, at 514 San Juan Avenue, Alamosa, Colorado. The two story commercial brick building has a shaped parapet, a cast iron cornice and Italianate facade with columns and arched windows. A plaque in the parapet reads: "Masonic Hall 1887." The first floor of the building has retail space, signs read: "Del Mar Carpet" and "Columbine Hallmark Shoppe." It is listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties.

View of the Shamrock Bar at 54 South Broadway in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This one story brick commercial style building has modified windows and a recessed entry way. The brick has been painted beige with green shamrocks, a lighted sign above the door is decorated with a shamrock and a champagne glass and reads: "Shamrock Bar." The Red Wing Shoe Store is on the south side of the building and a construction site is to the north. The structure was built in 1907.

View of an abandoned bar / restaurant at 500 Santa Fe Drive (1886) in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick commercial style building has hooded molding over the second story and decorative brickwork on the southern elevation. Signs on the building read: "Mixed Drinks," "Fine Food" "Schlitz Draught" and "Lounge." Graffiti on the side of the building reads: "Support March 17 Rally at State Capitol."

View of 506 Santa Fe Drive, the abandoned 5th Avenue Tavern in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story commercial style building has brick corbeling, a cornice and arched windows on the second story. A faded painted sign on the building reads: "5th Ave. Tavern."

View of the Big Chief Bottling Company in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The commercial style building is redbrick with cornices, corbeled brick brackets, a shaped parapet and sandstone lintels. The first story windows have been boarded up or painted over. A sign on the front of the building reads: "Big Chief Bottling Co.," and a painted sign on the side of the building reads "Liberty Hall."

View of the 1500 Block of Platte Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows brick commercial style buildings. Details include cornices with brackets, shaped parapets with corbeled brackets, and arched windows. Signs read: "Liberty Hall," "Big Chief Bottling Co. Distributors of Coor's Golden Beer," "[Jac]k's Carpet Service."

View of a vacant three story commercial building (ca. 1890) located at 1436 Market Street in the Union Station neighborhood (Lower Downtown Historic District / LoDo), Denver, Colorado. The building has a shaped parapet, an elaborate Italianate metal cornice with double brackets and brick voussoirs on the second-story windows. The ground level store front has two recessed entry ways. A fire escape has been added. The brick facade has a painted sign that reads: "The Straser Candy Co. Manufacturing Confectioners." "For Sale" signs are seen in the glass storefront.

View of a building known as the Market Street mall located at 1810 Market Street in the Lower Downtown Historic District (LoDo), Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This one-story commercial building features several store fronts and a metal frieze with a garland and wreath design below a dentiled cornice. Signs on the building read: "1810," "Market Street Mall," "Chinook Gallery, Creative Custom Framing." Cars are parked on Market Street and the Volunteers of America building is visible in the distance. The building was demolished ca. 1990.

View of the Financial Center, originally constructed as the J.P. Dunn Shoe and Leather Company (1912; Robert Willison and Montana Fallis, architects), at 1825 Lawrence Street in the Central Business District neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade of a four-story early twentieth century commercial-style brick building. The building has a flat roof, a pedimented parapet, and a decorative cornice with brackets and dentils. There are three pairs of rectangular windows on the top three floors. There is a recessed entrance with double doors set in the center of the ground floor. On both sides of the entrance are three plate glass windows.

View of the Alta Court (formerly the Altamaha Apartment Building - 1902; George Boettcher) at 1490 Lafayette Street (1300-1326 East Colfax Avenue) in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This three-story brick Italian Renaissance Revival has a flat roof and three bay facade. The center bay is recessed and has an arcade on the first floor and a balcony on the second floor. The third story has an open balcony with balustrade. A plaque on the top of the bay reads: "Alta." The two outer bays are projecting. Other features include quoins, a rusticated stone foundation, balconies, and different window treatments on each floor. A sign on the second floor reads: "What is in the Alta? 832-7294" "Cafe Alta" "Riddle Development Co." "Williams Design" "Davis & Brandeberry Assoc." "Kinetics Fitness Studio" "Slick Hair Salon" "PSL Foundation" "The Rose Ladies" "The Beach."

View the Burlington Hotel (1891; Frank E. Edbrooke, architect) at 2201 Larimer Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the Larimer Street elevation of a corner commercial building. The three-story red brick structure has a flat roof and a cornice of corbeled brick work. There are windows on the second and third floors; the round arched windows on the third story form arcades. The ground floor has three storefronts in addition to an arched entrance to the upper stories. Letters incorporated into the arch spell out "The Burlington." The storefronts have recessed entries, and kick plates below plate glass display windows. Signs for ground floor businesses read: "Pharmacy," "Prescriptions," "Hotel," and "VA Thrift Store." A building nearby has cornice with brackets and windows with broken pediments. A sign reads: "El Bronco Bar."

View of the Ghost Building (1889; William Lang, architect) at 512 Fifteenth (15th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. The granite Romanesque Revival-style building was on the corner of Fifteenth (15th) and Glenarm Streets. Shows a portion of the Fifteenth (15th) Street elevation prior to the building's dismantling in 1979. Signs read: "Graystone Hotel," and "Lord's Smart Repairing." William Lang designed the building for A.M. Ghost, a Denver real estate developer. Details include dentils, cornices, half-round pilasters and arched windows.

View of the facade of a building at 1228-1240 East Colfax Avenue in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This three-story residential apartment-over-commercial building has a flat roof and terracotta veneer. It has features from several early twentieth-century revival movements including ogee arches and finials, and a multi-shaped parapet topped in the center with red tile. Signs on the building read: "Littman Furriers," "Repairing, Remodeling, Cleaning, Storage," "Book Store," and "In Between Shop."

View of the Rocky Mountain Seed Company located at 1325 Market Street in the Union Station neighborhood (LoDo, the Lower Downtown Historic District), Denver, Colorado. The commercial style building is crowned by a small curvilinear parapet, apparently added during the 1922 renovation, that reads: "Rocky Mountain Seed Co. 1922." Second story windows have been covered with decorative cinder block. An awning covers the front glass storefront and the recessed entry has: "1325 Rocky Mountain Seed Co 1325" printed on it.

View of the demolition of the Majestic Building (architect Frank E. Edbrooke, 1894) at 209 Sixteenth (16th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows an eight-story, nineteenth-century, commercial structure with a flat roof being demolished by a crane.

View of 1121 California Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows the front facade of a three story Italianate-style brick building. It has a bracketed cornice with dentils, a pediment, hooded segmental arched windows, and a set of double four-panel doors. The building was demolished for the Colorado Convention Center.

View of the Colorado Building at 1615 California Street from the roof of the Equitable Building at 730 Seventeenth (17th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows the back of the shaped parapet and facade addition. This building was originally constructed as a five-story red brick Chicago-style commercial building known as the Hayden, Dickinson, and Feldhauser Building (architect John W. Roberts, 1891). In 1909, the owners added two stories designed by architect Frank E. Edbrooke. In 1935, architect Jacques Benedict gave the building a face lift by adding an Art Deco terracotta overlay. At that time, the building was renamed the Colorado Building.

View of the Majestic Building (architect Frank E. Edbrooke, 1894) at 209 Sixteenth (16th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows an eight-story, nineteenth-century, commercial structure with a flat roof. The building, on a corner lot, has an irregular floor plan. There are towers on the corners. The pilasters on the bottom floors are of rough-hewn stone. There are round arches on the seventh floor.

View of 1939 Blake Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single-story red brick building with a decorative cornice. The building has a flat roof and no visible windows. There is an arched entrance with double wooden doors and wood stairs.

View of the Nevin Building at 1641 Blake Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A ghost sign on the side of the building reads, "The W.C. Nevin Candy Co., established in this building in 1883."

View of 1821 Blake Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a four-story brick commercial building with a corbeled cornice and double storefront. There are segmental arched windows on the second and third floors. Constructed as a three-story building, a penthouse was later added to the roof. The late nineteenth-century commercial structure housed Denver Fire Station No. 5 and served as a warehouse for a dairy.

Small businesses occupy the ground floor of a large building with louvered shutters and several chimneys. Signs read "Yussimak Tailor" and "County Store / Grocery." Merchandise is displayed in front of the grocery store. Two shoeshine chairs are in front of one building. Men and women walk on the wide sidewalk. A woman with a baby carriage is at the right. There appears to be water in the street.

The west side of a city street, lined with commercial buildings, is seen from an elevated viewpoint. The spire of Center Congregational Church is at the far left. The Phoenix Bank building is in the center of the block, surmounted by a stone phoenix. Flagpoles, one with a flag flying from it, are on other buildings. A building under construction, with scaffolding and exposed girders, is at the far right. Chimneys are in the foreground.

Commercial buildings and utility poles line a dirt street with trolley tracks in it. Several horse-drawn wagons are in the street. A woman riding a bicycle is at the right. A street cleaner is in the left foreground. A shoe shiner is on the left street corner, beneath an umbrella, near a striped awning. There is a second umbrella and a striped barber pole near the corner of the American Hotel, at the right. Signs read "Whipple" and "American Hotel."

Black and White photograph of a Store and some buildings in Stippville, Kansas, in 1923., Scanner: Microtek ScanMaker i900; Software used: Microtek ScanWizard Pro V6.521; Scanned by Janette Mauk on 2006-9-13; Resolution: 600 ppi; 48-bit depth; Original size: 3.5x5.5; TIFF.

Commercial buildings, many of them decorated with bunting, line a city street. Some buildings have striped awnings. American flags fly from flagpoles on the roofs of two buildings. Signs read: "Ales" "The / A. Pindar Co. / Engravers / & Electrotypers." Utility poles topped with stars line the street. A large clock is on the corner in the foreground. A hand-cart is nearby. Men and women walk on the sidewalks and cross the street. Horse-drawn vehicles are in the street.

Commercial buildings, some of them decorated with bunting, line a city street. Horse-drawn wagons are lined up along the sidewalk at the left. One horse has a horse blanket. One wagon has an umbrella. A heavily loaded wagon is proceeding along the street, which has trolley tracks in it. Men and women are crossing the street at the corner. A man on a bicycle is at the left.

Commercial buildings line a city street. Signs read: "P. Ragan / Auto Livery and Garage" "Motor Supply" "John A. Ackerland / Tailor" "C[rown?] / Photo" A man is walking on the sidewalk in the background. The back wheel of a bicycle is at the far left. The back of an automobile or carriage is at the far right.

A church with a steeple, weathervane, urn finials, and a colonnaded portico is at the left. A building with awnings, a lunette in the front gable, and drainpipes on the side, is at the right. An iron fence and gate are between the two buildings. Men and women are on the sidewalks. A lamp post is at the left. A horse-drawn vehicle is at the right. The pavement appears to be wet, as if from rain. Leafless trees are in the background.

View of the Other Door Lounge, a gay bar at 15 Broadway in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The one story commercial style building has a stucco exterior with one window. The bar is next door to the Bookcase bookstore. The building was built around 1920.

View of Leo's Place at 4 East 16th (Sixteenth) Street in the North Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The bar, restaurant occupies the 1st floor of the three-story brick commercial style building. The brick is painted black and features decorative lintels and dentils around the soffits. A metal overhang covers the 1st story. A sign on the building reads: "Leo's Place" and "Restaurant, Bar, Gathering Place." The building was built around 1890.

View of the sixteen hundred (1600) block of Larimer Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facades of multi-story nineteenth-century commercial buildings with ground floor storefronts. Features include decorative cornices, shaped parapets and arched windows. Signs read: "Surplus Sales," "Citizens Mission 1617," "[Gold] Nugget," "Tap Room," "Ginn Mill Bar," "Gart Sporting Goods," and "Loans." Denver Urban Renewal demolished the buildings in 1972.

View of 1627 (Elite Liquors) and 1633 (Ginn Mill Bar in the Brandenburg Building) Larimer Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building at 1627 Larimer Street, is a two-story brick commercial structure (constructed c. 1880) with a parapet, an ornate partial cornice, and elaborate finials. The building is painted white. The Brandenburg Building at 1633 Larimer Street, is a three-story, nineteenth-century commercial structure with a stone and cast iron facade. It has Italianate influences including a bracketed cornice with corner finials, a pediment with brackets, and elongated windows. An inscription on the building reads: "Brandenburg." Denver Urban Renewal demolished both buildings in 1972.

View of the Liebhardt-Lindner Building (1881) at 1630 Market Street in the Lower Downtown Historic District (LoDo), Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building has a shaped parapet with cornices, double windows and corbeled brickwork crowns the building's facade. Shows the north half of the Hitchings Block (1892), 1620 Market Street, and the south half of the McCrary Block (1884), 1634 Market Street. A sign on the building reads: "Mapelli Brothers CO. subsidiary of Monfort of Colo., Inc." A sign in a window reads: "For Sale."

View of 1623 and 1627 (Elite Liquors) Larimer Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Gold Nugget Grill is at 1623 Larimer Street, (constructed in 1880), the building is a four-story Italianate-style commercial structure with a single storefront. A neon vertical sign on the storefront reads: "Tap Room." There are four segmentally-arched windows with hooded crowns on the second and third floors, and four widows with U-shaped hooded crowns on the fourth floor. The bracketed elaborate cornice has a centered pediment. A vertical neon sign on the front of the building reads: "Gold Nugget, Known the World Over." Elite Liquors is at 1627 Larimer Street, the building is a two-story brick commercial structure (constructed c. 1880) with a parapet, an ornate partial cornice, and elaborate finials. The building is painted white. Denver Urban Renewal demolished both buildings in 1972.

A building with two-story Ionic columns is at the left. A frame commercial building is on the right. Signs read "Straus & Schwarz" and "New York Store." A horse-drawn wagon is in front of the building on the right. Leafless trees line a dirt street that leads downhill between the two buildings to a river in the background.

Commercial buildings line a city street. Signs read: "Wm. H. Richardson" "Moriarty Bros." A tree is covered with ice. Snow is on the ground.

Horse-drawn vehicles line a dirt city street. Commercial buildings with awnings are in the background. A paved sidewalk and a utility pole, probably a telegraph pole, are at the left. Signs read: "L.T. Welles & Co." "Steam Job." The trees and iron fence at the right are in front of the Old State House.

Men and horse-drawn vehicles crowd a city street. Commercial buildings are at the right. Some have awnings. A sign reads: "Books." A leafless tree and three church spires are in the background.

Commercial buildings line a city street. The Cheney block, a Richardsonian Romanesque commercial building of rock-faced brownstone, with round arches and square towers at the corners, is at the left. Awnings are over some windows. Signs read: "E.W." "Stern & Mandelbaum."

Commercial buildings and a church with a portico and a tall steeple line a dirt city street. Horse-drawn wagons and carriages are beside the paved sidewalks. Signs read: "Picture / Frames" "John Stetsons Co." "Bass's."