National Register of Historic Places

Galligan House

Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
Listed
June 2, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82002311

About this property

The Galligan House, at 501 Colorado Ave. in Pueblo, Colorado, is a Queen Anne-style house which was built in 1891 for a prominent Pueblo lawyer. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was built for Judge Mathew J. Galligan and his wife Minnie J. Bailey Galligan by Miles McGrath. McGrath was the architect, contractor and building supervisor. Galligan (1855-1930), was born in Washington County, Wisconsin, worked for Union Pacific in Nebraska and Iowa, and studied law, and practiced briefly in Denver, and moved to Pueblo in 1883. The house was deemed "significant architecturally as an intact example of a well designed and beautifully finished upper-class dwelling of its era" and "significant historically for its connection with the well respected and civic minded lawyer, Mathew J. Galligan. Members of the Galligan family lived in the home for eighty-six years." Another source calls the house "a fine example of the Queen Anne style with its wrap around porch and circular tower."

Location

501 Colorado Ave.
Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
38.25538, -104.62656

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Galligan House listed on the National Register?

Galligan House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Galligan House?

Galligan House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Galligan House?

The period of significance for Galligan House is recorded as the industrial era.

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