National Register of Historic Places

Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library

Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
Listed
April 15, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
75000528

About this property

The Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library are a pair of buildings in downtown Ouray, Colorado, United States. Located on 6th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets, they are together listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1900, the city hall was built as a miniature replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Thomas Walsh, founder of the Camp Bird Mine, donated a library which occupied the second floor. The structure burned down in January 1950. It was listed on the Register in 1975. A restoration effort in 1976 as part of the city of Ouray Centennial failed, but another restoration effort led by then-mayor Bill Fries (C.W. McCall) succeeded in restoring the historic facade in 1988. Ouray County Historical Society Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

Location

6th Ave. between 3rd and 4th Sts.
Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
38.02303, -107.67059

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When was Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library listed on the National Register?

Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 15, 1975.

What type of historic resource is Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library?

Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library is recorded as the industrial era.

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