Loveland Feed & Grain Mill, Colorado

oil on linen
16x20
$1200
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The building, commonly known today as the Loveland Feed & Grain, was constructed in 1891-92 by the Loveland Farmers Milling & Elevator Co. on the site where an earlier mill had been destroyed by fire. Founders of the Loveland Milling & Elevator Company included Henry Spotts, Elza Darrough, and John Westerdoll. When first constructed, the milling operation housed in the building had a capacity of 275 sacks of flour per day, and the elevator had a storage capacity of 50,000 bushels of wheat. But it went out of business in 2003 and began to fall apart. It was slated to be leveled to make way for apartments, but McLaughlin's group launched a campaign to save the structure. The Loveland City Council refused to issue a demolition permit for the building, which was designated a historic landmark. Local businessman Barry Floyd bought the building for $400,000 and is leaving it unchanged while a plan for its use can be mapped out. It's important for the Feed and Grain to become a part of the Loveland landscape, said Laurie Dunklee, spokeswoman for the Colorado Historic Fund. "It's important as communities change that buildings like these remain to remind people of their heritage."

Loveland Depot, Colorado

oil on linen
11x14
Gallery East
Loveland, CO
$500
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When Loveland was founded, residents nearby of St. Louis realized that their town could not survive without rail service. Shipments of farm products were hardly practical over the area's primitive wagon roads passable only in good weather. Many St. Louis merchants moved their businesses to Loveland. The Colorado Central erected an 80-foot by 30-foot brick depot, completed in December 1877. It was located on the west side of the tracks close to Fourth Street. Unfortunately, trains stopped at the depot blocked traffic. The depot, built at a cost of $2,000 had a ticket office, passenger waiting and freight room. This structure was replaced in 1902 by the present-day dept, and the bricks from the old depot were used for the sidewalk.

Christmas Caboose, Loveland, Colorado

oil on linen

11x14

$500

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Louisville Center for Arts, Colorado

oil on linen
16x20
$1200
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The Louisville Art Association was founded September 11, 1980. The Louisville City Parks and Recreation Department agreed to sponsor the LAA and provide a place for shows and meetings. The circa 1904 red brick Victorian style (now the Louisville Center for the Arts) was used until the Louisville Recreation Center was built and the Senior Center moved to that location. At that time, the Louisville Art Association asked for the building and was granted a joint lease which included office space for the newly founded Arts and Humanities Council appointed by Mayor Herm Fauson. The building was then named the Louisville Center for the Arts and was to be all inclusive of all the art groups using the building. The Louisville Center for the Arts building was renovated in 1997 during the term of Mayor Tom Davidson. The cupola was added in 2004, during the term of Mayor Chuck Sisk, thus completing the renovation. It is now one of the most outstanding fine-art and performing art centers in the area.

Independence Day, Louisville, Colorado

Oil on linen

16x20

$1200

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Brunner House in Alfalfa, Colorado

oil on linen
16x20
$1200
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Brunner Farmhouse — Built 1919. One of the first homesteads in the area, the recently restored home relocated to The Field open space near Midway Boulevard and Main Street, is an example of the farm community Broomfield once was. Lester Brunner grew up in the house when it was on the family's dairy farm at the corner of 120th Avenue and Ash Street. "It was a great place to grow up, especially in that time," Brunner said. Broomfield was almost all farmland then. There were at most 500 people living in a 10-mile radius, he said. That didn't stop them from coming together to aid their neighbors when they needed it. "When you needed help, they helped you, and when they needed help, you went to help them," Brunner recalled. The same community spirit saved the house. After it was donated to the city in 1998 it was moved to The Field to make way for development along 120th Avenue.

Zang Brewmeister Mansion, Denver, Colorado

oil on linen
16x20
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GEORGE SCHMIDT HOUSE / BREWMASTER'S HOUSE ZANG BREWERY2345 7th St.National Register 10/29/1976, 5DV.200
Designed by William Quayle, this High Victorian Queen Anne style home dates from the late 1880s. The original owner was George Schmidt, brewmaster for the Zang Brewery. The two-story house is built of red brick and has a rusticated stone foundation. The interior features a carved oak stairway, hand-grained woodwork and doors, carved hardwood mantels, and built-in cabinets.

Zang Mansion in Spring, Denver, Colorado

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14x11

$500

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Berthoud Barn, Colorado

oil on linen

11x14

$500

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GUSTAV AND ANNIE SWANSON FARM
1932 N. Highway 287, Berthoud vicinity
National Register 10/5/2005, 5LR.1714
The Swanson Farm is an excellent example of a northern Colorado plains farm with stock feeding and dairy operations. In addition to the house and garage, all of the associated agricultural outbuildings remain intact, as well as the extensive irrigation system and a portion of the crop field. The 1918 farmhouse and garage are excellent examples of the Craftsman style. Designed and built by prominent local master-builders William Warren Greene and John Frank Greene, this is the only known rural example of their work. The 1917 barn is an excellent example of balloon framing applied to a large agricultural building. This form of framing, shown in plan books and farm guides of the time, provided an open, soaring hayloft that could support the weight of the hay as well as the building.

St. Catherine's Chapel, Allenspark, Colorado

oil on canvas

22x28

SOLD

The chapel was designed by noted Denver architect Jacques Benedict. The contractors were the Coulihan Brothers and Charlie Miller of the nearby town of Allenspark, who had native stone hauled in by mule carts from the surrounding area to use as building material. The land on which Camp St. Malo is built was given to the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver by Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Malo who purchased the 160 acres from the William McPhee estate in 1935. The Malos donated the funds for the building of the chapel and paid for its maintenance for decades. The chapel was dedicated by Archbishop Urban Vehr in 1936 to the honor of Saint Catherine of Siena and in the memory of Mrs. Malo’s mother, Catherine Smith Mullen. In 1993, Pope John Paul II visited the chapel during his trip to Denver for the World Youth Day and bestowed his personal blessing on the chapel. Over the years, thousand of visitors have stopped at the chapel to enjoy its simplicity and beauty as it is framed against majestic Mt. Meeker. In 1999, Boulder County designated the chapel as a historic site. The Chapel on the Rock is truly a Colorado landmark.

Lyons Church, Colorado

oil on linen

16x20

$1000

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On the corner is a white Methodist Church, built in the prairie style of clapboard.

Green Caboose

oil on linen

16x20

$1000

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