West Highland in Denver in Denver County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Roger W. Woodbury Branch Denver Public Library
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 6, 2023
1. Roger W. Woodbury Branch Denver Public Library Marker
the generosity of
Mr. Andrew Carnegie
1912
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work • Education. In addition, it is included in the Carnegie Libraries, and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.
Location. 39° 45.79′ N, 105° 1.538′ W. Marker is in Denver, Colorado, in Denver County. It is in West Highland. It is at the intersection of Federal Boulevard (U.S. 287) and West Highland Park Place (West 33rd Avenue), on the right when traveling south on Federal Boulevard. Marker is mounted at eye-level, directly on the subject building, just to the right of the east entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3265 Federal Boulevard, Denver CO 80211, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Colorado’s Front Range. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Elizabeth's Retreat Chapel (approx. 0.2 miles away); Romeo Block (approx. 0.6 miles away); Creation of the Cheeseburger (approx. 0.6 miles away); All Saints Episcopal Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); St. Patrick Mission Church (approx.
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1. Woodbury Branch Library. Denver Architecture Foundation website entry:
Excerpt: The Woodbury library was constructed in 1913 in the Renaissance Revival style, and named for Roger Williams Woodbury, a businessman, journalist and banker who served as Denvers first president of the Chamber of Commerce. Located in a central and prominent neighborhood of Denver, like many Carnegie-funded libraries, the Woodbury Branch Library features a simple but formal appearance. The Renaissance Revival style of the building is reminiscent of a classical Italian villa with its red clay tile roof, dramatic arched windows and substantial stone pediments.(Submitted on August 17, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Two of Denver's oldest branch libraries will celebrate their century marks this weekend. Westwood website entry:
Excerpt: The branch library was named after General Roger Williams Woodbury, one of the founders of the Denver Public Library and first Library Board President. After(Submitted on August 17, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)the Civil War, Woodbury became a local editor, managing editor and partial proprietor of the Denver Daily Tribune, President of the Union Bank of Denver, President of the California Eastern Railway Company and President of the Chamber of Commerce. Some say General Woodbury was one of the most influential men in Denver and Colorado. Designed in the Italian Florentine Renaissance-style, the Woodbury Branch Library was honored as a member of the National Register for Historic Places (1986) and designated a historic landmark by Denver Landmark Preservation (1989).Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 6, 20232. City and County of Denver Landmark Plaque(mounted directly above Carnegie Library marker)
Denver Landmark No. 183 1989
3. The History of the Denver Public Library. Website homepage:
Excerpt: In 1912, the contracts were written for building four branch libraries using an $80,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie, which funded the Roger W. Woodbury, Sarah Platt Decker, Charles Dickinson, and the Henry White Warren Branches of the Library. All four branches opened in the summer of 1913 to much fanfare.(Submitted on August 17, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
4. Carnegie Library (Wikipedia). Wikipedia entry:
Excerpt: A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.(Submitted on August 17, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929. 1,689 were built in the United States. At first, Carnegie libraries were almost exclusively in places with which he had a personal connection namely his birthplace in Scotland and the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, his adopted hometown. Later, Carnegie substantially increased funding to libraries outside these areas. As Carnegie's library funding progressed, very few of the towns that requested a grant, committing to his terms for operation and maintenance, were refused.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 6, 20233. Roger W. Woodbury Branch Denver Public Library
(east entrance)(markers are mounted on right side of east entrance)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 6, 2023
4. Roger W. Woodbury Branch Denver Public Library
(south elevation)
(south elevation)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 6, 2023
5. Roger W. Woodbury Branch - Denver Public Library (southwest column detail)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 6, 2023
6. Roger W. Woodbury Branch Denver Public Library
(west elevation)
(west elevation)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 6, 2023
7. Roger W. Woodbury Branch Denver Public Library (east elevation)
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