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Shelter house built for the city of Denver in Rocky Mountains--J.B. Benedict, Architect – Vintage Print

Shelter house built for the city of Denver in Rocky Mountains--J.B. Benedict, Architect, [between 1903 and 1923] — historic photograph
Shelter house built for the city of Denver in Rocky Mountains--J.B. Benedict, Architect, [between 1903 and 1923]. Historic photograph from the Denver collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic photograph of Shelter house built for the city of Denver in Rocky Mountains--J.B. Benedict, Architect brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Shelter house built for the city of Denver in Rocky Mountains--J.B. Benedict, Architect

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This photograph shows a stone shelter house that the architect J.B. Benedict designed for the city of Denver, set in the Rocky Mountains. Shelter houses like this one gave visitors a sheltered place to rest, eat, and take in mountain views, and many were built of local stone in a rustic style that blended with the landscape. The print comes from the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress, whose photographer documented American buildings and their settings in the early twentieth century. Its stonework and construction are the features most worth studying.

Created / published[between 1903 and 1923]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1930.
NotesFrances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 20.
SubjectsShelters--Colorado--1900-1930. Stone buildings--Colorado--1900-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan829 × 662 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-194326

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