About

This is a striking one-½ story sandstone building atop a stone foundation near the crest of Wahsatch. According to Sanborn maps, the initial one-story building on this site was replaced by a one-and-one-half-story stone home by 1900.

The home features a front retaining wall of Manitou Greenstone. The same stone forms a table for the house; the remainder of the house features semi-finished rectangular red stone blocks. The porch features round stone pillars atop a square base that supports the porch roof. Atop the roof is a flat balcony area. The windows on the south, west, and north elevations have sills. The house number is carved over the front doorway.

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Timeline

• 1900

  Its first occupant was Albert Shapiro, who lived with his wife Ellen for many years. Shapiro worked as a clothier, selling suits, shoes, and furniture to gentlemen, stimulated by the demand generated by the Cripple Creek fortunes. He earlier had clerked for the Oppenheim Brothers in their clothing store.

Additional Resources

• Drive Folder – a collection of documents compiled during the Historic Uptown Neighborhood’s historic preservation efforts.