Time Machine Tuesday: The State Office Building Turns 100
The State Office Building — home of the Colorado State Library — will soon be…
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Colorado Governors: Job Adams Cooper
Job A. Cooper served as Colorado governor from 1889 to 1891. It was a time…
Time Machine Tuesday: Building the State Capitol
Today, the Capitol Building with its famous gold dome is one of the most recognized…
State Capitol Tours
Summer is a great time to tour the State Capitol building. Whether you’re looking for…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Territorial Capitals and Capitols
Most Coloradans know that Colorado became a state in 1876, but how many can tell…
State Government Facilities Planning
What is the State of Colorado’s vision for the future of its buildings? Although sometimes…
Renovations at the Capitol
If you work or live near the State Capitol you have probably seen all of…
Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado Capitol Buildings
For those interested in Denver’s architecture, one of the treasures of our library collection is…
Art Exhibition Honoring the State Capitol Dome
Now that the restoration of the Capitol dome is complete, Colorado Creative Industries is celebrating the…
State Capitol Dome
The Capitol Dome is again being revealed as the scaffolding has been slowly removed over…
Colorado State Capitol Art and Memorials
Colorado’s State Capitol is filled with artworks, from murals by Allen Tupper True to stained…
Colorado Capitol Christmas Tree
The Christmas tree adorning the foyer of the Colorado State Capitol was provided by CSU’s…
Uncovering the Past at the Colorado State Capitol
Yesterday’s newspaper ran a story about original wall stenciling that has been uncovered in the House…
Energy and Sustainability at the Capitol
Earlier this month the CU Denver Business School hosted a forum on energy sustainability in…
Capitol Dome Restoration
If you’ve been downtown recently you’ve probably noticed that the Colorado State Capitol Building’s dome…
Creative Capitol
Colorado has an interesting arts program called “Creative Capitol,” where artworks reflecting Colorado life, environment,…
Assessing the Condition of the State Capitol Exterior
Colorado has recently passed legislation to raise money to fund much-needed repairs to the the…
Colorado Veterans Monument
Directly across Lincoln Street from the front of the State Capitol is the Colorado Veterans…
Preserving the State Capitol Dome
The Colorado State Capitol Building has been making headlines lately as lawmakers discuss how to…
Colorado Memorials and Monuments
This Memorial Day week, I would like to highlight a few of the interesting publications…