Matthew Callahan Aspen - 39°11′28″N 106°49′36″W / 39.19111°N 106.82667°W / 39.19111; -106.82667 Coordinates: 39°11′28″N 106°49′36″W / 39.19111°N 106.82667°W / 39.19111; -106.82667
Matthew Callahan Log Cabin is located on South Third Street in SP, Colorado, USA. It was built in the early 1880s. In 1987, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with a group of other historic buildings in the city.
Matthew Callahan Aspen
This was one of many log cabins built in the early years of Asp's settlement. Today it is one of the few buildings of this period in the city.
Aspen Institute 2017 Overview And 2016 Annual Report
The cottage is on the west side of South Third, just south of West Hopkins Avenue, in the West d'Aspes residential area. There are a few single-family homes on surrounding properties. The land is flat at the base of a ridge of Asp Mountain just past West Hyman Avenue to the south. Many old trees shade the neighboring houses.
Dark brown spots with mortar in between. Trunks connect joints. Above the tree trunks, the gables have vertical flush boards. It is crowned by a gabled shingle roof with a small brick chimney piercing the core. A wooden sliding door forms a mausoleum in the eastern corner of the south facade.
Exiting through a floor door is the southern annexe, which is longer than the main block but not as tall. It has the same treatment except that it is fitted with vertical flushing walls found in cabin pediments. A complementary sliding door leads to the main trans, stone-tiled terrace. The east facade (front) has two large rectangular windows with wide plain wooden frames. Similar windows are found on other facades, including another annex on the west.
In the late 1870s, shortly after Colorado became a state, prospectors began crossing the Continental Divide at Independence Pass in search of silver deposits in the Roaring Fork Valley. Many established their TTS about t miles (16 km) below the pass at the confluence of Roaring Fork and its tributary, Castle Creek, which they found suitable for large-scale settlement. It was initially called the Ute City for the dominant local Native American tribe, but soon acquired the name due to the growth of aspen trees in the forest.
Historic Homes In Colorado
The same forests provided plenty of wood for the construction of the log cabins that would replace the early tts when the asp grew. Indeed, there were many veins of silver in the mountains surrounding Asp, and the potential fortunes attracted the attention of investors from the east. The growing town became the temporary seat of newly created Pitkin County in 1881.
And this attracted not only more miners but also artisans, merchants and builders, all hoping to capitalize on the boom.
Matthew Callahan was one of them. He probably built not only the present hut for his family but also other buildings in the growing city.
When it was built, the Callahan hut probably had a trans to the north. The 1889 ASP City Directory gives the family's address as 401 West Hopkins. Sometime after 1890 the site was redesigned in board-and-bat and moved to its current location on Trans Extension. The original painted cedar ornaments on the ceiling were also replaced.
Find Your Voting Location
Eventually, most of the original shacks were torn down to make way for miners' shacks and larger wood-frame or brick homes as the town prospered. In the late 1880s some other houses were incorporated, as was the case with the Davis Wet House. In the years after the silver market collapsed after the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1893, those left behind caught fire or were neglected after that time News in your inbox. Our newsletters are free and you can unsubscribe at any time.
In the exclusive air of Aspen real estate, the West End is undoubtedly the most desirable neighborhood, where home sales regularly break records, fetching the highest price per square foot. A large percentage of Aspen's 261 Victorian-era buildings stand here—albeit modified—on almost every block, with stately residences with pristine paintwork and attractively manicured gardens.
But it wasn't always like that. During the rough mining era, thousands of houses were built across the city to accommodate the exploding local workforce.
Most of them were blasted quickly and cheaply, many created from plan books passed between miners and carpenters.
Matthew Callahan Log Cabin
How do so many examples of Victorian architecture survive when living standards are so different today? The answer lies in decades of hard work and tremendous effort.
After the silver crash of 1893 nothing was built as the town's population dwindled to a few hundred. During those many quiet decades, many of the grand houses were torn down because they became too difficult to maintain or were even unsafe, says Amy Simon, Aspen's historic preservation officer.
More modest homes survived. In fact, Simon says, 125 of Aspen's 260 Victorian-era lots were miners' cottages, drawn from plan books. After World War II, when skiing revitalized the city's economy and attracted people from all over the world to work in the new industry, these houses filled up again. Large yards and close proximity to downtown and schools make the West End in particular a great place for families.
But growth in population and wealth created development pressures that threatened Aspen's historic fabric, and in 1972 a civic group called Save the Victorians pushed for one of the nation's first historic preservation programs.
Searching For Grace Kelly
"If this effort hadn't been made 40 years ago, we wouldn't have anything left," says Simon, who notes that every mining-era building standing today is now a listed building. Overall, 15 percent of Aspen's 2,000 properties -- approximately 300 in total -- are designated historic, including approximately 30 properties classified as Aspen Modern.
Aspen's historic preservation rules have evolved over time, both in terms of carrot and stick and what and how can be replaced. Sometimes there was conflict. "For the most part, the community felt it was important to preserve these buildings," says Simon, "but there was a sense at times that historic buildings were viewed as development opportunities rather than a cherished resource."
Some of the larger Victorian houses that were renovated before the regulations came into force are known as "fairground houses", which were fashionable decades before the bouncy backs of women's dresses.
Historic guidelines have since been refined to the point that some believe they preserve historic resources while still allowing owners enough latitude to change to their satisfaction. In short, they follow a universal conservation principle that seeks to distinguish the new from the old by requiring renovations and additions to be closely related to the original character of the structure in two of three categories: form, glazing, and materials.
Atw 10102013 By Aspen Times Weekly
For architect Sarah Broughton, whose office Rowland + Broughton has worked on many of Aspen's Victorian buildings (both commercial and residential), the late 19th-century style presents interesting challenges. "The style and proportions of the Victorians don't match today's lifestyle and living," she says, accepting the challenge of replacing them in a way that is "complementary and respectful." The interior of these historic homes often offers the opportunity to change the floor plan and make them more livable. In addition, the project's location on the property is critical because a publicly accessible Victorian can be a strong representation of our community. “We believe the most sustainable thing you can do is build to last, and these Victorians are built to last – they're timeless and we should preserve them,” says Broughton. "It is an honor to preserve the buildings of our city."
One of the few Victorian residential buildings open to the public—currently home to the Aspen Historical Society—the Wheeler-Stallard House is a rare three-story brick mansion in existence in Aspen. Jerome Wheeler, who also built the Hotel Jerome and the Wheeler Opera House, built this Queen Anne style house to convince his wife and daughter to stay in Aspen.
Aspen's only Second Empire-style home is unique because it's the only residential building on its block (the park of the same name is just around the corner). It is also notable for a scandal involving the mining-era mayor of Aspen, who built it for his wife, who died of strychnine poisoning. Shortly after his wife's death, he married her young niece. Walter and Elizabeth Pepke, who started Aspen's postwar revival, bought the house in 1946 and painted it bubble gum pink.
This typical one-story timber miner's cottage underwent several non-historic additions over the course of a century, until Rowland + Broughton removed them. They built a modern extension at the back of the house from corrugated iron, a material typical of the mining era. The front door, framed by the original porch with its decorative jambs and brackets, opens into the dining room.
Nelson's Green Brier Distillery Founders Honor Family & Heritage
Built in the early 1880s before
Matthew callahan, brian callahan, shop callahan, callahan cabin aspen, callahan clothing, caren callahan, callahan jobs, garratt callahan, doctor callahan, ryan callahan, callahan brakes, garrett callahan
0 Comments