Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library

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| name = Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library

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| image = Ouray CO Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library 2006 09 13.jpg

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| location = 6th Ave. between 3rd and 4th Sts., Ouray, Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|38|1|23|N|107|40|12|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Colorado#USA

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| built = 1899

| architect = Walsh, Tom

| architecture = Late Victorian

| added = April 16, 1975

| refnum = 75000528{{NRISref|2008a}}

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The Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library are a pair of buildings in downtown Ouray, Colorado, United States. Located on 6th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets, they are together listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=75000528}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ouray City Hall and Walsh Library|publisher=National Park Service|author=Walter Rule |date=June 12, 1974 |accessdate=July 26, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=75000528|photos=y|title=two photos}}.

History

Constructed in 1900, the city hall was built as a miniature replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia.{{cite web|url=http://www.ouraycountyhistoricalsociety.org/CityHall.htm |title=Ouray City Hall/Walsh Library/Fire Department |publisher=Ouray County Historical Society}} Thomas Walsh, founder of the Camp Bird Mine, donated a library which occupied the second floor. The structure burned down in January 1950. It was listed on the Register in 1975. A restoration effort in 1976 as part of the city of Ouray Centennial failed, but another restoration effort led by then-mayor Bill Fries (C.W. McCall) succeeded in restoring the historic facade in 1988.

References

External links

[http://www.ouraycountyhistoricalsociety.org/CityHall.htm Ouray County Historical Society]

Category:City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado

Category:Government buildings completed in 1899

Category:Buildings and structures in Ouray County, Colorado

Category:Clock towers in Colorado

Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado

Category:1899 establishments in Colorado

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Ouray County, Colorado

Category:Libraries in Colorado