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Reply To: | BULLAMANKA-PINHEADS The historic preservation free range. |
Date: | Wed, 10 Dec 1997 15:09:40 EST |
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In a message dated 97-12-10 01:23:27 EST, you write:
> Other cases of facadectomy have occurred in the little 19th century
> mining towns up in the Colorado Rockies. Towns like Black Hawke, Central
> City, and Crested Butte may have experienced this. Up there the new
> panning for gold takes the form of slot machines and roulette tables.
I was in Central City and Black Hawk last May giving a workshop. I didn't see
any strict examples of saving just the front wall, but gambling *has* had a
significant effect on preservation in those towns. (It also generates major
funding for preservation in the rest of the state) There were may examples of
front wall restoration/preservation with the rest of the building renovated
beyond all recognition.
Oh well, at least I made it there before *all* traces of my family's history
there were erased. My grandfather worked in a brewery and my great-grandfather
was a mine engineer there in the 1890s. My dad and his sister were born in a
log cabin up above Black Hawk on Missouri Creek. My dad had panned for gold in
the creek as a kid to get spending money. I had a chance to pan for gold at
the same creek--a near-religious experience, both for the gold I found and the
connection with my dad. I had his original pint-sized leather gold poke along
to keep my nuggets in.
John Leeke, Preservation Consultant
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