Victor Downtown Historic District
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Victor Downtown Historical District is a historic district encompassing several blocks of Victor, Colorado
listed in the National Register of Historic Places
. The district is bounded roughly by Diamond Avenue, Second, Portland and Fifth Streets.
Victor, Colorado
Victor is a Statutory City in Teller County, Colorado, United States. The population was 445 at the 2000 census.Victor is in the heart of Colorado's gold country, home to two of the major gold mines in the Cripple Creek mining district...
listed in the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. The district is bounded roughly by Diamond Avenue, Second, Portland and Fifth Streets.
Buildings
- Midland Terminal Railroad DepotMidland Terminal Railroad DepotThe Midland Terminal Railroad Depot in Victor, Colorado, was built in 1895 for the Midland Terminal Railway. The brick depot contains features common to its type and period of construction including the wide overhanging eaves, the central bay office window, and the large freight doors....
- Victor HotelVictor HotelThe Victor Hotel is a historic hotel in the mining town of Victor, Colorado in the United States. The hotel is a four-story Victorian brick building built in 1899-1900 by the town’s founders, the Woods brothers...
- Western Federation of Miners Union HallWestern Federation of Miners union hallThe Western Federation of Miners Union Hall is a historic building in danger of collapse in the Victor Downtown Historic District of Victor, Colorado....
See also
- Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894The Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 was a five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA. It resulted in a victory for the union and was followed in 1903 by the Colorado Labor Wars...
- Colorado Labor WarsColorado Labor WarsColorado's most significant battles between labor and capital occurred primarily between miners and mine operators. In these battles the state government, with one clear exception, always took the side of the mine operators....