Map of Historic Places in Broomfield

Name/Title

Map of Historic Places in Broomfield

Entry/Object ID

2023.3.50

Scope and Content

This is a hand drawn map of all of the Historic places of Broomfield during 1991. down to up it goes from 108th Ave to 10th Ave. Then from left to right it goes from Highway 121 to Lowell. Each historic place is labeled by a number that corresponds with the map key. The key lists out 1. Old Broomfield 2. Site of "Old' Methodist Church now Jonas Taxidermy 3. Site of Mandelay town (school?) and the Church Ranch Stage Stop from the Late 1800's 4. Site of Libby Pickle Factory in 1930's 5. Former Zang Farmland - in 1895 it consisted of 4000 acres 6. Lorraine School site - the first Broomfield school 7. Dunphy farm site in the early 1900's. Straight to the east are the Brunner farms 8. Kozisek farm site - bought by them about 1915, Behind the house stood a hip- roofed barn 9. Lakeview Cemetery - incorporated in 1890 - oldest grave 1889. Now owned by the city 10. Site of on of Zang's many Lakes on his farmland and the reason for the jog in 10th Ave. Another Zang lake site is where Safeway is. 11. Zang country home - 680 Poppy Way. There were two huge horse barns at approximately 6th Ave and Poppy Way that housed his prized Percheron horse 12. Site of the Broomfield school - used in early 1900's 13. Home place of the Crawford family - father Harry and son Miles were both postmasters here covering times during late 1800's and 1945-1965. 14. Sites of the two grain elevators since 1916 and 1920 15. Original site of the Broomfield Depot, now a museum at new location- 2201 W. 10th Ave.. Originally built in 1909 16. Grave of "Shep" a dog that was the friend of the men who ran the toll booth on the turnpike to Boulder when it was still a toll road. 17. Telephone Exchange Building - first one built for that purpose 18. First site of Broomfield - on DU and P narrow gauge railroad 19. Lower Church Lake 20. Upper Church Lake

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Map

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cartograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Miles Crawford, Harry R. Crawford, Shep, Joe Jonas Jr. Taxidermy

Related Places

Place

* Untyped Place

Zang Ranch House, Kozisek Farm, Joe Jonas Jr. Taxidermy, Lorraine School, Crawford Farm & Honey House

Location

Lakeview Cemetery, Broomfield, CO

Historic Building

Broomfield Depot, Brunner Farmhouse