Is this the first use of various bricks to create a pattern that I've seen? I think it might be. Whether it is or not, it's very striking. Not only is the courthouse very classic in style, I like the way it takes the mundane brick and turns into something quite aesthetic. Kudos to the … Continue reading 562. Cripple Creek, Teller County (CO30) →

Three years. I cannot even fathom the idea that I've been writing this for three years. I cannot fathom that my streak is still going. Though I have not written about it, I cannot fathom that I literally returned from completing another state yesterday, either. Of course, you'll spend the next month reading about that … Continue reading A Third Year Gone By →

So, I found myself in a bit of a quandary here because I couldn’t figure out exactly where the county courthouse was. If anywhere has a claim to be the right place—the county’s administrative seat—it would be the Board of County Commissioners building pictured above. That said, why would you want this … … when … Continue reading 561. Colorado Springs, El Paso County (CO29) →

The courthouse was decidedly meh. I didn't have a lot of time to spend dwelling on it, though. My opinion took a backseat because I was a man on a mission. It was hard enough to get through town considering that there was a free concert being given and everybody and their mother and their … Continue reading 560. Fairplay, Park County (CO28) →

Yes, that Breckenridge! Ski bums unite? Well, OK, they're going to have money probably so maybe not "bums", but you get the idea. To be fair, I don't think I saw very much of the real Breckenridge. What little I saw seemed geared towards the visiting ski tourists, a weird, artificial quaintness which I found … Continue reading 559. Breckenridge, Summit County (CO27) →

No. Just no. This is another one of those courthouses that looks like it was erected by a homebuilder or possibly a firm specializing in medical office complexes. Nothing about the building is inspiring. I couldn’t even see a point in getting a good photograph of it. Even if it was not surrounded by trees, … Continue reading 558. Georgetown, Clear Creek County (CO26) →

I complain a lot about modern courthouses, but this one is pretty stellar. If you're going to do it, do it with some style and panache! I bet the inner atrium must be lovely with all that glass and sunlight coming in. Well played, Jefferson County. Well played... As an odd little side note, as … Continue reading 557. Golden, Jefferson County (CO25) →

The courthouse was lovely, on the main street of this tight and tiny town in the mountain passes. It looked, in some respects like a lovely little European town. Of course, you can't see the casino farther back down the road. I spent a little wondering if I had made the right choice in coming … Continue reading 556. Central City, Gilpin County (CO24) →

I thought this was going to be a quick jaunt over here because the county clerk's office was 10 minutes from Broomfield. Turned out that there was a satellite office in a nearby town so it ended up taking me more than a little bit longer to get here than I would have thought. Obviously … Continue reading 555. Boulder, Boulder County (CO23) →

Broomfield, like Denver, has also combined both city and county functions into one administrative block. Therefore they have a modern conglomeration of buildings with the Clerk's Office and Police and Public Works and the courts and everything else mixed into it. Look, I know I give more modern courthouse a certain amount of crap they … Continue reading 554. Broomfield, Broomfield County (CO22) →