Lafayette House
The Lafayette House is a historic boarding house located at 600 East Simpson Street in Lafayette, Colorado. Built in 1900, the house opened as a boarding house for coal miners working in nearby mines.Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: Coal mining era building, Lafayette
- Address: 600 East Simpson Street, Lafayette, CO 80026
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Congregational Church and WOW! Children’s Museum.
Congregational Church
Historic building
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Congregational Church at 300 E. Simpson St. in Lafayette, Colorado was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of a multiple property submission, the Lafayette Coal Mining Era Buildings TR. Congregational Church is situated 1,100 feet west of Lafayette House.
WOW! Children’s Museum
Museum
Photo: Craig Talbert, CC BY 2.0.
WOW! Children's Museum, formally World of Wonder, is an interactive children's museum located in Lafayette, Colorado geared toward children under 12. It was founded in 1996 by Lisa and Dario Attallah and in 2004 moved to Lafayette from Louisville. WOW! Children’s Museum is situated 1,500 feet west of Lafayette House.
Lewis House
Museum
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lewis House is a historic miner’s residence located at 108 East Simpson Street in Lafayette, Colorado. Built in the 1890s at the Gladstone Mine near Lafayette, the house was later moved into town between 1910 and 1913. Lewis House is situated 1,500 feet west of Lafayette House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lafayette and Louisville.
Lafayette
Town
Photo: Paltron, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The City of Lafayette is a home rule municipality located in southeastern Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 30,411 at the 2020 United States census.
Louisville
Town
Photo: Aetheling, Public domain.
The City of Louisville is a home rule municipality located in southeastern Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 21,226 at the 2020 United States census. Louisville is situated 3 miles southwest of Lafayette House.
Leyner
Hamlet
Leyner is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Leyner is situated 3½ miles north of Lafayette House.
Lafayette House
- Category: house
- Location: Boulder, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.99802° or 39° 59′ 53″ northLongitude
-105.08401° or 105° 5′ 2″ westOpen location code
85FPXWX8+69OpenStreetMap ID
way 803877177OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q123446293
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