Colfax Avenue

Colfax Avenue, the Longest, Wickedest Main Street in America, has a colorful and vibrant history that must be preserved. This site is a gift to the people of Colorado and the World for historical archival purposes. All content can be found through the links in the right hand column or use the search feature in the top left. If you use any content, please credit ColfaxAvenue.org.

 

Please visit the Colfax Avenue exhibit currently on display at History Colorado entitled Forty Years on the 'Fax!

 

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Trigg-McClure Realty

Trigg-McClure Realty, 11090 East Colfax Avenue, Aurora (undated photo courtesy of the Shorty Hanger collection and scanned by Todd Matuszewicz)

Also pictured are signs for Radiant Motel and Skyline Motel.

Porter's Tots & Teens Shoes

Porter's Tots & Teens Shoes, 10610 East Colfax Avenue, Aurora, Colorado (undated photo courtesy of the Shorty Hanger collection and scanned by Todd Matuszewicz)

Boling Trailer Sales

Boling Trailer Sales, 11520 East Colfax Avenue, Aurora, Colorado (undated photo courtesy of the Shorty Hanger collection and scanned by Todd Matuszewicz).

Ads from mid-to-late 1952 locate Boling Trailers at 8900 East Colfax, which is the current address of Biltmore Motel (built in 1956). Ads from February and March of 1952 locate Boling at 2567 South Broadway. A 1955 obituary for Floyd Boling states that he and his wife moved from Oklahoma to Denver in 1942 and started the business around that time.

Gambles, The Friendly Store

Gambles, "The Friendly Store," 10260 East Colfax, Aurora, Colorado (undated photo from the Shorty Hanger collection and scanned by Todd Matuszewicz)

Weiss Drugs

Courtesy Save the Signs

Weiss Drugs, 5001 East Colfax, Denver, 1947

Other signs and businesses include Ski Inc (5081 East Colfax) Joe's Barber Shop (5089 East Colfax) and Norman's Casual Shop (5091 East Colfax).

The Weiss Drugs building is still standing and is now a restaurant called The W Denver.