Colfax Avenue

Colfax Avenue 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 using the search feature in the top left. If you use any content from this site, please credit ColfaxAvenue.org.

 

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

 

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Florence Crittenton Home

In 1899, the Florence Crittenton Home was incorporated in Colorado and purchased the building located at 4901 West Colfax Avenue. To accommodate the needs for increased housing, the Home eventually built a three-story apartment building behind the original home.

Paul's Fine Portraits

 

Colfax, Soul of Denver

 

Whiskey Bill's

Whiskey Bill's was an old-school roadhouse once located at 7290 W. Colfax Avenue in Lakewood, CO.

Grateful Dead on Colfax

 

East Colfax Monolith