Silverton Photos

Silverton, CO in the San Juan Mountains was a town laid out in 1874 to serve the areas silver & gold miners. Today its shops in Victorian buildings cater to the train loads of rail buffs who arrive daily from Durango on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.

See also: Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Durango, Colorado
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Mountains which tower over Silverton.

Durango & Silverton Railroad steam locomotives 493.

Durango & Silverton Railroad Silverton station.

Rio Grande caboose parked at Silverton.

Streetscape of Silverton's Greene Street including Grand Imperial Hotel or Thomson Block. On National Register.

Grand Imperial Hotel or Thomson Block (1882-3) (1219 Greene St.) built by W.S. Thomson of England.

Decorative detail of Grand Imperial Hotel or Thomson Block.

Thomas Blair building (1883) orange (1231 Greene St.) & purple St. Julien Restaurant building (1884) (1237 Greene St.).

St. Julien Restaurant building (1884) purple (1237 Greene St.).

Victorian-style commercial building (1245 Greene St.).

Victorian commercial streetscape in 1200 block of Greene St.

Silverton Brewery (1895) (1333 Greene St.) with antique Ford delivery truck parked in front.

Billy Cole & Fritz Hoffman Buildings (1901) (1323 & 1327 Greene St.).

Louis Wyman Hotel (1902) (1371 Greene St.) in red sandstone with carved burro above door.

Louis Wyman Hotel (1902) (1371 Greene St.) in red sandstone with carved burro above door.

Silverton City Hall (1908) on Greene St.

Courthouse (1907).

Recently built Ice Cream Parlor (1314 Greene St.).

John V. Lorenzon & Joe Grivetto Chicago Saloon (1896) (1228 Greene St.) to right of 1234 Greene St. (1972).

Fred Humlboldt building (1893) (1129 Greene St.).

Hand carved Hopi Kachina dolls in shop window on Greene St.

Native arts & crafts in shop window on Greene St.


All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart.
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