The Towers, palatial home of J. Maurice Finn, Cripple Creek
Summary
Exterior view of Jonah Maurice Finn's residence, Placer Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; nicknamed "The Towers" or "Finn's Folly"; palatial twenty-six room mansion was completed by 1901 and torn down in 1920; features include multi-gabled roof, three stories with dormers, one turret or tower per corner of house with bay windows, main double-wide entry way through corner turret, covered proches attached to side entrances with balustrades, straight stairs and railings, scalloped shingles and vertical wooden frame siding, transoms, widows' walk or belvedere, and stone foundation or lattice covered foundation area; little girl stands on top step of porch.
Date
[between 1901 and 1920]
Notes
Formerly negative F34714.; Source or donor's stamp on back of photoprint: Dow Helmers 3030 Leslie Drive Colorado Springs, Colo. 80909.; Title from printed label on back of photoprint.; R7100007273
Physical Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm. (4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Subject
Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1920.
Source
Source: Dow Helmers, March 31, 1976
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
