Call NumberX-2092CreatorStair, L. E.DateAugust, 1887SummaryView of roof damage suffered by the Methodist Episcopal church in Black Hawk, Colorado, August 10, 1887. Building has a large hole in the roof. Large amounts of debris are visible. The church was located on Swede Hill along Clear Creek, but when it was so completely damaged and future potential for further flooding evaluated, another church was built in Black Hawk along Gregory Street to preclude a recurrence.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 18 cm (4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBlackhawk (Colo.)--19th centuryFloods--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryStreets--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryGeographic AreaBlackhawk (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710002092Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromW.C. Spratt.NotesFormerly F5484. Hand-written on back of photoprint: Flood Blackhawk 1887. Photoprint has tear along bottom of print, tear in the mat, fading contrast. Photoprint mounted on mat board; photographer's stamp on verso. Title hand-written on front of original. R7100020920
Stair, L. E., M. E. Church, Blackhawk, Colo. (August, 1887). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 09/11/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1124078
