Call NumberZ-2767CreatorMellen, George E.Date1883 AprilSummaryView of the four-story Lewis (later the La Veta) Hotel in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The brick hotel has balconies and a projecting entrance, belt courses, heavy brackets with finials, and an iron balustrade on the cornice. A central tower has dormers, chimneys, and finials. Construction equipment and scaffolding are near the building. Brick and frame houses are nearby, and eroded cliffs are in the distance.Physical Description1 photographic print on mat board : albumen ; 13 x 21 cm (5 x 8 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectLewis Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)--19th centuryGunnison (Colo.)--19th centuryBuilding construction--Colorado--Gunnison--19th centuryHotels--Colorado--Gunnison--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711002767Type of MaterialAlbumen printsNotesCondition: stained, foxing. Penciled on verso: "This hotel in course of construction" and "La Veta Hotel."; Title inked on verso. Photographers stamp on verso. R7110027673
Mellen, George E., The Lewis Hotel of Gunnison (1883 April). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 20/06/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1129177
