Denver's Stately City and County Building is located at 1437 Bannock St in Denver and is situated just west of Denver's Civic Center Park, and looks directly towards the Colordo State Capital to across Civi Center Park.
Denver's City and County Building was built in 1932. The City and County Building was designed and built in the Beaux-Arts Neoclassical style that was so popular in Denver during that time. The front of the City and County Building features two curved wings each with Ionic columns standing on a base of Cotopaxi granite. There is a massive staircase that leads to a 3 story temple front entryway with Corinthian columns made of granite from Stone Mountain Georgia. Huge bronze doors open into the lobby of the City and County Building, revealing Colorado travertine panels and 8 columns in the rotunda, each 19 feet high. Artwork from various Colorado artists can also be seen here.
Colorado marble was used extensively throughout the interior of the City and County Building and can still be seen today in the hallways and most of the the offices throughout the City and County Building, Even the bathrooms of the City and County Building boast beautiful, Colorado marble throughout. There is a carillion clock tower on the City and County Building, that is crowned with a golden eagle. The clock chimes on the quarter hour.
In 1935, Denver Adopted a Holiday tradition that continues through today. Each Christmas, thousands of lights illuminate the entire City and County Building in a display that people come from miles away to see. The ceremony to light the lights at the City and County Building are now televised and enjoyed by people up and down the front range.
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