Leadville, Colorado - Heritage Museum.

Leadville, Colorado - Heritage Museum.
Leadville, Colorado - Heritage Museum.

Photo Description

The brick building at the northeast corner of Harrison and 9th is the Heritage Museum. Built as the Carnegie Library, it opened in 1904, two years after the cornerstone date of 1902. It served as the library for the area until 1971 when it was turned into a local museum. It is open during the summer months and houses a scale model of the Leadville Ice Palace, an excellent display of 10th Mountain Division memorabilia and various Leadville artifacts.*

*This text is from the walking tour of Leadville at http://www.leadville.com/walktour/ - a great resource for local information.