 The Stanford White designed Westminster Castle around 1908 The Westminster Castle, also locally known as "The Big Red Castle" is a historic landmark located in Westminster, Colorado, northwest of Denver near the intersection of 83rd and Federal. History is often used as a generic term for information about the past, such as in geologic history of the Earth. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of human societies. ...
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Westminster is a city located in both Adams County, Colorado and Jefferson County, Colorado and is a suburb of the city of Denver. ...
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Conception to Construction Now owned by the Pillar of Fire church, the "Big Red Castle" started life in 1890 with dreams of becoming "The Princeton of the West" when New Yorker Henry T. Mayham received approval to build a Presbyterian university on his land atop a hill overlooking Denver, Colorado. This beautiful property was named Crown Point and was the highest point in the early, sprawling Arapaho County. Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ...
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An architect named E.B. Gregory designed and laid the cornerstone for the university's main building which was to be constructed of gray stone from the Coal Creek area. But because of lack of funding, construction was delayed so Mayham hired New York architect Stanford White to finish the design and oversee construction. One main design element changed by White was the stone--now a red sandstone from the Red Rocks/Manitou area. White's design was completed by 1893: 160' frontage, 80' depth, three stories tall, with a distinctive 175' tall tower. Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ...
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Coal Creek is a census-designated place located in Boulder County, Colorado. ...
Stanford White (1853-1906) Washington Square Arch New York American on June 25, 1906 Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. ...
Red Rocks Area Red Rocks is a mountain park to the southwest of Denver, where very large, dark red boulders seem to sprout from the earth. ...
The University Opens Although the construction was completed in 1893, the doors of Westminster University did not open until September 17, 1908 thanks to the Silver Crash of 1893 and competition from a nearby Presbyterian college. Mayham's persistent fund-raising paid off when the first 60 students began classes in 1908. Tuition was $50 per year and even included indoor plumbing! Tuition means instruction, teaching or a fee charged for educational instruction especially at a formal institution of learning. ...
1911 saw some changes to the city in which the University was located. The town, formerly known as Harris (for an early settler), incorporated and changed their name to Westminster, in honor of Westminster University. The next few years were basically uneventful until, in 1915, the Board of Trustees made the decision to exclude women from the University. It seemed like a good decision at the time, but just two years later they found themselves with no enrollment because all of the young men had gone to fight in World War I. The Presbyterian University closed its doors in 1917, never to realize its dream of becoming the Princeton of the West. A Municipal Corporation is a legal defintion for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, and towns. ...
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Pillar of Fire At its peak, the Crown Point property was worth nearly a half a million dollars. But after the devastating closure and three-year abandonment, was purchased by Bishop Alma White of the Pillar of Fire Church for $40,000 on January 31, 1920. Included in the sale was the main college building, 45 acres of land, a power plant, and two houses (one a student's dormitory, the other the President's house.) Alma White (1862-1946) Pillar of Fire, November 25, 1914 Bishop Alma Bridwell White (June 16, 1862 - June 26, 1946) founded the Pillar of Fire Church. ...
Pillar of Fire, November 25, 1914 The Pillar of Fire Church is headquartered in Zarephath, New Jersey and was first established in 1901 in Denver, Colorado as the Methodist Pentecostal Church. ...
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1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ...
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The sale was a good deal, but the state of the buildings left the church with $75,000 worth of repairs. Shattered windows, cracked walls, and broken plaster were the main structural complaints, but the once regal building had also become a glorified barn with thousands of chickens in the basement and farm machinery on the first floor.
In spite of the enormity of the work, the new Westminster University opened to students on September 7th, 1920, just eight months after the purchase. Within six years of opening, the school, now known as Belleview Schools, had received its accreditation and was ready for decades of education. Generally, accreditation is the process by which a facility becomes officially certified as providing services of a reasonably good quality, so that the public can trust in the quality of its services. ...
Today Belleview Christian Schools still reside on the Westminster University campus which is home to a wide range of educational experiences including Belleview Christian Childcare & PreSchool (ages 2 1/2-4), Belleview Christian School (K-12), as well as Belleview Christian College and Bible Seminary. Although most of the teaching happens in newer buildings on the campus, classes continue in the historic main building which was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The building is also the home of KPOF AM91 Radio, Colorado's first station to broadcast in HD Radio. The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...
KPOF is an AM radio station in Westminster, Colorado broadcasting at 910 kHz. ...
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The public is encouraged to come out to the campus for a family fun day that happens at the castle each June. "Open House on the Hill" features castle tours, carnival rides, games, food, and fun for the whole family sponsored by Belleview Christian Schools and AM91 The Point.
References - Westminster Historical Society
- KPOF AM91 Radio
- Belleview Christian Schools
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