Arnett-Fullen House also known as the Gingerbread House, is located on 646 Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado and is on the list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Boulder County, Colorado since 2009.[2] This house features a mixture of architectural styles and is a two-story, private residency, which is sometimes open to the public.
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| Location | 646 Pearl Street, Boulder County, Colorado, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°00′58″N 105°17′12″W / 40.01611°N 105.28667°W |
| Architect | George E. King |
| Architectural style | Mixed Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 08001376 [1] |
| CSRHP No. | 5BL.111 |
| Designated CSRHP | January 29, 2009 |
History
editThe house building starting in 1877 and was completed by 1882.[3] Built by Willamette Arnett (1848–1901), heir to Anthony Arnett, one of the founders of the Boulder Land and Trust Company.[4] Arnett-Fullen House featured one of Boulder's earliest indoor bathrooms, central heating, and cold running water systems.[5] The St. Louis, Missouri-based architect, George E. King (1852–1912) designed the house.[6][7] This house design features a mixture of architectural styles including Gothic Revival, Victorian, Carpenter Gothic, Second Empire, and Italianate styles and featuring farmhouse aesthetics and the use of cast iron throughout.[6][4]
During the Klondike Gold Rush, Willamette Arnett died in Dawson City.[3] After Arnett's death, the house was then sold.[3] The house was acquired by Hiram Fullen and the Fullen family around 1914, after there were many stories of spirits in the house and hauntings.[4][8]
Arnett-Fullen House was referenced as a model of a "gingerbread house" in the Marlys Millhiser horror novel, The Mirror (1978).[3][9]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "For the ghoul-seekers in all of us: Boulder County's haunted places". Longmont Times-Call. October 27, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Gladden, Sanford Charles (1984). Improvements in Boulder, Colorado through 1900. pp. 596, 597. ISBN 9781304268358.
- ^ a b c "A Few of Boulder's Ghostly Residents". Visitor and Local Guide to Boulder County Colorado. October 28, 2015. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ "Historic Homes of Boulder Colorado". BoulderHomeSource.com. January 28, 2019. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ a b "10-900A National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet". United States Department of the Interior National Park Service. December 18, 2008. Archived from the original on September 18, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
- ^ Burian, Edward (2015). The Architecture and Cities of Northern Mexico from Independence to the Present. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9781477307236 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Arnett-Fullen house landmark designation papers 1990". Carnegie Library for Local History. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ "Top Literary Landmarks In Denver". CBS Local Denver. January 18, 2014. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
External links
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