Western Federation of Miners union hall
- Western Federation of Miners union hall
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location_town=110 North 4th Street Victor, Colorado
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The Western Federation of Miners Union Hall is a historic building in danger of collapse in the Victor Downtown Historic District of Victor, Colorado.
The building was a meeting place for the members of Western Federation of Miners Local No. 32. In June 1904, the Colorado National Guard shot at miners taking refuge in the union hall during the Colorado Labor Wars. The building bears at least nine bullet holes from the attack.
The union deeded the hall to the Victor School District in the 1920s. It was abandoned in the 1970s and used briefly in the 1980s as a restaurant.
The Victor Historical Preservation Society purchased the building and an adjacent lot in 2004 with the intent to restore the building to its original condition. As of 2005, two of the five beams supporting the roof have broken and the group applied for a grant from the Colorado Historical Society to replace the roof. The Victor Historical Preservation Society was unable to obtain the grant and the building has again been sold (July 2008) to a nearby shop owner.
A group of individuals calling themselves the Western Federation of Miners Union Hall Restoration Committee is in the process of forming a new organization to raise funds and rescue the building.
Anyone interested in saving this truly historic building should contact thevictorspirit@ccvnet.net.
[cite web |url=http://www.gazette.com/onset?id=16933&template=article.html |title=Victor hall hanging by thread |accessdate= |last=Correll |first=Deedee |date=2005-03-30 |work= The Gazette |publisher=Colorado Springs |archiveurl= |archivedate= ]
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