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Arvada Tavern

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1910, John E. Borba, builder. 5707 Wadsworth Blvd.

A former blacksmith shop turned neighborhood bar with a venerable shuffleboard table, this small, two-story gray brick building is full of old-timers and folklore. Following a typical pattern, the blacksmith shop evolved into an auto repair garage during the 1920s. After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, when it became a tavern, the outdoor stairs were moved indoors and the chimney was removed.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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Thomas J. Noel, "Arvada Tavern", [Arvada, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-JF64.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 168-168.

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