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Minnequa Steel Works Office Building & Dispensary Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.
(Steelworks Museum of Industry and Culture)
215 and 225 Canal St.
State Register 8/8/2001,
National Register
6/6/2002, 5PE.4179
Landmarks
T
he Mission Reviv-
al-style buildings at
the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Co.’s Minnequa
Steel Works illustrate
the growth of what
became the largest
single employer in
the Pueblo region.
They reflect the rapid
improvements made
to accommodate sup-
port services for the
steel plant as it grew
to become one of the
largest iron and steel
plants in the United
States by 1906.
Prominent Denver
architect Frederick H.
Sterner designed the
original 1901 office
building and 1902
dispensary. Pueblo
architects continued
the Mission style,
with William Stick-
ney designing the 1921
addition to the office
building and Walter
DeMordaunt the 1926
addition to the dis-
pensary. The Bessemer
Historical Society is
working to rehabilitate
the historic buildings
for use in its interpre-
tive program. (1999
photograph.)
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