Ford, Barney L., Building

1514 Blake St., Denver, Colorado. County/parish: Denver.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 24, 1976. NRIS 76000551.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Barney Ford's People's Restaurant

From Wikipedia:

Barney L. Ford Building

The Barney L. Ford Building, a privately owned building in Denver, Colorado, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was deemed significant for its association with Barney Ford, an escaped slave who became a prominent businessman and a Republican Party leader in Colorado. The building is included by the National Park Service in lists of Underground Railroad-associated places, for its association with Ford; the Colorado Territory was itself far from the Underground Railroad routes north from the slavery states in the U.S. South.

(read more...)

National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84129893

LC