The 1860 Bradford-Perley House originally served as a station house on the Bradford Wagon Road during the years it was occupied by Robert Bradford, a respected Denver merchant and freight hauler.
Believed to date from the late 1860s, this small well-crafted dwelling apparently functioned as an early farmhouse. The main portion includes an attic level and has a side gabled roof.
Originally located in the Bear Creek area, the house was moved to its present location during the mid-1980s as part of a US Army Corps of Engineers project.
The circa 1960, bunker-like building is associated with Cold War Era military history. Designed for temporary use during an emergency, the building is believed to be one of the first of eight first generation nuclear fallout shelters operated by the Office of Civil Defense.
The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions considered too ill to benefit from treatment. At the outset, the facility consisted of six frame and canvas tents and a one-story administrative building.