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Healy House
Walk southeast from the parking lot to Harrison
Avenue.
The three story house on the southeast corner of
Harrison and Tenth is the Healy House.
Originally a two-story structure, the Healy House was built in
1878 by August R. Meyer, a mining engineer from St. Louis who
established the first ore sampling works in Leadville. Sold in
1881, the house eventually became the property of Daniel Healy,
who leased it as a boardinghouse from 1897 to 1902. In 1898 a
third story was added to accommodate more boarders, most of them
schoolteachers. The Dexter Cabin, an exclusive poker club for
wealthy gentlemen, sits next door to the Healy House. The Healy
House and Dexter Cabin are public museums operated by the Colorado
Historical Society during the summer months.
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Copyright © 1998, Gloria Cheshier
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