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Brookside’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Brookside. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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The Brookside, Colorado, post office operated from May 21, 1888, until March 15, 1909. The Town of Brookside was incorporated in 1913. Brookside postal addresses are now served by the Cañon City, Colorado post office (ZIP code 81212).

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David PackardDavid PackardPueblo · 33 miJon WattsJon WattsFountain · 34 miConnie SawyerConnie SawyerPueblo · 33 miBBBill ButlerCripple Creek · 23 miDonald Howard MenzelDonald Howard MenzelFlorence · 5 miDaniel KellyDaniel KellyPueblo · 33 mi
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Brookside, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Brookside is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Brookside has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Holy Cross Abbey in Cañon City, 2.5 miles away.

Brookside and the nearest listed places

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Holy Cross AbbeySouth Canon High SchoolRobison MansionCanon City Downtown Historic DistrictSamuel H. Atwater HouseCanon City Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Closest to Brookside

Holy Cross AbbeyCañon City · Built 18862.5miSouth Canon High SchoolCañon City · Building2.6miRobison MansionCañon City · Building3.2miCanon City Downtown Historic DistrictCañon City · District3.2miSamuel H. Atwater HouseCañon City · Building3.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Holy Cross Abbey’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Brookside?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Brookside’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Williamsburg📜 Cañon City📜 Rockvale📜 Coal Creek

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