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<br />Page 3 of4'. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />5) MARBLE CITY STATE BANK. At the end of the same block is the building <br />which housed the Marble City State Bank from 1912 to 1917. These years were <br />Marble's greatest boom period and the only time the town had a bank (though it had <br />up to 3 newspapers). IllSide the building is concrete vault complete with door and <br />lock. The construction is unusual: the walls are solid wood, to deter thieves. <br /> <br />6) HOUSE. One block north of the bank building is one of the few houses in Marble <br />still in its original condition and location. It was one of the large private residences <br />in the town. <br /> <br />7) RESTORED HOUSE. Across the street is another private home. It was swept off <br />its foundation by the 1941 flash flood of Carbonate Creek which damaged much of <br />the center of the town. You may notice that all of Marble is on mudflow, and <br />mudflows occur nearly every year, sometimes blocking traffic for hours. The 1941 <br />mudflow was particularly large. In 1975 this house was returned to its rebuilt <br />foundation and restored by the great-grandson of Horace Williams, the original <br />owner. The building was moved over 30 feet by the mudflow. <br /> <br />8) FLOOD DAMAGED HOUSE. Two blocks south, on West 18t St is the remains of <br />house which as damaged during flash floods in 1941 and 1945. The house is now <br />buried in 3 to 4 feet of once swiftly flowing mud and stone. Both of these floods <br />occurred after Marble had virtually ceased to exist as a functioning town (at one <br />point the population was reputedly one) and neither caused any serious personal <br />injuries. Little remains of the many other buildings damaged by these two very <br />destructive floods. <br /> <br />9) JAIL. A small building a foul balls distance from third base at the baseball field is <br />an old two cell jail. The cells are still there. <br /> <br />10) HOUSE. West on State Street are three original buildings. The first is a private <br />residence which has been maintained since the early days of Marble~ <br /> <br />11) SMALL HOUSE. Next door is a little house which started as a tent on a board <br />floor that reportedly rented for $40 per month. Later, board walls and finally a <br />wood roof were added. From about 1905 to 1915 Marble grew rapidly and <br />experienced a housing shortage so that many residents lived in tent houses. <br /> <br />12) ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. This church was moved to Marble from <br />Aspen in 1908. The steeple was added two years later. Inside is an operating pump <br />organ which has been used during services since the church was moved to Marble. <br />There is a separate page which gives much more detail about the church. <br /> <br />13) COLUMBUS CATHOLIC CHURCH FOUNDATION. One block south of the <br />church, on Park Street, is a marble foundation constructed in 1912 for the Columbus <br />Catholic Church. The stone building never progressed beyond the point seen here. <br /> <br />http://www.marblecolorado.orgltour.htm <br /> <br />5/3/2004 <br />