FLOOD00150

• Designation Number: 579
• County: Gunnison
• Community: Marble and Vicinity
• Stream Name: Crystal River
• Title: Floodplain Information Report - Crystal River Technical Appendix
• Date: 8/1/2004
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: Icon Engineering, Inc.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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5) MARBLE CITY STATE BANK. At the end of the same block is the building
which housed the Marble City State Bank from 1912 to 1917, These years were
Marble's greatest boom period and the only time the town had a bank (though it had
up to 3 newspapers), Inside the building is concrete vault complete with door and
lock. The construction is unusual: the walls are solid wood, to deter thieves,

6) HOUSE. One block north of the bank building is one of the few houses in Marble
still in its original condition and location, It was one of the large private residences
in the town,

7) RESTORED HOUSE. Across the street is another private home, It was swept off
its foundation by the 1941 flash flood of Carbonate Creek which damaged much of
the center of the town, You may notice that all of Marble is on mudflow, and
mudflows occur nearly every year, sometimes blocking traffic for hours, The 1941
mudflow was particularly large, In 1975 this house was returned to its rebuilt
foundation and restored by the great-grandson of Horace Williams, the original
owner, The building was moved over 30 feet by the mudflow,

8) FLOOD DAMAGED HOUSE. Two blocks south, on West 18t St is the remains of
house which as damaged during flash floods in 1941 and 1945, The house is now
buried in 3 to 4 feet of once swiftly flowing mud and stone, Both of these floods
occurred after Marble had virtually ceased to exist as a functioning town (at one
point the population was reputedly one) and neither caused any serious personal
injuries, Little remains of the many other buildings damaged by these two very
destructive floods,

9) JAIL. A small building a foul balls distance from third base at the baseball field is
an old two cell jail. The cells are still there,

10) HOUSE. West on State Street are three original buildings, The first is a private
residence which has been maintained since the early days of Marble,

11) SMALL HOUSE. Next door is a little house which started as a tent on a board
floor that reportedly rented for $40 per month, Later, board walls and finally a
wood roof were added, From about 1905 to 1915 Marble grew rapidly and
experienced a housing shortage so that many residents lived in tent houses,

12) ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. This church was moved to Marble from
Aspen in 1908, The steeple was added two years later, Inside is an operating pump
organ which has been used during services since the church was moved to Marble,
There is a separate page which gives much more detail about the church,

13) COLUMBUS CATHOLIC CHURCH FOUNDATION. One block south of the
church, on Park Street, is a marble foundation constructed in 1912 for the Columbus
Catholic Church. The stone building never progressed beyond the point seen here,

http://www.marblecolorado.org/tour.htm

5/3/2004