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4 unusual facts about Union Avenue Historic Commercial District


Frederick Albert Hale

Hale also designed at least four buildings in Pueblo, including the 1887 Graham-Wescott Building on Union Avenue, and three buildings constructed 1889: the Nathaniel W. Duke House, the First Congregational Church, and the First Presbyterian Church.

Union Avenue Historic Commercial District

The collapse of the district economically and the decline of passenger railway use the district soon became a notorious "Red Light District" and for its Taverns.

Pueblo Memorial Hall hosted the last public speech of then president Woodrow Wilson.

Annual events held in the district include the "B Street Bash" in late spring, Oktoberfest in September, and the autumn Pueblo Chile and Frioles festival.



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