Commissioned by the owner of the building, just shortly after I'd opened
my shop two blocks away. A prime example of how important the
small details are to my art, down to the flower pots in the windows
and the ceramic cat on the doorstep.
Original drawing in pencil on rag board, 12.5" x 17.5".
Limited edition prints available
Sorry, the original is sold.
Prints $20.00 + $7.95 Insured Shipping & Handling
Signed & numbered edition of 1000
on 80lb acid free cover stock.
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George S. Teal, his wife Hannah, and their sons arrived in Georgetown from England in 1871. Mr. Teal was very much a part of turning the Georgetown and Silver Plume area into the "Silver Queen" of the Rockies, with a number of mining ventures there.
A mining engineer representing British interests, Mr. Teal was familiar with modern European mining techniques of the time, and operated the Dunderburg-Terrible silver mine near Georgetown. He was the first to systemize the workings of Cornish jigs in 1873, and met with very profitable results. Soon after, he built a 25 ton mill that used Hartz jigs, settling tanks, and slime tables.
The Teal Building itself was constructed in 1875 to house offices suitable to Mr. Teal's firm's needs. His pride demanded that the structure be a worthy one, with the strongest integrity benefitting successful British endeavors in the New World. It was built on a substantial three-square rock foundation and has solid brick interior walls. The bricks were made individually by hand from clay found along Clear Creek at the northern end of Georgetown.
Nearly one hundred thirty years later, the Teal Building still stands as a splendid example of the architectural style of its era. The building is featured in A Pictoral History in America, Volume II by G. E. R. Smith, described as an "...outstanding example of Victorian domestic vernacular architecture in the western United States. The elegant simplicity of its stone work and proportioning of its lintels and sills shows a mastery of shape and form."
Since the silver panic and Mr. Teal's ultimate demise in the 1890s, the building has endured a number of uses, including a certain rumored period of "bawdy activity". It now serves as private residences. |
