Chair Garden in Central City.

accompied plaque reads:

Chair Garden: this Chair is a replica of the hickory chairs which were placed in the opera house in 1932. These Chairs were in use until 1999 when new seating was installed.

The Plaques on the wall recognize the major donors to the chair campaign. these generous patrons made the new chairs possible.

Opera House's Garden

Day Lilly at Central City's Opera House Garden

Central City

I took a week off from work and did small adventures around Colorado. Central City was one of them. Mom was a true sport since she not only drove in horrible weather but also followed me around with an umbrella so I could get the shots. We took the Teller Hotel and Opera House tour. I loved the whole thing to Teller being the best hotel this side of the Mississippi in the 30's and that President Grant almost, but didn't stay there even though the redecorated a room for him and created a walk way of silver that he ended up not using. In the Teller Hotel, there is this bar that a painter painted a face of a girl on the floor. There is a tale about how this old man painted it to pay for beer and ended up having a heart attack and dying right after he finished. This of course wasn't true. Apparently, an artist was hired to paint the bar, but was going to be fire-- so out of out of spite he painted the face as graffiti and the building owners left it.
The following weeks photos will be my favorites from Central City. On a side note, I decided that over cast days are the best for photographing.

For more information about the Opera House click here.