Tramway Nonprofit Center (Denver, Colorado)

 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, industrial building, non-profit organization

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Historic former public transit maintenance garage listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1893
Alterations: large additions in 1937 & 1947
Architectural style: Neoclassical (original portion of building); Modern (additions)
Areas of significance: Transportation
Area: less than 1 acre
Also known as: Motor Coach Division Building-Denver Tramway Company (NRHP name); East Side Car Barn; Gilpin Street Car Barn
Date added to NRHP: 12/17/1998
Other designations: listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
Notes: The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company played an important role in the transition from streetcars to gas and diesel powered, rubber-tired, motor coaches, or buses, in the Denver metropolitan region, from 1937 to 1950. The 1893 building began as a storage facility for electric streetcars, but a 1937 addition doubled the size of the facility and began its function as a bus garage and maintenance facility. An additional expansion occurred in 1947 to accommodate more buses necessitated by the expansion of public transportation to meet Denver’s post-World War II growth. Today, the building houses a number of nonprofit organizations.

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