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The Fort

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1963, Bill Lumpkins. Colorado 8, just north of U.S. 285

For this restaurant replica of Bent's Fort ( OT11), owner Sam Arnold commissioned Bill Lumpkins, a leading Santa Fe architect. Craftsmen used local red earth and straw to make the 80,000 bricks for this adobe castle with a single large entry gate, round corner tower, and upstairs accommodations resembling those of Bent's Fort. Ox blood was used to seal the tile floors and give them a lustrous, rich red color. The interior incorporates many other southwestern details, including the Padre Martinez chairs and the southwestern cooking of Sam and Carrie Arnold.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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Citation

Thomas J. Noel, "The Fort", [Morrison, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-JF38.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 161-161.

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