​Gilpin Historical Society 

 
 
All Tours Begin at Washington Hall
 
   







Teller House and Opera House






The Teller House hotel, opened in 1872, is the home of the infamous Face on the Barroom Floor. 
The Central City Opera House, built in 1878, is home to the fifth oldest opera company in the United States.  
Tours of the Teller House and Opera House may not be available on certain days during opera season dependent on the opera's schedule.

Thomas House

 
 
 


 Click on the Thomas House under the Hours and Locations tab for more information on this tour.

St. James Methodist Church

 
 
 
 
 



St. James Methodist Church, dedicated in 1872, is the oldest operating Protestant church in Colorado.  
The church features beautiful stained-glass windows, Eastlake style frescoes, and an 1898 Steere pipe organ.  

Weekly Register-Call Print Shop







The Weekly Register-Call is the oldest continuously printed newspaper in Colorado, and after the closure of the Rocky Mountain News in 2009, it became the oldest newspaper in the state.  This print shop, in the Masonic Building, was used from the 1860s until the early 1980s and and is home to antique printing equipment, including a Chicago Taylor Press and a vast collection of fonts.