Laramie’s Living History — Buildings
A series of stories prepared for the Albany County Museum Coalition, an alliance of institutions that promote Laramie’s historic and cultural resources. This series originally appeared in the Laramie Boomerang.
Albany County is blessed to have many historical buildings preserved and well documented.
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A classic Cape Cod house in Laramie But it didn’t stay classic for long
The house at 318 S. 15th St. was designed by architect Fredric Hutchinson Porter (1890-1976), a native of Massachusetts who settled into a Cheyenne practice around 1921. He designed it in 1922, so it was quite early in his career.
Once Old Main had a tower
When the University of Wyoming first opened for students on September 6, 1887, its one instructional building had four stories and a magnificent octagonal tower.
Laramie's World War I Memorial Monument.
Beginning in June 1923, Edward Ivinson, long time Laramie banker, mayor, trustee of the University of Wyoming and major community philanthropist, undertook a project to honor veterans of World War I.