Rosemount Museum
Biography
"Built in 1893, this 37-room mansion was home to the John A. and Margaret Thatcher family and named for Mrs. Thatcher's favorite flower. It remained a family residence for 75 years. Designed by noted New York architect Henry Hudson Holly and two years under construction, the mansion was completed in 1893. Nearly all furnishings, accessories, decorative arts, paintings custom paneling, wall and window treatments are original to the home." __Formerly known as the Pueblo Metropolitan Museum. According to Deb Darrow of the Rosemount Museum the name was changed from Pueblo Metropolitan Museum to Rosemount Museum in the early 1980s (1982-1983). Also known as John A. Thatcher House. __ __Bio/Hist Data information. Rosemount Museum. ''Home.'' Last modified 2010. http://www.rosemount.org/home/. Added to the National Register of Historic Places as Rosemount in 1974. National Register of Historic Places. ''Colorado - Pueblo County.'' http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/co/Pueblo/state.html Former name. From photograph B063.02.0018.00108 and Under Western Skies, http://sdc-arts.org/images/giftshop/Catalog_SneakPeek.pdf. Deb Darrow, e-mail message to archivist, February 22, 2012.
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Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, 1981 June 14
Exterior view of the Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, later renamed Rosemont Museum, the former residence of John A. and Margaret H. Thatcher in Pueblo, Colorado.
Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, 1981 June 14
Sign in front of the Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, later renamed Rosemont Museum, the former residence of John A. and Margaret H. Thatcher in Pueblo, Colorado.
Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, 1981 June 14
Directional sign in front of the Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, later renamed Rosemont Museum, the former residence of John A. and Margaret H. Thatcher in Pueblo, Colorado.
Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, 1981 June 14
Flower garden at the Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, later renamed Rosemont Museum, the former residence of John A. and Margaret H. Thatcher in Pueblo, Colorado.
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